Patent ID: 7636923

Claim:
A disk apparatus comprising a chassis outer sheath having a base body and a lid, in which a front surface of said chassis outer sheath is formed with a disk inserting opening into which a disk is directly inserted, a connector is disposed on a rear surface of said chassis outer sheath, a traverse is disposed on the side of said disk inserting opening, a printed board is disposed on the side of said connector, said traverse holds a spindle motor, a pickup and drive means which moves said pickup, said spindle motor is disposed at a central portion of said base body, a discharging lever which discharges a disk is provided on a side of said base body, a limiting lever which limits insertion of the disk is provided on the side of a rear surface of said base body, and a rear base is provided at a location which is not superposed on said traverse and at a location covering said printed board, wherein one of a lower surface of said discharging lever and an upper surface of said rear base is projected to form a discharging lever sliding surface on said rear base, one of a lower surface of said limiting lever and the upper surface of said rear base is projected to form a limiting lever sliding surface on said rear base, a plurality of openings are formed in said rear base, and said openings are formed on opposite sides of said discharging lever sliding surface, and said openings are also formed on opposite sides of said limiting lever sliding surface.