US 6,188,664 B1Granted

Pivotable restraining means for a disk operating apparatus

AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.

InventorKeisuke Nakayama

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Abstract

A stopper is disposed so as to be opposite to trays, the drawing lever is disposed so as to be opposite to a tray, the lifting base is disposed opposite to a tray when a package is loaded to the disk operating apparatus to restrain the trays from projecting from the package. The bottom tray can be drawn out by the drawing lever immediately after the loading of the package to the disk operating apparatus. A stopper can be turned by an operation to move a lifting base so that the tray can immediately be drawn out.

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Dependent claims

A disk operating apparatus comprising:

a disk package capable of storing, in layers, a plurality of trays carrying disks, and provided with an opening through which the trays are put into and taken out;
a case having a loading region into which said disk package is inserted with the opening thereof directed in a direction in which the disk package is inserted into the loading region;
disk driving means for driving the disk for a writing and/or a reading operation;
a movable base capable of moving in a direction along which the disks are arranged to select the disk;
and
drawing means mounted on the movable base to draw out a selected tray from the disk package so that the disk can be loaded into the disk driving means;
a restraining member provided with a pivot shaft standing at one end of an inserting side of the disk package loaded in the loading region, and a restraining part fixed to the pivot shaft, the restraining member restraining the trays from projecting from the disk package by turning the restraining part on the pivot shaft so as to face adjacent of the inserting side of the package when the disk package is inserted into the loading region, and turning the restraining part on the pivot shaft in the opposite direction into an inoperative position that allows the trays to be put in and taken out of the disk package when the trays are drawn out of the disk package;
biasing means for biasing the restraining member in a direction in which the restraining part is moved to the inoperative position:
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a driving member movable relative to and along a side face of the case in one direction for turning the restraining member against the biasing force from the biasing means so as to shift the restraining part to a position facing the adjacency of the inserting side of the package when the disk package is inserted into the loading region, and moving along the side face of the case in direction opposite from the one direction so as to release the force exerted on the restraining member against the biasing force when the trays are drawn out of the inserted disk package.

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Abstract

A disk operating apparatus comprising:

a disk package capable of storing, in layers, a plurality of trays carrying disks, and provided with an opening through which the trays are put into and taken out;
a case having a loading region into which said disk package is inserted with the opening thereof directed in a direction in which the disk package is inserted into the loading region;
disk driving means for driving the disk for a writing and/or a reading operation;
a movable base capable of moving in a direction along which the disks are arranged to select the disk;
and
drawing means mounted on the movable base to draw out a selected tray from the disk package so that the disk can be loaded into the disk driving means;
a restraining member provided with a pivot shaft standing at one end of an inserting side of the disk package loaded in the loading region, and a restraining part fixed to the pivot shaft, the restraining member restraining the trays from projecting from the disk package by turning the restraining part on the pivot shaft so as to face adjacent of the inserting side of the package when the disk package is inserted into the loading region, and turning the restraining part on the pivot shaft in the opposite direction into an inoperative position that allows the trays to be put in and taken out of the disk package when the trays are drawn out of the disk package;
biasing means for biasing the restraining member in a direction in which the restraining part is moved to the inoperative position:
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a driving member movable relative to and along a side face of the case in one direction for turning the restraining member against the biasing force from the biasing means so as to shift the restraining part to a position facing the adjacency of the inserting side of the package when the disk package is inserted into the loading region, and moving along the side face of the case in direction opposite from the one direction so as to release the force exerted on the restraining member against the biasing force when the trays are drawn out of the inserted disk package.

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