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US 2007/0186223 A1Published application
Recording medium drive system and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYoichiro Mitsumoto
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a recording medium drive system including: a casing provided in a front face thereof with a slot through which to insert and discharge a recording medium having a principal surface and an opposite surface; and a sheet-formed member provided so as to close the slot and having a loop-formed deflected part which, while being deformed, is capable of making contact with at least one of the principal surface and the opposite surface of the recording medium at the times of insertion and discharge of the recording medium.
Claims32
A recording medium drive system comprising:
- a casing provided in a front face thereof with a slot through which to insert and discharge a recording medium having a principal surface and an opposite surface;
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- a sheet-formed member provided so as to close said slot and having a loop-formed deflected part which, while being deformed, is capable of making contact with at least one of said principal surface and said opposite surface of said recording medium at the times of insertion and discharge of said recording medium.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a recording medium drive system including a first casing provided in a front face thereof with a slot through which to insert and discharge a recording medium having a principal surface and an opposite surface, and a sheet-formed member having a loop-formed deflected part which, while being deformed, is capable of making contact with at least one of said principal surface and said opposite surface of said recording medium at the times of insertion and discharge of said recording medium;
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- a second casing operative to hold said recording medium drive system.
A disk drive system comprising:
- a casing having a slot through which to insert and discharge a disk-formed recording medium;
- a mounting part which is provided in said casing and to which said recording medium inserted is mounted for rotating said recording medium;
- a first support part which is provided in said casing in the vicinity of said slot and which is movable in a first direction in a plane substantially parallel to a principal surface of said recording medium while supporting a peripheral edge part of said recording medium being inserted and discharged;
- a second support part which is provided in said casing in the vicinity of said slot so as to face said first support part and which is movable in a second direction opposite to said first direction while supporting a peripheral edge part of said recording medium;
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- a rotation drive mechanism which is provided in said casing and by which at least one of said first and second support parts can be rotated around an axis substantially orthogonal to said principal surface so as to convey said recording medium between said slot and said mounting part.
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An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a disk drive system including a first casing having a slot through which to insert and discharge a disk-formed recording medium, a mounting part which is provided in said first casing and to which said recording medium inserted is mounted for rotating said recording medium, a first support part which is provided in said first casing in the vicinity of said slot and which is movable in a first direction in a plane substantially parallel to a principal surface of said recording medium while supporting a peripheral edge part of said recording medium being inserted and discharged, a second support part which is provided in said first casing in the vicinity of said slot so as to face said first support part and which is movable in a second direction opposite to said first direction while supporting a peripheral edge part of said recording medium, and a rotation drive mechanism which is provided in said first casing and by which at least one of said first and second support parts can be rotated around an axis substantially orthogonal to said principal surface so as to convey said recording medium between said slot and said mounting part;
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- a second casing holding said disk drive system.
A disk drive system comprising:
- a casing having a slot through which to insert and discharge a disk-formed first recording medium having a first diameter or a disk-formed second recording medium having a second diameter smaller than said first diameter;
- a mounting part which is provided in said casing and to which said inserted first or second recording medium is mounted for rotating said first or second recording medium;
- a roller mechanism which is provided at a first position in the vicinity of said slot in said casing and which has a roller capable of conveying said first or second recording medium between said slot and said mounting part by rotating around an axis substantially perpendicular to a principal surface of said first or second recording medium while supporting a peripheral edge part of said first or second recording medium to be inserted and discharged;
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- a guide mechanism which is provided at a second position on said mounting part side relative to said first position and which is capable of guiding said first or second recording medium to a centering position permitting mounting of said first or second recording medium to said mounting part while supporting a peripheral edge part of said first or second recording medium conveyed by said roller mechanism.
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An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a disk drive system including:
- a first casing having a slot through which to insert and discharge a disk-formed first recording medium having a first diameter or a disk-formed second recording medium having a second diameter smaller than said first diameter, a mounting part which is provided in said first casing and to which said inserted first or second recording medium is mounted for rotating said inserted first or second recording medium, a roller mechanism which is provided at a first position in the vicinity of said slot in said first casing and which has a roller capable of conveying said first or second recording medium between said slot and said mounting part by rotating around an axis substantially perpendicular to a principal surface of said first or second recording medium while supporting a peripheral edge part of said first or second recording medium to be inserted and discharged, and a guide mechanism which is provided at a second position on said mounting part side relative to said first position and which is capable of guiding said first or second recording medium to a centering position permitting mounting of said first or second recording medium to said mounting part while supporting a peripheral edge part of said first or second recording medium conveyed by said roller mechanism;
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- a second casing capable of holding said disk drive system.
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A disk drive system comprising:
- a casing provided in a front face thereof with a slot through which to insert and discharge a disk-formed recording medium;
- a pickup unit which is provided in said casing, and which includes a mounting part for mounting said inserted recording medium thereto, a rotation drive mechanism for rotatingly driving said recording medium mounted to said mounting part about an axis substantially perpendicular to a principal surface of said recording medium, a pickup mechanism capable of reproducing a signal recorded on said recording medium rotatingly driven by said rotation drive mechanism, and a pickup moving mechanism for moving said pickup mechanism in a radial direction of said recording medium;
- a roller mechanism which is provided in the vicinity of said slot in the casing and which has a roller capable of conveying said recording medium between said slot and said mounting part by rotating about an axis substantially parallel to said substantially perpendicular axis, while supporting a peripheral edge part of said recording medium to be inserted and discharged;
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- a guide mechanism provided in said inserting direction of said roller mechanism and in said substantially perpendicular direction of said pickup unit and which is capable of guiding said recording medium to a centering position permitting mounting of said recording medium to said mounting part, by moving in said inserting direction while supporting a peripheral edge part of said recording medium conveyed by said roller mechanism.
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An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a disk drive system including a first casing provided in a front face thereof with a slot through which to insert and discharge a disk-formed recording medium, a pickup unit which is provided in said first casing and which includes a mounting part for mounting said inserted recording medium thereto, a rotation drive mechanism for rotatingly driving said recording medium mounted to said mounting part about an axis substantially perpendicular to a principal surface of said recording medium, a pickup mechanism capable of reproducing a signal recorded on said recording medium rotatingly driven by said rotation drive mechanism, and a pickup moving mechanism for moving said pickup mechanism in a radial direction of said recording medium, a roller mechanism which is provided in the vicinity of said slot in said first casing and which has a roller capable of conveying said recording medium between said slot and said mounting part by rotating about an axis substantially parallel to said substantially perpendicular axis, while supporting a peripheral edge part of said recording medium to be inserted and discharged, and a guide mechanism provided in said inserting direction of said roller mechanism and in said substantially perpendicular direction of said pickup unit and which is capable of guiding said recording medium to a centering position permitting mounting of said recording medium to said mounting part, by moving in said inserting direction while supporting a peripheral edge part of said recording medium conveyed by said roller mechanism;
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- a second casing capable of holding said disk drive system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.