Disk loading device and disk adaptor
US6529462B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B23/0317
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disk loading device of this invention includes: a holder for removably holding a cartridge; a conveying member for conveying the holder; a shutter opening/closing member for opening a shutter of the cartridge when the cartridge is inserted into the holder; and a rotational driving member having a holding portion for holding a center portion of a disk in the cartridge which has been conveyed to a predetermined position by the conveying member, the rotational driving member rotating the disk held by the holding portion, wherein, when the holder is conveyed by the conveying member, the shutter of the cartridge has been opened by the shutter opening/closing member and an opening of the cartridge which has been exposed by the opening of the shutter passes a position where the holding portion of the rotational driving member is located.
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