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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masashi Ito, Settsu, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 752 ; 369 771 ;
Abstract
A disc accommodation tray (T) and a disc player (P) employing such a tray for an optical disc system, etc. employing circular discs (1) are provided. The accommodation tray had (T), at least one engaging or retaining portion (9, 10, 11, 12) elastically clamping the disc (1), and a hole or opening (13, 14) through which a turntable (17) is inserted. Thus, it is possible to mount the tray (T) onto the disc player (P), with the disc (1) accommodated in the tray (T), and to dismount the tray (T) from the disc player (P), with the disc (1) accommodated in the tray (T).