Abstract: A method for transporting discs, A disc transporting device and a drawer type disc transporting device are disclosed. The disc transporting device comprises a lifting mechanism, a swing mechanism and a control element, wherein the lifting mechanism further comprises a clipper element, a drive element and a rotational connection element, the swing mechanism further comprises a corresponding connection element and a swing rotation element. The clipper element can grab at least one disc. The drive element is coupled with the clipper element and drives the lifting mechanism. The rotational connection element engages with the drive element; the corresponding connection element of the swing mechanism corresponds to the rotational connection element to enable the lifting mechanism going up/down along the swing mechanism. The control element engages with the swing rotation element of the swing mechanism to control the swing mechanism.

Abstract: A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot, a traverse unit disposed in the apparatus body, a disk conveying device which conveys the disk into or from the apparatus body, and a control device for controlling the disk conveying device. The disk conveying device includes first through third disk conveying arms pivotably attached to the apparatus body to hold a periphery of the disk to convey. The control device includes a trigger setting device for setting trigger for starting control of the disk conveying device according to a diameter of the disk. The trigger setting device moves in a vertical direction according to an amount of pivotal movement of at least one of the first through third disk conveying arms, and sets the trigger.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical disk drive device into which a disk can be loaded even when the disk is inserted through a disk insertion port only by a small amount. The optical disk drive device according to the present invention includes a loading lever 7 pivotably located inside a housing 23 near an insertion port, a motor 6 pivotally rotating the loading lever 7, a detection switch 16 driving the motor 6, a main lever 4a pivotably located inside the housing 23 closer to a center thereof, the main lever turning on the detection switch 16 to drive the motor 6, and a sub-lever 17 pivotably provided at a leading end of the main lever 4a to pivotally rotate the main lever 4a.

Abstract: An optical disc device capable of sensing exactly whether or not a disc is present is provided. In an optical disc device includes a main body having a disc slot, and a carrying roller for carrying a disc between the disc slot and a disc loading position of the main body, a swinging lever whose base end is supported turnably in an inside of the main body by a supporting shaft and to which a disc arriving switch is fixed, and a sensing lever whose base end is supported turnably by the supporting shaft and whose top end contacts the outer periphery of the disc, which is loaded in the disc loading position, to operate the disc arriving switch are provided.

Abstract: The optical disc device includes a main unit rotating a turntable when a disc is coupled to the turntable and including an optical pick-up unit writing/reading data to/from the disc; a lever member guiding the disc to load the disc to a position at which a center of the disc is aligned with a center of the turntable and reversely guiding the disc to unload the disc, the lever member being capable of loading/unloading discs having various diameters; and a driving unit actuating the lever member. The method of controlling the optical disc device includes detecting a diameter of a disc; loading the disc to a position at which a center of the disc is aligned with the center of the turntable; coupling the disc to the turntable; and moving the lever member away from the disc to allow writing/reading data to/from the disc to be performed.

Abstract: An optical disk device with release, with the optical disk device including a main unit which having an optical pickup unit to recording/reproducing data on/from an optical disk, wherein the main unit is lifted/lowered for coupling/uncoupling the optical disk on/from a turn-table, a main slider including a rack connected by a gear to a driving source and moving linearly to lift/lower the main unit, and a releasing unit, when a pin is inserted in the optical disk device, to disengage the gear from the rack and allow the main slider to move manually. Thus, the optical disk can be manually unloaded from the optical disk device.

Abstract: A loading mechanism (11) has first and second arm members (30, 30) rotated about first and second supporting points (31, 31), a cam mechanism (60) for rotating, by driving force from a drive source (71), at least either of the first and second arm members (30, 30) to hold and feed a disc (12), and a third arm member (80) independently rotated about a third supporting point (81), applying urging force to the disc (12) by an urging means (86) to hold the outer circumferential edge of the disc (12). In the holding and feeding of the disc, the center part of the disc (12) is present inside a figure obtained by connecting adjacent points out of three or more points of contact between the disc (12) and the first to third arm members (30, 30, 80).

Abstract: An optical disk drive is loaded with a disk set in a chuck position upon entry through an insertion slot by automatic loading. A lifting frame is movable between high and low positions in an opening of a base panel. A disk driving unit is disposed on the lifting frame for chucking and rotating the disk. A leading segment is connected with the lifting frame, and raises a distal end of a periphery of the disk from the insertion slot by forming a slope. The leading segment extends in the insertion direction of the disk, and has an end positioned beside the disk driving unit. The end of the leading segment is kept higher than an upper surface of the lifting frame when the lifting frame is in the low position.

Abstract: A disk drive device includes a housing having a slot through which a disk-shaped recording medium having a recording surface is inserted and ejected, a mount that is disposed in the housing and on which the recording medium inserted through the slot is mounted, and a conveying mechanism including an arm unit that extends and retracts along a plane substantially parallel to the recording surface of the recording medium to convey the recording medium between the slot and the mount while holding a peripheral portion of the recording medium and a restricting unit that restricts the movement of the arm unit.

Abstract: An automatic disk feeding device for disk duplication system and method thereof which comprises two transport assemblies disposed at both sides of a disc holder. Each transport assembly comprises a linkage disk which drives a connecting rod to rotate, and then the connecting rod moves a sliding block which cooperates with a push member and a slide rail to slide. The sliding block is defined with slant pushing grooves, and the slide rail is defined with L-shaped tracks. The push member is provided with pushing protrusions and guiding protrusions inserted in the pushing grooves and the L-shaped tracks. Thereby, the push members can clamp the disc by a horizontal extending method firstly, and then lift the disc, thus automatically taking out the disc in a small space.

Abstract: A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot, a traverse unit which is disposed in the apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk, and a clamper supporting device for supporting a clamper which clamps the disk to the traverse unit. A disk conveying device conveys the disk into the apparatus body when a part of the disk is inserted through the disk loading/unloading slot and ejects a part of the disk through the disk loading/unloading slot from the state that the disk is housed in the apparatus body. A control device controls the disk conveying device.

Abstract: A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot, a traverse unit which is disposed in the apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk, and a disk conveying device which conveys the disk into the apparatus body when a part of the disk is inserted through the disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of the disk through the disk loading/unloading slot from a state that the disk is housed in the apparatus body. A control device controls the disk conveying device. The control device includes a single control member for controlling conveyance of the disk by the disk conveying means, for centering of the disk relative to the traverse unit, and for clamping or unclamping the disk relative to a turn table of the traverse unit.

Abstract: A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes a disk conveying device for conveying a disk between a disk loading/unloading slot of an apparatus body and a centering position of a traverse unit. The disk conveying device includes a pair of first and second disk guide arms which are pivotably disposed on the apparatus body and which can hold the periphery of the disk to convey the disk. Therefore, the disk storage medium processing apparatus can easily and flexibly conduct the control for conveyance of the disk no matter whether the disk has a small diameter or a large diameter, with keeping protection of the recording surface of the disk and can be formed more compactly.

Abstract: A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot, a traverse unit which is disposed in the apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk, and a clamper supporting device for supporting a clamper which clamps the disk to the traverse unit. A disk conveying device conveys the disk into the apparatus body when a part of the disk is inserted through the disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of the disk through the disk loading/unloading slot from a state that the disk is housed in the apparatus body. The disk conveying device includes a pair of first and second disk conveying arms which are pivotably attached to the apparatus body and holding a periphery of the disk to convey the disk.

Abstract: There is provided a disc changer for a disc drive unit, including: a disc accommodation section capable of accommodating plural discs: a disc pushing mechanism that pushes a disc from a specific rack of the disc accommodation section to a disc discharge position within the disc drive unit; and a disc discharge mechanism that securely sends the disc at the disc discharge position, to a disc insertion/discharge opening of the disc drive unit. The disc exchanger further includes a disc guiding device that has: an upper and a lower guiding members, which are provided in an area within the disc drive unit adjacent to the disc insertion/discharge opening, and guide the disc pushed by the pushing mechanism, to the disc insertion/discharge opening; and a drive mechanism of the guiding members, that opens the lower guiding member from the upper guiding member, when the pushing mechanism pushes the disc.

Abstract: An automatic disk reproducing apparatus includes a chassis body, a duplicating device, a disk feeding device, a disk conveying device and a disk holder. The duplicating device is mounted in the chassis body and has a tray. The disk feeding device is mounted on the chassis body to hold a stack of compact disks in position and allows gravity to pull the compact disk at the bottom of the stack of compact disks into the tray for duplication. The disk conveying device includes two conveying members and two arms connected respectively to the conveying members to elevate the recorded compact disk from the tray after the duplication of the compact disk and convey the recorded compact disk to the disk holder.

Abstract: A recording medium driving device which records information in or reproduces information from the recording medium, includes a device body in which a recording medium is inserted and from which the recording medium is removed, a conveying mechanism that conveys the recording medium in a loading direction and an eject direction, a mounting section on which the recording medium is mounted, a conveyance arm that moves according to movement of the recording medium in the loading direction and the eject direction and conveys the recording medium, and a driving mechanism that has a driving source for imparting a driving force for moving the conveyance arm. The conveyance arm includes a contact section that brought into contact with the recording medium and an urging member that urges the contact section in the eject direction of the recording medium.

Abstract: An automatic disk feeding device for a disk duplication device and method thereof which comprises two transport assemblies disposed at both sides of a disc holder. Each transport assembly comprises a linkage disk which drives a connecting rod to rotate, and then the connecting rod moves a sliding block which cooperates with a push member and a slide rail to slide to and fro. The sliding block is defined with slant pushing grooves, and the slide rail is defined with L-shaped tracks. The push member is provided with pushing protrusions and guiding protrusions inserted in the pushing grooves and the L-shaped tracks. Thereby, the push members can clamp the disc by a horizontal extending method firstly, and then lift the disc, thus automatically taking out the disc in a small space.

Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a chassis outer sheath with a base body and a lid. A slider mechanism is disposed on one end of a traverse, the slider mechanism includes a vertically moving cam mechanism which brings the traverse close to and away from the base body. A cam groove of the vertically moving cam mechanism has a first cam portion which moves together with the slider mechanism and a second cam portion which is displaced with respect to the first cam portion. When a vertically moving pin of the vertically moving cam mechanism exceeds a predetermined height in the cam groove, the second cam portion rises and the second cam portion limits movement of the vertically moving pin. When the vertically moving pin is equal to or lower than the predetermined height in the cam groove, the second cam portion is held at its lowered position.

Abstract: A disc drive comprises an enclosure, a disc carrying unit, a pair of rotating members, and a pair of light sources. The enclosure has an opening for insertion and ejection of the disc. The disc carrying unit carries a disc having been inserted into the opening to the inside of the enclosure and ejects the disc having been carried into the inside of the enclosure from the opening. Each of the rotating members has a disc contact portion in contact with the end face of the disc and moves the disc contact portion in the state where the disc contact portion is in contact with the end face of the disc when the disc carrying unit carries the disc. Each of the light sources is provided at the disc contact portion and has light enter the inside of the disc from the end face of the disc.

Abstract: Provided are a disc guide mechanism 41 that is disposed on one end side of a slot 10A in a drive unit body 10 and guides an optical disc 1; and a disc diameter detecting mechanism 42 that is disposed on the other side of the slot 10A in the drive unit body 10 and retracts the disc guide mechanism 41 when the optical disc 1 inserted in the slot 10A is large and advances the optical disc 1 when the optical disc 1 is small. The disc guide mechanism 41 and the disc diameter detecting mechanism 42 which are respectively disposed on sides of the slot 10A can center the optical disc 1 in accordance with a diameter of the optical disc 1.

Abstract: A disk loading/ejection mechanism in a disk device inserting and taking out a disk-shaped storage medium (disk D) through an opening and enabling a combined relatively large space to be secured inside the disk device, provided with an offset drive function unit for shifting the loading/ejection direction when inserting and taking out the disk D to a loading/ejection direction (B) offset from the straight direction (A) perpendicularly intersecting the opening direction of the opening.

Abstract: A disc autochanger improving on a conventional disc separating mechanism to enable the device to be reduced in size is provided, comprising a plurality of disc holding members 4 (4-1 to 4-6), a splitting member 21 splitting the plurality of disc holding members 4 to separate them at the disc holding member for playback/recording, and an elevator mechanism 6 making the plurality of disc holding members 4 move in the elevation direction to make the disc holding member for playback (recording) move to the position for splitting the disc holding members and further enlarge the split.

Abstract: A transportation device for moving a compact disc includes a moving arm, a screw bolt, and a guide track device. The moving arm has a first end, and the first end has a protrusive section located on a peripheral surface thereof. The screw bolt is screwed through the first end of the moving arm so that the moving arm can be moved when the screw bolt is rotating. The guide track device is composed of a plurality of crossed slots. The protrusive section of the first end of the moving arm can be slidably connected to the slots of the guide track device when the screw bolt is rotating, whereby the moving arm can be directed in different directions by the slots of the guide track device.

Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a playback unit having a reading unit for reading information recorded on a disk, and a turntable on which the disk is placed, the playback unit being movable between a lateral side of a disk conveying path and a central portion of the disk, an arc-shaped stocker for stocking the disk, the stocker being shaped like a part of a circle whose more than half of its area including a center is removed in order to make it possible for the playback unit to move toward the central portion of the disk, and a supporting member disposed separately from the stocker opposite to a part of the disk which is not held by the stocker, the supporting member restricting horizontal movements of the disk.

Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a chassis (20), and a bracket (10) pivotably attached to the chassis. The chassis includes a front plate (27). A first pivot portion (271) is formed along an edge of the front plate. A cutout (272) is defined adjacent the pivot portion along the edge thereof. The bracket forms a second pivot portion (121) thereon. The second pivot portion inserts through the cutout to slide on along the edge of the front plate, thereby the second pivot portion engaging with the first pivot portion.

Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a guide mechanism for guiding conveyance of a disk so that the disk can be advanced or retracted in a direction of conveyance of the disk, rotary members rotatably disposed on both ends of the guide mechanism, a disk conveying mechanism disposed opposite to the guide mechanism between the rotary members, and a rotating mechanism for, when retracting the guide mechanism toward a disk insertion/ejection opening, rotating the rotary member so as to move the disk conveying mechanism in a direction which intersects with the direction of conveyance of the disk.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical disc apparatus includes no engagement members that couple the mechanical base chassis to the mechanism provided in the main unit and related to the process of clamping the sub-chassis, i.e., chassis of the pickup-head (PUH) traverse mechanism. It is possible to suppress the minute vibration resulting from the interference of mechanical components with the PUH traverse mechanism, which occurs due to background vibration or the internal vibration. This increases the vibration resistance.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical disc apparatus includes a turntable, two disc guides, a rotating element, a loading motor, and a detecting switch. The disc guides are provided on the left and right sides of the turntable, respectively, in which a disc is inserted. While remaining in the initial position, the disc guides do not contact the outer circumference of an 8-cm optical disc. As a 12-cm optical disc is inserted, it contacts the disc guides at its outer circumference and expands the space between the disc guides. In this case, the rotating element provided behind the turntable is rotated. The rotation radius of the rotating element is related to the operating timing of the detecting switch that turns on or off the loading motor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a slot-in type optical disc drive, in which a shutter member can prevent the insertion of an optical disc so that the optical disc already inserted may be played back, and can protect the data surface (data-recording surface) of the optical disc from damage even if the optical disc vibrates due to background vibration.

Abstract: A disc autochanger improving on a conventional disc separating mechanism to enable the device to be reduced in size is provided, comprising a plurality of disc holding members 4 (4-1 to 4-6), a splitting member 21 splitting the plurality of disc holding members 4 to separate them at the disc holding member for playback/recording, and an elevator mechanism 6 making the plurality of disc holding members 4 move in the elevation direction to make the disc holding member for playback (recording) move to the position for splitting the disc holding members and further enlarge the split.

Abstract: An optical disk writer is provided. The writer includes a disk drive capable of receiving an optical disk. The disk drive has a reclosable drawer and an arm that is configured to retrieve the optical disk from a first storage area. The arm is also configured to place the optical disk into the reclosable drawer. The arm is configured to remove the optical disk from said reclosable drawer and to place the optical disk at a second storage area. The arm is stationary with respect to rotation about an axis oriented in the vertical direction.

Abstract: The disk carrying apparatus includes a lifting portion which carries a disk onto a turntable, a chuck which holds the carried disk on the turntable, and a third switch which detects an intermediate position between a holding operation start position where the chuck starts a disk holding operation and a holding operation end position where the chuck finishes the disk holding operation. After completion of an initial disk holding operation, the chuck returns to the intermediate position detected by the third switch and retries the disk holding operation.

Abstract: In a disc driving device that performs loading operation to transfer a disc, which is a disc-shaped storage medium, in its radial direction, and chucking operation to transfer the disc substantially in the direction of the thickness, the loading operation and the chucking operation are to be performed by a single driving source, and miniaturization and reduction in thickness or the like of the device are to be realized easily. The disc driving device has roller arm parts that sway parallel to the radial direction of a disc, a chucking arm part that sways substantially in the direction of the thickness of the disc, and a cam. The cam has a cam groove for regulating swaying of the roller arm parts so as to position the disc transferred in the radial direction at a predetermined position, and a cam groove for regulating swaying of the chucking arm part so as to transfer the disc situated at the predetermined position substantially into the direction of the thickness.

Abstract: A disk transport mechanism in a disk drive is connected with a transmission gear mechanism. A loading motor drives the disk transport mechanism. When the loading motor rotates forwards, an optical disk is carried by the disk transport mechanism to a chuck position. When the loading motor rotates backwards, the optical disk is moved back to an ejection position. In failure of the loading motor, an emergency pin is pushed to actuate an emergency disk ejector. A first gear wheel in the transmission gear mechanism is disengaged by the emergency disk ejector to separate the transmission gear mechanism into a disk transport mechanism side and a motor. A second gear wheel on the disk transport mechanism side is rotated to actuate the disk transport mechanism. The emergency pin is pushed repeatedly to cause the disk transport mechanism to move back the optical disk to the ejection position.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inserting and extracting device for rotatable data carrier plates which mechanically moves the data carrier plate (1) from an inserting position into a playing position before playing and back into the inserting position again after playing, with parallel guide rails (2) which extend over the full range of movement for insertion and extraction and which guide the data carrier plate (1) in grooves (5) at diagonally mutually opposed edge regions, wherein at least one of the guide rails (2) transmits to the data carrier plate (1) motion pulses in one of its directions of movement, by means of which pulses the data carrier plate (1) is moved in the insertion or extraction direction.

Abstract: An optical disk drive of a slot-in type is loadable with any of two optical disks different in the diameter, and has an insertion slot formed in a case chassis for disk loading. A disk entered through the insertion slot is received by a disk support arm set in a ready position. A loading mechanism is actuated when the disk support arm is pressed by the disk. In response to this, plural arms and the disk support arm cooperate to support the disk, which is moved to a chuck position for writing and reading information. For disk unloading, the disk, supported by the. plural arms, is moved by the disk support arm to an ejection position. The disk support arm is shifted from an advance position for pressing the disk to the ejection position, to the ready position which is offset toward the chuck position.

Abstract: A carrying section of a disk apparatus includes a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of a disk in the proximity of the opposite ends of an opening formed in a housing such that the arms pivot around end portions thereof adjacent the opening in synchronism with each other in directions toward and away from each other, and a biasing element which biases the arms in a direction in which ends of the arms remote from the opening approach each other. The arms individually have rollers provided thereon which grip and carry the disk to a predetermined position. At least one of the rollers is rotated by the driving member to carry the disk. A controller includes a state decision section which decides a carrying state of the disk and a driving control section which stops, if it is decided that part of the disk is carried out to the outside of the housing, the driving of the driving means in a state wherein the rollers grip the disk.

Abstract: A disc drive includes a disc-guiding member provided with a positioning pillar, a rotating seat for receiving an optical disc when the disc is disposed at a reading position, and a transport roller for pushing the optical disc against urging action of the disc-guiding member to a temporary position above the reading position. The pillar has an enlarged first portion to contact the disc when the disc is at the temporary position and a constricted second portion to space apart from the disc when the disc is at the reading position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc guiding mechanism, having: a main body which provided with a teeth array at one side; a first sliding bar and a second sliding bar both of which are provided on the main body; a transmission element provided on the main body and engaged with both of the sliding bars; a first hook and a second hook rotatably provided on each sliding bar respectively; and a first elastic member and a second elastic member provided on each sliding bar to provide an elasticity on the hooks. According to the disc guiding mechanism of the present invention, a disc is guided by the hooks and carried into an optical disc device, the transmission element restricts the first and the second sliding bars to slide symmetrically, so that the disc is guided and carried in a correct direction. Accordingly, a disc jamming in the optical disc device resulted from loading in an incorrect direction is avoided.

Abstract: A disc apparatus capable of automatic loading to load a disc and to unload a disc includes a plurality of arms for supporting outer peripheral edges of two kinds of discs with different diameters so that two discs can be transported, a loading slider, a clamping head moved up and down a plurality of times to clamp a disc by the loading slider when the loading slider is repeatedly moved forward and backward and a spindle motor for rotating the clamping head, wherein the spindle motor is driven by driving force previously set in response to the kind of the inserted disc at a proper time of the clamping operation period and which period is a period before and/or after the loading slider is operated in the reverse direction to thereby rotate the disc at a predetermined angle.

Abstract: The optical disc device includes a main unit rotating a turntable when a disc is coupled to the turntable and including an optical pick-up unit writing/reading data to/from the disc; a lever member guiding the disc to load the disc to a position at which a center of the disc is aligned with a center of the turntable and reversely guiding the disc to unload the disc, the lever member being capable of loading/unloading discs having various diameters; and a driving unit actuating the lever member. The method of controlling the optical disc device includes detecting a diameter of a disc; loading the disc to a position at which a center of the disc is aligned with the center of the turntable; coupling the disc to the turntable; and moving the lever member away from the disc to allow writing/reading data to/from the disc to be performed.

Abstract: An optical disc drive suitable for accommodating an optical disc is provided. The optical disc drive includes a housing, a rack, a swing arm and a cushion. The rack is disposed inside the housing, and the swing arm is pivoted to the rack. When an optical disc moves to a first disc location of the rack, the disc pushes the swing arm to rotate from a first arm location to a second arm location. When the disc returns from the first disc location back to a second disc location, the swing arm rotates from the second arm location back to the first arm location. The cushion is disposed to cover a protruding portion of the swing arm for buffering an impact.

Abstract: A disk device including a first disk holder movable with disk conveyance, a second disk holder opposed to a groove portion formed in the first disk holder and holding a disk grippingly in cooperation with the first disk holder when the first disk holder holds the disk, and a supporter which supports the first disk holder and which causes a support position for the first disk holder to be shifted in accordance with the movement of the first disk holder to be shifted in accordance with movement of the first disk holder, realizes reducing in size and number of parts, prevention of damage to disks, shortening operation time for plurality of operations, improved vibration resistance and less expensive manufacturing cost.

Abstract: In a disc driving device that performs loading operation to transfer a disc, which is a disc-shaped storage medium, in its radial direction, and chucking operation to transfer the disc substantially in the direction of the thickness, the loading operation and the chucking operation are to be performed by a single driving source, and miniaturization and reduction in thickness or the like of the device are to be realized easily. The disc driving device has roller arm parts that sway parallel to the radial direction of a disc, a chucking arm part that sways substantially in the direction of the thickness of the disc, and a cam. The cam has a cam groove for regulating swaying of the roller arm parts so as to position the disc transferred in the radial direction at a predetermined position, and a cam groove for regulating swaying of the chucking arm part so as to transfer the disc situated at the predetermined position substantially into the direction of the thickness.

Abstract: A disc drive apparatus is comprised of an opening portion which can insert/eject a large disc shaped medium and a small disc shaped medium, a feeding roller which pulls in a disc shaped medium being inserted to the opening portion, oscillating links which have convex portions against which an end surface of the disc shaped medium which is guided inside the apparatus by the feeding roller, a locking plate which fixes the oscillating links, an actuating lever which is connected to one of the oscillating link, and a slide cam which starts moving toward the opening portion in conjunction with an oscillation of the actuating lever.

Abstract: A guide flap is a member shaped like substantially a plate, and a pair of disk guide parts are formed on both sides of the guide flap. The respective inside portions of the disk guide parts form disk contact portions that abut against the outer peripheral surface of a disk and support the disk. The disk contact portion is formed in an uneven shape having a plurality of grooves extending in the direction of thickness of the disk.

Abstract: A disc device including a disc driving section, a transport roller, a positioning member, a detection section, a transmitting member for transmitting movement of the detection section to the positioning member, a roller supporting member for moving the transport roller to a transport position where the transport roller is capable of transporting a disc and to a retreat position where the transport roller is separated from the disc, and a restraining section disposed at the roller supporting member. When the transport roller moves to the retreat position, the detection section is restrained by being moved in a predetermined direction by the restraining section and the movement of the detection section when restraining the detection section is transmitted to the positioning member through the transmitting member, so that the positioning member moves so as to separate from the outer peripheral edge of the disc.

Abstract: A disk device capable of storing a plurality of disks therein includes a disk holder capable of changing its vertical position to hold a disk, a driver to drive the disk holder, and the disk holder performs a rotational movement and the changing of its vertical height by means of the same driving mechanism of the driver. The disk device realizes a reduction in size and number of parts, prevention of damage to disks, a shortened operation time for a plurality of operations, improved vibration resistance, and a reduced manufacturing cost.

Abstract: It is sought to simplify a disc centering device. Stopper portions for centering a small-size disc are provided on disc sensors, and guide portions are provided, which, when the disc sensors are moved with insertion of a large-size disc, engage with the disc sensors to move the stopper portions to the outside of a disc transport path.