Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus
CA 2114378 C · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Ito, Shinji; Fukuyama, Yutaka; Takamatsu, Atsushi
Overview
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A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a magneto-optical recording medium housed within a disc cartridge includes a casing a recording and/or reproducing unit, a transporting unit and a driving unit. The casing includes an opening for introducing and ejecting the disc cartridge. The recording and/or reproducing unit includes a magnetic head for applying a perpendicular magnetic field on the magneto-optical recording medium and is housed within the casing. The transporting unit loads the disc cartridge inserted via the opening on the recording and/or reproducing unit. The transporting unit includes a holding section for holding the inserted disc cartridge and, a pair of cam members for …
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- Filed January 27, 1994 and granted December 10, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 27, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 27, 2016.
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