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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Mounting mechanism for mounting a cartridge or an optical disc to the tray of an optical disc device
Applicant:
Kyoji Kasuga, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Kyoji Kasuga, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/04 (2006.01); G11B 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical disc device is provided with a tray for mounting a disc or a cartridge thereon, a chassis that is laid out under the tray, and a top plate that is laid out above the tray. The optical disc device comprises two types of holding mechanisms that form either a single disc mounting space or a cartridge mounting space according to a shape of a single disc or a cartridge to be mounted in the tray, and hold the single disc or the cartridge in the respective mounting space.