Abstract: A control method controls an apparatus capable of communicating with a printing apparatus that performs printing on at least one print medium arranged in a tray having a plurality of sites for arranging the print medium. The method includes obtaining information on an arrangement site indicating a site where the print medium is arranged among a plurality of arrangement sites of the print medium in the tray, notifying, to a user, the arrangement site of the print medium in the tray on the basis of information on the arrangement site, and transmitting, to the printing apparatus, printing data for printing an image on the print medium arranged on the tray, which is generated on the basis of the information on the arrangement site.

Abstract: A connector device includes a body having an opening on one end in a first direction, the body including inside a first space, and a second space positioned closer to the opening than the first space in the first direction and arranged in line with the first space in the first direction, a first tray that holds a first medium, a first sliding assembly that inserts and removes the first tray in the first direction with respect to the first space via the opening, and a second sliding assembly that inserts and removes a second medium different from the first medium in the first direction with respect to the second space via the opening, wherein out of the first tray and the second medium, only the second medium is removed in a state in which the first tray and the second medium are inserted into the body.

Abstract: A tray includes a holding portion configured to hold a print medium in a predetermined holding area and an ink absorption portion positioned adjacent to the holding area.

Abstract: A disk drive that includes a noise reduction unit, and a method of reducing noise by using the disk drive. The disk drive includes a main chassis; a tray operatively coupled to the main chassis such that the tray is slidable relative to the main chassis, the tray including a disk accommodation portion configured to accommodate a storage medium such that the storage medium is rotatable relative to the disk accommodation portion; and a noise reduction unit configured to reduce a pressure concentration on an end portion of the storage medium as the storage medium rotates to reduce noise.

Abstract: An optical disc drive (ODD) includes one or more sensors which detect a user placing a disc in the loading path. In response, a process is triggered for sensing the thickness of a protective layer of the disc even while the disc is moving toward a turntable. An initial determination of the type of the disc (e.g. CD, DVD or Blu-ray®) can be determined based on the thickness and reported to a host computing device. The host, in turn, determines an application to load based on the disc type. The loading of the application can begin sooner than if the ODD waited until the disc was seated on the turntable to detect the disc type. A final determination of the disc type can be made while the disc is seated as well. The host is informed if there is a disagreement between the initial determination and the final determination.

Abstract: Provided is an optical disc drive having a tray to receive a disc. The tray includes a hollow portion having a bottom corresponding to the disc and a wall surrounding a portion of the bottom, and a plurality of supporting portions formed on the bottom of the hollow portion to locally support a bottom surface of the disc.

Abstract: An optical disc drive including a housing, a tray that is installed in the housing and that is configured to receive an optical disc, which has a spoke region on a surface thereof, an optical pickup unit which is attached to the tray, a main circuit board which is installed on the tray and is operatively connected to the optical pickup unit, and a spoke sensor which is arranged on the main circuit board and corresponds to the spoke region of the optical disk.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an optical disc driver for loading or loading/writing an optical disc and accessing at least one memory card. The optical disc driver includes a housing and a rectangular body. The rectangular body formed mainly for loading an optical disk includes a front panel disposed at a front side of the rectangular body; a main space for loading or loading/writing the optical disk, and an optical loading device is disposed in the main space; and a spare space for accessing the at least one memory card, and a plurality of electrical pins disposed in the spare space. The rectangular body moves in relative to the housing along a left-right direction of the front panel, the main space and the spare space are formed downward from a same plane, and the spare space is a small section extending from one of two sides of the front panel.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus, presenting recording quality without degradation by an extreme temperature rise in an objective-lens drive mechanism in an optical pickup, includes a mechanical chassis on which a disc rotation mechanism, an optical pickup, and a transfer mechanism are mounted, a decorative plate that is a plate-shaped member located between the disc and the optical pickup and fixed on the mechanical chassis, a disc tray for loading and removing the disc, a circuit board for operation control, and an apparatus housing containing the components. A recess is formed in an indented shape in a portion of the mechanical chassis facing an outer peripheral region of the disc recording surface. An incline is formed in a position close to an opening of the disc tray for mounting the mechanical chassis and opposite the outer peripheral region of the disc recording surface, and slopes gently down to the recess.

Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes a cover, a motherboard and a driving module both disposed at an inner side of the cover, an electronic component fixed on the motherboard, and a fan duct mounted on the motherboard and covering the electronic component. The driving module has a rotating shaft for supportively driving an optical disk rotating. The fan duct guides hot air therein toward the driving module.

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: The present invention relates to an improve disk retrieving and releasing device and an automation disk burning system, wherein the improve disk retrieving and releasing device is opposite to an optical disk driver of a host and disposed on the host, such that the host and the improve disk retrieving and releasing device constitute the automation disk burning system. The improve disk retrieving and releasing device is adapted for automatically retrieving a disk from a disk tray when disk tray withdraws from the optical disk driver, and releasing and putting the disk into a disk collecting bucket when the disk tray gets back into the optical disk driver. The improved disk retrieving and releasing device comprises: a frame member and two clamping mechanisms, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises: a support member, a clamping member, and an interlocked rod.

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: 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: An optical disc drive includes a rotation device that rotates an optical disc in a clockwise direction when an upper surface of the optical disc is viewed, a disc mounting portion for mounting of the optical disc thereon has a recess portion, and an optical pickup which irradiates a laser beam on a lower recording surface of the optical disc. The disc mounting portion includes a first penetrating opening portion therethrough that extends from a center area of the recess portion to a periphery of the recess portion. The disc mounting portion further includes a single second penetrating opening portion therethrough being provided at a rear of the disc mounting portion and periphery at an upstream side of the clockwise rotating direction with respect to a center line of the first penetrating opening portion extending from a front to the rear of the disc mounting portion.

Abstract: A disk laminate includes thin disks laminated to each other, which are to be suctioned and conveyed; and spacers provided between the thin disks to prevent the thin disks from directly contacting each other, the spacers having air permeability.

Abstract: A disk device tray includes a first support component, a second support component and a step component. The first support component has a first support face with a first disk supporting area that supports an outer edge portion of a lower face of a first disk. The second support component has a second support face with a second disk supporting area that supports an outer edge portion of a lower face of a second disk. The step component has an inner side portion protruding upward with respect to an outer side portion. The inner side portion has a top face that is located lower than the second support face and a first inner peripheral face that extends upward from the first support face to the top face and restricts movement of the first disk in a radial direction of the first disk.

Abstract: A tray of an optical disc drive for loading an optical disc in and out of the optical disc drive includes a depression for disposing the optical disc, a hollow space for providing a space for an optical pickup to access data while the optical pickup moves along a radial direction of the optical disc, a depressed portion formed at the middle portion of a rear end of the tray, and a reinforcement means formed of rigid material and disposed at the depressed portion for enhancing rigidity of the tray. The depression and depressed portion are monolithically formed.

Abstract: A disk drive device has a configuration in which one of stepped parts defined by a circular recess for guiding a disc, formed in a disc tray is substantially flush with the bottom surface of the circular recess even in an area beyond the outer peripheral part of a disc so that no air cavity part facing the outer peripheral side surface of the disc is induced around the disc. Thereby, it is possible to aim at lowering cavity noise caused by the air cavity during high speed rotation and fluid noise caused by turbulence.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating structure of a disc drive comprises a tray and a diversion plate. The tray has a body with a concavity loading surface for loading a disc to be in and out the disc drive, and the loading surface has a central hole. Further the diversion plate is disposed on one side of the loading surface, and connected to the loading surface, wherein the diversion plate extends downward and slopes from the connection of the diversion plate and the loading surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a crack-proof device for an optical disk drive. The crack-proof device includes a casing whereon an opening is formed on a front end. The crack-proof device further includes a plank row extending downward from an upper edge of the opening for blocking the opening partly, a tray disposed inside the casing in a slidable manner, whereon a recession is formed for loading an optical disk, and at least one block wall protruding from an upper surface of the tray and located between an front end of the tray and the recession. When the tray is positioned inside the casing, the block wall and the plank row are staggered for reducing a vertical gap between them.

Abstract: A disk device tray includes a first support component, a second support component and a step component. The first support component has a first support face with a first disk supporting area that supports an outer edge portion of a lower face of a first disk. The second support component has a second support face with a second disk supporting area that supports an outer edge portion of a lower face of a second disk. The step component has an inner side portion protruding upward with respect to an outer side portion. The inner side portion has a top face that is located lower than the second support face and a first inner peripheral face that extends upward from the first support face to the top face and restricts movement of the first disk in a radial direction of the first disk.

Abstract: An optical disc drive including a case, a tray, a turntable, a pickup head, a transmission mechanism, and a protecting cover is provided. The tray is movably set inside the case. The turntable is embedded in the tray. The pickup head is movably embedded in the tray. The transmission mechanism is embedded in the tray and connected to the pickup head. And the protecting cover is set on the tray and covers the transmission mechanism. The protecting cover has a protruding structure located on the surface of the protecting cover that corresponds to a non-data area of an optical disc. Moreover, the tray has a protruding structure located on the surface of the tray adjacent to the protecting cover. Furthermore, pads could be substituted for the abovementioned protruding structures.

Abstract: An optical disk apparatus, enabling to reduce noises, the wind sounds generated due to rotation of a disk, with certainty, irrespective of an increase in rotation speed of the disk, comprises a disk motor 12 for rotating the optical disk 100 loaded into an inside thereof, an optical pickup 15 for recording or reproducing information from or onto the optical disk rotated, and a tray 10 for loading the optical disk therein, wherein the tray has a flat surface 10c, being nearly circular in the shape, on which the optical disk is disposed, and a peripheral portion 10d formed surrounding a periphery thereof, and the peripheral portion is nearly equal to an upper surface of the optical disk, and further a distance from a tip portion of the optical disk to be loaded within the apparatus is equal to 1.8 mm or larger than that and equal to 4.0 mm or smaller than that, in particular, preferably it is equal to 2.0 mm or larger and equal to 2.7 mm or smaller.

Abstract: A recording medium drive device includes a tray to mount a cartridge 92, and a retaining member attached to the case through an attaching member 40A. The retaining member presses the front and rear end portions of the cartridge 92 to the tray. The retaining member includes a rotating member 44 attached to the attaching member 40A and the elastic retaining piece 45 fixed to the rotating member 44. The front and rear end portions of the elastic retaining piece 45 respectively extend from the rotating end portion of the rotating member 44. When the cartridge 92 is inserted, the rotating member 44 is operated to separate the front end portion of the elastic retaining piece 45 from the cartridge 92, and when the cartridge 92 reaches a specified position, the cartridge 92 is pressed by the both front and rear end portions of the elastic retaining piece 45.

Abstract: A disc tray including: a tray frame having a plurality of accommodation portions each of which selectively accommodates one of a plurality of discs having different diameters and at least one guide portion; and at least one holding apparatus coupled to the guide portion and which holds a selectively accommodated disc.

Abstract: A tray for a disc drive includes a disc receiving region, a side wall substantially surrounding the disc receiving region, and a plurality of hooks extending inwardly from the side wall. The disc receiving region includes a first portion for receiving a disc, and one or more second portions. The hooks is spaced apart from the disc receiving region and spatially corresponding to the one or more second portions of the disc receiving region, and is for preventing the disc from being displaced from the disc receiving region.

Abstract: A tray-type optical disc drive includes a base unit, an optical disc drive body, a front panel and a disc tray. The disc tray includes at least a retainer and a receiver. The receiver includes a horizontal bearing area, a ramp and a vertical bearing area. The ramp outwardly adjoins the horizontal bearing area while the vertical bearing area outwardly adjoins the ramp. The horizontal bearing area contacts with the outer edge of the disc when the disc is under horizontal disposition. The retainers are disposed on the receiver. When the disc is under vertical disposition, the retainers stop the disc edge for the disc to be positioned. The vertical bearing area and the retainer stop the lower edge of the disc edge. The upper edge of the disc edge leans against the horizontal bearing area.

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: This invention discloses a compact disc receptacle for containing different sized compact discs. The compact disc receptacle comprises a base having at least a positioning hole seat, and at least a positioning members corresponding to the positioning hole seats. Each positioning member comprises a pivot section for placing into each positioning hole seat respectively, and a positioning wall standing on the pivot section. Each positioning wall have a plurality of positioning edges that can be adapted for setting different sized compact discs by selectively pivoting the positioning members relatively to the compact disc seats.

Abstract: A disk drive including a tray having a seating portion in which a disk or disk cartridge is seated, and an opening hole, and further having a disk cartridge holder installed on the tray to be capable of sliding, the disk cartridge holder fixing the disk cartridge to the seating portion. The disk cartridge holder includes a plurality of ribs which protrude toward the opening hole and which prevent the disk, to be seated in the seating portion, from becoming caught between the disk cartridge holder and the tray.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating structure of a disc drive comprises a tray and a diversion plate. The tray has a body with a concavity loading surface for loading a disc to be in and out the disc drive, and the loading surface has a central hole. Further the diversion plate is disposed on one side of the loading surface, and connected to the loading surface, wherein the diversion plate extends downward and slopes from the connection of the diversion plate and the loading surface.

Abstract: A means for receiving an optical disc to be transported to an optical drive is oriented off-axis to maintain an optical disc within such receiving means during loading/unloading of the disc to/from an optical drive. In a preferred embodiment, the optical drive comprises a receptacle operable to transport a disc to/from the optical drive, and such receptacle comprises a cavity that receives the disc. In a preferred embodiment, such cavity is oriented at an acute angle ? from the vertical axis. In a more preferred embodiment, such angle ? has a value selected from approximately 5 degrees to approximately 45 degrees from the vertical axis. In a most preferred embodiment, angle ? is has a value selected from approximately 5 degrees to approximately 15 degrees from the vertical axis. Angle ? is sufficient to maintain the disc within the receptacle. In a preferred embodiment, the optical drive itself is oriented at angle ? from the vertical axis.

Abstract: The disk transfer device according to the present invention includes a disk tray for holding the disk during the disk transfer action and a tray driving mechanism for driving the tray forward and backward between a first position which is the retracted location of the tray corresponding to a turn table in a disk drive and a second position which is the loading and unloading location of the disk outwardly of the disk drive, wherein the disk tray comprises a main tray for supporting one side of the disk and a sub tray provided separately of the main tray for holding the other side of the disk, the main tray and the sub tray are joined to each other to have a pocket for accommodating partially the disk.

Abstract: An optical disk drive includes: a tray having first and second loading portions for respectively loading a first disk and a second disk of a smaller diameter than the first disk, the first and second loading portions having different heights, first and second inclined portions formed obliquely outward and inward on edges of the first and second loading portions, respectively. The optical disk drive further includes: a spindle motor having a turntable supporting the disks on a plane thereof, the motor rotating the disks and approaching/departing from the disks; and a clamp rotatably supporting the disks on the other plane thereof, wherein the clamp can approach the disks due to a magnetic force exerted between the clamp and the turntable as the spindle motor approaches the disks.

Abstract: A disk drive device (1) comprises a body chassis (2) and a tray (3) movable relative to the body chassis (2). The body chassis (2) is provided with a stage (6) at one side thereof, which is higher than the central bottom face. On the other hand, a part of the disk protective portion (11) of the tray (3), which overlaps the stage (6), is cut out at its rear end (20a) in an arc shape. As a result, the disk protective portion (11) covers the whole area of a disk (14) and, at the same time, forms a large space between it and the front end (6a) of the stage (6).

Abstract: A disc tray of an optical disc drive includes a tray body having a seating surface on which an optical disc is to be seated. The tray body is installed in the optical disc drive to slide in and out of the optical disc drive. The disc tray also includes a window bored through the disc tray so that an optical pickup to record or read data accesses the optical disc, and a vortex restraint unit which spatially restrains a vortex generated by a rotation of the optical disc.

Abstract: A removable disk drive apparatus can insert a smaller diameter disk into a tray of a vertical drive device, and improve the reliability of the disk supporting function. The tray, on which a plurality of concave portions for a disk for supporting disk storage media having different diameters are formed in the concentric positions, includes larger disk support lugs provided at plural points on the periphery of the concave portion for a larger diameter disk, and smaller disk support lugs provided at plural points on the periphery of the concave portion for a smaller diameter disk.

Abstract: A removable disk drive apparatus can insert a smaller diameter disk into a tray of a vertical drive device, and improve the reliability of the disk supporting function. The tray, on which a plurality of concave portions for a disk for supporting disk storage media having different diameters are formed in the concentric positions, includes larger disk support lugs provided at plural points on the periphery of the concave portion for a larger diameter disk, and smaller disk support lugs provided at plural points on the periphery of the concave portion for a smaller diameter disk.

Abstract: An optical pick-up feeding device (100) includes a bracket (1) defining an opening (10), a carrier (41) supporting an optical pick-up (3), a stepping motor (42) having a worm screw (420) for driving the carrier, a pair of guide rails (43) for guiding the carrier, and a connecting body (44) for transmitting driving force from the worm screw to the carrier. A slot (446) and a beam (447) are defined at a front end of the connecting body. A protrusion (445) extends horizontally outwardly from a middle of the beam. The protrusion can elastically bend into the slot when a force is applied on the protrusion. When the protrusion collides with an inside wall of the bracket at the opening, the protrusion presses the beam to bend into the slot, thereby translating the force of the collision into elastic deformation force of the beam. This reduces vibration of the optical pick-up.

Abstract: A disc drive such as an optical disc drive for securely holding discs of various sizes and shapes even in the vertical position. The disc drive includes a tray for holding a disc with a spindle motor installed thereon for rotating a turntable of the spindle motor. The disc is secured to the turntable for being rotated by the spindle motor. A fixing unit disposed by the turntable securely holds the disc to the turntable at locations of a perimeter of a clamping hole of the disc.

Abstract: An optical head apparatus comprises a head unit for irradiating an optical disk with a light beam for recording or reproducing data, a holder for fixing the head unit thereto, a support unit for movably supporting the holder in a radial direction of the optical disk, a support member fixed to the holder, a rack unit movably engageable with the support member within a predetermined range and having a rack along a moving direction of the holder, a gear meshing with the rack of the rack unit, so as to transmit rotating force of a drive source to the rack, and an urging unit for urging the rack unit against the support member in such a manner that the rack meshes with the gear by a predetermined resilient force.

Abstract: A disk device is provided with a disk tray having a detachable guide member, which guides an optical disk between a depression and claws provided thereon. When an optical disk is to be mounted within a disk device in the vertical orientation, the optical disk can automatically be guided between depression and claws by moving the disk along the guide member. In addition, because the guide member is detachable, it can be attached if the disk device is to be used in vertical orientation and removed if it is to be used in horizontal orientation.

Abstract: A disk drive device (1) comprises a body chassis (2) and a tray (3) movable relative to the body chassis (2). The body chassis (2) is provided with a stage (6) at one side thereof, which is higher than the central bottom face. On the other hand, a part of the disk protective portion (11) of the tray (3), which overlaps the stage (6), is cut out at its rear end (20a) in an arc shape. As a result, the disk protective portion (11) covers the whole area of a disk (14) and, at the same time, forms a large space between it and the front end (6a) of the stage (6).

Abstract: A disk tray unit is disclosed that enables suppressing noise generated when a disk rotates. The disk tray unit includes a tray having a recessed portion for accommodating the disk and eaves for holding the disk. The front end of each eave has a smooth shape without unevenness. The eaves are formed on the peripheral wall of the recessed portion and projects toward the inner side of the recessed portion so as to face a portion of the side edge of the disk set in the recessed portion. Because the front end of the eaves has a smooth shape without unevenness, resistance of the eaves to the air stream when the disk rotates is reduced, and thus the probability of generating Karman vortices is reduced. Consequently, it is possible to suppress wind roar and reduce noise generated when the disk rotates.

Abstract: The optical disk player is capable of preventing vibrations of an optical disk and highly improving reliability of reading and/or writing data. The optical disk player, which is capable of writing data to and/or reading data from the optical disk, comprises: a tray having a mount section, in which the optical disk is mounted; and a top case covering over the mount section of the tray, the top case having a top plate, whose inner face is opposite to the optical disk, and a projected section, which is projected from the inner face of the top plate toward the optical disk.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a disc tray and a disc drive equipped with the disc tray, in which a disc is not disengaged or comes away from a disc holding portion when the disc tray is being moved. The disc tray 51 is equipped with the disc tray 51 for conveying a disc 10 between a disc loading position inside the disc drive and a disc ejection position outside the disc drive. The disc tray 51 includes a disc holding portion 511 in which there are provided a guiding slant surface 512 for guiding an outer periphery 103 of the disc 10, and an inner wall portion 513 which is formed continuously to an inner edge of the guiding slant surface 512 so as to oppose to the outer peripheral surface 103 of the disc 10 placed on the disc tray 51 and arranged in parallel to the thickness direction of the outer peripheral surface 103 of the disc 10.

Abstract: In a tray of an optical disk player including a disk mounting portion on which an optical disk is stably mounted; a front wall formed on the front of a tray to surround the disk mounting portion; and a rear wall formed on the rear of the tray to surround the disk mounting portion, a tray of an optical disk player, a front wall is formed so as to have a distance from the center of a spindle to the front wall not less than a value obtained by adding 2.75 mm to a radius of a large-sized disk and not greater than a distance from the center of the spindle to a front tray. In the tray, by increasing a flutter occurrence speed, although the optical disk player has a high recording/reproducing speed, occurrence of flutter can be prevented, and accordingly it is possible to reduce error in disk reproducing/recording and prevent noise occurrence and wrong operation.