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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1996
Masaaki Hoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Koya, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tray supported by the apparatus body housing the disk rotating mechanism so as to be able to be moved between the position projected from the apparatus body and the housing position in the apparatus body through the opening portion provided through the apparatus body, the turntable which is rotatably fitted to the tray and has a plurality of housing portions for housing a plurality of discs along the periphery thereof, the first operating mechanism for permitting the disk rotating mechanism to chuck the disk in a ganged relation with the movement of the tray between the projected position and the housing position, and the second operating mechanism which moves the tray between the projected position and the housing position when the disk rotating mechanism is chucking the disk. Therefore, the operation for chucking the disk can be performed in a ganged relation with insertion and ejection of the tray, and the tray is inserted and ejected during reproduction of the disk chucked by the disk rotating mechanism.