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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1998
Takayuki Niioka, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsunori Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disc device including a floating base supported by a chassis through a plurality of elastic members, a holder which is supported on the floating base so as to be able to move vertically with respect to the floating base, and into which a disc cartridge is inserted, a slider, slidably disposed so as to move in directions of inserting and discharging a disc cartridge into and out of the disc device, for holding and carrying a disc cartridge inserted thereinto, and a switch lever, pivotably supported on the holder, for detecting that a disc cartridge is inserted correctly. A shutter opener slidably is disposed on the holder so as to be able to slide in directions of inserting and discharging the disc cartridge into and out of the holder, the shutter opener having a pair of grooves engaging pins fixed to said holder, the shutter opener having a projecting portion for opening a shutter of the disc cartridge carried by the slider.
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