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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1990
Kiyoshi Morikawa, Saitama, JP;
Masakazu Kurumada, Saitama, JP;
Kazuo Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Yoshinori Yamada, Saitama, JP;
Masanori Sugihara, Saitama, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disc player is disclosed which comprises a casing having a disc inserting opening, a turntable driven by a spindle motor, a clamper arm operating mechanism for operating a clamper arm in cooperation with said turntable, a centering mechanism for guiding a disc from the disc inserting opening onto the turntable, the centering mechanism including a pair of centering arms each having at distal end portions contact portions which are to be brought into contact with a circumferential edge of the disc, the centering arms being pivotally movable at a predetermined distance in the disc inserting opening, a detecting pin for detecting a condition that the disc is laid on the turntable; a separating mechanism for separating the pair of centering arms away from the circumferential edge of the disc when the disc is loaded on said turntable in cooperation with the clamper arm operating means. The mechanism is in cooperation with the centering mechanism whereby the disc is located outside of a vibration range of the disc.