Patent ID: 7140030

Claim:
A disc drive apparatus comprising: a casing having an opening portion which is capable inserting/ejecting a small-diameter disc and a large-diameter disc having different diameters one another; a feeding roller guiding the disc inserted to the opening portion to an inner portion of the casing; a pair of oscillating links oscillating in an opposite direction to each other and having convex portions to which an end surface of the disc guided inside the casing by the feeding roller comes into contact with; a locking means for fixing the oscillation of the pair of oscillating links; an actuating lever which is connected to one of the oscillating links so as to freely oscillate; a slide cam which moves toward the opening portion in conjunction with oscillation of the actuating lever; a pressurizing portion formed in the slide cam, and pressing one end portion of the actuating lever in conjunction with the movement of the slide cam toward the opening portion at a time when the large-diameter disc is guided inside the inner portion of the casing by the feeding roller; and a clamp mechanism clamping a center portion of the disc at a clamp position on a turn table in conjunction with the movement of the slide cam toward the opening portion, wherein in the case that the small-diameter disc is guided inside the inner portion of the casing by the feeding roller, the small-diameter disc moves forward while oscillating the actuating lever, and stops at the clamp position by the convex portion of the pair of oscillating links in which the oscillation is fixed by the locking means, and wherein in the case that the large-diameter disc is guided inside the inner portion of the casing by the feeding roller, the fixation of the pair of oscillating links by the locking means is cancelled, and the large-diameter disc moves forward while moving the convex portion toward inside the casing, whereby the actuating lever is oscillated in conjunction with the oscillation of the pair of oscillating links so as to start the movement of the slide cam toward the opening portion, and the pair of oscillating links are oscillated according to the pressing of the actuating lever by the pressurizing portion, and the convex portion is moved apart from the end surface of the large-diameter disc which is clamped at the clamp position.