Patent ID: 8413176

Claim:
A disk device having a casing, a clamper and a turntable in which a disk is conveyed to a replay position between the clamper and the turntable to be in a replay clamping state, and further comprising: a pair of slide cam members that are movable in response to detection of the disk at the replay position; a pair of clamper lifters that have respective clamper support portions for supporting the clamper, wherein said pair of clamper lifters is arranged so that said clamper lifters move in opposite directions with respect to each other in a horizontal direction that is orthogonal to a thickness direction of the disk device in conjunction with movement of said pair of slide cam members and so that said clamper lifters have a different timing of starting movement in the opposite directions with respect to each other, and said clamper support portions of said pair of clamper lifters have respective inclined surfaces that contact an outer peripheral part of the clamper in accordance with movement of said clamper lifters in the opposite directions to each other so as to move the clamper in the thickness direction of the disk device.