Patent ID: 7716691
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk-storing disk device, comprising: a casing having a front face, a rear face, and two side faces, said casing having an elongated insertion opening formed in said front face; a disk storing region, for storing a plurality of disks, in which a plurality of supporting members for supporting a disk are disposed in a stacked manner in the axial direction of the disk, said disk storing region being provided inside said casing; a supporting member selecting mechanism for moving said supporting members in the axial direction of the disk within said disk storing region so as to move one of said supporting members to a selecting position, said supporting member selecting mechanism being provided inside said casing; a driving unit for clamping a disk held by a supporting member at said selecting position and rotating said disk, said driving unit being provided inside said casing; a transporting mechanism for transporting a disk inserted from the insertion opening of said casing to a selected supporting member at said selecting position, said transporting mechanism being provided inside said casing; a mechanism supporting unit disposed within said casing beyond the perimeter of disks stored in said disk storing region, and positioned at a height between an upper limit and a lower limit of a moving region of said supporting members at the time of selection; a first motive force transmission mechanism provided at a position overlapping above or below said mechanism supporting unit and having a first switchover member for selectively controlling the operation of at least one type of mechanism of the disk device by the moving force of said first switchover member; and a second motive force transmission mechanism provided on said mechanism supporting unit and having a second switchover member for selectively controlling the operation of at least one type of mechanism of the disk device by the moving force of said second switchover member; wherein each of said switchover members moves in an arc path along and outside the perimeter of disks stored in said disk storing region from a region between said perimeter and said front face of the casing to a region between said perimeter and a side face of the casing, and a disk that is inserted from said insertion opening passes through a gap between said mechanism supporting unit and said first motive force transmission mechanism to be fed into said disk storing region.