Disk device having disk transferring mechanism capable of shortening disk replacement time

Abstract

There is provided a disk device capable of shortening a replacing time for a disk. The disk device comprises one insertion/ejection slot; transferring means for transferring the inserted disk; and a driving unit which can be ascended or descended in a direction (z), each of a first driving position and a second driving position is set at different positions in the direction (z); the transferring means has a distributing plate for selectively changing over an orientation of the inserted disk toward either the first driving position or the second driving position; each of the first driving position and the second driving position is arranged on an advancing path for the disk transferred of which orientation is changed over by the distributing plate, one disk left in the disk device of the disks transferred by the transferring means to either the first driving position or the second driving position is loaded in the driving unit ascended or descended and moved in correspondence with the position of the disk and then the disk is driven.