Abstract: An actuator for accessing moving storage media carrying substantially parallel information tracks has a suspension wire holder, a lens holder with a lens, and suspension wires connecting the suspension wire holder and the lens holder. According to the invention the suspension wire holder and the lens holder are constituted by a suspension wire holder part and a lens holder part of a single actuator blank made from insulating material, and are arranged coplanarly relative to each other the same way as they were while still connected to the actuator blank.

Abstract: The invention relates to a loading mechanism for loading an interchangeable disc-like storage medium into a housing, in which a disk drive having a holder for the storage medium and an optical scanning device for the latter are arranged. It achieves the object of providing a loading mechanism which is space-saving and permits loading and unloading which takes care of the motor of the disk drive and of the storage medium. For this purpose, this loading mechanism is formed from a loading table for the storage medium which can be pivoted between a loading position and a deposition position on the holder, and an actuating apparatus for said loading table.