Disk playback device with changer allowing playback of one disk while another can be exchanged

摘要

A disk playback device has an opening-closing slide for moving a tray between a stacker and a disk discharge position, and a gear train for horizontally moving the tray between the stacker and a loading completed position. The device further has a first and second slide members for raising or lowering the tray as opposed to an optical head base after the tray is brought to the loading completed position by the gear train, and third slide member for raising or lowering the slide as timed with the ascent or descent of the tray. With the tray brought to the position of the head base, the third slide member further slidingly moves to raise the slide to couple the slide with another tray within the stacker.