Patent ID: 7526780

Claim:
A disc apparatus for recording or reading data to or from a disc comprising: a tray having a table on which the disc is placed; and a shielding member that covers the tray, the shielding member having a circular opening and a plurality of arc protruding members, each arc protruding member being provided on an inner surface of the shielding member that covers the tray as protruding towards an upper surface of the disc placed on the table of the tray, an end of each arc protruding member being situated near the opening, and each arc protruding member having a protruding end with a height ranging from 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm from the inner surface of the shielding member, wherein the shielding member has an inner circular portion and an outer circular portion both provided on the inner surface of the shielding member, the inner circular portion is provided along the circular opening as a thick wall portion formed as protruding from the shielding member and having a step protruding inwardly in radial direction from the opening, the outer circular portion is concentric with the opening and formed as protruding from the shielding member, and the arc protruding members are provided as connecting the inner and outer portions.