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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2006
Hideaki Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Obata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Mitsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Obata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Mitsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording medium driving device which records information in or reproduces information from the recording medium, includes a device body in which a recording medium is inserted and from which the recording medium is removed, a conveying mechanism that conveys the recording medium in a loading direction and an eject direction, a mounting section on which the recording medium is mounted, a conveyance arm that moves according to movement of the recording medium in the loading direction and the eject direction and conveys the recording medium, and a driving mechanism that has a driving source for imparting a driving force for moving the conveyance arm. The conveyance arm includes a contact section that brought into contact with the recording medium and an urging member that urges the contact section in the eject direction of the recording medium.