Patent ID: 7600236
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A loading/ejection mechanism for a disk-shaped storage medium for inserting and taking out the disk-shaped storage medium through an opening formed in part of a housing comprising: an offset drive function unit for shifting a loading/ejection direction, when inserting and taking out the disk-shaped storage medium through said opening, to a loading/ejection direction offset from a straight direction perpendicularly intersecting an opening direction of the opening, wherein said offset drive function unit includes an offset loading/ejection drive part providing a drive force for inserting and taking out said disk-shaped storage medium, said offset loading/ejection drive part is comprised of a drive roller, and wherein the drive roller is given a substantially V-sectional shape by gradually increasing a radius of said drive roller toward left and right directions from a center along an axial direction of said drive roller.