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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tadashi Funabashi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 771 ; 369 752 ;
Abstract
A front-loading disc player comprises a housing and an electrically driven disc transport mechanism operable to transport a disc from a position external to the housing to a position within the housing above a playing mechanism and to mount the disc on the playing mechanism. The disc transport mechanism is based upon a tray which is slidably mounted in the housing, a container which supports the disc until it is mounted on the playing mechanism, and a cam mechanism slidably mounted on the tray and supports the container, and which is driven through a rack gear to produce all of the requisite movements of the tray and container.