Appeal No. 1998-2493
Application No. 08/658,120
The invention is directed to an auto-loading disk player. In particular, a signal from
a load detecting device (which detects when a disk has been loaded on the
turntable and provides a signal indicative of the open/close state of a manually moveable
console panel) causes the immediate loading of a disk when it is detected that the console
panel is not open and one of the following two states is occurring: 1. The disk is being
ejected or 2. The disk is positioned in the inserting port.
Claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An auto-loading disk player comprising:
a manually movable console panel rotatably mounted on a front
surface of a housing for the player;
a disk recording medium inserting port provided on said housing at
the back of said console panel; and
a transferring means for loading a disk recording medium inserted
from said disk recording medium inserting port into a playback mechanism
and ejecting the medium from the playback mechanism to said disk
recording medium inserting port, and
a detecting means for detecting and providing a signal representative
of an opening/closing state of said console panel; wherein said
transfe
rring
means
is
respo
nsive
to said
signal
from
2
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