Patent 7454768 was granted and assigned to Pioneer Corporation on November, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Provided is a disk carrying mechanism, in which a guide member (32) is installed on a disk guide block (41) and the disk guide block (41) with the guide member (32) being disposed on an opposite side of a roller (31) with a carrying route therebetween. The guide member (32) is formed as a ridge extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction of a carrying route and inclined from a center part to a peripheral edge part of a disk so that its height can be increased.