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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1996
Tetsu Endo, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Naso, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Hosokawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeaki Morita, Inagi, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An optical disk drive has an inserting/ejecting mechanism for performing an insertion and ejection of either a CD mounted on a CD carrier or an MO cartridge and a recording and reproducing mechanism for reading or reproducing with either medium. The inserting/ejecting mechanism has a load mechanism which is activated when a CD and a CD carrier on which the CD has been mounted or a medium as an MO cartridge are inserted in an inserting/ejecting port and moves the medium to the position of a spindle motor for attachment to a motor rotary shaft. In addition, an ejecting mechanism, which is activated on the basis of a medium ejecting instruction, moves the medium to an ejecting position of the inserting/ejecting port after the medium was removed from a spindle motor.