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Disc holding apparatus

US6550612B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 2001
Grant dateApr 22, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 31, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/0427
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a disc holding apparatus which can securely hold an information recording disc and effectively prevent a breakage from being generated at a time of being taken out. In a disc holding apparatus provided within a main body and provided for holding an information recording disc, the disc holding apparatus is provided with a holding body protruded from the main body by a supporting line having an elasticity, provided so as to move close to and apart from the main body and engaging with a center hole of the disc in such a manner as to put in and take out with respect to an inner portion of the center hole, and a disc receiving portion for receiving the disc is provided so as to protrude from the main body at a time when the holding body moves close to a side of the main body, in an outer side of the holding body.

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