Appeal No. 2000-2293
Application No. 08/685,162
sides of the tray to a tilted position (page 7 and fig. 5). It
is clear from the disclosure of Sasaki that, when extended
outward, the table remains in its tilted position all the time.
Therefore, the rotating hinge of Sasaki is not a break-away
mechanism that couples the first internal portion within the
housing to the second disc supporting portion for preventing
damage to the disk holding tray upon impact of an external force.
In fact, Sasaki provides for coupling a disk tray to the housing
through a hinge that forces the tray into a tilted position when
extended from the housing.
Kawamura, on the other hand, relates to a disc loading
apparatus that allows loading either a naked disc or a disc
cartridge. The disclosed apparatus includes a housing with an
opening in the front, side walls that function as slide guide for
holding means 2 and as control rail for regulating the opening
and closing of holding hooks 20 into wall recesses 7 (Fig. 1 and
col. 4, lines 1-13). As depicted in Figures 6-9, the edges of
disc 12 press against holding hooks 20 and push them into
recesses 7 as a naked disc is inserted in the opening, and allow
hooks 20 to take their original position and hold the edge of the
disc as the disc is completely positioned inside the holding
means (col. 6, lines 21-36). Kawamura in Figures 10-13 further
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