Compact disk player having single pick-up for selectively readin

Details Compact disk player having single pick-up for selectively readin Compact disk player having single pick-up for selectively readin

1993-09-21

1995-12-05

Wolff, John H.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Information location or remote operator actuated control

Selective addressing of storage medium

369 34, 369197, 369222, G11B 1722, G11B 1520

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054735858

ABSTRACT:
An improved compact disk player device is provided which has compact dimensions and results in reduced cost of manufacturing. The compact disk player device achieves the above described advantages by providing a unique construction whereby multiple compact disks can be loaded onto a retractable tray along parallel, spaced apart planes. In doing so, compact disks to be loaded onto the receiving tray are positioned so as to overlie one another. An angularly rotatable pick-up is provided which reads disk data from a selected one of the compact disks and which rides along a tilted guide which compensates for differences in height between respectively selected disks. The overlying disk construction results in a compact design which will ultimately reduce cost of manufacture. Clamping elements are also used to stabilize, control and protect a rotating disk during a read operation. Thus, the use of slidable guides to clamp down an inserted disk is based on simple to make features, reducing complexity and ultimately cost of manufacture.

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