Adjustable pickup head guide apparatus
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorGuo-Chen Pan
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Abstract
A pickup head guide apparatus (1) includes two guide shafts (2), a fixing seat (3) with a first groove (30) therein to accommodate one end of a corresponding one of the guide shafts, three adjusting seats (4), and three corresponding adjusting means (5). Each adjusting seat has a second groove therein to accommodate a corresponding one of the other three ends of the guide shafts. Each adjusting means includes an elastic element (52) positioned in the second groove, and a fixture element (51) which is adjustable from either of two opposite ends thereof. The elastic element and the fixture element engage with the corresponding guide shaft to accurately position the guide shaft.
Claims18
A pickup head guide apparatus for guiding a pickup head with respect to an information recording face of a disk, said pickup head guide apparatus comprising:
- at least one guide shaft;
- a fixing seat with a first groove therein to accommodate one end of said guide shaft;
- at least one adjusting seat with a second groove therein to accommodate another end of said guide shaft;
- and
- at least one adjusting means including an elastic element positioned in the second groove, and a fixture element which is adjustable from either of two opposite ends thereof;
- wherein the elastic element and the fixture element engage with said guide shaft to adjust the position of said guide shaft.
An optical pickup head guide apparatus for guiding an optical pickup head with respect to an information recording face of an optical disk in an optical disk reproducing device and/or recording device, said optical disk reproducing device and/or recording device having a chassis with an opening therein, said optical pickup head guide apparatus comprising:
- a shaft for guiding an optical pickup over the opening of the chassis;
- fixing means mounted on the chassis for fixing the shaft to the chassis;
- and
- adjusting means engaging with the fixing means for adjusting the position of the shaft;
- wherein the adjusting means is adjustable from at least two directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.