Patent · US Expired

Disc player with alternating ascending/descending guide devices

US5953308A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 1998
Grant dateSep 14, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0037
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disc player includes: a plurality of pickup devices for reading information from a disc and a plurality of guide devices arranged radiately from a center of the disc, each for radially transferring one of the pickup devices. The guide devices are arranged so that each alternate pickup device is raised or lowered toward the inner circumferential portion of the disc.

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