Patent ID: 7975274

Claim:
An optical disc loading apparatus of an optical disc player comprising a main frame in which a loading motor is installed to load an optical disc in a loading direction to a chucking position, wherein the optical disc is selectively either a first optical disc having a first diameter or a second optical disc having a second diameter greater than the first diameter, the disc loading apparatus comprising: a base plate; a guide lever mechanism rotatably installed in the base plate to guide the optical disc to the chucking position when the optical disc enters the optical disc player; a locking lever rotatably installed in the base plate to selectively lock and release the guide lever mechanism according whether the first disc or the second disc is loaded and according to the position where the optical disc is loaded; a slider installed in the main frame to reciprocate in the loading direction of the optical disc and in an unloading direction opposite to the loading direction, and to receive a driving force of the loading motor according to where the slider is positioned; and a connector installed to rotate and to translate with respect to the base plate in association with movement of the guide lever mechanism, the slider, and the locking lever, wherein at least one of the base plate and the connector includes a first rotation shaft and the other of the base plate and the connector includes a first longitudinal hole, such that the first rotation shaft rotates with respect to the first longitudinal hole when the connector rotates with respect to the base plate, and the first rotation shaft moves in a linear longitudinal direction within the first longitudinal hole when the connector translates with respect to the base plate.