Patent ID: 7093271

Claim:
A disc drive adapted to a disk cartridge that includes: a disk; a body to contain the disk; a window, which is provided for the body so as to allow a data reading and/or writing head to access the disk; a shutter for opening or closing the window; and a rotational member, which includes a gear as a part of its outer periphery and which rotates to open or close the shutter, the disk drive comprising: a motor for spinning the disk; a holding portion for holding the disk cartridge so as to allow the motor to spin the disk; the data reading and/or writing head, which is movable almost along the radius of the disk that is held on the holding portion; and a shutter driving mechanism for opening and closing the shutter by rotating the rotational member of the disk cartridge, wherein the shutter driving mechanism includes a driving gear, which engages with the gear of the rotational member and which turns around a first rotation shaft, the first rotation shaft swinging around the center of rotation of the rotational member of the disk cartridge that is held on the holding portion.