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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1985
Masanori Sugihara, Kawagoe, JP;
Atsushi Kurosawa, Kawagoe, JP;
Akihiko Okamoto, Kawagoe, JP;
Akira Bessho, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kouji Shimoda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kenji Okuda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Haruo Kama, Kawagoe, JP;
Kazuo Kobayashi, Kawagoe, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic disc player including a housing having an elongated slot through which a disc is to be inserted into the housing, disc playback means accommodated within the housing, disc carrier means operative to convey the disc toward a predetermined position along a predetermined path within the housing after the disc is inserted through the slot in the housing, the disc carrier mechanism having a surface portion on which the a disc is to be placed, and alignment operative to move the disc correctly to the predetermined position after the disc is conveyed toward the predetermined position by the disc carrier means, wherein the alignment comprises a pair of position holding device disposed on both sides of the aforesaid predetermined path and engageable with an edge portion of the disc concurrently at at least two locations on a plane substantially parallel with the above mentioned surface portion of the disc carrier, and biasing device urging the locations to move toward the edge portion of the disc while the disc is being engaged by the position holders.