Patent ID: 7430749
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk apparatus comprising: a supporting means including a base plate having a plurality of base plate guide grooves including a first base plate groove with a straight portion which is parallel to a disk conveyance path and a second base plate groove being an L-shaped guide groove having a straight portion which is parallel to said disk conveyance path and a locking portion which is perpendicular to said straight portion of said second base plate groove; a disk conveying means including a disk guide plate that is supported from the base plate by a plurality of disk guide plate pins disposed on said disk guide plate, and with said guide plate pins being swaged so they cannot be disconnected from the plurality of base plate guide grooves while having said guide plate pins operate within the said base plate guide groove to move in the disk conveying direction; an actuation means including a locking lever that is rotatably supported by said supporting means with a first locking lever pin disposed on said locking lever, with said first locking lever pin being swaged so said first locking lever pin is operably confined within said L-shaped groove; and a second locking lever pin which is engaged by a bisected, forked shaped member being disposed on a top portion of a sliding plate, located over and immediately superior to said actuation means.