Pioneer Corporation

Kenjirou Ooizumi

Youichi Konno

Yukinari Makisaka

Kenji Kikuchi

There is provided a slot-in type reproducing/recording apparatus in which a disk ,when ejected, stops at a predetermined position in front of the apparatus to be easily handled. A stop mechanism () includes an engagement pin () formed on an eject arm () and biased toward a selector plate () and the engagement recesses (E,F) formed on the selector plate () and hold the engagement pin () in a manner that the disk is held by main arms and the eject arm (). The selector plate () can move in a direction orthogonal to a disk-eject direction as the main arms open or close. Upon the ejection of the disk, the stop mechanism () stops the disk at a predetermined position in front of the apparatus so as to prevent the disk from jumping out from a slot (A).

Slot-in type reproducing/recording apparatus

There is provided a reproducing/recording apparatus that can reduce a load required for pushing in a case to activate a motor of a loading mechanism. The recording/reproducing apparatus includes a gear mechanism coupled with the motor, and a rack () coupled with the gear mechanism and provided along an advancement and retraction direction of a base plate (), i.e., the case. Between the rack () and the base plate (), grooves (A) are formed for allowing a relative movement of the rack () and the base plate () along the advancement and retraction direction. Between the base plate () and the gear mechanism, a start cam mechanism is formed for starting rotation of the motor when the base plate () advances to a predetermined position. With such configuration, the base plate () can advance within the length of the grooves (A) without much load when a user pushes in the base plate (), therefore the disk D can be easily loaded.

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Tokorozawa, Japan

Kenjirou Ooizumi