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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1999
Kenji Matsumoto, Hoya, JP;
TEAC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a recording-medium loading apparatus, a recording medium can be smoothly attached to a tray without inconvenient operations. The recording-medium loading apparatus has a reduced thickness. A tray is movable between an exchanging position at which the recording medium is removed or inserted and a loaded position at which a recording or reproducing operation is performed on the recording medium. The recording medium is inserted into a holder. The holder is supported by a support member so that the holder is movable between an accommodating position at which the holder is accommodated in the tray and an insertion/ejection position at which the holder is separated from the tray. The holder is movable to the insertion/ejection position when the tray is moved to the exchanging position, and the holder is held at the accommodating position during a process for moving the tray to the loaded position.