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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Kazunari Kato, Iwaki, JP;
Kazunari Kato, Iwaki, JP;
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A car-mounted disc player with an elastically supported drive unit including a turntable and a pickup; a clamper-supporting member rotatably supporting a clamper; a clamp mechanism for activating the clamper-supporting member to move toward or away from the drive unit so as to clamp or unclamp a disc between the turntable and the clamper; a lock mechanism for bringing the drive unit in a locked state or an unlocked state with respect to the chassis; and a change-over mechanism for activating the clamp and lock mechanisms. During change-over operations of the change-over mechanism for activating the clamp and lock mechanisms, the change-over mechanism can be halted at a half-locked position where the drive unit is brought in the locked state while the disc is kept in a clamped state by the turntable and the clamper.