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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971211 | Disk drive, disk feeding device, and disk loading mechanism The present invention provides a disk drive with a compact size that makes it possible to effectively utilize space within a disk drive and permits a straightforward layout of members. The disk drive comprises a disk holder 10 that has a plurality of h... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7958519 | Recording medium changer A recording medium changer includes a storage block that is movable in a longitudinal direction, a drive block that processes data recorded on a recording medium, a conveying block that is movable in a vertical direction and conveys the recording medium for mounting... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7913266 | Disk drive, disk feeding device, and disk loading mechanism The present invention provides a disk drive with a compact size that makes it possible to effectively utilize space within a disk drive and permits a straightforward layout of members. The disk drive comprises a disk holder 10 that has a plurality of h... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7730502 | Disc changer having disc discharge mechanism There is provided a disc changer for a disc drive unit, including: a disc accommodation section capable of accommodating plural discs: a disc pushing mechanism that pushes a disc from a specific rack of the disc accommodation section to a disc discharge position wit... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7685611 | Disk device, disk-transporting device, and disk-loading device The present invention provides a disk drive of a compact size that can effectively utilize internal space within a disk drive and permit a straightforward arrangement of parts. The disk drive includes a disk holder that has a plurality of holder plates that individu... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676817 | Media drive system having a plurality of queuing positions A media drive system includes a housing and a drive unit at least partially disposed within the housing. A media handler arrangement defines a plurality of queuing positions for media objects, and a receiving area within the housing receives storage units defining a... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7650612 | Transportation arm device for carrying discs A transport arm device for carrying at least one disc includes a driving mechanism, a sway control member, and a swaying mechanism. The sway control member comprises a hole substantially in the middle of the sway control member for receiving a portion of the driving... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7509660 | Disc retrieval and release apparatus and method The disc retrieval and release apparatus and method has a retrieve and release member for retrieving and releasing a disc for processing. The retrieve and release member releases one of the discs into and retrieves it from a wait processing region where the upper si... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7444650 | Disk apparatus 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... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437743 | Optical disk drive An optical disk drive which decreases unit costs and reduces the size of a product. The optical disk drive includes a frame, a base chassis rotatably installed on the frame, a spindle motor and a pick-up device installed on the base chassis, a tray moving into and o... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424725 | Optical disk player An optical disk player with improved opening and closing of a door, transport of a tray, and an improved pivoting structure of a chassis to pivot a turntable. The optical disk player includes: a body; a tray to move in and out of the body so as to transport an optic... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7349175 | Media cartridge storage device for an autoloading data storage and retrieval system A cartridge storage device includes a housing having a front and a back. A plurality of cells are mounted in the housing, each cell adapted for receiving a media cartridge. A drive mechanism drives the cells towards a front opening in the front of the housing for al... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7257826 | Disk changer A disk changer for CD and DVD disks including a rotatable platter with several slots each adapted for receiving a disk generally needs two optical sensors. The first sensor is adapted for detecting the number of a related slot of the platter and for providing a stop... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257825 | Disc changer, method of detecting mode thereof, and method of selecting disc ejection To provide a disc changer capable of working without any malfunctions in spite of a reduced number of switches, it includes a mode-detecting mechanism having means for identifying an operation, cams respectively operated by powers supplied from a first and second mo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243357 | Disk device A disk device including a first disk holder movable with disk conveyance, a second disk holder opposed to a groove portion formed in the first disk holder and holding a disk grippingly in cooperation with the first disk holder when the first disk holder holds the di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7111309 | Changer apparatus for information discs A disc changer apparatus includes a stacking unit for stacking at least two holder compartments, adapted to hold one disc each, in at least two stacking positions. The holder compartments are coupled to at least one spindle having a screwthread and are movable in a ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073184 | Disk apparatus A disk apparatus includes a stock section for storing a plurality of stacked disks, a disk transfer mechanism for withdrawing a selected disk out of the stock section, a selection mechanism for causing the selected disk and the disk transfer mechanism to face each o... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055158 | CD drive magazine locking apparatus An improved locking apparatus for a CD drive magazine having its locking alley designed to have a free top and an entrance to admit a locking rod; a wider gradation being disposed at the cross section of the locking alley; a flange being provided at the top of the l... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042815 | Apparatus and method for reducing program selection time in multi-changer of optical disk An apparatus and a method of reducing a program selection time in an optical disc multi-changer by determining whether a disc is mounted on a disc mounting unit before it is determined whether the disc is chucked and a type of the disc is discriminated. The method o... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032232 | Memory storage disk handling system A disk dispenser including a spindle having a first end and a second end, the second end having a disk support foot arranged to support a stack of disks, wherein the disk support foot is movable from an extended position at which a portion of the disk support foot i... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020885 | Data storage cartridge loading system A data drive and a method of operating a data drive are provided. The data drive includes a drive base; a data transfer mechanism coupled to the drive base; a carriage assembly for receiving a cartridge containing a data storage medium; and a carriage assembly actua... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017169 | Disk cartridge and disk recording and reproducing apparatus A disk cartridge 20 for a larger diameter, a disk cartridge 25 for a medium disk diameter, and a disk cartridge 30 for a smaller diameter contains a magneto-optical disk for a larger diameter, a magneto-optical disk for a medium diameter, and a ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7017168 | Information plate handling in a read/write device Handling an information plate includes receiving the information plate at a roller element, the information plate rolling over the roller element; detecting a position of the information plate using a scanning lever, the scanning lever having a scanning edge pressed... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6961948 | Disk holding device On a loading block LB, there are provided a wire 1 having spring properties and two rollers (disk pressing sections) 2 made of rubber that are capable of rotating about this wire 1 as their rotary shaft. One end of the wire 1 is coupled w... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959444 | Apparatus for changing optical disks An apparatus for changing optical disks including a plurality of driving shafts, supported on the bottom plate of an optical disk drive, and a plurality of elastic devices. The driving shafts rotate synchronously around their vertical axes to raise and lower the tra... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6902329 | Method and apparatus for the integration of parallel optical transceiver package A tool and method for the alignment and placement of optoelectronic devices with attached fiber optic connectors onto the electronic interface substrate of a parallel optical transceiver package. The optoelectronic devices are connected to the substrate through a fl... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6671575 | Apparatus for storing disc-type recording media An apparatus for storing a plurality of disc-type recording media is disclosed. The apparatus consists of a casing having disc select buttons, a tray rack having a plurality of retractable disc trays arranged along a vertical direction of the tray rack an... | 12/30/2003 |
| 5828647 | Disk changer with reduced driving time A disk changer for shortening the time required for the extraction of a disk from a magazine portion and the performance of the recording/reproducing operation is provided. First and second extracting members for extracting a disk from the magazine portio... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5822296 | Disk playback device A disk playback device has at least one endless drive belt stretched along a direction of disk transport between a store position, a playback position and an eject position. The endless drive belt is translated in a direction perpendicular to the directio... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5802022 | Disk changer for checking the position of disks on a roulette without drawing a tray out of the disk changer A disk changer in which it is possible to check the position of disks seated on a roulette inside the disk changer without drawing out a tray from the disk changer, the roulette moving with the tray and being disposed below the tray. The disks seated on t... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5777957 | Multiple compact disk carousel mechanism A multiple compact disk (CD) carousel mechanism for a CD player has a novel loading drawer mechanism employing the combination of a pin arm and a uniquely configured drawer guide slot (within which a pin attached to the end of the pin arm travels) attache... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5629923 | Disk player with compact disk transporter A disk player has a magazine for storing disks and a disk transport mechanism transporting a selected disk between four positions including an eject position, a load position, a playback position, and a store position which lie in a single plane. The sele... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5613745 | Auxiliary compact disk storage case An auxiliary compact disc storage case includes a housing knowing opposed ledges for receiving a plurality of compact discs one above the other. Two opposed sides of the housing are open and pivotally mounted in one of the openings is a pushing plate. The... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5563857 | Disc changer having a single driving motor for both a tray and a roulette A disc changer includes a driving force providing unit, a shaft gear fixedly mounted to the driving force providing unit; a timing belt for transmitting the driving force from the shaft gear; a wheel gear being rotated by the driving force transmitted thr... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5528567 | Disk changer for optical disks having different sizes A disk changer in which a disk, once completely reproduced, can be exchanged for another disk when a selected disk is being reproduced includes an ascending/descending mechanism for raising and lowering a tray member which supports a roulette receiving a ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5422869 | Disc changer with common command element for turntable and disc carrier A disc player comprises an optical scanning device (13) with a turntable (17), which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (17a) and which has a supporting surface (17b) for supporting an information disc, and with a disc-shaped disc carrier (15), which ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5386403 | Single motor disk loading device with lock gear This disk loading device is capable of reproducing a plurality of disks. A power transmission to drive gears is switched by tooth omission gears of a control gear so that angular movement of a disk playing portion, as well as movement of a tray base in a ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5313351 | Twin disk player A disk player for loading and unloading a pair of disks while closing and opening a door to the disk player under control of a single motor capable of rotating in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction. During rotation in one dire... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5293362 | Optical disc play-back device of the carousel type, having a mechanism for reducing access type to any selected disc An optical disc playback device of the so-called "carousel" type comprises a disc transport turntable rotatably mounted within the player housing. The underside of the turntable has an annular ridge with notches formed therein, and the housing comprises a... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5218592 | Disc player A disc player including a fixed chassis provided with a disc transport tray reciprocatingly movably, and a movable chassis liftably supported by the fixed chassis. The movable chassis has mounted thereon a disc rotating turntable and a signal reproduction... | 06/08/1993 |
