Changer with compact loading mechanism
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsYat Fung Chan, Kwok Wai Cheng, Wei Cui, Eng Choon Low, Tony Ho
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Abstract
According to the invention, a changer with a tray loading mechanism, wherein a tray holding a recording medium is transported from a storage position to a playback position and vice versa with a transport hook, which engages a recess of the tray, has a transport hook which is provided with a torsion spring for rotating the transport hook from a tray grabbing position into a tray transport position, wherein the transport hook can be rotated into the tray grabbing position in mid-travel.
Claims9
Changer for optical recording media with a tray loading mechanism, wherein a tray holding a recording medium is transported from a storage position to a playback position and vice versa with a transport hook, which engages a recess of the tray by rotating the transport hook from a tray grabbing position into a tray transport position, the transport hook being rotatable into the tray grabbing position in mid-travel, characterized in that an angled tip of the hook, which engages the tray, is inclined towards an axis of rotation of the hook.
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