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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Il-Kweon Joung, Ansan-si, KR;
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A device for opening and closing a lid of an optical disk player is disclosed, which is intended to decrease manufacturing cost, to improve assembling efficiency and productivity, and to minimize rejection rate of products by reduction of components. The device includes a player body having a button and a locking hole, a lid hingedly coupled to an end of the player body to cover the player body, and biased upwardly by a spring, the lid having a hook projected downwardly, a pickup disposed in the player body to be moved back and forth, and provided with a pusher, a catcher disposed in the player body to be moved back and forth, and having a catching protrusion to be engaged with the hook and a contact plate to be in contact with the pusher, and having a connecting rod connected between the catching protrusion and the contact plate, and a spring disposed in the player body to bias the catcher forwardly.