Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Front-loading disk player
A front-loading disk player includes a player assembly for playing a disk having been carried thereto; a front panel positioned in front of said player assembly and having a slot for receiving therein either one of a bare disk and a cartridge disk holding a recording disk therein; a cover section for blocking said slot having a through hole; and a lock unit for locking an operation of opening said slot. The lock unit includes a locking assembly for fixing the cover section at a position to close the slot and an unlocking rivet provided into the through hole. The unlocking rivet is configured to move in a same direction in which the cartridge disk is inserted in the slot so as to cause the locking assembly to be released from the cover section.
Pioneer Corporation
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G11B G11B
inventional inventional
Hiroshi Kouichi Shigekazu Yasumitsu Tohru
Takemoto Yaeguchi Wada Suzuki Kanegae