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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2007
Kunio Sawai, Daito, JP;
Kazumasa Nasu, Daito, JP;
Katsuya Sakagami, Daito, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
There is provided a disk loading apparatus capable of improving the stability in the centering operation at low cost only by changing the shape of the guide groove without adding extra parts or complicated structures. The disk loading apparatus includes a feed rollera disk armadapted to move back and forth between an initial position where a diskthat is drawn by the feed rolleris received and a retracted position that corresponds to a chucking position for the disk, and a guide grooveThe feed rollerhas a function of centering the diskThe guide grooveincludes slant wall surfaceswith the groove width therebetween decreasing progressively in the retracting direction of the disk armand receiving surfacesfor limiting the tilt angle of the disk arm