Disk driving apparatus

A disk driving apparatus for insertion of a disk cartridge having an information recording medium and a disk clutch to produce or record information on the information recording medium, the apparatus comprising:

• a clutch of the disk driving apparatus for engaging with the disk clutch of the disk cartridge to rotate the information recording medium;
• a moving means for interlocking and traveling with the disk cartridge during an inserting operation of the disk cartridge;
• an elastic displacement means for accumulating elastic energy caused by movement of the moving means;
• a clutch engagement means for engaging the disk clutch of the disk cartridge with the clutch of the disk driving apparatus by moving the clutch of the disk driving apparatus in a direction perpendicular to a traveling direction of the moving means through employing the elastic energy accumulated by the elastic displacement means;
• an actuating means operated by movement of the moving means, for actuating the clutch engagement means;
• a latching means for latching the moving means;
• a releasing means for releasing the moving means latched by the latching means,
• wherein the elastic displacement means includes a first elastic displacement means and a second elastic displacement means, and elastic energy is accumulated in the first elastic displacement means in association with the movement of the moving means, and elastic energy is accumulated in the second displacement means in association with an operation of the actuating means, and
• wherein the disk clutch on the part of the disk cartridge and the clutch on the part of the disk driving apparatus are separated from each other by the elastic energy accumulated in the second elastic displacement means in association with release by the releasing means.