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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeharu Sasada, Hachiouji, JP;
Tsutomu Imai, Ohme, JP;
Yosuke Haga, Ohmiya, JP;
Shinji Masuda, Hino, JP;
Atuomi Ono, Hachiouji, JP;
Midori Murakami, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/704 ;
Abstract
A disc reproduction apparatus capable of stabilizing the position of the circumferential edge of a disc during the disc loading and preventing the disc from abutting on a turntable. In the disc reproduction apparatus of the type that a disc squeezed between a disc guide and a disc roller is loaded while the roller is rotated, a disc contact surface of the disc guide is slanted so that the disc is spaced from a turntable along a disc transport direction when the disc is loaded.