Patent ID: 7426740

Claim:
An optical recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a frame defining a space therein to receive operational components of said apparatus, a tray movably received in said space for accepting an optical disc therein; an upper cover attached to said frame beside said space so as to have said accepted optical disc sandwiched between said cover and said tray in said space after accepting said optical disc; a front panel attached to said frame beside said cover and said space, and having an opening formed in a moving path of said tray to have said tray movable through said opening in order for accepting said optical disc from an outside of said apparatus; and a blocking strip firmly attached to said frame and separate from said cover and said panel, a lower edge of said blocking strip is nearly close with a top surface of said tray, said blocking strip extending beside said moving path of said tray along a direction essentially perpendicular to said moving path so as to block available accesses for said accepted optical disc toward said opening together with said tray in case that said tray is moved into said space of said frame with said accepted optical disc; wherein the frame has a front beam and two side beams, the front beam is interconnected the side beams at a height approximately midway along heights of the side beams.