Patent ID: 8060899

Claim:
A disk device comprising: a loader chassis; a traverse chassis pivotable with respect to the loader chassis between a loading position and an unloading position; an optical pickup slidably mounted on the traverse chassis; a clamp mechanism having a damper attached to the loader chassis and a turntable rotatably mounted on the traverse chassis, the clamp mechanism clamping a disk placed on the turntable between the damper and the turntable when the traverse chassis is located at the loading position; and a cam mechanism arranged to pivot the traverse chassis with respect to the loader chassis between the loading position and the unloading position, the cam mechanism including a follower protruding from a front end portion of the traverse chassis, a cam plate with a cam groove slidably arranged in a transverse direction of the traverse chassis with respect to the traverse chassis, the cam plate receiving the follower in the cam groove and having a first restricting face that restricts a first direction movement of the follower with respect to the cam plate in a first direction of the traverse chassis when the traverse chassis is located at the loading position, a guide member fixedly attached to the loader chassis and arranged to guide the follower along the first direction of the traverse chassis, the guide member having a second restricting face that restricts a second direction movement of the follower with respect to the guide member in a second direction of the traverse chassis when the traverse chassis is located at the loading position with the second direction of the traverse chassis being perpendicular to the first direction of the traverse chassis, and a biasing member biasing the follower towards both the first restricting face of the cam plate and the second restricting face of the guide member when the traverse chassis is located at the loading position.