Patent ID: 7685612

Claim:
A disk apparatus comprising: a chassis on which a disk insertion port for inserting a disk therein is formed on one side thereof; a disk guide for guiding movement of the disk in a disk insertion direction, which is disposed in the chassis and bringing into contact with the disk to be inserted from the disk insertion port; a disk conveying device for conveying the disk to a disk mounting preparation position being opposed to a disk recording reproduction position in the chassis in cooperation with the disk guide, which is disposed in the chassis; a disk clamp device for mounting the disk conveyed to the disk mounting preparation position on the disk recording reproduction position, which is disposed in the chassis; and a recording reproducing device for reproducing or recording and reproducing the disk mounted on the disk recording reproduction position, which is disposed in the chassis; wherein, the disk guide comprising: a platy guide member having a disk contact surface for bringing into contact with the disk in inserting, for guiding movement of the disk in the disk insertion direction with the disk contact surface, which is elongated in a intersecting direction for the disk insertion direction; convex portions, which are disposed in a vicinity of respective ends on an opposite side surface of the disk contact surface of the guide member and in an elongated direction of the guide member; and an engagement portion, which is disposed on the opposite side surface of the disk contact surface of the guide member and on a center part side in the elongated direction from the convex portion; wherein, the disk guide is fixed to a platy disk guide fixing member which is disposed in the chassis to be elongated in the intersecting direction with the engagement portion engaged to the disk guide fixing member, and the disk guide being brought into contact with the convex portions on the platy disk guide member, the disk guide is inclined with an inclined angle increased in a direction far from the disk guide fixing member from a center part in the elongated direction of the guide member toward respective ends; and thereby the disk contact surface of the guide member brings into contact with only an outer circumferential portion of the disk in inserting.