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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Kiyoshi Yanagiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk apparatus has a slider cam, disk tray, and reproducing assembly. The slider cam has a cam groove. The slider cam moves between a first position and a second position, to retract a disk tray into the apparatus and extend from the apparatus, respectively. The reproducing assembly has a cam follower guided in the cam groove to move between a reproducing position and a non-reproducing position. The cam groove has first, second, and third grooves. The third groove connects the first and second grooves together. The first groove has a groove wall that extends substantially perpendicularly to the axis. The cam follower moves along the first groove to collide against the wall when a shock is given to the apparatus during transportation, thereby preventing the disk tray from popping out of the apparatus inadvertently.