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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1991
Michel H Decoster, Hasselt, BE;
Libert H Camps, Hasselt, BE;
Petrus L Rouws, Eindhoven, NL;
Omar P Van Heusden, Hasselt, BE;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The player comprises a frame, a turntable for the information carriers, which turntable is rotatable about an axis of rotation during operation, and a centering device for centering said information carriers relative to a centering axis. The centering device comprises a pair of first pivotal arms, which are each movable about a first pivotal axis parallel to the centering axis, and a first centering element constructed for cooperation with the circumferential edge of the information carriers. The centering device further comprises a pair of second pivotal arms which each comprise a second centering element constructed for cooperation with the circumferential edges of information carriers, the first centering elements and the second centering elements together being disposed at least substantially on a circle concentric with the centering axis in at least one position of the first pivotal arms and the second pivotal arms relative to each other.