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Multi-disk player/recorder with biased locking means for disk cassettes

US5493556A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 3, 1994
Grant dateFeb 20, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/225
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a multi-disk player having a loading and unloading equipment for selecting an arbitrary disk cassette from a containing portion for containing a plurality of trays each supporting one disk cassette in which a disk-shaped record medium is contained in a cassette case with they being arranged in a lot of upper and lower stages, loading the selected disk cassette into a record playing equipment disposed behind the containing portion and returning the same to its original position in the containing portion from the recording playing equipment after the playing of the disk cassette is terminated,the containing portion has a plurality of ejecting operating means for each releasing a locking function for disk cassette so that the operating means corresponding to an arbitrary disk cassette in the containing portion is operated to eject the disk cassette toward the front of the containing portion.

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