Dynamic information storage or retrieval – With particular cabinet structure – With mechanism to place disc on a turntable
Patent
1991-03-29
1993-10-05
Levy, Stuart S.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
With particular cabinet structure
With mechanism to place disc on a turntable
360 9907, 369 771, G11B 1704
Patent
active
052511952
ABSTRACT:
A disc player having a tray drive mechanism, a disc clamp mechanism and a pickup assembly which are mounted on a fixed chassis. A spindle motor for drivingly rotating a turntable is coupled to a motor lift mechanism and drivable upward and downward relative to the chassis. The turntable is movable upward from a standby position below a tray in a loading completed position to a disc clamping completed position where the disc can be pressed into contact with a clamp of the disc clamp mechanism. A drive gear mechanism has a plurality of output portions coupled to the tray drive mechanism, the motor lift mechanism, and the pick-up assembly. The drive gear mechanism also has a power transmission change-over device for transmitting the power of a loading motor selectively to are of the clamps mechanism, the tray drive mechanism, and the pick-up assembly.
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Hamaguchi Toshihide
Kawakami Kouichi
Koba Hiroki
Moriyama Masahiro
Levy Stuart S.
Rhoa Joseph A.
Sanyo Electric Co,. Ltd.
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