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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1997
Hiroo Akiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takehiro Mabuchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
To eject a transfer tray while no disc is played, the transfer tray is moved to an ejected position with a rotary table rotated through an angle corresponding to 1/10 revolution, so that even the rearmost disc holding portion on the rotary table sufficiently projects or is exposed out of a body of the device. This permits simultaneous disc replacement for the disc holding portions. To eject the transfer tray during playing of a disc, the transfer tray is moved to the ejected position without the rotary table being rotated, so that the rearmost disc holding portion on the rotary table does not sufficiently project out of the body of the device, permitting disc replacement only for the other disc holding portions than the rearmost disc holding portion.