Disclosed herein is a disk recording and/or reproduction apparatus including, a chassis, a recording and/or reproduction means provided on the chassis so as to perform recording and/or reproduction on a disk cartridge, a cartridge holder movably provided on the chassis to be movable between an insertion/draw-out position for inserting and drawing out the disk cartridge and a recording/reproduction position for recording and/or reproduction on the disk cartridge, an eject lever movably provided on the chassis to be moved between a loading operation finish position for making contact with the disk cartridge when a loading operation for loading the disk cartridge into the cartridge holder is finished and an ejecting operation finish position for making contact with the disk cartridge when an ejecting operation for ejecting the disk cartridge is finished, and a biasing means for biasing the eject lever toward the ejecting operation finish position; wherein the eject lever has a contact portion for contact with the disk cartridge, and, when the eject lever is moved to the ejecting operation finish position, the position of the contact portion is moved to a position higher than the position of the contact portion at the time when the eject lever is located at the loading position.

 
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