| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a manufacturing cost by simplifying a configuration while improving the reliability of opening and closing movement of an opening and closing member. SOLUTION: An optical pickup device is provided with a rack part 33 provided in an optical pickup 11 movably supported along a supporting shaft 22 and a guide part 23 for moving the optical pickup 11, a slide member 24 having a rack part 46 slidably provided on the rack part 33 for moving the optical pickup 11 along the supporting shaft 22 and the guide part 23 with the rack part 33, a tensile coil spring 25 spread between the rack part 33 and the rack part 46 of the slide member 24, and a moving mechanism having a driving gear 26 engaging with the rack parts 33, 46, respectively to drive the rack parts 33, 46 by the driving gear 26. Furthermore, the optical pickup device is provided with an opening and closing plate 58 moved to a close position provided in the slide member 24 for covering the facing surface of an objective lens 14, and to an open position turning the facing surface of the objective lens 14 to an optical disk, respectively. |
