Patent ID: 6407971
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk recording or playback device comprising a cabinet having a lid pivoted thereto,a chassis supported within the cabinet and provided with a pickup, a holder mounted on the chassis for upwardly or downwardly movement and connected to the lid to move with the lid when the lid is opened or closed, a slide member supported by the cabinet and engageable with, and disengageable from, the lid as said lid is pivotally moved to a lowered position, a restraining piece mounted on the chassis and retractably movable toward the slide member, and means for preventing the slide member from inadvertently moving in a direction of disengagement from the lid during signal recording, said movement-preventing means comprising a latch member having a wide pushable surface orthogonal to the direction of movement of the restraining piece is mounted on the slide member and movable upon contact with the restraining piece in the direction of movement of the restraining piece, the latch member being movable by the restraining piece between a locking position in which the latch member is engaged with the cabinet by being pushed into an opening therein by contacting the restraining piece to prevent the movement of the slide member when signals are recorded on a disk, and a standby position in which the latch member is free from the pushing contact of the restraining piece to permit the movement of the slide member in a mode other than the recording mode, and the restraining piece and the chassis being movable along the direction of movement of the slide member within a range in which the restraining piece is in pushing contact with the pushable surface of the latch member in the locking position.