Disk Apparatus

A disk apparatus comprising a chassis outer sheath having a base body and a lid, in which a front surface of said chassis outer sheath is formed with a disk inserting opening into which a disk is directly inserted, said base body is provided with a traverse base, said traverse base is provided with a spindle motor, a pickup and drive means for moving said pickup, said disk apparatus is further provided with traverse base moving means for displacing said traverse base between said base body and said lid, wherein

• said spindle motor is biased toward said traverse base by a resilient member,
• said traverse base moving means comprises a loading motor provided on said chassis outer sheath, a slider which slides by driving of said loading motor, a traverse cam member provided on said slider, and a spindle cam member which downwardly moves said spindle motor with respect to said traverse base, said loading motor drives said spindle cam member.