Patent ID: 7996859

Claim:
An optical disc recording and/or reproducing device comprising a tray for carrying an optical disc, which tray can move between a backward position inside the device and a forward position partly outside the device in order to insert or remove the optical disc into or from the device, the device furthermore comprising a structure for holding and driving the optical disc during operation, which structure is provided with a turntable being rotatable around a rotation axis and having a supporting face for the optical disc, an optical pickup and a guiding means for moving the optical pickup unit in a plane parallel to the supporting face between a forward position near the turntable and a backward position further away from the turntable, wherein the structure can tilt around a tilt axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis between an upward position whereby the optical disc is drivingly clamped between the turntable and a clamper, and a downward position whereby the structure is moved downward and the turntable is released from the optical disc, wherein the tray is provided with a catch member and the optical pickup unit is provided with a cooperating catch surface, in such a way that the catch member hits the catch surface when the tray moves from said backward position to said forward position in case the optical pickup unit is in its backward position during movement of the tray, thereby displacing the optical pickup unit in forward direction.