US 7,322,036 B2
Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus
Kenichi Hirano, Tochigi (Japan); Takeshi Suzuki, Tokyo (Japan); and Shinji Ito, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/896,263.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-277782 (JP), filed on Jul. 22, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0050563 A1, Mar. 03, 2005
Int. Cl. G11B 17/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 720—621 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disk transfer mechanism comprising:
a housing having a base plate and a top panel;
a disk slot defined between said base plate and said top panel, for inserting a disk therethrough;
a motor;
transfer rollers for transferring the disk inserted through said disk slot to a position over a disk table; and
a rotation transferring assembly to transfer rotation of said motor to said transfer rollers;
wherein said rotation transferring assembly comprises a base-plate rotation transmitter disposed on said base plate and a top panel rotation transmitter disposed on said top panel, said base-plate rotation transmitter is disposed on one side of the inserted disk, and said top-panel rotation transmitter is disposed on the opposite side of the inserted disk when the disk is inserted.