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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Inata, Itami, JP;
Teruyuki Takizawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Yoshito Saji, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yukio Nishino, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTD, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/504 ;
Abstract
A disc apparatus includes a turntable having surface on which a disc is to be placed and being rotatable around a rotation axis; a disc holding mechanism which can be in a first state of holding the disc on the turntable so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis and a second state which is different from the first state; a first contact member; and a moving mechanism for relatively moving the first contact member and the turntable with respect to each other.