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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1988
Yoshitake Kato, Ibaraki, JP;
Minoru Fujita, Toride, JP;
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A disk cartridge comprises a cartridge casing having a head entry aperture, a disk recording medium rotatably accommodated in the cartridge casing, a shutter for opening/closing the head entry aperture, and a spring member for resiliently biasing the shutter in the closing direction. The spring member includes a proximal end portion engaged with the cartridge casing, a resilient end portion engaged with the shutter, and an intermediate engaging portion provided between the proximal end portion and the resilient end portion, a displacement-preventing portion is provided in an area where the intermediate engaging portion is passed upon an opening/closing operation of the shutter, and the intermediate engaging portion is adapted to be brought into contact with the displacement-preventing portion, thereby canceling a force of the spring member to spring out or fall in, and enabling to enhance reliability.