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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:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
May. 31, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth C Miller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Laszlo Sipos, Saratoga, CA (US);
Paul L Sipos, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kubik Enterprises, Inc., Saratoga, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 37 ; 369198 ;
Abstract
An automatic disc changer apparatus operable for selecting and loading any one of a plurality of data discs onto multiple disc players 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, a disc selecting mechanism for selecting a disc for loading onto the data input/output device, a plurality of disc players, and a plurality of disc handling mechanisms, each associated with a disc player, for transferring a selected disc from the disc storage rack to the disc player.