Optical disk drive unit

An optical disk drive unit comprising:

• an opening portion formed in a body case to insert an optical disk cartridge having an optical disk therein into the body case and take the optical disk cartridge out of the body case;
• driving means for receiving and rotating said optical disk;
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• a rotatable shutter for opening and closing said opening portion and formed such that a center of rotation of the shutter is located on a side of the driving means within said body case;
• wherein the optical disk drive unit further comprises a display body indicating a mounting state of the optical disk cartridge and moved to a display window portion in association with a movement of the optical disk cartridge mounted to the driving means.

An optical disk unit comprising:

• an opening portion formed in a body case for inserting an optical disk cartridge into said body case and taking said cartridge out of said body case, said cartridge having an optical disk therein;
• a shutter supported rotatably in said body case for opening and closing said opening portion;
• a driving device, fixed to said body case, for receiving said cartridge inserted through said opening portion and for rotating said optical disk in said cartridge;
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• a cam, linked with said shutter and including a roller which comes in contact with said cartridge, for opening said shutter in association with an ejection movement of said cartridge when said cartridge is ejected,
• said shutter closing said opening portion except when said cartridge is inserted or ejected, said shutter opening said opening portion by coming into contact with said cartridge when said cartridge is inserted and opening said opening portion in association with said ejection movement.

An optical disk drive unit comprising:

• an opening portion formed in a body case for inserting an optical disk cartridge into said body case and taking said cartridge out of said body case, said cartridge having an optical disk therein;
• a shutter supported rotatably in said body case for opening and closing said opening portion;
• a driving device, fixed to said body case, for receiving said cartridge inserted through said opening portion and for rotating said optical disk in said cartridge;
• a cam, linked with said shutter, for opening said shutter in association with an ejection movement of said cartridge when said cartridge is ejected;
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• a rotating cam for rotating said shutter toward an opening direction of said shutter during an opening operation of said shutter by said cam,
• said shutter closing said opening portion except when said cartridge is inserted or ejected, said shutter opening said opening portion by coming into contact with said cartridge when said cartridge in inserted and opening said opening portion in association with said ejection movement.

An optical disk drive unit comprising:

• an opening portion formed in a body case for inserting an optical disk cartridge into said body case and taking said cartridge out of said body case, said cartridge having an optical disk therein;
• a shutter supported rotatably in said body case for opening and closing said opening portion;
• a driving device, fixed to said body case, for receiving said cartridge inserted through said opening portion and for rotating said optical disk in said cartridge;
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• an engaging portion detachably engaged with a notch portion of said cartridge so as to temporarily stop a discharging operation of said cartridge,
• said shutter closing said opening portion except when said cartridge is inserted or ejected, said shutter opening said opening portion by coming into contact with said cartridge when said cartridge is inserted and opening said opening portion in association with an ejection movement of said cartridge when said cartridge is ejected, and
• an angle between an inserting direction of said cartridge and a face of said engaging portion on an inserting side of said cartridge being smaller than an angle between said inserting direction and a face of said engaging portion on a side opposite to said inserting side of said cartridge.

An optical disk drive unit comprising:

• an opening portion formed in a body case for inserting an optical disk cartridge into said body case and taking said cartridge out of said body case, said cartridge having an optical disk therein;
• a shutter supported rotatably in said body case for opening and closing said opening portion;
• a driving device, fixed to said body case, for receiving said cartridge inserted through said opening portion and for rotating said optical disk in said cartridge;
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• an engaging portion, disposed in a vicinity of said opening portion of said body case and detachably engaged with a notch portion of said cartridge so as to temporarily stop a discharging operation of said cartridge,
• said shutter closing said opening portion except when said cartridge is inserted or ejected, said shutter opening said opening portion by coming into contact with said cartridge when said cartridge is inserted and opening said opening portion in association with an ejection movement of said cartridge when said cartridge is ejected.

An optical disk drive unit comprising:

• an opening portion formed in a body case for inserting an optical disk cartridge into said body case and taking said cartridge out of said body case, said cartridge having an optical disk therein;
• a shutter supported rotatably in said body case for opening and closing said opening portion;
• and
• a driving device, fixed to said body case, for receiving said cartridge inserted through said opening portion and for rotating said optical disk in said cartridge,
• said shutter closing said opening portion except when said cartridge is inserted or ejected, said shutter opening said opening portion by coming into contact with said cartridge when said cartridge is inserted and opening said opening portion in association with an ejection movement of said cartridge when said cartridge is ejected, and
• said shutter comprising a contacting portion for coming in contact with said optical disk cartridge so as to stop a movement of said shutter when said cartridge is mounted on said driving device.

An optical disk drive unit comprising:

• an opening portion formed in a body case for inserting an optical disk cartridge into said body case and taking said cartridge out of said body case, said cartridge having an optical disk therein;
• a loading mechanism of said cartridge;
• a shutter supported rotatably in said body case for opening and closing said opening portion;
• a driving device, fixed to said body case, for receiving said cartridge inserted through said opening portion and for rotating said optical disk in said cartridge, and
• an operating body disposed inside said shutter and engaged with said loading mechanism thereby to move said loading mechanism so that said cartridge is ejected from said body case,
• said shutter closing said opening portion except when said cartridge is inserted or ejected, said shutter opening said opening portion by coming into contact with said cartridge when said cartridge is inserted and opening said opening portion in association with an ejection movement of said cartridge when said cartridge is ejected.

An optical disk drive unit comprising:

• an opening portion formed in a body case for inserting an optical disk cartridge into said body case and taking said cartridge out of said body case, said cartridge having an optical disk therein;
• a shutter supported rotatably in said body case for opening and closing said opening portion;
• a driving device, fixed to said body case, for receiving said cartridge inserted through said opening portion and for rotating said optical disk in said cartridge, and
• a switch, partially engaged with said shutter, for stopping an operation of said driving device when said shutter is opened,
• said shutter closing said opening portion except when said cartridge is inserted or ejected, said shutter opening said opening portion by coming into contact with said cartridge when said cartridge is inserted and opening said opening portion in association with an ejection movement of said cartridge when said cartridge is ejected.