Disk changer
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshiaki Nakagawa, Takashi Suzuki, Seiji Nakama, Masataka Kaneda, Masakazu Kashikawa, Satoshi Kawata
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Abstract
The invention is intended to simplify the mechanism of a disk changer. The disk changer includes a magazine body accommodating a plurality of trays therein, a lock piece for locking the magazine inserted into a changer body, and a tray transferring device for transferring a tray from the magazine thus locked. The tray transferring device serves to unlock the lock piece.
Claims1
A disk changer comprising a magazine accommodating a plurality of trays therein, locking means for locking said magazine inserted into a changer body, and tray transferring means for transferring a tray from said locked magazine, said tray transferring means serving to unlock said locking means, wherein said tray transferring means comprises first and second rack members supported in a slidable manner, a drive source for driving said first and second rack members, a first latch member for latching a driven member at one end side of said first rack member, a second latch member for latching said driven member at the other end side of said second rack member, and latching switchover means for switching over said driven member to be latched on the other rack member when one of said rack members latching said driven member thereon has moved to a predetermined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.