Automated disk mount assembly
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Suzuki, Masayuki Taoka, Kiyoshi Watanabe
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Abstract
There is disclosed a disk mount assembly for a disk player with a turntable and a front cover, especially for use in a vertical player. The disk mount assembly includes a disk mount so disposed in front of the turntable as to be movable upon opening or closing the front cover. A disk is first placed on the disk mount and brought into contact with the turntable upon closure of the front cover. Preferably, the disk mount bears an EP record disk mounting recess and an LP record disk mounting recess which are axially displaced on different levels with respect to each other.
Claims9
A disk mount assembly for use with a turntable having a spindle for positioning a playable disk on the turntable relative to a pickup comprising:
- a housing having an open end for containing said turntable and said pickup;
- a closure cover pivotally mounted relative to said housing and being adapted to close said open end;
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- a disk mount pivotally mounted relative to said housing and being disposed within the open end of said housing for selectively positioning a playable disk on said spindle for ensuring accurate positioning relative to said spindle;
- said closure cover being pivotable in a first direction to an open position and in a second direction to a closed position, said cover includes protrusions engageable with said disk mount for imparting a pivoting rotation to said disk mount in said second direction to disengage a playable disk from said spindle as said closure cover is pivoted in said first direction to said open position and said protrusions imparting a pivoting rotation to said disk mount in said first direction to automatically accurately position a playable disk on said spindle as said closure cover is pivoted in said second direction to said closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.