Disc processing apparatus having rotatable stocker and moving drive unit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5502697
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08376119

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A drive unit having an input/output port for loading and/or unloading a cartridge therethrough and for reading and/or writing information on a disc; a stocker arranged to be confronted with the input/output port of the drive port and having a plurality of storage locations removably storing the cartridges therein, the storage locations being arranged to store the cartridges along a length thereof so that the stored cartridges are aligned substantially in parallel to each other; a vertical carrier for transporting the drive unit in a vertical direction parallel to the length of the storage locations of the stocker so that the input/output port of the drive unit can be confronted with one of the plurality of storage locations of the stocker; and a horizontal carrier for transporting the cartridge in a horizontal direction so as to transport the cartridge between the stocker and the drive unit.

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  • SONY CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Taki, Yoshitsugu Kanagawa, JP 22 247

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