Patent ID: 6912723

Claim:
A disc drive for playing back information recorded in an optical disc, comprising: a main body having a bottom portion: a disc tray which is movable with respect to the main body between a loading position for loading an optical disc and an eject position; a chassis on which a rotational drive mechanism for rotating a loaded optical disc is provided, the chassis having front and rear ends and an undersurface, and the chassis being pivotally provided with respect to the main body about a pivotal axis near the rear end of the chassis so that the front end thereof can be displaced between a lowered position when the disc tray is ejected and a raised position for placing the optical disc on the rotational drive mechanism when rotating the optical disc; and first and second stopper means provided on the undersurface of the chassis so as to protrude therefrom, the first stopper means being arranged at a position near the front end of the chassis and the second stopper means being arranged at a position between the front end and the rear end of the chassis, and the first and second stopper means being adapted to make contact with the bottom portion of the main body when the chassis is in the lowered position.