CD player with linear array of stationary disc holders
US5898650A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/22
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A player apparatus for compact discs (CD discs) and similar signal carriers, has a playing station designed to hold and rotate CD discs and a pick-up device for detecting signals from the discs and is of the type which has a magazine for two or more discs and a device for selectively bringing any of these discs into and out of operative engagement with the playing station. The player is also provided with a number of stationary disc holder stations arranged in a linear formation on a chassis so as to be operable to hold a linear row of discs side by side in a common plane, while at least the pick-up device of the playing station is provided on a sledge that can be displaced along the chassis so as to be selectively operatively engageable with the individual discs in the row of discs. The entire row of discs is visually exposed except for any station covered by the playing station. A control is provided for effecting stoppage of played discs in positions with generally the same orientation of imprints on the discs, in which an associated memory unit serves to register an identification signal of each new disc in a relevant disc collection and, in response to initial playing of the d…
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