Optical disc reproducing apparatus having protruding and rotating disc drive
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Kab Seo, Won Youl Bae, Byeng Bae Park, Heyun Moon Bang
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Abstract
An optical disc reproducing apparatus includes a body installed at a wall or other mounting apparatus, and an optical disc drive protruding from the body such that an optical disc is inserted into the optical disc drive. The optical disc drive is rotatably installed to the body to protrude forward from the body, so that the optical disc reproducing apparatus is installed regardless of positions of a wall-mount television installed above the optical disc reproducing apparatus.
Claims14
An optical disc reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a body installed at a wall;
- and
- an optical disc drive rotatably installed to the body to protrude from the body;
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- a driving apparatus that rotates the optical disc drive, the driving apparatus comprising:
- a driving motor that generates rotational force;
- a driving gear rotated by the driving motor;
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- a cam gear installed at the body to rotate the optical disc drive while being engaged with the driving gear, the cam gear including a cam unit having teeth engaged with the driving gear to guide movement of the optical disc drive, the cam unit further comprising:
- a movement section that extends in front and rear directions to guide linear movement of the optical disc drive;
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- a rotating section that extends in a form of an arc to guide rotation of the optical disc drive.
An optical disc reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a body installed at a wall;
- an optical disc drive rotatably and movably installed to the body while protruding from the body such that the optical disc drive rotates after moving forward by a predetermined distance;
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- a driving apparatus that allows the optical disc drive to move back and forth while rotating the optical disc drive, the driving apparatus comprising:
- a driving motor to generate a rotational force;
- a driving gear rotated by the driving motor;
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- a cam gear installed at the body to guide linear movement and rotation of the optical disc drive while being engaged with the driving gear.
A mountable optical disc drive apparatus comprising:
- a body having a front surface;
- a concave receiving section disposed in the front surface of the body and having a cam gear installed at a surface of the concave receiving section;
- an optical disc drive rotatably coupled to the body via the concave receiving section such that the optical disc drive rotates about the body to a predetermined position;
- a cam unit installed in the concave receiving section having at least one movement guide section and rotation guide section;
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- a frame coupled to the cam gear such that the frame moves along a path of the movement guide section and the rotation guide section.
A method of operating an optical disc drive apparatus, comprising:
- mounting a body having a front surface on a wall or vertical mounting apparatus, the body including an optical disc drive apparatus;
- partially protruding the optical disc drive apparatus beyond the front surface in a front direction from a concave receiving section in the body;
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- rotating the optical disc drive apparatus only after the optical disc drive has moved in the front direction, the optical disc drive apparatus being rotated by a cam unit having at least one movement guide section and at least one rotation guide section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.