Slot-loading type disk device having a thin profile

A disk device having a turntable unit for rotating a disk and a pickup head for reading data from and writing data to said disk in rotation, said disk device comprising:

• a disk carrying mechanism for holding said disk inserted through a slot on a case of said disk device and carrying said disk to above said turntable unit in a disk loading operation, and for holding said disk on said turntable unit and carrying said disk out of said slot in a disk ejecting operation;
• a lifting frame for movably supporting said pickup head, and for swinging up and down about a rear end of said lifting frame disposed near said slot so as to raise and lower a front end of said lifting frame;
• a turntable unit holding member for holding said turntable unit, and being swingably attached to said front end of said lifting frame;
• a lifting frame shift mechanism configured to work with said disk carrying mechanism, and for shifting said lifting frame between a chuck position above a read/write position where data is read from or written to said disk and a lowered position below said read/write position so as to allow said disk to be carried in and out;
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• a turntable unit shift mechanism configured to work with said disk carrying mechanism, and for swinging said turntable unit from a parallel position to a retracted position as said lifting frame is shifted down from said read/write position to said lowered position, said turntable unit being substantially parallel to said lifting frame in said parallel position and being inclined from said lifting frame in said retracted position so as to lower one end of said turntable unit near said slot relative to another end of said turntable unit further from said slot.