U.S. Philips Corporation

Wilhelmus P Rietbergen

Pieter D Schuitmaker

In a record player having a loading mechanism for loading a disk (30), a rectilinearly retractable and extensible drawer (6) is provided, which carries a platform (15) and a pivotable pressure lever (24) with a disk loader (29). The drawer (6) has in side walls (9,10) grooves (14), in which the platform (15) is movable between an upper and a lower position in the direction of height with respect to the drawer, whereby the platform (15) in the lower position is located below the upper side of the turn-table (21). The platform (15) is held during a first part of the sliding-in movement by at least one positioning member (17) in the upper position in the grooves and is pressed during a second part of the sliding-in movement against at least one abutment stop (26), as a result of which it performs a substantially vertical movement with respect to the turn-table (21) in the grooves (14) to the lower position. The pressure lever (24) is engaged during the movement in the grooves (14) with the platform (15) and is pivoted in downward direction.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Wilhelmus P Rietbergen