Patent ID: 7365946

Claim:
A recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a cartridge holder that is rotatably provided in a chassis and configured to receive a disc cartridge, in which a magneto-optical disc is enclosed; an optical pickup configured to irradiate laser light onto the magneto-optical disc; a magnetic head disposed so as to face the optical pickup on an upper surface side of the cartridge holder and configured to be moved between a lowered position close to the magneto-optical disc and a raised position away from the magneto-optical disc; a first sliding member including a first guide groove and configured to move relative to the cartridge holder; a second sliding member including a second guide groove, coupled to the cartridge holder, and configured to move with the disc cartridge, relative to the cartridge holder, between an insertion position and a recording/reproducing position, said second sliding member located so as to overlap with the first sliding member; a head raising/lowering mechanism coupled to the first sliding member and configured to move the magnetic head between the raised position and the lowered position by moving at least the first sliding member; a driving mechanism disposed on a lower surface side of the chassis and configured to engage the first sliding member, and to move the first sliding member; and a shaft member, disposed within the first guide groove and the second guide groove, configured to separate the first sliding member from the second sliding member, wherein the first sliding member and the second sliding member are disposed so as to overlap in an axial direction of the shaft member.