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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334241 | Disk drive unit having a loading mechanism A disk drive unit having a disk loading mechanism, for use in a mobile device. The loading mechanism is arranged for receiving a disk (A) through an opening in a housing of the device and bringing it into engagement with the disk drive, and vice versa. It comprises ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7159225 | Disc device with disc changer To achieve a disc device with a disc changer in which number of motors is reduced, and a quiet and stable switching operation, accurate positioning of a sub-tray, smooth clamp and release of a disc are possible, only a first motor for driving a main tray and a secon... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6965549 | Optical disc apparatus In an optical disc apparatus 1, when a supply of operation power to the main unit is started, an objective lens 4a is moved to a focusing position (a position where the focus is placed on a reflective recording layer of an optical disc 10... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6728169 | Disk changer If a disk tray, i.e., a rotary tray, is undulated, it is impossible to stabilize a rotating torque of the disk tray, thus causing unevenness in rotation of the tray. A rotary tray is supported from below at a peripheral edge portion of its lower surface by means of ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 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 |
| 5978325 | Method and apparatus for chucking an optical disk and driving a tray in optical disk player An apparatus and a method for chucking an optical disk and for driving a tray in an optical disk player. Combined gears 40 includes a plurality of gears. In accordance with the revolutions of the combined gears, an optical disk is chucked, and a tray 12 i... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5933403 | Disk player having a magazine for accommodating a plurality of disks A disk player includes a frame constituting a main body of the disk player, and a magazine for stacking a plurality of trays, each tray holding a disk thereon, and which can be inserted into and ejected from the frame. A chuck is mounted to the frame, for... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5878016 | Disk changer A disk changer includes a plurality of carriages having a disk on each carriage, a tray accommodating the plurality of carriages, the tray being reciprocated between a disk take-out position and a disk accommodating position, a recording and reproducing u... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5742571 | Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus A tray supported by the apparatus body housing the disk rotating mechanism so as to be able to be moved between the position projected from the apparatus body and the housing position in the apparatus body through the opening portion provided through the ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5528567 | Disk changer for optical disks having different sizes A disk changer in which a disk, once completely reproduced, can be exchanged for another disk when a selected disk is being reproduced includes an ascending/descending mechanism for raising and lowering a tray member which supports a roulette receiving a ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5251192 | CD player actuation system A CD player comprising a CD cap swingable to open or close with the ability to turn on and off power by its closing and opening movement. A CD turning disc supporter is displaceable up and down for rotating a CD placed in one of the recesses formed in the... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5247408 | Disc chucking apparatus A disc chucking apparatus for use in an automatic disc changer for a disc player includes an arm base 28 which is vertically movable and reversible with respect to a chassis 1, and a disc base 34 fixedly mounted on the arm member. The disc base 34 has a c... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5150340 | Disc apparatus for reading out information from disc recording medium A disc apparatus includes a drive mechanism rotatively driving a disc recording medium and having a motor and a chucking mechanism provided on a shaft of the motor, a head reading out information from the disc recording medium, a disc loading detector for... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5115419 | Disc playback device capable of continuously playing back a plurality of discs A disc playback device capable of continuously playing back a plurality of discs such as Compact Discs includes a main body, a tray movable relative to the main body for being received in and drawn out of the main body, a rotary table mounted rotatably on... | 05/19/1992 |
