Record support and alignment apparatus for a video disc player

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A record support and alignment apparatus comprises a set of lifting pads secured to a depressible platform mounted in a video disc player. The lifting pads are adapted for motion between a withdrawn position and an extended position with respect to the platform. The lifting pads, in the withdrawn position, allow a record jacket to be fully inserted into the player. The lifting pads in the, extended position, support a record retained in the player such that, while the platform is disposed in an elevated position, the retained record is aligned with an empty jacket during its insertion in the player whereby reversion, of a retained record to an empty jacket is facilitated. Withdrawal of the …