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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1981
Takashi Yamamura, Yokohama, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
Information signals are reproduced from a disc-shaped recording medium which was accommodated within a case. The case has a jacket with space for accommodating the disc-shaped recording medium therein and an opening through which the disc-shaped recording medium can enter and leave the jacket. A lid member may be inserted through the opening of the jacket for covering and closing the opening. The apparatus for reproducing the disc comprises an inserting opening through which the case is manually inserted. A holding mechanism holds either the disc-shaped recording medium or the lid member at an innermost part of the reproducing apparatus and on the side opposite of the inserting opening. A turntable is located between the inserting opening and the holding mechanism. A push-back mechanism includes energy storing members which are urged responsive to a disc insertion operation in which the case is inserted through the inserting opening and into the innermost part of the reproducing apparatus. The case is pushed back responsive to a release of the pushing and inserting force acting on the case. The push back occurs in response to a use of the stored energy forces. The case is pushed back in a direction which is opposite to the direction of the insertion of the case, so that after push back a part of the case projects outwardly from the inserting opening.