Disk drive and tray control mechanism

A device for controlling a drive including a tray and a motor for moving the tray to a second position in which a record carrier is received and between the second position and a first position in which the record carrier is played, the device comprising:

• a detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of a tray block exhibited when the tray is in an intermediate position for a predetermined time period, the intermediate position being between the first position and the second position;
• and
• a rectification unit configured to rectify the tray block by cleaning a brush-commutator interface of the tray motor.

A computer readable non-transitory medium comprising program code, which when executed by a processor performs a method of controlling a drive including a tray and a motor for moving the tray to a second position in which a record carrier is received and between the second position and a first position in which the record carrier is played, the method comprising acts of:

• detecting an occurrence of a tray block exhibited when the tray is in an intermediate position for a predetermined time period, the intermediate position being between the first position and the second position;
• and rectifying the tray block by cleaning a brush-commutator interface of the tray motor.