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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1999
Masamitsu Ohkawara, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Ichikawa, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yuji Morita, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Seshime, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masashi Kurosawa, Saitama-ken, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk player has a structure capable of mounting on a turntable a disc-shaped recording medium contained within a cartridge. Such disc player comprises a cartridge transporting system capable of transporting the cartridge in a direction generally parallel to a sliding direction of a shutter of the cartridge; and a pivotable chassis on which the turntable is mounted, said chassis being pivotable by a chassis driving system so as to enable said disc-shaped recording medium to be mounted on the turntable, with its pivoting axis being generally parallel to a transporting direction for transporting the cartridge.