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Cooling device for optical information recording and reproducing apparatus

US4771412A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateSep 10, 1986
Grant dateSep 13, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/142
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus (2) such that a carriage (7), on which an optical pickup (5) for collectively applying a light beam on a recording medium (11) for information recording and reproduction is mounted, is movable along a movement passage (52) formed in a recessed portion (6) of a deck (4) by a movable mechanism (24) housed in the same recessed portion, cooling air introduced by a cooling device (1) using a fan (43) is blown against the movable mechanism (24) and the blown air is guided toward an exhaust side through a movement passage (52) formed in the vicinity of the movable mechanism (24).

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