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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1999
Michihiro Sato, Yamagata-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Sato, Yamagata-ken, JP;
Hideyuki Takahashi, Yamagata-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Niino, Yamagata-ken, JP;
Noritaka Kunimaru, Saitama-ken, JP;
Shigeharu Furusawa, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Shinkai, Saitama-ken, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A recording-medium transfer device having a anti-rattle construction is provided. A transfer roller of the recording-medium transfer device is arranged above a chassis to be perpendicular to a direction X of transferring recording medium. The transfer roller has a structure in which a shaft is inserted in rolling member made of a material having flexibility. Projecting portions and are formed on the chassis to oppose to both ends of the rolling member. In both ends of the rolling member, clearances are respectively formed to permit the deformation produced by its abutment with the projecting portions and . In the process for inserting the disc, the projecting portions and are moved away from the transfer roller . Upon receiving a driving force from a driving motor and gears to , the rolling member of the transfer roller is rotated keeping in contact with the disc so as to transfer the disc toward a clamping position. When the transfer of the recording medium is completed, both ends of the rolling member press on the projecting portions and , thereby the transfer roller is fixed to the chassis so as to prevent chatter due to outside vibration from occurring.