A sensor 15 for detecting rotation speed of an optical disc is arranged on
a sub-frame 5 so as to be positioned in the vicinity of a spindle motor
7. The sensor 15 has been arranged on a main frame 3 in a
LightScribe-compatible optical disc apparatus of the conventional art,
but is arranged on the sub-frame 5 in the present embodiment. With this
arrangement, the sub-frame 5 near the sensor 15 can be increased in size.
Specifically, the space occupied by the sensor 15 near the spindle motor
7 in the conventional art can be used as a region for the sub-frame 5,
and thus the sub-frame 5 can be increased in size comparing with the
conventional art. As a result, the mass of the sub-frame 5 is more
increased than in the conventional art, by which the vibration
suppression effect can be enhanced.