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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cornelius Ouwerkerk, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelis M Beijersbergen Van Henegouwen, Eindhoven, NL;
Wilhelmus J Rath, Eindhoven, NL;
Karel G Koken, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369291 ; 360133 ; 206444 ;
Abstract
A cassette accommodates an information disc (1) which is rotatable inside a housing (2) and which can be read by means of a pick-up which is movable over the disc surface through an aperture (6) in a main wall (3). To enable the information disc to be exchanged rapidly and conveniently, the disc receiving space in the housing is readily accessible in that a shutter (16), which includes at least one of the transverse walls (4, 5, 17) of the housing, can be moved to an open position.