JP2006331526A - Disk changer system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disk changer system which can store many disks with a simple configuration and easily exchange disks. <P>SOLUTION: The system is composed mainly of a slide tray 1 for carrying a disk, a disk elevating/lowering tray 2 for carrying the disk vertically, a magazine case 3 for storing disks by piling up the disks vertically, and a disk drive 4 for driving the disk rotationally to record or reproduce information, wherein the components are arranged within a housing 5. The slide tray 1 carries the disk mounted thereon in the back and forth direction of the system and has three stop positions which are disk loading and unloading position, a disk transfer position and a disk chucking position. The disk loading and unloading position is a position where the slide tray 1 projects ahead from a slot 5a disposed in front of the housing 5 so that a user can load and unload a disk on/from the slide tray 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a disk changer device that stores a plurality of disks such as CDs and DVDs and records or reproduces information on these disks.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a disk changer apparatus that stores a plurality of such disks and records or reproduces information on a desired disk is known. Specifically, disk changers are used for commercial communication karaoke apparatuses, personal AV equipment, and databases.

In such a disk changer apparatus, a plurality of disks on which data such as video, audio, and documents are recorded are stored in advance by, for example, stacking the disks in the vertical direction, and a desired disk is taken out and recorded thereon. Processing such as reading data and outputting the signal to the outside is performed. Alternatively, data may be written to the disk.

In addition, Patent Document 1 discloses a disk loading device that can insert / replace other disks that are not related to reproduction or recording during reproduction or recording of a certain disk. This includes a first tray and a second tray that are movable between a disc attachment / detachment position and a reproduction position, disc reproduction means for reproducing a disc placed on each tray, and the disc reproduction means as a reproduction position. And a reproducing means moving mechanism that reciprocates between the non-reproducing positions.

Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a disk reproducing apparatus that does not require a magazine case and that allows other disks to be replaced during reproduction. This includes a sub-tray for placing a disc, a main tray that holds the sub-tray so that it can move a certain distance, and a playback device housing that holds at least three main trays that are stacked and arranged so that they can move a certain distance. A tray moving mechanism that selectively moves the sub-tray and the main tray and a reproduction mechanism that reproduces the disc placed at the reproduction position.
JP 2003-109277 A JP 7-282520 A

However, in the above conventional disk changer device, the user has to store the disk in a disk storage section called a magazine case or the like in advance, and the disk storage section is removed from the apparatus housing for replacement of the disk. It is inconvenient because it must be done in the state.

Further, in the configuration as described in Patent Document 1, it is easy to replace the disk. However, for example, it is not designed to accommodate a large number of three or more disks, and can be used as a disk changer device. It is insufficient. Further, in the configuration as described in Patent Document 2 above,
The main tray and sub-tray for each stage on which the disk is placed are driven, which increases the cost of the apparatus and may cause troubles during manufacture and use.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a disk changer device that can store a large number of disks with a simple configuration and that can be easily replaced.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a slide tray for conveying a disk in a substantially horizontal direction, a lifting tray for conveying a disk in a substantially vertical direction, a magazine case for storing the disks in a vertically stacked manner, And a disk drive for recording or reproducing information by rotating the disk, and the slide tray supplies or ejects the disk from the disk drive at a disk chucking position and also at the disk delivery position. In the configuration in which the disc is transferred to the lifting tray, and the lifting tray is configured to store or remove the disc with respect to the magazine case, the slide tray protrudes to the outside of the apparatus, and a disc mounting / dismounting position where the disc can be mounted / detached is provided. It is provided.

Further, the disk attachment / detachment position is a position where the slide tray protrudes forward of the apparatus and the disk can be attached / detached by a user, and the disk delivery position is the position where the slide tray is drawn into the apparatus, and the disk drive The disc chucking position is a position where the slide tray further moves to the back side of the apparatus, and the disc drive It is a position where the disk is drawn into the disk and can be chucked.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a disk changer device that can store a large number of disks with a simple configuration and that allows easy disk replacement.

In other words, in addition to the functions of the conventional disk changer device, a disk loading function is provided, so that it can function as a normal disk player,
Disks can be easily stored and exchanged without removing the magazine case from the apparatus housing. Since this is the same operation as a conventional disc recording / reproducing apparatus using a tray system, there is almost no operational discomfort to the user.

In addition, a new slide tray with a long stroke is used as the disk loading unit, and only a disk delivery position detection switch for detecting that the slide tray has reached the disk delivery position can be used. The period can be shortened.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 are diagrams schematically showing the configuration and operation of the disk changer device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, which are respectively shown in right-side sectional views. FIG. 1 shows the operation of mounting the disc on the tray. FIG. 2 shows the operation of chucking the disc to the turntable. Further, FIG. 3 shows an operation of transferring a disk to a magazine case.

As shown in the drawings, the disk changer device of the present embodiment includes a slide tray 1 that conveys the disk in the front-rear direction (substantially horizontal direction), a lifting tray 2 that conveys the disk up and down (substantially vertical direction), and a disk. The magazine case 3 is stored mainly in a vertically stacked manner, and the disk drive 4 is a disk drive 4 that rotates and drives a disk to record or reproduce information.

In the disk drive 4, a turntable 7 rotated by a spindle motor 6,
A pickup 8 for writing / reading signals to / from the disk is provided, and these can be turned up and down around the axis O as a traverse mechanism T. Further, a clamper 9 is provided on the ceiling surface, and the disk is chucked so as to be rotatable with the turntable 7.

On the upper side of the disk drive 4, a magazine case 3 is installed, in which the disks D are stored in a vertically stacked state. The front surface of the magazine case 3 is open, and the disk D can be taken in and out. Furthermore, in front of the magazine case 3,
The elevating tray 2 can be raised and lowered so as to face each of the steps.

Now, the slide tray 1 conveys the disk placed on the slide tray 1 in the front-rear direction of the apparatus, and has three stop positions: a disk attachment / detachment position, a disk delivery position, and a disk chucking position. . The disk attachment / detachment position is a position where the slide tray 1 protrudes forward (outside of the apparatus) from the opening 5a provided on the front surface of the housing 5 so that the user can attach / detach the disk.

The disk delivery position is a position where the disk can be delivered to and from the lifting tray 2 in a state where the slide tray 1 is drawn into the housing 5 and protrudes in front of the disk drive 4. The disk chucking position is a position where the slide tray 1 is further moved to the back side of the housing 5 and pulled into the disk drive 4 so that the disk can be chucked between the clamper 9 and the turntable 7. is there.

Hereinafter, the operation of this apparatus will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1A, when the slide tray 1 is in the disk attachment / detachment position, the disk D is placed on the slide tray 1 by the user. Next, as shown in FIG. 1B, the slide tray 1 is drawn into the housing 5,
It becomes the disc delivery position. From this state, the subsequent operation differs depending on whether recording or reproduction is performed on the disk D or whether the disk D is stored in the magazine case 3.

When recording or reproduction is performed on the disk D, as shown in FIG. 2A, the slide tray 1 moves to the back side of the housing 5 and is pulled into the disk drive 4, and the disk chucking position. It becomes. As a result, the disk D is supplied to the disk drive 4. Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, the traverse mechanism T rotates and rises, the disk D is chucked between the clamper 9 and the turntable 7, and recording or reproduction becomes possible. In order to eject the recorded or reproduced disc D to the outside of the apparatus, an operation reverse to the above may be performed.

On the other hand, when the disk D is stored in the magazine case 3, the disk D is removed from the slide tray 1 from the state shown in FIG. Delivered to the lifting tray 2 located immediately above. And as shown in FIG.3 (b), the raising / lowering tray 2 raises to the position which opposes the empty stage of the magazine case 3. As shown in FIG.
Finally, as shown in FIG. 3C, the elevating tray 2 stores the conveyed disk D in the vacant stage of the magazine case 3. In order to take out the disk D stored in the magazine case 3 to the outside of the apparatus, an operation reverse to the above may be performed.

Further, the operation to be in the state of FIGS. 2A and 2B and the operation to be in the state of FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C are combined through the state of FIG. Thus, the operation as a conventional disk changer device is possible. That is, an arbitrary disk D stored in the magazine case 3 can be taken out, recorded or reproduced, and then returned to the original position. In the present embodiment, the disk is directly stored in the magazine case. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the disk may be stored on a dedicated tray. .

In the conventional disk changer apparatus, there are only two stop positions of the slide tray, the disk transfer position and the disk chucking position, and only the disk is exchanged between the magazine case and the disk drive. By adding a disk attachment / detachment position to the disk, it becomes possible to flexibly cope with the disk.

In other words, in addition to the functions of the conventional disk changer device, a disk loading function is provided, so that it can function as a normal disk player,
Disks can be easily stored and exchanged without removing the magazine case from the apparatus housing. Since this is the same operation as a conventional disc recording / reproducing apparatus using a tray system, there is almost no operational discomfort to the user.

In addition, a new slide tray with a long stroke is used as the disk loading unit, and only a disk delivery position detection switch for detecting that the slide tray has reached the disk delivery position can be used. The period can be shortened.

The figure which shows typically the structure and operation | movement of a disk changer apparatus which concern on Example 1 of this invention (disk mounting operation | movement). The figure which shows typically the structure and operation | movement of a disc changer apparatus which concern on Example 1 of this invention (disc chucking operation | movement). The figure which shows typically the structure and operation | movement of a disk changer apparatus which concern on Example 1 of this invention (disk delivery operation | movement).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slide tray 2 Lifting tray 3 Magazine case 4 Disk drive 5 Case 6 Spindle motor 7 Turntable 8 Pickup 9 Clamper D Disk O-axis T Traverse mechanism

Claims (3)

A slide tray that transports the disks in a substantially horizontal direction, a lifting tray that transports the disks in a substantially vertical direction, a magazine case that stores the disks stacked vertically, and a disk that rotates to record or reproduce information. A disk drive to perform,
The slide tray supplies or ejects a disc to the disc drive at a disc chucking position, and delivers a disc to the elevating tray at a disc delivery position. The elevating tray is attached to the magazine case. In the disk changer device for storing or removing the disk,
Providing a disk attachment / detachment position where the slide tray protrudes outside the apparatus and the disk can be attached / detached;
The disk attachment / detachment position is a position where the slide tray protrudes toward the front of the apparatus and the disk can be attached / detached by the user. The disk delivery position is the front of the disk drive when the slide tray is drawn into the apparatus. The disc chucking position is a position where the slide tray is further moved to the back side of the device, and the inside of the disc drive is located inside the disc drive. Is the position where the disk can be chucked,
A disk changer provided with a disk transfer mechanism for transferring a disk between the slide tray and the lift tray, and a disk transfer position detection switch for detecting that the slide tray has reached the disk transfer position. apparatus. A slide tray that transports the disks in a substantially horizontal direction, a lifting tray that transports the disks in a substantially vertical direction, a magazine case that stores the disks stacked vertically, and a disk that rotates to record or reproduce information. A disk drive to perform,
The slide tray supplies or ejects a disc to the disc drive at a disc chucking position, and delivers a disc to the elevating tray at a disc delivery position. The elevating tray is attached to the magazine case. In the disk changer device for storing or removing the disk,
A disc changer device, characterized in that a disc attachment / detachment position is provided in which the slide tray protrudes outside the device so that the disc can be attached / detached. The disk attachment / detachment position is a position where the slide tray protrudes toward the front of the apparatus and the disk can be attached / detached by the user. The disk delivery position is the front of the disk drive when the slide tray is drawn into the apparatus. The disc chucking position is a position where the slide tray is further moved to the back side of the device, and the inside of the disc drive is located inside the disc drive. 3. The disk changer device according to claim 2, wherein the disk changer is at a position where the disk can be chucked.

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