Back to results
US 6,556,519 B1Granted
Disk charger with circular disk housing and centrally arranged playback unit
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTetsuhiro Shiomi
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A disk recording/reproducing apparatus including a housing for accommodating a plurality of disks in an upright position along a circumference thereof, a disk driving device for recording/reproducing a disk, and a disk conveying belt for conveying the disk between the disk driving device and the housing, wherein the disk driving device is disposed in the center of the housing, thereby reducing the overall size of the apparatus.
Claims14
A disk recording and/or reproduction apparatus comprising:
- a turntable for housing disk-like recording media in a vertical position and side by-side along a circumferential direction, wherein a central portion of said turntable has a center hole formed therein;
- a disk drive unit arranged in said center hole of said central portion of said turntable for recording and/or reproducing said disk-like recording media mounted on said disk drive unit, wherein said disk drive unit includes a disk mounting portion;
- and
- disk conveyance means arranged inside an outer peripheral edge of said turntable and below a plane formed by centers of said disk-like recording media for conveying a selected one of said disk-like recording media between said disk drive unit and said turntable, wherein said disk conveyance means includes a disk guide for lifting and holding said selected one of said disk-like recording media from said turntable and a conveyor belt for applying a rotational force to a peripheral edge located below said plane of said selected one of said disk-like recording media for conveying said selected one of said disk-like recording media to said disk mounting portion of said disk drive unit.
1 more element
A disk recording and/or reproduction apparatus comprising:
- a turntable for housing disk-like recording media in a vertical position and side-by-side along a circumferential direction, wherein a central portion of said turntable has an open portion formed therein;
- a disk drive unit arranged in said open portion of said central portion of said turntable for mounting one of said disk-like recording media thereon for recording and/or reproducing said one of said disk-like recording media, wherein said disk drive unit includes a disk mounting portion;
- and
- disk conveyance means arranged inside an outer peripheral edge of said turntable and below a plane formed by centers of said disk-like recording media for conveying said one of said disk-like recording media from said turntable to said disk mounting portion, wherein said disk conveyance means is arranged between said disk drive unit and a front portion of said turntable.
1 more element
An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a disk, comprising:
- circular housing means for accommodating a plurality of disks arrayed uprightly in a circumference direction and being formed with an open center portion;
- a disk driving device arranged in said open center portion of said circular housing means for recording and/or reproducing an information signal from one of said plurality of disks;
- and
- disk conveying means arranged inside an outer peripheral edge of said circular housing means and below a plane formed by centers of said plurality of disks for conveying said one of said plurality of disks between said disk driving device and said circular housing means.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.