A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin
design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving
mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first
and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at
opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided
by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical
pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126)
put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force
the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally
perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting
screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105,
106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first
and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the
direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting
means (109) which adjusts a skew, if any, by adjusting the inclination of
the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) by the adjusting screw
(127).