Disk drive with disk cartridge mounted therein
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-yong Eum, Yong-hoon Lee, Hong-kyun Yim
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Abstract
A disk drive including a tray and an opener. The tray includes a disk cartridge mounted thereon and is loaded into and unloaded from a main body. The opener is installed in the main body and elastically contacts a guide formed on the tray. The opener includes a second gear and a first protrusion. The second gear rotates a rotating wheel when in contact with a first gear. The first protrusion formed on a first end of the second gear temporarily rotates the rotating wheel so that the first and second gears can mesh. The guide has a first cam that moves the opener such that the first protrusion does not interfere with the latch when the tray is loaded/unloaded.
Claims11
A disk drive in which a disk cartridge is mounted, the disk cartridge including a case having an aperture, a disk placed inside the case, a rotating wheel with a first gear on an outer circumference to rotate the rotating wheel to open and close the aperture, and a latch that locks the rotating wheel when the aperture is closed, the disk drive comprising:
- a main body;
- a tray on which the disk cartridge is mounted, the tray being loaded into and unloaded from the main body;
- a guide formed on the tray;
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- an opener installed in the main body, and elastically contacting the guide, the opener comprising:
- a second gear to rotate the rotating wheel while being coupled to the first gear, and
- a first protrusion formed at a first end of the second gear, the first protrusion temporarily rotating the rotating wheel such that the first and second gears mesh, wherein the guide includes a first cam to move the opener such that the first protrusion does not come into contact with the latch while the tray is moving between an unloaded position and a loaded position.
A disk drive to mount a cartridge, the cartridge including a case having an aperture, a wheel with a first gear on an outer circumference thereof to rotate the wheel so as to open/close the aperture, and a latch that locks the wheel when the aperture is closed, the disk drive comprising;
- a tray to mount the cartridge, which is loaded/unloaded into/from a body;
- an opener, installed entirely within the body to elastically pivot while contacting a guide on the tray, including a second gear to rotate the wheel when coupled to the first gear and a first protrusion, at a first end of the second gear, to temporarily rotate the wheel such that the first and second gears mesh;
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- a first cam formed in the guide to move the opener such that the first protrusion does not come into contact with the latch while the tray is moving between an unloaded position and a loaded position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.