Patent ID: 6954937

Claim:
A disc guide device for a disc player, in which a disc cartridge and a bare disc are used, by which the disc cartridge or the bare disc is guided to and correctly placed in a predetermined position on a tray, the tray having a disc receptacle and a guide hole, the guide hole being located in the tray to correspond to a reference hole located in the disc cartridge, and the guide hole being located adjacent to and outside the circumference of the disc receptacle, the disc guide device comprising: a disc guide, having: a guide portion that moves from a first position, wherein the guide portion protrudes through the guide hole and extends beyond a first surface of the tray, to a second position, wherein the guide portion does not protrude through the guide hole, and a protrusion provided on a first end of the guide portion; a biasing element to bias the disc guide to protrude through the guide hole; and a bracket provided at the tray to support the spring, wherein when the bare disc is loaded on the tray, the guide portion protrudes through the guide hole and contacts the circumference of the bare disc, and when the disc cartridge is loaded on the tray, the protrusion is inserted into the reference hole, and the guide portion is depressed by the disc cartridge and does not protrude through the guide hole.