Patent ID: 6151285
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc device comprising:a chassis;a movable tray part having a disc supporting means including a turntable for supporting a disc oil on a plane,a motor for rotating the disk and pickup means for recording and/or reproducing a signal from the disk, said tray part being slidably provided with respect to said chassis between a first position inside said chassis and a second position which exposes said disc supporting means outside said chassis,wherein a width of said movable tray part in a direction parallel to said plane and perpendicular to the direction of movement of the tray part is smaller than a maximum diameter of the disc andwherein a shape of said chassis is such that said chassis covers the bottom surface of a portion of the disc placed on the turntable, which portion extends outwardly beyond the outer periphery of said tray part, and a space is formed below a portion of said chassis, which portion covers said bottom surface of said portion of said disc and extends immediately underneath just said portion of said disc and not said tray part.