Patent ID: 6298031
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc player, comprising:a turntable for rotatably holding an optical disc;an optical pickup for recording information into and reading information from the optical disc;an elongated guide shaft arranged in a predetermined moving direction of the optical pickup for guiding the optical pickup to move in said predetermined direction;a chassis for mounting the turntable, the optical pickup and the elongated guide shaft;a cartridge holder for receiving and holding a cartridge containing the optical disc;characterized in that:an adjustment mechanism is provided on the chassis for adjusting a positional relationship between the optical pickup and the turntable by moving one end of the elongated guide shaft in a plane which is generally parallel with a recording surface of the optical disc,wherein the adjustment mechanism includes an adjusting plate made of a resin or a metal, said resin or metal adjusting plate including a plastically deformable portion which is plastically deformable during said adjustment effected by the adjustment mechanism,wherein the adjusting plate includes a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion will be covered up by a cartridge after the cartridge has been inserted into the cartridge holder, while the rear portion is located on the outside of the inserted cartridge.