Patent ID: 6874154

Claim:
An optical disc player comprising: a pickup configured to perform writing or reading of information by irradiating a recording medium with laser rays; a guide shaft configured to movably support the pickup; a holding member having a bearing portion provided with a groove portion configured to have an end portion of said guide shaft inserted thereinto; a spring provided in the groove portion and configured to elastically support the end portion of the guide shaft inserted into the groove portion, a first end of the spring having a tilting portion that tilts with respect to a plane surface at the end portion and a second end of the spring having a positioning portion that projects from a circular outer configuration of the spring, the tilting portion configured to deviate the guide shaft toward the spring when the end portion of the guide shaft is supported thereon, and the positioning portion configured to retain the spring with respect to the bearing portion to maintain an orientation of the tilted portion; an engaging portion provided at a bottom of the groove portion, the engaging portion configured to engage the positioning portion when the spring is disposed in the groove portion; and an adjusting screw configured to adjust a holding position of said guide shaft within said holding member to move the guide shaft against an elastic force of the spring by rotating the screw such that an end of the screw presses against an outer surface of the guide shaft and the end portion of the guide shaft deviates toward the tilting portion of the spring.