Separable magazine for accommodating discs and a disc player

Details Separable magazine for accommodating discs and a disc player Separable magazine for accommodating discs and a disc player

1993-06-29

1996-01-02

Levy, Stuart S.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Information location or remote operator actuated control

Selective addressing of storage medium

369 34, 369 39, 369178, G11B 1722, G11B 1704

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054815126

ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses a magazine for accommodating a plurality discs and an automatic disc player employing the magazine from which a desired disc to be played by the player is automatically selected and separated from the magazine. The magazine comprises a plurality of stacked wafers for holding the plurality of discs a coupling device for separably coupling the wafers forming the magazine. The wafers include a plurality of trays each of which comprises a disc clamping device for releasably holding each of the discs on a bottom surface of each tray. When the magazine is loaded into the automatic disc player, the coupling device is activated to separate the wafers for providing at least a predetermined space between the wafers and for allowing a disc playing device of the player to enter into the predetermined space, wherein the disc clamping device releases one of the discs held by the disc clamping device of the tray selected by the player so that a released disc is transferred to a turntable of the disc playing device to be played.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4998618 (1991-03-01), Borgions
patent: 5058100 (1991-10-01), Yoshii
patent: 5117409 (1992-05-01), Shimizu et al.
patent: 5136563 (1992-08-01), Takemasa et al.
A technical sheet by STAAR, s.a. published in Belgium in Jan. 1992 entitled "Dual Changer".

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