Clarion Co

Nobuhiro Satoh

Hideki Hayashi

Kazuki Takai

Hidenori Muramatsu

Hiroto Handa

Satoshi Kanno

Osamu Sakurai

Nagatoshi Uehara

A disk changer device is provided which is capable of maintaining continuity of control, small, and simple, by means of perpetually maintaining a 1-to-1 correspondence relation between the direction of rotation of the driving source and the direction of operation of the disk holding member. A loading unit comprises a transporting plate for transporting disk holding members a chucking plate for driving a drive plate and clamp arm a driving block and so forth. The driving block is provided with a loading pinion which rotates according to the output of a loading motor While the transporting plate makes one reciprocal movement to perform extracting returning operation of the disk holding member by certain rotation control of the loading pinion via the rack the loading gear is rotated 180&deg; and the chucking plate is driven on the going path or the returning path to perform chucking operation or chucking disengagement operation.

Disk changer device having a transport and a disk chucking mechanism seperately and selectively operated by a single driving source

A disk changer device is provided which is capable of maintaining continuity of control, small, and simple, by means of perpetually maintaining a 1-to-1 correspondence relation between the direction of rotation of the driving source and the direction of operation of the disk holding member. A loading unit,comprises a transporting plate,for transporting disk holding members,, a chucking plate,for driving a drive plate,and clamp arm,, a driving block,, and so forth. The driving block,is provided with a loading pinion,which rotates according to the output of a loading motor,. While the transporting plate,makes one reciprocal movement to perform extracting returning operation of the disk holding member,by certain rotation control of the loading pinion,, via the rack,, the loading gear,is rotated 180&deg; and the chucking plate,is driven on the going path or the returning path to perform chucking operation or chucking disengagement operation.

Disk changer device

A data processing device having a shutter opening and closing mechanism which operates within a path along which a minidisk MD moves to open a shutter only when it is necessary to open the shutter of the MD. A change-over mechanism for diverting the drive force for loading cassettes to the shutter opening and closing mechanism. A recording medium pushing mechanism is arranged to stop a recording medium from being taken out of the magazine to the carrier when there is a recording medium in the carrier. A recording medium take-in/eject mechanism able to reduce the space occupied, and a carrier mechanism which improves the working efficiency during assembly. This makes it possible to provide a data processing device with improved operating properties.

Cartridge carrier assembly for loading and ejecting cartridges

A data processing device for holding a plurality of recording medium cassettes has a housing with an aperture to receive and discharge the cassettes. A holding member can receive a cassette that has been inserted through the aperture and deliver the cassette to a storage rack for storing a plurality of cassettes. A shutter can be activated to close the aperture. A moving elevator plate contacts the holding device, the storage rack, and the shutter member to enable the aperture to be opened when the holding member can receive a cassette and to be closed when the holding member has been moved from a position adjacent the aperture.

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Tokyo, Japan

Nobuhiro Satoh