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US 2006/0215503 A1Published application
Disk device
AssigneeAlpine Electronics, Inc.
InventorsTsutomu Tatekawa, Yusuke Yoshida
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Abstract
A disk device according to the present invention includes a transporting unit having a transfer roller within a casing. The transfer roller is rotatable about a fulcrum shaft. An integral gear is rotatably provided in the fulcrum shaft. The power of a motor fixed in the casing is transmitted to a worm wheel of the transporting unit via the integral gear and is further transmitted to a roller gear. Therefore, by the rotation on its own axis of the transfer roller and the rotating operation of the entire transporting unit, a disk is conveyed.
Claims20
A disk device comprising:
- a casing having an insertion opening formed on a front face of the casing;
- a rotation drive unit arranged within the casing operable to rotate a disk;
- a transporting unit arranged within the casing operable to convey the disk to the rotation drive unit after the disk is inserted through the insertion opening, the transporting unit having a transfer roller extending in the longitudinal direction and a clamp unit arranged adjacent to the transfer roller operable to clamp the disk, and the transporting unit having a transporting-unit rotating unit rotatably supported about a fulcrum shaft positioned at one end, the transporting-unit rotating unit being operable to rotate the transporting unit from a standby position, in which the transfer roller is positioned substantially parallel to the insertion opening, to a transfer operation position, in which the transfer roller approaches the rotation drive unit;
- a motor fixed within the casing at a position different from where the transportation unit is located, the motor operable to rotate the transfer roller;
- and
- a power transfer member operable to rotate coaxially with the fulcrum shaft,
- wherein the power of the motor is transmitted to the transfer roller via the power transfer member.
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A disk device comprising:
- a casing having an insertion opening formed on the front face of the casing;
- a rotation drive unit arranged within the casing operable to rotate a disk;
- a plurality of disk holders arranged within the casing so as to overlap with each other in one direction;
- a holder selecting unit arranged within the casing operable to move any of the disk holders to a selected position as well as operable to widen a space between a first disk holder located at the selected position and a second disk holder located adjacent thereto;
- a rotation drive unit arranged within the casing operable to drive the disk held by the first disk holder after being moved into the space;
- a transporting unit arranged within the casing operable to convey the disk inserted through the insertion opening to the first disk holder, the transporting unit having a transfer roller extending in the longitudinal direction and a clamp unit arranged adjacent to the transfer roller operable to clamp the disk, and the transporting unit having a transporting-unit rotating unit rotatably supported about a fulcrum shaft positioned at one end, the transporting-unit rotating unit operable to rotate the transporting unit from a standby position, in which the transfer roller is positioned adjacent to the insertion opening, to a transfer operation position, in which the transfer roller approaches the rotation drive unit;
- a motor fixed within the casing at a position different from where the transportation unit is located, the motor operable to rotate the transfer roller;
- and
- a power transfer member operable to rotate coaxially with the fulcrum shaft,
- wherein the power of the motor is transmitted to the transfer roller via the power transfer member.
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A disk device comprising:
- a casing having an insertion opening formed on the front face of the casing;
- a rotation drive unit arranged within the casing operable to rotate a disk;
- a transporting unit arranged within the casing operable to convey the disk inserted through the insertion opening to the rotation drive unit, the transporting unit having a transfer roller extending in the longitudinal direction and a clamp unit arranged adjacent to the transfer roller operable to clamp the disk, the transporting unit extending along approximately the entire width of the insertion opening, and the transporting unit having a transporting-unit rotating unit rotatably supported about a fulcrum shaft positioned at one end, the transporting-unit rotating unit operable to rotate the transporting unit from a standby position, in which the transfer roller is positioned inside the insertion opening, to a transfer operation position, in which the transfer roller approaches the rotation drive unit;
- a motor fixed within the casing at a position different from where the transportation unit is located, the motor operable to rotate the transfer roller;
- and
- a power transfer member operable to rotate coaxially with the fulcrum shaft,
- wherein the power of the motor is transmitted to the transfer roller via the power transfer member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.