Disc device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorOsamu Ataguchi
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Abstract
A disc device includes a first traverse chassis holding a first optical pickup unit which performs recording/reproduction of information on a first surface of a disc, a second traverse chassis holding a second optical pickup unit which performs recording/reproduction of information on a second surface of the disc, and first and second biasing members which bias the first and second traverse chassis, respectively, in directions of coming closer to each other. The first and second traverse chassis are coupled to each other so as to turn around a turning axis at a rear side of a housing and extending in a width direction of the housing. At least one of the first and the second biasing members is attached while being inclined with respect to each of a conveying direction of the disc, and a thickness and the width directions of the housing.
Claims6
A disc device comprising:
- a housing having a tray conveying opening formed at a side surface;
- a tray on which a disc is to be placed;
- a tray conveying mechanism which conveys the tray in a conveying direction through the tray conveying opening, between an ejection position outside the housing and a recording/reproduction position inside the housing;
- a first optical pickup unit provided in a manner capable of moving in a radial direction of the disc with respect to a first surface of the disc at the recording/reproduction position, the first optical pickup unit performing at least one of recording and reproduction of information on the first surface;
- a first traverse chassis movably holding the first optical pickup unit;
- a second optical pickup unit provided in a manner capable of moving in the radial direction with respect to a second surface on a back side of the first surface of the disc at the recording/reproduction position, the second optical pickup unit performing at least one of recording and reproduction of information on the second surface;
- a second traverse chassis movably holding the second optical pickup unit;
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- a first biasing member and a second biasing member biasing the first traverse chassis and the second traverse chassis, respectively, in directions of coming closer to each other,
- wherein the first traverse chassis and the second traverse chassis are coupled to each other to turn around a turning axis, and the turning axis is at a position, of the housing, opposite the side surface of the housing and extends in a width direction of the housing orthogonal to the conveying direction and a thickness direction of the housing, and
- at least one of the first biasing member and the second biasing member includes a first end attached to the first traverse chassis and a second end attached to the second traverse chassis, and is inclined with respect to each of the conveying direction, the thickness direction and the width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.