Patent ID: 7881176
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A floating lock device, comprising: a swing arm which can be swung into and swung out of a space created by splitting disk housing sections capable of housing a plurality of disks; a drive chassis which is mounted on the swing arm and which comprises a drive unit for playing the disk; and a floating lock mechanism which is provided on the swing arm and switches between a floating state in which the drive chassis is supported by an elastic member only, and a lock state in which the drive chassis is fixed to the swing arm; a drive mechanism which drives the swing arm; and the swing arm is provided with a transmitting member which transmits drive power of the drive mechanism to the floating lock mechanism so as to continuously perform shifting from an operation of swinging-in the swing arm to one operation of the floating lock mechanism or from an operation of swinging-out the swing arm to an other operation of the floating lock mechanism, wherein the drive mechanism has an auxiliary arm which rotates and thereby biases the swing arm in a swing-in direction and a swing-out direction, the transmitting member is provided rotatably by being biased by an end section of the auxiliary arm.