Patent ID: 6624974
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) comprising:a chassis (5); at least one first component part (36, 37), which is fixedly connected to the chassis (5) and which is arranged to be immovable with respect to its adjacent chassis portion in a direction substantially parallel to this chassis portion and which is inherently stiff at least in directions oriented parallel to said chassis portion; operating means (24, 33) for cooperation with the record carrier (4), the operating means (24, 33) including at least one second component part (26, 51, 52), which has a pin-like construction and which is fixedly connected to the chassis (5) and which projects from a chassis portion and which has a free end (61, 62) which is remote from this chassis portion, and at least one third component part (28, 33), which is movable with respect to the at least one second component part (26, 51, 52) and which serves to and is adapted to cooperate with the record carrier (4), wherein one component part of the at least one first component part (36, 37) and the at least one second component part (26, 51, 52) is fixedly connected to a damping element support (70, 80), which damping element support (70, 80) extends over the other one of said component parts, and further wherein the damping element support (70, 80) is connected to a damping element (78, 88) which consists of an elastically deformable material and which acts upon the other one of said component parts under spring load, still further wherein the damping element support (70) is formed by a resilient arm (70) of a blade spring configuration (71), which has a fixing portion (72) by which the blade spring configuration (71) is connected to a first component part (36), and still further wherein, in the area of a free end (77) of the damping element support (70) formed by the resilient arm (70), a damping element (78) made of a damping elastomer is mounted, which damping element acts upon a free end (26E) of a pin-like second component part (26).