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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Morio Nakatani, Ichinomiya, JP;
Inventor:
Morio Nakatani, Ichinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disc device for recording and/or reproducing information with respect to a disc having flexibility includes a head for writing and/or reading, the head being disposed below the disc; a disc rotating section which rotates the disc; and a head retracting section which retracts the head to a retracted position where contact with the disc is avoidable, based on a judgment that power supply to the disc device is cut off.