Patent ID: 7117509

Claim:
A slot-in type reproducing/recording apparatus comprising: an apparatus body having a slot for inserting and ejecting a disk; and a hold assembly provided inside the apparatus body for accommodating the disk, the hold assembly including a selector plate provided on a base plate, an eject arm for pressing the disk and ejecting the disk toward the slot, a main arm turnably attached to the base plate for pressing the disk, and a stop mechanism for stopping eject operation when the disk is ejected from the slot by the main arm and the eject arm, the selector plate being able to advance and retract in a direction orthogonal to a disk-eject direction of the eject arm within a plane parallel to the base plate in accordance with open/close operation of the main arm, and the stop mechanism having an engagement pin formed on the eject arm and biased toward the selector plate and an engagement recess formed on the selector plate for holding the engagement pin so that the disk is held by the main arm and the eject arm.