Patent ID: 7984459

Claim:
A recording medium drive, comprising: a drive unit body having a slot for inserting and ejecting a disc-like recording medium; a driving portion that is provided in the drive unit body and rotates the disc-like recording medium; and a disc ejecting mechanism that ejects the disc-like recording medium disposed on the driving portion to the slot, wherein the disc ejecting mechanism is provided with a first disc feeding mechanism disposed in the drive unit body and a second disc feeding mechanism continuously feeding the disc-like recording medium fed by the first disc feeding mechanism in a direction toward the slot, the second disc feeding mechanism is a disc guide mechanism that is disposed on one end side of the slot in the drive unit body and on a slot side relative to the first disc feeding mechanism, the disc guide mechanism being capable of advancing and retracting the disc-like recording medium to and from the slot side, and the disc guide mechanism is provided with: a plurality of first links that is disposed with a predetermined distance therebetween and rotatably supported by the drive unit body at one end; and a second link that connects the other ends of the plurality of first links and advances and retracts to and from the driving portion in accordance with rotation of the plurality of first links.