Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Dynamic mechanism subsystem – Access of multiple storage elements
Patent
1996-10-17
1998-11-03
Cao, Allen T.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Dynamic mechanism subsystem
Access of multiple storage elements
G11B 1704
Patent
active
058319654
ABSTRACT:
A cartridge changing device includes a mechanism for restricting the rotation of a loading hook engaged with an inserted cartridge when discharging the cartridge from a holder so that the cartridge does not slide out of the holder and fall out of the device. The holder is movable from a standby position where a cartridge is inserted to a play position where the cartridge can be played. A rotatably disclosed loading hook is engagable with the cartridge inserted into the holder to hold the cartridge. A cartridge transfer mechanism stops the cartridge at a stop position after ejection where the cartridge is ejected out of the holder by restricting a reverse rotation of the loading hook in a direction of releasing the cartridge after ejection by pushing an eject lever. The eject lever can include a stopper and the loading hook can include a projection which comes into contact with the stopper of the eject lever after the eject lever has been pushed so as to restrict the rotation of the loading hook and then stop the cartridge at the stop position after ejection. Therefore, when a cartridge is ejected from a holder, the cartridge is transferred to the same position at all times due to the non-engagement of the loading hook with the cartridge during ejection.
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Fujiwara Tatsunori
Itoh Shigehiro
Matsuda Takashi
Nakanishi Yasuyuki
Oka Koutarou
Cao Allen T.
Mitsubishi Denki & Kabushiki Kaisha
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