Floppy disk drive which prevents contact between a disk cartridge and magnetic heads until the disk cartridge is loaded from a loading portion to a recording/reproducing portion

摘要

A cam plate member 24 is provided such that it is supported by a lower chassis 8 so as to rotate freely and rotates in accordance with the inserting/ejecting operation of a disk cartridge 5. The cam plate member 24 includes an elastic cam lever portion 24f and a cam convex portion 24g which are formed integrally. The elastic cam lever portion serves to push up the disk cartridge thereby to prevent hitting between the disk cartridge and a magnetic head 6 until the disk cartridge 5 that is inserted is loaded to a recording/reproducing portion 17 after the state where the disk cartridge moves onto a guide convex portion 14 formed at the lower chassis 8. The cam convex portion serves to push up and hold a portion 28 of a holder 10 which holds and loads the disk cartridge 5 from a portion 4 of the recording/reproducing portion 17 thereby to prevent the cartridge holder from being bent due to vibration.