Patent ID: 9361930
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G11B

Claim Text:
1. A disc conveying device conveying any one of a plurality of discs arranged in a first direction, which is a disc thickness direction, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the disc conveying device comprising: a plurality of disc holding members stacked in the first direction, one of the plurality of disc holding members holding the one of the plurality of discs such that the one of the plurality of discs can slide to one side in the second direction, the one of the plurality of disc holding members being capable of moving in the first direction and the second direction; a disc holding member moving mechanism separating the one of the plurality of disc holding members from an adjacent one of the plurality of disc holding members in the first direction, and moving the one of the plurality disc holding members to the one side in the second direction, partially protruding the one of the plurality of discs from other ones of the plurality of discs to the one side in the second direction; and a disc conveying mechanism holding a protruded part of the one of the plurality of discs to the one side in the second direction, and conveying the one of the plurality of discs to the one side in the second direction.