Disc drive unit and apparatus having the same
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsHitoshi HIGAKI, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Tatsuro NISHI, Norikatsu YOSHIDA
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Abstract
There is provided a disc drive unit configured with a plurality of disc drives as one unit, wherein at least one of a pair of opposed disc drives arranged on an identical horizontal plane is provided with a tray support member for supporting a front end of a tray of the other disc drive when the tray is ejected, the tray support member being capable of protruding from the one disc drive and withdrawing into the same.
Claims7
A disc drive unit configured with a plurality of disc drives as one unit, wherein
- at least one of a pair of opposed disc drives arranged on an identical horizontal plane is provided with a tray support member for supporting a front end of a tray of the other disc drive when the tray is ejected, the tray support member being capable of protruding from the one disc drive and withdrawing into the same.
A disc apparatus for feeding the disc to each of the plurality of disc drives,
- comprising a disc drive unit configured with at least a part of the plurality of disc drives as one unit, wherein
- in the disc drive unit, at least one of a pair of opposed disc drives arranged on an identical horizontal plane is provided with a tray support member for supporting a front end of a tray of the other disc drive when the tray is ejected, the tray support member being capable of protruding from the one disc drive and withdrawing into the same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.