Patent ID: 7146620

Claim:
An apparatus for engaging a center hub of an optical media disc comprising: a pick having a base, a tip, and an inter-connecting stem, the pick defining an axial passage defined along at least a portion of its length, the tip further defining a plurality of slits, each of said slits extending a length of the tip and at least a portion of said stem, each slit in communication with the axial passage; a plunger housed within and operatively engaging the axial passage, the plunger defining a terminal head having a cross-sectional area greater than the cross-sectional area of a portion of the axial passage defined by the tip; wherein, when the plunger engages the axial passage defined by the tip, the plunger engages the axial passage walls, extending the tip walls in a radial direction and thereby engaging the center hub of a disc.