Disk-shaped storage medium loading/ejection mechanism, disk device, and disk autochanger
AssigneesFujitsu Ten Limited, Muramoto Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsKouichi Ogawa, Fumihiko Fujimoto, Yasutake Yamanaka, Kenichi Hatata
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Abstract
A disk loading/ejection mechanism in a disk device inserting and taking out a disk-shaped storage medium (disk D) through an opening and enabling a combined relatively large space to be secured inside the disk device, provided with an offset drive function unit for shifting the loading/ejection direction when inserting and taking out the disk D to a loading/ejection direction (B) offset from the straight direction (A) perpendicularly intersecting the opening direction of the opening.
Claims28
A loading/ejection mechanism for a disk-shaped storage medium for inserting and taking out the disk-shaped storage medium through an opening formed in part of a housing, provided with:
- an offset drive function unit for shifting the loading/ejection direction when inserting and taking out the disk-shaped storage medium through said opening to a loading/ejection direction offset from a straight direction perpendicularly intersecting the opening direction of the opening.
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