Patent ID: 6912724

Claim:
A cartridge for an information recording medium, comprising: a cartridge case having an opening to receive the information recording medium; an opening cover, detachably mounted to the cartridge case at the opening, to enable the information recording medium to be withdrawn or inserted with respect to the cartridge case, the opening cover having supporting ribs to support the information recording medium on an inner surface thereof; a pair of elastic pressure parts, elastically formed on the opening cover, to elastically support the information recording medium to hold the information recording medium relative to the opening cover when the opening cover is not attached to the cartridge case; receiving ribs integrally formed on leading ends of the pair of elastic pressure parts, respectively; intervening members, formed on opposite inner sidewalls of the cartridge case, to slidably contact the receiving ribs, respectively, so as to push the receiving ribs when the opening cover is inserted into the cartridge case so that the pair of elastic pressure parts widen in a lateral direction of the information recording medium relative to each other; means for firmly fastening the opening cover to the cartridge case to prevent a gap between the opening cover and the cartridge case when the opening cover is attached to the cartridge case; and positioning means for positioning the information recording medium, which is accommodated in the cartridge case, upward/downward at an exact position.