Patent ID: 7707597

Claim:
A disc recording medium transport device that transports a disc recording medium between an insertion/ejection slot and a rotary drive position, the device comprising: a transport unit that is movable between a central area and lateral side areas of a transport path in a manner slidably contacting with around a circumferential edge portion of the disc recording medium that is being transported, the transport unit including a holding section that holds the disc recording medium and a transport section that transports the disc recording medium, the transport section including a drive roller that contacts the disc recording medium, on a principal plane of the disc recording medium, around the circumferential edge portion of the disc recording medium, the drive roller comprising a cylindrical roller with its central axis being comprised in a rotation shaft, the cylindrical roller including an axial-end surface contacting only the circumferential edge portion of the disc recording medium, the axial-end surface being inclined relative to the principal plane such that the rotation shaft is inclined relative to a direction perpendicular to the principal plane of the disc recoding medium by a predetermined angle.