Patent ID: 7885148

Claim:
A disc processing apparatus comprising: a stacker for accommodating therein a plurality of disc-like recording mediums in the stacked state; a disc processing unit including a disc holding portion on which a disc-like recording medium is held and effecting predetermined processing on the disc-like recording medium held on said disc holding portion; a disc conveying unit including a disc holding mechanism for holding a disc-like recording medium located at the uppermost portion of said stacker and conveying the thus held disc-like recording medium to said disc holding portion of said disc processing unit by moving said disc holding mechanism; separating means for separating said disc-like recording medium located at the uppermost portion of said stacker from a disc-like recording medium located just under said preceding disc-like recording medium; and control means for determining that said disc holding mechanism held and conveyed a plurality of disc-like recording mediums at the same time, when a signal count less than a predetermined value is detected by said control means.