Patent ID: 8132193

Claim:
A disk ejecting unit for use in an optical disk device, comprising: a driving motor; a main slider that moves linearly toward a front surface or a rear surface of the optical disk device in response to a driving force of the driving motor; an eject lever that is configured to engage a disk inserted into the optical disk device so as to eject the disk where the main slider is moved toward the rear surface of the optical disk device; and a gear assembly that is configured to transmit the driving force of the driving motor to the main slider; wherein the gear assembly comprises: a plurality of driving gears that are driven by the driving force of the driving motor; and a gear bracket that supports one of a plurality of driven gears, is movable between a first position in which all of the plurality of driven gears are successively engaged with one another and a second position in which an engagement between at least one pair of adjacent driven gears is released, is elastically biased in a direction in which the gear bracket is kept at the first position, and is moved to the second position by means for pushing the main slider toward the rear surface of the optical disk device.