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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Shinsaku Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Akeshi Shitamichi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Akatani, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunio Kido, Tokyo, JP;
Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provision of a disc transfer apparatus for a disc player, which is free from damage to disc, small in size and simple in construction. A push-back member and a main push member are rockably mounted on one side of the passage of disc, and a disc guide is provided on the other side of the passage of the disc. The push-back member and the main push member are coupled together by a cam mechanism, and the push-back member is reciprocally driven by a driving means. The disc is transferred to a playing portion by pushing its edge with the main push member, and is transferred from the playing portion toward a disc insertion slot by pushing its edge with the push-basc member.