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Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2004
Applicants:

Yasuo Yanase, Osaka, JP;

Yoshiaki Kanamori, Suita, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuo Yanase, Osaka, JP;

Yoshiaki Kanamori, Suita, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A holder, into which a disk is inserted from above and having an opening in its lower portion, is provided in the interior of a panel whose lower end is supported pivotably on a chassis. The panel is provided so as to translatable between a first position in which with the panel closed from an open position the holder comes into contact with the chassis and a center hole in the disk is brought near the fore-end of a turntable, and a second position in which with the panel further closed from the first position with the holder being in contact with the chassis, the disk is fitted onto the turntable. The stop is supported pivotably on the panel, and its free-end enters a lower portion of the holder so as to receive the disk. The chassis is provided with a protuberance for pivoting the stop in a direction in which, in association with the panel pivoting from the first position to the second position, that the stop comes out of abutment with the disk.


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