Disk-shaped storage medium loading/ejection mechanism, disk device, and disk autochanger
AssigneesFujitsu Ten Limited, Muramoto Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsKouichi Ogawa, Fumihiko Fujimoto, Yasutake Yamanaka, Kenichi Hatata
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Abstract
A disk loading/ejection mechanism in a disk device inserting and taking out a disk-shaped storage medium (disk D) through an opening and enabling a combined relatively large space to be secured inside the disk device, provided with an offset drive function unit for shifting the loading/ejection direction when inserting and taking out the disk D to a loading/ejection direction (B) offset from the straight direction (A) perpendicularly intersecting the opening direction of the opening.
Claims27
A loading/ejection mechanism for a disk-shaped storage medium for inserting and taking out the disk-shaped storage medium through an opening formed in part of a housing comprising:
- an offset drive function unit for shifting a loading/ejection direction, when inserting and taking out the disk-shaped storage medium through said opening, to a loading/ejection direction offset from a straight direction perpendicularly intersecting an opening direction of the opening, wherein
- said offset drive function unit includes an offset loading/ejection drive part providing a drive force for inserting and taking out said disk-shaped storage medium,
- said offset loading/ejection drive part is comprised of a drive roller, and wherein
- the drive roller is given a substantially V-sectional shape by gradually increasing a radius of said drive roller toward left and right directions from a center along an axial direction of said drive roller.
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