Patent ID: 7385877

Claim:
A transport apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium comprising: a first transport mechanism configured to independently transport a first disc-shaped recording medium and a second disc-shaped recording medium smaller in diameter than the first disc-shaped recording medium, from a loading position to a reproducing or recording position; and a second transport mechanism arranged at a position spaced from said second disc-shaped recording medium transported to said reproducing or recording position, said second transport mechanism configured to independently transport said first disc-shaped recording medium, transported by said first transport mechanism to said reproducing or recording position, to a housing position, wherein said second transport mechanism is arranged at a position engaging with said first disc-shaped recording medium transported to said reproducing or recording position, and wherein said first transport mechanism and the second transport mechanism are spaced from each other a fixed distance larger than the diameter of said second disc-shaped recording medium and smaller than the diameter of said first disc-shaped recording medium.