Patent ID: 6760282
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk device comprising:a disk loading mechanism including a first mandrel mechanism and a second mandrel mechanism which are separated from and linked up with each other, wherein said first mandrel mechanism and said second mandrel mechanism store a plurality of disks each of which are fixed loosely on a hole formed in an inner diameter of the disk, and a height position of the plurality of disks stored is changed in response to the rotation of said first mandrel mechanism and said second mandrel mechanism; a disk playing mechanism rotated from a predetermined height position in a housing to a predetermined height position between said first mandrel mechanism and said second mandrel mechanism which are separated from each other, and the latter height position where the center of a turntable mounted by the disk substantially matches with the shaft center of said first mandrel mechanism and said second mandrel mechanism; a disk retaining mechanism which retains a plurality of sections of the outer periphery of said disk so that in a predetermined height position between said first mandrel mechanism and said second mandrel mechanism which are separated from each other, the center of said turn table provided for said disk playing mechanism and the shaft center of said fixing means substantially can match with the center of the inner diameter of the disk.