Teac Corporation

Mitsunobu Sato

Norio Yamashita

Ryou Yoshitomi

Hitoshi Yoshida

In a disk unit for recording and reproducing information to and from a disk-like recording medium, a disk loading device includes a slot into which a disk-like recording medium is inserted; a retaining member that retains the disk-like recording medium inserted from the slot; a moving member that moves the retaining member so as to retract the disk-like recording medium in a disk insert direction during insertion and expel the disk-like recording medium in a disk eject direction during ejection; a drive mechanism that drives the moving member in the insert direction and the eject direction; and a manual drive member that, when pressed, slidingly engages the drive mechanism and drives the drive mechanism in the eject direction.

Disk loading device having a manual drive member for moving a drive mechanism in an eject direction

A disk loading device includes a slot into which a disk-like recording medium is inserted, a retaining member that retains the disk-like recording medium inserted from the slot, a moving member that moves the retaining member so as to retract the disk-like recording medium in a disk insert direction during insertion and expel the disk-like recording medium in a disk eject direction during ejection, and a drive mechanism that, after the disk-like recording medium has moved to an eject position, drives the moving member from the eject position further in the eject direction so as to bring the retaining member adjacent to the slot as the disk-like recording medium is withdrawn from the slot.

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Tokorozawa, Japan

Mitsunobu Sato