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US 7,003,785 B2Granted
Recording medium driving device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTokio Kanada, Mikinori Matsuda
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Abstract
A recording medium driving device includes a loading unit with a disc loaded on it, a head movement mechanism for moving the recording head toward and away from the disc, an ejection mechanism for ejecting a loaded disc, a driving gear rotated by a drive motor, a joint lever moved by the driving gear rotating in one direction to operate the ejection lever, and a driving lever driven by the driving gear rotating in a reverse direction to operate the head movement mechanism.
Claims3
A recording medium driving device comprising:
- a loading unit for having a disc loaded thereon;
- a head movement mechanism for causing a recording head, recording information signals on said disc loaded on said loading unit, to be moved in directions of contacting with or separating from said disc, respectively;
- an ejection mechanism for ejecting said disc loaded on said loading unit to an outside of said driving device;
- a driving gear rotated in one direction or in an other direction by a driving motor;
- a joint lever which, when said driving gear is rotated in said one direction, is moved by said driving gear to operate said ejection mechanism;
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- a driving lever which, when the driving gear is rotated in the other direction, is moved by said driving gear to operate said head movement mechanism.
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