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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Shinichi Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Ichiro Kawamura, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to present a recording and reproducing apparatus capable of mounting a bare disk and a cartridge selectively on a tray, without dropping from the tray in vertical position. To achieve the object, the invention comprises a turntable engaged with a disk for supporting the disk on a recording and reproducing position, a pickup for moving on the surface of the disk to record a signal in the disk or to reproduce a signal from the disk, and a flat tray for transferring between an engagement position with the turntable and a disk exchange position while holding the disk in a position so that its side may be at least in vertical position, wherein the tray possesses a first disk engaging portion freely movable in a tray transfer direction, being thrust in a disk exchange position direction of the tray, for detachably supporting the peripheral edge of the disk or one side of a cartridge, and a second disk engaging portion having a state of holding the peripheral edge of the disk together with the first disk engaging portion in a vertical position of the side of the disk, and a state of sinking into a holding surface, on the holding surface, and the holding surface possesses a cartridge mounting portion for detachably holding a cartridge incorporating a disk.