Patent ID: 7076790

Claim:
A disc player comprising: a positioning unit for positioning a disc; a clamper unit for performing a clamp operation on the disc positioned by said positioning unit; and a drive unit that includes a pickup and a turntable, and rotates the disc clamped on the turntable by said clamp unit to take out information from the disc by said pickup, wherein said positioning unit and said damper unit are provided separately from each other and are movable substantially vertically to said drive unit, wherein a step plate equipped to said positioning unit and a clamp plate equipped to said damper unit are engaged with a cam groove of a cam plate movable in parallel to a drive plate equipped to said drive unit, and are movable vertically to said drive plate by movement of said cam plate, and wherein fit members which are provided to said step plate and said clamp plate and engaged with said cam grooves of said cam plate comprise fit pawls that are integrally formed by bending and erecting.