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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1998
Ryoji Takamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Hama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Nitta, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a housing section for housing a plurality of discs, the housing section having a plurality of trays each for setting a disc thereon, the tray being movable between a pull-out position outside of the housing section and a housed position within the housing section, a recording and/or reproducing unit for recording and/or reproducing the disc, a movement unit for moving one of the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit relative to the other, the movement unit causing relative movement between the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit in an arraying direction of the plural trays housed in the housing section and a pull-out unit for pulling out from the housing section one of the plural trays housed within the housing section. The pull-out unit such that a portion of a disc housing recess of the tray remains within the housing section holds the tray even after pulling out the tray from the housing section and shifts the pulled-out tray to the recording and/or reproducing unit, with the tray holding state being released by the recording and/or reproducing unit after housing the tray in the housing section.