Patent ID: 6801481
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk playback device comprising:conveying means, for conveying a disk between an insertion/removal position and a playback position by supporting an edge of said disk from either side; a guide means being movable away from said disk in a direction parallel said disk when said disk is being played back; a turntable rotating said disk; a damper clamping said disk to said turntable; a clamp arm extending roughly perpendicular to said disk conveyance direction rotatably supporting said clamper; and said clamp arm having a bend, wherein when said guide means is in said insertion/removal position, at least a section of said guide means is disposed forward of said bend toward said turntable and wherein when said guide means is in said playback position, said section of said guide means moves in said direction approximately beneath said bend and at least a section of said clamp arm overlapping with said guide means is separated by a greater distance than other sections of said clamp arm.