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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:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEAC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/302 ;
Abstract
A disk loading device includes a slot into which a disk-like recording medium is inserted, a retaining member that retains the disk-like recording medium inserted from the slot, a moving member that moves the retaining member so as to retract the disk-like recording medium in a disk insert direction during insertion and expel the disk-like recording medium in a disk eject direction during ejection, and a drive mechanism that, after the disk-like recording medium has moved to an eject position, drives the moving member from the eject position further in the eject direction so as to bring the retaining member adjacent to the slot as the disk-like recording medium is withdrawn from the slot.