Patent ID: 6556519
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk recording and/or reproduction apparatus comprising:a turntable for housing disk-like recording media in a vertical position and side by-side along a circumferential direction, wherein a central portion of said turntable has a center hole formed therein; a disk drive unit arranged in said center hole of said central portion of said turntable for recording and/or reproducing said disk-like recording media mounted on said disk drive unit, wherein said disk drive unit includes a disk mounting portion; and disk conveyance means arranged inside an outer peripheral edge of said turntable and below a plane formed by centers of said disk-like recording media for conveying a selected one of said disk-like recording media between said disk drive unit and said turntable, wherein said disk conveyance means includes a disk guide for lifting and holding said selected one of said disk-like recording media from said turntable and a conveyor belt for applying a rotational force to a peripheral edge located below said plane of said selected one of said disk-like recording media for conveying said selected one of said disk-like recording media to said disk mounting portion of said disk drive unit.