Patent ID: 7146619

Claim:
A disc conveying apparatus comprising: first conveyor means including a plurality of rollers which are arranged along a conveying path of a disc-shaped recording medium with gaps therebetween, which move in a direction away from the conveying path and rotate individually, and which convey the disc-shaped recording medium by successively rolling on a peripheral surface of the disc-shaped recording medium to pass the disc-shaped recording medium from one to another; second conveyor means which faces the first conveyor means across the disc-shaped recording medium being conveyed, which is oriented along the conveying path, and which retains the disc-shaped recording medium between the first conveyor means and the second conveyor means; and control means which detects the position of the disc-shaped recording medium and controls the rotation of the rollers on the basis of the movement of at least two of the plurality of rollers in the direction away from the conveying path, wherein each of the plurality of rollers move in a direction away from the conveying path individually and rotate individually.