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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7051985 | Drawer device A drawer device or container holder includes a member disposed in a closed position to be able to draw into an open position, a driving device attached to the member to move the member between the closed position and the open position, and a sensing device for sensi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6871946 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus effects recording on a recording material by a recorder. The apparatus includes a tray, mountable to the recording apparatus, for stacking a recording material, a portion to be detected, provided on the tray to permit detection of a position of... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6621784 | Control method for ejecting optical disk from optical disk driver A control method for ejecting optical disk from optical disk driver is proposed and applicable to both vertical type and horizontal type optical disk drivers. The control method firstly measures the minimal voltage require by the tray motor to eject a tra... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6563778 | Disc ejecting apparatus The present invention relates to a disc ejecting apparatus for quickly ejecting a disc by utilizing a pick-up drive motor. A slip mechanism is provided in a first route leading from the pick-up drive motor to a pick-up, and a switching mechanism is provid... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6310853 | Recording medium loading apparatus and recording medium recording and/or reproducing apparatus By reducing driving sources, the whole of the apparatus can be reduced in weight, made compact in size and a manufacturing cost can be reduced. The apparatus includes a plurality of disc trays on which optical discs can be held, an optical pickup device f... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6229770 | Disk stocker control for disk reproducing apparatus A stocker (21) accommodates a disk, and an pickup (70a) reproduces the disk on a turntable 70b). A slider tray (31) transports the disk between the stocker and the outside of an apparatus. A loading slider (9) transports the disk between the stocker and a... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5781523 | Disk reproducing apparatus capable of taking multi-inclined postures A disk reproducing apparatus comprise a main body of a stock portion in which a plurality of disks are stored in a laminar form, the body being arranged within a casing un-removably from the casing under a normal use state, and a drawer having a disk moun... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5532986 | Automatic disk playing apparatus A changer-equipped player uses an n number of carriages which can hold up to an n number of discs in storage positions in a stocker. These carriages carry discs between the stocker and a movable tray for play and for loading and unloading. One of the n nu... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5239527 | Disc changer for inserting, ejecting and playing discs A changer-equipped disc player uses a number n of carriages which can to hold up to a number n of discs in storage positions in a stocker. These carriages carry discs between the stocker and a movable tray for play and for loading and unloading. One of th... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5216645 | Disc changer for inserting, ejecting and playing discs A changer-equipped player uses an n number of carriages which can hold up to an n number of discs in storage positions in a stocker. These carriages carry discs between the stocker and a movable tray for play and for loading and unloading. One of the n nu... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5210728 | Elevation mechanism in disk player with disk changer functions including an adjustable drive nut which raises and lowers discs A disk player with disk changer functions has an elevatable stacker for storing plural disks for playback. A mechanism or elevation of the stacker relative to a main body of the player includes a motor, a threaded shaft (95) rotated by the motor and a nut... | 05/11/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5177722 | Disk player with disk changer functions A disk player with disk changer functions and having a stacker for storing plural disks for playback allows a new disk to be added or disks to be changed without removing the stacker. The disk player is also convenient for playback of single disks not to ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5123001 | Disk playback device A disk playback device with disk changer functions and having a stacker for storing two or more disks for playback allows a new disk to be added or disks to be changed without removing the stacker. The disk playback device is also convenient for playback ... | 06/16/1992 |
