Patent ID: 7626896
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive comprising: a disk holder that includes a plurality of disk holding members that individually hold a plurality of disks; a drive unit for playing back a desired disk; a disk selector that forms a space above and below the desired disk by causing the disk holding members to rise and fall; and drive movement unit that allows the drive unit to move into a space that is formed by the rise and fall of the disk holding members, wherein the disk selector is provided so as to be capable of performing a sliding movement in a horizontal direction; the disk selector comprises a flat cam in which a protrusion provided on each of the disk holding members is capable of performing a sliding movement; the tip of the cam is wedge-shaped so that the disk holding members above and below the desired disk rise and fall in accordance with the sliding movement of the disk selector; and disk grasping unit, which grasps the desired disk when the disk holding members are raised and lowered by the disk selector, is provided for movement in a direction parallel to the disk surface.