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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shingo Kage, Kobe, JP;
Takehisa Takamiya, Hirakata, JP;
Tetsuhiko Takeda, Neyagawa, JP;
Yasunari Toyama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 752 ; 369 751 ;
Abstract
A disc player has a first lock unit and a second lock unit, which are driven by a reversible motor through the lock drive unit so as to lock a floating unit having a turntable in a transferring operation for the disc player and the disc. The first lock unit comprises a lock plate having lock pins, which engage with lock-pin receivers of the floating unit, and the second lock unit comprises a pair of locking members, which engage with a locking projection of the floating unit in the locking state.