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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Hiroto Handa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroto Handa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Clarion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk selecting device for storing a plurality of disks that can be separated to provide a space for receiving a disk drive unit to play a selected disk within the disk selecting device. A plurality of trays are mounted within the disk selecting device including a drum cam that can be rotated by a drum gear driven by a drive mechanism so that a disk selecting cam groove does not contact those trays that do not contain the disk to be selected for playing whereby a sufficient space is provided to drive the selected disk.