Disc loading apparatus for loading optical discs in a cartridge or without

A disc loading apparatus, comprising:

• an overall holding device with a first holding device for elastically fitting with a holding notch provided at both sides of a disc cartridge inserted in a disc receiving opening and a second holding device for elastically fitting against a circumferential edge of a naked disc inserted in said disc receiving opening, and wherein said overall holding device is movable by a transfer means along a direction connecting said disc receiving opening and a turn table, and
• said transfer means for transferring said overall holding device so that said naked disc and a disc housed in said disc cartridge travel between said disc receiving opening and said turn table, wherein
• said overall holding device is comprised of a moving body, a pair of aligning devices provided at both sides of the moving body for regulating the positioning of a naked disc by conforming with arcs of circumferential edge of the naked disc in the front side of inserting direction, a pair of spring reeds stretching from the aligning devices towards the disc receiving opening and are elastically deformable in opposite directions relative to said naked disc, and holding hooks provided opposing to each other at the top end of these spring reeds for resiliently pressing against arcs of the circumferential edge of the naked disc in the rear side of inserting direction as well as with the holding notches of a disc cartridge, and
• said second holding device comprises said aligning devices and said holding hooks, and said first holding device shares said holding hooks in common with said second holding device.