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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1985
Yasuhiko Kamoshita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A mode switching device in a disc playback device comprises a loading device for transferring a disc or a case housing a disc between an eject position in which the disc or the disc case is inserted and ejected and a playback position in which the disc is played, a feed device for feeding a pickup head reading data recorded on the disc set in a playback position and a mode switching device for switching the mode between loading, eject and playback modes. The feed device can move across an overstroke region extending radially outwardly of a read-out position of the pickup head and the mode switching device performs switching of the mode when the feed device has reached a predetermined position in the overstroke region.