Patent ID: 8028305

Claim:
A disk storage medium processing apparatus comprising: 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 a state that said disk is housed in said apparatus body, said disk conveying means comprising a pair of first and second disk conveying arms which are pivotably attached to the apparatus body and holding a periphery of said disk to convey said disk; and a driving means for generating rotational force, wherein said first disk conveying arm has a disk driving roller which can be rotated by the rotational force of said driving means and said second disk conveying arm has a disk driven roller which is rotatably disposed and which is not rotated by the rotational force of the driving means, said disk driven roller being rotatable through a gear formed at the apparatus body by rotation of the second disc conveying arm, said disk driving roller having a disk pinching portion which holds the periphery of a portion of said disk, and said disk driving roller and said disk driven roller hold the periphery of a portion of said disk inserted through said disk loading/unloading slot to convey said disk to the clamper supporting means by rotation in opposite directions with respect to each other, and hold the periphery of said disk and rotate in opposite directions with respect to each other to convey said disk to said clamper supporting means to eject at least a portion of said disk through said disk loading/unloading slot.