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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1987
Takeji Sunaga, Atsugi, JP;
Junichi Nagahisa, Zama, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A disc reproducing apparatus has: a loading-ejecting mechanism mounted on a fixed base and having a sliding member for engaging with a case containing a compact disc, in which mechanism the case is loaded manually into a specific loaded position and, after reproduction, is ejected by a movement of the sliding member; a disc reproducing device and a disc driving device mounted on a movable base pivotally connected to the fixed base and being drivable to a reproducing position to bring the two devices into and out of their reproducing positions relative to the disc in loaded position; a locking mechanism with detection means for locking the sliding member when the case has been correctly loaded, the detection means thereupon transmitting a signal for driving the movable base into its reproducing position; and an unlocking mechanism operating with movable base driving means at the time of case ejection ot unlock the sliding member.