Patent ID: 8028307

Claim:
A disk storage medium processing apparatus, further comprising: at least an apparatus body having a disk loading/unloading slot; a traverse unit which is disposed in said apparatus body to conduct at least one of recording, deletion, and reproduction of information onto or from a disk; a clamper supporting means for supporting a clamper which clamps said disk to said traverse unit; a disk conveying means which conveys said disk into said apparatus body when a part of said disk is inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot and which ejects a part of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot from the state that said disk is housed in said apparatus body; a control means for controlling said disk conveying means; and wherein said disk conveying means comprises at least first through third disk conveying arms which are pivotably attached to the apparatus body and which hold a periphery of said disk to convey said disk, at least one of said first through third disk conveying arms comprises first and second arm members which are connected to each other such that said first and second arm members move relative to each other to have an angle therebetween, one of said first and second arm members first holds the periphery of said disk inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot at one location and, according to a movement of said disk in the inserting direction, pivots relative to the other of the first and second arm members so as to hold the periphery of said disk at two locations, and the other of the first and second arm members is pivotally attached to the apparatus body, the disk storage medium processing apparatus further comprising a switching arm pivotally mounted on the other of the first and second arm members and having a slot which receives a pin on the one of the first and second arm members.