Information recording/reproducing apparatus with details of the pickup support unit

   
   

When the position of the pickup 14 is normalized, a lead screw 29 is rotated by a stepping motor to move the pickup 14 to the outermost circumferential position, whereby a preset counter is preset to the maximum value CTout corresponding to the outermost circumferential position. The counter counts proportionally to the number of driving pulses to be supplied to the stepping motor, the lead screw 29 rotates till the counting value of the counter gets "0", so that the pickup 14 moves near the outermost circumferential track of the optical disk in the lead-in area to make the set up. The shape of the tooth flank of the lead screw 29 and the inclination of the engaging projections 27, 28 are designed such that the step out is caused between the engaging projections 27, 28 and the lead screw 29, when the pickup 14 is moved to the outermost circumferential position. Even if this step out is caused, the engaging projections 27, 28 only engage strongly with the lead screw 29.

 
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