Rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus having a mechanism for connecting a lid member to a jacket

摘要

A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus reproduces a rotary recording medium accommodated within a case, where the case comprises a jacket provided with a space for accommodating the rotary recording medium and an opening for allowing the rotary recording medium to go in and out of the jacket, and a lid member inserted through the opening of the jacket for closing the opening of the jacket. The rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus comprises an inserting opening through which the case is inserted, a mechanism provided at an innermost part of the reproducing apparatus, for locking and leaving the lid member inside the reproducing apparatus when the case is inserted into the reproducing apparatus, and for releasing the locking with respect to the lid member when an empty jacket is inserted into the reproducing apparatus, and a lid member-jacket connecting mechanism for releasing connection of the lid member with respect to the jacket when the case is inserted into and then pulled out from the reproducing apparatus, and for connecting the lid member to the jacket when the jacket is inserted into and then pulled out from the reproducing apparatus. The lid member-jacket connecting mechanism connects the lid member to the jacket in response to the starting of an operation in which the jacket is pulled out from a final inserting position of the jacket within the reproducing apparatus.