Disk apparatus with carrying unit having arms

A disk apparatus, comprising:

• a housing on which an opening through which disks including at least a first disk and a second disk of which diameter is smaller than a diameter of the first disk are adapted to be inserted into and extracted from the housing is provided;
• a carrying unit that carries one of the disks inserted into the opening into the housing;
• a rotating unit that rotates the carried one of the disks;
• an information reading/recording unit that performs at least one of reading of information from the one of the disks and recording of information on the one of the disks rotated by the rotating unit;
• wherein the opening is sized in accordance with the diameter of the first disk, the carrying unit includes:
• a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of the one of the disks in the proximity of ends of the opening such that the arms pivot around one end portions thereof adjacent to the opening in synchronism with each other in a first direction in which the other end portions of the arms located opposite to the one end portions on the arms remote from the opening approach each other and in a second direction in which the other end portions move away from each other;
• and
• a biasing unit that biases the other end portions of the arms in the first direction;
• the one end portions of the arms adjacent to the opening are respectively provided close to the opening;
• each of the arms has at least one roller provided thereon and configured to carry the one of the disks;
• and
• a distance between the rollers provided on the arms is smaller than the diameter of the second disk until the second disk is in contact with each of the rollers when the second disk is carried in;
• and
• a lever member provided for pivotal motion on or near at least one of the arms and configured to contact with the disk inserted in the opening and bias the disk toward the other one of the arms,
• wherein the housing includes a pivotal motion regulation portion configured to regulate, when the second disk is inserted to a position in the proximity of one of the ends of the opening, a pivotal motion of the arm toward which the second disk is inserted in a direction receding from the other arm side, and
• wherein the lever member includes a regulation portion configured to contact with the one of the arms to regulate the pivotal motion of the one of the arms, and the pivotal motion regulation portion regulating the pivotal motion of the lever member, which contacts with and is pivoted by the second disk inserted to the position in the proximity of the one of the ends of the opening thereby to regulate the pivotal motion of the arms.

A disk apparatus, comprising:

• a housing on which an opening through which disks including at least a first disk and a second disk of which diameter is smaller than a diameter of the first disk are adapted to be inserted into and extracted from the housing is provided;
• a carrying unit that carries one of the disks inserted into the opening into the housing;
• a rotating unit that rotates the carried one of the disks;
• an information reading/recording unit that performs at least one of reading of information from the one of the disks and recording of information on the one of the disks rotated by the rotating unit;
• wherein the opening is sized in accordance with the diameter of the first disk,
• the carrying unit includes:
• a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of the one of the disks in the proximity of ends of the opening such that the arms pivot around one end portions thereof adjacent to the opening in synchronism with each other in a first direction in which the other end portions of the arms located opposite to the one end portions on the arms approach each other and in a second direction in which the other end portions move away from each other;
• and
• a biasing unit that biases the other end portions of the arms in the first direction;
• the one end portions of the arms adjacent to the opening are respectively provided close to the opening;
• each of the arms has at least one roller provided thereon and configured to carry the one of the disks;
• and
• a distance between the rollers provided on the arms is smaller than the diameter of the second disk until the second disk is in contact with each of the rollers when the second disk is carried in;
• and
• a lever member provided for pivotal motion on a side of at least one of the arms and configured to contact with the second disk inserted in the opening and bias the second disk toward the other one of the arms,
• wherein the housing includes a pivotal motion regulation portion configured to regulate, when the second disk is inserted to a position in the proximity of one of the ends of the opening, a pivotal motion of the arm toward which the second disk is inserted in a direction receding from the other arm side, and
• wherein the lever member includes a regulation portion configured to contact with the one of the arms to regulate the pivotal motion of the one of the arms, and the pivotal motion regulation portion regulating the pivotal motion of the lever member, which contacts with and is pivoted by the second disk inserted to the position in the proximity of the one of the ends of the opening thereby to regulate the pivotal motion of the arms.