The present invention relates to a disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus
in which a disk-like recording medium such as an optical disk is transported between
a disk loading portion provided for recording and/or reproducing information and
a disk unloading portion for inserting and ejecting the disk-like recording medium.
The disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a pair of transport
members for holding a disk-like recording medium in its diametrical direction,
a drive means for driving a first transport member of the pair of transport members
and giving rotation force to rotate and move the disk-like recording medium held
between the pair of transport members and a space adjusting mechanism capable of
adjusting a space by making the pair of transport members become close to or away
from each other in response to the size of the disk-like recording medium.
The disk-like recording medium can reliably be held in the diametrical direction
by adjusting a space between the pair of transport members with the space adjusting
mechanism in response to the size of the disk-like recording medium and the disk-like
recording medium can be rotated, moved and transported by rotation force applied
thereto. Therefore, when the disk is transported, the signal recording surface
can be free from being touched, the signal recording surface can be prevented from
being pressed by foreign material and the signal recording surface can be prevented
from being scratched by the foreign material. Thus, an information signal can reliably
be read and written.