[54] DISK PLAYER SYSTEM WITH AN
AUTOMATIC MAGAZINE CHANGER
[75] Inventor: Akihiro Fushimi, Kawagoe, Japan
[73] Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
[21] Appl. No.: 480,451
[22] Filed: Feb. 15, 1990
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Feb. 16, 1989 [JP] Japan 1-34971
[51] Int. CI.5 G11B 17/22; G11B 17/26
[52] U.S. CI 369/36; 369/38;
360/92
[58] Field of Search 369/34. 35. 36. 38.
369/39: 360/92
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
4,170.030 10/1979 Castrodale 369/38 X
4,653.037 3/1987 Nakayama et al 369/34 X
4,701.900 10/1987 Hasegawa el al 369/36
4.788.673 1 1/1988 Ikedo et al 369/36
4.797.865 1/1989 lmai et al 369/39
4.899.326 2/1990 Takeya ei al 369/33 X
US005101388A
[ii] Patent Number: 5,101,388 [45] Date of Patent: Mar. 31, 1992
4.940.275 7/1990 Miki et al 360/92 X
4.967.293 10/1990 Aruga et al 364/247 X
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
0168107 1/1986 European Pat. Off. .
2126004A 3/1984 United Kingdom .
Primary Examiner—Stuart S. Levy
Assistant Examiner—Kenneth B. Wells
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Sughrue, Mion, Zinn,
Macpeak & Seas
[57] ABSTRACT
A disk player system comprises a disk player body including an outer casing and provided with a disk magazine insertion port through which a disk magazine is to be mounted in the disk player body which is capable of reading information recorded on a disk selectively taken out from a plurality of disks loaded in the disk magazine mounted in the disk player body. A magazine changing unit is disposed adjacent to the disk player body capable of selectively transferring a desired one of disk magazines accommodated in the magazine changing unit into the disk player body.
9 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets
