Patent ID: 6980493

Claim:
An information recording medium conveyer for conveying a disc-shaped information recording medium, comprising: a transport device for conveying said information recording medium in both backward and forward directions; a first detecting device for detecting a travel track on a center axis line of said information recording medium conveyed by said transport device; a second detecting device for detecting a travel track of a portion separated by a predetermined distance from said center axis line of said information recording medium conveyed by said transport device; and a control device for initializing a loading operation performed by said transport device on a condition that an output of said first detecting device and said second detecting device provides a predetermined value and for causing the loading operation to continue when the output of said first and second detecting device changes in accordance with a predetermined sequence upon the loading operation after having been initialized, wherein said control device performs the steps of: allowing said transport device to initiate a first unloading operation when a power interruption occurs during a loading operation performed by said transport device, allowing said transport device to be initialized and initiate a re-loading operation when an output of said first and second detecting device satisfies said condition during said first unloading operation, allowing said re-loading operation to continue when the output of said first and second detecting device changes in accordance with said predetermined sequence during said re-loading operation, allowing a second unloading operation to be initiated when the output of said first and second detecting device does not change in accordance with said predetermined sequence during said re-loading operation, allowing said transport device to be initialized and initiate another loading operation when the output of said first and second detecting device satisfies said condition after said second detecting device has detected said information recording medium during said second unloading operation, and allowing said another loading operation to continue when the output of said first and second detecting device changes in accordance with said predetermined sequence during said another loading operation.