Multiple-disk optical disk drive
OwnerJui-Chiang Lininventor
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a multiple-disk optical disk drive that has a case, and a disk magazine and a disc reproducing module in the case, and the disk reproducing module includes a vertical transmission mechanism, a disk ejecting mechanism, and a pickup head. The disc reproducing module can move vertically up and down with respect to the disk magazine to eject a disk tray in the disk magazine. The disk magazine inserts into the case from the short side of the case. According to the present invention, it can effectively reduce the operating panel, enhance the convenience of use and the artistic look and sophistication of the product, lower the cost, and quickly and easily produce the optical disk drive in mass quantity.
Claims9
A multiple-disk optical disk drive, comprising:
- a case, defining a long side and a short side and divided into a disk magazine area and a disk reproducing area, said case having an opening disposed on said short side of said case, a slanted guide groove disposed on both side wall of said disk reproducing area, and a guide track disposed at said disk magazine area, wherein said guide track is parallel to said long side;
- a disk magazine, being inserted from said opening and installed in said disk magazine area, and having a plurality of disk trays disposed in said disk magazine, wherein said disk magazine has a guide groove being parallel to said long side and engaged with said guide track, and each of said disk trays has a hooked section;
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- a disk reproducing module, being installed in said disk reproducing area of said case, and moving vertically up and down along said slanted guide groove, said disk reproducing module having an ejecting mechanism, and said ejecting mechanism comprising a sliding base reciprocally moving in the direction parallel to said long side, and a hooking section protruded from said sliding base being hooked to said hooked section for selecting an optical disk and ejecting said disk tray from said disk magazine, and reading the data recorded on said optical disk placed on said disk tray,
- wherein, when said disk reproducing module moves to the lowest point of said slanted guide groove, said hooking section of said sliding base is lower than said hooked section of said disk tray at the bottom of said disk magazine.
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