Patent ID: 7467395
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disc drive device comprising: a housing having a bottom case and a top cover and formed with a disc insertion/removal slot for inserting or discharging an optical disc; a disc mounting portion for rotatably holding the optical disc inserted into the housing; a disc rotary drive mechanism configured to rotatably drive the optical disc held in the disc mounting portion; an optical pickup configured to record and/or reproduce an information signal to/from the optical disc rotatably driven by the disc rotary drive mechanism; a pickup moving mechanism for moving the optical pickup in a radial direction of the optical disc; and a disc conveying mechanism formed with a supporting portion to support the outer peripheral surface of the optical disc, and having a plurality of narrow, elongated arms rotatably supported in the housing, and an energizing member for rotatably energizing the plurality of the rotary arms in a predetermined direction, and conveying the optical disc between a disc mounting position for holding the optical disc inserted into the housing in the disc mounting portion and a disc insertion/removal position for inserting/removing the optical disc, the top cover having a control projection configured to control a rotary region of the plurality of rotary arms which energizes the optical disc in the discharging direction by contacting with the plurality of the rotary arms supporting the outer peripheral surface of the optical disc.