Apparatus for locking a movable member of a CD player
US5650985A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/08
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A CD player has an inner casing, a plurality of magazines provided in the casing, each of the magazines storing a plurality of CDs, a lifting device, and a movable member or casing. The movable casing has a reproducing device, a loading device for loading one of the CDs on the reproducing device, and is adapted to be lifted by the lifting device. A lock plate is slidably provided on a wall of the movable casing. A lock device is provided to drive the lock plate to engage locking teeth on the inner casing for locking the lock plate to the wall of the inner casing to prevent vertical movements of the movable member while in a playing position.
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