Patent ID: 7757246
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disc apparatus which, when a tray loaded with a disc recording medium transfers into an apparatus main body, clamps the disc recording medium and performs information recording or reproduction on the disc recording medium, the disc apparatus comprising: a chassis fixed to the apparatus main body; a traverse mechanism capable of, by driving of a motor, moving upward and downward, via a plurality of gears, in a predetermined direction with respect to the chassis; a pickup unit having an optical pickup, provided in the traverse mechanism, and capable of, by the driving of the motor, transferring in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction in which the traverse mechanism moves upward and downward; a clamper for clamping, by a magnetic force, the disc recording medium with a turntable provided in the traverse mechanism; and a clamper holder for rotatably holding the clamper provided in the apparatus main body, wherein a first and a second flanges are provided which extend inward from inner peripheral edge parts at a lower end of the clamper holder and which are divided into a front and a rear, respectively, the first and second flanges being so arranged as to oppose a flange of the clamper with a predetermined bump being provided so that a top surface of the first flange is higher than a top surface of the second flange, a right and a left circumferential end parts of the first flange being separated by a predetermined offset distance from a horizontal straight line passing through a center of the clamper holder, and wherein, when the disc recording medium is unclamped, the end part of the first flange abuts a bottom surface of the flange of the clamper, the first flange being arranged at a side opposite to a pivoting axis of the traverse mechanism as viewed from the center of the clamper.