US 7,117,509 B2Granted

Slot-in type reproducing/recording apparatus

AssigneePioneer Corporation

InventorsYukinari Makisaka, Kenjirou Ooizumi, Youichi Konno, Kenji Kikuchi

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Abstract

There is provided a slot-in type reproducing/recording apparatus in which a disk ,when ejected, stops at a predetermined position in front of the apparatus to be easily handled. A stop mechanism (59) includes an engagement pin (55) formed on an eject arm (52) and biased toward a selector plate (51) and the engagement recesses (51E, 51F) formed on the selector plate (51) and hold the engagement pin (55) in a manner that the disk is held by main arms and the eject arm (52). The selector plate (51) can move in a direction orthogonal to a disk-eject direction as the main arms open or close. Upon the ejection of the disk, the stop mechanism (59) stops the disk at a predetermined position in front of the apparatus so as to prevent the disk from jumping out from a slot (1A).

Claims14

Dependent claims

A slot-in type reproducing/recording apparatus comprising:

an apparatus body having a slot for inserting and ejecting a disk;
and
a hold assembly provided inside the apparatus body for accommodating the disk, the hold assembly including a selector plate provided on a base plate, an eject arm for pressing the disk and ejecting the disk toward the slot, a main arm turnably attached to the base plate for pressing the disk, and a stop mechanism for stopping eject operation when the disk is ejected from the slot by the main arm and the eject arm, the selector plate being able to advance and retract in a direction orthogonal to a disk-eject direction of the eject arm within a plane parallel to the base plate in accordance with open/close operation of the main arm, and the stop mechanism having an engagement pin formed on the eject arm and biased toward the selector plate and an engagement recess formed on the selector plate for holding the engagement pin so that the disk is held by the main arm and the eject arm.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.