Patent ID: 6208608
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc ejecting apparatus, comprising:disc rotating means provided with a disc table onto which a disc in a disc cartridge is loaded for rotating said disc housed in said disc cartridge and a motor for rotating said disc table;ejection means for ejecting said disc cartridge in a state in which said disc in said disc cartridge is loaded onto said disc rotating means;switching means for prohibiting the ejection of said disc cartridge by said ejection means when said motor is normally rotated and for enabling the ejection of said disc cartridge by said ejection means when said motor is reversely rotated, whereinsaid election means is provided with a first election lever operated by a user of the apparatus, a second election lever operated by said first election lever for electing said disc cartridge and a transmission mechanism for operating said second election lever by operating said first election lever; andsaid switching means includes a movement mechanism for selectively moving said transmission mechanism between a transmission position in which the operation of said first election lever is transmitted to said second election lever and a nontransmission position in which the operation of said first election lever is not transmitted to said second election lever, and whereinsaid movement mechanism is provided with an oscillating gear oscillated depending upon a rotational direction of said motor;said transmission mechanism is provided with a first lever which is moved between said transmission position and said nontransmission position and includes a first rack for engagement with said oscillating gear, whereinsaid oscillating gear is oscillated depending upon the rotational direction of said motor andsaid first lever is moved between said transmission position and said nontransmission position by selectively engaging said oscillating gear and the first rack of said first lever, whereinsaid oscillating gear is engaged with the first rack of said first lever when said motor is reversely rotated and moves said first lever in the direction of said transmission position, whereinsaid movement mechanism is provided with a second lever provided with a second rack engaged with said oscillating gear when said motor is normally rotated and a link mechanism for moving said second lever between said transmission position and said nontransmission position andsaid second lever is moved to said nontransmission position by said link mechanism by engaging said second rack and said oscillating gear when said motor is normally rotated.