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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 |
| 6810524 | Disk changer When a disk tray stops beyond or before a predetermined rotational position, there has heretofore been a likelihood of the disk tray being unable to be inhibited its rotation. As an arm portion 261b is displaced counterclockwise, a shaft portion 262... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6751169 | Disc changer comprising a rolling track A disc changer for storing disc-shaped information carriers and transporting the information carriers into and out of a scanning position in an information disc player includes a closed stationary guiding track which is bounded, viewed in a direction perpendicular t... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6151279 | Single motor disc player with a Geneva mechanism There is provided a disc player which comprises a base section, a loading section linearly movably mounted on the base section, a rotary tray rotatably mounted on the loading section for receiving a plurality of discs, a driving motor provided in the load... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6045041 | Cassette managing system Cassette managing data is read or written with a cassette accommodated in its bin. Cassettes 2a, 2b, 2c, and so on are attached at particular positions thereof to IC cards 1a, 1b, 1c, and so on respectively. Cassette bins 4a, 4b, 4c, and so on have read/w... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5867459 | 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 support which is supported by the supporting body, is arranged to be movable relative to the body, ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5631884 | Compact-disc changer using the same optical pickup device used for playing disc for sensing roulette position A roulette-type disc changer includes a tray, a roulette rotatably mounted on the tray, on the upper surface of which a plurality of discs are loaded, and a pickup portion installed below the tray and having a deck on which an optical pickup for emitting ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5563857 | Disc changer having a single driving motor for both a tray and a roulette A disc changer includes a driving force providing unit, a shaft gear fixedly mounted to the driving force providing unit; a timing belt for transmitting the driving force from the shaft gear; a wheel gear being rotated by the driving force transmitted thr... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555227 | Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus A disc recording/reproducing apparatus includes a recording/reproducing section, a disc tray, a driving mechanism, a rotary table, a lock mechanism for the disc tray and an oscillation suppression mechanism. The recording/reproducing mechanism is provided... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5422869 | Disc changer with common command element for turntable and disc carrier A disc player comprises an optical scanning device (13) with a turntable (17), which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (17a) and which has a supporting surface (17b) for supporting an information disc, and with a disc-shaped disc carrier (15), which ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5140579 | Disk loading device for disk player A cartridge loading device for a disk player which can supply, when a disk tray on which a disk is placed is accommodated in position into a device body of the disk player, the disk readily to a disk driving unit located laterally of an area of advancing ... | 08/18/1992 |
