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Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8014237 | Disk device To provide a disk device, which can reliably lead and house a disk into a disk housing section requiring only a small space. The disk device is provided with: a pick arm 130 which swings and inserts a drive unit for playing a disk D into a space create... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7940609 | System for duplication of data onto disks A system for duplication of data onto disks includes a housing, a drawer device, a transport mechanism, a set of disk holders, an arm and a control device. The housing includes a printing device and a set of copy units. The transport mechanism is connected to the ar... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7626896 | Disk drive and drive unit driving mechanism with disk selector for spacing disk holding members A disk drive and drive unit driving mechanism includes a disk holder with a plurality of holder plates that can receive individual hold disk in a stacked configuration. Disk selectors can form a space above and below a desired disk to be played by contacting and rai... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7418724 | Apparatus for changing multiple media disks A disk changer apparatus includes a rotation base on which a turntable and a head are mounted. The rotation base can rotate about the rear end thereof as a fulcrum. The disk changer apparatus further includes a base supporter opposed to the top end of the rotation b... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7339858 | Disk device, and methods for checking, ejecting, and loading disk in disk device A disk device includes a disk tray capable of accommodating disks by stacking; a first driving motor for transferring the disk tray in the disk-stacking direction; a driving unit including an optical head for reading out data recorded in the disks, and a supporting ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7287260 | Compact disc reader and method An apparatus for reading an optical disc. The apparatus includes a housing and a spindle positioned to rotatably support the optical disc adjacent to the exterior of the housing. A light emitting scan head is aligned to read the optical disc as it rotates. A protect... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6907612 | Disc device By a disk device including: a reproducing base which is supported pivotally and enably to swing on a base, and on which a turntable is set; a supporting member which is supported pivotally and enably to swing on the base and which supports the reproducing base in a ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6760282 | Disk device with support means A disk device providing disk storage and disk playing capabilities. The disk storage being provided along a vertical column. Upon the retrieval of a desired disk from the disk storage, the desired disk is rotated around the column so that it may move up and down the... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6751181 | Recording and/or reproducing device for disks A pair of pins 2c, 2d is arranged on the left and right of each of a plurality of trays 2 placed vertically movably so as to protrude laterally, whereas separating cams 82 are arranged on both sides of the trays 2 in ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6654319 | Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus having control plates and space forming features In an on-vehicle disc player having a disc elevator (22) for making a plurality of disc carrying devices each having a CD placed on it stacked one over another, for example, in the vertical direction move in the stacking direction and a holding device (14... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6650602 | Disk device with disk changing section A disk device includes a rotatable bar-shaped fixing element which is fixed loosely to an inner peripheral hole of each of a plurality of disks and a support element which forms a support section. The support section supports a section of a disk on a peri... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6493294 | Disc reproducing device A disc storage is provided for storing a plurality of trays, each for holding a disc. The trays are stacked in the storage. A movable member is provided to be moved in the vertical direction. A disc player, a tray moving device are mounted on the movable ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6337843 | Disc changer for a disc player A disc storage is provided for storing a plurality of trays, each for holding a disc. The trays are stacked in the storage. A movable member is provided to be moved in the vertical direction. A disc player, a tray moving device are mounted on the movable ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 5917787 | Disk player A disk player including a 1 DIN size housing, a plurality of disk holders stacked in the housing, a selecting member for moving the disk holders to provide a space below a selected disk holder, and a driving member for moving into the space and aligning w... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5682364 | Magazine for read/write disks and method and device for reading and writing said disks A compact disk changer includes a magazine having an inner body and an outer body that are rotatable independently of one another about a common axis of rotation. The inner and outer bodies are slideably interconnected by a helical member so that relative... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5587988 | Computer controlled disk storage unit with a telescopic arm for reading and writing information on a disk located in a magazine A computer controlled disk storage unit operating much like a jukebox but having the read/write mechanism moving to access a series of digital disks instead of the usual jukebox methods which consist of moving the disks to where the read/write system is. ... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5138591 | Multidisk containing magazine having separable trays A multidisk containing magazine according to the present invention comprises: a housing including an upper half portion and a lower half portion, both portions being separable from each other, and a plurality of plate-like trays being arrayed within the h... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5130959 | Front loading disk player A front loading disk player comprising a play unit which is arranged inside the player housing and includes a turntable, a pickup, and a disk clamp mechanism, a disk holding unit for holding disks to be inserted through an insertion opening formed in the ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5099466 | Multidisk containing player including magazine having a housing with separable upper and lower half portions A multidisk containing player comprises: a playing device including a turntable, a pickup, and a disk clamp mechanism, the playing device being provided within a player housing, a magazine accommodating a plurality of disks and being removably mounted on ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4011590 | Internal division actuation of ventilated floppy disk stack A hollow tubular actuator device operates through an enclosure formed by aligned holes in multiple floppy type storage disks. The disks, separated by interposed ventilating spacers, are clamped between inflexible end plates in a closely spaced continually... | 03/08/1977 |
