Patent ID: 7992157

Claim:
A disk transport apparatus for transporting a disk, comprising: first and second arms disposed such that first end portions thereof are positioned closely to each other while second end portions thereof are spaced away from each other and mounted for pivotal motion in a first direction and a second direction in which the first and second arms are spaced away from each other around the second end portions thereof to transport the disk; and a link for pivoting one of the first and second arms in response to pivotal motion of another one of the first and second arms; the first arm and the link having a plurality of teeth and an arm side meshing portion and a link side meshing portion, respectively, which mesh with each other; the first arm having a pivotal motion blocking portion which blocks meshing engagement between the arm side meshing portion and the link side meshing portion to block pivotal motion of the first and second arms in the first and second directions, respectively, when the second arm is pivoted in the second direction in a state wherein the disk is in contact only with the second arm.