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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2006
Kunio Kido, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Kido, Tokyo, JP;
Nidec Pigeon Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A disk guide device for use with different diameter disks is disclosed. The disk guide device may include a transporting roller for transporting a disk to a chucking position, a pair of detection arms capable of abutting with a periphery of an inserted disk, a biasing member that urges the detection arms in a closing direction, a guide lever have a stopper part an turnable around an axis that is parallel to a face of the inserted disk and perpendicular to a transport direction of the disk; a stopper retreating mechanism which turns the guide lever, and a lock part for maintaining the guide lever in a state where the stopper part is protruded in the disk playing space.