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Automatic changer for player/recorder of optical and magnetic discs and cards

CA 1325059 C · Owner: Discovision Associates · Inventors: Staar, Marcel Jules Helene

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A player/recorder apparatus including an automatic changer mechanism for information carriers in the form of cards or discs. An arcuate magazine stores a plurality of information carriers in multiple compartments extending radially from a center each compartment being adapted to store an information carrier in a storage postion in a radial plane relative to the center. One or more player/recorder devices for supporting an information carrier in an operating position are spaced circumferentially from the arcuate magazine. A rotary changer is mounted for pivoting about the center so as to be positionable in alignment with the entrance of any one of the compartments or of any one of the …

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  • Granted December 7, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 7, 2010.
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FiledOctober 2, 1987
GrantedDecember 7, 1993
Term endedDecember 7, 2010
Patent numberCA 1325059 C
Classification (IPC)G11B17/24 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedOct 2, 1987Patent grantedDec 7, 1993Term endedDec 7, 2010

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