Patent ID: 6944872

Claim:
A disk recording or playback device comprising a mechanism deck provided with a turntable and mounted on a chassis upwardly or downwardly movably, a clamp disposed above the turntable for holding a disk D between the turntable and the clamp, a clamp support plate for holding the clamp, and a slide member for moving the mechanism deck upward toward the clamp or moving the deck downward, wherein the mechanism deck comprises a subchassis having the turntable mounted thereon and a frame fitting to the slide member and supporting the subchassis, the clamp support plate being integrally fixed to the chassis, the chassis being provided with a holding mechanism for upwardly or downwardly pivotally movably supporting the frame as the frame is inserted into the chassis obliquely from above and fitting to the slide member, the frame being provided with a pin projecting outward therefrom, the frame being turned about the projecting pin, the center of rotation of the subchassis being apart from the projecting pin.