Disk apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigehiro Ito
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Abstract
A disk apparatus includes a playback unit having a reading unit for reading information recorded on a disk, and a turntable on which the disk is placed, the playback unit being movable between a lateral side of a disk conveying path and a central portion of the disk, an arc-shaped stocker for stocking the disk, the stocker being shaped like a part of a circle whose more than half of its area including a center is removed in order to make it possible for the playback unit to move toward the central portion of the disk, and a supporting member disposed separately from the stocker opposite to a part of the disk which is not held by the stocker, the supporting member restricting horizontal movements of the disk.
Claims2
A disk apparatus comprising:
- a playback unit having a reading means for reading information recorded on a disk, and a turntable on which said disk is placed, said playback unit being movable between a lateral side of a disk conveyance path and a central portion of said disk;
- an arc-shaped stocker for stocking said disk, said stocker being shaped like a part of a circle whose more than half of its area including a center is removed in order to make it possible for said playback unit to move toward the central portion of said disk;
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- a disk guide member disposed separately from said stocker opposite to a part of said disk which is not held by said stocker, said disk guide member restricting horizontal movements of said disk,
- wherein the disk guide member has a sandwich portion that sandwiches an outer edge of the disk, and can be vertically moved upward or downward with respect to said disk and is retracted to below a disk conveyance path when said disk is conveyed via said disk conveyance path.
A disk apparatus comprising:
- a playback unit having a reading means for reading information recorded on a disk, and a turntable on which said disk is placed, said playback unit being movable between a lateral side of a disk conveyance path and a central portion of said disk;
- an arc-shaped stocker for stocking said disk, said stocker being shaped like a part of a circle whose more than half of its area including a center is removed in order to make it possible for said playback unit to move toward the central portion of said disk;
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- a rotatable disk guide member having a sandwiching portion that sandwiches a part of said disk which is not held by said stocker, said rotatable disk guide member restricting a vertical position of said disk
- wherein said sandwich portion sandwiches an outer edge of the disk, and can be vertically moved upward or downward with respect to said disk and is retracted to below a disk conveyance path when said disk is conveyed via said disk conveyance path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.