Patent ID: 7730502

Claim:
A disc changer for a disc drive unit comprising: a disc accommodation section capable of accommodating a plurality of discs; a disc reproducing section configured to reproduce a content of a disc; a disc discharge mechanism configured to discharge a disc pushed by a disc pushing mechanism toward a discharge direction, from a disc discharge opening of the disc drive unit, wherein the disc discharge mechanism is positioned at an opposite side of the disc discharge opening; a disc guiding device including an upper guiding member and a lower guiding member and provided near the disc discharge opening, and configured to guide the disc carried by the disc pushing mechanism to the disc discharge mechanism, wherein the upper guiding member being fixed to the disc drive unit, wherein the lower guiding member has a tapered surface, and wherein only the lower guiding member is moved; and a disc guiding device drive mechanism configured to position the lower guiding member to a position where the lower guiding member closes the disc discharge opening and is not brought into contact with the disc when the content of the disc is being reproduced, and when the disc is being discharged, the disc guiding device drive mechanism is configured to move the disc pushed by the disc pushing mechanism to a guided position by vertically moving the lower guiding member to a position where the lower guiding member opens the discharge opening and is lower than a position of the disc, wherein the discharge opening is formed by an inclined spacing between the upper and lower guiding members, the inclined spacing being larger on the disc discharge mechanism side than on the disc discharge opening side.