Patent ID: 6817022
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk device comprising:a disk reproducing means being movable to reproduce and to load a disk thereon; a disk clamping means being movable to clamp the disk for holding grippingly from above when the disk is loaded on said disk reproducing means; a first disk holding means disposed at a predetermined position in a disk conveyance path extending from a disk inlet to a disk storing position, said first disk holding means holding a part of a peripheral edge portion of a disk by a groove portion formed arcuately along the peripheral edge portion of the disk, said first disk holding means being movable with conveyance of the disk and also being movable along the vertical direction of the device; and a second disk holding means opposed to said groove portion of said first disk holding means and holding the disk grippingly in cooperation with the first disk holding means when the first disk holding means holds the disk, wherein when the disk held by said first and second disk holding means is reproduced, said disk reproducing means is moved to become a center of said disk coincident with a center of turntable thereof, said first disk holding means is moved downward to load said disk on said disk reproducing means, then said disk clamping means is moved to clamp the disk loaded on said disk reproducing means, and the disk is reproduced after said first and second disk holding means are taken away from the disk held by them.