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US 4,447,900 AGranted
Automatic video disc inverting mechanism
AssigneeStaar S. A.
InventorsEtienne A. Schatteman, Stephane M. A. d'Alayer de Costemore d'Arc
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AssigneeStaar S. A.
InventorsEtienne A. Schatteman, Stephane M. A. d'Alayer de Costemore d'Arc
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A video disc player having a base and a protective cover pivotally hinged on the base and adapted to be opened and closed to permit a disc to be inserted or removed from the rotary drive assembly is provided with a device for automatically turning over a disc carried by the rotary drive assembly as an incident to opening and closing the cover by powered drive units; the turning over includes a ninety degree phase in which the disc slides under its own weight between substantially vertical and horizontal positions while the bottom edge of the disc slides laterally and a ninety degree phase in which the disc pivots about the bottom edge between substantially horizontal and vertical positions; guides are provided on the underside of the cover and the base for guiding both the bottom edge and the top edge of the disc during its sliding movement and for supporting the bottom edge of the disc for pivotal movement about an axis adjacent the pivotal axis of the cover.
In a video disc player apparatus having a base, means on the base for rotating a video disc, and a protective cover pivotally hinged on the base and forming therewith an enclosure for a video disc on said rotating means, and adapted to be opened and closed by pivotal movement to permit a disc to be inserted in or removed from said enclosure, the improvement comprising:
In a video disc player apparatus having a base, means on the base for rotating a video disc while in vertical position, and a protective cover hinged on the base and forming therewith an enclosure for a video disc on said rotating means, and adapted to be opened and closed to permit a disc to be inserted in or removed from said enclosure, the improvement comprising:
In a video disc player apparatus having a base, means on the base for rotating a video disc while in a horizontal position, and a protective cover pivotally hinged on the base and forming therewith an enclosure for a video disc on said rotating means, and adapted to be opened and closed to permit a disc to be inserted in or removed from said enclosure, the improvement comprising:
In a video disc player apparatus having a base, means on the base for rotating a video disc while in horizontal position, and a protective cover hinged on the base and adapted to be opened and closed to permit a disc to be inserted or removed therefrom, the improvement comprising:
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