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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1985
Shizuo Inaba, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Sato, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yoshio Takahashi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hideyuki Takahashi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic disc loading apparatus for an information reproducing or recording/reproducing system in which pieces of information recorded on a record disc are to be reproduced or pieces of information are recorded on a record disc and thereafter reproduced. The apparatus comprises a casing structure into which the record disc is to be inserted in a predetermined direction along a predetermined plane substantially parallel with the predetermined direction toward a predetermined position within the casing structure. The casing structure is formed with a slot elongated in a direction substantially perpendicular to the aforesaid predetermined direction. A disc guide is provided comprising a pair of disc guide members movable toward and away from each other within the casing structure and in the neighborhood of the above mentioned slot substantially symmetrically with respect to the above mentioned predetermined direction. The record disc is passed between the disc guide members when being inserted in the predetermined direction into the casing structure through the slot. A drive is operative to drive the disc guide members for movement toward or away from each other.