Patent ID: 6560185
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk device capable of loading and ejecting case-stored recording medium disks and non case-stored recording medium disks, said case-stored and non case-stored recording medium disks being stored on and ejected from a turntable, said disk device capable of playing both said case-stored and non case-stored recording medium disks, said disk device comprising:a coupled displacement member which displaces in a coupled manner; a case-stored recording medium disk loading mechanism which loads said case-stored recording medium disks, fed to a fixed position into said disk device by the coupled displacement member, onto said turntable; a non case-stored disk loading mechanism which loads said non case-stored disks to a fixed position into said disk device, onto said turntable and which has a non case-stored recording medium disk clamp and a non case-stored recording medium disk adapter; and a refuge mechanism which refuges said non case-stored recording medium disk loading mechanism into said disk device, to a position which does not interfere with the loading of said case-stored recording medium disks onto said turntable, by the displacement of the coupled displacement member when said case-stored recording medium loading mechanism feeds said case-stored recording medium disk to a fixed position in said device and loads said disk onto said turntable.