Patent ID: 6212147
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus, comprising:an opening formed in a surface of the apparatus, said surface forming an exterior side of said apparatus;a closing member to close and disclose the opening;a tray having a substantially planar disc mount surface adapted to receive a disc thereon and move between a first tray position where the tray is projected from the opening and is oriented generally perpendicular to a planar extrapolation of said surface of the apparatus and a second tray position where the tray is retracted into the apparatus through the opening and is oriented generally parallel to said planar extrapolation; anda drive mechanism adapted to move the closing member between a first closing member position where the closing member closes the opening and a second closing member position where the closing member discloses the opening, and the tray between the above-mentioned first and second tray positions,wherein a tangent to a path defined for said movement of said tray between said first and second tray positions is substantially parallel to a said planar disc mount surface of said moving tray and disc.