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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1986
Masanori Sugihara, Saitama, JP;
Kazuo Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Akihiko Okamoto, Saitama, JP;
Atsushi Kurosawa, Saitama, JP;
Hideki Okii, Saitama, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A front loading disk player comprising a housing provided with a slot into which a disk to be played is inserted, a playback unit installed in said housing and a disk carrier mechanism for carrying said disk to a playback position. The disk carrier mechanism includes a disk loader. The playback unit comprises a carriage for supporting an optical pickup, a driving mechanism for driving the carriage, a turntable and a support member for supporting the carriage, the driving mechanism and the turntable. The support member is secured to the housing through a vibration-damping mechanism. A locking unit is provided for locking the support member to the housing when the disk is not played.