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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cartridge transporting apparatus in which a disk cartridge inserted from an insertion opening is loaded into a cartridge holder in an x-direction in a three-dimensional coordinate and the cartridge holder is transported to a reproducing position in a z-direction perpendicular to the x-direction. The cartridge transporting apparatus comprises a driving roller for transporting the cartridge in its contact with a lower face of the cartridge into the cartridge holder in the x-direction, and a holder transporting mechanism for transporting the cartridge holder in the z-direction. The driving roller continues to rotate also after the holder transporting mechanism starts to transport the cartridge holder toward the reproducing position. In this configuration, the cartridge can be transported reliably.