Patents Examined by Angel Easton
  • Patent number: 6185164
    Abstract: A disk reproducing apparatus with a plurality of disks arrayed and held therein selects a desired disk for reproduction from the arrayed disks. The disk reproducing apparatus includes an insertion slot which defines an insertion executable position, a disk holding device including a plurality of disks inserted through the insertion slot by arraying the disks in a direction perpendicular to main surfaces of the disks, the disk holding device being movable in a direction of arrangement of the disks, a disk reproducing device having upper and lower surfaces opposing in the direction of arrangement of the disks, the disk reproducing device being movable in the direction of arrangement of the disks, and reproducing a disk to be reproduced at a reproduction executable position at which the upper surface faces the disk to be reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Pioneer Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Takemasa, Susumu Yoshida, Masami Fujimoto, Toru Suzuki, Kenjiro Ido