Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Information location or remote operator actuated control – Selective addressing of storage medium
Patent
1990-03-12
1993-03-02
LaRoche, Eugene R.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Information location or remote operator actuated control
Selective addressing of storage medium
369 752, 369187, 369188, G11B 1704
Patent
active
051915693
ABSTRACT:
A disk playback device includes a magazine for several disks and trays for supporting the disks, a magazine housing for the magazine, a disk playback section for playing back data recorded on a disk and a tray transport section for transporting a tray, supporting a selected disk, between the magazine and the playback section. In one embodiment, the playback device includes a disk guide for securely placing a played back disk onto its associated tray. In another embodiment, the playback device includes a disk guide for guiding disks of various diameters. In another embodiment, the playback device includes an optical detecting element for detecting whether a tray contains a disk. In another embodiment, the playback device includes a switch for detecting whether a magazine has been inserted and locked in the magazine housing. In another embodiment, the playback device includes a guide mechanism for securely guiding a disk clamper to a selected disk for playback.
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Kajihara Kiyohito
Kimoto Toshiyuki
Kurosawa Atsushi
Onishi Sei
LaRoche Eugene R.
Nguyen Tan
Pioneer Electronic Corporation
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