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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7333403 | Carousel changer including a turntable having a plurality of trays A turntable provided in the carousel changer has a plurality of trays provided around its rotating shaft. The turntable is provided with an annular rib including a plurality of recessed portions and a plurality of raised portions. A sensor is provided to have the ri... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7277278 | Hinged panel and disc drive for a computer A panel hingedly connected to the body of a computer that includes an optical disc drive in electrical communication with the computer is provided. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7134126 | Apparatus and method for reducing program selection time in multi-changer of optical disk player Provided are an apparatus and method of operating a multi-changer of an optical disc player which restricts an initial operation of the multi-changer of the optical disc by referring to a disc chucking and tray open/close states. According to the method, it is deter... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6977872 | Disk changer The invention provides a disk changer wherein a disk can be replaced between different accommodation portions of a rotatable tray. The disk changer includes a rotatable tray having a plurality of annularly arranged accommodation portions, a tray rotating mechanism, ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6820271 | Compact disc storage unit A portable, fully enclosed compact disc storage apparatus or unit is provided which stores a multiplicity of discs, without risk of damage to their written surfaces. The storage unit comprises a two-part toroidal shaped housing, a circular magazine for supporting th... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6618332 | Carousel type changer A carousel type changer includes a disk reproducing section (a pickup 62 and so on) which is provided on a tray 21 and adapted to clamp a disk held on a disk holding part 34b and to reproduce the clamped disk, and a disk recording section (a pickup 52 and... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6563771 | Digital data disc library apparatus An apparatus and system for handling and storing a plurality of data storage discs includes a toroidal configuration of storage locations for the discs, a plurality of disc drives mounted above the storage locations in a generally annular arrangement, a m... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6169713 | CD changer using flexible belt transfer mechanism Automatic disc changer apparatus includes a tray containing elastomeric grooves designed to securely hold multiple compact information storage discs in generally upright positions, one or more stations, each performing processing operations on discs trans... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5953293 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disk-like recording medium A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a disk exchanging function includes a stocker portion, a rotary drive mechanism, a recording and/or reproducing mechanism and a conveying mechanism. The stocker portion stocks therein a plurality of dis... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5872752 | Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing disk-like recording medium A disk player capable of selectively reproducing a plurality of optical disks includes a rotary table, a reproducing mechanism, a supporting member and a drive mechanism. The rotary table includes a plurality of concave portions on which a plurality of di... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5777958 | Door structure for a recording medium reproducing device A recording medium reproducing device includes a casing, a reproducing section provided within the casing, a recording medium changer provided adjacent to the reproducing section within the casing and a door provided at an opening of the recording medium ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5719725 | Disk playback device A chassis has rotatably mounted thereon a magazine in the form of a hollow cylinder for accommodating a plurality of disks as positioned upright. A playback portion and an insertion-discharge portion are arranged respectively inside and outside the magazi... | 02/17/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5146451 | Compact disk player with two stacked, rotary, rotationally offset carrying plates for plural disks A compact disk player wherein more compact disks can be loaded within a limited space and can be reproduced continuously. A disk setting device on which the disks are placed is arranged as an up-and-down double structure. The disks laid on the disk settin... | 09/08/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5027335 | Read apparatus having vertical turret magazine for information discs Read apparatus for optical discs has a turret magazine rotatable in a vertical plane, and a disc-drive arrangement surrounded by the turret magazine so that a disc received from the magazine is rotatable in a vertical plane which extends substantially par... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4996680 | Automatic changing apparatus for a recording medium A changing apparatur for recording media has a rotatable magazine which houses a plurality of sloping storage slots in which recording media can be housed. The storage slots overlap one another in the circumferential direction of the magazine. A selector ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4670866 | Recording medium disk continuous-driving apparatus A continuous-driving apparatus is so constructed that a recording medium disks (30a) are mountable on loading sections (4a), (4c) through cut portions (6a), (6c) and openings (5), (9) formed at the outer circumferential parts of rotating bodies (1), (3) w... | 06/02/1987 |
