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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1985
Yoshiro Aoyagi, Kawagoe, JP;
Toshiyuki Kimura, Kawagoe, JP;
Susumu Niinuma, Kawagoe, JP;
Minoru Yoshioka, Kawagoe, JP;
Fumihiko Yokogawa, Tokorozawa, JP;
Keiichi Matsumoto, Tokorozawa, JP;
Akira Haeno, Kawagoe, JP;
Takashi Sato, Kawagoe, JP;
Yoshiro Nishi, Kawagoe, JP;
Yoshihiko Watanabe, Kawagoe, JP;
Hiroyuki Hirano, Tokorozawa, JP;
Youichi Ogawa, Tokorozawa, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic disc player including a housing, disc carrier means to convey a disc between predetermined playback position and a predetermined withdrawal position ready to be withdrawn out of the housing upon termination of playback operation, signal generating means for producing control signals to be predominant over various steps of the playback operation, and an electric control circuit responsive to the control signals to control the various steps of the playback operation, the signal generating means comprising position detecting means responsive to movement of the disc to the withdrawal position and operative to produce a signal when the disc being moved away from the playback position reaches the withdrawal position, and playback re-start switch means which is operative to produce a signal in response to slight movement of the disc from the withdrawal position toward the playback position, the control signals to be produced by the signal generating means including signals to control the start of playback operation. The position detecting means and the playback re-start switch means are connected in series with between ground and the control circuit, and the signals to control the start of playback operation include the signal from the playback re-start switch means.