Disk drive apparatus
US6496464B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/056
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disk drive apparatus is provided in which there is a disk tray having a disk-receiving face shaped in the form of a circular groove for mounting a recording disk thereon. The disk tray has a plurality of disk holding parts for holding a recording disk onto the disk-receiving face. A disk loading mechanism provides for loading/unloading the disk tray in/out of the apparatus, and a disk position regulator is placed near the disk tray to position the disk when the disk tray is loaded/unloaded. The regulator has a contact surface contacting a part of the rim of a recording disk protruding out of the sides the disk tray.
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