Patent ID: 7954117

Claim:
A disk selecting device, comprising: a plurality of disk holding sections for holding a plurality of disks respectively; and a disk moving mechanism for separating a disk holding section, which is the object of selection, from other disk holding sections, wherein the disk moving mechanism comprises: an axis section which is provided in the vicinity of the disk holding sections and rotated by a drive mechanism; a cylindrical drum cam into which the axis section is inserted and which is rotated in accordance with the rotation of the axis section; a disk selecting cam which is formed on a periphery of the drum cam and leads the disk holding section, which is the object of selection, in a direction of separating the disk holding section from other disk holding sections; and a transmitting section which is provided between the axis section and the drum cam, permits the rotation of the drum cam so that the disk selecting cam is withdrawn from the disk holding sections which are not the object of selection, and transmits drive power from the axis section to the drum cam.