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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisao Otani, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/102 ;
Abstract
A disc transport member whose width for mounting of a disc is smaller than the diameter of the disc is inserted into and removed from a drive main body while being mounted with the disc. A disc protection member is provided, so as to face the disc, on an edge of the disc transport member or a region close thereto on a side where the disc that is mounted on the disc transport member projects.