Patent ID: 7472403
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk-storing disk device comprising: a casing having an insertion opening formed on the front face of the casing; a drive unit having a rotation drive unit arranged within the casing operable to rotate a disk; a transporting unit arranged within the casing having a transfer roller and a clamp member operable to clamp the disk therebetween; a plurality of disk holders arranged within the casing so as to overlap with each other in one direction; and a disk holder selector arranged within the casing operable to move at least one of the plurality of disk holders to a selected position as well as operable to increase the size of a space between a first disk holder located at the selected position and a second disk holder adjacent thereto, wherein when a phantom line dividing the insertion opening into two in the opening width direction and extending in a direction perpendicular to the front face of the casing is defined as an insertion center line, the center of the disk when held by the first disk holder is separated from the insertion center line on a first side while the drive unit is separated from the insertion center line on a second side, which is opposite of the first side, and the drive unit is rotatably supported about a first fulcrum positioned near the back side of the casing while the transporting unit is positioned inside the front face of the casing and rotatably supported about a second fulcrum positioned on the first side and separated from the insertion center line, the disk-storing disk device further comprising: a rotating unit operable to rotate the drive unit from a withdrawn position, in which the rotation drive unit is positioned along a side of the casing as well as separated from the outer periphery of the disk when held by the first disk holder, to an overlapping position, in which the rotation drive unit overlaps with the disk; and a transporting-unit rotating unit operable to rotate the transporting unit from a standby position, in which the shaft of the transfer roller is parallel with the front face of the casing as well as separated from the outer periphery of the disk, to a transfer operation position, in which the transfer roller overlaps with the disk, wherein when a disk inserted through the insertion opening is clamped between the transfer roller and the clamp member, the transporting unit is rotated to the transfer operation position so as to convey the disk toward the first disk holder located at the selected position.