Disc player for playing disc contained in cartride

Details Disc player for playing disc contained in cartride Disc player for playing disc contained in cartride

1988-04-20

1989-08-01

Stephan, Steven L.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Information location or remote operator actuated control

Selective addressing of storage medium

360 9806, 360 9907, G11B 548, G11B 1700

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048539163

ABSTRACT:
A cartridge disc player for consecutively playing a plurality of cartridge discs arranged in order in a holder. The cartridge disc player comprises a playback means for playing a cartridge disc loaded thereon, and cartridge transfer means for drawing a selected one of the cartridges from the holder and conveying and loading the selected cartridge to the playback means. The cartridge transfer means includes a base carrier movable along the holder in a direction in which the cartridges are arranged in order; base carrier positioning means for positioning the base carrier at a positions corresponding to selected one of the cartridges and to the playback means; a movable chasis movably mounted on the base carrier; a catch arm assembly including at least one pair of catch arms swingably mounted on the movable chasis in opposite directions to each other between a pinch position in which said catch arms are close to each other to pinch the selected cartridge and a release position in which the catch arms are remote from each other, and suppress means for suppressing the movement of the catch arms; and movable chasis drive means for driving the movable chasis with respect to the base carrier by urging the catch arm assembly but not the movable chasis per se.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4504936 (1985-03-01), Fabet et al.
patent: 4608679 (1986-08-01), Rudy et al.

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