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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1991
Kouichi Kawakami, Daito, JP;
Masahiro Moriyama, Daito, JP;
Hiroki Koba, Hirakata, JP;
Toshihide Hamaguchi, Higashiosaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A disc player having a tray drive mechanism, a disc clamp mechanism and a pickup assembly which are mounted on a fixed chassis. A spindle motor for drivingly rotating a turntable is coupled to a motor lift mechanism and drivable upward and downward relative to the chassis. The turntable is movable upward from a standby position below a tray in a loading completed position to a disc clamping completed position where the disc can be pressed into contact with a clamp of the disc clamp mechanism. A drive gear mechanism has a plurality of output portions coupled to the tray drive mechanism, the motor lift mechanism, and the pick-up assembly. The drive gear mechanism also has a power transmission change-over device for transmitting the power of a loading motor selectively to are of the clamps mechanism, the tray drive mechanism, and the pick-up assembly.