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US 2006/0080684 A1Published application
Optical disk device
OwnerKyoji Kasugainventor
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Abstract
An optical disk device includes a tray in which a cartridge housing a disk is mounted, configured to be transportable to a position where recording and playback are possible by loading the tray into the main body of the optical disk device, and a position where cartridge installation and removal are possible by unloading the tray out of the main body of the optical disk device. In one embodiment of the optical disk device, latching protrusion(s) 24 is/are provided that latch(es) an outer face of an angular portion of the cartridge 30 on the tray 20.
Claims16
An optical disk device comprising:
- a tray in which a cartridge housing a disk is mounted, configured to be transportable to a position where recording and playback are possible by loading the tray into the main body of the optical disk device, and a position where it is possible to install and remove the cartridge by unloading the tray out of the main body of the optical disk device,
- wherein latching protrusion(s) is/are provided in the tray that latch(es) an outer face of an angular portion of the cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.