Abstract:
A disk drive includes: a pair of guide walls, which is arranged in the vicinity of the holder opening of a cartridge holder to define a direction in which a disk cartridge is supposed to be inserted; a first opening/closing lever, which has a first engaging portion that engages with a portion of the disk cartridge and which rotates while the disk cartridge is being inserted or ejected; and a second opening/closing lever, which has a second engaging portion that engages with another portion of the disk cartridge and which rotates while the disk cartridge is being inserted or ejected. The pivots of the first and second opening/closing levers are arranged opposite to the holder opening. The first and second opening/closing levers rotate so as to leave a broader gap between the first and second engaging portions than between the guide walls when the drive gets loaded with the disk cartridge, thereby opening a window in the disk cartridge.
Abstract:
A recording and/or reproduction apparatus includes a chassis, a recording and/or reproduction device provided on the chassis so as to perform recording and/or reproduction on a disk cartridge, a cartridge holder for holding the disk cartridge, the cartridge holder being supported to be movable between a disk cartridge insertion/draw-out position and a recording/reproduction position relative to the chassis, an eject lever provided to be movable in the direction for insertion and draw-out of the disk cartridge relative to the chassis, a biasing device for biasing the eject lever in a disk cartridge discharging direction, a shutter unlocking member mounted to one side surface of the cartridge holder, and a shutter unlocking member movement restriction portion provided on the chassis and operable to restrict the shutter lock unlocking member from moving in the direction of spacing away from the one side surface when the cartridge holder is located in the recording/reproduction position.
Abstract:
The present invention provides lock release means that allows spring constant of the lock release means to be set to any desired value without regard to a material used for a cartridge holder. A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: recording and/or reproducing means disposed in a chassis; a cartridge holder supported on the chassis movably between an insertion and withdrawal position, at which a disk cartridge is inserted or removed, and a recording and reproducing position, at which the disk cartridge is recorded or reproduced by the recording and/or reproducing means; an eject lever disposed on an upper surface of the chassis so as to be movable in a disk cartridge insertion and withdrawal direction; eject lever lock means disposed on the upper surface of the chassis; and lock release means mounted on the cartridge holder such that a leading end side of the lock release means advances into the cartridge holder from an upper surface of the cartridge holder.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a disk recording and/or reproduction apparatus including, a chassis, a recording and/or reproduction means provided on the chassis so as to perform recording and/or reproduction on a disk cartridge, a cartridge holder movably provided on the chassis to be movable between an insertion/draw-out position for inserting and drawing out the disk cartridge and a recording/reproduction position for recording and/or reproduction on the disk cartridge, an eject lever movably provided on the chassis to be moved between a loading operation finish position for making contact with the disk cartridge when a loading operation for loading the disk cartridge into the cartridge holder is finished and an ejecting operation finish position for making contact with the disk cartridge when an ejecting operation for ejecting the disk cartridge is finished, and a biasing means for biasing the eject lever toward the ejecting operation finish position; wherein the eject lever has a contact portion for contact with the disk cartridge, and, when the eject lever is moved to the ejecting operation finish position, the position of the contact portion is moved to a position higher than the position of the contact portion at the time when the eject lever is located at the loading position.
Abstract:
A disk cartridge according to the present invention includes a case body 10, a shutter 11 and an elastic member 7. The case body 10 has a head window 12, which reaches a side surface, and a shutter opening groove 24 with a holding recess 26 at the bottom. The shutter portion 11 is subjected to the elastic force applied by the elastic member 7 so as to close the head window 12, thus preventing a record/reproduce head from interfering with the case body 10 and reducing the width of the disk cartridge. Also, a gripping member, provided for a disk drive to prevent the disk cartridge from popping out due to the reactive force caused by the elastic member 7, neither disengages itself from the holding recess 26 easily nor interferes with the head.
Abstract:
A microminiature optical disc drive is mounted in a cell phone or other handheld portable device to provide a large data source for playing games, movies and other digital content on the device. The optical disc drive is manufactured to an extremely small form factor by, among other things, employing a blue laser beam and a high numerical aperture lens in the optics assembly.
Abstract:
A disk recording/reproducing apparatus 101 includes: a chassis 103 rotatably supporting a holder 102 for storing a disk cartridge; an eject lever 105 disposed in the chassis movably in an insertion/removal direction of the disk cartridge and movably in a direction toward or away from the chassis, the eject lever being rotated by being pushed by the disk cartridge 1 inserted into the holder; and cartridge drop preventive means 221 for preventing the disk cartridge 1 ejected by the eject lever 105 from dropping from the cartridge holder 102. The cartridge drop preventive means 221 is formed from a flat spring disposed on one side surface 102b of the holder and makes a sliding contact with one side surface 3b of the disk cartridge during unloading of the cartridge so as to give the disk cartridge a braking force. This arrangement can prevent the disk cartridge from jumping out and dropping off from the cartridge holder during ejection.
Abstract:
A magnetooptical recording apparatus that records information by applying a magnetic field from a magnetic head while irradiating a light beam onto a magnetooptical disk from an optical pickup. The apparatus includes an optical pickup, a magnetic head having a slider that moves in a radial direction of the magnetooptical disk together with the optical pickup and is abutted against a recording surface of the magnetooptical disk and first and second elastic members that support the magnetic head.
Abstract:
The present invention provides lock release means that allows spring constant of the lock release means to be set to any desired value without regard to a material used for a cartridge holder. A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: recording and/or reproducing means disposed in a chassis; a cartridge holder supported on the chassis movably between an insertion and withdrawal position, at which a disk cartridge is inserted or removed, and a recording and reproducing position, at which the disk cartridge is recorded or reproduced by the recording and/or reproducing means; an eject lever disposed on an upper surface of the chassis so as to be movable in a disk cartridge insertion and withdrawal direction; eject lever lock means disposed on the upper surface of the chassis; and lock release means mounted on the cartridge holder such that a leading end side of the lock release means advances into the cartridge holder from an upper surface of the cartridge holder.
Abstract:
A holder pivotally supported on a chassis for supporting a cartridge which is provided with a shutter biased by a spring in a closing direction. A slide member mounted on the holder is reciprocatingly movable between a first position where an opening piece pushes the shutter open with the loading of the cartridge into the holder and a second position where the latch engages the cartridge after moving from the first position toward the cartridge loading direction. A release mechanism is disposed between the chassis and the holder for disengaging the latch from the cartridge when the cartridge is unloaded from the holder. The cartridge as disengaged and in contact with the opening piece is moved by the spring in the unloading direction.