Abstract: A hand cart includes a handlebar, a handlebar holder, a handlebar sensor, and a drive mechanism. The handlebar has a right grip and a left grip at ends of the handlebar in a lengthwise direction. The handlebar holder supports the handlebar while permitting displacement of the handlebar relative to the handlebar holder within a specific range. The handle sensor is configured and arranged to sense the displacement of the handlebar. The drive mechanism is configured to perform power assist according to sensing result of the handle sensor.

Abstract: A hand cart includes a body component, a grip component, a support component, a position adjustment mechanism, and a controller. The grip component is arranged relative to the body component at a grip position. The support component is arranged to link the body component and the grip component. The position adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust the grip position of the grip component. The controller is configured to operate the position adjustment mechanism such that displacement of the grip position with respect to a reference position due to an inclination of the body component is corrected.

Abstract: A disc apparatus including: a disc tray on which a disc is mounted; an optical pickup unit which irradiates a light beam on the disc; a traverse assembly unit on which the optical pickup unit is mounted; a driving motor which is a power source for operating the disc tray, the optical pickup unit, and the traverse assembly unit; an inner circumference arrival sensor which detects whether the optical pickup unit arrives at the inner circumference of the disc; and an encoder sensor which detects the number of rotations of the driving motor when the driving motor rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, wherein based on the number of rotations of the driving motor in the clockwise direction, the optical pickup unit is moved to the inner circumference of the disc, and then the traverse assembly unit descends, so that the disc tray is opened.

Abstract: A tray drive mechanism has a simple structure, and yet both an optical disc clamping operation and a tray opening and closing operation can be driven by one feed motor. The tray drive mechanism comprises: a feed gear and a tray drive gear that are rotated by a feed motor; a rack member to mesh with the feed gear so as to be driven in direction to inner circumference of the optical disc; a plate trigger driven by the rack member so as to slide; and a cam slider to slide in linkage with the plate trigger. When the cam slider is slided in linkage with plate trigger so as to be driven in direction by the tray drive gear meshing with a rack, a boss of the cam slider pushes a slope portion of each of cam grooves and provided in a tray, so that the tray slides to cause a rack of the tray to mesh with the tray drive gear. Thus, the tray is opened and closed by the feed motor.

Abstract: An optical disc loading apparatus has a traverse chassis, an optical disc drive mechanism, a motor mount plate, an optical head, and a first to a third distance adjuster that adjust the distance between the traverse chassis and the motor mount plate. The first distance adjuster is located on one of the X and Y axes at a position where the first distance adjuster does not interfere with the turn table. The second and third distance adjusters are located symmetrically about the one of the X and Y axes on which the first distance adjuster is located. Thus, with a simple construction and by a simple manner, the angle and the distance between an optical disc and the optical head can be adjusted, and laser light can be shone from the optical head to the optical disc with high accuracy so that data can be read or recorded with accordingly high accuracy.

Abstract: A disc apparatus including: a disc tray on which a disc is mounted; an optical pickup unit which irradiates a light beam on the disc; a traverse assembly unit on which the optical pickup unit is mounted; a driving motor which is a power source for operating the disc tray, the optical pickup unit, and the traverse assembly unit; an inner circumference arrival sensor which detects whether the optical pickup unit arrives at the inner circumference of the disc; and an encoder sensor which detects the number of rotations of the driving motor when the driving motor rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, wherein based on the number of rotations of the driving motor in the clockwise direction, the optical pickup unit is moved to the inner circumference of the disc, and then the traverse assembly unit descends, so that the disc tray is opened.

Abstract: The receiving surface of a bearing 20 is divided into four segments including a first divided receiving surface which is the end surface of a gate 25, a second divided receiving surface, a third divided receiving surface and a fourth divided receiving surface. An extraction stopping protrusion 63 is projected upward on the outer face of the supporting shaft of the driving arm. In a state where the supporting shaft 6 is attached to the bearing 20, the extraction stopping protrusion 63 is located within the space between a pair of legs 26 of a gate 25.

Abstract: A tray drive mechanism has a simple structure, and yet both an optical disc clamping operation and a tray opening and closing operation can be driven by one feed motor.

Abstract: The receiving surface of a bearing 20 is divided into four segments including a first divided receiving surface which is the end surface of a gate 25, a second divided receiving surface, a third divided receiving surface and a fourth divided receiving surface. An extraction stopping protrusion 63 is projected upward on the outer face of the supporting shaft of the driving arm. In a state where the supporting shaft 6 is attached to the bearing 20, the extraction stopping protrusion 63 is located within the space between a pair of legs 26 of a gate 25.