Patent ID: 6754164
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:a housing section configured to house a plurality of discs, said housing section having a plurality of trays each for setting a disc thereon, said plurality of trays being movable between a pull-out position outside of the housing section and a housed position within the housing section; a recording and/or reproducing unit configured to record and/or reproduce the disc; a movement unit configured to move the recording and/or reproducing unit relative to the housing section, said movement unit causing relative movement between the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit in an arraying direction of the plurality of trays housed in the housing section; a pull-out unit configured to pull out from said housing section one of the plurality of trays housed within said housing section towards said recording and/or reproducing unit; a positioning mechanism including a plurality of engagement bosses and a plurality of engagement recesses and configured to position the recording and/or reproducing unit relative to a sole tray housed in said housing section; and a lift mechanism configured to move said recording and/or reproducing unit between a lowered position in which the plurality of engagement bosses are apart from the plurality of engagement recesses when one of the trays housed in said housing section is pulled from the housing section to the pull-out position by said pull-out unit and an uplifted position in which the plurality of engagement bosses engage with the plurality of engagement recesses to position the recording and/or reproducing unit for recording and/or reproducing the disc on said tray.