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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Naohisa Tanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Ariyoshi, Toyonaka, JP;
Naohisa Tanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Ariyoshi, Toyonaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A disc loading device includes a first conveying unit to convey a disc and a second conveying unit to convey a cartridge containing the disc. When the disc is inserted or ejected, the disc is conveyed by the first conveying unit. When the cartridge is inserted or ejected, the cartridge is conveyed by the second conveying unit. When the cartridge is not detected by a cartridge detecting unit, a first conveying unit moving unit moves the first conveying unit to a first position and holds the first conveying unit in the first position, and when the cartridge is detected by the cartridge detecting unit, the first conveying unit moving unit moves the first conveying unit to a second position and holds the first conveying unit in the second position.