Disk device with width-varying mechanism
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsunobu Yoshida, Masanobu Furukawa, Kyoji Kasuga
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Abstract
Side holders 52, 52 are provided at either side in the width direction interior relative to stationary holder(s). Parallel link mechanism(s) is or are provided for causing side holders 52, 52 to move in the cartridge 40 width direction. When a cartridge 40 which is one of a plurality of types of cartridge other than a cartridge or cartridges of the type or types that is or are smallest in width is inserted therein, pressure from that inserted cartridge 40 causes actuation of parallel link mechanism(s), and respective side holders 52, 52 move outward in coupled fashion to form insertion space in agreement with width direction dimension(s) of cartridge 40.
Claims43
A disk device having an insertion space for insertion of one or more cartridges, the insertion space being capable of accepting insertion of a plurality of types of cartridge of different size, the disk device being characterized in that includes:
- at least one pair of holding members, one at the left and one at the right, each possessing at least one retractable mechanism capable of moving in the insertion space width direction, this width direction being more or less perpendicular to a direction of insertion of at least one of the cartridge or cartridges;
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- one or more width-varying mechanisms, each width varying mechanism causing the left and the right members of at least one of the pair or pairs of holding members to move in linked fashion in the insertion space width direction in correspondence to at least one width direction dimension of at least one of the cartridge or cartridges being inserted therein, such linked fashion movement being responsive to insertion into the insertion space of one of the plurality of types of cartridges that is larger than a smallest insertion width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.