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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2001
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a disk device wherein an insertion/ejection slot for a disk, and two upper and lower disk D transferring paths connected to the insertion/ejection slot are provided; between the upper transferring path and the lower transferring path, a transferring roller for transferring the disk is disposed; an upper roller portion and a lower roller portion of the transferring roller are disposed so as to face the upper and lower transferring paths, respectively; in the upper roller portion and the lower roller portion, there are provided pressing members, having pressing surfaces to be arranged so as to oppose to each other; and the disk is caught between the pressing surface and the upper roller portion, or between the pressing surface and the lower roller portion to rotate the transferring roller thereby transferring the disk.