Patent ID: 6918127

Claim:
A disk loading apparatus comprising: first retaining means which is arranged in a slot for a disk to be inserted and thereby retains the outer edge of said disk so as to permit said disk inserted into said slot to pass through said slot; transferring means for transferring said disk retained by said first retaining means to a predetermined position; second retaining means which is arranged in the interior from said slot and thereby retains the outer edge of said disk retained by said first retaining means and transferred by said transferring moans; and rotating means for rotating said disk at said predetermined position, wherein: each of said first retaining means and said second retaining means has a contact section for contacting with the outer edge, upper surface, and lower, surface of said disk in a slidable manner, and the transfer level at which said disk is transferred by said transferring means and the rotation level at which said disk is rotated by said rotating means are made to be almost the same.