Slot-in type disk apparatus
View Patent ↗A slot-in type thin disk apparatus having a base body and a lid, which constitute a chassis outer sheath. A front surface of the chassis outer sheath is formed with a disk inserting opening into which a disk is directly inserted. The slot-in type disk apparatus is provided with a traverse moving unit which displaces a traverse base between the base body and the lid. The traverse base moving unit includes a loading motor provided on the chassis outer sheath, a slider which slides by driving of the loading motor, and a traverse cam member which is operated by movement of the slider.
1. A slot-in type disk apparatus in which a base body and a lid constitute a chassis outer sheath, a front surface of said chassis outer sheath is formed with a disk inserting opening from which a disk is directly inserted, said base body is provided with a traverse base, said traverse base is provided with a spindle motor, a pickup and driving means for moving said pickup, said slot-in type disk apparatus is provided with a traverse moving means which displaces said traverse base between said base body and said lid, and
said traverse base moving means comprises a loading motor provided on said chassis outer sheath, a slider which slides by driving of said loading motor, and a traverse cam member which is operated by movement of said slider, wherein
said disk apparatus comprises
a spindle motor support portion which holds said spindle motor,
a spindle cam member which is operated by movement of said slider,
a clutch plate configured to move toward and away from said traverse base by said spindle cam member, and
a motor spring having a biasing force and disposed between said spindle motor support portion and said clutch plate,
wherein said clutch plate has a set stroke B and is positioned to move toward said traverse base, and said spindle motor has a set stroke A and is positioned to move toward said disk, to compress said motor spring, with the stroke B of the clutch plate being greater than the stroke A of the spindle motor such that the biasing force of the motor spring is applied only to an over stroke portion of the clutch plate after the spindle motor is moved upward.
2. The slot-in type disk apparatus according to claim , wherein said motor spring is disposed on the side of an outer periphery of said spindle motor.
3. The slot-in type disk apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said spindle cam member comprise two members disposed in mutually intersecting directions, said traverse cam member and said slider are disposed in mutually intersecting directions, one of said two members of said spindle cam member is disposed in parallel to said traverse cam member, and the other of said two members of said spindle cam member is disposed in parallel to said slider.
4. The slot-in type disk apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said clutch plate is disposed on the side of an outer periphery of said spindle motor.
5. The slot-in type disk apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said traverse base has a projection for releasing an attached disk, and said projection is disposed on an outer periphery of said spindle motor.