CARTRIDGE LOADING DEVICE

PURPOSE:To make an extruding amt. of a disk cartridge to be extruded from the inside of a tray at the time of ejecting the cartridge always constant by providing a means for positioning the cartridge into a fixed position in the tray. CONSTITUTION:At the time of loading, the disk cartridge 2 is inserted into the tray 3, and the cartridge 2 is horizontally drawn in from its ejecting position by the tray 3, and is then lowered down vertically to its loading position. At the time of ejecting, the cartridge 2 is extruded out of the tray 3 by an extruding lever 43 provided on the tray 3. The positioning means of the cartridge 2 is composed of one pair of positioning recessed parts 57 right and left and their corresponding 1st catch rollers 58. Thus, at the time of ejecting, the 1st catch rollers 58 are fitted into the positioning recessed parts 57 of the cartridge 2 extruded out of the tray 3 by the extruding lever 43, and hence the cartridge 2 is positioned in the fixed position in the tray 3.