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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Teac Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a disk unit for recording and reproducing information to and from a disk-like recording medium, 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; a drive mechanism that drives the moving member in the insert direction and the eject direction; and a manual drive member that, when pressed, slidingly engages the drive mechanism and drives the drive mechanism in the eject direction.