Dynamic information storage or retrieval – With particular cabinet structure – Slotted for edgewise insertion of storage disc
Patent
1985-04-11
1987-09-22
Stephan, Steven L.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
With particular cabinet structure
Slotted for edgewise insertion of storage disc
369247, 369263, G11B 360
Patent
active
046959963
ABSTRACT:
An automatic disc player including a housing having an elongated slot through which a disc is to be inserted, playback means accommodated within the housing and including a turntable to carry a disc during playback operation, disc carrier means to convey the disc toward a predetermined position with respect to the turntable after the disc is inserted through the slot in the housing, and disc clamp means to move the disc correctly to the predetermined position after the disc is conveyed toward the predetermined position by the disc carrier means, wherein the disc clamp means comprises a support member movable between a release position remoter from the turntable and a disc clamp position closer to the turntable, and a disc clamping member which is rotatably supported on the support member through an elliptical opening formed in the support member and which is cooperative with the turntable for having a disc clamped between the turntable and the disc clamping member when the support member is in the disc clamp position with respect to the turntable, the disc clamping member being formed with a circumferential groove through which the support member engages the disc clamp member along its rim portion defining the elliptical opening therein, the outside diameter of the disc clamping member being smaller than the diameter of the major axis and larger than the diameter of the minor axis of the elliptical opening.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3411791 (1968-11-01), Dennis
patent: 4225142 (1980-09-01), Zolt
patent: 4467466 (1984-08-01), Hughes
Kimoto Toshiyuki
Kouno Tomomitsu
Kurosawa Atsushi
Okamoto Akihiko
Shimoda Kouji
Pioneer Electronic Corporation
Stephan Steven L.
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