JP2000173149A - Disk device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disk device constituted to simplify the vibration isolating mechanism of a disk drive section. SOLUTION: Supporting bodies 7a and 7b exist in the fine width parts A23 and B23 of lifting locking guide parts A and B and the fine width parts C23 and E23 of locking guide parts C and E and a shaft 8 to be manipulated of a clamping arm 5 exists in the restraining part F23 of a clamping guide part F and, therefore, a disk drive section 1 is in a locking state and unclamping state. When a lifting drive member 15 is moved in the Y1 direction from this state, the supporting bodies 7a and 7b and the shaft 8 to be manipulated is moved to respective broad width parts A3, B3, C3 and E3 and an open part F3. As a result, the unlocking of the disk drive section 1 and the shifting to the clamping state of the clamping arm 5 may be simultaneously executed by the simple constitution of moving the lifting drive member 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk drive in which a disk drive for driving a disk moves up and down in a housing to select one of a plurality of disks.
In particular, the present invention relates to a lock mechanism and a lock release mechanism of a disk drive unit, and a disk device in which a disk clamp mechanism and a clamp release mechanism are simplified.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a disk device such as an in-vehicle CD player, it is necessary to prevent a problem such as a sound skip during reproduction of a disk due to a vibration during traveling. As a method for preventing the sound skipping phenomenon, a whole image stabilization method and a partial image stabilization method are conventionally used.

[0003] In a disk drive employing the above-mentioned overall vibration isolation system, a disk drive for reproducing a disk, a magazine containing a plurality of disks, and a disk transport for transferring a disk between the disk drive and the magazine are provided. Means and the like are fixed in the sub-chassis. The sub-chassis is elastically supported by an elastic support member such as a coil spring or an oil damper in a main chassis that covers the entire outside.

On the other hand, in a disk drive employing the above-mentioned partial vibration isolation system, only the disk drive section is elastically supported in a main chassis, and the other disk transport mechanisms and magazines are mounted in a main chassis or a sub-chassis. Fixed.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned overall vibration isolating method, the disk drive, the disk transport means and the magazine are fixed in the elastically supported sub-chassis. Moves,
The relative positional relationship between the disk drive and the magazine in the sub-chassis does not change.

However, in the structure in which the entire sub-chassis is elastically supported in the main chassis, an elastic support member having a large elastic absorption force is required, so that the external dimensions of the components are increased, and the main chassis and the sub-chassis are not connected to each other. The main chassis must be large because there must be enough vibration space between them.

On the other hand, in the partial vibration isolation system, since only the disk drive portion is elastically supported, an elastic support member exhibiting a large elastic force is not required, and the main chassis can be reduced in size and used as an in-dash type. It is possible to

However, in the case of the partial image stabilization system, only the disk drive unit is image stabilized, and other disk conveying means and magazines are fixed in the sub-chassis.
Therefore, it is necessary to temporarily fix the disk drive when transferring the disk between the disk drive and the magazine.

For this reason, the conventional partial vibration isolation type disk device requires a lock mechanism for temporarily fixing the disk drive unit in the chassis. Moreover, when the disk is loaded in the disk drive, it is necessary to release the lock and elastically support the disk drive,
A drive source for operating the lock mechanism for locking and unlocking is also required.

In a conventional disk drive, a turntable provided in a disk drive is provided with a clamper for pressing a disk. Therefore, it is necessary to drive the clamper in the disk clamp direction and the clamp release direction. A drive source is required for the operation of the clamper, which complicates the structure of the disk drive unit.

Further, in the above-mentioned partial vibration isolation system, in which the disk drive section is elastically supported, the locking and unlocking of the disk drive section and the clamping and unlocking operations by the clamper are performed in synchronization with each other. Is required, and the structure of the disk drive unit becomes complicated.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a disk device having a simple structure of a vibration isolating mechanism of a disk drive unit. Another object of the present invention is to provide a disk drive capable of performing a disk clamping operation and a disk releasing operation in a disk drive unit with a simple configuration without increasing the number of components.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a disk accommodating portion accommodating a plurality of disks, a disk driving portion for driving a disk pulled out from the disk accommodating portion, and a disk driving portion. An elevating base that elastically supports, a supporting part that supports the elevating base so as to be able to move up and down along the direction in which the disks in the disk storage unit are arranged, and an elevating drive member that reciprocates and drives the elevating base up and down A lifting and lowering drive member, the lifting and lowering driving member is provided with a driving guide portion for vertically driving the lifting and lowering base, and a lock guide portion for guiding a support provided on the disk driving portion, The lock guide portion includes a narrow portion that restrains the support when a disk is transferred between the disk storage portion and the disk drive portion; A wide portion for releasing restriction of said support when the disc is loaded is characterized in that it is formed alternately.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the lifting base is driven up and down by the lifting drive member to select a disk, the disk drive unit moved to the selected position of one of the disks is moved to the lifting drive member. Can be used to lock and unlock.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a disk accommodating portion accommodating a plurality of disks, a disk driving portion for rotating and driving a disk pulled out from the disk accommodating portion, and an elastically supporting disk supporting portion. The disk device includes a lifting base, a supporting unit that supports the lifting base so as to be able to move up and down along the arrangement direction of the disks in the disk storage unit, and a lifting drive member that reciprocates and drives the lifting base up and down. The support portion is provided with an elevating lock guide portion extending in the elevating direction, and the elevating lock guide portion has a disk drive unit when a disk is transferred between the disk storage unit and the disk drive unit. A narrow portion for restraining the support provided on the disk drive, and a wide portion for releasing the restraint of the support when a disk is loaded in the disk drive unit, Serial toward the lifting direction and is characterized in that it is formed alternately.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the lift base is moved to a selected position of one of the disks, the lift lock guide portion formed on the support portion for supporting the lift base so as to be able to move up and down can be used. The drive unit can be locked and unlocked.

Further, in the second invention, the lifting drive member further includes a drive guide portion for driving the lift base up and down, and a lock guide portion for guiding a support provided on the disk drive portion. The lock guide portion includes a narrow portion for restraining the support when the disk is transferred between the disk storage portion and the disk drive portion, and a disk is loaded in the disk drive portion. Sometimes, wide portions that release the restraint of the support are alternately formed, and the narrow portion of the lift lock guide and the narrow portion of the lock guide are different in direction of the support. To be bound by

In the above invention, the disk drive unit moved to the disk selection position is provided with the lock guide unit of the lifting drive member,
It is locked and released by both lifting lock guides provided on the support. Since the disk drive unit is restrained from different directions by the lock guide unit and the elevating lock guide unit, the disk drive unit is locked without moving in any of up, down, left, and right directions.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevating base on which a disk accommodating portion accommodating a plurality of disks, a rotatable turntable and a clamper facing the turntable are mounted, and the elevating base is accommodated in the disk accommodating disk. A disk device comprising: a support portion that supports the disk in the unit so as to be able to move up and down along the direction in which the disks are arranged; and a lifting and lowering drive member that reciprocates and drives the lift base up and down. When the disc is transferred between the storage section and the disc drive section, the clamper is separated from the turntable, and when the disc is transferred on the turntable, a clamp guide section for guiding the clamper in the direction of the turntable is provided. It is characterized by being provided.

In the above, the clamper is urged in the direction of the turntable, the clamp guide has a restraining portion for restraining the clamper away from the turntable, and the clamper is movable in the direction of the turntable. And the open portions are alternately formed in the elevating direction.

In the third aspect, the clamper can perform the clamp operation and the clamp release operation by using the elevating drive member for elevating the elevating base. Third
In the invention of the above, both the partial vibration isolation system in which only the disk drive unit is elastically supported, and the entire vibration isolation system in which the entire chassis or chassis in which both the disk drive unit and the disk storage unit are mounted are elastically supported. Can be implemented.

In the third invention, when the partial vibration isolation system is operated, the following configuration can be further applied. That is, a disk drive unit on which the turntable and the clamper are mounted is elastically supported by the lift base, and the lift drive member is provided on the drive guide unit that drives the lift base up and down, and provided on the disk drive unit. A lock guide portion for guiding the support member, wherein the lock guide portion has a narrow width portion for restraining the support member when a disk is transferred between the disk storage portion and the disk drive portion. And a wide portion for releasing the restraint of the support when a disk is loaded in the disk drive may be alternately formed, and / or the support may be vertically moved An elevating lock guide portion extending in the direction, the elevating lock guide portion is provided with a disk when the disk is transferred between the disk storage portion and the disk drive portion. The narrow portion for restraining the support provided on the moving portion, and the wide portion for releasing the restraint of the support when a disk is loaded in the disk drive portion are alternately arranged in the vertical direction. It can be formed.

The elevating drive member reciprocates linearly in a direction intersecting the elevating direction of the elevating base, and the drive guide and the lock guide move in the elevating direction and the reciprocating movement. It can extend obliquely in both directions.

According to the present invention, any one of a plurality of discs may be selected, pulled out and clamped, and may be a CD (compact disc) player, a DVD (digital versatile disc) player, an MD (mini disc). ) Player or FD (floppy disk)
And so on.

[0025] The disk storage section may be loaded with a magazine storing a plurality of disks,
Alternatively, the discs may be inserted one by one from the outside into the disc storage portion in the housing.

[0026]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 separately show components of the disk drive of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a disk drive unit and an elevating base, FIG. 2 is a side view of a housing in which the disk drive unit and the elevating base are stored, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a side view of an elevating drive member that drives the elevating drive, locks and unlocks the disk drive unit, and clamps and releases the clamper. FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are side views showing a state in which the respective elements are assembled. FIG. 4 shows the lifting base in the locked state and the disk clamp released state, and FIG. 5 shows the lifting base in the unlocked state and the disk clamp state. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged side view of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the disk drive unit 1
A spindle motor 3 is fixed below the drive base 2. The rotation shaft of the spindle motor 3 extends above the drive base 2, and a turntable 4 is fixed to a tip of the drive shaft 2. A pickup for reading information written on the disk or writing information on the disk is provided on the drive base 2 (not shown).

Further, the drive base 2 is provided with a clamp arm 5 that rotates in the α1 direction (clamp release direction) and the α2 direction (clamp direction) with a rotation shaft 6 provided at the end on the Y2 side as a fulcrum. Is provided. A clamper 9 facing the turntable 4 is rotatably supported at the tip of the clamp arm 5.

The clamp arm 5 is integrally formed with an operating arm 5a extending in an L-shape.
An operated shaft 8 is provided at the end on the Y1 side in FIG. The disk drive unit 1 is provided with an urging member (not shown) composed of a coil spring or the like, and the clamp arm 5 is urged in the α2 direction (clamp direction).

On the side surface of the drive base 2, supports 7a and 7b are provided. These supports 7a, 7b
Is a support pin fixed to the side surface of the drive base 2.
Although FIG. 1 shows only one side, the supports 7a and 7b are similarly fixed to the other side of the drive base. Although only one side surface is shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, a similar mechanism is provided on the other side surface so as to operate synchronously. However, in the following, the relationship between the mechanisms will be described only for one side surface appearing on the paper.

As shown in FIG. 1, the disk drive 1
Is mounted on the lifting base 10. The elevating base 10 has a bottom plate, a side plate on the near side of the drawing, and a side plate on the back side of the drawing, but FIG. 1 shows only the side plate on the near side of the drawing.
An elastic support member (not shown) including a coil spring, an oil damper, and the like is provided on a bottom plate of the elevating base 10, and the disk drive unit 1 is elastically supported by the elastic support member.

The side plate of the lifting base 10 has an insertion hole 10
a, 10b are drilled, and in these insertion holes 10a, 10b,
The supports 7a and 7b provided on the drive base 2 of the disk drive unit 1 are inserted, and the supports 7a and 7b extend outside the side plates of the lifting base 10. The insertion hole 1
Reference numerals 0a and 10b have a sufficient opening area, and the support members 7a and 7b are provided within a range in which the drive base 2 elastically supported on the elevating base 10 can move by deformation of a damper or the like. It does not hit the inner edges of the insertion holes 10a and 10b.

In addition, a relief hole 1 is provided on the side of the lift base 10.
The operating shaft 8 fixed to the operating arm 5a of the clamp arm 5 of the disk drive unit 1 extends through the clearance hole 10c to the outside of the side plate of the elevating base 10. . The relief hole 10c also has a sufficient opening area, and the operated shaft 8 can move when the clamp arm 5 rotates in the α1 direction and the α2 direction. When the clamp arm 5 rotates in the α2 direction (clamp direction), the operated shaft 8 does not hit the inner edge of the escape hole 10c within a range in which the drive base 2 can move due to deformation of a damper or the like. It has become.

A pair of sliding shafts 10d and 10e are fixed to the side plate of the elevating base 10. On the supporting side plate 11A of the housing 11 shown in FIG.
e are formed with elevating grooves 14a and 14b into which e is inserted. The lifting grooves 14a and 14b extend vertically in the vertical direction (Z direction) in the figure. The sliding shafts 10d and 10e
Are inserted into the elevating grooves 14a and 14b almost without rattling in the Y direction.
Od and 10e slide in the elevating grooves 14a and 14b, and are guided so that the elevating base 10 can be raised and lowered in the vertical direction. That is, the supporting side plate 11A functions as a supporting portion that supports the elevating base 10 so as to be able to move up and down.

Elevating lock guides A and B are formed in a groove shape on the supporting side plate 11A of the housing 11. The elevating lock guide portion A has a plurality of wide portions (open portions) formed in a circular shape.
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, and narrow portions (restraining portions) A0 having narrow widths formed vertically adjacent to each other between the wide portions.
1, A12, A23, A34, and A45 are alternately connected in the height direction (Z direction) of the disk. The same applies to the lift lock guide portion B, and B1, B2, B
3, B4, B5 are wide portions, and B01, B12, B23,
B34 and B45 are narrow portions.

The disk drive unit 1 is fixed to the side plate of the drive base 2, and the insertion holes 10 a, 1
The support members 7a and 7b protruding outward from Ob are inserted into the lift lock guides A and B.

An escape groove 14c extending in the Z direction is formed in the support side plate 11A of the housing 11. The operated shaft 8 extending from the operating arm 5a of the clamp arm 5 passes through the clearance hole 10c formed in the side plate of the elevating base 10, and further has the clearance groove 1 formed in the support side plate 11A.
4c, and extends outside the support side plate 11A. The clearance groove 14c is formed to have a sufficient width so that the operated shaft 8 can freely move. Further, a pair of guide shafts 13a and 13b are fixed to the support side plate 11A of the housing 11.

On the Y1 side of the housing 11 in the figure, there is provided a disk mounting portion on which a magazine M is mounted. The magazine M is positioned such that the disk entrance M1 faces the disk drive unit 1 and the magazine M
It is loaded in two directions. In the magazine M, a plurality of trays (not shown) are stacked in the height direction (Z direction), and each tray is moved from the magazine M to the disk drive unit 1.
Is movable in the directions of Y1 and Y2 in FIG. The discs are placed on the trays. Further, on the elevating base 10, there is provided a disk transport means (not shown) for pulling out the selected tray in the magazine M in the direction of the disk drive unit 1 and returning it to the magazine M.

The lifting drive member 15 shown in FIG.
Long grooves 15a and 15b extending in the direction are formed, and a guide shaft 13 fixed to a support side plate 11A of the housing 11 is provided.
a and 13b are respectively inserted. Elevating drive member 15
The long groove 15a, 15b is supported by the guide shafts 13a, 13b so as to be linearly movable in the Y1 and Y2 directions outside the support side plate 11A of the housing 11. A similar lifting drive member is provided on the outside of the other side plate facing the support side plate 11A of the housing 11, and these pair of lifting drive members are moved by the driving means (not shown) in the Y1-Y2 direction. Is controlled so that it can be stopped at a position where a predetermined tray in the magazine M is selected.

The elevation drive member 15 is formed with drive guide portions (drive guide grooves) 16a and 16b extending linearly obliquely in both the Y and Z directions. In addition, the lifting drive member 15 has the drive guide portions 16a, 1
Lock guides C and E and a clamp guide F extending in parallel with 6b are provided.

Slide shafts 10d and 10e fixed to the elevating base 10 are inserted into the drive guides 16a and 16b. When the lifting drive member 15 moves in the Y1 direction, the slide shafts 10d, 10e are raised along the lifting grooves 14a, 14b by the drive guides 16a, 16b, and the lifting base 10 is raised. Elevating drive member 1
5 moves in the Y2 direction, the drive guides 16a, 1
The lifting base 10 is lowered by 6b.

In the lock guide portion C, first to fifth wide portions C1, C2, C3, formed in a parallelogram shape.
C4 and C5 are connected in a diagonally stepped manner. First to fifth narrow portions C01, C are provided between adjacent wide portions.
12, C23, C34, and C45 are formed. Similarly, the lock guide portion E includes first to fifth wide portions E1,
It comprises E2, E3, E4, E5 and first to fifth narrow portions E01, E12, E23, E34, E45. The first to fifth narrow portions C01, C1
2, C23, C34, C45 and the first to fifth narrow portions E01, E12, E23, E34, E45 are formed parallel to the bottom surface of the housing 11.

The clamp guide F is formed between the lock guide C and the lock guide E. The clamp guide portion F includes first to fifth opening portions F1, F2, F3, F4, and F5 formed in a circular shape, and first to fifth restraining portions F01 provided between these adjacent opening portions. , F
12, F23, F34 and F45.
The first restraining portion F02 includes a horizontal portion F1h and an inclined portion F1.
1s, and the other second to fifth constraint portions F1
2, F23, F34, and F45.

The supports 7a and 7b that have passed through the elevating lock guides A and B of the support side plate 11A of the housing 11 are inserted through lock guides C and E formed on the elevating drive member 15, respectively. . Further, the operated shaft 8 having passed through the escape hole 10c of the elevating base 10 and the escape groove 14c of the support side plate 11A is inserted into a clamp guide F formed on the elevating drive member 15.

The operation of the above disk device will be described. FIGS. 4 and 6 show that the lifting drive member 15 has moved by a predetermined distance in the Y1 or Y2 direction and stopped, and the disk drive unit 1 mounted on the lifting base 10 has a third tray from the bottom in the magazine M. Is located at the selected position (a). This position (a) is a position where the operation of pulling out the selected tray from the magazine is performed. The disk drive unit 1 elastically supported on the elevating base 10 is locked, and the clamper 9 of the disk drive unit 1 is turned. The clamp is released from the table 4.

In FIGS. 4 and 6, the supports 7a and 7b of the disk drive 1 are attached to the third narrow portion A23 of the lift lock guide A and the third narrow portion B23 of the lift lock guide B. Each is located. At the same time, the support 7a
And 7b are located at the third narrow portion C23 of the lock guide portion C of the lifting drive member 15 and the third narrow portion E23 of the lock guide portion E, respectively.

Therefore, the movement of the supports 7a and 7b in the Y direction is restricted by the third narrow portion A23 of the lift lock guide A and the third narrow portion B23 of the lift lock guide B. Third narrow portion C23 of lock guide portion C
And the third narrow portion E23 of the lock guide portion E,
It is in a locked state in which movement in the direction is restricted. That is, the disk drive unit 1 on the elevating base 10 includes a narrow portion of the elevating lock guide formed on the support side plate 11A,
The locking guide portion formed on the lifting drive member is locked and locked in both the Y direction and the Z direction, which are different directions from each other, by the narrow width portion of the lock guide portion.

At this time, the operating arm 5a of the clamp arm 5
The operated shaft 8 is connected to the third restraining portion F2 of the clamp guide portion F.
3 is held by a horizontal portion F3h. Therefore, the clamp arm 5 is rotated in the illustrated α1 direction, and the clamper 9 is rotated.
Is separated from the turntable 4 and is in the clamp release state.

In the state shown by the symbol (a), the upper surface of the turntable 4 on the disk drive unit 1
The disc D of the tier is located slightly away from the transfer area in the Y2 direction on the Z2 side. Therefore, Magazine M
When the third-stage disc D is pulled out in the Y2 direction by disc transport means (not shown), the tray and the disc thereon move above the turntable 4, and the turntable 4 pulls out the tray. Do not disturb. When the center of the disk placed on the tray reaches just above the turntable 4, the tray has been pulled out, and the tray stops at this position. And
The state shifts to the clamp state and the lock release state shown in FIG.

When the pulling out of the tray is completed and the center of the disk on the tray stops between the turntable 4 and the clamper 9, the lifting drive member 15 is moved from the state of FIG. It is moved by the distance L1. The state of the elevating base 10 at this time is indicated by reference numeral (b) in FIG.

When the lifting drive member 15 is moved in the Y1 direction, the lift base 10 is lifted in the Z1 direction by the drive guides 16a and 16b, and the turntable 4 is raised. Enters the center hole of the disk, and the center of the disk is placed on the turntable 4.

At this time, the supports 7a and 7b provided on the disk drive unit 1 supported by the elevating base 10 rise inside the elevating lock guides A and B, and the third wide portions A3 and It moves in the 3rd wide part B3, respectively. At the same time, the supports 7a and 7b rise in the lock guides C and E and move into the third wide portions C3 and E3, respectively. Therefore, the constraint on the disk drive unit 1 in the Z direction and the Y direction is released and the disk drive unit 1 is unlocked, and the disk drive unit 1 is elastically supported on the elevating base 10 by the elastic support member.

While the elevating drive member 15 moves by L1 in the Y1 direction, the operated shaft 8 of the clamp arm 5 moves the horizontal portion F3h in the third restraining portion F23 of the clamp guide portion F.
And moves into the third opening portion F3, and the operated shaft 8
Is in an unconstrained state in the third opening portion F3 of the clamp guide portion F. Therefore, the clamp arm 5 is rotated in the illustrated α2 direction by the urging member, and
And the clamper 9 clamp the center of the disc.

Thereafter, the tray moves in the Y1 direction. At this time, since the disc is clamped on the turntable 4, the empty tray returns to the magazine M. Therefore, the disk is driven to rotate on the disk drive unit 1 in the elastically supported state, and a signal recorded on the disk is reproduced by the pickup.

Next, when returning the disk driven by the disk drive unit 1 to the magazine M, the empty tray is pulled out from the magazine M in the Y2 direction in the disk clamp state shown in FIG. In the state of FIG. 5, the lifting base 10 and the disk drive unit 1 are slightly lifted more than in the state of FIG. 4, so that the tray pulled out of the magazine M is placed under the disk clamped on the turntable 4. Side in the Y2 direction. When the tray has been pulled out, the elevation drive member 15 is moved by the distance L1 in the Y2 direction.

This returns to the state shown in FIG.
That is, the drive guide portions 16a, 16b of the lifting drive member 15
As a result, the elevating base 10 is slightly lowered, the operated shaft 8 of the clamp arm 5 enters the horizontal portion F3h in the third restraining portion F23 from the third opening portion F3 of the clamp guide portion F, and the clamper 9 is moved. The disk is released from the turntable 4 and the disk is released from the clamp. At the same time, the supports 7a and 7b provided on the drive base 2 of the disk drive 1
Is the third wide portion A3 in the lift lock guides A and B.
And the third wide portion B3 enters the third narrow portion A23 and the third narrow portion B23, respectively. Therefore,
Y of the disk drive unit 1 supported by the lifting base 10
Movement in the direction is regulated. Further, the supports 7a and 7
b enters the third narrow portion C23 and the third narrow portion E23 from the third wide portion C3 and the third wide portion E3 in the lock guide portions C and E, respectively. 1 is restricted from moving in the Z direction. Therefore, the disk drive unit 1 is in the restricted state. In this state, the tray on which the disc is placed is returned into the magazine M.

In the clamp release state as described above, the disk drive unit 1 can be always locked, so that the relative positions of the disk drive unit 1, the disk transport means and the magazine M can be fixed. . Therefore, even when the vibration of the vehicle occurs during the transfer of the disk D, the vehicle is hardly affected by the vibration, and the disk D can be transferred reliably. As described above, even in the partial image stabilization method in which only the disk drive unit is image-stabilized, the same effect as in the general image stabilization method in which the entire apparatus is image-stabilized can be obtained.

In the present invention, the side plate 11A of the housing 11 is provided.
Of the disk drive unit 1 may be restricted only in the Y direction and locked. Alternatively, only the lock guides C and E of the lifting drive member 15 may be provided to restrict the disk drive 1 only in the height direction (Z direction). Further, only the clamp guide F may be provided without providing the lifting lock guide and the lock guide. Further, the tray may not be provided in the magazine M, and only the disk may be pulled out from the magazine M and mounted on the disk drive unit.

[0059]

According to the present invention described above, the disk drive unit can be locked and unlocked and / or the clamp and the clamp can be released by using the lifting means for lifting and lowering the disk drive unit. The overall configuration can be simplified. Also, since a dedicated member for driving the lock mechanism and the clamp arm is not required, the number of parts can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a disk drive unit and a lifting base, which are one of components of a disk device according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a housing of the disk device;

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a lifting drive member;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a clamp release state as one mode of an operation state of the disk device according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a clamp state as one mode of an operation state of the disk device according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a partial side view of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disc drive part 2 Drive base 4 Turntable 5 Clamp arm 5a Operation arm 7a, 7b Support body 8 Operated shaft 9 Clamper 10 Elevation base 11 Housing 15 Elevation drive member A, B Elevation lock guide part A1, A2, A3 A4, A5 Wide section A01, A12, A23, A34, A45 Thin section B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 Wide section B01, B12, B23, B34, B45 Thin section C, E Lock guide section C1, C2 C3, C4, C5 Wide section C01, C12, C23, C34, C45 Thin section E1, E2, E3, E4, E5 Wide section E01, E12, E23, E34, E45 Thin section F Clamp guide section F1, F2 F3, F4, F5 Opening parts F01, F12, F23, F34, F45 Restraining parts D disk

Claims (8)

[Claims] A disk storage unit that stores a plurality of disks; a disk drive unit that rotationally drives a disk pulled out of the disk storage unit; a lifting base that elastically supports the disk drive unit; A disk device, comprising: a support unit that supports the lifting base so as to be able to move up and down along the direction in which the disks in the disk storage unit are arranged; and a lifting drive member that reciprocates and drives the lifting base to move up and down. The drive member is provided with a drive guide unit that drives the lift base up and down, and a lock guide unit that guides a support provided on the disk drive unit, and the lock guide unit includes the disk storage unit and A narrow portion for restraining the support when the disk is transferred to and from the disk drive; and a narrow portion for loading the disk into the disk drive. A wide portion for releasing the restraint of the serial support disk apparatus characterized by being formed alternately. 2. A disk accommodating portion accommodating a plurality of disks, a disk driving portion for rotating and driving a disk pulled out from the disk accommodating portion, an elevating base elastically supporting the disk driving portion, A disk device comprising: a support unit that supports the lifting base so as to be able to move up and down along the direction in which the disks in the disk storage unit are arranged; and a lifting drive member that reciprocates to drive the lifting base up and down. The portion is provided with an elevating lock guide portion extending in the elevating direction, and the elevating lock guide portion has a support provided on the disk drive unit when the disk is transferred between the disk storage unit and the disk drive unit. A narrow portion for restraining the body, and a wide portion for releasing the restraint of the support when a disc is loaded in the disc drive unit, in the elevating direction. Only the disc apparatus characterized by being formed alternately. 3. The lifting drive member is provided with a drive guide for driving the lift base up and down, and a lock guide for guiding a support provided on the disk drive.
The lock guide section includes a narrow section that restrains the support when a disc is transferred between the disc storage section and the disc drive section, and a narrow width section when the disc is loaded in the disc drive section. Wide portions for releasing the restraint of the support are alternately formed, and the narrow portion of the elevating lock guide and the narrow portion of the lock guide restrain the support from different directions. 3. The disk device according to claim 2, wherein 4. A disk storage section for storing a plurality of disks, a lift base on which a turntable that is driven to rotate and a clamper facing the turntable are mounted, and the lift base is arranged in a row of disks in the disk storage section. A disk device comprising: a supporting portion that supports the lifting base in a vertical direction; and a lifting drive member that reciprocates and drives the lifting base up and down, wherein the lifting drive member includes a disk storage unit and a disk drive. A clamp guide that guides the clamper in the direction of the turntable when the disc is being transferred to the turntable when the clamper is separated from the turntable when the disc is transferred to the turntable. A disk device characterized by the above-mentioned. 5. The clamper is urged in the direction of a turntable. The clamp guide has a restraining portion for restraining the clamper away from the turntable, and the clamper is movable in the direction of the turntable. 5. The disk device according to claim 4, wherein the opening portions are formed alternately in the elevating direction. 6. A disk drive on which the turntable and the clamper are mounted is elastically supported by the lift base. The lift drive member includes a drive guide for driving the lift base up and down, and the disk drive. And a lock guide for guiding the support provided in the disk guide, and the lock guide is provided with a fine guide for restraining the support when a disk is transferred between the disk storage unit and the disk drive. 6. The disk device according to claim 4, wherein a width portion and a wide width portion for releasing restraint of the support when a disk is loaded in the disk drive unit are formed alternately. 7. A lifting and lowering lock guide extending in a vertical direction is provided on the supporter. The lifting and lowering lock guide includes a disk when the disk is transferred between the disk storage unit and the disk driving unit. The narrow portion for restraining the support provided on the drive unit and the wide portion for releasing the restraint of the support when a disk is loaded in the disk drive unit are alternately arranged in the vertical direction. 7. The disk device according to claim 4, wherein the disk device is formed. 8. The elevation drive member linearly reciprocates in a direction intersecting the elevation direction of the elevation base, and the drive guide and the lock guide are configured to reciprocate in the elevation direction and the reciprocation. 8. The disk device according to claim 1, which extends obliquely in both directions.