Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus

Abstract: A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises rotating and driving means (20-25) for rotationally driving a disc (102) and a fixed member carrying said rotating and driving means and furthermore vibration absorbing means provided between said rotating and driving means (20-25) and said fixed means (18).

Description: This invention relates to a disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information signals using a disc cartridge comprised of a disc housed within a cartridge main body. There has been proposed a recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information signals using a disc cartridge comprised of a recording disc, such as an optical disc or a magneto-optical disc, housed within a cartridge main body. The recording/reproducing apparatus, disclosed in, for example, US Patent 3,845,502, includes a loading unit for transporting the disc cartridge to a predetermined loading position, a rotating driving unit for holding the recording disc of the disc cartridge in its loading position and rotationally driving the disc, and a head device for writing and/or reading the information signals on or from the recording disc. The loading unit is adapted for moving a cartridge holder by a cam or the like, which cartridge holder is adapted for holding the disc cartridge. The cartridge holder is adapted for holding the disc cartridge in parallel with the chassis. The loading unit shifts the cartridge main body, held by the cartridge holder, in a direction parallel to the major surface of the recording disc, that is, parallel to the chassis. When the recording disc is at a position directly above the rotating driving unit, the loading unit shifts the disc cartridge in a direction normal to the chassis and in a direction approaching the chassis. The recording disc housed within the disc cartridge, thus moved in the direction approaching the chassis, is held by the rotating driving unit mounted on the chassis. The head device is mounted on the chassis for facing the major surface, that is the signal recording surface, of the recording disc rotated by the rotating driving unit. The head device is supported for being moved radially across the inner and outer peripheries of the disc. With the recording disc being rotated and the head device being moved radially of the recording disc, the information signals may be recorded and/or read on or from substantially the entire signal recording surface of the recording disc. Meanwhile, if the recording disc is an optical disc or a magneto-optical disc, an optical pickup device is used as the head device. This optical pickup device includes an optical lens driving device for effecting focusing and tracking serve control operations for servo controlling the light flux radiated onto the recording disc against deviations or offsets caused by revolutions of the recording disc brought about by the rotating driving unit. This object lens driving device supports the object lens for converging the light flux emanated from a light source of the optical pickup device by a supporting member which is formed of a flexible material for supporting the object lens for movement along an optical axis of the object lens and in a direction normal thereto, that is in a focusing direction and in a tracking direction. The object lens driving device also includes electromagnetic driving means for moving the lens in these two directions. These electromagnetic driving means include a coil mounted on a lens bobbin holding the object lens and supplied with a driving current and a magnetic circuit adapted for causing the magnetic flux to pass through the coil. In the above-described disc recording/reproducing apparatus, the disc cartridge is positioned along its height and in an in-plane direction parallel to the chassis, with the chassis as a reference, while the recording disc is positioned along its height and in its in-plane direction by the rotating driving unit. That is, the disc cartridge is positioned in the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the chassis by being engaged with or set on the distal end of a positioning pin mounted upright on the chassis. On the other hand, the recording disc is set and positioned on a disc table of the rotating driving unit. The disc table is substantially in the form of a disk mounted on a driving shaft of a spindle motor adapted for rotationally driving the recording disc. The spindle motor is mounted on the chassis. In the above-described disc recording/reproducing apparatus, since both the rotating driving unit and the optical pickup device are mounted on the chassis, a loop of resonant vibrations tends to be produced between the rotating driving unit and the pickup device. That is, in the present disc recording/reproducing apparatus, vibrations induced in the disc driving rotating device and those induced in the optical pickup device tend to be propagated through the chassis to interfere with each other to produce resonant vibrations not only of the driving rotating unit and the optical pickup device but also of the chassis. If such resonant vibrations are produced, the optical pickup device cannot be operated satisfactorily, so that the information signals cannot be recorded or reproduced satisfactorily. Although means such as changing the chassis shape have been used for preventing these resonant vibrations, it has been difficult to prevent these resonant vibrations completely. US-A-4 719 526 discloses an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1. It is an object of the present invention to provide a disc recording/reproducing apparatus in which resonant vibrations on the chassis may be inhibited effectively. By providing a vibration absorbing member between a driving part rotating a disc table carrying the recording disc and a stationary part holding the driving part according to claim 1, it becomes possible to prevent the vibrations from being transmitted between the driving and stationary parts. Fig.1 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a disc recording/reproducing apparatus and a disc cartridge loaded therein. Fig.2 is an enlarged back side view showing the state in which the operation of inserting a disc cartridge into the disc recording/reproducing apparatus is just started. Fig.3 is an enlarged back side view showing the state in which the operation of inserting the disc cartridge into the disc recording/reproducing apparatus is just completed. Fig.4 is an enlarged back side view showing the state in which the operation of holding the disc cartridge inserted into the disc recording/reproducing apparatus is just completed. Fig.5 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view showing a construction of a spindle motor employed in the disc recording/reproducing apparatus shown in Fig.1 and its near-by portion. Fig.6 is an enlarged perspective view showing the construction of a spindle motor employed in the disc recording/reproducing apparatus and its near-by portion. Fig.7 is an enlarged perspective view showing a modified construction of a spindle motor employed in the disc recording/reproducing apparatus shown in Fig.1 and its near-by portion. Fig.8 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view showing the construction of a spindle motor employed in the disc recording/reproducing apparatus shown in Fig.8 and its near-by portion. Fig.9 is a perspective view, from the bottom side, showing a construction of a disc cartridge loaded in the disc recording/reproducing apparatus shown in Fig.1. Fig.10 is a perspective view, from the bottom side, showing the state in which a shutter member of the disc cartridge shown in Fig.8 is opened. Referring to the drawings, preferred illustrative embodiments of the present invention will be explained in detail. The disc recording/reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is designed for recording and/or reproducing information signals using a disc cartridge in which a magneto-optical disc as a recording disc is housed in a cartridge main body. Referring to Figs.9 and 10, the disc cartridge is comprised of a magneto-optical disc 102 rotatably housed within a cartridge main body 103. The magneto-optical disc 102 is disk-shaped in its entirety and is comprised of a disc substrate formed of a light-transmitting material, such as synthetic resin, and a signal recording layer of a magnetic material deposited on one major surface of the disc substrate. A disc hub 105, by means of which the magneto-optical disc 102 is held by a disc table 23, is provided at a mid part of the disc 102. The disc hub 105 is formed of a magnetic material, such as metal, and attaches substantially concentrically to the disc 1C2, such as with an adhesive or by welding. At the center of the disc hub 105, a centering hole 106 is formed, which has its center coincident with the center of curvature of a recording track(s) formed spirally or concentrically on the signal recording layer. The cartridge main body 103 is constituted by an upper half 103a and a lower half 103b which are abutted and connected to each other in the form of a thin casing in which to hold the magneto-optical disc 102. A pair of recording/reproducing apertures 114a, 114b, for laying both major surfaces of the magneto-optical disc to outside across the inner and outer disc peripheries, are formed in the upper and lower major surfaces of the cartridge main body 103. These recording/reproducing apertures 114a, 114b are of the same size and shape and formed in a facing relation to each other. The recording/reproducing aperture 114a in the upper major surface of the cartridge main body 103 ia adapted for laying one of the major surfaces of the disc 103 to outside, while the recording/reproducing aperture 114b in the lower major surface of the cartridge main body 103 is adapted for laying the other major surface of the cartridge main body 103 to outside. A chucking opening 104 for laying the disc hub 105 to outside is formed at the center of the major surface of the lower half 103a of the cartridge main body 103. A positioning recess 107 engaged by abutment protuberances 22 of a cartridge positioning member 21 is formed on a rim of the chucking opening 104, as will be explained subsequently. A shutter member 108, mounted on the cartridge main body 103, is formed by injection molding or bending a synthetic resin material or by bending a metallic plate into a cross-sectional shape of a letter U, and is adapted for clamping the upper and lower major surfaces of the cartridge main body 103. Thus the shutter member 108 is integrally constituted by an upper plate section 110 extended along the upper major surface of the cartridge main body 103, a lower plate section 109 extended parallel to and facing the upper plate 110 and a connecting web 11 interconnecting the proximal sides of the plate sections 110, 109. The shutter member 108 is supported by the cartridge main body 103 for movement along a lateral side of the cartridge main ody 103 engaged with the connecting web 111. The plate sections 10, 109 are formed with apertures 113a, 113b at offset positions long the direction of movement of the shutter member with espect to the cartridge main body 103. When the shutter member 108 is positioned at one side position relative to the cartridge main body 103, as shown in Fig.9, the parts of the plate sections 110, 109 of the shutter member 108 not provided with the apertures 113a, 113b are at the position of facing and closing the recording/reproducing apertures 114a, 114b, as shown in Fig.9. When the shutter member 108 is positioned at the other side position relative to the cartridge main body 103, as shown in Fig.10, the apertures 113a, 113b of the shutter member 108 are in register with the recording/reproducing apertures 114a, 114b for opening the apertures 114a, 114b, shown in Fig.10. Meanwhile, the shutter member 108 is normally resiliently biased towards the one side position of closing the recording/reproducing apertures 114a, 114b by a bias spring, not shown. The apertures 113a, 114b are formed for extending into parts of both side regions of the connecting web 111. That is, the portions of the connecting web 111 contiguous to the apertures 113a, 114b are of a narrow width than the remaining portions of the connecting web which width is less than the thickness of the magneto-optical disc 102. A forward side 116 of the cartridge main body 103, facing the outer rim of the magneto-optical disc 102 and connecting to the recording/reproducing apertures 114a, 114b, that is the side of the cartridge main body facing the outside via the apertures 113a, 113b when the recording/reproducing apertures 113a, 114b are opened, is of a thickness less than the thickness of the magneto-optical disc 102. Referring to Figs.1 to 4, the disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus is provided with a chassis 1. A spindle motor 20 constituting rotating driving means for rotating a disc 102 housed within the disc cartridge 101 is provided on the chassis 1. This spindle motor 20 is mounted via a motor attachrent plate 20a to a vertically movable block 18 operating as a stationary part of the rotating driving means, as shown in Fig.5. The vertically movable block 18 has plural through-holes 33 each provided with a slide bearing. The vertically movable block 18 may be moved in a direction towards and away from the chassis 1 along motor guide shafts 19 set upright on the chassis 1, as shown by arrow L in Fig.1, by passing these motor guide shafts 19 through the through-holes 33. That is, the spindle motor 20 mounted on the vertically movable block may be moved towards and away from the chassis 1. That is, the spindle motor 20 has a spindle shaft 24, integral with a driving shaft, supported substantially upstandingly with respect to the chassis 1. The spindle shaft 24 has its distal end directed upwardly of the chassis 1. Meanwhile, the motor attachment plate 20a is formed of a material exhibiting high vibration absorbing properties and sufficient toughness to support the spindle motor 20, such as synthetic resin or hard rubber. Thus, with the present disc recording/reproducing apparatus, as viewed as a vibrating system, the spindle motor 20 and the chassis are isolated from each other by the motor attachment plate 20a, such that vibrations produced during rotation of the disc 102 by the spindle motor 20 may be absorbed by the motor attachment plate 20 so that these vibrations may be transmitted only difficultly to the chassis 1 to prevent the occurrence of resonance otherwise caused by transmission of vibrations between the spindle motor 20 and the chassis 1. Meanwhile, instead of providing the motor attachment plate 20a as a vibration absorber, the rim part of the upper surface of the disc table 23 abutted by the disc hub 105 may be formed of synthetic resin or hard rubber so as to be operated as a vibration absorber. It is possible in this case to prevent vibrations from being propagated between the recording disc anc the chassis 1 in the recording/reproducing apparatus. The disc table 23 is mounted on the driving shaft 24 of the spindle motor 20 for encircling the distal end of the driving shaft 24, as shown in Fig.6. The disc table 23 is formed as a disk of approximately the same diameter as the disc hub 105 of the magneto-optical disc 102 so as to permit the disc hub 105 to be placed thereon. An annular permanent magnet 25 is placed in an annulus defined between the spindle shaft 24 and the rim part of the disc table 23 for magnetically attracting the disc hub 105 of the magneto-optical disc 102 placed on the disc table 23. A substantially annular cartridge body positioning member 21, operated as disc cartridge positioning means, is mounted around the outer rim of the disc table 23 on the upper surface of the vertically movable block 18. In the present embodiment of the cartridge body positioning member 21, the upper surface thereof is provided with at least three protuberances 22 for supporting and setting the position of the disc cartridge 101. That is, the plane defined by the ends of these protuberances 22 is closer to the chassis 1 than the setting plane of the disc hub 105 on the disc table 23 and is parallel to this disc hub setting plane. The distance between the upper surface of the disc table 23 and the end parts of the protuberances 22 is so selected that, when the positioning recess 107 of the cartridge main body 103 is set in position on the projections 22, the disc hub 105 may be set in position on the disc table 23 at a position in which the disc 102 housed within the cartridge main body is spaced apart from the inner wall of the cartridge main body 103. Meanwhile, the vertically movable block 18 provides for positioning the disc cartridge 101 by providing projections 22 on the upper surface of the cartridge body positioning member 21. However, the vertically movable block 18 may also be provided with a cartridge body positioning member having a planar upper surface, as shown in Fig.7. The cartridge body positioning member 210 shown in Fig.7 is provided with an annular projection 220 having a planar upper surface 221, instead of the above-mentioned protuberances. An inclined guide surface 222 is defined around an outer upper rim of the annular projection 220. By this inclined guide surface 222, the cartridge body positioning member 210 has its planar upper surface 221 guided into registry with the positioning recess 107 of the cartridge main body 103 for abutting on and supporting the cartridge main body 103 for positioning the cartridge main body 103 with respect to the magneto-optical disc 102 of the disc cartridge 101. A lifting electric motor 35 for lifting, that is for vertically moving, the vertically movable block 18, along with the disc table 23, with respect to the chassis 1, is provided on the chassis 1 laterally of the spindle motor 20. This lifting motor 35 is provided on a gear box 36 provided on the chassis 1. The gear box 36 is provided with a reducing gear 34 comprised of plural spur gears engaged with a driving gear fitted on a driving shaft of the lifting motor 35. This reducing gear 34 is adapted for transmission of the driving power of the lifting motor 35 with speed reduction for rotating a cam gear 37 rotatably supported by the gear box 36. This cam gear 37 has its cam section engaged by an arm 39 mounted on the vertically movable block 18 so that, when the cam gear 37 is rotated, the vertically movable block 18 is moved vertically by means of the cam section and the arm 39. Meanwhile, the cam section of the cam gear 37 is an end cam defined around the major surface of the cam gear 37. An annular rotatable member 38 for reducing the friction between the arm 39 and the cam section 37 is mounted by means of a rotational bearing at the distal end of the arm 39 engaged with the cam section. The lifting motor 35 is a stepping motor for controlling the rotational angular position by a controller of the recording/reproducing apparatus. An optical pickup device 26 is provided on the chassis 1 at the back of the spindle motor 20 along the inserting direction of the disc cartridge 101. The optical pickup device 25 is comprised of a light source, such as a laser diode, plural optical components for guiding the light flux from this light source, an object lens 27 for converging and radiating the light flux guided by the optical components, and a photodetector for detecting the light flux reflected back via object lens 27 to the optical pickup device. The optical pickup device 26 is adapted for radiating the information writing and readout light flux to the magneto-optical disc 102. The object lens 27 is mounted on the upper surface of the optical pickup device 26 for radiating the light flux upward in a direction parallel to the spindle shaft 24 away from the chassis 1. The object lens 27 is mounted stationarily with respect to the optical pickup device 26. The optical pickup device 26 is supported by a pair of pickup guide shafts 30, 31 supported on the chassis 1 parallel thereto by a shaft supporting member 30, and may be moved along the pickup guide shafts 30, 31 radially of the magneto-optical disc. The optical pickup device 26 is moved in a direction approaching the spindle motor 20, that is towards the inner rim of the disc 102, or in a direction away from the spindle motor 20, or towards the outer rim of the disc 102, as indicated by arrow T. The optical pickup device 26 is moved along the pickup feed motor 32 which is a linear motor provided on the chassis 1. The optical pickup device 26 is fitted with a magnetic head device 29 via a magnetic head supporting arm 28. The magnetic head 29 is adapted for applying an external signal-writing magnetic field to the magneto-optical disc 102. The magnetic head supporting arm 28 has its proximal end supported by the optical pickup device 26 and has its mid part and distal end bent so that the distal end faces the object lens 27 of the optical pickup device 26. The magnetic head device 29 is mounted on the distal end of the magnetic head supporting arm 28 for facing the object lens 27. The magnetic head device 28 and the object lens 27 are spaced apart from each other at a distance equal to the sum of the thickness of the magneto-optical disc 102 and the working distance of the object lens 27 taking account of deviations from the surface plane of the magneto-optical disc 102 produced during rotation of the magneto-optical disc 102. Meanwhile, the working distance of the object lens 27 is the distance from the end point to the focal point of the object lens 27. A cartridge holder 2 is provided above the chassis 1. The cartridge holder 2 is produced as by bending a metallic plate and is comprised of an upper plate section 3 and a pair of side wall sections 4 and 5 depending from both sides of the upper plate section 3. The cartridge holder 3 is mounted on the chassis 1 by having the lower ends of the side wall sections 4 and 5 by the upper surface of the chassis 1. An opening 106 is formed in one of the sidewall sections 4 or 5 for providing a clearance to the gear box 36. The front and rear sides of the cartridge holder 2 are opened to permit the disc cartridge 101 to be introduced into the holder 2 in a position parallel to the chassis 1. Disc cartridge guide lugs 7 and 8 are provided on the inner sides of the side walls 4 and 5 for extending in a direction facing each other. These guide lugs 7 and 8 are provided parallel to the upper plate section 3 so that the distance between the lugs and the upper plate section 3 is slightly larger than the thickness of the cartridge main body 103. The disc cartridge 101 is introduced in a space defined between the upper plate section 3 and the lugs 7, 8. Disc cartridge thrusting spring sections 9 to 12 are provided at such positions on the upper plate section 3 that are in register with the four corners of the cartridge main body 103 of the disc cartridge 101 inserted below the upper plate section 3. These spring sections 9 to 12 are formed by segmenting parts of the upper plate section 3 and bending the segmented parts down towards the chassis 1. These thrusting spring sections 9 to 12 are adapted for thrusting and supporting the disc cartridge 101, inserted between the upper plate section 3 and the cartridge body guide lugs 7, 8, against the cartridge body guide lugs 7, 8. A shutter opening pin 14 for opening the shutter member 108 of the disc cartridge 101 is provided at the upper plate section 3. This shutter opening pin 14 is mounted on the upper plate section 3 by being introduced into a guide slit 13 formed in the upper plate section 3 so as to be moved along the slit 13. The slit 13 is formed in the upper plate section 13 with such a curve that its forward end is close to the lateral wall section 5 and it increasingly approaches the center of the upper plate section 3 in a direction towards its rear end. The shutter opening pin 14 has its upper end section 14a projected above the upper plate section 3 and has its lower end section projected below the upper plate section 3, that is towards the chassis 1. A tension coil spring 15 is provided between the upper end section 14b of the shutter opening pin 14b and a spring retainer 17 provided at the forward side of the upper plate section 3. That is, the shutter opening pin 14 is biased by the tension coil spring 15 towards the forward side of the upper plate section 3 until being engaged at an initial position thereof in abutment against the forward end of the guide slit 13. When loading the disc cartridge 101 in the above-described disc recording/reproducing apparatus, the disc cartridge 101 is introduced from the forward side into a space between the upper plate section 3 and the cartridge body guide lugs 7, 8. At this time, the disc cartridge 101 is introduced with the lateral side thereof fitted with the shutter member 1C8 directed forward as shown in Fig.1. Then, as shown in Fig.2, the lower end section 14a of the shutter opening pin 14 is abutted against one end of the connecting web section 111 of the shutter member 108 fitted on a lateral side of the cartridge main body 103. It is noted that a recess 115 adapted to be engaged by the lower end section 14a of the snutter opening pin 14 is formed in the vicinity of the above-mentioned one end of the connecting web section 111 engaged with the lower end section 14a of the shutter opening pin 14. When the disc cartridge 101 is introduced further into the space between the upper plate section 3 and the guide lugs 7, 8, the shutter opening pin 14 is thrust by the cartridge main body 103 and thereby moved reawards, as shown in Fig.3. At this time, the shutter opening pin 14 thrusts the connecting web 111 of the shutter member 108, while being moved along the guide slit 13, for moving the shutter member 108 for opening the recording/reproducing apertures 114a, 114b. When the shutter member 108 opens the recording/reproducing apertures 114a, 114b, the foremost parts of the apertures 113a, 113b are positioned substantially at a mid part of the lateral side of the cartridge main body 103. The forward side 116 of the cartridge main body 103 is then laid to outside via these apertures 113a, 113b. When the disc cartridge 101 is introduced further, the disc cartridge 101 is moved towards the rear as viewed in the inserting direction thereof, while being thrust towards the guide lugs 7 and 8 within the cartridge holder 2 by the thrusting spring sections 9 to 12, as indicated by arrow P in Fig.2. At this time, the disc cartridge 101 is moved in such a manner that the narrow width part of the connecting web section 111, the forward lateral side 116 of the cartridge main body 3 and the disc 102 pass through the spacing between the object lens 27 and the magnetic head device 29 in this sequence. Inasmuch as the distance between the object lens 27 and the magnetic head device 29 is wider than the thickness of the disc 102, the disc 102 may be passed through the spacing between the object lens 27 and the magnetic head device 29 without being abutted against the object lens 27 or the magnetic head device 29. Meanwhile, the vertically movable block 18 is positioned in its initial position with the lower surface thereof abutted against positioning pins 19a, 19b provided on the motor guide shafts 19, 19. When the disc cartridge 101 is inserted to a predetermined end of insertion position, the disc table 23 faces the disc hub 105 substantially coaxially therewith. At this time, a detection device, such as a detection switch, senses that the disc cartridge 101 is loaded to the end position, and a corresponding detection signal indicating the end of insertion is transmitted to a controller of the recording/reproducing apparatus. The controller then starts to drive the lifting motor 35. By the operation of the lifting motor 35, the cam gear 37 is rotated via reducing gear 34 so that, as shown by an arrow L in Fig.4, the vertically movable block 18 is moved upwards away from the chassis 1. When the lifting block 18 is raised to a predetermined loading position, the disc hub 105 of the disc 102 is set on the disc table 23, as shown in Figs.4 and 5, at the same time that the disc hub 105 is set on the cartridge body positioning member 21. The distal end of the spindle shaft 24 is engaged at this time in the centering hole 106, while the positioning recess 107 of the cartridge main body 103 is engaged by the protuberances 22 of the cartridge body positioning member 21. The disc hub 105 is held by the disc table 23 under the force of suction exerted by the permanent magnet 25. The cartridge main body 103, thus set on the cartridge body positioning member 21, is positioned within the cartridge holder 2 by the cartridge guide lugs 7, 8 against the bias of the cartridge body thrusting spring sections 9 to 12. With the disc hub 105 thus set on the disc table 23, the magneto-optical disc 102 is positioned with its major surfaces spaced apart from the inner wall sections of the cartridge main body 103. That is, since the distance between the upper surface of the disc table 23 and the end parts of the protuberances 22 of the cartridge body positioning member 21 is constant at all times, the magneto-optical disc 102 is maintained at a constant position with respect to the inner wall sections of the cartridge main body 103 within the cartridge main body 103. When the spindle motor 20 is driven in this state by the above-mentioned controller, the disc 102 is rotated, along with the disc table 23, without being contacted with the inner wall section of the cartridge main body 103. In a modification of the cartridge body positioning member shown in Fig. 7, the disc 102 may similarly be maintained at a constant position with respect to the inner wall sections of the cartridge main body 103 within the inside of the cartridge main body 103, as shown in Fig.8. That is, by setting the cartridge main body 103 on the planar surface section 221 provided on the annular projection 22C of the cartridge body positioning member 210, the cartridge main body 103 may be positioned at a position removed from the guide lugs 7, 8 against the bias of the cartridge body thrusting spring sections 9 to 12. Also, by setting the disc hub 105 on the disc table 23, the magneto-optical disc 102 within the cartridge main body 103 may be positioned so that its major surfaces are spacer apart from the inner wall sections of the cartridge main body 103. Since the upper surface section of the disc table 23 is always at a constant distance from the upper surface of the annular projections 220 of the cartridge body positioning member 210, the magneto-optical disc 102 is maintained at a constant position from the inner wall sections of the cartridge main body 103 within the inside of the cartridge main body 103. Since the disc cartridge 101 may be positioned in the present embodiment by the cartridge body positioning members 21, 210 provided in the vicinity of the disc table 23 holding the disc 102, the relative position between the cartridge main body 103 and the disc 102 may be maintained accurately. In the disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus of the present invention, since a vibration absorber is provided between the driving part rotationally driving the disc table carrying the recording disc and the fixed part holding the driving part, it is possible to prevent vibrations from being transmitted between the driving and fixed parts and hence to prevent a resonant loop from being formed between the driving and the fixed parts.

Claims: A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising rotating and driving means (20-25) for rotationally driving a disc (102), said rotating and driving means (20-25) including a disc table (23) for setting a disc (102) thereon and an electric motor (20) for rotationally driving said disc table (23), a fixing member (18) carrying said rotating and driving means (20-25), and vibration absorbing means (20a), characterized in, that said fixing member (18) is vertically movable towards and away from a cartridge holder, and that said vibration absorbing means (20a) is provided directly between said electric motor (20) and said fixing member (18).

Inventors: OHMORI KIYOSHI, SEO KATSUHIRO, OHMORI, KIYOSHI, SEO, KATSUHIRO
Applicants: SONY CORP, SONY CORPORATION
Application year: 1992
Main classification: G11B33
IPC codes: G11B23, G11B17, G11B19, G11B33