Method and apparatus for chucking an optical disk and driving a tray in optical disk player

摘要

An apparatus and a method for chucking an optical disk and for driving a tray in an optical disk player. Combined gears 40 includes a plurality of gears. In accordance with the revolutions of the combined gears, an optical disk is chucked, and a tray 12 is loaded. That is, when the combined gears 40 revolve, they are meshed with a first gear unit 50 to load the tray 12. If the combined gears 40 further revolve, then a protruding piece 48 of the combined gears 40 is engaged with a slider cam 37 to activate a chucking means. In a state with the optical disk chucked, if the tray 12 is to be loaded, the combined gears 40 mesh with a second gear unit.