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Optical information processing device having switchable optics for use with plural media types

US5986984A · kind A · utility

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27Claims
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Filing dateFeb 9, 1996
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/0006
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The reference character 5 denotes a supporting shaft holding base, which holds the lower end of a supporting shaft 103 coated with fluororesin with a small frictional coefficient. The reference characters 107a and 107b are tracking magnets bipolar-magnetized in the right and left direction, which are fixed to a fixing base 1 by bonding. The character 108 denotes a mirror for reflecting a light beam 2 incident from the front in the vertical upward direction. The character 6 denotes a lens holder formed of a plastic material, or the like, with light weight and high stiffness, which holds objective lenses 3 and 4 corresponding to a plurality of optical information recording media with different substrate thicknesses and different recording densities at positions eccentrically displaced by almost equal distances from the supporting shaft 103.

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