JP2000207879A - Portable cd read-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable CD(compact disk) read-out device capable of carrying a spare CD being free of flags or dust, exchanging a CD at any time without necessitating a housing place for a third CD and also unnecessitating labor and time for exchanging. SOLUTION: In the portable CD read-out device performing read-out from a CD 20 loaded onto a disk table 16 of a main body part 11, a spare disk holder 24 onto which the CD 20 is loaded and held by is provided in a lid part 12 attached to the main body part 11 so as to open and close, and a spare disk extruding part 26, which loads the spare CD 25 attached and held to and by the spare disk holder 24 onto the disk table 16 by the operation performed without opening the lid part 12, is included.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a portable C
More particularly, the present invention relates to a portable CD reader having a spare disk holder for storing and holding a spare disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable CD (Compact Disc) reading device used in a portable manner is known. When reading a plurality of CDs in a conventional portable CD reading device, a spare CD other than the CD being read mounted on the CD reading device is read.
Need to be stored in a disk case or the like and carried with the CD reading device.

[0003] In view of the above, there have been proposed some portable CD reading devices which can easily carry a spare CD.

[0004] As such, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application
No. 5,596,695, a portable CD player disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-59693, a portable disc player disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 5-61895, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-09-89. There is a portable disc player disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 35465.

In a portable CD player, a CD storage case for storing a spare CD is provided integrally outside the CD player (outside of the bottom). By storing the spare CD in the CD storage case, a CD is stored. A spare CD can be carried with the player.

[0006] CD in this portable CD player
Is exchanged in the following procedure. First, while holding the portable CD player with the left hand, open the lid of the CD player with the right hand, take out the used CD, and hold it in the right hand. Next, the CD held in the right hand is temporarily stored in, for example, a bag or a pocket of clothes. Next, C with your right hand
Remove the spare CD from the D storage case and hold it in your right hand.
Then, insert the CD in your right hand into the CD player,
Close the D player lid. Then, with the right hand, the temporarily stored CD is taken out of the pocket or the like and stored in the CD storage case.

[0007] As described above, this assumes that the CD is exchanged with the right hand while holding the CD player with the left hand. CD exchange status.

[0008]

However, in the case of a portable CD player, a CD taken out of the CD player must be temporarily placed somewhere, for example, in a pocket or the like, before a spare CD is stored in the CD storage case. I can't take it out. In other words, a third CD storage space is required in addition to the CD player and the CD storage case in order to keep the right hand for taking out the spare CD.

As the third CD storage place, various places and methods can be considered according to the exchange situation, such as clothes pockets and bags, but in order to prevent the CD from being damaged, the CD should be stored. It is better to avoid handling bare. The same applies to portable CD players, portable disc players, and portable disc players.

In particular, in the case of a portable disk player, since the spare disk (CD) mounting portion has no cover, the handling of the disk player may cause the spare disk to be damaged or damaged. In addition, dust and the like easily adhere to the spare disk. This can be said to impair the advantage of a portable disc player, which is a great advantage that it can be used while moving indoors and outdoors.

In addition, since the battery cover must be removed in order to remove the spare disk, it takes time to exchange the spare disk. However, it is difficult to exchange the CD in various situations both indoors and outdoors. In a supposed portable CD reading device, it is not desirable that the replacement of the CD takes time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to carry a spare CD without being scratched or dusty, to replace the CD at any time without requiring a third CD storage space, and to read a portable CD which does not require replacement. It is to provide a device.

[0013]

To achieve the above object, a portable CD reading apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
In a portable CD reading device for reading from a CD mounted on a disk table of a main body, a spare disk holder for mounting and holding a CD is provided on a lid portion that is openably and closably mounted on the main body. .

With the above structure, in a portable CD reading apparatus for reading from a CD mounted on a disk table of a main body, a spare disk holder provided on a lid which can be opened and closed on the main body is provided with a C disk.
D is mounted and held. This makes it possible to carry the spare CD without being scratched or dusted.

Further, if a spare disk pushing means is provided, the CD held and held in the spare disk holder is mounted on the disk table by an operation performed without opening the cover. Thereby, the replacement can be performed at any time without requiring the third CD storage space, and the replacement is not required.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a portable CD player according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a portable CD player (portable CD reading device) 10 has a main body 11 and a lid 12 attached to the main body 11 so as to be openable and closable. A motor 13 is built in the main body 11, and a drive shaft 15 of the motor 13 protruding from an upper partition part 14 of the main body 11 has
A circular disk table 16 is mounted in a press-fit state.

At substantially the center of the disk table 16, a chuck portion 17 is protruded, and the chuck portion 17 has a ball chucking mechanism comprising a plurality of balls 18 and a rubber ring 19 for applying a biasing pressure to the balls 18. Is provided. The CD (disc) 20 mounted on the chuck portion 17 is positioned and fixed by the ball chucking mechanism.

The front side of the lid 12 has a circular recess 2 at the center.
1, the periphery of the central portion is raised in a mountain shape, and a through hole 23 is formed at the bottom of the circular concave portion 21 except for a flange 22. The through hole 23 is closed by a spare disk holder 24 attached to the bottom rear surface of the circular recess 21 from the main body 11 side.

The spare disk holder 24 has a cylindrical chuck portion 17 provided with a ball chucking mechanism composed of a plurality of balls 18 and a rubber ring 19, and has the same shape and function as the disk table 16. I have. Therefore, the spare disk holder 24 also has the disk table 1
6, the spare CD 25 can be positioned and fixed and mounted and held. That is, the spare disk holder 24 is formed by the disk table 16 arranged opposite to the disk table 16 of the main body 11.

In the spare disk holder 24, the chuck portions 17 have a gap equal to or less than the thickness of the CD 20, and
It is arranged opposite to the disk table 16 so as to be adjacent without being displaced in the radial direction (see FIG. 1).

The spare disk holder 24 has a spare disk pushing section 26 incorporated therein. The spare disk pushing section 26 has a cylindrical operating section 27 whose peripheral wall is formed in a comb tooth shape by a plurality of cuts, and a spring 28 built in the operating section 27. An upper surface portion (push operation portion) 29 that covers the upper opening of the operation portion 27 is larger in diameter than the outer diameter of the operation portion 27 so as to contact the flange 22 of the circular concave portion 21 from the front side. An outward flange (contact portion) 30 is formed at the lower end.

The spare disk push-out portion 26 covers the upper surface portion 29 to expose the outer surface of the lid portion 12 by closing the circular concave portion 21, and connects the outward flange 30 to the bottom surface of the spare disk holder 24 around the chuck portion 17 (the main body portion). 11) and stored in the circular recess 21. The spare disk pushing section 26 is provided with a wall 27a (see FIG.
Spare disk holder 2 corresponding to the wall portion 27a).
By sliding up and down through a plurality of sliding openings 24 a (see FIG. 1) opened in 4, the sliding opening 24 a freely moves up and down in the circular recess 21.

The spare disk push-out portion 26 incorporated in the circular concave portion 21 is pushed up by the biasing force of the spring 28 so that the upper surface portion 29 is flush with the lid portion 12 to form a part thereof, and is directed outward. The flange 30 is in an embedded state flush with the bottom surface of the spare disk holder 24 (FIG. 1).
reference).

Further, the upper surface 29 is pressed, and the spring 2
When the spare disk pushing portion 26 is pressed down against the urging force of 8, the outward flange 30 is separated from the bottom surface of the spare disk holder 24 and protrudes downward (toward the main body portion 11). The protruding outward flange 30 is located around the chuck portion 17 in a state substantially horizontal to the spare disk holder 24.

At this time, the height of the operation portion 27 and the circular concave portion 21 are adjusted so that the movement amount of the outward flange 30 is almost equal to the distance from the bottom surface of the spare disk holder 24 to the upper surface of the disk table 16 around the chuck portion 17. The depth is ensured.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned portable CD player will be described.

First, a CD for music reproduction and a CD-ROM (CD-Read Only Memory) for data reading are provided.
ry) etc., use a portable CD
It is mounted on the disc table 16 of the player 10. The disk 20 is fixed to the disk table 16 by a ball chucking mechanism so as to rotate while maintaining the horizontal position. The disk table 16 is provided with a drive shaft 15 of the motor 13.
Rotates together with.

Further, a spare disk 25 is mounted on a spare disk holder 24 provided on the lid 12 via a ball chucking mechanism. The spare disk 25 mounted on the spare disk holder 24 faces the disk 20 mounted on the disk table 16 and is fixed in a substantially horizontal state similarly to the disk 20.

Next, the lid 12 is closed in this state. By closing the lid 12, the portable CD player 1
At 0, the disk 20 and the spare disk 25 are both stored. Therefore, while the spare disk 25 is stored, the disk 20
Thus, reading such as music reproduction or data capture can be performed.

Next, when exchanging the disk 20 and the spare disk 25, the lid 12 is opened, the disk 20 used so far is removed from the disk table 16, the lid 12 is closed once, and the lid 12 is closed. With the unit 12 closed, the spare disk pushing unit 26 is pressed to attach the spare disk 25 to the chuck unit 17 of the disk table 16.

The pressing operation of the spare disk pushing section 26 is performed by the upper surface section 29 of the operating section 27 exposed on the surface of the lid section 12.
Is performed by pressing down against the urging force of the spring 28. When the upper surface portion 29 is pressed down, the outward flange 30 pushes the spare disk 25 mounted on the spare disk holder 24 downward.

The extruded spare disk 25 gets out of the chuck portion 17 over the ball 18 and falls on the disk table 16 located almost immediately below. At this time, the disc center hole of the spare disc 25 is positioned so as to be chuckable on the chuck portion 17 of the disc table 16.

Further, by pressing the upper surface portion 29,
The spare disk 25 is chucked by the chuck portion 17 and positioned and fixed to the disk table 16. That is, the outward flange 30 is attached to the spare disk holder 24 by the pushing-out operation of the upper surface portion 29.
D25, and presses down to release the spare CD 25 from the spare disk holder 24.
Attach to.

Thereafter, the cover 12 is opened again, and the disk 20 removed from the disk table 16 is mounted on the spare disk holder 25.
It is stored in the portable CD player 10 as a spare disk.

That is, the procedure for exchanging disks by the portable CD player 10 is as follows. First, while holding the portable CD player 10 with the left hand, open the lid 12 with the right hand, take out the disc 20 used, hold it in the right hand, and place the lid 12 with an empty finger or the back of the hand.
Close.

Next, while holding the disk 20 in the right hand,
The upper surface portion 29 of the spare disk pushing section 26 is pushed down by an empty finger or the like of the right hand, and the spare disk 25 is moved from the spare disk holder 24 to the disk table 16. Thereafter, while holding the disk 20 in the right hand, the lid 12 is opened with an empty finger or the like of the right hand, and the disk 20 held in the right hand is mounted on the spare disk holder 24.
Close 2.

As described above, the spare disk 25 mounted on the spare disk holder 24 can be directly transferred to the disk table 16 without being picked up by pressing the spare disk pushing section 26. Therefore, the disc can be exchanged without holding the "third disc storage space" by holding the portable CD player 10 in one hand and holding the disc 20 in the other hand. High in nature.

As described above, according to the present invention, the spare disk 25 different from the disk 20 in use is mounted on the spare disk holder 24 provided on the inner surface side of the lid portion 12.
It can be stored and held in the portable CD player 10. The spare disk pusher 26 allows the spare disk 25 stored in the spare disk holder 24 to be mounted on the disk table 16 by an operation from the outside of the portable CD player 10 with the lid 12 closed.

Accordingly, by providing the spare disk holder 24 inside the portable CD player 10, the spare disk can be stored without using a disk case or the like.
It can be carried with the D player, and the disc can be changed at any time. Further, the replacement with the spare disk 25 can be performed with only both hands. For example, since it is not necessary to temporarily place the removed disk somewhere, the disk can be replaced while walking.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a portable CD reading apparatus for reading from a CD mounted on a disk table of a main body,
Since the CD is mounted and held on the spare disk holder provided on the lid that can be opened and closed on the main body, the spare CD can be carried without being damaged or dusted.

If a spare disk pushing means is provided, the CD held and held in the spare disk holder is mounted on the disk table by an operation performed without opening the cover, so that a third CD storage space is required. It can be exchanged at any time without any trouble, and hassle-free exchange.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a portable CD according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is sectional drawing of a player.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Portable CD player 11 Main body part 12 Cover part 13 Motor 14 Upper partition part 15 Drive shaft 16 Disk table 17 Chuck part 18 Ball 19 Rubber ring 20 CD 21 Circular recess 22 Flange 23 Through hole 24 Spare disk holder 24a Sliding opening 25 Spare CD 26 Spare disk push-out part 27 Operation part 27a Wall part 28 Spring 29 Top part 30 Outward flange

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] December 24, 1999 (1999.12.
24)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Claims]

Wherein said disk holder, portable CD readout device according to claim 1, characterized in that in opposition to the disc table provided on the inner surface of the lid.

Wherein the spare disc pushing means, portable CD readout device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it has an extrusion operation portion exposed to the outer surface of the lid.

Wherein said spare disk extrusion means, depressed in contact with said extruded operation portion attached to the preliminary disk holder by extrusion operation of the holding CD, the C
4. The portable CD reading device according to claim 3 , further comprising a contact portion for attaching D to the disk table after detaching D from the spare disk holder.

Wherein said spare disk holder, portable CD according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that it consists of a disk table where the extrusion operation portion is arranged opposite to the disk table of the main body portion is mounted Readout device.

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0013

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0013]

To achieve the above object, a portable CD reading apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
In a portable CD reading apparatus for reading from a CD mounted on a disk table of a main body, a spare disk holder for mounting and holding a CD is provided on a lid that is openably and closably mounted on the main body , and the lid is opened. Row without
Operation, the disk is mounted and held on the spare disk holder.
Spare disk for mounting a CD on the disk table
It is characterized by having extrusion means .

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0015

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0015] In addition, that having a spare disk extrusion means
Therefore , by performing the operation without opening the lid, the CD mounted and held in the spare disk holder is mounted on the disk table. Thereby, the replacement can be performed at any time without requiring the third CD storage space, and the replacement is not required.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0042

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0042] In addition, that having a spare disk extrusion means
Thus , by performing the operation without opening the lid, the CD mounted and held in the spare disk holder is mounted on the disk table, so that the CD can be replaced at any time without requiring a third CD storage space, and the replacement can be performed. It does not take time and effort.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A C disk mounted on a disk table of a main body.
A portable CD reading device for reading from D, wherein a spare disk holder for mounting and holding a CD is provided on a lid portion openably and closably attached to the main body portion. 2. The spare disk pushing means according to claim 1, further comprising spare disk pushing means for attaching a CD mounted and held in the spare disk holder to the disk table by an operation performed without opening the lid. Portable CD
Readout device. 3. The portable CD reading device according to claim 1, wherein the spare disk holder is provided on an inner surface side of the lid portion so as to face the disk table. 4. A portable CD reading device according to claim 2, wherein said spare disk pushing means has a pushing operation portion exposed on an outer surface of said lid portion. 5. The spare disk pushing means abuts on a CD mounted and held on the spare disk holder and pushes down the CD by pushing operation of the pushing operation section.
The portable type C according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising a contact portion for attaching the disk D to the disk table after detaching the disk D from the spare disk holder.
D readout device. 6. The portable CD reading device according to claim 5, wherein the spare disk holder comprises a disk table on which the push-out operation section is mounted and which is arranged opposite to a disk table of the main body. .