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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1996
Takao Akiba, Ohmiya, JP;
Katsuya Enami, Higashikurume, JP;
TEAC Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A disk drive apparatus which eliminates the eject button on a front bezel and eliminates the opening for the eject button is provided. A tray carries a recording medium, and is movable between an eject position in which the recording medium in the tray is ejected and a disk loading position in which the recording medium is positioned inside the disk drive apparatus for reading operations. The tray is moved toward the eject position by a moving mechanism. The tray is maintained in the disk loading position by an engaging member engaging with the tray. An engagement of the tray is released by pressing the tray in a disk loading direction from the eject position to the disk loading position.