Patent ID: 6944871

Claim:
A disc device, having an opening, wherein a cartridge receiving a disc recording medium or a disc recording medium without a cartridge is selectively inserted into or ejected from the opening, the disc device further comprising: a door, having a slit for passing the disc recording medium without a cartridge before inserting the cartridge, keeping the opening in a shuttered position, and during the insertion of the cartridge, the door moving to open the opening to allow the cartridge to be inserted; a transporting mechanism, moving the disc recording medium without a cartridge or the cartridge, inserted through the opening, to a predetermined loading position, and ejecting the loaded disc recording medium without a cartridge or the cartridge through the slit or the opening by an ejecting operation; an open/close driving mechanism, moving the door to an open position before transporting the cartridge in an ejecting direction when ejecting the cartridge by the transporting mechanisms; a disc holding unit, rotating toward a disc holding position, supporting a circumference of the disc recording medium without a cartridge inserted through the opening, and when the disc holding unit is pressed towards a retroceding position by inserting the cartridge, the open/close driving mechanism will move the door to the open position through the disc holding unit.