Patent ID: 6961948
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk holding device for a disk change device capable of accommodating a plurality of disk holders that carry disks, that presses the surface of a disk against a disk holder during disk feeding and/or clamping, comprising: a disk pressing section arranged so as to be capable of operation between a pressing position where the disk pressing section is pressed against the surface of the disk and a release position where it is released from the disk; a drive control section that performs drive control of said disk pressing section between the pressing position and the release position; and a wire having spring properties adapted to urge said disk pressing section, wherein the wire has an operating shaft that supports the disk pressing section and a swiveling shaft arranged in parallel with a gap between the shafts, wherein the wire is driven by the drive control section and rotated such that the operating shaft is swiveled about the swiveling shaft, allowing the disk pressing section to operate between the pressing position and the release position.