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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Kazunori Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukasa Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroto Nishida, Ishikawa, JP;
Isamu Nakade, Ishikawa, JP;
Kenji Urushihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukasa Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroto Nishida, Ishikawa, JP;
Isamu Nakade, Ishikawa, JP;
Kenji Urushihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical disc device capable of sensing exactly whether or not a disc is present is provided. In an optical disc device includes a main body having a disc slot, and a carrying roller for carrying a disc between the disc slot and a disc loading position of the main body, a swinging lever whose base end is supported turnably in an inside of the main body by a supporting shaft and to which a disc arriving switch is fixed, and a sensing lever whose base end is supported turnably by the supporting shaft and whose top end contacts the outer periphery of the disc, which is loaded in the disc loading position, to operate the disc arriving switch are provided.