US 2001/0043552 A1 · APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING AN OPTICAL DISC

Abstract

A supporting means is provided to be moved between a disc insertion opening and a disc storing device, and a driving roller is rotatably mounted on the supporting means for carrying a disc inserted in the opening toward the disc storing device. The supporting means is moved between the opening and the disc storing means, and the driving roller is driven for carrying the disc from the opening to the disc storing device.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An apparatus for reproducing an optical disc comprising:

a disc reproducing device;
a disc storing device having a plurality of trays each of which stores a disc;
a supporting means movable between a position for inserting a disc and a predetermined position in the apparatus;
a driving roller rotatably mounted on the supporting means for carrying an inserted disc;
moving means for moving the supporting means;
and
driving means for rotating the driving roller.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/272,099Filed 19 Mar 1999

Priority

JP 10-07291020 Mar 1998

Published

22 Nov 2001

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G11B 17/021
Details: selecting or spacing of record carriers for introducing the heads
G11B 17/0404
Servo control: with parallel drive rollers
G11B 17/26
From random access magazine of disc records: the magazine having a cylindrical shape with vertical axis
G11B
Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer

Apparatus for reproducing an optical disc

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Apparatus for reproducing an optical disc

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Abstract

Claims10