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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9906 ; 369 772 ;
Abstract
A door opening-and-closing mechanism of a recording/reproducing apparatus including a door axially supported at the back side of a front face plate so as to be capable of opening and closing an opening, and a lock member for preventing free rotational movement of the door. The lock member includes a supporting shaft rotatably supported at the back side of the front face plate, lock portions which engage and disengage the door, and a portion to be pushed that projects into the opening, which are formed into an integral structure. The portion to be pushed is pushed by a disk cartridge being inserted in order to disengage the lock portions and the door from each other.