Disk drive for rotating removable media-type disks

摘要

A disk drive for rotating a removable media-type disk is provided. The disk drive has a disk receiving compartment, a front face including a slot through which the disk is intended to pass as it moves into and out of the compartment, a biasing mechanism for biasing the disk in a direction away from the compartment through the slot, and a retention mechanism for overcoming the bias of the biasing mechanism and releasably retaining the disk within the compartment of the disk drive. The improvement comprises an ejection arrangement including an actuatable release mechanism cooperating with the retention mechanism for releasing the retention mechanism so as to allow the biasing mechanism to eject the disk from the disk drive when the release mechanism is actuated. An actuating mechanism is located on the front face inwardly from both ends of the slot for actuating the release mechanism. <IMAGE>