Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanism for guiding airflows within an optical disc drive, in which the optical disc drive comprises a chassis having a side wall and a tray for loading or unloading a disc. The guide mechanism of the present invention includes at least one guide passage which is protruded outwardly from the side wall of the chassis and has two guiding oblique surfaces at its both ends. Further, the guide passage is positioned on an extended line of a diameter of the disc normal to the side wall of the chassis. The airflows produced by the revolving disc is guided to flow through the guide passage. According to the guide mechanism the shocks, jarring, and noise of the optical disc drive is minimized.

Abstract: A path mechanism and an information processing device having the path mechanism can guide disc media to a predetermined position without the data recording area of the disc being affected. The path mechanism has a stacker tray 101 that forms a guide path 130 through which media M having an annular data recording area can move by sliding. The stacker tray 101 has a pair of guide surfaces 125c and 126c that support an outside circumference part of the media M slidably in the direction of media M travel. The guide surfaces 125c and 126c are formed to a width W that is less than the width A of the non-data-recording area Y rendered on the outside circumference side of the annular data recording area on the data recording surface of the media M.

Abstract: A protrusion is formed by bending a part of a skirt at the periphery of a TRV mechanism, or a protrusion is formed at the periphery of a traverse cover, and the protrusion faces a disc tray forming a slight gap in between. When impact is imposed, the protrusion is brought into contact with the disc tray and thereby the TRV mechanism is prevented from largely deforming without adding another part in order to enhance the resistance.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical disk apparatus which allows for accurate centering of an optical disk regardless of its placed attitude and in which reliability of chucking operation has been improved, and the apparatus includes a first disk guide 41, a second disk guide 42, a third disk guide 43, and a fourth disk guide 44 for guiding the optical disk to a centering position, the guides being disposed in a chassis 20, and a cam member 47 disposed in the chassis 20, in which when the optical disk is guided to the centering position, the cam member 47 locks at least either the third disk guide 43 or the fourth disk guide 44 to restrain the optical disk from moving to an insertion direction thereof, then releasing the restraint at the time of chucking of the optical disk.

Abstract: A disc device includes. a sub-shaft; a sub-shaft support for supporting the sub-shaft; a holder body for holding an optical pickup; and a pair of engagement slide portions disposed in the holder body in a manner that the sub-shaft slide surfaces are opposed to each other. The cross section of the sub-shaft is provided in a shape other than a perfect circle with a maximum external diameter larger than the slide-surface distance and the sub-shaft is rotatably supported by the sub-shaft support.

Abstract: Provided is a recording device including: a holding tray which is reciprocally transported to a set position for setting a recordable material and another position; a transport roller which applies transport force to the holding tray; and a wrong insertion preventive member of the recordable material, which is provided so as to advance into or retract from the holding tray in a region facing a surface of the holding tray, on which the recordable material is set, when the holding tray is positioned at the set position.

Abstract: A disk drive device includes: a device body having a front surface that forms a disk insertion and ejection opening; a pair of arms supported at proximal end portions thereof pivotally from the front surface of the device body to a downstream side in a disk insertion direction; transport rollers respectively rotatably supported at distal ends of the arms and transporting the disk to an inside or outside of the device body by being brought into contact with a side surface of a disk; an urging member urging the arms so that the transport rollers supported respectively by the arms approach each other; and a transport roller rotation mechanism driving at least one of the transport rollers, supported respectively by the arms, for rotation, wherein the arms synchronously pivot the transport rollers in such a manner that the pivotally supported proximal end portions are coupled to each other.

Abstract: A disc device includes. a case having an opening; and a tray that is movable to and retractable from the case and is provided on one surface thereof with an arc recess capable of holding an optical disc. The tray includes a cutout portion that is provided near a rear face of the arc recess and guides an inserted distal end of the optical disc toward a bottom side of the tray lower than an upper face of the arc recess.

Abstract: The present invention relates to design and construction of a mini and compact optical disc autoloader. By way of a flip-flop device positioned and pivoted between two disc trays, the robotic arm movement is simplified to a one-dimensional linear fashion and greatly reduces the cost of production and also cost of maintenance. The present invention also allows for multiple write drives to be easily built into present invention, creating an efficient duplicating system. It can be used for the home and small business environment for small volume optical duplication, storage and management.

Abstract: An optical disk device which highly precisely positions a disk tray in an ejection position is provided. A controller of an optical disk device drives the disk tray from a storage position toward an exposed position. When a position immediately before the ejection position is detected by a detecting switch, the velocity is reduced, to allow the disk tray to contact a mechanical stopper, for positioning. The controller measures a movement time to the position immediately before the ejection position, and adjusts the drive voltage to increase or decrease the drive voltage for contact with the mechanical stopper according to the measured time.

Abstract: A tray of an optical disk device and an optical disk device including the tray are provided. In a tray rear portion located at a higher level than a tray bottom portion, a first tapered surface as a draft taper and a second tapered surface sloping more gently than the first tapered surface are formed. An upper end of the second tapered surface is located farther from a center of rotation of an optical disk than a lower end, and thus air in a peripheral portion of the optical disk generated during rotation of the disk is introduced along the tapered surface to a rear.

Abstract: A disk drive comprises a cartridge holding mechanism which has a small size and reduces a damper load. The disk drive comprises: a spindle motor 91 which mounts and rotates a disk; a traverse base 82 which holds the spindle motor 91; a rubber damper 71 which flexibly holds the traverse base 82; a mechanical chassis 60 which holds the traverse base 82 through the rubber damper 71; a tray 20 which mounts a cartridge 1 in which a disk is housed; and a loading motor 61 which moves the disk in the cartridge 1 close to the spindle motor 91 or away from the spindle motor 91. The cartridge 1 is supported by the mechanical chassis 60 through the tray 20.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus for enabling reduction of fluid noises accompanying with disc rotation, effectively, comprises a tray 5 provided to be able to comes in/out into/from said housing freely, a unit mechanism 5 provided together with the tray, in one body, a turntable 9a provided on the unit mechanism and configured to support a disc thereon, to be rotatable freely, a plural number of wall portions 5b to 5d formed on the tray surrounding the disc supported on the turntable from an outer periphery thereof, each of which has configuration like an arc around a rotation center of the turntable, a pickup 10 for doing straight-line motion within along a radius direction of a disc 4, and an opening 56, which is provided on the wall portion 5e locating at the position on the moving track of the pickup, for maintaining movement of the pickup, wherein the wall portion 5e is moved or stepped back to a side of an outer periphery of the turntable comparing to other wall portions.

Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods for ejecting a removable disk drive. To prevent data corruption from the eject operation, a shell extension can be stored in the server requesting the eject. The shell extension can monitor and intercept eject commands from the operating system of the server and send the commands to an eject service. The eject service, in embodiments, checks the status of the removable disk drive and ejects the removable disk drive only when the removable disk drive is not busy with another operation.

Abstract: A method for managing a storage system comprises ejecting a first drive in the storage system having a plurality of drives, in response to determining a fault associated with the first drive, wherein the ejecting takes place in response to a command issued by a management tool utilized for determining the fault associated with the plurality of drives in the storage system.

Abstract: A panel attachment structure for a disk tray includes an attachment frame, a decoration panel, a spring body, a restricting mechanism and a positioning mechanism. The attachment frame is non-movably coupled to a front end portion of the disk tray. The disk tray is movable between an ejected position and a retracted position through a tray opening of a cabinet. The decoration panel is movably coupled to the attachment frame. The spring body includes a compression coil spring. The spring body elastically couples the decoration panel to the attachment frame and biases the decoration panel against the attachment frame. The restricting mechanism restricts displacement of the decoration panel relative to the attachment frame. The positioning mechanism selectively positions the decoration panel relative to the attachment frame in a predetermined position and releases the decoration panel from the predetermined position when the disk tray is retracted to the retracted position.

Abstract: An optical drive apparatus includes a drive tray including an optical drive mechanism, whereby the drive tray is operable to be inserted directly into an information handling system drive bay free of a drive chassis. An information handling system chassis may be provided that accepts the optical drive apparatus and couples the optical drive apparatus to the information handling system without the need of a drive chassis.

Abstract: A disc drive apparatus includes: an apparatus body to which a disc is inserted and from which the disc is ejected; a disc recording and reproducing unit having a disc loading unit configured to load the disc inserted into the apparatus body, a disc rotation drive mechanism configured to rotate the disc loaded onto the disc loading unit, an optical pickup configured to record and/or reproduce a data signal with respect to the disc, and a pickup feeding mechanism configured to convey the optical pickup in a radial direction of the disc; a disc conveying mechanism configured to insert the disc into the apparatus body and eject the disc from the apparatus body; and a conveyance drive mechanism provided in the apparatus body and configured to drive the disc conveying mechanism; wherein the apparatus body includes a shoulder which is reduced in thickness in the vicinity of an insertion end of the disc.

Abstract: A support frame for an optical disk unit where reduction in thickness and/or weight saving can be realized and the optical disk unit are intended to be obtained. In an optical disk drive unit, a support frame 2 has neither upper cover nor bottom cover, and is formed from a frame that continuously encloses both sides and a back of a disk tray 1 without any cutout portions in order to secure strength, and furthermore, the support frame 2 is manufactured by a die casting method using a metal material such as aluminum material, zinc material, and magnesium material, or by a press method using a metal sheet such as iron sheet, aluminum sheet, and magnesium sheet, or by composite molding using a polymer such as PPS (polyphenylenesulfide), POM (polyacetal), and LCP (liquid crystal polymer) with the metal sheet, or by a forging method using a metal material such as aluminum, thereby strength that prevents the optical disk drive unit as a whole from distorting or deforming during operation or actuation is secured.

Abstract: The present invention provides a disk apparatus capable of obtaining sufficient rigidity and preventing motion failure caused by deformation of a chassis outer sheath even if material having low rigidity such as aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy is used. A disk apparatus has a chassis outer sheath comprising a base body 10 and a lid 130.

Abstract: Disclosed is a recording apparatus that can accurately detect the position of a recording member, such as thick paper or a CD-R, that is mounted on a tray, that can, as much as possible, protect to-be-detected portions from being scratched, and that can perform accurate printing using a simple structure. With a configuration wherein a recording member such as thick paper or a CD-R is mounted on a tray, and wherein the recording member is printed while the tray is conveyed, a reference position detection mark, which is a to-be-detected portion, is attached to the tray from the reverse face, and the edges of a reference position detection mark that has been detected are made as the edges of a hole portion that is formed in the tray.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a tray in which a recording material is to be set, the tray being reciprocated between a first position where the tray is exposed to allow the recording material to be set therein and a second position shifted from the first position in a first direction, where the tray is stored; a transporting mechanism that applies transportation force for reciprocating the tray; and a transportation-force transmitting member that is connected to the tray to mediate transmission of the transportation force to the tray and is capable of increasing or decreasing a space occupied by the transportation-force transmitting member in the direction of reciprocation.

Abstract: A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the detect switch upon reaching the different inclined positions so as to adjust a voltage applied to a DC motor and the speed for moving the tray to the different positions such that the tray moves stably when retracting into and ejecting from the disk drive.

Abstract: An optical disk device in which the thickness of the device is not increased, and interference between the bottom surface of an optical pickup unit (OPU) and a bottom case of the device is prevented upon emergency ejection of an optical disk without moving the optical pickup unit to an outermost peripheral position of the disk in the event of abnormality such as power shutdown during an operation in the optical disk device. A support mechanism having a coil spring is provided at shaft-holders in three of four positions of a guide main shaft and a guide sub shaft to support an OPU, to perform skew adjustment. In another position, a support mechanism having a plate spring is provided such that, upon emergency ejection, the interference between the bottom surface of the OPU and the bottom case is mitigated.

Abstract: An optical disk player, which comprises: a shell, a plummer fixed in the shell, an optical disk transport mechanism, a guiding mechanism, an optical disk loading final position detection mechanism, and a control part; the shell is 80-90 millimeters wide at the optical disk insertion direction; the detection parts of the guiding mechanism are located between the plummer and the delivery roll of the transport mechanism; the optical disk loading final position detection mechanism comprises a support part and a trigger bar; one end of the support part is rotatablely fixed to the upper base plate near the detection part of one detection bar, and its middle is provided with an assorted part interacting with the detection bar; the middle of the trigger bar is rotatablely fixed to the free end of the support part, of which one end is provided with a contact part for contacting the periphery of an optical disk, and the other end is connected to the control part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recording medium loading and unloading apparatus for loading and unloading a recording medium that is housed in a case and forms a cartridge and on which information is optically recorded. This recording medium loading and unloading apparatus 1 includes a housing that has an insertion slot 10 into which the cartridge C is inserted and that forms a closed space shielded from outside light in cooperation with a door 12 that openably closes the insertion slot 10, and a shutter opening mechanism 90 that is provided in the housing and that opens a shutter 83 openably provided in the case of the cartridge C to expose part of the recording medium from the case. The shutter opening mechanism 90 opens the shutter 83 only when the insertion slot 10 is closed by the door 12.

Abstract: A media library appliance comprises optical disc handling robotics developed for dual standard slim drives in a vertical orientation. The disc handling robotics comprise a disc transfer assembly for transferring discs to and from a rotatable circular carousel surrounding the optical drives. Each slim drive resides in a separate field-replaceable unit (“FRU”) that can be replaced by a customer in the field without powering down the appliance. The FRU includes various features that allow accurate 3-axis alignment and registration of the optical drive within the appliance.

Abstract: There is provided a disk drive including first and second sliding members (69, 71) made to slide in synchronization with each other, a sliding-member movement driving mechanism (70) to move the first sliding member (69) and have the second sliding member (71) slide in synchronization with the sliding of the first sliding member (69), and a shock absorbing mechanism (83) interposed between the first and second sliding members (69, 71).

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a transport roller that transports recording materials, a holding tray for setting a first recording material, which is configured to be advanced and retracted between a first position wherein the first recording material can be transported by the transport roller and a second position wherein the holding tray is retracted from the first position, and a path forming member for guiding a second recording material from above or below the second position to a position wherein the recording material can be transported by the transport roller, in which a front end portion of the holding tray being retracted to the second position protrudes to a position located between a guide path formed by the path forming member and the transport roller.

Abstract: Provided is an optical disk apparatus in which an interlocking slider engaged with a main slider directly drive an eject lever and a boss for performing a disk chucking operation. The optical disk apparatus includes a housing having a slot to receive a disk, a main unit having a turn table to rotate the disk, the main slider configured to move in first and second directions corresponding to insertion and ejection of the disk, the eject lever configured to eject the disk inserted into the housing through the slot, and the interlocking slider.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus capable of being thinned and lightened while ensuring a mechanical strength and a stiffness, and also capable of restraining sticking of an FPC and reducing the sliding resistance of the FPC, comprises a frame, a motor arranged in the frame, for rotating an optical disc loaded in the optical disc apparatus, an optical pickup arranged in the frame so as to be movable in a radial direction of the optical disc, for carrying out at least one of recording and reproduction of signals onto and from a data recording surface of the loaded optical disc, an FPC arranged in the frame, for connecting between the optical pickup and a circuit board, and a unit cover for covering the frame on the mounting surface side of the optical disc, the unit cover having a first zone including an area made into contact with the FPC, and second zones projected toward the mounting surface side of the optical disc from the first zone and located on opposite sides of the first zone so as to interpose a part of the

Abstract: An optical disc drive comprises: a disc tray 3, which is configured to be used for loading/ejecting of a disc 2 as information recording medium; an optical pickup member 7, which has a laser element 8a for oscillating a laser light therefrom, to be irradiated on the disc 2; a disc rotating mechanism, which is configured to rotate the disc 2; a transferring mechanism, which is configured to move the optical pickup member 7 between an inner periphery portion and an outer periphery portion of the disc 2; and a decorative laminated board 10, which is provided between the disc 2 loaded and a controller portion mounted, wherein the decorative laminated board 10 has a wind guidance opening 21, for guiding an air into an area facing to the laser element 8a of the optical pickup member 7 when the optical pickup member has moved to the outermost periphery portion of the disc 2 to be rotated, and the disc tray 3 has a wind guidance wall 22 on a surface thereof, facing to the optical pickup member 7 having moved to an ou

Abstract: A stored object detecting device includes a transferring device and a detecting device. The transferring device fetches a first object from a storage cell and moves parallel to a first direction with the first object being held in a holding portion of the transferring device. The detecting device detects a second object stored in the storage cell. The detecting device is mounted to the transferring device such that the detecting device is offset parallel to the first direction from the transferring device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tray used in an optical disc drive. At least two aligning means arranged in the tray for marking an aligning line at a front side and a back side of the tray, respectively. The aligning line is used determining the dimensional accuracy of each component located on the front side and back side of the tray, respectively.

Abstract: An optical disc drive including a housing, a fixing part, a flexible flat cable and an electronic component is provided. The fixing part is disposed in the housing. The flexible flat cable is disposed in the housing and includes a first and a second portions. The first portion has a component-disposed region whose backside is in contact with the fixing part. The second portion has a conductive surface, and the second portion is connected with and opposite to the first portion. The component-disposed region is located between the fixing part and the conductive surface. Additionally, the first optical disc drive is disposed on the component-disposed region.

Abstract: A disk drive includes a chassis and an upper case forming a disk drive body, a door element, and a moving-side cam mechanism being a door-element moving unit. The chassis has an opening portion through which a disk is loaded or unloaded and which is formed in a loading/unloading direction of the disk. The door element is supported by the disk drive body so as to be movable in the loading/unloading direction with respect to the opening portion and is supported by the chassis so as to be movable in an opening/closing direction of opening or closing the opening portion. The moving-side cam mechanism moves the door element blocking the opening portion, in the unloading direction of the loading/unloading direction and moves the door element separated from the opening portion, in a direction of opening the opening portion, in association with an unloading operation of the disk.

Abstract: In a prior art slim-type high speed rotation optical disk apparatus, the side wall of the bottom chassis is bent at a bending point toward the side of the optical disk according to the configuration of the corner air window section of the chassis. According to the present invention, this bent side wall is formed so as to have a first vertical wall which is adjacent to the bending point and a second vertical wall which is adjacent to and lower than the first vertical wall. This constitutes an L-shaped vertical wall in the air window section of the bottom chassis, resulting in reduced noise.

Abstract: A disc unit includes a push arm for providing a predetermined clearance between a periphery of a large-diameter disc and a guide lever used for guiding insertion and ejection of the large-diameter disc. The clearance is formed by moving the guide lever toward a left wall when the large-diameter disc is clamped on a turntable. With this arrangement, when the large-diameter disc is mounted on the turntable, the rotation of the large-diameter disc is not hindered.

Abstract: There are provided a disk motor arranged on a chassis, an optical pickup that performs recording and reproducing of a signal from an information recorded surface of an optical disk, a pair of guide shafts arranged on the optical pickup to guide the optical pickup radially of the optical disk, adjustment screw that move at least one ends of the guide shafts in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the chassis, a leaf spring arranged on a frame body to bias the one end of the guide shaft toward the surface of the chassis, and the leaf spring includes a support surface that supports the one end of the guide shaft, and a stopper portion projecting from the support surface to define a clearance between the support surface and the surface of the chassis.

Abstract: An adjustment holding portion (21) for adjusting the inclination of a guide shaft (22) guiding an optical pickup (2) in a radial direction with respect to a base (1) is mounted to the base (22) at a first supporting point (1n), a second supporting point (23) and a third supporting point (24). When the optical pickup (2) is located at a first position on the inner circumference side of the optical disk, the shaft-receiving portion (2c) of the optical pickup (2) is located on a line connecting the first supporting point and the second supporting point. When the optical pickup (2) is located at a second position on the outer circumference side of the optical disk, the shaft-receiving portion (2c) of the optical pickup (2) is located on a line connecting the first supporting point and the third supporting point.

Abstract: An ejecting mechanism capable of preventing an accidental touch is disposed in a housing having a tray and used for ejecting the tray out of the housing. The ejecting mechanism includes a tray ejecting button and a front cover. The front cover is disposed at the housing and located at the ejecting direction of the tray. The front cover has a sliding key including a pressing body and a triggering body connected to one end of the pressing body. When the pressing body drives the triggering body to slide until the triggering body aligns to the tray ejecting button, the pressing body is capable of being forced to drive one end of the triggering body to trigger the tray ejecting button to eject the tray.

Abstract: A optical disc drive is disclosed. The optical disc drive includes a housing and a tray configured to accommodate a disc therein. The optical disc drive also includes an automatic return-type eject switch, a drive controller, and an eject controller. Mounted in the housing, the automatic return-type eject switch is configured to generate an eject signal. In response to the eject signal, the drive controller ejects the tray. In response to the eject signal, the eject controller supplies an electric power to the optical disc drive, and transmits a pseudo eject signal to the drive controller to eject the tray by way of a line through which the eject signal has been transferred after a predetermined time period from the supply of the electric power has lapsed.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus, comprising an optical disk drive having an eject button for opening/closing a disk tray and a first controller for controlling the eject button. A tray open/close button controls the disk tray. A second controller controls the disk tray. A mechanism for operating the eject button of the optical disk drive, is disposed within a housing of the electronic apparatus and is operated from outside of the housing.

Abstract: A medium processing device is provided. A processor processes a plate-shaped medium. A tray has a storage for storing the medium and is movable between a first position where the medium is processed by the processor and a second position where the medium is mounted and removed from the storage. A moving mechanism moves the tray between the first position and the second position. A transporting mechanism mounts the medium in the storage and removing the medium from the storage. A restraining member restrains an upward movement of a front end of the tray that is moved to the second position by the moving mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus for the transport of discs for duplication of data onto the discs. The apparatus may include a transportation mechanism, control device, power module and optionally a disc recording mechanism and housing. The transportation mechanism may include an arm, and one or more gear assemblies. Further, the apparatus may also include a drawer device and a plurality of disc holders.

Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a chassis, a disk tray and a tray panel unit. The tray panel unit includes a panel main body and a spring body. The spring body has a coil part, a pair of end attachment parts and a middle attachment part. An axial direction of the coil part is aligned with a width direction of the tray panel unit. The pair of end attachment parts extends from both axial ends of the coil part, respectively. The end attachment parts are fixedly coupled to one of the panel main body and a front end part of the disk tray. The middle attachment part is provided to an axial middle portion of the coil part. The middle attachment part is fixedly coupled to the other of the panel main body and the front end part of the disk tray.

Abstract: A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a disc mounting unit to which a disc recording medium is removably mounted, the disc mounting unit rotating the disc recording medium; a print head which discharges an ink drop towards a label surface of the disc recording medium that is rotationally driven by the disc mounting unit; and a mist attracting unit which, by applying a voltage, attracts mist of the ink drop discharged from the print head, the mist attracting unit provided near the disc recording medium mounted to the disc mounting unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a disk apparatus capable of obtaining sufficient rigidity and preventing motion failure caused by deformation of a chassis outer sheath even if material having low rigidity such as aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy is used. A disk apparatus has a chassis outer sheath comprising a base body 10 and a lid 130.

Abstract: A relative-moving-side projection is formed on a front surface and a fixed-side groove that can engage with a fixed-side projection is formed on a rear surface of a tray. The fixed-side projection is formed on a bottom surface of a chassis. A relative-moving-side groove that can engage with the relative-moving-side projection is formed on a ceiling surface of an upper case. When the tray is moved from a disk loading position to a disk reproducing position, a state where the relative-moving-side projection and the fixed-side projection respectively engage with the relative-moving-side groove and the fixed-side groove is maintained. The relative-moving-side projection moves with respect to the fixed-side projection while the tray is moved.

Abstract: An exemplary optical disk drive for a notebook computer includes a tray, and a supporting bracket rotatably connected to the tray for supporting the tray when the tray extends from the notebook computer. A notebook computer employing the optical disk drive is also provided.