Disk apparatus and disk magazine with upper and lower sections
AssigneeClarion Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuki Takai
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Abstract
A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided magazine upper section and the magazine lower section, and a drive unit provided on the swing unit for playing back the selected disk. A vertical guide hole is formed in the magazine upper section. The chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft that is inserted into the guide hole when lifting the magazine upper section.
Claims13
A disk apparatus comprising:
- a disk magazine having a plurality of trays, each tray having mounted therein a disk, said disk magazine divided into upper and lower sections;
- a chassis unit for removably receiving and mounting therein said disk magazine;
- a magazine dividing section for dividing and uniting said disk magazine when said disk magazine is mounted in said chassis unit;
- a disk selecting section for selecting a desired disk;
- a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided upper and lower sections of said disk magazine;
- and
- a disk playback section provided on said swing unit for playing back the disk selected by said disk selecting section;
- wherein said disk playback section is supported on said swing unit by a plurality of dampers;
- wherein at least one of said dampers is a movable damper provided so as to move between an accommodation position within a movable range of said disk playback section and a retracted position beyond the movable range of said disk playback section.
In a disk apparatus having a chassis unit that can receive a disk magazine with a plurality of trays for supporting a plurality of disks, the disk magazine being dividable into upper and lower sections, the disk being individually selectable for playing information on the disks with a disk playback section, the improvement of a disk drive for the disk playback section comprising:
- a drive base,
- a plurality of damper units for supporting the drive base;
- a turntable unit on the drive base for receiving a disk;
- an optical pickup for reading information on the disk;
- and
- a floating lock mechanism for locking the drive base by gripping it on opposite sides including a lock link, a first lock link plate connected to the lock link, a reverse link mounted on the first lock link plate and a second lock link plate operatively connected to the reverse link,
- wherein the first lock link plate and the second lock link plate are spring biased towards each other and the drive base is gripped by the respective first and second link plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.