Patent ID: 6014357
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc device comprising:a turn table for rotating a disc;a pick up unit for detecting information recorded in said disc;a base for supporting said turn table and said pick up unit;a tray, mounted on said base, for guiding an operator's placement of said disc appropriately on said turn table;wherein said operator may move said tray between a disc loading position and a disc replacement position;a sub-chassis for supporting said base, said sub-chassis being slidably supported on a chassis so that said tray may move between said disc loading position and said disc replacement position;a top plate having a bottom surface for forming an enclosure with said chassis within which said tray is moved, said top plate having an opening in a position in alignment with a position of said turn table with said position of said turn table being a position in a state where said tray is in said disc loading position; anda lid connected to said top plate for fixedly closing said opening, said lid having a bottom surface aligned in a plane above the plane of the bottom surface of the top plate, with said lid having a thickness less than the thickness of said top plate, and with said turn table being able to extend into the opening in said top plate beneath said lid and above the plane of said bottom surface of the top plate when said tray is in said disc loading position.