Patent ID: 7162726

Claim:
A disk apparatus, wherein a cartridge accommodating a disk-like recording medium and having an opening opened or closed by a shutter member is loaded to the disk apparatus, the disk apparatus comprising: a loading chassis; a cartridge transporting member provided on the loading chassis for transporting the cartridge from a removal position to a play position; a traverse unit for carrying a pickup for recording or reproducing a signal onto or from the disk-like recording medium; a traverse transporting member provided on the loading chassis for transporting the traverse unit from a standby position to the play position; and a driving section provided on the loading chassis for driving the cartridge transporting member and the traverse transporting member, the cartridge transporting member and the traverse transporting member can slide in a direction of transporting the cartridge; one of the cartridge transporting member and the traverse transporting member is disposed on the other; in loading the cartridge: the driving section starts to drive only the cartridge transporting member before the cartridge transporting member drives the traverse transporting member; and the cartridge reaches the play position before the driving section drives only the traverse transporting member; an engagement member, wherein in loading/removing the cartridge, when only one of the cartridge and traverse transporting members is driven by the driving section, the engagement member regulates movement of the other.