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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
May. 22, 2001
Tomohiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Takizawa, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Ishibashi, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiteru Taka, Chiba, JP;
Toru Hama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an on-vehicle disc player having a disc elevator ( ) for making a plurality of disc carrying devices each having a CD placed on it stacked one over another, for example, in the vertical direction move in the stacking direction and a holding device ( ) for holding and rotationally driving a CD, the disc player is provided with an inner slider ( ) which moves in a direction (plane direction of a disc) perpendicular to the direction of stacking the disc carrying devices and makes the disc elevator ( ) and the holding device ( ) move in the stacking direction, a separating cam ( ) which separates the stacked disc carrying devices to form a specified space, and an outer slider ( ) which is coupled to the separating cam ( ) and moves in a plane direction of a disc is provided.