Patent ID: 6169720
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk playback device wherein a slide panel having a turntable projecting therefrom for rotating a disk is disposed in a cabinet having an opening at a front side thereof so as to be retractably movable out of said opening of the cabinet, the front opening being provided with a front panel for covering the opening, said disk playback device being characterized in that the front panel is pivoted at a base end thereof to a lower end portion of the front side of the cabinet, the slide panel being coupled to a free end of the front panel and movable out of and into the opening of the cabinet with the pivotal movement of the front panel, the slide panel being exposed from the cabinet with a disk support surface thereof facing upwardly when the front panel is in a completely opened position, the slide panel being in a disk playback position when the front panel is in a completely closed position, and wherein a clamp plate is upwardly and downwardly movably provided within the cabinet above the slide panel and has a clamp for pressing the disk against the turntable while permitting the rotation of the disk, the cabinet being slidably provided on an inner surface thereof with a slide piece biased by a spring toward a disk takeout direction to cause one end thereof to project outward from the opening of the cabinet, the slide piece being coupled to the clamp plate to move the clamp plate upward and downward, the slide piece being movable to reach a rear end of a guide slot immediately before the front panel is brought to the closed position, and the slide piece being retractable to a rear portion o f the cabinet to bias the clamp plate toward the turntable by being pushed by the front panel at said one end projecting from the cabinet opening when the front panel is brought to the closed position.