Disk laminate, disk cartridge, disk loading/unloading mechanism, disk conveying device, disk conveying mechanism, and thin disk driving system
AssigneesRicoh Company, Ltd., Chotaro Engineering, Co.
InventorsYoshimichi Takano, Nobuaki Onagi, Kohji Tsukahara, Haruki Tokumaru, Daiichi Koide, Takeshi Kajiyama, Masami Nishida
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Abstract
A disk laminate includes thin disks laminated to each other, which are to be suctioned and conveyed; and spacers provided between the thin disks to prevent the thin disks from directly contacting each other, the spacers having air permeability.
Claims7
A disk loading/unloading mechanism for loading and unloading a thin disk to and from a disk cartridge, the disk cartridge including a disk tray on which the thin disk is placed, the disk tray being drawn out from and put into the disk cartridge, the disk tray having an opening at a center part thereof, the disk loading/unloading mechanism comprising:
- an elevating mechanism including an elevating shaft being movable up and down through the opening so that part of a leading edge of the elevating shaft can be inserted into a center hole of the thin disk, the elevating mechanism being positioned below the opening of the disk tray when the disk tray is drawn out;
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- a disk holding mechanism including a holding member that holds the thin disk and a supporting shaft that supports the holding member, the supporting shaft being parallel to the elevating shaft, wherein a central axis of the supporting shaft and a central axis of the elevating shaft correspond to each other when the holding member is positioned above the disk tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.