Patent ID: 7647602
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disc device, comprising a casing including: a casing body that has a housing section for housing a disc therein and houses a device body including a drive unit for rotating the disc; and a cover section rotatably supported on the casing body for closing an opening for housing the disc in the housing section, wherein a rotation stop mechanism is provided in the casing for stopping rotation of the disc when the cover section is opened, the rotation stop mechanism includes: a lever rotatably supported on the casing body and having a contact section contacting with an edge face of the disc set therein when the cover section is opened; a biasing unit provided on the lever for biasing the contact section in a direction toward the edge face of the disc; and a first releasing unit provided in a protruding state on the cover section, the first releasing unit contacting with the lever to rotate the lever in a direction away from the edge face of the disc when the cover section is closed for releasing contact between the contact section and the edge face of the disc, and the contact section has a contact face extending in a direction inclined against a rotational tangent direction of the disc.