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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1998
Shigeharu Furusawa, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yoshimitsu Fukushima, Saitama-ken, JP;
Satoru Anada, Saitama-ken, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic disc changer having a disc player, a disc holder for storing a plurality of discs, and a disc loading device for carrying a disc from the disc holder and for loading the disc on the disc player, wherein the disc loading device has a first arm pivotably mounted on a shaft which is slidably mounted on a base in a direction perpendicular to an axis of a disc to be carried by the disc loading device, a second arm pivotably mounted on the base, means for moving the shaft in a direction so that the first arm is rotated to engage a disc in the disc holder and move the disc outwardly from the disc holder; and means for rotating the arm toward the disc held by the first arm so as to engage the disc, whereby the disc is grasped by the first and second arms.