| US 7,496,933 B2 | ||
| Recording medium drive device | ||
| Takeshi Hamada, Tokorozawa (Japan); Katsuhiko Tanimoto, Tokorozawa (Japan); Yoshimitsu Fukushima, Tokorozawa (Japan); Yuji Morita, Tokorozawa (Japan); and Hitoshi Nagata, Tokorozawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/589,472 PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/002008 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 31, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/078718, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2004-041782 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0280089 A1, Dec. 06, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 17/03 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 720—631 | 11 Claims |
| 1. A recording medium drive device that allows, among a plurality of kinds of recording media having different shapes, only
some of the recording media to be inserted therein, the recording medium drive device comprising:
a stopper that detects a difference in shape between a first kind of the recording media and a second kind of the recording
media so as to prevent the second kind of the recording media from being inserted, the stopper detecting a projection formed
on an outer surface of a cartridge of the second kind of the recording media;
wherein the recording medium drive device further comprises a recording medium loading slot through which to insert the recording
media; and
wherein the stopper is provided substantially in the vicinity of the center of the recording medium loading slot.
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