Disk recorder or player for automatic front side insertion and ejection of disks
US6463025B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/0407
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A loading mechanism for an apparatus for recording or reproducing information using an information disc, which mechanism includes guides for the disc edge. The guides include a supporting guide constructed as a support for the disc edge pressed against it and a loading guide constructed as a rotationally drivable transport wheel, which rolls the information disc into and out of the apparatus for the purpose of loading and unloading, respectively, the supporting guide and the loading guide guiding the information disc along a loading path. The loading mechanism has minimal dimensions and enables the information disc to be loaded and unloaded without the surface of the disc being touched. This is achieved by the supporting guide and the loading guide being supported so as to be movable in a loading plane.
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