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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340749 | Method and apparatus to detect presence of or a size of a data cartridge A media-detection system for a cartridge-receiving device may comprise, according to one embodiment, a cartridge-referencing member mounted to the cartridge-receiving device. The cartridge-referencing member is resiliently displaceable by a data cartridge received i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 6963519 | Disc device A disc device comprising a transfer unit operable to provide a transferring force to a disc inserted from the outside to transfer the disc into a storage area in the device, a sensor unit for detecting the position of the inserted disc, and a control unit for contro... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6842907 | Cartridge transfer device for a disk loading mechanism A MD loading mechanism for a multidisk MD reproducing apparatus capable of storing a plurality of MDs and of reproducing information recorded on the plurality of MDs successively comprises: a plurality of cartridge holders for holding MD cartridges therein, respecti... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6424603 | Library apparatus of storage media A library apparatus can reduce number of motors to be incorporated and can reduce number of parts for simplification of construction for contributing to down-sizing of the apparatus and reducing a cost. The library apparatus of a storage media reads and/o... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6266316 | Automatic splaying picker finger A cartridge picker for selectively engaging and disengaging a cartridge may comprise a thumb assembly mounted to the cartridge picker so that the thumb assembly is moveable along a first displacement path between an extended position and a retracted posit... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5872765 | Disc loading device A disc loading device including a disc stocker containing a plurality of the cartridge holders housed and held within the disc stocker in tiers. Each cartridge holder holds a disc cartridge that includes a recording disc housed within a cartridge main mem... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5859832 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus with disc stocker and transport A recording and/or reproducing device that includes a disc stocker for holding a plurality of disc cartridges in tiers so that each disc cartridge is partially exposed to outside. A transport device selects one of the disc cartridges held by the disc stoc... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5841756 | Cartridge auto-changer capable of interchanging a cartridge A cartridge auto-changer includes a containing shelf containing a plurality of cartridges therein, a recording-reproducing apparatus for effecting recording and/or reproduction on recording media in the cartridges, a slot for loading the cartridges theret... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5831965 | Cartridge changing device A cartridge changing device includes a mechanism for restricting the rotation of a loading hook engaged with an inserted cartridge when discharging the cartridge from a holder so that the cartridge does not slide out of the holder and fall out of the devi... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5815340 | Apparatus and methods for cartridge retrieval and insertion in a storage library subsystem including a robotic shuttle having a sole rocker beam A storage library subsystem comprising a frame, a robotic shuttle attached to and linearly movable relative to the frame, a media read/write device attached to the frame, and a storage media cartridge magazine attached to the frame. The robotic shuttle is... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5790507 | Cartridge changing device A cartridge changing device comprises a plurality of insertion detecting switches each for detecting an insertion of a cartridge into each holder. If a cartridge is detached from one holder due to a careless operation by an user during a movement of the h... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5757740 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus using cartridges within which recording media are accommodated and loading device for cartridge A recording and/or reproducing apparatus, for disc cartridges within which optical discs are respectively accommodated, having a recording and/or reproduction unit for carrying out recording and/or reproduction of information signals with respect to the o... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5726828 | Automatic disc-changing apparatus, disc-chucking apparatus, disc apparatus and position-detecting apparatus An automatic disc-changing apparatus for selectively transporting cartridge holders from a standby position to a recording and reproducing position, or from a recording and reproducing position to a standby position. The cartridge holders are capable of a... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5587989 | Cartridge changing apparatus including a pair of base carriers and a pair of slide carriers A cartridge changing apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of holders, each holding a cartridge with a disc inserted therein, a pair of base carriers each having a gripping portion for gripping a pin fixed to one of the plurali... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5337297 | Magazine drawer manipulation system for a data carrier loader A loader data carriers, such as magnetic tape cartridges, of the type having a housing with a data reader therein which is movable over a magazine containing a number of data carriers, so as to be positionable above a selected data carrier for transfer be... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5317554 | Magazine loader having an ejector arm a mass loader (10) stores a plurality of cartridges (14) for loading a selected one of the cartridges (14) into an optical disk reader (12). The loader (10) comprises a magazine carrier (18) and a cartridge loading apparatus (28). The cartridges (14) are ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5301076 | Automatic disk selecting apparatus An automatic disk selecting apparatus receives a plurality of storage cases in which disks are stored. The storage cases are arranged in the front portion of a body case, and are movable in the right and left directions. A player is arranged behind the bo... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5274620 | Compact disc handling mechanism A disc handling mechanism is disclosed that transfers a disc between a multi-disc storage rack and a cartridge-type disc player. The disc handling mechanism includes a dedicated cartridge that moves between the storage rack and the disc player, plus mecha... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4949324 | Disc-type recording medium transfer mechanism A disc-type recording medium transfer mechanism includes a tray transfer device movable in a first direction parallel to the direction of stacking of a plurality of trays, and also movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to tran... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4879615 | Cartridge transfer mechanism for a disk file apparatus A disk file apparatus including an accommodating shelf having a multiplicity of accommodating spaces provided therein in a row in the vertical direction, a multiplicity of cartridges disposed in the accommodating spaces, respectively, each having a disk r... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4833552 | Top loading record changer mechanism with removable magazine supported for swiveling between a top loading position and an operating position angularly displaced therefrom A record changer apparatus having a removable magazine for storing a plurality of records, a playback/recording mechanism for receiving and playing or recording a record transferred from the magazine, a housing mounted adjacent the playback/recording mech... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4589101 | Linear changer apparatus Apparatus for recording and/or playback of recordings on discs including a selective disc changer suited particularly for discs of the "compact disc" type. The playback unit has a housing mounted for helicoidal movement between a disc operating plane and ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4271489 | Optical disc player system A high speed data storage and retrieval system includes a disc storage module, a reader and a disc changer apparatus. Disc records enclosed in protective cartridges are transported between the reader and the storage module by the changer apparatus. The re... | 06/02/1981 |
