Recording medium loading apparatus and recording medium recording and/or reproducing apparatus

A recording medium recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of holding members on which recording media can be held;
• recording and/or reproducing means for recording or reproducing recording media on said holding members;
• housing means for housing said plurality of holding members in such a manner that said holding members are stacked;
• elevating means for elevating said housing means in the direction approximately parallel to the direction in which said plurality of holding members are stacked;
• translating means for translating said holding members between, and stopping said holding members at, a first position at which said holding members hold the recording media, a second position at which said holding members are housed in said housing means and a third position at which the recording medium on said holding member is recorded or reproduced by said recording and/or reproducing means;
• a single motor for supplying a driving force to said elevating means and said translating means;
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• driving means for selectively driving said translating means and said elevating means based on a driving force from said motor,
• wherein while the recording medium is being recorded or reproduced by said recording and/or reproducing means, said driving means operates said elevating means and drives said translating members to translate any one of said plurality of holding means housed in said housing means from said second position to said first position.

A recording medium loading apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of holding members on which recording media can be held;
• housing means for housing said plurality of holding members in such a manner that said holding members are stacked;
• elevating means for elevating said housing means in the direction approximately parallel to the direction in which said plurality of holding members are stacked;
• translating means for translating said holding members between, and stopping said holding members at, a first position at which said holding members hold the recording media, a second position at which said holding members are housed in said housing means and a third position located on the same straight line of the first and second positions and opposite to said first position across said housing means;
• and
• a single motor for supplying a driving force to said elevating means and said translating means.

A recording medium loading apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of holding members on which recording media can be held;
• housing means for housing said plurality of holding members in such a manner that said holding members are stacked;
• elevating means for elevating said housing means in the direction approximately parallel to the direction in which said plurality of holding members are stacked;
• translating means for translating said holding members between, and stopping said holding members at, a first position at which said holding members hold the recording media, a second position at which said holding members are housed in said housing means and a third position located on the same straight line of the first and second positions and opposite to said first position across said housing means;
• a single motor for supplying a driving force to said elevating means and said translating means;
• and
• driving means for selectively driving said translating means and said elevating means based on a driving force from said motor,
• wherein under the condition that one of said plurality of holding members is located at said third position, said driving means drives said elevating means and said translating means to translate any one of said plurality of holding members housed in said housing means from said second position to said first position.