Patent ID: 6266310
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc player having a cartridge holder, said cartridge holder formed with an opening for loading through said opening a disc cartridge containing a disc, said disc cartridge having a slidingly opening shutter to expose an information recording surface of the disc contained in the cartridge, so as to permit information recording or reproducing, said disc player comprising:a disc cartridge loading system for transporting the disc cartridge in a direction which is the same direction for the shutter to move on the disc cartridge;a guide plate provided on an inner side of said opening within the disc player for guiding the disc cartridge when said disc cartridge is being transported into and out from the disc player through the opening;wherein the guide plate has an inclined edge portion formed into a slope gradually inclined in a plane parallel to a plane in which the disc cartridge is inserted into and removed from the disc player, in a manner such that the inclined edge portion of the guide plate slightly contacts the shutter of the disc cartridge so as to ensure a smooth passing of the disc cartridge through the opening of the cartridge holder.