Patent ID: 7428739

Claim:
A disc release apparatus for a disc player including a slider sliding on a main chassis of the disc player to be contacted with or separated from a disc as the disc is loaded or unloaded, comprising: a disc guide lever on the main chassis, linearly movable, linked with the slider, and guiding transfer of discs to a chucking position within the main chassis; a slide plate installed on the main chassis and linked with the slider, the slide plate including, a flat sheet-like body movably installed at a side of the main chassis, having two guide slots engaging two guide pins on the main chassis so that the guide slots move along the guide pins restricting movement of the slide plate, and a sliding cam slot having a crank shape, receiving a sliding cam pin on the slider, and moving with the sliding cam pin; and a linkage unit on the main chassis and linked with the slide plate to move the disc in the transfer direction.