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Disk support mechanism in a player

US4788677A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 5, 1987
Grant dateNov 29, 1988
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A support mechanism for a disk player in which a turntable is supported on a metal plate which is screwed to a resin plate. A carriage carrying an optical pickup and its drive are mounted on the resin plate between the two plates but the carriage is guided by the metal plate. The optical pickup tracks the disk through an opening in the metal plate.

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