Patent ID: 8397250

Claim:
A disc transfer mechanism comprising: a rotatable feed roller provided between a drive unit having a turntable for rotating a disc and an insert slot through which the disc is inserted and removed; a roller supporting member pivotably supporting the feed roller and pivoted around a pivot shaft parallel to a rotation shaft of the feed roller between a disc transfer position at which the feed roller is in contact with the disk inserted into the insert slot and an evacuated position at which the feed roller is separated away from the disc supported by the turntable; a drive cam engaged with the rotation shaft, pivoting the feed roller between the disc transfer position and the evacuated position while moving rectilinearly along one end of the drive unit and restraining the drive unit when the feed roller is at the disc transfer position; and a driven cam engaged with the rotation shaft moving rectilinearly along the other end of the drive unit by the pivoting of the feed roller and restraining the drive unit when the feed roller is at the disc transfer position.