Magazine type disk holder

Claim 2

A disk holder adapted to be inserted and fitted into a loading means of a disk player, and to supply a disk to said disk player in response to an operation thereof so as to perform playback of said disk, comprising; a housing for holding a plurality of disks; a plurality of plate shape trays each loading each of said disks on each principal face thereof, each of said trays being provided ejectable from and retractable in said housing along said principal face; and flexible members positioned in confrontation with each of disk loading face, and projecting from said principal face of neighbouring tray.

Claim 3

A disk holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said trays is formed with a recess along locus representing the movement of said flexible member installed on said neighbouring trays.

Claim 4

A disk holder for holding disks in a housing, for being inserted and fitted into loading means of a disk player and supplying a proper disk to said disk player in concert with the actuation of said disk player so as to allow the playback of said disk, said disk holder comprising a first member for being directely loaded to said loading means, a second member movable relative to said first member within a fixed range along the direction wherein said first member is loaded to said loading means, said second member being loaded with one disk, means for providing moving force to said second member, and lock means for locking said second member to said first member, said lock means including a lever member for releasing said locked state and, said lever member mating with predetermined mating means provided in said loading means to release said locked state caused by said lock means when loaded to said loading means.

Claim 5

A disk holder for holding disks in a housing, for being inserted and fitted into loading means of a disk player and supplying a proper disk to said disk player in concert with the actuation of said disk player so as to allow the playback of said disk, said disk holder comprising a first member for being directely loaded to said loading means, a second member movable relative to said first member within a fixed range along the direction wherein said first member is loaded to said loading means, said second member being loaded with one disk, means for providing moving force to said second member, and lock means for locking said second member to said first member, said lock means including a lever member for releasing said locked state and, said lever member mating with predetermined mating means provided in said loading means to release said locked state caused by said lock means when loaded to said loading means.

Claim 6

A disk holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein said lever means is disposed back from the surface of said housing.

Claim 7

A disk holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein said lever member is set back from the surface of said housing, and further comprising a manual release button for releasing the locked state caused by said lock means.

Claim 8

A disk holder as claimed in claim 5, wherein a surface of said manual release button is flush with a surface of said housing.

Claim 9

A disk holder as claimed in claim 5, wherein a surface of said manual release button is positioned inwardly with respect to a surface of said housing.

Claim 10

A disk holder for holding disks in a housing, for being inserted an fitted into loading means of a disk player and supplying a proper disk to said disk player in concert with the actuation of said disk player so as to allow the playback of said disk, said disk holder comprising: a first member for being directely loaded to said loading means, a second member movable relative to said first member within a fixed range along the direction wherein said first member is loaded to said loading means, said second member being loaded with one disk, and means for providing said second member with moving force, said first member comprising a bottom plate and a top plate so positioned as to sandwich said second member with said bottom plate and coupled to said bottom plate, and said second member being provided with a circular disk-holding face whose diameter is slightly larger than that of the disk, said top plate being supplied with a semicircular cutting whose curvature radius is slight larger than the radius of the disk, said semicircular cutting being provided at one end opposite to the direction wherein said second member is loaded to said loading means, and the arcuate portions of said circular disk-holding face and said semicircular cutting conforming to each other while said second member to be ejected from said loading means moves relative to said first member.

Claim 11

A disk holder for holding disks in a housing, for being inserted an fitted into loading means of a disk player and supplying a proper disk to said disk player in concert with the actuation of said disk player so as to allow the playback of said disk, said disk holder comprising: a first member for being directely loaded to said loading means, a second member movable relative to said first member within a fixed range along the direction wherein said first member is loaded to said loading means, said second member being loaded with one disk, and means for providing said second member with moving force, said first member comprising a bottom plate and a top plate so positioned as to sandwich said second member with said bottom plate and coupled to said bottom plate, and said second member being provided with a circular disk-holding face whose diameter is slightly larger than that of the disk, said top plate being supplied with a semicircular cutting whose curvature radius is slight larger than the radius of the disk, said semicircular cutting being provided at one end opposite to the direction wherein said second member is loaded to said loading means, and the arcuate portions of said circular disk-holding face and said semicircular cutting conforming to each other while said second member to be ejected from said loading means moves relative to said first member.

Claim 12

A disk holder as claimed in claim 8, wherein the gap between said circular disk-holding face and said top plate is larger than the thickness of the disk and smaller than twice the thickness thereof.

Claim 13

A multidisk player comprising a player housing, playback means provided in said player housing, a disk holder for holding disks and for being inserted and loaded to said player housing and a disk-unloading/conveying mechanism for conveying the disk contained in said disk holder to a playback position; said disk holder having a housing and a plurality of plate-shaped trays, each being capable of holding a disk on the principal face thereof and capable of being ejected from and contained in said housing along the principal face; said disk-unloading/conveying mechanism having a support member extending along the direction wherein said trays are arranged, a moving member installed on said support member movably in the direction of said arrangement of trays and loaded with said playback means, a tray-ejecting member installed on said moving member rotatably on a rotary shaft extending in the direction of said arrangement thereof and employed to eject said tray from said housing by successively mating with the end of each rotating tray, shifting means for shifting said tray-ejecting member together with said moving member to the position where the tray loaded with the disk to be played back mates therewith, torque generator means for driving said tray-ejecting means to allow the tray to eject from said housing and torque transmission means, said torque generator means and said torque transmission means being provided on said support member.

Claim 14

A multidisk player comprising a player housing, playback means provided in said player housing, a disk holder for holding disks and for being inserted and loaded to said player housing and a disk-unloading/conveying mechanism for conveying the disk contained in said disk holder to a playback position; said disk holder having a housing and a plurality of plate-shaped trays, each being capable of holding a disk on the principal face thereof and capable of being ejected from and contained in said housing along the principal face; said disk-unloading/conveying mechanism having a support member extending along the direction wherein said trays are arranged, a moving member installed on said support member movably in the direction of said arrangement of trays and loaded with said playback means, a tray-ejecting member installed on said moving member rotatably on a rotary shaft extending in the direction of said arrangement thereof and employed to eject said tray from said housing by successively mating with the end of each rotating tray, shifting means for shifting said tray-ejecting member together with said moving member to the position where the tray loaded with the disk to be played back mates therewith, torque generator means for driving said tray-ejecting means to allow the tray to eject from said housing and torque transmission means, said torque generator means and said torque transmission means being provided on said support member.

Claim 15

A multidisk player comprising a player housing, playback means provided in said player housing, a disk holder for holding disks and for being inserted and loaded to loading means in said player housing, a lock mechanism for locking said disk holder to said player housing in the loading position, and a disk-conveying mechanism for conveying the disk loaded on said disk holder to a playback position, said lock mechanism being equipped with a lock member for locking said disk holder, said lock member mating with said disk-conveying mechanism to regulate the movement of said disk-conveying mechanism, when said lock member is not positioned to lock said disk holder.

Claim 16

A multidisk player comprising a player housing, playback means provided in said player housing, a disk holder for holding disks and for being inserted and loaded to loading means in said player housing, a lock mechanism for locking said disk holder to said player housing in the loading position, and a disk-conveying mechanism for conveying the disk loaded on said disk holder to a playback position, said lock mechanism being equipped with a lock member for locking said disk holder, said lock member mating with said disk-conveying mechanism to regulate the movement of said disk-conveying mechanism, when said lock member is not positioned to lock said disk holder.