Patent ID: 6643242
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An opener on a chucking plate inside a disk reader for opening the shutter door of a disk cartridge, comprising:an opening element that includes an opener beam section and a slot section, wherein the head of the beam section further includes a slider, and a fixed pin constrained within and passing through the slot section and fastened to the chucking plate permitting the opening element to slide as well as to rotate freely; a first slot on the chucking plate such that the first slot is capable of engaging the slider at the head of the opening element and permitting the slider to slide inside the first slot having a linear shaped trajectory; an extensible element with one end fastened onto the chucking plate while the other end is fastened to a lock pin on the opener beam; and a second slot on the chucking plate that permits the lock pin to slide inside the second slot having a shaped trajectory.