Patent ID: 7412713
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A chucking apparatus in which a plurality of pawl bodies are provided in a radial direction of a hub body of a turntable such that said pawl bodies can move, a center hole of a disk is pressed by said pawl bodies to hold said disk, wherein said chucking apparatus comprises a resilient member for biasing said pawl bodies outward of said hub body, each of said pawl bodies includes a pawl portion which comes into contact with said disk, and a pawl-side stopper for limiting outward movement of said pawl bodies caused by said resilient member, said hub body includes a pawl opening through which said pawl portion can project outward, and a hub-side stopper which abuts against said pawl-side stopper, and a position of said pawl portion in a standby state where said disk is not held by said pawl portion is set lower than a position of said pawl portion in a recording/replaying state where said disk is held by said pawl portion.