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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuhiro Shiomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/722 ; G11B 1/724 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/722 ; G11B 1/724 ;
Abstract
A disk recording/reproducing apparatus including a housing for accommodating a plurality of disks in an upright position along a circumference thereof, a disk driving device for recording/reproducing a disk, and a disk conveying belt for conveying the disk between the disk driving device and the housing, wherein the disk driving device is disposed in the center of the housing, thereby reducing the overall size of the apparatus.