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Apparatus for removing and/or returning a disk shaped object to and from a disk holder

US5897153A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Buro-und Datentechnik GmbH & Co., KG · DE

Inventors

Bernd Philipps · Untergruppenbach, DE
Michael Bidmon · Gosbach, DE
Michael Nille · Östringen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 6, 1997
Grant date	Apr 27, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B17/22
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for removing and/or returning a disk shaped object having a central hole to and from a disk holder, includes a pick-off head having movable pick-off elements adapted to grasp the disk-shaped object through its central hole, characterized in that the pick-off head includes a rotatable shaft coupled to the movable pick-off elements and provided in the central axis of the pick-off head and arranged so that when the shaft rotates the pick-off elements are reciprocated radially with respect to the central axis so that when the pick-off elements are positioned with respect to the central hole of the disk rests on at least two of the pick-off elements.

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