Disc loading apparatus for disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus having arrangement which lowers disc onto disc setting surface as it is extracted from array

摘要

PCT No. PCT/JP95/00087 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 12, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 12, 1995 PCT Filed Jan. 25, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/20218 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 27, 1995A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus for selectively taking and loading plural discs housed within a housing section on a recording/reproducing section for information recording and/or reproduction is to be reduced in size. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus has a housing section housing plural discs and uplifted or lowered by a lifting mechanism, and a transfer mechanism for selectively taking out discs out of the housing section and for housing the discs taken out in this manner in the housing section. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus also has a main tray movable between a first position protruded out of a main body of the apparatus and a second position housed within the housing section and a recording/reproducing section for information recording and/or reproduction on or from the disc set on the setting portion on the main tray. The distance between the center of the setting portion of the main tray moved to said second position and the center of the disc housed within the housing section is selected to be shorter than the diameter of the disc housed within the housing section. The disc uplifted or lowered by the lifting means relative to the transfer means and the main tray which faces the transfer means is positioned at a position higher in level than the disc setting surface by a pre-set distance.