Title: Video disc player having modular construction

Abstract: A player, such as a video disc player, comprises a decorative cover member having a top wall, a separable trough member having perimetrical side walls and a separable base member having a bottom wall. The trough member provides mountings for a turntable, a turntable drive mechanism, a signal pickup, a pickup carriage, a carriage translating mechanism and operating controls. The base member provides mountings for signal processing circuits disposed on a printed circuit board and for external connection to the player. The decorative cover member, the trough member and the base member are subject to assembly in which the top wall of the cover member, the perimetrical side walls of the trough member and the bottom wall of the base member, respectively, form the top wall, the side walls and the bottom wall of the player assembly. A flexible cable connects the trough member with the base member. The decorative cover member has openings for respectively providing access to the turntable, to the signal pickup and to the operating controls, when the assembly of the members is formed.

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Inventors: Coleman, Clyde F. (Crawfordsville, IN, US)

Application Number: 964533
Filing Date: 1978-11-29
Publication_date: 1980-09-02
Assignee: RCA Corporation (New York, NY)
Primary Class(es): 369/76
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US Patent Ref:

2318183	May, 1943	Roberts	274/9.
3223422	Dec, 1965	Ernst	274/9.
3336031	Aug, 1967	Ammon et al.	274/2.
3363906	Jan, 1968	Miner et al.	274/9.
3666274	May, 1972	Fox et al.	274/9.
4109919	Aug, 1978	Elliott et al.	274/9.
4124866	Nov, 1978	Coleman	274/9.

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Primary Examiner: Shepperd, John W.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Whitacre; E. M., Tripoli; J. S., Kulkarni; D. A.