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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Norikatsu Yoshida, Hyogo, JP;
Yasue Chihara, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Ohnishi, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a disk device that prevents entering of foreign matters, and that forms an opening/closing lid using an inclined surface of a front wall so that the disk device has a design according to which the thickness is not noticeable. A front wallof an outer caseincludes an inclined surface whose front part is inclined downward. An opening portionis provided to the front wallof the outer case, and a lidthat covers the opening portionwhile allowing it to be opened or closed is provided. The lidis configured to move, by rotating about a rotation shaft provided in a direction crossing a disk conveyance direction, between a closed lid positionA in which the lid is flush with the inclined surface such that a disk insertion openingis not exposed to the outside and an open lid positionB in which the disk insertion openingis exposed to the outside and a diskis guided to the disk insertion opening