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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
May. 23, 1986
Kenneth C Miller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Laszlo Sipos, Saratoga, CA (US);
Paul L Sipos, Saratoga, CA (US);
Kubik Enterprises, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
An automatic disc changer apparatus operable for selecting and loading any one of a plurality of digital data discs onto the spindle of a disc player or other data input/output device is disclosed. The disc changer apparatus includes a disc storage rack that stores the discs in a toroidal arrangement surrounding the disc player, a disc selecting mechanism for selecting a disc for loading onto the data input/output device, a disc staging mechanism for transferring the selected disc from the disc storage rack to a position adjacent to the data input/output device, and a spindle loading mechanism for loading the selected disc onto the spindle of the data input/ouput device.