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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Tomokuni Wauke, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Mutsumi Ito, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a disk device in which slide pieces slidable along an edge portion of a slide hole formed in a chassis are formed at the central part of both ends of a holder. The forward end of either of the slide pieces has a straight surface formed on the edge portion side; and an inclined portion is formed by obliquely cutting the surface of the edge portion side. When the disk case M inserted reaches a predetermined position, the holder slides within the slide hole of the chassis. In this case, the holder lowers while the inclined portion of the slide piece slides along the edge portion, enabling a decrease in the lowering speed of the holder to thereby reduce the lowering speed of the head descending into contact with the disk D.