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Compact optical disk device capable of driving various types of optical disks

US6188665A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1998
Grant dateFeb 13, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/30
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disk device applicable to a plurality of optical disks differently normalized from each other, including rotation driving unit which support the optical disk and which drive rotation of the optical disk; a plurality of optical heads which are applicable to the a plurality of differently normalized optical disks, respectively; single guiding member for guiding each of the a plurality of optical heads in a radial direction of the optical disk supported by the rotation driving unit; pushing member for pushing the each of the a plurality of optical heads along the single guiding member; container unit for containing all of the a plurality of optical heads; and optical head moving member for moving one of the a plurality of optical heads from the container unit toward the single guiding member or from the single guiding member toward the container unit.

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