JP2009093763A - Autochanger - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an audtochanger for highly accurately maintaining the recording medium loading position to a tray and having an advantage in smooth operations of a transport device and the autochanger. <P>SOLUTION: The autochanger 10 includes a recording/reproducing device 12, a stocker (not shown) for housing a plurality of disco-shaped recording media, and the transport device (not shown) for transporting the recording media between the recording/reproducing device 12 and the stocker, which are arranged inside an outer casing 16. The tray 14 is inserted into/drawn from the tray insertion port 20 of the recording/reproducing device 12. The tray 14 is moved between a recording medium loading position before the tray insertion port 20 and a recording/reproducing position inside a casing 18 by a driving mechanism 40. An abutting part 34 is disposed, which is abuttable on the distal end of the tray 14 at a position of the tray 14 before the inertial force of a motive force transmission mechanism 44 or the tray 14 becomes zero after a motor 42 is turned off. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an autochanger.

The autochanger includes a recording / reproducing apparatus 10, a stocker (not shown) in which a plurality of disk-shaped recording media are accommodated, and a transporting apparatus (not shown) that transports the recording medium between the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 and the stocker. It is configured.
The recording / reproducing apparatus includes a housing that accommodates the recording / reproducing unit, a tray insertion / removal port provided on the front surface of the housing, a tray that allows a recording medium to be placed thereon, and a tray. Is provided with a drive mechanism that moves between a recording medium loading / unloading position in front of the recording medium and a recording / reproducing position inside the housing (Patent Documents 1 and 2).
JP 2004-355627 A JP 2005-317167 A

Conventionally, the stop of the tray at the recording medium loading / unloading position is where the power transmission mechanism and the inertial force of the tray have become zero from the state where the power supply to the motor is stopped. There was a problem that the recording medium loading / unloading position of the tray varied due to variations in driving force, motor characteristics, and various components.
Therefore, the conventional autochanger has a disadvantage in that it is difficult to smoothly perform the operation of the transport device that transports the recording medium between the recording / reproducing device and the stocker.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to maintain a tray recording medium loading / unloading position with high accuracy, and is advantageous in smoothly performing operations of the transport device and the autochanger. Is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a recording / reproducing apparatus, a stocker containing a plurality of recording media, and a conveying apparatus for conveying the recording medium between the recording / reproducing apparatus and the stocker. An autochanger, wherein the autochanger includes an outer housing that houses the recording / reproducing device, the stocker, and the transport device, and the recording / reproducing device is provided on a front surface of the housing, and a housing that houses a recording / reproducing unit The tray insertion / removal port, the tray on which the recording medium can be placed, and the tray between the recording medium loading / unloading position in front of the tray insertion / removal port and the recording / reproducing position inside the housing. The drive mechanism is configured to include a motor that generates power for moving the tray and a control unit of the motor, and the control unit stops energizing the motor. As a result, the tray becomes the recording medium loading / unloading position, and the outer casing contacts the leading edge of the tray at a position where the tray is positioned before the inertial force of the tray becomes zero after the power supply to the motor is stopped. The contact part which can contact | connect is provided, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, even if there are variations in driving force of the driving mechanism including temperature changes, variations in motor characteristics, and variations in various components, the tray is always in contact with the contact portion, so that the tray is always a recording medium. Positioned with high accuracy at the loading / unloading position.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a state in which a tray 14 of a recording / reproducing apparatus 12 of an autochanger (disc changer) 10 is housed. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a state in which the tray 14 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 12 of the autochanger 10 is projected. .
The autochanger 10 includes a recording / reproducing device 12, a stocker (not shown) in which a plurality of disc-shaped recording media are accommodated, and a transporting device (not shown) that transports the recording medium between the recording / reproducing device 12 and the stocker. It consists of
In the present embodiment, the recording / reproducing apparatus 12 is arranged below the vertically outer casing 16 in the vertical direction, and the stocker is arranged inside the outer casing 16 above the recording / reproducing apparatus 12.
In the present invention, the recording / reproducing apparatus includes, of course, an apparatus that performs both recording and reproduction, and includes an apparatus that performs only recording or an apparatus that performs only reproduction.

The recording / reproducing apparatus 12 includes a casing 18 that houses a recording / reproducing unit (not shown), and a tray insertion / removal opening 20 is formed on the front surface of the casing 18.
The tray 14 is inserted into and removed from the tray insertion / removal opening 20, and the tray 14 is inserted into the recording medium loading / unloading position in front of the tray insertion / removal opening 20 shown in FIG. It is moved between the recording and playback positions.

In the present embodiment, the recording medium is a disc-shaped optical disc such as a CD, DVD, or BD, and the tray 14 includes a first optical disc accommodating recess 22 that accommodates an optical disc having a diameter of 12 cm, and an optical disc having a diameter of 8 cm. A second optical disc housing recess 24 for housing is provided coaxially.
Further, the tray 14 is provided with a notch 26, and a turntable for optical disk rotation driving is inserted into the notch 26 and is accommodated in the first and second optical disc accommodating recesses 22 and 24 from the notch 26. An optical pickup (not shown) faces the recording surface of the optical disk.
Further, a bezel 30 that closes the tray insertion / removal opening 20 is provided at the tip of the tray 14, and cushion materials 32 that protrude forward are attached to the left and right sides of the bezel 30.
Various conventionally known materials such as polyurethane foam and sponge can be used as the cushion material 32.

As shown in FIG. 3, the drive mechanism 40 that moves the tray 14 between the recording medium loading / unloading position and the recording / reproducing position includes a motor 42 and a power transmission mechanism 44 that transmits the power of the motor 42 to the tray 14. A guide mechanism for guiding the tray 14 and a control unit 46 of the motor 42 are included.
For example, the tray 14 is moved from the recording medium loading / unloading position to the recording / reproducing position by the normal rotation of the motor 42, and the tray 14 is moved from the recording / reproducing position to the recording medium loading / unloading position by the reverse rotation of the motor 42.
Various conventionally known structures can be adopted as the stocker, the transport mechanism, and the drive mechanism 40 described above.

Conventionally, the tray 14 is stopped at the recording medium loading / unloading position since the inertial force of the power transmission mechanism 44 and the tray 14 has become zero since the energization of the motor 42 is stopped. The outer casing 16 is provided with a contact portion 34 that can contact the front end of the tray 14 at a position where the tray 14 is located before the inertial force becomes zero from the state where the current supply is stopped. In the present embodiment, the outer casing 16 is provided with a contact portion 34 with which the cushion material 32 contacts.
The outer casing 16 includes left and right wall portions 1602 positioned on the left and right sides of the casing 18, a rear wall (not shown) positioned on the back surface of the casing 18, and a front wall 1604 positioned in front of the front surface of the casing 18. And the abutting portion 34 is constituted by a portion of the front wall 1604 with which the cushion material 32 abuts.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the abutment portion 34 is provided by using the outer casing 16, and the number of parts is not increased at all.

According to the present embodiment, even if there is a variation in driving force of the driving mechanism 40 including a temperature change, a variation in motor characteristics, and a variation in various components, the cushion material 32 abuts on the abutting portion 34 to contact the tray. 14 is always positioned with high accuracy at the recording medium loading / unloading position.
Therefore, the recording medium loading / unloading position can be maintained with high accuracy, and it is extremely advantageous to smoothly operate the transport device that transports the recording medium between the recording / reproducing apparatus 12 and the stocker and to smoothly operate the autochanger 10. It becomes.
Further, since the cushion material 32 is provided and the cushion material 32 is brought into contact with the contact portion 34, the tray 14 can be positioned at the recording medium loading / unloading position without causing any noise, and the silence of the autochanger 10 can be improved. It becomes advantageous in raising.
Further, since the portion of the outer casing 16 is used as the contact portion 34, the recording medium loading / unloading position can be maintained with high accuracy without increasing the number of parts.

  In the embodiment, the case where the recording medium handled by the recording / reproducing apparatus 12 is an optical disk has been described. However, in the present invention, for example, the recording medium has a plate shape such as an IC card, an optical card, or a magnetic card. Even so, it is of course applicable.

2 is a plan view of a state in which a tray 14 of a recording / reproducing device 12 of an autochanger 10 is stored. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a state in which a tray 14 of a recording / reproducing apparatus 12 of an autochanger 10 is projected. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an autochanger 10.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Auto changer, 12 ... Recording / reproducing apparatus, 14 ... Tray, 16 ... Outer casing, 34 ... Contact part, 40 ... Drive mechanism, 42 ... Motor, 46 ... Control part.

Claims (3)

An autochanger comprising: a recording / reproducing device; a stocker containing a plurality of recording media; and a transport device that transports the recording medium between the recording / reproducing device and the stocker,
The autochanger includes an outer housing that houses the recording / reproducing device, the stocker, and the transport device,
The recording / reproducing apparatus includes a casing that accommodates a recording / reproducing unit, a tray insertion / removal port provided in a front surface of the casing, a tray on which the recording medium can be placed, and the tray. A drive mechanism for moving between a recording medium loading / unloading position in front of the outlet and a recording / reproducing position inside the housing;
The drive mechanism includes a motor that generates power for moving the tray, and a controller of the motor.
When the controller stops energizing the motor, the tray becomes the recording medium loading / unloading position,
The outer casing is provided with an abutting portion capable of abutting on the tip of the tray at a position where the tray is located before the inertial force of the tray becomes zero from a state where the energization to the motor is stopped.
An autochanger characterized by that. The outer casing includes left and right wall portions positioned on the left and right sides of the casing of the recording / reproducing apparatus, a rear wall positioned on the rear face of the casing, and a front wall positioned in front of the front face of the casing. The abutting portion is composed of a front wall portion.
The autochanger according to claim 1. Cushion material is attached to the left and right sides of the tip of the tray,
The recording medium loading / unloading position of the tray is determined by the cushion material coming into contact with the contact portion.
The autochanger according to claim 1.

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