Disc cartridge having design parameters of a recording and/or reproduction medium housed therein
First Claim
1. An apparatus including a disc cartridge comprising:
- a main cartridge body member having,on a first surface, a label area for bonding a display label indicating the recording contents of information signals, said main cartridge body member having,on a second surface, a spindle hole for rotating the disc, anda plurality of design parameter discriminating holes extending along the back side opposite to the front side in the cartridge inserting direction, said design parameter discriminating holes formed proportionally in line symmetry with respect to the centerline of the main cartridge body member extending substantially parallel to the cartridge insertion direction, each of said design parameter discriminating holes configured to have first and second states, the combination of said design parameter discriminating hole states indicative of a predetermined disc design parameter; and
a detector for detecting said design parameter discrimination holes, said detector including;
a detection unit having a bent foremost portion; and
a base portion for rotatably supporting a proximal portion of said detection unit, configured to provide a detection signal responsive to the displacement of said bent foremost portion when said foremost portion is engaged with one of said plurality of discriminating holes.
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Abstract
A disc cartridge having a disc for recording information signals and a main cartridge body member for rotatably housing the disc. The disc cartridge is designed to be loaded on a recording and/or reproducing apparatus. The main cartridge body member has, on its one surface, a label area for bonding a display label indicating the recording contents of the information signals, while having, on its other surface, a spindle hole for rotating the disc by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus. The main cartridge body member has a design parameter discriminating hole extending along the back side opposite to the front side in the cartridge inserting direction. The recording capacity or design parameters of the disc housed within the main cartridge body member may be discriminated by detecting the design parameter discriminating hole.
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51 Claims
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1. An apparatus including a disc cartridge comprising:
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a main cartridge body member having, on a first surface, a label area for bonding a display label indicating the recording contents of information signals, said main cartridge body member having, on a second surface, a spindle hole for rotating the disc, and a plurality of design parameter discriminating holes extending along the back side opposite to the front side in the cartridge inserting direction, said design parameter discriminating holes formed proportionally in line symmetry with respect to the centerline of the main cartridge body member extending substantially parallel to the cartridge insertion direction, each of said design parameter discriminating holes configured to have first and second states, the combination of said design parameter discriminating hole states indicative of a predetermined disc design parameter; and a detector for detecting said design parameter discrimination holes, said detector including; a detection unit having a bent foremost portion; and a base portion for rotatably supporting a proximal portion of said detection unit, configured to provide a detection signal responsive to the displacement of said bent foremost portion when said foremost portion is engaged with one of said plurality of discriminating holes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus including a disc cartridge comprising:
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a main cartridge body member having, on a first surface, a label area for bonding a display label indicating the recording contents of information signals, said main cartridge body member having, on a second surface, a spindle hole for rotating the disc, and a plurality of design parameter discriminating holes extending along the back side opposite to the front side in the cartridge inserting direction, said design parameter discriminating holes formed proportionally in line symmetry with respect to the centerline of the main cartridge body member extending substantially parallel to the cartridge insertion direction, each of said design parameter discriminating holes configured to have first and second states, the combination of said design parameter discriminating hole states indicative of a predetermined disc design parameter; and a detector for detecting said design parameter discrimination holes, said detector including; a detection unit having a bent foremost portion; and a base portion for rotatably supporting a proximal portion of said detection unit, configured to provide a detection signal responsive to the displacement of said bent foremost portion when said foremost portion is engaged with one of said plurality of discriminating holes; wherein the main cartridge body member has, next to said design parameter discriminating hole, a mistaken erasure inhibiting member for controlling recording of information signals on the disc. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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