CN2429893Y

CN2429893Y - Automatic compact disc storing device

Info

Publication number: CN2429893Y
Application number: CN 00243048
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陆江
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2000-07-13
Filing date: 2000-07-13
Publication date: 2001-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2010-07-13

Abstract

The utility model relates to an automatic optical disk library which can preserve optical disks and carry out search and read-write for the optical disks. An optical disk drive, an optical disk storing slot rack, an optical disk gateway, an optical disk conveying mechanism and a control circuit are arranged in a housing, wherein the control circuit which is used for receiving the instructions of a computer and a panel operating button controls the optical disk drive and the optical disk conveying mechanism. The utility model is generally connected with the computer, and an optical disk record is compiled on the computer. The search and the conveyance of the optical disks are controlled by the computer according to the optical disk record, the optical disks in the drive are read and written by the computer, and the search and the conveyance of the optical disks can be controlled by buttons on the panel.

Description

Automatic CD

The utility model relates to a kind of CD server, particularly the automatic CD that can preserve CD and CD is searched and read and write.

Widespread use along with high capacity canned data CD, the CD quantity that common computer user has is more and more, numerous CDs mainly uses CD folder, optical disk cartridge, CD rack etc. when preserving, what they had only can deposit CD, and do not search automatically and function of reading, the optical disk cartridge that has has certain choosing dish function, but owing to there is not CD drive to be connected with computing machine, can not aspect content, carry out various forms of searching, want during use in numerous CDs, to find out required CD earlier, and then the CD drive of putting on the computing machine is read and write.CD quantity is many more, searches just difficult more.Thereby need a kind of light harvesting dish to preserve, search, read and write automatic machinery into one, and can cost an arm and a leg in this professional disk storehouse of satisfying the demand at present, and not to design towards the common computer user, for example do not have the gateway that can add at any time or eject CD, use so be unsuitable for the general user.

In view of above-mentioned, the purpose of this utility model be exactly the design a kind of cheapness, can preserve a large amount of CDs, can search CD automatically and be transported to the machine of reading and writing in the built-in normal optical disk driver.

The purpose of this utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions: a kind of automatic CD, comprise shell, and adorn panel on the shell, be equipped with in the shell: at least one CD drive that is used for writable disc, its input and output connect computer interface; At least one optical disc storage truss; The CD gateway that is used in CD server adding CD or takes out CD in the CD server; Be used for CD between truss and the truss, between truss and the driver, between truss and the gateway, the transport mechanism for optical disc carried between driver and the gateway; Be used for the instruction of receiving computer and panel operation button, to the control circuit that CD drive and transport mechanism for optical disc are controlled, its input connects computer interface and panel operation button, and its output connects transport mechanism for optical disc and CD drive.

In implementing measure of the present utility model:

Described optical disc storage truss can be made of two blocks of side plates and backboard, two blocks of side plates are parallel to each other, the every inboard evenly distribution groove of plate, adjacent two grooves are parallel to each other and spacing equates, the groove width is greater than the thickness of CD, and the distance on two blocks of side plates between contour relatively two grooves bottoms is greater than the diameter of CD.

Described transport mechanism for optical disc comprises two Z tracks, X track and CD gripping module, all have a slide block and to drive the motor-driven mechanism that this slide block moves along this track in every track, an end of track is provided with a photoelectric sensor that can position detection to slide block; Article two, Z track branch stands in the both sides of optical disc storage truss, and the X track is fixed on two slide blocks in the Z slide rail by supporting traverse; CD gripping module is fixed on the interior slide block of X track, and CD gripping module comprises that two are used to clamp the closo clip at CD edge, an opening mode clip that is used to block cd center hole, and drives the electromagnet of above-mentioned clip action.

Described motor-driven mechanism can be made of motor and synchronous band, and band and described slide block connect synchronously, and walk around driving gear, the follower gear that separates from the track two ends, and driving gear is by described motor-driven.

Described motor-driven mechanism also can be made of motor and backguy, and backguy and described slide block connect, and spool, the pulley that separates from the track two ends walked around in backguy, and is fixed on the spool, and spool is by described motor-driven.

Described motor-driven mechanism also can be made of motor and tooth bar, and tooth bar is fixed on the described track, and motor is fixed on the slide block, and meshes by the wheel and rack on the output shaft.

Described transport mechanism for optical disc also can comprise a Y track, and the Y track is fixed on the interior slide block of two Z slide rails, is provided with a tooth bar along the Y track, fixes a motor that meshes with this tooth bar on the X track, and the X track moves on the Y track with this motor-driven.

CD drive is contained in outer casing bottom, and the electromagnet that can press button is established in its pallet ejector button front.

The CD gateway connects base plate by discrete two blocks of side plates and and constitutes, a horizontal groove is arranged respectively on the inwall of biside plate, the groove width is greater than the thickness of CD, article two, the distance between the groove bottom is greater than the diameter of CD, the outer end of biside plate is connected with the opening of panel, the dirt door-plate of setting up defences of this opening part on the panel.

Described control circuit is made up of the button on microprocessor, the panel, each electromagnet, each motor, each sensor, the communication interface that is used for being connected with computing machine, button and each sensor connect the input port of microprocessor, and microprocessor is by the motor and the action of each electromagnet of each track of output port controlling and driving.

Four optical disc storage truss are housed in the described shell, each optical disc storage truss is made of two blocks of side plates and a backboard, two blocks of side plates are parallel to each other, the every inboard evenly distribution groove of plate, adjacent two grooves are parallel to each other and spacing equates, the groove width is greater than the thickness of CD, and the distance on two blocks of side plates between contour relatively two grooves bottoms is greater than the diameter of CD; Four optical disc storage truss are relative in twos, and the adjacent two blocks of side plates bottom between the adjacent truss is provided with the breach that allows the X track crossing.

The utility model is owing to be equipped with optical disc storage truss, control circuit, transport mechanism for optical disc, so can preserve a large amount of CDs, can search CD automatically and be transported in the built-in normal optical disk driver and read and write; Owing to use the normal optical disk driver,, be suitable for the general user and use so cost is low.The utility model can be changed different CD drive easily, as CD-ROM driver, CD writer etc., to satisfy many-sided needs.The utility model generally is connected with computing machine, sets up the CD archives on computers, controls searching and carrying of CD by computing machine according to the CD archives, and by the CD in the computing machine read write drive.Also can searching and carrying by the button control CD on the utility model front panel.

Describe in detail below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are respectively synoptic diagram and the inner structure synoptic diagram after the utility model removes the front side shell;

Fig. 3 is a CD gripping module lower right stravismus synoptic diagram;

Fig. 4, Fig. 5 be respectively Fig. 3 A-A to B-B to cut-open view;

Fig. 6 is the partial schematic diagram of pellet type gateway;

Fig. 7 is the synoptic diagram that the CD server of four truss is arranged;

Fig. 8 control circuit principle sketch.

See also Fig. 1.The main composition of the utility model automatic CD has: shell 5, play and support and the dustproof effect; CD drive 1 is in order to writable disc; Two optical disc storage truss 2,6 can be stored a large amount of CDs; CD gateway 3 is in order to add CD or take out CD in CD server in CD server; Transport mechanism for optical disc 7, with CD between truss and the truss, between truss and the driver, between truss and the gateway, carry between driver and the gateway.Label is the control button on the panel.

See also Fig. 2.Each storage truss is made of two blocks of side plates (10 are wherein) and two backboards (11 are wherein), and two blocks of side plates are parallel to each other, and the angle of backboard and side plate is 135 degree.The every inboard evenly distribution groove 13 of plate, every adjacent two grooves are parallel to each other and spacing equates that the groove width is bigger slightly than the thickness of CD.Distance on two blocks of side plates between contour relatively two grooves bottoms is a bit larger tham the diameter of CD 12, and the CD edge inserts groove, obtains the support of groove bottom, is in horizontal state, and can be free to slide on the side plate groove.When CD was inserted into the truss bottom position, the edge of CD had and inserts everywhere in the groove, can obtain more firm support, can not be subjected to the influence of inside and outside vibration and rocked.The structure of truss also can have multiple variation: (1) backboard is a flat board vertical with side plate; (2) backboard is a semicircular plate tangent with side plate.No matter but shape how, all there is the groove that is connected mutually with side plate its inboard.

See also Fig. 2-Fig. 5.Transport mechanism for optical disc is made up of 20,31, X tracks 28 of two Z tracks and CD gripping module 15.All there is a slide block and to drive the motor-driven mechanism that this slide block moves along this track in every track, this motor-driven mechanism is made of motor and synchronous band, band and slide block connect synchronously, band is walked around the gear at track two ends synchronously, one of them gear is free rotor wheel, and another gear is for being subjected to motor-driven driving wheel; One end of track is provided with one and blocks the type photoelectric sensor, and when slide block moved to this end of track, the light path of photoelectric sensor was blocked, so that slide block is positioned.Article two, Z track branch stands between two truss, outside the side plate of both sides.The X track is fixed on two slide blocks (33 are wherein) in the Z slide rail by supporting traverse 29, and slide block is driven by

synchronous belt

17,19 and vertically moves on the Z slide rail, is with 17,19 to be driven by

drive link

16,18 by motor 14 synchronously.CD gripping module 15 is fixed on the interior slide block of X track, and slide block is driven on the X track by synchronous belt 27 and laterally moves, and is with 27 synchronously by motor 26 drivings.

The motor-driven mechanism of slide block is except that above-mentioned form in Z track and the X track, also other structure can be arranged, as: (1) motor-driven mechanism is made of motor and backguy, one end of track is provided with and is subjected to motor-driven spool, the other end is provided with free pulley, article one, walk around pulley, the backguy two ends are wound in different directions respectively and are fixed on the spool, a bit middle and slide block connection of backguy.(2) motor-driven mechanism is made of motor and tooth bar, fix on the track one with the isometric tooth bar of track, motor is fixed on the slide block, and meshes by the wheel and rack on the output shaft.Because these structures belong to known technology, so repeat no more.

CD gripping module 15 is made up of three clips 40,41,43, clip the 40, the 41st, the closo clip of L type shape, can clamp the part of CD edge 1～2mm, pulling or promotion CD slide in groove, and clip 43 is clips of opening mode, when not opening, can stretch into the center pit of CD, the V-type groove 42 of its front end blocks the edge of cd center hole when opening, and CD gripping module is horizontal when mobile outside truss, just CD is shifted out truss.The action of clip is driven by

electromagnet

45,47 and pull bar 49, and there is a sphenoid at pull bar 49 middle parts, and its inclined-plane contacts with two

slide blocks

46,48; Pull bar 49 when pulled,

slide block

46,48 is laterally promoted, thereby promotes clip 40,41 around its turning axle 58 closures, the clip 43 that is connected as a single entity with slide block also opens simultaneously; After electromagnet was decontroled, spring 50 retracted original position with pull bar 49, and spring 60 retracts original position with clip 40,41, and with

slide block

46,48 pushed home.When

electromagnet

45,47 was all decontroled, clip 40,41 was in 57 position, and the opening angle maximum is in " big mouthful " state, and the CD edge that pushes from the gateway can be inserted in the clip mouth on zero defect ground; When electromagnet 45 adhesives and electromagnet 47 decontroled, clip 40,41 is in 56 position, opening angle is less, can insert in the gap of compact arranged CD 66 in the truss, be " osculum " state, during electromagnet 47 adhesives, clip 40,41 is in 55 position, closed fully, tightly clamp the CD edge, be " closure " state.

See also Fig. 2.CD drive 1 is positioned at the bottom of shell, and label is its shell, and the front of its pallet ejector button is provided with an electromagnet and presses button, with the ejection or the suction of control pallet 30.The ejection of pallet or suction also can be by computer control.

By two blocks of

discrete side plates

21,22 and connect base plate and constitute, a

horizontal groove

23,24 is arranged respectively on the biside plate in the gateway 3, the shape of groove and relative position are identical with groove on the truss side

plate.Side plate

21,22 end inwardly is concordant with the side plate of its below truss, and the other end is connected with opening on the panel.One dustproof door-plate 25 is arranged before the gateway, close at ordinary times, but manual unlocking when taking out CD from the gateway or putting into CD.

The control circuit principle sketch of CD server is part under the CD server in the dashed rectangle as shown in Figure 8.The internal operation of CD server is by 113 controls of microprocessors such as MCS51 series 8031,8032.Microprocessor is according to the instruction of the button on the CD server panel 112 (being label among Fig. 1), or accept the instruction that computing machine 110 sends over by serial communication interface 111, motor 102 (being label among Fig. 2) by output port controlling and driving X track, the motor 103 (being label among Fig. 2) that drives the Z track rotate and the gripping module in two electromagnet 104 and 105 (they being

label

45 and 47 among Fig. 3), press electromagnet 106 actions of CD drive pallet ejector button, check X rail end point photoelectric sensor 100 by input port simultaneously, the state of Y rail end point photoelectric sensor 101.CD drive 107 (being label among Fig. 1) in the CD server connects with parallel port of computer or IDE hard-disk interface 109.

The method of putting into CD drive from CD of truss taking-up is: CD gripping module 15 vertically moves, make clip 40 concordant with CD, electromagnet 45 adhesives, make clip 40 be in " osculum " state, laterally move towards the truss internal direction again, make clip 40 contain CD edge 1～2mm, electromagnet 47 adhesives then, clip 40 closures clamp the CD edge; CD gripping module 15 laterally moves towards the truss outside direction, and cd centre is during apart from the about 15mm in truss edge, and

electromagnet

45,47 relievings are opened clip 40; Clip 40 spues fully, and CD gripping module stops to move behind the CD, and this moment, CD still flatly rested on the truss, and cd center hole is positioned at about 30mm outside other CD edges; CD gripping module vertically moves up, when clip 43 bottom surfaces are higher than the upper surface of the CD that shifts out, CD gripping module changes direction and laterally moves towards the truss internal direction, when clip 43 during over against cd center hole, CD gripping module changes direction and vertically moves down, and when the V-type groove on the clip 43 42 equated with the height of disc, CD gripping module stopped to move, electromagnet 47 adhesives are opened clip 43, and its V-type groove 42 tightly blocks cd centre's bore edges; CD gripping module moves laterally to X orbit centre position, makes CD break away from truss fully; The gripping module moves down and arrives CD drive 1 top, and driver pallet 30 ejects simultaneously; The gripping module laterally moves CD is in directly over the pallet, descends general who has surrendered's CD to put into pallet then, and electromagnet 47 is decontroled and made clip 43 closures, discharges CD, and the gripping module moves up and makes clip 43 leave cd center hole; The driver pallet sucks, and CD is carried out read-write operation.After driver is finished dealing with to CD read and write, ejection tray, the gripping module is transported to CD in the truss along opposite order.Similar to said method, the gripping module can not have the optical disk transfer in the truss arbitrarily in the groove of CD to truss.

The method that CD is transported in CD server outside the CD server is similar to said method: the gripping module is transported to the CD in the truss the groove of gateway 3, and the operator takes out CD from the opening on the panel then.

The method that CD is transported to outside CD server in the CD server is: when not having CD the groove of gateway, the gripping module vertically moves up, make clip 41 concordant with the groove of gateway, move laterally to a end again near the gateway,

electromagnet

45,47 is all decontroled, and clip 41 is in " big mouthful " state; The operator inserts CD in the groove of gateway, inwardly pushes the CD edge is injected in the clip 43, and grasping module can be according to being transported to this CD in the truss with aforementioned similar methods or in the driver.

Another structure of gateway is a pellet type.As Fig. 6, the pellet type gateway has 68, two the groove bottoms of matrix disk that can put into CD from the top tangent with the round wall of concavity disk respectively, and groove is following concordant with matrix disk bottom surface.Pallet can slide in chute 67, and its ejection or suction can be finished by motor, and be similar to general CD drive, or is ejected and manually pushed by spring, and is similar to the CD drive that general notebook computer is built-in.When pallet was in suction condition, the pallet inner face was concordant with the truss end face.In the time of will in CD server, being transported to a CD outside the CD server, grasp module according to the CD in the truss being transported in the groove of gateway with aforementioned similar methods, push the concavity disk through groove, ejection tray then, the operator takes out CD from the concavity disk.In the time of will outside CD server, being transported to a CD in the CD server, elder generation's ejection tray, the operator puts into the concavity disk with CD, and pallet sucks then, grasp module and vertically move up, according to from the groove of gateway, being transplanted in the truss CD with aforementioned similar methods or in the driver.

Increase the optical disc storage amount of CD server, can increase the height of truss, but highly too high, not only CD server appearance proportion imbalance, and also be very much inconvenience on using.So, the above truss of all the people present or all the people present can be set.Fig. 7 is the synoptic diagram that four truss CD server are arranged.With the main difference of aforementioned two truss CD server be: the supporting traverse 29 of (1) aforementioned X track changes to Y track 71, Y track 71 is provided with a tooth bar 73, motor 72 is fixed on the X track 70, gearing mesh in tooth bar 73 and motor 72 rotating shafts, X track 70 moves on the Y track with the driving of motor 72; (2) breach 75 is severed in the adjacent two blocks of side plates bottom between the adjacent truss, and the X track can move to another to truss from a pair of truss by breach, and CD is being moved between the truss arbitrarily; (3) bottom of CD server is left enough spaces extra CD drive 74 is installed side by side, and the CD on the truss can be transported in any one CD drive arbitrarily.

In addition, audio power amplifier circuit and video decode circuit can also be installed in CD server, so just can be when not being connected with computing machine, but by internal circuit also audio plays CD or video display CD.Audio power amplifier circuit and video decode circuit belong to known technology, repeat no more.

The foregoing description is only enumerated for explanation the utility model, is not to be used to limit the utility model, and any equivalents based on the foregoing description all should be within the scope of patent protection of the utility model claims.

Claims

1. an automatic CD comprises shell, it is characterized in that: adorn panel on the shell, be equipped with in the shell:

At least one CD drive that is used for writable disc, its input and output connect computer interface;

At least one optical disc storage truss;

The CD gateway that is used in CD server adding CD or takes out CD in the CD server;

Be used for CD between truss and the truss, between truss and the driver, between truss and the gateway, the transport mechanism for optical disc carried between driver and the gateway;

Be used for the instruction of receiving computer and panel operation button, to the control circuit that CD drive and transport mechanism for optical disc are controlled, its input connects computer interface and panel operation button, and its output connects transport mechanism for optical disc and CD drive.

2. automatic CD as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described optical disc storage truss is made of two blocks of side plates and backboard, two blocks of side plates are parallel to each other, the every inboard evenly distribution groove of plate, adjacent two grooves are parallel to each other and spacing equates, the groove width is greater than the thickness of CD, and the distance on two blocks of side plates between contour relatively two grooves bottoms is greater than the diameter of CD.

3. automatic CD as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: described backboard is dull and stereotyped or with a side plate tangent semicircular plate vertical with side plate, and its inboard is provided with the groove that is connected mutually with side plate.

4. automatic CD as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described transport mechanism for optical disc comprises two Z tracks, X track and CD gripping module, all have a slide block and to drive the motor-driven mechanism that this slide block moves along this track in every track, an end of track is provided with a photoelectric sensor that can position detection to slide block; Article two, Z track branch stands in the both sides of optical disc storage truss, and the X track is fixed on two slide blocks in the Z slide rail by supporting traverse;

CD gripping module is fixed on the interior slide block of X track, and CD gripping module comprises that two are used to clamp the closo clip at CD edge, an opening mode clip that is used to block cd center hole, and drives the electromagnet of above-mentioned clip action.

5. automatic CD as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that: described motor-driven mechanism is made of motor and synchronous band, band and described slide block connect synchronously, and walk around driving gear, the follower gear that separates from the track two ends, and driving gear is by described motor-driven.

6. automatic CD as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that: described motor-driven mechanism is made of motor and backguy, and backguy and described slide block connect, and spool, the pulley that separates from the track two ends walked around in backguy, and be fixed on the spool, spool is by described motor-driven.

7. automatic CD as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: described motor-driven mechanism is made of motor and tooth bar, and tooth bar is fixed on the described track, and motor is fixed on the slide block, and meshes by the wheel and rack on the output shaft.

8. as the described automatic CD of one of claim 4-7, it is characterized in that: described transport mechanism for optical disc also comprises a Y track, the Y track is fixed on the interior slide block of two Z slide rails, be provided with a tooth bar along the Y track, fix a motor that meshes with this tooth bar on the X track, the X track moves on the Y track with this motor-driven.

9. automatic CD as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described CD drive is contained in outer casing bottom, and the front of its pallet ejector button is provided with the electromagnet that can press button.

10. automatic CD as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described CD gateway connects base plate by discrete two blocks of side plates and and constitutes, a horizontal groove is arranged respectively on the inwall of biside plate, the groove width is greater than the thickness of CD, article two, the distance between the groove bottom is greater than the diameter of CD, the outer end of biside plate is connected with opening on the panel, and this opening part on panel is provided with dustproof door-plate.

11. automatic CD as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described control circuit is made up of the button on microprocessor, the panel, each electromagnet, each motor, each sensor, the communication interface that is used for being connected with computing machine, button and each sensor connect the input port of microprocessor, and microprocessor is by the motor and the action of each electromagnet of each track of output port controlling and driving.

12. automatic CD as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: four optical disc storage truss are housed in the shell, each optical disc storage truss is made of two blocks of side plates and a backboard, two blocks of side plates are parallel to each other, the every inboard evenly distribution groove of plate, adjacent two grooves are parallel to each other and spacing equates, the groove width is greater than the thickness of CD, and the distance on two blocks of side plates between contour relatively two grooves bottoms is greater than the diameter of CD; Four optical disc storage truss are relative in twos, and the adjacent two blocks of side plates bottom between the adjacent truss is provided with the breach that allows the X track crossing.

13. automatic CD as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: audio power amplifier circuit and video decode circuit are housed in the shell, and its input connects the output of described CD drive.