Optical pickup supporting device and optical disc apparatus including the same

An optical pickup supporting device comprising:

• a chassis;
• an optical pickup device for projecting laser light on an optical recording medium, and detecting the laser light reflected off the optical recording medium;
• a first guide shaft inserted through a guide hole provided in the optical pickup device, two near-end portions of the first guide shaft being fixed to the chassis;
• a second guide shaft inserted through a guide groove provided in the optical pickup device, two near-end portions of the second guide shaft being fixed to the chassis;
• and
• a motor supporting member for rotatably fixing a spindle motor to the chassis, the spindle motor being configured to rotate the optical recording medium, wherein
• one of the two near-end portions of the first guide shaft is pressingly fixed to a position regulating portion by use of a fixation area continuing integrally with the chassis, the position regulating portion provided in the motor supporting member.