| US RE42,482 E1 | ||
| Disc support plate, disc changer mechanism, and disc recording and/or reproducing device | ||
| Kazuyuki Takizawa, Chiba (Japan); Tomohiro Watanabe, Kanagawa (Japan); and Toru Hama, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/512,393. | ||
| Application 11/512393 is a reissue of application No. 09/783997, filed on Feb. 16, 2001, now 6,785,897, filed on Aug. 31, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-042836 (JP), filed on Feb. 21, 2000. | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 17/03 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 720—601 | 28 Claims |
| [ 15. A disc changer, comprising:
a plurality of trays, each tray of the plurality of trays configured to support a disc in a predetermined position, the disc
received from an insertion slot of the disc changer to the predetermined position, a resin portion being placed on each tray
by printing;
a separating mechanism configured to separate a tray of the plurality of trays having a selected disc, from others of the
plurality of trays, the separation from the others of the plurality of trays defined by a first side space and a second side
space;
a moving mechanism configured to position a chuck plate in the first side space, and, position a turn table and reproducing
unit in the second side space,
wherein, said reproducing unit accesses the selected disc located between the chuck plate and the turn table for reproduction
of content thereon, the selected disc being accessed at the predetermined position in a planar direction.]
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