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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120042329 | JAM-PROOF DEVICE OF SLOT-IN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE The invention provides a jam-proof device of a slot-in optical disk drive. In the jam-proof device, a contact pin protrudes from one end of the loading bar, the other end of the loading bar is pivoted with a pivot on a first side of the casing, and a block protrudes adj... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120023511 | Slot-In Disc Drive Having Adjustable Disc Ejection Distance A slot-in disc drive is provided to comprise an ejecting lever rotated about a rotating axis; a first sensor and a second sensor, disposed on the rotating path of the ejecting lever; and a firmware, built in the disc drive for selecting a first setting or a second setti... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110185374 | DISC LOADING AND EJECTING STRUCTURE FOR SLOT-IN OPTICAL DISC DRIVES A disc loading and ejecting structure for a slot-in optical disc drive aims to drive a compact disc into and out of the slot-in optical disc drive to solve the problems of conventional techniques that they are bulky and occupy too much space. The structure includes a dr... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110072444 | Device for Adjusting Height of Guiding Bar in Slot-In Optical Disk Drive A device for adjusting the height of a guiding bar in a slot-in optical disk drive is disclosed. The device is disposed on the guiding bar. One end of the guiding bar is pivoted on the pivot on a base plate in the slot-in optical disk drive, and the other end with a scr... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20100319011 | Method for Transporting Discs, Disc Transporting Device and Drawer Type Disc Transporting Device Thereof A method for transporting discs, A disc transporting device and a drawer type disc transporting device are disclosed. The disc transporting device comprises a lifting mechanism, a swing mechanism and a control element, wherein the lifting mechanism further comprises a c... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100138848 | Disk storage medium processing apparatus A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot, a traverse unit which is disposed in the apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk, and a... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100138851 | Disk storage medium processing apparatus A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot, a traverse unit which is disposed in the apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a di... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100138850 | Disk storage medium processing apparatus A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes a disk conveying device for conveying a disk between a disk loading/unloading slot of an apparatus body and a centering position of a traverse unit. The disk conveying device includes a pair of first and second disk gu... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100138849 | Disk storage medium processing apparatus A disk storage medium processing apparatus includes at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot, a traverse unit which is disposed in the apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a di... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100031280 | Automatic Disk Feeding Device for a Disk Duplication Device and Method Thereof An automatic disk feeding device for a disk duplication device and method thereof which comprises two transport assemblies disposed at both sides of a disc holder. Each transport assembly comprises a linkage disk which drives a connecting rod to rotate, and then the con... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20080163274 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS According to one embodiment, a slot-in type optical disc drive, in which a shutter member can prevent the insertion of an optical disc so that the optical disc already inserted may be played back, and can protect the data surface (data-recording surface) of the optical ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163275 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an optical disc apparatus includes no engagement members that couple the mechanical base chassis to the mechanism provided in the main unit and related to the process of clamping the sub-chassis, i.e., chassis of the pickup-head (PUH) traver... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163273 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an optical disc apparatus includes a turntable, two disc guides, a rotating element, a loading motor, and a detecting switch. The disc guides are provided on the left and right sides of the turntable, respectively, in which a disc is inserte... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080155577 | Disk Autochanger A disc autochanger improving on a conventional disc separating mechanism to enable the device to be reduced in size is provided, comprising a plurality of disc holding members 4 (4-1 to 4-6), a splitting member 21 splitting the ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080120630 | Optical disk writer An optical disk writer is provided. The writer includes a disk drive capable of receiving an optical disk. The disk drive has a reclosable drawer and an arm that is configured to retrieve the optical disk from a first storage area. The arm is also configured to place th... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080010650 | DISK DEVICE A disk transport mechanism in a disk drive is connected with a transmission gear mechanism. A loading motor drives the disk transport mechanism. When the loading motor rotates forwards, an optical disk is carried by the disk transport mechanism to a chuck position. When... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070277187 | Disk device An optical disk drive of a slot-in type is loadable with any of two optical disks different in the diameter, and has an insertion slot formed in a case chassis for disk loading. A disk entered through the insertion slot is received by a disk support arm set in a ready p... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070271574 | DISK APPARATUS A carrying section of a disk apparatus includes a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of a disk in the proximity of the opposite ends of an opening formed in a housing such that the arms pivot around e... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070250843 | Disc device A disc device has a plurality of arms configured to support the outer rim of a disc carryable. Automatic loading is applied such that the disc inserted can be carried in the device, and the disc housed inside the device can be carried out of the device. A pair of shutte... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070234375 | DISC APPARATUS A disc apparatus capable of automatic loading to load a disc and to unload a disc includes a plurality of arms for supporting outer peripheral edges of two kinds of discs with different diameters so that two discs can be transported, a loading slider, a clamping head mo... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070192776 | Optical disc device and method of controlling the same The optical disc device includes a main unit rotating a turntable when a disc is coupled to the turntable and including an optical pick-up unit writing/reading data to/from the disc; a lever member guiding the disc to load the disc to a position at which a center of the... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070186223 | Recording medium drive system and electronic apparatus Disclosed herein is a recording medium drive system including: a casing provided in a front face thereof with a slot through which to insert and discharge a recording medium having a principal surface and an opposite surface; and a sheet-formed member provided so as to ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070180458 | Disc driving device and cam for disc driving device In a disc driving device that performs loading operation to transfer a disc, which is a disc-shaped storage medium, in its radial direction, and chucking operation to transfer the disc substantially in the direction of the thickness, the loading operation and the chucki... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070174857 | Optical disc loading apparatus of optical disc player A disc loading apparatus of an optical disc player includes components of a loading mechanism interacting with each other and steadily performing multiple functions such that reliability of loading/unloading of an optical disc enhanced and the number of components is re... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070174856 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE An optical disc drive suitable for accommodating an optical disc is provided. The optical disc drive includes a housing, a rack, a swing arm and a cushion. The rack is disposed inside the housing, and the swing arm is pivoted to the rack. When an optical disc moves to a... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20060190950 | Disk-shaped storage medium loading/ejection mechanism, disk device, and disk autochanger A disk loading/ejection mechanism in a disk device inserting and taking out a disk-shaped storage medium (disk D) through an opening and enabling a combined relatively large space to be secured inside the disk device, provided with an offset drive function unit for shif... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060190949 | Disk storage medium processing apparatus A disk storage medium processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a disk conveying means for conveying a disk 7 between a disk loading/unloading slot 6 of an apparatus body 2 and a centering position of a traverse unit 4. The disk... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060064707 | Slot-loading optical drive structure A slot-loading optical drive structure is proposed. It includes a base with a gearing for driving a sliding body to move a sliding plate. The sliding plate has a positioning slot for guiding a push rod to push an optical disc into the optical drive. Thereby, a positioni... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060037034 | Apparatus for preventing duplicate insertion of discs to an optical disc drive An duplicate insertion prevention apparatus for a disc drive, includes at least one door lever to guide a disc being inserted to a disc drive, in contact with the disc, and a duplicate insertion prevention lever to restrain the door lever from rotating when a disc is in... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20050132390 | Loading apparatus and information apparatus A loading apparatus is provided with: a roller device capable of abutting on a recording medium from the side of one surface of the recording medium, which is inserted through an insertion slot, and rotating to carry the recording medium in a carrying direction; and at ... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050050564 | Disck driving device and cam for disc driving device In a disc driving device that performs loading operation to transfer a disc, which is a disc-shaped storage medium, in its radial direction, and chucking operation to transfer the disc substantially in the direction of the thickness, the loading operation and the chucki... | 03/03/2005 |
