Patent ID: 6178153
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A compact disk auto-exchanging method, comprising the steps of:vertically moving a transfer member by a separate driving source, said transfer member being disposed between a magazine comprising a plurality of symmetrical storage rooms and a lower portion, and a reproduction driving mechanism disposed in said lower portion of the magazine, said transfer member comprising a pair of end parts and a driving apparatus fixed to the transfer member;an unloading/loading step in which a push lever disposed at one of said pair of end parts of the transfer member comes into contact with a pressing member, said pressing member moving in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction, by means of torsion springs, with the push lever pushing a peripheral surface of a compact disk for loading and unloading the compact disk to and from the magazine;a horizontal movement step in which a slider having an arm is moved toward the push lever by a driving force from the driving apparatus fixed to the transfer member, said transfer member moving in a predetermined position in accordance with a control signal; anda fixing release step in which the slider is horizontally moved toward one of said magazine and the reproduction driving mechanism, the arm of the slider contacts with a guide portion of the transfer member in order to rotate from a horizontal state to a slanted state, said arm pushes an idler roller, said idler roller being separated from the compact disk, and said idler roller contacts the peripheral surface of the compact disk by the unloading of the compact disk and the returning of the slider toward the opposite direction of the push lever.