Disk changer

Abstract

A disk changer for a disk player capable of storing two disks and changing one of the disks while playing the other. The disk changer comprises a frame, a drawer moveable in an longitudinal direction between an eject and a stock position with respect to the frame, two carriages each for carrying a disk, two sliders for attaching the carriages to the drawer in a vertically displaced relationship and for exchanging the positions of the two carriages in the longitudinal direction between a front and a back portion of the drawer, and a disk playing part located in the back portion the frame, including a turntable and a lift mechanism for placing the disk carried by the carriage in the back portion of the drawer onto the turntable for playing. The ejecting movements of the drawer, the position exchanging movements of the sliders, and the lifting movements of the lift mechanism are synchronized and control by a single motor via a cam system. In a disk changing operation, the lift mechanism first moves a first disk from the turntable to the first carriage located in the back portion of the drawer; the two carriages then exchange positions within the drawer so that the first carriage is moved to the front portion of the drawer; the disk which is now located in the back portion of the drawer is placed onto the turntable; the drawer is then ejected, carrying the first disk in the front portion to be changed; and the drawer retreats back into the stock position after the disk is changed.