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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 751 ; 360137 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a structure in which an operation panel is removably provided on the front surface of a housing having a recording-medium playing mechanism provided therein, so that when the operation panel is separated from the housing, the recording medium is ejected from the housing and a recording medium insertion opening is closed when the recording medium is pulled out, or the opening is closed after the recording medium is reloaded in the case where the recording medium is not pulled out.