Optical disk device with slidable holding members on disk tray for holding disks of different diameters
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorsKazusato Tagawa, Shigehisa Miyasaka
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Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk device that can use disks of different diameter sizes and can be used in a vertical orientation. A disk tray (31) that makes up the disk drive has holding members (37) which hold a disk inserted in depressions (32, 33) from outside its surface. The holding members (37) are construed so as to be able to move along guide grooves (35, 36). By moving holding members (37) to fit the diameter size of the disk that is to be inserted in the depressions (32, 33) the lower part of the disk can be held by the holding members (37) even if the disk device is used in vertical orientation.
Claims18
A disk device comprising:
- a disk tray which has at least two circular depressions defined by a first depression being sized to accommodate a disk having a first diameter and at least one second depression being sized to accommodate another disk having a second diameter;
- and
- holding members provided on said disk tray, which hold a disk along an outer surface thereof,
- wherein said holding members are movable in accordance with the diameter size of a disk inserted into said disk tray such that each of a disk having a first diameter and seated within said first depression, or a disk having a second diameter and seated within said at least one second depression, is holdable by said holding members.
A disk device that loads and drives an optical disk, comprising:
- a disk tray slidably positioned in said disk device and receiving an optical disk loaded there into;
- and
- at least two holding members arranged on said disk tray, wherein
- said disk tray has guide grooves formed therein, and
- said holding members slidably engage with said grooves and can be held in an arbitrary position, thereby making it possible for said holding members to hold optical disks of different diameter sizes.
A disk device that loads and drives an optical disk, comprising
- a disk tray slidably positioned in said disk device and receiving an optical disk loaded thereinto, and
- at least two holding members arranged on said disk tray, wherein
- said holding members slidably engage with said disk tray and are arbitrarily positionable relative to said disk tray to hold optical disks of different diameter sizes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.