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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1995
Kazuhiro Yamada, Ishikawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yamagishi, Ishikawa, JP;
Kazunori Matsuda, Ishikawa, JP;
Kouichi Minami, Ishikawa, JP;
Isao Nagata, Ishikawa, JP;
Yoshiyasu Tagawa, Ishikawa, JP;
Kazuaki Umi, Ishikawa, JP;
Hitoshi Terashima, Ishikawa, JP;
PFU Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Abstract
A jukebox apparatus including a magazine, a drive unit, a carriage for conveying a disk between the magazine and the drive unit, and a temporary storage unit movable between a transfer position in front of the drive unit and an escape position. The carriage has gripping arms, pinch rollers, and a pushing arm for transferring the disk. A control unit is provided to carry out a retry of transferring the disk by displacing the carriage when the disk is not transferred. The pushing time of the pushing arm can be changed by a retry of pushing the disk by the pushing arm. The temporary storage unit is normally monitored.