US 2007/0169134 A1 · Recording medium driver and recorder/reproducer

Abstract

A detection hole 34 is provided in a tray 30, on which a cartridge type recording medium is mounted and housed, at a position corresponding to an information hole of a cartridge, a detection lever 35 is provided on a back surface of the tray 30 on the lower surface side of the detection hole 34, and a switch section 111 is provided on a frame 10 on the lower surface side of the detection lever 35 while the tray 30 is housed within the frame 10. Accordingly, the switch section 111 can be separated from the motion of a base since the switch section 111 is fixed to the frame 10, and consequently, the structure can be simplified and the space efficiency can be enhanced.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A recording medium driver that drives a recording medium, the driver being able to detect information related to a state of a recording medium body accommodated in a cartridge according to whether an information hole formed in the cartridge is opened or closed, the driver, comprising:

a tray including a mount surface on which the recording medium is mounted and being capable of housing the recording medium within a frame;
a detection section that can be come up from/come down into the mount surface of the tray and is projected from the mount surface to detect that the information hole is opened;
and
a switch section disposed on a frame side to detect whether the detection section is come up or come down and to acquire the information related to the state of the recording medium.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Recording medium driver and recorder/reproducer

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Recording medium driver and recorder/reproducer

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Abstract

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