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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 |
| 7331643 | Piece of furniture with a movable furniture component A piece of furniture with a movable furniture component, in particular a drawer or door, includes a drive unit and a device for the mechanical transmission of force from the drive unit to the movable furniture component or the body of the furniture. In particular, a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7231648 | Disk holding apparatus, and disk apparatus To provide a disk supporting apparatus, a disk holding apparatus and a disk apparatus whose planar dimension is minimized, and which can be manufactured simply and inexpensively. A plurality of supporting portions 44 inclines with respect to a top port... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7130992 | Detecting insertion of removable media The present invention is a method and system to automatic loading program on a medium into memory for execution. In one embodiment, a mode word is configured. The insertion of the medium into a drive is detected based on the mode word. A program on the medium is sta... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6940787 | Disk changer The invention provides a disk changer which is improved in convenience in use and functionality. The disk changer includes a rotatable tray having a plurality of annularly arranged accommodation portions, a tray rotating mechanism, first and second recording and/or ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6922379 | Disk changer apparatus Disk changer apparatus employs a commercially-available drive device that includes a sliding tray having an opening preformed therein. Disk elevator section has a portion movable through the opening of the sliding tray and thereby allows a disk to be transferred bet... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6901597 | Multiple disc player A multiple disc player comprises a turntable for holding twenty discs upright in an annular arrangement, a playing mechanism for playing a selected disc from the turntable, and a disc slider for moving the selected disc from the turntable to the playing mechanism an... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6895592 | Disc changer with improved operability In a disc changer, improvements of the taking-out operation, housing operation, stabilization of disc transfer and downsizing of a conveyance mechanism and stabilization of reproducing operation are intended. The disc changer comprises a disc housing unit, a disc tr... | 05/17/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6707769 | 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... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6690627 | System for reproducing a recorded disc A disc holder is annularly provided for holding a plurality of discs, and a reproducing device is provided in a central portion of the disc holder for reproducing a desired disc. A carrying device is provided for carrying the desired disc between the disc... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6680882 | System for reproducing a disc An annular disc holder is provided for holding a plurality of discs. The disc holder is rotatably mounted on a base and is guided by a guiding device provided between the disc holder and the base so as to be rotated about an axis.... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6639881 | Disc reproduction device Trays including disc mounting portions for mounting discs are divided into seven trays for each disc. Portions of the discs except for the disc positioned at a reproduction state overlap with adjacent discs. Accordingly, seven discs can be held despite th... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6603715 | Optical disk changer with side switching capabilities An optical disk changer that is capable of automatically playing both sides of a dual-sided optical disk. By coordinated delivery of disks between a disk reader, a disk transfer mechanism, or a disk turner and a carrousel that is approximately toroid shap... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6590842 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disklike recording medium A recording and/or playback apparatus of a dislike recording medium, such as optical disk, is equipped with a receiving portion, a recording and/or playback portion, an ejecting operation mechanism, a loading mechanism, and a positioning mechanism. In the... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6556519 | Disk charger with circular disk housing and centrally arranged playback unit A disk recording/reproducing apparatus including a housing for accommodating a plurality of disks in an upright position along a circumference thereof, a disk driving device for recording/reproducing a disk, and a disk conveying belt for conveying the dis... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6219314 | Disc changer with rotatable disc support and disc player including the disc changer A disc changer for bringing disc-shaped information carriers into and out of a position. The disc changer includes a supporting body and a disc-shaped disc which is supported by the supporting body, is arranged to be movable relative to the body, and is r... | 04/17/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5943306 | Disc changer with safe and efficient disc handling! top drive transfer mechanism applying variable force tangential to top edge of disc being transferred 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... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5828633 | Disc recording and/or reproducing changer with disc transporting mechanism and disc detector A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for discs includes a housing unit housing a large number of discs, a recording and/or reproducing unit on which one of the discs held within a large number of disc holders provided in the housing unit is selectivel... | 10/27/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5615184 | Disc playing device A disc playing device including a magazine rotatably mounted on a base chassis, and a guide member attached to the base chassis so as to cover the magazine and permitting the rotation of the magazine. A pair of rollers are provided between a front panel a... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5577010 | Apparatus for retrieving and playing a plurality of discs An apparatus (14) for retrieving and loading disc-shaped objects including CD's (16) onto a CD player (20), such as for a CD juke box (10), is disclosed. The apparatus (14) retrieves an awaiting CD (16) from a loading station (18) and places the retrieved... | 11/19/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5528566 | Apparatus for optical disc storage of optical discs and selective access and/or retrieval thereof via pneumatic control A mass memory storage system, capable of recording and/or playing back optical discs in any optical disc format. The system contains a plurality of optical discs arranged in a vertical array in the shape of a doughnut with no hole in the middle, each disc... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5307331 | Transfer mechanism for information carriers A disc support and transfer mechanism for a disc changer including a magazine for supporting a plurality of discs in generally parallel vertical storage planes, and a disc transfer mechanism for transferring a selected disc from the magazine along a verti... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5291465 | Automatic changer for digital discs An automatic changer for playing digital discs containing music or other digitally encoded information has a loading station, a play station and a discard station. A robot arm individually engages the top disc of a stack of discs stacked at the loading st... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5253235 | Disk player wherein a plurality of compact disks and a laser disk are rotated with a single motor Four compact disks (CDs) and one laser disk (LD) are placed in a tray having a plurality of disk receiving sections and moved through a disk supplying opening into a disk player housing. In accordance with the desired input to the disk player, a disk hold... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5214628 | Compact disc storage and playing apparatus A multi-play compact disk player having a magazine holding a plurality of discrete programmed compact disks. The magazine remains stationary and a housing in the player is rotated with an arm movable to pick up a preselected one of the disks and move the ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5197056 | Disc record player A disc-record player includes a lazy Susan type changer mechanism (5) arranged within a housing, a drawer (7) movable through an opening in the housing, and having a supporting surface for moving information discs into and out of the housing for loading a... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5187695 | Multiple compact disk player and storage device A compact disk player for storing and playing a number of compact disks consists of an external housing, a storage magazine with a number of compartments into which the compact disks can be inserted individually, a scanner unit in which the information re... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5173889 | Multi-loaded disk drive arrangement A multi-loaded disk drive arrangement comprises a disk table for holding a plurality of disks arranged on the same circumference thereof, a loading mechanism for rotating the table to move a desired disk so that it is placed at a desired position, and a m... | 12/22/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5031164 | Compact disc holding mechanism for automatic coin operated phonogram An automatically operable compact disc record holding mechanism for accurately depositing and positioning a magnetic holder coaxially over the central record centering hub of a compact disc record turn table such that the magnetic holder is guided into a ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 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 |
| 5022020 | Multiple play compact disk player A multi-play compact disk player having a magazine holding a plurality of discrete programmed compact disks. The magazine remains stationary and a housing in the player is rotated with an arm movable to pick up a preselected one of the disks and move the ... | 06/04/1991 |
