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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsuro Nishi, Osaka, JP;
Norikatsu Yoshida, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/08 (2006.01); G11B 7/085 (2006.01); G11B 33/04 (2006.01); G11B 23/03 (2006.01); G11B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/0444 (2013.01); G11B 23/0323 (2013.01); G11B 17/221 (2013.01); G11B 17/225 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disc device includes a picker which conveys, in a horizontal direction, a magazine tray in which a plurality of discs are stored, a lifter which pushes out the plurality of discs from the magazine tray, and a carrier which shifts in a vertical direction, which retains in a stacked manner the plurality of discs pushed out by the lifter, and which supplies the discs to a plurality of disc drives, respectively. The lifter is flexibly mounted such that the lifter shifts relative to the picker in the horizontal direction.