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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinichi Wada, Onsen-gun, JP;
Yoshinori Takada, Onsen-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/08 ; G11B 7/085 ; G11B 7/09 ; G11B 1/7028 ; G11B 1/703 ; G11B 1/920 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/08 ; G11B 7/085 ; G11B 7/09 ; G11B 1/7028 ; G11B 1/703 ; G11B 1/920 ;
Abstract
In a disk loading apparatus according to the present invention, a clamp section is configured so as to be floatable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of disk insertion and so as to be lifted up and thereby go outside the path of disk insertion when being confronted with the inserted disk, while a traverse unit of a pickup is configured so as to position a turntable in the replay waiting position and the replay position by the rotational motion.