Patent ID: 7937719
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disc device, comprising: a casing with a slit-shaped opening through which a disc-shaped recording medium with different diameters is capable of being inserted and ejected; a traverse body comprising a turntable for detachably clamping the recording medium and an information processor that conducts at least one of recording processing for recording information on the recording medium clamped on the turntable and reading processing for reading the information stored on the recording medium, the traverse body being supported in the casing in a manner capable of pivotal movement; a drive unit provided in the casing; a transfer unit provided in the casing, the transfer unit holding and transferring the recording medium between the opening and a position for the recording medium to be clamped by the turntable by driving the drive unit; a shift cam that is engaged with the traverse body and is moved in a predetermined direction by driving the drive unit to pivotally move the traverse body; and a moving unit that is moved in accordance with the holding condition of the recording medium with different diameters by the transfer unit to switch the drive transmission of the driving of the drive unit to the shift cam, wherein the transfer unit includes a cam pressing member that pushes the shift cam in a moving direction of the shift cam when the recording medium is transferred to the position for the recording medium to be clamped by the turntable, the moving unit includes a second pressing wall that is advanced and retracted along a direction intersecting the moving direction of the shift cam in conjunction with the movement of the moving unit to switch a pushing position of the shift cam by the cam pressing member.