Patent ID: 6597651
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc player comprising:a single rotation driving source having a transmission gear for transmitting a rotation driving force to the outside and capable of rotating in both directions; disc transporting means for transporting a disc along an inserting direction when said rotation driving source rotates in one direction and transporting the disc along an ejecting direction when said rotation driving source rotates in the other direction; pickup transporting means for transporting an optical pickup along an outward direction of the radial direction of the disc when said rotation driving source rotates in one direction and transporting the optical pickup along an inward direction of the radial direction of the disc when said rotation driving source rotates in the other direction; and a drive switching mechanism for switching between said disc transporting means and said pickup transporting means to connect the switched one to said rotation driving source, said drive switching mechanism having: an oscillating member provided so as to be capable of oscillating with an axial position the same as that of said transmission gear being the center of oscillation; a switching gear provided on the tip end side of said oscillating member to be transmissibly connected with said disc transporting means, while being transmissibly connected to said disc transporting means on one end side of an oscillation track of said oscillating member and being transmissibly connected to said pickup transporting means on the other end side of the oscillation track of said oscillating member; oscillation preventing means for preventing oscillation of said oscillating member during operation of either said disc transporting means or said pickup transporting means; and an intermediating member to be engaged with said switching gear to assist oscillation of said oscillating member during when said oscillating member lies in its tracks, said switching gear being configured so as to rotate in the direction of separating from the disc transporting means when said rotation driving source rotates in one direction and to rotate in the direction of separating from the pickup transporting means when said rotation driving source rotates in the other direction, said oscillation preventing means being configured to be engaged with the oscillating member to prevent oscillation of said oscillating member during operation of either said disc transporting means or said pickup transporting means in synchronous with these transporting means.