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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1994
Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Chichibu, JP;
Abstract
A disc drive for use with a disc-shaped recording medium, includes a disc driving mechanism for driving the recording medium mounted on a disc mounting surface thereof and a clamping mechanism for clamping the recording medium on the disc mounting surface of the disc drive mechanism. A further driving mechanism is provided for moving the clamping mechanism into a clamping position in which it clamps the recording medium on the disc mounting surface and maintains the clamping mechanism in the clamping position. A motor drives the further driving mechanism. A manually operated mechanism releases transmission between the further driving mechanism and the motor, and manually operates the further driving mechanism to eject the recording medium out of the disc drive.