US 7,487,521 B2
Cartridge for photosensitive recording medium
Hidetoshi Kawasaki, Kanagawa (Japan); and Tetsuya Takatori, Kanagawa (Japan)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/315,353.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-373873 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0143642 A1, Jun. 29, 2006
Int. Cl. G11B 23/03 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 720—718 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for containing a disk-shaped photosensitive recording medium, comprising:
a cartridge body for rotatably containing said photosensitive recording medium so as to interpose this medium;
at least one opening formed in said cartridge body, said photosensitive recording medium being exposed to the outside through said opening;
a shutter movably attached to said cartridge body, said shutter moving between a closed position for closing said opening and an open position for unclosing said opening; and
at least one slit formed in said cartridge body, the edge of said shutter being inserted into said slit when said shutter is kept in said closed position,
wherein the edge of said shutter is separated from said slit when said shutter is moved to an open position.