Rotating magazine type disk playback device with escape preventing ring and auxiliary access

Claim 1

A disk playback device comprising a chassis covered with a cabinet, a magazine rotatably mounted on the chassis for accommodating a plurality of disks positioned upright in a radial arrangement, the magazine being formed with an annular toothed face in mesh with a rotatingly driving gear mechanism, and means for normally inserting and withdrawing disks through said cabinet to and from said magazine, the disk playback device being characterized in that an escape preventing ring for preventing the disks from escaping from the magazine is provided above the chassis around the magazine, the cabinet being formed in a side wall thereof with an opening opposed to a peripheral wall of the magazine for withdrawing a disk from the magazine therethrough, the opening normally being covered with a closure, the escape preventing ring having a cutout portion positioned as opposed to the closure, and the closure having attached to an inner surface thereof a slipping-off preventing piece fittable in the cutout portion to become continuous with the escape preventing ring when the closure is fitted into the opening.