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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadao Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuaki Tsurushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369282 ; 369270 ;
Abstract
A plate made of a magnetic material is secured to an optical disk so that it closes a central hole formed in a disk substrate. An optical disk chucking mechanism for chucking the optical disk to a disk table attracts the magnetic plate by the magnet to cause a platen to abut to the disk substrate and a tapered portion to abut to the inner side of the central hole so that the optical disk is restricted in position and is held. The optical disk and optical disk chucking mechanism restrict the loading position of the optical disk on the disk table independently of the mounting position of the magnetic plate on the disk substrate.