Device for recording or reproducing signals on disk and method of inserting and extracting cartridge for the device

摘要

A holder pivotally supported on a chassis for supporting a cartridge which is provided with a shutter biased by a spring in a closing direction. A slide member mounted on the holder is reciprocatingly movable between a first position where an opening piece pushes the shutter open with the loading of the cartridge into the holder and a second position where the latch engages the cartridge after moving from the first position toward the cartridge loading direction. A release mechanism is disposed between the chassis and the holder for disengaging the latch from the cartridge when the cartridge is unloaded from the holder. The cartridge as disengaged and in contact with the opening piece is moved by the spring in the unloading direction.