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Disc player and disc loading device

Patent 5355357 Issued on October 11, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 27, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 861177 filed on 03/27/1992

US Classes:

720/646, Details of exterior front face361/680, Including keyboard support361/681, Including display support400/682, By moving key-board relative to frame (e.g., into plural operating positions, etc.)720/655, Particular cover or lid for enclosing mediaD14/319Provision for compact disc (e.g., CD-ROM, etc.)

Examiners

Primary: Levy, Stuart S.
Assistant: Ditmyer, Paul J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0194138A3 EP. 09/13/1986
  • 0252646A1 EP. 01/13/1988
  • 0292942A1 EP. 11/13/1988
  • 0436877A2 EP. 07/13/1991
  • 51-11541 JP. 01/13/1975
  • 50-10050 JP. 02/13/1975
  • 0112401 JP 06/13/1984
  • 60-160418 JP 08/13/1985
  • 0107449 JP 06/13/1988
  • 01040449 JP 06/13/1988
  • 0326027 GB 03/13/2012

International Class

G11B 017/035

Foreign Application Priority Data

1990-01-20 JP

Abstract

A disc player for reading out and reproducing information signals recorded on an information disc, such as an optical disc, and displaying the read out and reproduced information signals on a display section, and a loading device for loading an information disc, such as an optical disc, or a disc table, in which both a disc proper and a disc cartridge comprised of a disc and a cartridge accommodating such disc may be loaded on the disc table. The disc player enables the information on the disc to be read out and reproduced and the readout and reproducing information to be displayed as a visual information, and is reduced in size so as to be portable. The loading device enables both the disc cartridge and the disc proper to be loaded on the disc player.

Other References

  • IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin vol. 29, No. 8 Jan. 1987
  • Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 8, No. 114 (P-284)(1581), Jul. 5, 1984 & JP-A-59 042 667 (Hitachi), Mar. 9, 1984
  • Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 9, No. 33 (P-334)(1756), Feb. 13, 1985 & JP-A-59 175 068 (Toshiba), Oct. 3, 1984
  • Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 5, No. 137 (E-72), Aug. 29, 1981 & JP-A-56 073 985 (Pioneer), Aug. 29, 198
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