Disc changer device increasing the distance between a gripped disc and neighboring discs on both sides of the gripped disc

A disc changer device comprising:

• a housing section in which a plurality of discs are housed in a state in which the discs are housed with disc surfaces facing one another with a pre-set interval in-between;
• a transport mechanism for holding one of the discs from the direction of disc thickness for transporting the disc thus held;
• an actuating mechanism for enlarging the spacing between the one disc in the housing section held by said transport mechanism and at least both discs disposed on both sides of the one disc so as to be larger than said pre-set interval during the time the disc is held by said transport mechanism from the direction of disc thickness and during the time the disc is returned into said housing section, wherein said actuating mechanism widens the distance between the disc held by said transport mechanism and at least both discs disposed on both sides of the one disc so as to be larger than said pre-set interval during the time until the disc transporting operation by said transport mechanism is terminated, said actuating mechanism includes a pair of actuating portions inserted into a space between neighboring ones of the discs housed in the housing section, said actuating portions being moved between an upper position above the housing section spaced apart from the disc housed in said housing section and a lower position in which the actuating portions are inserted into the space between neighboring discs, and said actuating mechanism includes a guide member having a guide portion for guiding a disc transported by said transporting mechanism from the housing section, said paired actuating portions being provided on said guide member.

A disc changer device comprising:

• a housing section in which a plurality of discs are housed in a state in which the discs are housed with disc surfaces facing one another with a pre-set interval in-between;
• a transport mechanism for gripping one of the discs from the direction of disc thickness for transporting the disc thus held, wherein said transporting mechanism includes a holding portion inserted into neighboring ones of plural discs housed in said housing section, said holding portion being moved between an inserting position in which the holding portion is inserted into neighboring discs housed within the housing section and a receded position further outside of a disc rim than the transport complete position for the disc taken out from the housing section;
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• an actuating mechanism for enlarging the spacing between the one disc in the housing section held by said transport mechanism and at least both discs disposed on both sides of the one disc so as to be larger than said pre-set interval during the time the disc is held by said transport mechanism from the direction of disc thickness and during the time the disc is returned into said housing section.