Disk player with magazine

Abstract

A disk player has a magazine for storing disks and a disk transport mechanism transporting a selected disk between four positions including an ejection position, a load position, a playback position, and an initial store position which lie in a single plane. The selected disk is carried upon a tray from the ejection position to the load position where the selected disk is partially removed from the tray to the playback position above a disk reader. The partial removal of the disk from the tray to the load position provides a required clearance for the disk reader permitting a tray length to be minimized. The magazine accepts a plurality of disks. An alignment mechanism provides relative movement between the magazine and a plane of transport of the disk transport mechanism permitting a selected disk to be inserted or removed from the magazine at the initial store position. The disk reader is positioned to read the selected disk overlapping disks stored in the magazine resulting in a smaller disk player size. An embodiment of the invention transports the disks upon carriages accepted in the magazine and a lifter mechanism pivots apart disks in the magazine to allow sufficient clearance for the reading of a selected disk.