Loading mechanism for cartridge drive apparatus

#This application claims the benefit, of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from Japanese Priority Patent Application JP 2012-214337 filed Sep. 27, 2012, the entire contents of each which is incorporated herein by reference.

#The present disclosure relates to a cartridge drive apparatus, which can be reduced in size and enables a loading operation of a cartridge to be reliably performed.

#In related art, there are widely used cartridge drive apparatuses each capable of recording and/or reproducing information using a recording medium (for example, optical disc) housed in a cartridge. In such an apparatus, a loading mechanism is provided. The cartridge is transported into a casing and the recording medium is mounted on a drive unit (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2011-108315 (hereinafter, referred to as Patent Document 1)).

#FIG. 1 is a perspective, view showing a cartridge drive apparatus together with a cartridge;

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cartridge;

#FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a first shell and a second shell are separated from each other;

#Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present disclosure will be described. Note that, the descriptions will be made in the following order.

#1. Entire Configuration

#2. Configuration of Cartridge