ES2724486B2 - DEVICE TO COLLECT AND DETACH OPTICAL MEDIA - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

Device for collecting and releasing optical media

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention refers to a device for collecting and releasing optical media (CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays), which has been made in order to obtain greater ease and make the possible arrangement of the device cheaper in case of failure.

The invention therefore falls within the automated technological field in which actions are taken to collect and place optical media such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The technique used so far consists of a device with the same objective but that works in a more mechanized way.

This device, included in US 7360812B2, has needles that are located inside the brass piece. These needles pass through washers and with a pen mechanism, the needles go up and down, causing the washers to enter and exit through holes located in the brass head of the device.

These needles are very uniquely shaped to allow the movement of the washers to catch or detach the optical media in a suitable way. For this reason, a slight modification in the shape of the needle causes the device to malfunction and therefore the grasp or detach movement to not perform properly.

Its unique configuration does not allow modifications to be made to the needles of a Simple way to get it back on track.

The most optimal solution for this device is to replace the needles again. Although it is not a long-term solution, since with the continued use of the device these needles deform again.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order to avoid the drawbacks mentioned in the previous section, the invention proposes a device made up of different parts, with the aim of fulfilling the function of being able to carry out the action of picking up or detaching optical means and facilitating the exchange of some of these pieces in the event that one fails.

The device has a conical shaped brass head, like the one in figure 2, which is inserted through the central hole of the optical medium to be able to collect and detach the optical medium without problems. This head is empty inside to facilitate the movement of the steel piece, figure 1, which is inside the brass head. The head has three holes distributed symmetrically in the same horizontal plane, so that three needles will pass between these holes, which are magnetized to the steel part. In order for the needles to magnetize to the steel part inside the head, a neodymium magnetic cylinder is inserted inside the steel part.

The needles are responsible for picking up and releasing optical media at one end, and on the other are attached to the support provided by the head. The conical shape of the steel piece allows it to be raised or lowered, causing the needles to slide on this surface and therefore are outside the head or inside. This fact will allow the optical medium to be picked up or detached.

To make the vertical movement of the steel part and the neodymium cylinder, the device uses the mechanism of a ballpoint pen. This mechanism allows, on the one hand, a downward movement and therefore the steel piece lowers causing needle exits. This movement will be done when you want to pick an optical medium. The next movement that will cause the pen mechanism will be ascending, which will cause the steel piece to rise, causing in this case the entry of the needles inside the head.

The device also has a cylindrical shaped plastic piece, which will have the pen mechanism inside and the steel piece next to the neodymium piece. This piece, like the head, has three holes distributed in the same way on a horizontal plane. These holes allow the head to be fixed to this piece through pins.

Finally, it is important to note that the mechanism will be connected by a thread. To do this, the plastic part will have a vertical hole at the top that will go through the part. The steel piece will have a horizontal hole at the top that will also go through the piece.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that will be made below and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical embodiment thereof, a set of drawings is included as an integral part of said description. where, by way of illustration and not limitation, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a schematic view of the device, showing the different elements of which it is made up.

Figure 2.- Shows a detailed view of the device, showing the exploded view of the different elements of which it is made up.

The following is a list of the different elements represented in the figures that make up the invention:

1 = Brass head.

2 = Piece of steel.

3 = Plastic piece.

4 = Needles.

5 = Pins.

6 = Hole for thread passage.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of the aforementioned figures, and according to the numbering adopted, a preferred embodiment of the invention can be seen in them, which comprises the parts and elements indicated and described in detail below.

The device comprises, as can be seen in figure 2, a plastic part (3) that covers the steel part (2). This plastic piece (3) is attached to the brass head (1) by means of three pins (5). It also includes the three needles (4) that slide through the radial holes in the brass head (1).

When the needles (4) are placed inside the brass head (1), it is in a position not to hold any optical means. At the moment the picker sits on an optical medium, the steel part (2) and the neodymium magnetic cylinder (7) inside it lower and make the needles of the brass head (1), which are in the lower part of the optical medium, slide to the outside by pushing the body or piece of steel (2). In this way, the needles (4) will be left out and the optical medium attached.

When the needles (4) are located on the outside of the brass head (1), it is in the position of holding the optical medium. At the moment the picker places the optical means in the destination position, it is pulled by a thread, not shown in the figures, passing through an end hole (6) of the plastic part, and linked to the part of steel, so that when pulling the thread, the piece of steel (2) and the piece of neodymium or magnetic cylinder (7) rise and the needles, based on their ferromagnetic nature, slide inside due to the magnetic effect produced by the magnetic cylinder (7) inside the brass piece, leaving the optical medium free.

Claims (2)

1. Device for collecting and releasing optical media, such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays, which being intended to carry out the actions of collecting and detaching said optical media in an automated technological field, is characterized in that it is constituted from of a hollow brass head (1), with a series of radial holes in which a series of needles (4) of ferromagnetic material are movable, brass head (1) that is fixed to a plastic part (3) with cylindrical and hollow shape, with a hole in the upper part for the passage of a wire linked to a steel piece (2) vertically movable within said brass head assembly (1) -plastic piece (3), piece of steel (2) in which a piece of neodymium or magnetic needle attraction cylinder (4) is established, and which in its lower limit position within the device presses against the needles (4) causing them to emerge towards the exterior, with the particularity that the brass head (1) is fixed to the plastic part (3) by means of three pins (5). 2. Device for collecting and releasing optical media, according to claim 1, characterized in that the device includes three needles (4).