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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Hiroto Handa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroto Handa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Clarion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a floating lock device which can smoothly and continuously perform an operation of swinging-in and swinging-out a drive unit and switching between a floating state and lock state with a reduced space and simple configuration. The floating lock device comprises: a pick armwhich can be swung into and swung out of a space created by splitting trayscapable of housing a plurality of disks D; a drive chassiswhich is mounted on the pick armand which has a drive unit playing the disk D; a drive mechanism which drives the pick arm; a floating lock mechanism of the drive chassis; a turning tableon which the disk D is mounted; and a control platewhich transmits drive power of the drive mechanism to the floating lock mechanism.