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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Qian Wu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 36 ; 369191 ;
Abstract
A selector mechanism having a plurality of parallel spaced vertically aligned compact disk holders is disclosed. Each holder has storage positions for a number of compact disks. A pair of compact disk player assemblies which can alternatively access each storage position are movably aligned with the holders. By alternatively moving the assemblies from rest positions beyond the stack of holders to positions corresponding to selected holders the assemblies can continuously pick up and play selected compact disks without pauses between selections. A method of using the mechanism is also disclosed.