Recording medium driving apparatus
US6388974B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 6, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/057
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A recording medium driving apparatus having a disk-shaped first medium, and a second medium formed of a disk housed in a cartridge case, the first and second media being retained at two vertically shifted positions in a frame member, and information being recorded and/or reproduced on and/or from the first and second media by using the same optical pickup. The recording medium driving apparatus includes a driving unit which can be vertically and horizontally moved with respect to the frame member and on which at least the optical pickup and a transporting mechanism for transporting the optical pickup are mounted. The driving unit vertically and horizontally moves in the frame member thereby to selectively oppose the optical pickup to either of the first and second media retained in the two different positions. This arrangement makes it possible to select either of two media simultaneously loaded on the apparatus to record and/or reproduce information to/from the selected medium, thus obviating the necessity for replacing a medium with a target medium, and providing significantly improved convenience.
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