Disc drive
AssigneeShinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakahiro Ogawa, Akitoshi Watanabe
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Abstract
A disc drive (digital book data playback apparatus) includes a cabinet, a disc insertion part through which a digital book data disc is inserted into the cabinet, the disc insertion part being provided in a surface of the cabinet, and a guide groove formed in a surface of the cabinet, the guide groove having a starting end portion formed at an opening end and a terminating end portion continued to the disc insertion part, the guide groove being capable of receiving an outer peripheral edge of the digital book data disc to be inserted into the disc insertion part until the outer peripheral edge reaches a necessary depth.
Claims4
A disc drive comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a disc insertion part through which a recording medium disc is inserted into the cabinet, the disc insertion part being provided in a surface of the cabinet;
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- a guide groove formed in a surface of the cabinet, the guide groove having a starting end portion formed at an opening end disposed at a corner of the cabinet, and a terminating end portion continued to the disc insertion part, wherein a width of the guide groove is gradually reduced from the starting end portion to the terminating end portion, the guide groove being capable of receiving an outer peripheral edge of the recording medium disc to be inserted into the disc insertion part until the outer peripheral edge reaches a necessary depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.