Patent ID: 6493308
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:a housing section for housing a plurality of discs, said housing section having a plurality of trays each for setting a disc thereon, said tray having a disc housing recess for holding the disc and said tray being movable between a dismounting position, a pull-out position partially outside of the housing section that enables recording and/or reproducing of a disc thereon, and a housed position within the housing section; a recording and/or reproducing unit for recording and/or reproducing the disc; a movement unit for moving one of the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit relative to the other, said movement unit causing relative movement between the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit in an arraying direction of the plural trays housed in the housing section; and a pull-out unit for pulling out from said housing section one of the plural trays housed within said housing section; said pull-out unit holding the tray even after pulling out the tray from the housing section and shifting the pulled-out tray to the recording and/or reproducing unit such that a portion of the disc held in the disc housing recess remains within the housing section, the tray holding state being released by the recording and/or reproducing unit after housing the tray in the housing section, wherein a portion of the disc held in the disc housing recess remains within the housing in the dismounting position and a back of a tray in the dismounting position overlaps a front of a tray in the housed position.