Patent ID: 7055159

Claim:
A disc reading apparatus, comprising: a disc tray including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being formed with a recess for receiving a disc, the recess defining a recess flange, the second portion being in a form of an extension plate; and a housing defining an inner space and including an upper plate parallel to the disc tray, the upper plate including a barrier portion, the barrier portion including a plurality of bending boundaries, the plurality of bending boundaries being disposed above the disc tray, at least one of the plurality boundaries being in a form of a flat plate, the flat plate being in the inner space and substantially parallel and directly opposite to the extension plate, a slot being defined by the flat plate and the extension plate and formed in the inner space and between the flat plate and the extension plate; wherein, the plurality of bending boundaries of the barrier portion prevent a cracked disc from jetting out and if the cracked disc moves into the slot, then a friction force provided by the surfaces of the flat plate and the extension plate stops the cracked disc.