Sony Corporation

Tooru Takamiya

Osamu Ito

Kiyoshi Ohmori

Hiroshi Miyoshi

Osamu Kuno

A disk drive apparatus includes a shutter operating pin engageable with a pin receptacle on the shutter of a disk cartridge. The shutter operating pin is carried by a shutter operating arm which is pivotable for causing a transverse shift of the shutter operating pin for shifting the shutter from a closed position, at which a disk is inaccessible, to an open position, at which the disk is accessible. An arm lock mechanism is provided for locking the shutter operating arm at the shutter fully opened position. The arm lock mechanism is provided in the cartridge holder. The cartridge holder is also provided with a cartridge lock mechanism which includes a cartridge lock pin engageable with a lock pin receptacle on the disk cartridge. The cartridge lock mechanism is actuated by means of the shutter operating arm at the shutter fully opened position, to establish locking engagement of the cartridge lock pin with the lock pin receptacle of the disk cartridge.

Disk drive apparatus with shutter locking mechanism which is preventive

A negative to positive image converting apparatus comprising a video camera mounted detachably on one end of a base member, a housing mounted onto and substantially at right angles to the other end of base member, the housing comprising a lamp housing and a mirror housing, a color filter means disposed between the lamp housing and the mirror housing, projecting guide pins for guiding a film holder over an aperture in the mirror housing. In use light is projected through a negative in the film holder and via a mirror in the mirror housing to the video camera. The video camera has a negative to positive inversion switch so that a positive output video signal can be obtained.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tooru Takamiya