Patent ID: 6373796
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A jukebox comprising:a disc player; a translating tower; a disc carrier for exchanging a disc between a rack of discs and said disc player; a drive system operable to move said disc carrier and said translating tower, said disc carrier being mounted to move along said translating tower, said disc carrier having at least two disc grabbing members, at least one of said at least two disc grabbing members being movable in response to a movement of said disc carrier along said translating tower, said at least one of said at least two disc grabbing members being movable between a disc engaging position and a disc releasing position, wherein said at least one of said at least two disc grabbing members is mounted on a clamping arm, said clamping arm being pivotally mounted to said disc carrier such that said clamping arm pivots said at least one of said at least two disc grabbing members about a pivot axis in response to said movement of said disc carrier; and a biasing member, said biasing member biasing said at least one of said at least two disc grabbing members in said disc engaging position.