Patent ID: 6339575
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A loading mechanism for a disk device, the disk device being of the type having a disk loading tray movable between a projected position and a received position with respect to a base of the disk device, the loading mechanism comprising:a tray rack attached to said disk loading tray and having means for engaging a load gear, said load gear being rotated by a motor for moving said disk loading tray between the projected position and the received position; a relay gear operatively associated with the tray rack, said relay gear being rotated by said tray rack as the disk loading tray is moved between the projected position and the received position; a slide rack operatively associated with the relay gear, said slide rack being moved between a first slide rack position and a second slide rack position by the rotation of said relay gear; a disk clamping mechanism operatively associated with said slide rack, said disk clamping mechanism having a damper movable between an unclamping position and a clamping position, said damper being moved between said unclamping position and said clamping position by said slide rack as the slide rack moves between said first slide rack position and said second slide rack position; and means for toggling operatively associated with said tray rack for moving a data read/write pickup device between a non-operating position and an operating position as said disk loading tray is moved between the projected position and the received position.