Disc cartridge with improved shutter mechanism

摘要

A disc cartridge capable of ensuring smooth operation of a shutter while decreasing a size of the shutter, permitting the shutter to be made of inexpensive rein and being applied to both a double-direction sliding shutter structure and a single-direction sliding shutter structure. The shutter includes an upper plate, a lower plate and a connection for connecting the upper and lower plates to each other therethrough. The disc cartridge further includes a slider for slidably guiding the shutter and a spring for urging the shutter in a closing direction. The connection of the shutter is provided with a lug against which a shutter operation member of a recording/reproducing apparatus is abutted. The slider is arranged in the lug while being kept in contact with an inner surface of the lug.