Patents Assigned to Staar Development, S.A.
  • Patent number: 5136562
    Abstract: A changing apparatus for compact discs has a box-shaped magazine in which discs are stored in parallel, overlapping, sloped compartments. The discs can be moved from a storage position in the magazine to a playback position on a playback mechanism by a disc transfer mechanism. The disc transfer mechanism can include a spring-operated lever for pushing a disc out of the magazine. Alternatively, it may include a flexible ribbon housed inside a hollow sheath. When the ribbon is moved back and forth in the sheath, the disc is pushed in a desired direction by one of the ends of the ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Staar Development, S.A.
    Inventor: Marcel Staar