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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7817504 | Disk apparatus The disk apparatus according to the present invention includes a tray which is elevationally movably disposed within a casing of apparatus integrating a disk reproducing system mechanism and holds a disk to be reproduced thereon, and the tray is provided with a disk... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7342747 | Recording disk cartridge A recording disk cartridge includes a plurality of flexible recording disk media integrally rotatably housed within a cartridge case including: a lower plate for configuring a lower wall; at least one inner plate partitioning the recording disk media; and an upper p... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7227816 | Container for optical disks, tray and magazine type player therefor The invention refers to a container (1) for optical disks (25), a tray (5) for such container (1) and a magazine type player (39) adapted to be used with such container (1). Object of the invention is to provide a container ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7180702 | Data cartridges handler including a ring-shaped carousel and a picker within the inner periphery of the carousel A data cartridge handling apparatus comprises a ring-shaped carousel (40) rotatably mounted within a housing (22). Cartridge-accommodating cells (52) are angularly arranged about the carousel between an inner periphery (48) and an outer p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7031231 | Disk holder pop-out preventing device A disk holder springing-out prevention device is constituted by utilizing an existing loading block LB. A disk holder 3 is restricted to an accommodated position within a magazine M by means of a stopper 1a provided on a holder guide rail 1 | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020887 | Disc cartridge and disc drive apparatus In a disc cartridge and a disc drive apparatus, a disc cartridge has an identification opening where an identification plate is installed to be capable of sliding. A probing portion is installed at the disc drive apparatus and is turned on or off by interference wit... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6957440 | Methods for translating and reading optical disks The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for reading optical disks. Some implementations are particularly well suited for automatically playing both sides of a dual-sided optical disk. By coordinated delivery of disks between a disk reader, a disk trans... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6947357 | Changer-type disk device A changer-type disk device includes a disk storage section holding disks arranged in the axial direction of the disks; a drive unit for reproducing and/or recording information from/in a disk selected from the disks in the disk storage section; a drive activating me... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941565 | Disk carrier mechanism with wedged member set A disk carrier mechanism is used for moving a disk between an insertion position and a reading position. The disk carrier mechanism includes a wedged member set, a fixing board, a sliding board, and a driver set. The wedged member set includes multiple wedged member... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934225 | Disc cartridge and disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus A disc cartridge provided with: a plurality of trays, each of which can place a disc; and a case where those trays can be taken in and out of an opening, wherein an operating unit is disposed in each of the trays, a guide rail is disposed in either one of the trays ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6920638 | Disk drive A disk drive is described, having a draw-in device for disk-shaped storage media, which prevents damage to the playoff area of such storage media. The draw-in device includes a threaded rod having an axis of rotation in the push-in direction of the storage medium. T... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6904603 | Device for storing disc-shaped information carriers and for their subsequent selective manipulation Device for storing disc-shaped information carriers and for their subsequent selective manipulation. The disc-shaped information carriers can be placed on carriers arranged in a circle around the manipulator axis of rotation. The design with partially turnable carri... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6697318 | Disk apparatus and disk magazine A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred i... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6643227 | Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus and disc exchanging mechanism Apparatus for pushing out a disc placed on a tray between a pair of rollers, in a stable state including a pair of pushing-out mechanisms actuated by a return spring each provided with a pair of fixed shafts. For turning the pushing-out mechanism a device... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6359843 | Disk recording-playback device, disk tray for use in the device, and method of ejecting the tray Provided forwardly of a stacker accommodating trays in a plurality of stages for placing a disk on each tray is a recording-playback unit which is movable upward and downward for recording or reproducing data on or from the disk. A clamp plate covering th... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6341119 | Disk storage magazine and recording/reproducing apparatus A disk storage magazine in which the number of stored disks per unit volume can be increased. A pair of disk holding members (4), which are bent into a bellows shape by the number of stored disks, are arranged substantially in parallel with a direction in... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6262952 | Disk apparatus and disk magazine A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred i... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6233218 | Device for storage and dispensing of equally shaped discs, or disc-shaped elements mounted in one or more piles In a device for storage and dispensing of equally shaped discs or disc-shaped elements mounted in one or more piles having a center bore and contained in a housing or frame in which threaded spindles are positioned (parallel to each other and the axis of ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6163511 | Device for storing and selectively playing disc-shaped information carrier A device for storing and selectively playing disc-shaped information carriers includes a magazine for accommodating the information carriers in layers arranged around a virtual centerline. The information carriers leave open a central core of the magazine... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6075758 | Selector mechanism for multiple compact disks and method of selection A selector mechanism having a plurality of parallel spaced vertically aligned compact disk holders is disclosed. Each holder has storage positions for a number of compact disks. A pair of compact disk player assemblies which can alternatively access each ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6061321 | Deck lock mechanism and library apparatus The present invention automatically limits the number of decks drawable from a large number of decks within one locker. For this purpose, the decks are classified into sets each comprising two decks adjacent to each other. A deck lock mechanism according ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5982734 | Disk package Different types of multiple disks are accommodated in a disk package (P) which is loaded into a disk device. Identification means (20) is provided on a bottom plate (1f) of the case (1) of the disk package (P). This identification means is made up of a ju... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5907531 | Read-write, read-only medium automatic interchange apparatus and magazine with tray medium discriminating means Trays for reproduction-only media and trays for recordable and reproducible media are individually fixed in a single magazine and the recordable and reproducible media are protected by making ejection difficult, thereby providing an auto-changer and a mag... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5889754 | Magazine with a plurality of disk drawers The invention relates to a magazine having a plurality of disk drawers which are mounted in disk-holding compartments and each of which holds a single disk (CD), all of the disk drawers being lockable in and releasable from the magazine by means of a sing... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5870359 | Disc holder for a disc reproducing device A disc holder has a support portion comprising arcuated portions. The arcuated portions include opposite upper portions the curvature of which is substantially equal to that of a larger disc, and opposite lower portions the curvature of which is substanti... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5864532 | Disk holder with disk protective material A disk player supports a disk between two opposing longitudinal disk guides, one with a moving belt running along it. The belt frictionally engages an edge of the disk to roll the disk along the opposite guide. A stocker includes supports spaced apart at ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5808976 | Disk player with magazine device A disk playback device has a magazine for storing a plurality of carriages, each capable of carrying a disk. The magazine moves vertically relative to a chassis to align a playback position with a selected one of the carriages. A selected carriage is move... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5777956 | Changer-type disc playback device A disc player has a magazine for storing discs and a disc transport mechanism transporting a selected disc between a playback position outside the magazine and a store position located within the magazine. The carriages are stacked upon each other and piv... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5754502 | Rotating magazine type disk playback device with escape preventing ring and auxiliary access A magazine for accommodating a plurality of disks positioned upright is rotatably mounted on a chassis covered with a cabinet. An escape preventing ring is provided above the chassis outside the magazine, and the cabinet is formed in a side wall thereof w... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5729524 | Optical disc changer assembly An optical disc changer having an optical disc player and a magazine for holding discs is provided. A disc transporter for transporting discs has a carrier to carry a particular disc from the magazine to the disc player for play, and return the disc to it... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5636199 | Automatic disc changer for retrieving a lowermost disc from a stack of stored discs and returning the disc to the top of the stack An automatic disc changer which includes a tray storage section for accommodating a stack of disc trays each having an opening defined in a support surface thereof on which a corresponding information carrier disc is placed. An information pick-up unit is... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5550801 | Linear arrayed disc changer with shiftable guide projections An automatic disc changer has a casing for the automatic disc changer, and a plurality of disc holders arranged in the casing. The disc holder stores a plurality of disks in vertical positions. A reproducing device is provided in the casing to be moved al... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5541896 | Inter-leaved carousel for information storage mediums A device for storing and retrieving Information Storage Media in which the Information Storage Media are maintained at an angle and in an interleaved arrangement. The device consists of a series of tray cartridges, a mechanism for pulling trays from the c... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5541897 | Multi-carousel library with double disk receptacles and single disk retainer A double storage multi-carousel recordable media library is provided which includes a plurality of vertically stacked carousels mounted for rotation about a vertically extending central axis. Each carousel has a plurality of receptacles which are angularl... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5508994 | Disk player with compact arrangement of a reader and disk storage magazine A disk player has a magazine for storing disks on carriages 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 pl... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5481512 | Separable magazine for accommodating discs and a disc player The present invention discloses a magazine for accommodating a plurality discs and an automatic disc player employing the magazine from which a desired disc to be played by the player is automatically selected and separated from the magazine. The magazine... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5232275 | Disc rack with holders which rest in a different position when unloaded than when loaded A disc rack capable of supporting holder members for holding a disc in such a way that the holder members are turnable about a supporting rod (3) from a drawn-out position to a retracted position and vice versa, including a positioning member able to come... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5067116 | Automatic disc changer apparatus An automatic optical disc data storage and retrieval system. The system includes an enclosure disposed for orientation in various positions. An annular disc storage member (carrousel) is mounted in the enclosure and is disposed for receiving and storing o... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5050148 | Rotary compact disc magazine having disc receiving means limited to a minor segment of a disc A compact disc magazine for a jukebox having an automatic mechanism for engaging a compact disc at generally diametrically opposite points and removing the disc from a location adjacent to the top of the magazine through the upper front portion thereof in... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5034936 | Multi-disk disk player having minimally-sized magazine drive motor Compensating arrangements compensate for variations in load which a disk magazine places on a drive motor. In a first arrangement, a cam slot of a predetermined spiral configuration receives driving force from a drive motor and translates the same to: an ... | 07/23/1991 |
