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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Shinichi Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Takuto Yamazaki, Nara, JP;
Yukio Morioka, Osaka, JP;
Norikatsu Yoshida, Hyogo, JP;
Yuji Ariyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Higaki, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuro Nishi, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Takuto Yamazaki, Nara, JP;
Yukio Morioka, Osaka, JP;
Norikatsu Yoshida, Hyogo, JP;
Yuji Ariyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Higaki, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuro Nishi, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A disk device is provided with a pair of slide cam members that start movement when a disk is conveyed to a replayable position, and a pair of clamper lifters respectively having clamper support portions supporting a clamper. The clamper lifters are moved in opposite directions to each other in a horizontal direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the disk device in conjunction with the movement of the pair of slide cam members. They are arranged so that the timings of the start of movement in the opposite directions to each other are different from each other. The clamper support portions have inclined surfaces in contact with an outer peripheral part of the clamper so as to move the clamper in the thickness direction of the disk device in accordance with the movement of the pair of clamper lifters in the opposite directions to each other.