Patent · US Expired

Rotary compact disc magazine having disc receiving means limited to a minor segment of a disc

US5050148A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 14, 1990
Grant dateSep 17, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/24
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A compact disc magazine for a jukebox having an automatic mechanism for engaging a compact disc at generally diametrically opposite points and removing the disc from a location adjacent to the top of the magazine through the upper front portion thereof in which a hub mounted for movement around a generally horizontal axis has circumferentially spaced disc-receiving grooves, each of which at the removal location is limited to a segment of a disc below and to the rear of a line passing through said points and a belt extending around the lower part of the magazine for retaining discs in said grooves.

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