Patent ID: 7864637

Claim:
An optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: a tray mounting said optical disc thereon; a cartridge storing a lot of optical discs on trays and the cartridge storing a plurality of said trays; and a means for taking out said optical disc from said cartridge so as to record and reproduce, and returning said optical disc to said cartridge, wherein the optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus comprises: a moving table moving said cartridge up and down; and a tray take-out mechanism taking out said tray and carrying said optical disc to a recording and reproducing portion, wherein the recording and reproducing portion recording and reproducing an upper surface of said optical disc, and a moving table moving said recording and reproducing portion up and down are arranged in an upper side of said tray take-out mechanism, wherein a lower side of said tray take-out mechanism is provided with a cap fixing said optical disc to a rotating portion of said recording and reproducing portion, a connecting and disconnecting means capable of connecting and disconnecting said cap, and a moving table moving said cap and said connecting and disconnecting means up and down, wherein said tray is taken out from said cartridge, said optical disc is fixed to the rotating portion of said recording and reproducing portion by said cap by moving said recording and reproducing portion and the cap close to said optical disc on said tray, said cap is disconnected from said connecting and disconnecting means, said recording and reproducing portion and said connecting and disconnecting means are moved out of a moving passage of said tray take-out mechanism, and the upper surface of said optical disc is recorded and reproduced after returning said tray to said cartridge by said tray take-out mechanism.