Patent ID: 8281327
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disc loading mechanism which transports a disc between a disc cartridge, which stores the disc so as to be able to slide in a disc surface direction and in which the disc is inserted or ejected in the surface direction, and a recording and reproducing apparatus, the disc loading mechanism comprising: a loading arm with claw members, which come into contact with an outer circumference of the disc, to draw the disc into the recording and reproducing apparatus and to insert the disc into the disc cartridge; an arm driving mechanism to slide the loading arm in a transport direction of the disc; a disc extruding lever to extrude the disc up to a position where the claw members can come into contact with the disc, at a time of ejection of the disc; and a lever driving mechanism to drive the disc extruding lever, wherein each of the claw members includes a draw-in surface portion, which comes into contact with a rear side in an extrusion direction of the outer circumference of the disc extruded by the disc extruding lever, at a time of the drawing of the disc into the recording and reproducing apparatus, and an insertion surface portion which is provided at the opposite side to the draw-in surface portion and comes into contact with a rear side in an insertion direction of the outer circumference of the disc at a time of the insertion of the disc into the disc cartridge.