Disk carrier with levers holding and carrying a disk in horizontal direction
US6219324A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/0402
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disk carrier mechanism for carrying a disk between an inserting port for inserting the disk into a housing and a reproducing position in which said disk is held on a turn-table for reproduction. A pair of carrier levers swinging within a plane parallel to a major surface of the disk are respectively provided with abutting members each abutting onto a peripheral edge section of the disk for enabling holding of the disk therewith in cooperation with each other. The abutting members are respectively provided with inclined surfaces respectively along which the disk can be moved in a direction perpendicular to the major surface of the disk when the carrier leaves swing to approach the peripheral edge sections of the disk or to leave left away from the disk.
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