Patent ID: 6959444
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for changing optical disks, mounted in an optical disk drive, provided for holding a plurality of trays or optical disks, the optical disk drive including a bottom plate and a top plate, the apparatus for changing optical disks comprising at least: a plurality of driving shafts, vertically positioned on the bottom plate for clamping the trays or the optical disks, each of the driving shafts having a vertical axis and rotating synchronously around the vertical axis thereof to raise and lower the trays or the optical disks, the driving shafts comprising: a plurality of elastic devices, each of the elastic devices having one end respectively fixed to a top end of the upright region of the corresponding driving shaft or fixed beneath the top plate, and the other end provided together with the flat surface for clamping the tray or the optical disk located in the range of the upright regions.