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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
May. 20, 2002
Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Shirahata, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kuzuu, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Tatehata, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kiichiro Murotani, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiko Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Suzui, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoto Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Nagami, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Ieda, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk device realizing reducing in size and number of parts, prevention of damage to disks, shortening operation time for plurality of operations, improved vibration resistance and less expensive manufacturing cost is provided. In the disk device when a disk is reproduced, a disk reproducing mechanism is moved to become a center of disk coincident with a center of turntable thereof, a first disk holding mechanism is moved downward to load the disk on the disk reproducing mechanism, then a disk clamping mechanism is moved to clamp the disk loaded on the disk reproducing mechanism, and the disk is reproduced after the first and second disk holding mechanism release the disk and are taken away from the disk.