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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Yoshihiro Kajiyama, Chiba, JP;
Akihisa Inatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a disk exchanging function includes a stocker portion, a rotary drive mechanism, a recording and/or reproducing mechanism and a conveying mechanism. The stocker portion stocks therein a plurality of disks lengthwise. The stocker portion includes a plurality of recess portions in which a plurality of disks are stocked. A plurality of recess portions are disposed radially. The recess portion has a substantially V-like cross section at its portion contacting with an outer peripheral edge portion of the disk. The rotary drive mechanism rotates the stocker portion. The recording and/or reproducing mechanism records and/or reproduces the disk. The conveying mechanism extracts a desired disk from the stocker portion rotated by the rotary drive mechanism, conveys the extracted desired disk to the recording and/or reproducing mechanism, extracts the disk from the recording and/or reproducing mechanism and conveys the disk to the stocker portion.
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