Class 720/612 - Pivotal tray or tray holder

Subclass of Class 720 - Dynamic optical information storage or retrieval
Definition: Subject matter wherein the mechanical arrangement capable
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 11/29/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8069453	Transfer mechanism and device, and electronic device A transfer mechanism includes: a tray that includes a placement surface section on which a recording medium is placed, and retention means for keeping hold of the recording medium placed on the placement surface section, and is moved and rotated across an insertion/...	11/29/2011
7490335	Disk tray and disk drive A disk tray includes a storage concave portion that is to store a disk-shaped recording medium. The disk tray is supported by a carrying mechanism to thereby be carried from an opening portion provided to a front face of an apparatus main body (main body of an appar...	02/10/2009
7424726	Mounting mechanism for mounting a cartridge or an optical disc to the tray of an optical disc device An optical disc device is provided with a tray for mounting a disc or a cartridge thereon, a chassis that is laid out under the tray, and a top plate that is laid out above the tray. The optical disc device comprises two types of holding mechanisms that form either ...	09/09/2008
7367033	Device for scanning a disc-shaped data carrier, comprising a transport system for transporting the data carrier Device for scanning a disc-shaped data carrier, comprising a transport system for transporting the data carrier. In the case of a device (1) for scanning a disc-shaped data carrier (2), with a pivotable data carrier plate (4), which features a r...	04/29/2008
7362564	Docking assembly for coupling a nonvolatile memory device to an electronic device An apparatus, system, and method for a tray to receive and couple a nonvolatile memory device to an electronic device disposed within a housing, are disclosed herein. ...	04/22/2008
7362666	Recording and/or playback device A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide ...	04/22/2008
7343607	Driving mechanism of electronic instrument The driving mechanism has an instrument body formed with a recording medium inserting slot for inserting a recording medium into the instrument body. The driving mechanism moves a first operation unit and a second operation unit between a first position for covering...	03/11/2008
7340755	Disc drive apparatus A disc drive apparatus having a simple configuration and allowing a user to put a disc into and take it out from the apparatus with ease includes a lid and a tray incorporated into a cabinet of a disc drive, so as to be able to turn and, when the lid is opened or cl...	03/04/2008
7337449	Disk drive for minimizing jamming during disk positioning A disk drive including a tray having a seating portion in which a disk or disk cartridge is seated, and an opening hole, and further having a disk cartridge holder installed on the tray to be capable of sliding, the disk cartridge holder fixing the disk cartridge to...	02/26/2008
7334241	Disk drive unit having a loading mechanism A disk drive unit having a disk loading mechanism, for use in a mobile device. The loading mechanism is arranged for receiving a disk (A) through an opening in a housing of the device and bringing it into engagement with the disk drive, and vice versa. It comprises ...	02/19/2008
7290271	Optical disk apparatus An optical disk apparatus according to the invention comprises a housing, a tray retractably mounted in the housing, and a bezel 10 adapted to close an opening of the housing 2 when the tray is accommodated in the housing 2. An electrically cond...	10/30/2007
7287260	Compact disc reader and method An apparatus for reading an optical disc. The apparatus includes a housing and a spindle positioned to rotatably support the optical disc adjacent to the exterior of the housing. A light emitting scan head is aligned to read the optical disc as it rotates. A protect...	10/23/2007
7225449	Optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus An optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus (100) includes a first case (110), a base (130), and a main body (140). The first case includes a supporting device (116) with a hole (118) defined therein, and a disk c...	05/29/2007
7187506	Actuator device, optical disk device, and information playback device An actuator device, an optical disk device and an information playback device comprising: an objective lens for focusing a light on a recording and/or playback face of a recording medium; a lens holder for holding the objective lens; a suspension for elastically sup...	03/06/2007
7181749	Flutter-reducing disk device A recess (16a3) is provided to be continuous with the circumferential edge of a tray recess (16a2) of a disk tray (16) housing an optical disc (28) to allow a pickup (45) to move without contacting anyth...	02/20/2007
7123438	Front panel assembly of disk drive having door locking means and disk drive incorporating the same A disk drive having a body including: a spindle motor for rotating a disk; a pickup unit for accessing the disk; a tray for accommodating the disk, which retracts and extends from the body; and a front panel assembly mounted on the body, which allows the tray to ret...	10/17/2006
7120918	Disk recording and playback device in which the disk is held vertically in the device A holder, into which a disk is inserted from above and having an opening in its lower portion, is provided in the interior of a panel whose lower end is supported pivotably on a chassis. The panel is provided so as to translatable between a first position in which w...	10/10/2006
7017165	Disk drive with ejecting function The present invention discloses a disk drive with ejecting function. The disk drive has a tray that is selectively received in a housing. The tray has a track with a first end and a second end. A chassis is located inside the housing, and a cam rack is slidably disp...	03/21/2006
7013470	Disk recording-and-reproducing device having openable lid provided with disk holder A disk recording-and-reproducing device includes a box-like casing and a lid hinged to the casing to rotate about its pivot for opening and closing the casing. The lid has a disk holder and a swingable L-shaped lever both fixed to its rear side. The swingable lever ...	03/14/2006
6951024	Optical disk reproducing apparatus and reproducing method An optical disk reproducing apparatus of a front loading type including an optical disk insertion assembly, which has a disk insertion port into which optical disks such as CDs and DVDs are inserted, and a disk transfer assembly which transfers the optical disks to ...	09/27/2005
6931648	Method and apparatus for preventing damage due to media faults in discs spinning at high speeds A system that prevents fragments of a disc from escaping from a drive. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises a drive and a fragment barricade affixed within the drive. The fragment barricade is positioned within the drive so as t...	08/16/2005
6798600	Recording medium reproducing apparatus with retractable lid covering medium insertion port A recording medium reproducing apparatus includes a mechanical deck, a lid body, a first moving member, a second moving member, and a synchronization member. The mechanical deck has one end turnably supported by a chassis and the other end having a recording medium ...	09/28/2004
6683837	Break-away disc tray A disc operating device comprising a multi-part disc holding tray which extends and retracts from a housing, and a disc information handling mechanism. The disc holding tray further comprises a moveable tray portion for movement and support within the hou...	01/27/2004
5844874	Disc tray having a disc holding member A disc player according to the first aspect of the aspect of the present invention includes present invention has a disc holding member movable in parallel to the surface of the disc tray for holding the disc in corporation with the disc tray at least whe...	12/01/1998
5805562	Disk player with compact disk transporter A disk player has a magazine for storing disks and a disk transport mechanism transporting a selected disk between four positions including an eject position, a load position, a playback position, and a store position which lie in a single plane. The sele...	09/08/1998
5805554	Vertical disc loading device having a pivotal holder A disc loading device including a disc tray having a disc settling part for loading a disc into a device body or for ejecting the disc from the device body. A holder is installed so that, when the disc tray is ejected in a vertical installation, the upper...	09/08/1998
5365506	Laser disk player A laser disk player which can sequentially perform the loading and chucking operations of a disk tray and the tilting operation of an optical apparatus by transferring the rotary power of a main motor to a rotary member is disclosed. The laser side player...	11/15/1994
5187700	Apparatus for loading disc records of different size in a compact disc player A disc record loading apparatus for use in a compact disc player loads different size disc records. The loading apparatus has a door (2) rotatably attached under a main body of the player. Within the door are a pair of spaced rectangular openings. A disc ...	02/16/1993
5067121	Disc-record player comprising a disc-loading device for a disc supported on a tray Optical disc player having a frame (61), a turntable (17) including a centering mandrel (17c) and a supporting surface (17b) for a disc (3), a disc-pressure member (191) for pressing the disc onto the turntable in a clamping position, and a disc-loading d...	11/19/1991
5010428	Tilting optical disc loading mechanism with automatic centering and ejection of discs of different diameters A disc player/recorder apparatus for loading. centering and ejecting optical discs. The apparatus has a horizontal spindle for operating the disc in a vertical plane and a pivotal door, and is operative with discs of different diameters....	04/23/1991
4839881	Pickup transport device for optical disc apparatus To accurately move a pickup 31 along a radial line of an optical disc in an optical disc apparatus for recording signals on both sides of the disc or reproducing the signals from the both sides, the pickup 31 is mounted on a support base 30 coupled to tra...	06/13/1989
4811323	Apparatus for loading and unloading record disc player A record disc player apparatus having a front loading drawer supported for in-and-out substantially horizontal movement between an external loading/unloading position and an internal operating position and a support carried by the drawer and engageable wi...	03/07/1989
4744072	Recorded signal reproducing or playback apparatus A playback apparatus for use with disc media includes a disc clamping mechanism operable with the opening and closing of the disc holding device with respect to the body of the playback apparatus. Portions of the clamper are normally spring biased to an o...	05/10/1988
4561084	Disk loading and unloading system A disk loading and unloading system (5) including a disk holding section (10, 11, 15, 16, 23) mounted for pivotal movement with respect to a main body of the system. When the disk holding section is pivotally moved outwardly away from the main body, the d...	12/24/1985
4539668	Device for loading and ejecting a disc in a disc player A disc carriage for use in a disc player is provided with a pair of surfaces coming into contact with a disc when the disc is inserted or ejected from the disc player. The pair of surfaces are other than parallel and are symmetrically disposed about a cen...	09/03/1985

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Class 720/612 - Pivotal tray or tray holder