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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2001
Tomomi Okamoto, Chigasaki, JP;
Kyuichiro Nagai, Fujisawa, JP;
Hirofumi Taguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Ono, Fujisawa, JP;
Atsushi Inoue, Chigasaki, JP;
Nobuo Masuoka, Chigasaki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk cartridge main body configured to fit into a disk holder of a disk cartridge having another disk cartridge main body for incorporating a disk-shaped recording medium. The another disk cartridge main body has an opening portion for enabling a recording and/or reproducing operation by a recording and/or reproducing device. The disk holder is detachably mountable to the another disk cartridge main body. The opening portion is provided in the another disk cartridge main body and the opening portion is closed by a shutter arranged at the another disk cartridge main body such that the disk-shaped recording medium is shielded from outside by the shutter when the disk cartridge is outside of the recording and/or reproducing device.