Appeal No. 1999-0008
Application No. 08/625,834
a casing;
a first chassis affixed to the casing and having portions
extending within the casing which are spaced apart from the
casing;
a second chassis floatingly supported relative to said
portions of the first chassis via dampers and housed within said
casing;
a disc loading unit and a disc drive unit arranged on said
second chassis;
a disc inserting slit formed in an outer wall of said
casing, the disc inserting slit being configured to receive a
recording medium for loading said recording medium on said disc
drive unit;
a lid pivotally supported by said casing at a first pivot
for opening and closing said disc inserting slit;
a transmission member, movably supported relative to said
casing and mechanically coupled to said lid, said transmission
member pivotally movable for opening and closing said lid; and
an opening and closing member movably supported by said
second chassis, said opening and closing member being moved in
operative association with the loading operation by said disc
loading unit, said opening and closing member being selectively
coupled to said transmission member causing said transmission
member to be moved when the opening and closing member is moved;
said opening and closing member being mechanically coupled
to said transmission member for maintaining said lid in an
opened state, via said transmission member, only during a preset
interval of loading said recording medium into said disc loading
unit, said opening and closing member otherwise being
mechanically decoupled from said transmission member.
The examiner relies on the following references:
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