Deutsche Thomson-brandt Gmbh

Johannes Caspers

Thomas Riester

Erich Geiger

Helmut Laufer

An arrangement for removing a disk-shaped recorded medium from compartments of a magazine, in which a member is movable up and down along a side of the magazine from which the disk-shaped recorded medium is to be removed. The movable member is driven only on a first side thereof. A spring supports the movable member only on a second side which lies opposite to the first side of the movable member. The spring is in the form of a torsion spring with a long arm, and has a resiliency that is independent of the distance traveled by the spring within its range of travel. The long arm on the torsion spring is used to support the movable member. A pin on the movable member rests against the end of the long spring arm.

Device for removing a disk-shaped recorded medium from the compartments

A compact disc player arrangement in which compact discs are stored in a magazine housing. One above another in a stack. The magazine housing may be removed for the purpose of loading with compact discs, and this magazine housing is replaceable in the compact disc player after having been loaded. A slidable drawer that is movable into and out of the housing forms a single component or unit with the housing. A selected compact disc that is different from the disc stored in the magazine housing, may be held in the slidable drawer and played in any selected sequence, independent of the discs stored in the magazine housing. The arrangement allows compact disc players to be extended from the use of only one-disc-at-a-time devices.

Magazine and drawer for accomodating disk-shaped media

An arrangement for loading record discs of different diameters for selectively recording and playback purposes. A fixed base member is provided with a depression that has a rim corresponding to a record disc of larger diameter. This rim protects the record disc against displacement. The depression has a central region with a recess which holds a raisable and lowerable rest. Three supports are mounted on the rest and are positioned on a circle which has a diameter that corresponds to the diameter of the smaller disc. The three supports secure the smaller record disc against displacement while, at the time, they serve for supporting the larger record disk. The smaller disc and the larger disc are both brought into an operating position on the base member by the raisable and lowerable rest. This base member is, at the same time, free of guide tracks. The raisable and lowerable rest is disc-shaped, and is held by a pivotable arm.

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Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

Johannes Caspers