G11B 17/225
Wherein the disks are transferred from a fixed magazine to a fixed
Official title: {wherein the disks are transferred from a fixed magazine to a fixed playing unit using a moving carriage}
G11B17/225 (Wherein the disks are transferred from a fixed magazine to a fixed) appears on 869 US grants and 494 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
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By later US patents
- Information retrieval system and method using independent user stations483US 4,766,581 A1988
- Method for accessing and updating a library of optical discs368US 5,884,298 ACygnet Storage Solutions, Inc. · 1999
- Cartridge transferring robot for library apparatus340US 6,022,180 AFujitsu Limited · 2000
- Optical storage device capable of recording a set of sound tracks on a compact disc334US 6,587,404 B1Advanced Audio Devices, LLC · 2003
- System for enabling stacking of autochanger modules262US 6,269,411 B1Hewlett-Packard Company · 2001