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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1990
Kaoru Serita, Saitama, JP;
Masaaki Kiyomiya, Saitama, JP;
Jun Takahasi, Saitama, JP;
Masatoshi Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Masaki Iwamoto, Saitama, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic disk changer is disclosed in which tray guides are provided on a large number of levels in a case at right and left portions thereof so that the center line of the guide on each of the levels at the right portion and that of the guide on the level at the left portion extend toward a tray transfer mechanism and meet each other in the form of a V. The tray transfer mechanism can be moved up and down between each of the guides and a disk player for playing a disk in a tray transferred by the tray transfer mechanism, be swung from a central portion to positions corresponding to the guides on each of the levels at the right and left portions, and be moved backward and forward, to and from each of the guides.