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US 2010/0251272 A1Published application
Disc loading mechanism and disc drive apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorNaofumi GOTO
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Abstract
A disc loading mechanism includes a turntable on which a disc is mounted and a chucking pulley that sandwiches the disc together with the turntable. The chucking pulley includes a pulley engaging member on which a plurality of engaging protrusions are formed. The turntable includes a table engaging member on which a plurality of engaging pieces are formed, the plurality of engaging pieces each having an engaging surface that hangs over a chucking pulley-facing surface of one of the plurality of engaging protrusions in a rotation direction of the disc.
Claims10
A disc loading mechanism comprising:
- a turntable on which a disc is mounted;
- and
- a chucking pulley that sandwiches the disc together with the turntable;
- wherein
- the chucking pulley includes a pulley engaging member on which a plurality of engaging protrusions are formed, and
- the turntable includes a table engaging member on which a plurality of engaging pieces are formed, the plurality of engaging pieces each having an engaging surface that hangs over a chucking pulley-facing surface of one of the plurality of engaging protrusions in a rotation direction of the disc.
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A disc drive apparatus comprising:
- a turntable on which a disc is mounted;
- a disc rotation mechanism that rotates the turntable;
- an optical pickup mechanism that performs at least one of recording and playback of an information signal on the disc rotated by the disc rotation mechanism;
- a conveyance mechanism that conveys the disc;
- and
- a chucking pulley that rotatably sandwiches the disc together with the turntable;
- wherein
- the chucking pulley includes a pulley engaging member on which a plurality of engaging protrusions are formed, and
- the turntable includes a table engaging member on which a plurality of engaging pieces are formed, the plurality of engaging pieces each having an engaging surface that hangs over a chucking pulley-facing surface of one of the plurality of engaging protrusions in a rotation direction of the disc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.