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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiko Chaya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9912 ; 369270 ; 369271 ;
Abstract
A clamping mechanism for clamping both a mechanically clampable type of disk and a magnetically clampable type of disk includes a magnet provided on a turntable for clamping the magnetically clampable disk, and a fitting portion and a sub-turntable portion of a caddie for clamping the mechanically clampable disk. When the caddie is loaded on the apparatus, the sub-turntable is fixed on the turntable by the magnet.