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US 2006/0190949 A1Published application
Disk storage medium processing apparatus
AssigneeTohei Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsuro Shimomae
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Abstract
A disk storage medium processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a disk conveying means for conveying a disk 7 between a disk loading/unloading slot 6 of an apparatus body 2 and a centering position of a traverse unit 4. The disk conveying means comprises a pair of first and second disk guide arms 11 and 12 which are pivotably disposed on the apparatus body 2 and which can hold the periphery of the disk 7 to convey the disk 7. Therefore, the disk storage medium processing apparatus can easily and flexibly conduct the control for conveyance of the disk, whether the disk has a small diameter or a large diameter, with keeping protection of the recording surface of the disk and can be formed more compactly.
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A disk storage medium processing apparatus comprising:
- at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot;
- a traverse unit which is disposed in said apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk;
- and a disk conveying means which conveys said disk into said apparatus body when a part of said disk is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot from the state that said disk is housed in said apparatus body, wherein said disk conveying means comprises at least a pair of first and second disk conveying arms which are pivotably attached to the apparatus body and which can hold the periphery of said disk to convey said disk;
- wherein said first and second disk conveying arms are adapted to hold the periphery of said disk to convey said disk to said traverse unit when a part of said disk is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot and are adapted hold the periphery of said disk to convey said disk from said traverse unit to eject a part of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot.
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A disk storage medium processing apparatus comprising:
- at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot;
- a traverse unit which is disposed in said apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk;
- a disk conveying means which conveys said disk into said apparatus body when a part of said disk is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot from the state that said disk is housed in said apparatus body;
- and a control means for controlling said disk conveying means,
- wherein said disk conveying means comprises at least three disk conveying arms, i.e., first through third disk conveying arms which are pivotably attached to the apparatus body and which can hold the periphery of said disk to convey said disk, and
- wherein said control means comprises a trigger setting means for setting trigger for starting the control of said disk conveying means according to the diameter of said disk.
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A disk storage medium processing apparatus comprising:
- at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot;
- a traverse unit which is disposed in said apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk;
- a clamper supporting means for supporting a clamper which clamps said disk to said traverse unit;
- a disk conveying means which conveys said disk into said apparatus body when a part of said disk is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot from the state that said disk is housed in said apparatus body;
- and a control means for controlling said disk conveying means,
- wherein said disk conveying means comprises at least three disk conveying arms, i.e., first through third disk conveying arms which are pivotably attached to the apparatus body and which can hold the periphery of said disk to convey said disk,
- at least one of said first through third disk conveying arms has two arm members, i.e., first and second arm members which are connected to each other such that said first and second arm members can move relative to each other to have an angle therebetween, and
- one of said first and second arm members first holds the periphery of said disk inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot at one location and, according to the movement of said disk in the inserting direction, pivots relative to the other arm member so as to hold the periphery of said disk at two locations.
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A disk storage medium processing apparatus comprising:
- at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot;
- a traverse unit which is disposed in said apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk;
- a disk conveying means which conveys said disk into said apparatus body when a part of said disk is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot from the state that said disk is housed in said apparatus body;
- and a control means for controlling said disk conveying means,
- wherein said control means comprises a single control member which can conduct a plurality of controls such as the control for conveyance of said disk by said disk conveying means, the control for centering of said disk relative to said traverse unit, and the control for clamping or unclamping said disk relative to a turn table of said traverse unit.
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A disk storage medium processing apparatus comprising:
- at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot;
- a traverse unit which is disposed in said apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk;
- a disk conveying means which conveys said disk into said apparatus body when a part of said disk is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot from the state that said disk is housed in said apparatus body;
- and a control means for controlling said disk conveying means,
- wherein said disk conveying means comprises at least three disk conveying arms, i.e., first through third disk conveying arm members which are pivotably mounted on said apparatus body and which can hold the periphery of said disk to convey said disk, and
- at least one of said first through third disk conveying arms is an arm for centering said disk relative to said traverse unit.
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A disk storage medium processing apparatus comprising:
- at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot;
- a traverse unit which is disposed in said apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk;
- a clamper supporting means for supporting a clamper which clamps said disk to said traverse unit;
- and a disk conveying means which conveys said disk into said apparatus body when a part of said disk is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot from the state that said disk is housed in said apparatus body, wherein said disk conveying means comprises a pair of first and second disk conveying arms which are pivotably attached to the apparatus body and which can hold the periphery of said disk to convey said disk,
- said disk storage medium processing apparatus further comprising a driving means for generating rotational force,
- wherein said first disk conveying arm has a disk driving roller which can be rotated by the rotational force of said driving means and said second disk conveying arm has a disk driven roller which is rotatably disposed, and
- said disk driving roller and said disk driven roller hold the periphery of said disk of which a portion is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot to convey said disk to the clamper supporting means, and hold the periphery of said disk and rotate to convey said disk said clamper supporting means to eject at least a portion of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.