Clamping device for an optical disk player
AssigneeLite-On It Corporation
InventorsTsung-Jung Kuo, Cheng-Fu Lee
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Abstract
An optical disk player has a clamping device which includes a substrate, a support frame that is pivotably coupled to the substrate, a gripping plate carried on the support frame and extending into the opening, and a slider coupled for slidable movement on the substrate. The slider has a block with an angled surface along which a projecting tab on the support frame travels when the slider is moved. The slider also has a pressing tab that presses the gripping plate through the opening to fix a disk on to a turntable of the disk player.
Claims18
An optical disk player, comprising:
- a substrate having an opening;
- a turntable;
- a disk receiving space defined between the substrate and the turntable;
- a support frame that is pivotably coupled to the substrate;
- a gripping plate carried on the support frame and extending into the opening;
- and
- a slider coupled for slidable movement on the substrate, the slider having a pressing tab that presses the gripping plate through the opening and into the disk receiving space when a disk is received inside the disk receiving space.
An optical disk player, comprising:
- a substrate having an opening;
- a support frame that is pivotably coupled to the substrate, the support frame having a projecting tab;
- a gripping plate carried on the support frame and extending into the opening;
- and
- a slider coupled for slidable movement on the substrate, the slider having a block with an angled surface along which the projecting tab travels when the slider is moved.
A clamping device for an optical disk player, comprising:
- a substrate having an opening;
- a support frame that is pivotably coupled to the substrate, the support frame having a projecting tab;
- a gripping plate carried on the support frame and extending into the opening;
- and
- a slider coupled for slidable movement on the substrate, the slider having:
- a block with an angled surface along which the projecting tab travels when the slider is moved, and
- a pressing tab that releasably presses the gripping plate through the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.