Optical disk device with release
AssigneeToshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
InventorsCheol-woong Ahn, Joe-hyun Yoon, Un-in Choi, Jeong-hun Yeom, Myong-chun Lee
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Abstract
An optical disk device with release, with the optical disk device including a main unit which having an optical pickup unit to recording/reproducing data on/from an optical disk, wherein the main unit is lifted/lowered for coupling/uncoupling the optical disk on/from a turn-table, a main slider including a rack connected by a gear to a driving source and moving linearly to lift/lower the main unit, and a releasing unit, when a pin is inserted in the optical disk device, to disengage the gear from the rack and allow the main slider to move manually. Thus, the optical disk can be manually unloaded from the optical disk device.
Claims14
An optical device, comprising:
- a main support unit to lift and/or lower to respectively couple and/or uncouple an optical medium on/from a turn-table;
- a slider to lift/lower the main unit;
- and
- a releasing unit to disengage portions of the slider from a driving source which drives the slider to manually move the slider upon insertion of a pin into the optical device.
An optical medium releasing method, comprising:
- lifting and/or lowering to respectively couple and/or uncouple an optical medium on/from a turn-table upon respective loading or unloading of the optical medium from a optical device;
- and
- selectively engaging portions of a slider of the optical device to manually move the slider upon insertion and removal of a pin into and out of the optical device.
An optical medium releasing method, comprising:
- lifting and/or lowering to respectively couple and/or uncouple an optical medium on/from a turn-table upon respective loading or unloading of the optical medium from a optical device;
- inserting a pin into the optical device;
- and
- disengaging portions of a slider of the optical device to manually move the slider upon the insertion of the pin into the optical device.
An optical medium releasing method, comprising:
- positioning a main support unit for lifting and/or lowering to respectively couple and/or uncouple an optical medium on/from a turn-table;
- positioning a slider for lifting/lowering the main unit;
- and
- positioning a releasing unit for disengaging portions of the slider from a driving source which drives the slider to manually move the slider upon insertion of a pin into the optical device.
A slot-in type optical device framing, comprising:
- a slot entrance for insertion of an optical medium from outside to inside the framing;
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- a pin entrance on an outer surface of the framing, with the framing enclosing a main support unit to lift and/or lower to respectively couple and/or uncouple the inserted optical medium on/from a turn-table for recording and/or reproducing data from the optical medium, a slider to lift/lower the main unit, and a releasing unit to disengage portions of the slider from a driving source which drives the slider to manually move the slider upon insertion of a pin into the optical device, such that the pin entrance is aligned with the releasing unit for the disengaging of the portions of the slider from the driving source upon the insertion of the pin through the pin entrance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.