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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290272 | Optical data recording disc with protrusion between clamping area and center hole A disc-shaped optical data recording medium has a signal recording layer for reading and/or writing data using light, and a 10 μm to 200 μm thick transparent protective layer disposed over the signal recording layer. The optical data recording medium includes a pr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7137129 | Disk drive apparatus A disk drive apparatus includes a casing having an upper plate; and a tray. The upper plate includes an arm having an attracted member fixed thereto. When the tray moves from a protruding position to a recording-and-playback position, since engagements of the arm an... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7065776 | Optical data recording medium and manufacturing method for the same, and a method for clamping the optical data recording medium A disc-shaped optical data recording medium has a signal recording layer for reading and/or writing data using light, and a 10 μm to 200 μm thick transparent protective layer disposed over the signal recording layer. The optical data recording medium includes a pr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7012877 | Information reproducing apparatus and method, and drive control system An information reproducing apparatus is provided with: a clamping device (900) capable of clamping and clamp-releasing a recording medium (100); a rotating device (20) for rotating the recording medium clamped by the clamping device; a reading d... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6996835 | Disk device A disk device capable of storing a plurality of disks therein includes a disk holder capable of changing its vertical position to hold a disk, a driver to drive the disk holder, and the disk holder performs a rotational movement and the changing of its vertical heig... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6801481 | Display playback device A connecting member connects a pair of holder plates toward the end of the holder plates at the recessed end in the direction in which the disk is inserted. By forming the holding member holding disks using three pieces, there is less deformation causes by high temp... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6771572 | Disk locking mechanism A connecting member connects a pair of holder plates toward the end of the holder plates at the recessed end in the direction in which the disk is inserted. By forming the holding member holding disks using three pieces, there is less deformation causes by high temp... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6650603 | Disc player and method of controlling the same A disc player includes a disc holding/separating mechanism which holds the plurality of discs concentrically and which separates the selected disc from the remaining discs; a turntable; a pickup; a playback base which supports the turntable and which move... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6507542 | Changer apparatus for information discs A changer apparatus for information discs includes a stacking unit for stacking at least two information discs in at least two stacking positions, the stacking unit having holding trays for holding the information discs in holding planes and a first trans... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6392981 | Disc device A disk system capable of sharing portions at which disks are disposed, thereby miniaturizing the entire structure of the system. The disk system includes a plurality of stockers for containing disks in such a manner as to substantially align rotational ax... | 05/21/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6178152 | Device for playing compact disks A device for playing compact disks, particularly for motor vehicles, including a magazine for a plurality of compact disks that is arranged in and is removable from a housing, and a playback unit for playing a compact disk from the magazine, the playback ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5986981 | Disk reproducing apparatus housing a plurality of disks In a disk reproducing apparatus a plurality of disks each carrying information recorded therein are inserted through an insertion opening and arrayed and held in a predetermined direction and a desired disk is selected for reproduction from the plurality ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5982720 | Disk reproducing apparatus A disk reproducing apparatus with a plurality of disks arrayed and held therein for selecting a desired disk from the arrayed disks and reproducing the disk. The disk reproducing apparatus comprises a disk holding device including therein a plurality of t... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5959950 | Disk drive capable of loading a disk package containing multiple disks of different types and locking mechanism dependent on individual disk type Unlike conventional disk drives, a disk drive of the invention is capable of loading a plurality of different types of disks at the same time, and has the capability of protecting a disk sensitive to contamination, such as a RAM disk, from contamination. ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5917786 | Reduced size automatic loading disc changer A reduced size disk changer of the type used with a disk magazine storing multiple disks. The disk changer is structured such that a disk can rotate while partially occupying a region of the disk magazine upon recording/reproducing, to thereby reduce the ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5881045 | Compact changer-type disk player A disk player has a disk drive mechanism with rollers engaging a perimeter surfaces of a disk. Two rollers engage an upper surface and two roller engage a lower surface. One of the rollers is coupled to a drive source to rotate the disk. Disks are transpo... | 03/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5805562 | 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... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5748596 | Disk changer/player with disk-edge guide and transfer mechanism A disk changer employs two disk guides that support a disk by its edge. A first guide has a revolving belt that frictionally engages the disk edge to roll it on a second guide. The edge fits into a channel of the second guide. The channel's access is defi... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5737285 | Disk loading and unloading apparatus for a disk player-changer Briefly, a compact disk player/changer for compact disks has an insertion aperture through which disks are inserted. Inserted disks are supported, at opposite contact points on their edges, between laterally movable left and right-side disk guides. The di... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5726967 | Disk playback apparatus for a disk player A disk playback apparatus comprises a stocker including a plurality of shelves for compact disks, a pallet disposed adjacent to the stocker, a lift stage for moving the stocker up and down so that a selected one of the shelves is located in a position hig... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5586103 | Disc player with an automatic disc charger including eject locking mechanism and movable chassis holding mechanism A disc player having a chassis supported in an outer housing through resilient members and having a cartridge housing unit therein which stores a disc cartridge housing a stack of discs. The disc player also has a locking and ejecting mechanism in the cha... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5555239 | Disk system A reduction in the size of a CD player is achieved by making the transfer roller horizontally displaceable between a first position, adjacent the disk storage magazine, and a second position, adjacent the turntable. The roller is displaced to the first po... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5544148 | Compact configuration disk player A magazine in a disk player stores disks therein. A transport mechanism transports a selected one of the disks between the magazine and a disk reader. The disk reader is positioned to read a selected disk while a center aperture of the selected disk overl... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5532985 | Disk player with magazine A disk player has a magazine for storing disks and a disk transport mechanism transporting a selected disk between four positions including an ejection position, a load position, a playback position, and an initial store position which lie in a single pla... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5515357 | Disk player assembly with withdrawable pallet A disk player assembly with withdrawable pallets including a pallet having a notch through which the selected disk contained in the disk stocker is passed, when the disk stocker and the disk playback mechanism are relatively moved up and down. The lower s... | 05/07/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5253246 | Universal data storage element for providing various data storage media in a standard exterior housing The universal data storage element presents a uniform form factor data storage element but enables the user to vary the contents to include a selection of media types or miniaturized drive elements used therein to provide variable data storage and/or reco... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5161138 | Device for removing a disk-shaped recorded medium from the compartments of a magazine and for playing the medium An arrangement for removing a disk-shaped recorded medium from compartments of a magazine, in which a member is movable up and down along a side of the magazine from which the disk-shaped recorded medium is to be removed. The movable member is driven only... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5034937 | Magazine-type record player A record player in which a magazine is provided with compartments for storing a number of rigid and flexible disk-shaped recording media. For playing the disks, they are removed only to an extent necessary for the disk drive to engage bores of the disk. E... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4811318 | Disk player with magazine 1. Disk player with a magazine 2.1. A known compact-disk player with a magazine consisting of several superimposed compartments for accommodating compact disks has a system of levers and a pulley driven by an electric motor in each compartment for removin... | 03/07/1989 |
