Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Yoshifusa Fujioka

Hideto Takeuchi

Hideji Morita

Shinichi Sako

Shoji Taniguchi

Takahiko Suezawa

Norihiro Kurokawa

Masayuki Isobe

In a disk loading device, an upper tray is moved by pinions among a loading and unloading position for loading and unloading a disk outside a housing, a storage position for storing the disk inside the housing, and a reproduction position for reproducing the disk at the back of the housing. A lower tray is held by a lock lever onto the upper tray between the loading and unloading position and the storage position. As the upper tray is moved from the storage position to the reproduction position, the lower tray is released from the lock lever by a hold releasing rack provided to the housing. Outside the housing, since the lower tray is held onto the upper tray, the strength of the upper tray is increased. Inside the housing, since the lower tray is released from the upper tray, the upper tray is moved alone. This allows the drive mechanism to drive the upper tray alone, making the configuration of the drive mechanism simple. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the drive mechanism without a larger housing.

Disk loading device having disk holding tray separable into a plurality of segments

A disc reproduction apparatus includes a disc reproduction assembly and a tray accommodating unit positioned at either side of the disc reproduction assembly on the upper face of a main body of the apparatus. A disc tray group including a plurality of disc trays sequentially connected in series by a joint is provided in a movable manner between the tray accommodating units at either side of the disc reproduction assembly. In accordance with the travel of the disc tray group, one disc tray is selectively positioned in the disc reproduction assembly and the remaining disc trays are stored in the tray accommodating units. According to this structure, the number of loadable discs can be increased without unduly increasing the size of the entire apparatus and the complexity of the selecting mechanism.

Disc reproduction apparatus

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Higashihiroshima, Japan

Yoshifusa Fujioka