Record side identification apparatus for video disc player

Details Record side identification apparatus for video disc player Record side identification apparatus for video disc player

1978-11-29

1980-06-03

Shepperd, John W.

Undertaking

206444, 206309, 312223, 340686, G11B 1704

Patent

active

042058538

ABSTRACT:
A record is removably subject to occupancy of a protective caddy comprising a jacket and a record retaining spine. The record is enclosed in the caddy such that a first side of the record is associated with a given side of the spine. To load a record into a player, such as a video disc player, an occupied caddy is inserted into an input slot provided in the player. A record extracting mechanism mounted in the player removes the retaining spine and the associated record from the jacket during jacket withdrawal subsequent to the occupied cover arrival at a fully inserted position in the player, whereby the record and the spine are retained within the player. A sensing member mounted in the player in the vicinity of the input slot is deflected in a first direction in response to engagement with an occupied cover during insertion thereof into the player with the given side of the spine facing upward, and is deflected in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, in response to an occupied cover insertion with the given side of the spine facing downward. An indicator responsive to the location of the sensing member and mounted on the front instrument panel of the player provides an indication of the record side subject to playback. An actuating member, subject to engagement with the spine upon occupied cover arrival at the fully inserted position in the player locks the sensing member in the position to which it was deflected during the occupied cover insertion, throughout the period of retention of the spine in the player.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3439919 (1969-04-01), Laa
patent: 3947883 (1976-03-01), Suzuki
patent: 3951264 (1976-04-01), Heidecker et al.
patent: 4138703 (1979-02-01), Stave et al.
patent: 4145726 (1979-03-01), Conaty

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