Back to results
US 5,848,034 AGranted
Disk changer apparatus
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukio Morioka, Noriyosi Ohtaki, Masahiko Nakamura
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A disk changer apparatus for playing back a plurality of disks selectively has a disk transfer unit including a forward feed lever 107 for taking out disks 2, 3 from under a stocker tray 1, and a rearward feed lever 110 for transferring the disks 2, 3 to a disk playback unit 102. A designated disk 2, 3 held in the stocker tray 1 is taken out from under the stocker tray 1 by the forward feed lever 107, and then the disk 2, 3 is transferred to the disk playback unit 102 by the rearward feed lever 110.
Claims11
A disk changer apparatus comprising
- a stocker tray for holding a plurality of disks of different diameters in juxtaposition;
- disk position search means for searching for a position of a designated disk among the disks held in said stocker tray;
- transport means for driving disk playback means to the position of the designated disk in said stocker tray in a direction parallel to a direction of juxtaposition of the disks held in said stocker tray in response to a signal from said disk position search means, said disk playback means being adapted to support and play back the designated disk;
- and
- disk transfer means including a first lever located under said stocker tray for taking out the designated disk from said stocker tray by said first lever contacting a lower portion of the designated disk, and a second lever for guiding a lower portion of the designated disk, immediately following the operation of said first lever from under said stocker tray, and transferring the designated disk to said disk playback means.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.