Appeal 2007-2842
Application 09/873,638
an horizontal axis of the chassis of the changer” (id. at 1: 33-36). “[T]he
pivoting movement of the disk plates and their corresponding spreading
operation [enables] the user [to] access all disks inside the changer . . .
except that disk or those disks which are just subjected to playback on a
pick-up or an equivalent reader” (id. at 2: 3-7).
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed subject matter:
1. A changer for disk-shaped recording media including a drawer
slidably mounted within a chassis of the changer and supporting a
number of disk plates arranged one above the other and provided to
hold a disk therein, wherein at least one disk plate is mounted at one
end via a hinge at the drawer in such a way that it is pivotable about a
horizontal axis of the chassis of the changer.
Figure 1 of the instant Specification illustrates an embodiment of the
invention that meets the limitations of claim 1. The disk plates are shown in
a non-pivoted position. Figure 1 is reproduced below:
According to the Specification, “[t]he disk plates 7 are pivotally
mounted by hinges at the side walls 4, 5 of the drawer 7 [sic, 3]” and “[t]his
pivotable mounting is implemented by pins 9 at a rear edge of the disk plates
7 cooperating with slots 10 within the side walls 4, 5” (Spec. 4: 10-13).
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