Disc tray in a mini-disc player with an elastically mounted guid

Details Disc tray in a mini-disc player with an elastically mounted guid Disc tray in a mini-disc player with an elastically mounted guid

1996-09-11

1997-07-22

Levy, Stuart S.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

With particular cabinet structure

Slotted for edgewise insertion of storage disc

360 9906, G11B 15675

Patent

active

056509901

ABSTRACT:
A disk tray wherein the friction is reduced during the loading or unloading operation of a disk cartridge to thereby avoid the damage of the disk cartridge is disclosed. A guiding apparatus for guiding the disk cartridge is elastically provided on an upper portion of the main body of the disk tray to reduce a friction between the upper portion of the main body and the disk cartridge which occurs during an insertion or ejection of the disk cartridge. The guiding apparatus is rotatable due to the friction with the disk cartridge. The guiding apparatus includes a roller rotatable due to a friction with the disk cartridge during the insertion or ejection of the disk cartridge, which is inserted in a receiving portion formed at an upper portion of the main body, a supporting bracket for rotatably supporting the roller on both sides at both ends of a rotation axis of the roller and a spring between the supporting bracket and an inner upper surface of the receiving portion for buffering a rotation of the roller. The guiding apparatus is elastically installed by using a buffering means such as a spring and buffers the shock which occurs when the disk cartridge becomes in contact with the disk tray and rotates due to the friction therebetween. Accordingly, the disk cartridge may be loaded into and unloaded from the disk tray without any damages.

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patent: 5323281 (1994-06-01), Park
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