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Disc centering device for a disc playback device

US4730300A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 1986
Grant dateMar 8, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/0284
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a disc playback device of a type in which a turntable is connected to a disc motor shaft, a disc centering device comprises at least three disc centering members provided in the turntable substantially concentrically with the disc motor shaft and separately moveably in the radial direction of the turntable, the centering members being capable of engaging a central opening of a disc, and urging means provided in the turntable for urging the centering members radially outwardly of the turntable. The centering members engaged in the central opening of the disc work in association with the urging means to position the disc concentrically with the disc motor shaft.

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