Patent ID: 6359843
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk recording-playback device having mounted on a chassis a stacker accommodating trays in a plurality of stages for placing a disk on each tray, and a recording-playback unit positioned forwardly of the stacker and movable upward and downward, the trays being arranged between guide plates projecting inward from the stacker and corresponding to the respective stages, each of the trays being slidable between a closed position within the stacker and an ejected position in which the tray is projecting outward from the stacker, the device being characterized in that:each of the trays comprises a main tray, and a subtray slidable on the main tray for placing the disk thereon, the main tray being slidable between the ejected position and the closed position, the subtray being releasably engageable with the main tray and slidable from the closed position further toward the recording-playback unit, each of the guide plates being formed with a cam portion for releasing the subtray from engagement with the main tray in the closed position and engaging the subtray with the main tray with the sliding movement of the main tray from the closed position to the ejected position.