Patent ID: 7392528

Claim:
A disk player for rotating a disk and reading information recorded on the disk, the disk player comprising: a cabinet; a disk tray on which the disk is placed and retractively disposed in the cabinet; a clamper plate made of steel in which both ends thereof being bridged between wall parts provided on both sides of the cabinet; a turntable disposed in the cabinet, the turntable moves the disk placed on the disk tray in an up-and-down direction, and rotates the disk; a clamper engaged in a guide hole formed in a center of the clamper plate so as to move in an up-and-down direction within a predetermined range, and clamps the disk with the turntable; an optical pickup that reads the information recorded on the disk; a reinforcement portions formed by folding up both side edges of the clamper plate; an annular reinforcement projection formed by partially bending the clamper plate in a downward direction and surrounding the periphery of the guide hole; linear reinforcement projections extending from the annular reinforcement projection toward both ends of the clamper plate; screw receiving seats formed by folding both ends of the clamper plate at center part in a downward direction; recess cradles into which the screw receiving seats are fitted, and formed in the wall parts of the cabinet at a position where opposed to the screw receiving seats; a pair of elongated holes formed in both ends of the clamper plate; a pair of positioning protrusions provided in the wall parts of the cabinet, and into which the pair of elongated holes are respectively fitted; side plate parts formed by perpendicularly folding both ends of the clamper plate in a downward direction, the plate parts that abut on outsides of the wall parts of both sides of the cabinet; engagement pieces protrusively provided on outsides of the wall parts of the cabinet; and engagement openings formed on each of the side plate parts and removably engages with the engagement pieces, wherein the reinforcement portions are spirally formed by closely folding up both side edges of the clamper plate in a manner of winding at least two times, wherein protrusion depths of the screw receiving seats are configured to be slightly smaller than or equal to depths of the recess cradles, and wherein the clamper plate is fixed to the wall parts of the cabinet by screws that are screwed into screw holes formed on the recess cradles through the screw receiving seats, whereby both ends of the clamper plate are pushed on upper surfaces of the wall parts.