JP2010267315A - Disk loading device and disk device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disk loading device and a disk device which can appropriately load a disk with a simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: The disk loading device (disk device) comprises: front arms 31, 32 arranged substantially symmetrical about an imaginary straight line L which extends in the disk loading direction and passes through substantially the center of an insertion opening (insertion/removal opening) 2A, and loading a disk in such a manner that each of the arms is pivoted about one end thereof, which is supported at a position near each of both ends of the insertion opening 2A, in the direction in which the other end is separated from each other; and link arms 33, 34 arranged substantially symmetrical about the imaginary straight line L so as to intersect each other and synchronizing the pivoting of the arms 31, 32. The link arms 33, 34 comprise restriction sections 333, 343 for restricting the movement of a disk, which has been loaded into a loading position, by making contact with the disk. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a disk carry-in device and a disk device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a disk device that reads and records information on a disk such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and a BD (BLU-RAY DISC: registered trademark) is known. As such a disk device, a slot-in type disk device having an arm for transporting a disk inserted into an opening for storing a disk is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In the disk device described in Patent Document 1, a pair of front arms having pivot shafts are supported in the vicinity of both ends of an opening through which a disk is inserted and removed, and the pair of front arms are synchronized by a pair of link arms. And is configured to rotate. Then, when the roller of each arm grips the disk inserted from the opening, the disk is carried into the apparatus while each front arm rotates in a direction away from the opening by the rotation of each roller. The disk loaded in this way is centered by the support arm and the detection arm, and when placed at the chucking position, it is chucked by the chuck pulley and the turntable.

JP 2007-335065 A

  However, since the disk device described in Patent Document 1 is configured to guide a disk carried in by a pair of front arms that rotate synchronously to a chucking position by a plurality of arms, the disk device has a configuration. There is a problem of complexity.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a disk loading device and a disk device that can appropriately load a loaded disk to a loading position with a simple configuration.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a disk loading apparatus according to the present invention includes an apparatus main body having an insertion opening corresponding to the diameter of the disk, and the disk inserted into the insertion opening is set in the apparatus main body. A disk loading device for loading into a loading position, the disk loading device being disposed substantially symmetrically about a virtual straight line passing along the disk loading direction and passing through the approximate center of the insertion slot, A pair of front arms that carry the disk and a pair of front arms that rotate in a direction in which the other ends are separated from each other around one end pivotally supported in the vicinity, respectively, are substantially symmetrical about the virtual straight line. Rotating in the direction where the other ends are spaced apart from each other around one end, the rotation of the front arm engaged with one is synchronized with the rotation of the front arm engaged with the other And at least one of the pair of link arms is in contact with an edge of the disk loaded into the loading position to move the disk toward the leading end in the loading direction. It is characterized by including a regulating section for regulating.

  According to the present invention, at least one of the pair of link arms is in contact with the end edge of the disk at a position on the front end side in the loading direction, and restricts the disk from moving from the loading position to the front end side in the loading direction. Is provided. According to this, the disk carried in by the front arm can be appropriately arranged at the carrying-in position. Since it is possible to carry the disc into the carry-in position with a pair of front arms and a pair of link arms that synchronize the rotation of the front arms, there is no need to provide other arms, The configuration can be simplified compared to the disk device described in Patent Document 1 described above. Therefore, the disc can be appropriately loaded into the loading position with a simple configuration.

In the present invention, it is preferable that each of the link arms has a bent shape and is arranged so that the inside faces the center of the carry-in position.
Such a bent shape is a bent shape in which straight lines from the center toward each end intersect at a predetermined angle, and examples thereof include a substantially L shape and a substantially arc shape.
According to the present invention, as compared with the case where the link arm has a substantially linear shape, the moving range of the end portion on the opposite side to the rotating shaft side can be reduced, so that the disk carry-in device can be reduced in size. . Moreover, the space in the apparatus main body can be used effectively, and the pair of link arms can be prevented from interfering with other parts constituting the disk carry-in apparatus.

In the present invention, each link arm includes the restricting portion, and each restricting portion is substantially symmetric about the virtual straight line on the leading end side in the loading direction with respect to the center of the loading position. It is preferable that they are arranged respectively.
According to the present invention, since the restricting portions are arranged substantially symmetrically around the virtual straight line, the restricting portions restrict the substantially symmetrical position around the virtual straight line on the disk. Can do. Therefore, compared with the case where the restricting portion is provided only at one position of one link arm, the disk can be reliably stopped at the loading position without being displaced.

In the present invention, each of the front arms includes a gripping member that contacts the edge of the disk and grips the disk at a substantially symmetrical position about the virtual straight line, and at least of the front arms. It is preferable that the gripping member included in any one of the rollers is a roller for transporting the disk, and the restricting portion stops the disk at the loading position together with the gripping member when contacting the disk.
According to the present invention, the restricting portion and each gripping member abut on the edge of the disc carried into the carry-in position. According to this, since the disk can be supported at at least three points, the disk can be stably and reliably stopped at the loading position. As described above, if each link arm has a restricting portion, the disc is supported at four points by each restricting portion and each gripping member, so that the disc is stably stopped at the loading position. be able to.

In the present invention, the one end serving as the rotation axis of each link arm is located on the front end side in the loading direction with respect to the center of the loading position, and the other end of each link arm is connected to the front arm. It is preferable to engage with the other end respectively.
Here, when one end serving as the rotation axis of each link arm is positioned on the proximal side in the loading direction with respect to the center of the loading position, the restricting portion positioned on the leading side in the loading direction is rotated by the rotation of each front arm. Due to the rotation of each link arm according to the movement, the link arm is largely separated from the virtual straight line. For this reason, the setting of the position of the restricting portion that comes into contact with the edge of the disk loaded into the loading position becomes complicated. In particular, when the restricting portion positions a disc (for example, a disc having a diameter of 8 cm) smaller than a disc having a diameter dimension corresponding to the insertion port (for example, a disc having a diameter of 12 cm), the position setting of the restricting portion is more complicated. It becomes. In addition, since each restricting portion is far away from the virtual straight line in this way, there is a possibility that the disc is not properly regulated.

  On the other hand, when each link arm opens widely according to the rotation of each front arm because one end, which is the rotation axis of each link arm, is located on the front end side in the loading direction with respect to the center of the loading position However, the position of each restricting portion does not greatly deviate from the virtual line described above. For this reason, the restricting portion can be reliably brought into contact with the edge of the disc carried into the carry-in position, and the disc can be appropriately regulated. Further, even when the above-described small disk is inserted, the disk can be appropriately restricted, and the position of each restriction part can be easily set. Therefore, the disk can be reliably regulated by each regulating part.

In the present invention, among the link arms, one link arm has a first protrusion that protrudes toward the other link arm at the intersection with the other link arm, and the other link arm is It is preferable that the first protrusion is inserted and has a first groove along a locus of the first protrusion when each link arm is rotated.
According to the present invention, the first protrusion is inserted into the first groove and the link arms are combined, so that the link arms can be rotated synchronously with the same rotation amount. According to this, each front arm engaged with each said link arm can be rotated by synchronizing with the same rotation amount. Accordingly, each front arm can be reliably rotated symmetrically about the above-described virtual straight line, so that the disk can be loaded while being centered by each front arm.

In the present invention, the first groove portion has a first notch that is notched toward the center of the loading position from the position of the first protrusion when the disk is not loaded. The first protrusion fits into one notch when another disk having a diameter smaller than that of the disk is inserted so as to be biased toward the front arm with which the other link arm of the insertion port is engaged. It is preferable.
According to the present invention, the rotation of each front arm is restricted when another disk having a small diameter is inserted into the insertion slot, biased toward the front arm side with which the link arm having the first groove portion is engaged. Can do.

  In other words, due to other discs inserted in a biased manner, the front arm that comes into contact with the other disc and the link arm that engages with the front arm (the link arm on the side on which the first groove portion is formed) are loaded. Load is applied to the direction tip. In this state, when each link arm tries to rotate, the first protrusion slides along the edge of the first groove close to the center of the loading position and fits into the first notch. The rotation of each link arm, and hence each front arm, can be restricted. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the other disk from being carried in without being centered.

  A biasing member that biases each front arm toward the insertion opening is provided on each front arm, and the biasing force of one biasing member is applied to the other biasing arm in order to prevent the front arms from rattling. When the biasing force of the member is smaller than the biasing force of the member, the biasing force of the biasing member acting on the front arm that engages with the link arm having the first groove and the first notch is changed to the biasing member acting on the other front arm. It is preferable to make it smaller than the urging force. According to this, when the above-mentioned other disk is inserted in a biased manner on the front arm side, the first protrusion can be securely fitted into the first notch. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the other disk from being carried in without being centered.

In the present invention, each of the front arms includes a second protrusion that protrudes toward the corresponding link arm, and each of the link arms includes an inner portion of the second protrusion as the front arm rotates. Each of the second groove portions, and at least one of the second groove portions has a second notch cut out from the second groove portion toward the center of the loading position, In the two notches, another disk having a diameter smaller than that of the disk is inserted so as to be biased toward the front arm side that engages with the link arm opposite to the link arm having the second notch in the insertion port. In this case, it is preferable that the second protrusion is fitted.
According to the present invention, when the second protrusion is fitted into the second notch, another disk having a small diameter is inserted into the insertion slot, being biased to the opposite side of the front arm having the second protrusion. In this case, the rotation of each front arm can be restricted.

  That is, as described above, a load on the front end side in the loading direction is applied to the front arm that comes into contact with the other disk and the link arm that engages with the front arm due to another disk that is inserted in a biased manner. . For this reason, as each front arm rotates when the disc is carried in, the second protrusion of the front arm opposite to the front arm is moved to the position of the carry-in position in the second groove where the second protrusion engages. Slide along the edge on the center side. When the second protrusion further slides and fits into the second cutout, further rotation of each link arm and each front arm can be restricted. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the other disk from being carried in without being centered.

  When each of the front arms is provided with the above-described urging member, the front arm on which a large urging force acts has the second protrusion, and the link arm that engages with the front arm has the first urging member. By having the two grooves and the second notch, the second protrusion can be securely fitted into the second notch when another disk is inserted in a biased manner on the front arm side where a small urging force acts. it can. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the other disk from being carried in without being centered.

In the present invention, at least one of the pair of link arms is a direction in which the other ends of the link arms are close to each other while being separated from the disk when the disk is loaded into the loading position. It is preferable to have the 1st rotation control part which controls rotation to.
According to the present invention, the state in which the restricting portion is separated from the disk loaded into the loading position can be maintained, and the rotation of each link arm is regulated, so that each front in the direction approaching the disk is controlled. The rotation of the arm can also be restricted, and the state where each front arm is separated from the disk can be reliably maintained. Therefore, since each link arm and each front arm do not interfere with each other, for example, when the disk is rotated, it is possible to prevent the rotation of the disk from being obstructed by each front arm.

In the present invention, the pair of links includes a contact member that contacts one surface of the disk carried into the carry-in position, and an arm member that contacts the disk by rotation. It is preferable that at least one of the arms includes a second rotation restricting portion that restricts the rotation of the arm member when the disk is not loaded.
Examples of such contact members include a turntable that is inserted into a hole in the center of the disk and rotates the disk, and a chucking member (chuck pulley) that chucks the disk together with the turntable. be able to.
According to the present invention, since the rotation of the arm member is restricted by the second rotation restricting portion, the abutting member does not move in a state where no disc is loaded. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the disk from being hindered by the contact member.

The disc device of the present invention includes the above-described disc carry-in device and an information reading / recording device that performs at least one of reading and recording of information on the disc carried by the disc carry-in device. It is characterized by.
According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve the same effect as the above-described disk carry-in device. This also makes it possible to appropriately read and / or record information from / to the disk by the information reading / recording apparatus, thereby improving the reliability of the disk apparatus.

  According to the present invention, the movement of the disk loaded at the loading position to the leading side in the loading direction can be regulated with a simple configuration by the regulating portion provided at the position on the leading side in the loading direction of each link arm. .

1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a disk device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The right view which shows the apparatus main body in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the lower case in the said embodiment. The top view which shows the apparatus main body in the said embodiment. The bottom view which shows the upper unit in the said embodiment. The bottom view which shows the upper unit in the said embodiment. The top view which shows the lower unit in the said embodiment. The bottom view which shows the lower unit in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the lower unit in the said embodiment. The perspective view which shows the raising / lowering apparatus in the said embodiment. The perspective view which shows the raising / lowering apparatus in the said embodiment. The top view which shows the 1st slide cam in the said embodiment. The bottom view which shows the 1st slide cam in the said embodiment. The top view which shows the 2nd slide cam in the said embodiment. The bottom view which shows the 2nd slide cam in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 2nd disk in the said embodiment. The figure which shows the link arm and chuck | zipper arm of the disc apparatus which concern on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of carrying in of the 1st disk in the said embodiment.

[1. First Embodiment]
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a disk device 1 according to the present embodiment. In the following drawings and description, the X direction indicates the left direction when facing the insertion / extraction port 2A for inserting / removing the disc in a state where the disc device 1 is placed on a horizontal plane. In addition, the Y direction indicates an upward direction in this state, and the Z direction indicates a direction in which the disk is carried into the disk device 1 and is orthogonal to the X direction and the Y direction.
The disk device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured as a slot-in type disk device, and reads and records information from and into a disk loaded therein. Such a disk device 1 corresponds to a disk carry-in device of the present invention, and includes a device main body 2 and shield members 11 and 12 covering the device main body 2 as shown in FIG.

[Configuration of shield member]
The shield member 11 covers the upper surface, the left and right side surfaces, and the rear surface of the apparatus main body 2, and the shield member 12 covers the front side of the apparatus main body 2 (the side on which the insertion / extraction port 2A is formed). These shield members 11 and 12 are formed by bending a sheet metal.
Among these, the shield member 12 has an opening (not shown) corresponding to the size of the disk (first disk) D1 (FIG. 16) having a diameter of 12 cm among the disks inserted into and removed from the insertion port 2A of the apparatus body 2. ) Is formed. A cloth curtain 121 having a notch for inserting and removing the disk is attached to a position corresponding to the opening. The cloth curtain 121 can be formed of felt or the like.

[Configuration of the device body]
FIG. 2 is a right side view showing the apparatus main body 2.
As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus main body 2 includes an upper unit 21 and a lower unit 22 that constitute upper and lower parts of the apparatus main body 2. Each of the units 21 and 22 includes an upper frame 21A and a lower frame 22A made of a synthetic resin having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view and long in the Z direction. The lower case 25 is used to form a casing 24 that is the outer shape of the apparatus main body 2.
The upper frame 21A is screwed to the lower frame 22A. The upper frame 21A and the lower frame 22A have recesses 21A1 (FIG. 5) and 22A1 (FIG. 7), respectively, on the base end side in the Z direction, and the recesses 21A1 and 22A1 are obtained by combining the frames 21A and 22A. As a result, the insertion / extraction port 2A for inserting / removing the disk into / from the apparatus main body 2 is formed. This insertion / extraction opening 2A corresponds to the insertion opening of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view of the lower case 25 constituting the disk device 1 as viewed from below.
As shown in FIG. 3, the lower case 25 is a substantially rectangular metal member that is long in the Z direction, and is screwed to the bottom surface of the lower frame 22A. The lower case 25 has a substantially circular insertion hole 251 in the vicinity of the end on the base end side in the Z direction (in the vicinity of the end close to the insertion / extraction opening 2A). The insertion hole 251 is an emergency eject hole formed at a position corresponding to a cross groove 733 (FIG. 8) of the worm wheel 73 described later. A jig such as a screwdriver (not shown) is inserted into the insertion hole 251 and engaged with the cross groove 733, and the worm wheel 73 is rotated, whereby the conveying device 3 described later is driven and the disc is ejected. The

[Configuration of upper unit]
FIG. 4 is a top view showing the apparatus main body 2.
In addition to the above-described upper frame 21A, the upper unit 21 includes, as shown in FIG. 4, a transport device 3 for transporting the disc and a chuck device 4 for chucking the loaded disc at the chucking position. The device 3 and the chuck device 4 are attached to the upper frame 21A. The upper frame 21A is formed with a plurality of grooves, which guide the rotation of the arms constituting the transfer device 3 and the chuck device 4 and define the rotation range of the arms. Further, the upper frame 21A is formed with an opening 211 having a substantially circular shape in plan view at the substantially center, and a chuck pulley 43 constituting the chuck device 4 is arranged in accordance with the position where the opening 211 is formed.

[Conveyor configuration]
5 and 6 are a top view and a bottom view showing the upper unit 21, respectively. In FIG. 6, the upper frame 21A is not shown.
The transport device 3 carries the disk inserted into the insertion / extraction port 2A into the chucking position (loading position) by the driving force generated by the driving device 7 (FIG. 8) constituting the lower unit 22, and also inside the device body 2. Unload the stored disc. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the transport device 3 includes a pair of front arms 31 and 32 that are pivotally supported in the vicinity of both ends of the insertion / extraction opening 2 </ b> A and a pair that synchronizes rotation of the pair of front arms 31 and 32. Link arms 33 and 34, and a detection lever 35.

[Configuration of front arm]
The front arms 31 and 32 are respectively pivotally supported on the upper surface portion 21U of the upper frame 21A, and the arms 31 and 32 are respectively disposed on the left and right sides (X direction distal end side and proximal end side) of the insertion / extraction port 2A. That is, each front arm 31, 32 passes through the center of the insertion / extraction opening 2A and is symmetrically arranged around a virtual straight line L along the disk loading direction (Z direction), and the end on the insertion / extraction opening 2A side is It is pivotally supported near both ends of the insertion / extraction opening 2A.
Among these, the front arm 31 includes a flat arm body 311, gripping members 312 and 313, idlers 314, three gears 315 to 317, and a torsion coil spring 318 as an urging member.

The arm body 311 has a substantially triangular shape in plan view. This arm main body 311 has an end portion that is not the maximum corner portion of two ends sandwiching the one side of the two sides sandwiching the maximum angle portion (obtuse angle portion) along the insertion / extraction opening 2A. It is pivotally supported in the vicinity of the left edge of the insertion / extraction port 2A. For this reason, the maximum corner portion of the arm main body 311 is disposed at a position closer to the center of the insertion / extraction opening 2A. Such an arm main body 311 is urged in a direction close to the insertion / extraction port 2A by a torsion coil spring 318 attached to an end of the arm main body 311 on the rotation axis RA1 side.
At the end of the arm body 311 on the front end side in the Z direction, a protrusion 3111 is formed on the upper surface side as a first protrusion of the present invention that protrudes in a hook shape and is inserted into the groove 332 of the link arm 33. .

  The grip members 312 and 313 are formed of rubber in a substantially cylindrical shape, and are pivotally supported on the lower surface side (side facing the lower frame 22A) of the arm body 311 as shown in FIGS. More specifically, the gripping member 312 is pivotally supported in the approximate center on the oblique side of the arm body 311, and the gripping member 313 is pivotally supported in the vicinity of the end of the arm body 311 on the tip side in the Z direction. Each of the grip members 312 and 313 is a roller that rotates when a driving force of a motor 71 described later is transmitted, grips an edge of the disk, and transports the disk.

The idler 314 and the gears 315 to 317 are pivotally supported by the arm body 311, respectively, and transmit driving force (rotational force) transmitted from a gear shaft 76 (FIG. 7) of the driving device 7 described later to the gripping members 312 and 313. To do.
The idler 314 is disposed at a position closest to the insertion / extraction opening 2A, and has a rotation axis coaxially with the rotation axis RA1 of the front arm 31. The idler 314 meshes with the gear shaft 76 and rotates the gear 315 by the rotation of the gear shaft 76.

The gears 315 to 317 have substantially the same diameter and the same number of teeth.
The gear 315 meshes with the gear 316 and the gripping member 312 and rotates them according to the rotation of the idler 314.
The gear 316 meshes with the gear 317, and the gear 317 meshes with the gripping member 313. For this reason, the gear 315 and the gear 317 rotate at the same rotational speed in the same direction, whereby the gripping members 312 and 313 rotate at the same rotational speed in the same direction.

The front arm 32 includes a flat arm body 321, gripping members 322 and 323, and a torsion coil spring 324 as an urging member.
The arm main body 321 has a substantially mirror-image symmetric structure with the arm main body 311 and is pivotally supported on the side opposite to the arm main body 311, that is, on the right side of the insertion / extraction opening 2 </ b> A. More specifically, the arm main body 321 has a substantially triangular shape in plan view, and of two sides sandwiching the maximum angle part (obtuse angle part), one side is along the insertion / extraction opening 2A and two end parts sandwiching the one side Of these, the end portion that is not the maximum angle portion is pivotally supported in the vicinity of the right end edge of the insertion / extraction opening 2A. The arm main body 321 is biased in a direction in which the maximum angle portion is close to the insertion / extraction port 2A by a torsion coil spring 324 attached to an end portion serving as a rotation shaft. The urging force of the torsion coil spring 324 is larger than the urging force of the torsion coil spring 318 and suppresses rattling of the front arms 31 and 32.

The arm main body 321 has a protrusion 3211 as a first protrusion of the present invention that protrudes in a hook shape and is inserted into the groove 342 of the link arm 34 at the end on the tip end side in the Z direction.
The arm main body 321 has a pair of protrusions 3212 and 3213 that protrude downward and project in the hypotenuse portion of the arm main body 321, respectively. Among these, the protrusion 3212 positioned on the rotation axis RA2 side of the arm main body 321 is inserted into an opening 614 (FIGS. 7 and 8) of the detection arm 61 described later, and the protrusion 3213 is described later. The guide part 831 or the guide part 832 (FIGS. 11 and 14) of the second slide cam 82 is engaged.
Further, a protrusion 3214 (FIG. 4) is formed substantially at the center of the upper surface of the arm body 321.

  The gripping members 322 and 323 have the same shape as the gripping members 312 and 313 of the front arm 31 described above. Like the gripping members 312 and 313, the gripping members 322 and 323 are substantially centered on the oblique sides of the arm main body 321 and Z It is fixed in the vicinity of the end on the direction tip side. When the front arms 31 and 32 are not rotating, the gripping members 312 and 322 are disposed at positions that are separated from the insertion / extraction opening 2A by substantially the same dimension, and the gripping members 313 and 323 are It is arranged at a position separated from the insertion / extraction opening 2A by substantially the same amount. In other words, the gripping members 322 and 323 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the gripping members 312 and 313 about the virtual straight line L. Such gripping members 322 and 323 together with the gripping members 312 and 313 grip the edge of the disk.

[Configuration of link arm]
The pair of link arms 33 and 34 synchronize the rotation of the front arms 31 and 32, and are arranged on the left and right sides of the insertion / extraction opening 2A, respectively. That is, the link arms 33 and 34 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the virtual straight line L described above.
As shown in FIG. 4, these link arms 33 and 34 have substantially the same dimensions and are substantially symmetric and are formed in a substantially L shape in plan view, and the end on the tip side in the Z direction is pivotally supported by the upper surface portion 21U. The proximal end is engaged with each of the arms 31 and 32.

Specifically, the ends of the link arms 33 and 34 on the front end side in the Z direction are pivotally supported at positions opposite to the insertion / extraction port 2A across the opening 211, and are arranged so as to cross each other. The pivot support positions of the link arms 33 and 34 serving as the rotation axes RA3 and RA4 are symmetrically arranged with respect to the virtual straight line L. In addition, the link arm 34 has an end portion having the rotation axis RA4 lower than an end portion close to the insertion / extraction opening 2A (near the upper surface portion 21U). With this configuration, the thickness of the overlapping portion with the link arm 33 can be absorbed, and the end portion close to the insertion / extraction port 2A has substantially the same position from the link arm 33 and the upper surface portion 21U, and the projection portion of the front arm 32 The position from 3211 and the upper surface part 21U is also substantially the same.
In the present embodiment, the rotation axes RA3 and RA4 are arranged at symmetrical positions around the virtual straight line L, but may be at the same position (for example, on the straight line L).

  A substantially arc-shaped groove 331 along the X direction is formed in the vicinity of the end of the link arm 33 on the rotation axis RA3 side, and the vicinity of the end of the link arm 34 on the side of the rotation axis RA4 is formed in the present invention. A substantially cylindrical projection 341 as the first projection is formed on the upper surface side. The link arms 33 and 34 are combined such that the protrusion 341 is inserted through the groove 331.

  This groove portion 331 corresponds to the first groove portion of the present invention, and the projection portion 341 is located at one end (X-direction tip side) in the closed state (the state where no disk is loaded) of each link arm 33, 34. The protrusions 341 are positioned at the other end (X-direction base end side) of the arms 33 and 34 in the open state (the state in which the disk is loaded). In the transition from the closed state to the open state, the protruding portion 341 moves along the edge of the groove portion 331 on the tip side in the Z direction.

  Such a groove 331 is formed on each link arm 33, when a disk (second disk) D2 (FIG. 25) having a diameter of 8 cm is biased toward the link arm 33 side (X-direction tip side) and inserted into the insertion / extraction opening 2A. 34 has a restricting portion 3311 for restricting the transition from the closed state to the open state, that is, the rotation of the arms 33 and 34. In the present embodiment, the restricting portion 3311 is formed as a notch extending from the position of the projecting portion 341 in the closed state toward a direction different from the arc of the groove portion 331 (a direction opposite to the Z direction). Yes. The restricting portion 3311 corresponds to a first notch of the present invention, and will be described in detail later. As the protrusion 341 is fitted into the restricting portion 3311, the arms 33 and 34 and the front arms 31 and 32 are further replaced. And the loading of the disk D2 is restricted. The groove portion may be formed on the link arm 34 and the projection portion may be formed on the link arm 33.

  Further, groove portions 332 and 342 as the second groove portions of the present invention through which the protrusion portions 3111 and 3211 are inserted are provided at the end portions of the link arms 33 and 34 opposite to the end portions on the rotating shafts RA3 and RA4 side. Is formed. As the projections 3111 and 3211 as the second projections of the present invention slide along the grooves 332 and 342, the link arms 33 and 34 rotate as one front arm rotates. Then, the other front arm rotates. Thereby, rotation of each front arm 31 and 32 synchronizes.

  The groove portion 342 restricts the transition of the arms 33 and 34 from the closed state to the open state when the second disk D2 is inserted in the insertion / extraction opening 2A with a bias toward the front arm 31 side (X direction tip side). It has a regulation part 3421 to do. In this embodiment, the restricting portion 3421 is formed as a notch that is notched to the link arm 33 side in the groove portion 342. The restricting portion 3421 corresponds to the second notch of the present invention, and will be described in detail later. As the protrusion 3211 is fitted into the restricting portion 3421, the link arms 33 and 34 are rotated, and as a result, the front Further rotation of the arms 31 and 32 is restricted, and the loading of the disk D2 is restricted.

A protrusion 344 that protrudes outward is formed at the end of the link arm 34 opposite to the end of the rotation axis RA4. The protrusion 344 engages with the protrusion 3214 when the protrusion 3211 is fitted into the restriction part 3421, and rotates the front arms 31 and 32 and the link arms 33 and 34 together with the restriction part 3421. regulate.
In addition, the link arm 34 has a recess 345 formed in an outer diameter side portion (an edge away from the opening 211) between the restricting portion 343 and the rotation axis RA4. The recess 345 is arranged so as to surround the rotation axis RA3 of the link arm 33 when the link arms 33 and 34 are rotated so that the end portions close to the groove portions 332 and 342 are separated from each other.

Further, the link arm 34 has rotation restricting portions 346 and 347 for restricting rotation of chuck arms 41 and 42 described later when the arms 33 and 34 are closed. These rotation restricting portions 346 and 347 correspond to the second rotation restricting portion of the present invention.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the rotation restricting portion 346 protrudes in a direction in which the height position from the upper surface portion 21U changes on the bottom surface side of the link arm 34 in the direction approaching the chuck arm 41 described later. It is formed as a part. Further, the rotation restricting portion 347 is formed as a boss that protrudes toward the upper surface portion 22U in the vicinity of the outer edge side (side away from the opening 211) at the approximate center of the link arm 34. Yes. The rotation restricting portion 346 is fitted into a later-described restricting portion 413 of the chuck arm 41, and the later-described restricting portion 423 of the chuck arm 42 is brought into contact with the rotation restricting portion 347, whereby the link arm 34 is rotated. The rotation of the chuck arms 41 and 42 in a state where the disc is not loaded (a state where no disc is loaded) is restricted. In addition, the shape and arrangement position of the rotation restricting portions 346 and 347 can be set as appropriate, and the rotation restricting portions 346 and 347 may be provided on the link arm 33, and each of the arms 33 and 34 is individually provided. May be provided.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, substantially cylindrical regulating portions 333 and 343 are formed on the bottom surfaces of the link arms 33 and 34, respectively. These restricting portions 333 and 343 support the edge of the disk loaded by the front arms 31 and 32 from the bottom surface side, position the disk at the chucking position, and move the disk from the chucking position to the tip side in the Z direction. To regulate. Such restricting portions 333 and 343 are in symmetrical positions around the above-described virtual straight line L even when the link arms 33 and 34 rotate, specifically, the front arms 31 and 32 and the link. When the arms 33 and 34 are rotated and the loaded disks D1 and D2 are positioned at the chucking position, the arms 33 and 34 are provided at positions where they abut against the disks D1 and D2.

  In such restricting portions 333 and 343, extending portions 3331 and 3431 extending in the direction orthogonal to the protruding direction are formed at the leading ends in the protruding direction from the link arms 33 and 34. The extending direction of these extending portions 3331 and 3431 is set in a direction toward the opening 211 (FIG. 5) in a state where the link arms 33 and 34 are not rotated (a state where no disk is loaded). Yes. Although not shown, the extending portions 3331 and 3431 have inclined surfaces that are inclined from the end portion on the leading end side in the extending direction toward the side surfaces of the regulating portions 333 and 343, and the inclined surfaces are discs. It abuts against the end edge of the surface and properly abuts on the side surface.

[Configuration of detection lever]
The detection lever 35 is pivotally supported on the bottom surface side of the link arm 33, detects that the disc has been carried into the chucking position, and moves the first slide cam 81 of the elevating device 8 described later to the Z direction base end side. Let The detection lever 35 is formed in a substantially L-shaped flat plate in plan view, and a substantially cylindrical pressing portion 351 protruding toward the bottom surface is formed at the end on the rotation shaft side. A projecting portion 352 that projects to the bottom surface side is also formed at the end opposite to.
Of these, the protruding portion 352 contacts the edge of the disk carried into the chucking position, and rotates the detection lever 35. Further, when the detection lever 35 rotates, the pressing portion 351 presses the first slide cam 81 and moves it to the proximal side in the Z direction.

[Configuration of chuck device]
The chuck device 4 chucks the loaded disc together with a turntable 521 of the optical device 5 described later. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the chuck device 4 includes a pair of chuck arms 41 and 42, a chuck pulley 43, and tension coil springs 44 and 45 that urge the chuck arms 41 and 42.

[Configuration of chuck pulley]
The chuck pulley 43 corresponds to an abutting member of the present invention, and abuts against the surface opposite to the recording surface of the disc and holds the disc together with the turntable 521. As shown in FIG. It arrange | positions in the position according to the opening part 211. FIG. The chuck pulley 43 has a magnet provided therein, a small-diameter portion (not shown) inserted into the opening 211, and a large-diameter portion 431 having a diameter larger than that of the opening 211. The large diameter portion 431 is supported by the chuck arms 41 and 42.

For this reason, the chuck pulley 43 is maintained in a state of being lifted from the opening 211 by the chuck arms 41 and 42 when the disk is not chucked. When the chuck arms 41 and 42 are rotated and separated from the chuck pulley 43, the chuck pulley 43 is moved in the direction approaching the turntable 521 by the magnetic force, and the chucking of the disk is performed. At this time, the large diameter portion 431 does not interfere with the upper frame 21A, and thus the rotation of the disk is not hindered.
When the disc is unloaded, the large diameter portion 431 is lifted by the chuck arms 41 and 42 so that chucking by the chuck pulley 43 and the turntable 521 is released.

[Configuration of chuck arm]
The pair of chuck arms 41 and 42 corresponds to an arm member of the present invention, and is pivotally supported on the left side (X direction distal end side) and the right side (X direction proximal end side) of the upper surface portion 21U. Further, the chuck arm 41 intersects with the link arm 33, and the chuck arm 42 is disposed between each link arm 33, 34 and the upper surface portion 21U of the upper frame 21A so as to intersect with the link arm 34.
As shown in FIG. 6, the chuck arms 41 and 42 have substantially circular openings 411 and 421 formed at substantially the center thereof, and bosses formed on the upper surface portion 21 </ b> U in the openings 411 and 421. By inserting (not shown), the chuck arms 41 and 42 rotate with the centers of the openings 411 and 421 as the rotation axes RA5 and RA6.

Each chuck arm 41, 42 has substantially arcuate abutting portions 412, 422 along the opening 211 at the end on the opening 211 side. The abutting portions 412 and 422 abut against the chuck pulley 43 in a state where no disk is loaded, and support the chuck pulley 43 in a state of being pushed up in a direction away from the upper frame 21A.
Further, the chuck arms 41 and 42 have regulating portions 413 and 423 that abut against the link arm 34 and regulate the rotation of the chuck arm. Specifically, the restricting portion 413 is formed as a notch into which the convex portion 346 is fitted, and the restricting portion 423 is formed at the edge on the inner diameter side (side closer to the opening 211) at the approximate center of the chuck arm 42. Has been. And the above-mentioned convex part 346 is fitted in the restricting part 413, and the link arm 34 is not rotated by contacting the restricting part 423 with the boss 347 (the disk is not loaded). The rotation of the chuck arms 41 and 42 is restricted. Note that the rotation of the link arms 33 and 34 due to the rotation of the front arms 31 and 32 causes the link arms 33 and 34 to move away from the restricting portions 413 and 423, thereby restricting the rotation of the chuck arms 41 and 42. Canceled.

  The chuck arms 41, 42 have substantially cylindrical protruding portions 414, 424 that protrude toward the bottom surface side of the chuck arms 41, 42, respectively, at end portions on the side away from the opening 211. These projecting portions 414 and 424 are respectively inserted into guide portions 821 and 835 (FIGS. 11 and 14) of a second slide cam 82 of the lifting device 8 to be described later, and with the rotation of the second slide cam 82, The chuck arms 41 and 42 are rotated. By the rotation of the chuck arms 41 and 42, the contact portions 412 and 422 are separated from the chuck pulley 43, and the chuck pulley 43 chucks the disk loaded into the chucking position together with the turntable 521.

  An engaging portion 415 is formed at the end of the chuck arm 41 on the protruding portion 414 side, and an engaging portion 425 is formed between the protruding portion 424 and the opening 421 in the chuck arm 42. ing. The engaging portions 415 and 425 engage with the other ends of the tension coil springs 44 and 45 whose one ends are locked to the upper frame 21A. Therefore, the chuck arms 41 and 42 are biased in the direction in which the contact portions 412 and 422 are in contact with the chuck pulley 43 by the biasing force of the springs 44 and 45.

  The chuck arms 41 and 42 are restricted from rotating by the link arms 33 and 34 in a state where no disk is loaded, and when the link arms 33 and 34 are rotated, the chuck arms 41 and 42 are rotated. Is allowed to rotate. Further, when the first slide cam 81 described later is slid by the rotation of the detection lever 35, the chuck arms 41 and 42 are rotated in the direction away from the chuck pulley 43 by the second slide cam 82. Disk chucking is performed by the chuck pulley 43.

[Configuration of lower unit]
7 and 8 are a top view and a bottom view showing the lower unit 22, respectively.
The lower unit 22 constitutes the lower part of the apparatus main body 2 as described above. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the lower unit 22 includes a lower frame 22 </ b> A, an optical device 5, a detection device 6, a driving device 7, and a lifting device 8. The optical device 5, the detection device 6, the drive device 7, and the lifting device 8 are each attached to the lower frame 22A.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the lower frame 22A is formed in the vicinity of the above-described recess 22A1 that forms the insertion / extraction opening 2A, a substantially rectangular opening 221 formed on the tip end side in the Z direction, and the approximate center of the recess 22A1. In addition to an opening portion 222 having a substantially elliptical shape, an opening portion 223 and a shaft portion 224 positioned on the left side (X direction tip side) of the recess 22A1, a plurality of groove portions are formed. Among these, the plurality of groove portions, like the groove portion of the upper frame 21A described above, define the rotation range of each arm, and the protruding portion provided on each arm or the like is arranged on the upper surface portion 22U side or the lower surface portion 22L. Expose to the side. Further, the lower frame 22A includes a support arm 225 that is pivotally supported by the upper surface portion 22U.

The openings 221 and 222 expose the optical device 5 attached to the lower surface 22L and a protrusion 2283 of the lock lever 228 described later to the upper surface 22U side.
The opening 223 constitutes the drive device 7 described later, and exposes the gear shaft 76 supported by the shaft 224 formed in the opening 223 to the upper surface 22U side. The gear shaft 76 meshes with the idler 314 described above.

[Configuration of support arm]
The support arm 225 is formed in a substantially arc shape in plan view according to the locus of the end portion on the gripping member 323 side when the front arm 32 rotates, and is on the right side (X direction base end side) of the upper surface portion 22U. It is pivotally supported near the edge. In other words, the support arm 225 is pivotally supported within a range from the insertion / extraction opening 2A to a turntable 521 described later. The support arm 225 is maintained in a state substantially orthogonal to the Z direction by a biasing force of the torsion coil spring 2250 provided at the pivot support position when the disk is not loaded.

  Such a support arm 225 has an abutting portion 2251 that abuts the end edge of the loaded disc at the end opposite to the shaft support position. The support arm 225 centers the disc while rotating by the conveying force of the disc that is in contact with the contact portion 2251. In particular, when the small-diameter disk D2 is inserted in the insertion / extraction opening 2A toward the front arm 31 side, the contact portion 2251 contacts the edge of the disk D2, whereby the disk D2 is centered.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the support arm 225 has a protruding portion 2252 that protrudes downward near the pivot position. The protrusion 2252 engages with a second slide cam 82 to be described later, and restricts the rotation of the second slide cam 82 in a state where no disc is loaded. Then, when the support arm 225 rotates with the loading of the disk, the rotation restriction of the second slide cam 82 by the protrusion 2252 is released, and the support arm 225 is rotated by the rotation of the second slide cam 82. 225 is spaced from the end face of the disk.

As shown in FIG. 8, the lower frame 22 </ b> L of the lower frame 22 </ b> A has a substantially cylindrical shape that protrudes in the out-of-plane direction near the right end (X direction base end side, left side in FIG. 8) of the insertion / extraction opening 2 </ b> A. The protrusion 226 is formed, and a substantially U-shaped guide part 227 in plan view is formed in the approximate center.
The protrusion 226 pivotally supports a detection arm 61 of the detection device 6 described later.
The guide part 227 guides the rotation of the second slide cam 82 described later. An optical device 5 and a second slide cam 82, which will be described later, are located inside and outside the guide portion 227. The guide portion 227 is formed with an opening (not shown) through which a pair of protrusions 5611 provided in the holder 56 of the optical device 5 is inserted, and each protrusion 5611 is inserted through the opening. Engage with the second slide cam 82.

[Configuration of lock lever]
A lock lever 228 is pivotally supported between the insertion / extraction port 2A and the second slide cam 82 on the base end side in the Z direction of the lower surface portion 22L. The lock lever 228 is erected so as to block the insertion / extraction port 2A after the disk is carried in, and prevents insertion of another disk.
As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the lock lever 228 has a shaft portion 2281 formed at the right side (X direction base end side) end portion, and the shaft portion 2281 is inclined with respect to the lower surface portion 22 </ b> L. It is supported freely. Further, the lock lever 228 has a protrusion 2282 that engages with the second slide cam 82, and has a protrusion 2283 that is formed on the opposite side of the shaft 2281 and protrudes upward.

  Such a lock lever 228 is disposed so as to be inclined with respect to the lower surface portion 22L in a state where no disc is loaded. Then, when the second slide cam 82 rotates as the disc is carried in, the protrusion 2282 slides along the guide portion 829 of the second slide cam 82, and the lock lever 228 extends along the lower surface portion 22L. Rotate. By this rotation, the protruding portion 2283 is exposed to the upper surface portion 22U side through the opening 222. The projection 2283 blocks the substantially center of the insertion / extraction port 2A, thereby preventing other discs from being inserted.

Further, among the side surfaces of the lower frame 22A standing up from the lower surface portion 22L, a locking portion 229 having a substantially right triangle shape protrudes from the left side surface (the X-direction front end side, the right side in FIG. 8). . The locking portion 229 abuts on the restriction portion 825 of the second slide cam 82, and the second slide cam 82 is moved in the same direction by a biasing force toward the distal end side in the Z direction by a tension coil spring (not shown). Do not slide too much. That is, the locking portion 229 defines the initial position of the second slide cam 82.
Furthermore, a protrusion 230 that protrudes in the out-of-plane direction (downward) is formed on the lower surface portion 22L in the vicinity of the motor 71 of the drive device 7 described later. The protrusion 230 abuts against the abutting portion 828 when the second slide cam 82 rotates as the disc is carried in, and restricts the second slide cam 82 from rotating more than necessary.

[Configuration of optical device]
FIG. 9 is a view of the lower unit 22 excluding the lower frame 22A and the control board 62 as viewed from above.
The optical device 5 reads and records information on the loaded disc. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the optical device 5 is located on the Z-direction tip side (upper side in FIGS. 7 and 8) of the lower frame 22 </ b> A, and is located on the back side (Z-direction tip side) of the optical device 5. In other words, the end on the insertion / extraction opening 2A side is attached to the lower surface portion 22L so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction about the axis along the X direction. In other words, the optical device 5 is attached in a state where the rotation around the Y direction is restricted. As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the optical device 5 includes a support member 51, a rotation device 52, a pair of guide rails 53, a moving device 54 and a pickup 55, and a holder 56 that holds the support member 51. Prepare.

  The support member 51 is a substantially rectangular box-shaped metal member that is long along the Z direction, and both ends on the front end side in the Z direction are attached to the lower surface portion 22L by screws 58 (FIG. 8). In addition, both ends on the base end side in the Z direction are fixed to the holder 56 with screws 58 (FIG. 8). The support member 51 has an opening 511 in the approximate center, and a pickup 55 is disposed in the opening 511. That is, a space for moving the pickup 55 is formed in the opening 511.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the rotation device 52 is provided at the end of the support member 51 on the base end side in the Z direction (on the insertion / extraction port 2 </ b> A side), and rotates the loaded disc. The rotating device 52 includes a turntable 521, a motor (not shown) that rotates the turntable 521, and a control board 522 that controls driving of the motor.
The turntable 521 is arranged so that the center is located on the above-described virtual straight line L (FIG. 4). The turntable 521 has a fitting portion 5211 that is fitted into a hole formed in the center of the disk, and the fitting portion 5211 is provided with a magnet (not shown) that attracts the chuck pulley 43. Yes. A position corresponding to the center of the upper surface of the turntable 521 corresponds to the center of the chucking position (the carry-in position of the present invention).
The pair of guide rails 53 extend substantially parallel to the Z direction, and a pickup 55 is slidably attached to each guide rail 53.

As shown in FIG. 9, the moving device 54 is provided on the base end side in the X direction of the support member 51. The moving device 54 includes a spindle 541 in which a spiral groove along the axial direction is formed on the outer periphery, and the spindle 541. And a driving unit 542 for rotating the motor. One end of the pickup 55 is engaged with the spiral groove of the spindle 541. When the drive unit 542 rotates the spindle 541, the pickup 55 moves along the guide rail 53 in a direction approaching and separating from the turntable 521 as the spindle 541 rotates.
The pickup 55 irradiates a disk rotated by the turntable 521 with laser light to record information on the disk, and receives reflected light from the disk to read information recorded on the disk. That is, the pickup 55 corresponds to an information reading / recording unit that performs at least one of reading and recording of information on the disc.

  One end of the holder 56 is pivotally supported by the lower surface portion 22L, and the other end engages with a second slide cam 82 described later. The holder 56 moves the end of the support member 51 on the base end side in the Z direction (the side on which the turntable 521 is disposed) upward or downward as the second slide cam 82 rotates. . The holder 56 extends along the end of the support member 51 on the base end side in the Z direction, a base portion 561 to which the end portion is fixed, and a pair of base portions 561 extending from the left and right ends of the base portion 561 to the front end side in the Z direction. The extension portions 562 and 563 are provided, and these have a substantially U shape in plan view.

The base 561 is formed along the rotational direction of the second slide cam 82 described later, and is biased downward by a tension coil spring (not shown) provided on the lower surface 22L. The base portion 561 includes a pair of protrusion portions 5611 that protrude in a substantially cylindrical shape toward the base end side in the Z direction. These protrusions 5611 are inserted into the pair of guide grooves 839 (FIG. 11) of the second slide cam 82, respectively.
The left and right extending portions 562 and 563 are disposed so as to cover approximately 3/4 of the left and right ends of the support member 51. At the ends of the extending portions 562 and 563 on the front end side in the Z direction, substantially cylindrical shaft portions 5621 and 5631 projecting away from the support member 51 are formed. The holder 56 is pivotally supported by the lower surface portion 22L.
Such a holder 56 rotates up and down around the shaft portions 5621 and 5631 as the second slide cam 82 with which the projection portion 5611 engages. As a result, the turntable 521 moves up and down, and the disk is chucked and released.

[Configuration of detection device]
The detection device 6 detects the disk transport state and also detects the rotational position of the slide cam to detect the disk chucking state. And the detection apparatus 6 controls the drive of the motor 71 mentioned later based on these detection results. Such a detection device 6 includes a detection arm 61 and a control board 62 (not shown in FIG. 9), as shown in FIGS.

  The detection arm 61 has a substantially cylindrical boss 611 (FIG. 8) fitted to the protrusion 226, and is pivotally supported by the boss 611 in the vicinity of the end edge of the insertion / extraction port 2A on the proximal side in the X direction. The A torsion coil spring 63 (FIGS. 8 and 9) is attached around the boss 611, and the torsion coil spring 63 biases the detection arm 61 in a direction close to the insertion / extraction opening 2A.

The detection arm 61 includes a contact portion 612, a pressing portion 613, and an opening 614.
As shown in FIG. 7, the contact portion 612 is formed so as to protrude upward on the end portion side opposite to the boss 611. The leading end in the protruding direction of the contact portion 612 is located above the upper surface portion 22U, and the edge of the disc inserted into the insertion / extraction port 2A contacts the contact portion 612. Then, the detection arm 61 is rotated around the center of the boss 611 when the disk is pushed toward the Z front end side.

The pressing portion 613 is formed between the boss 611 and the contact portion 612 so as to protrude downward in a substantially arc shape centered on the center of the boss 611 (that is, the rotation axis of the detection arm 61). Yes. The pressing unit 613 presses the switches 621 and 622 disposed on the control board 62 as the detection arm 61 rotates.
The opening 614 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape between the boss 611 and the pressing portion 613 and in the vicinity of the end on the Z direction front end side. The protrusion 3212 of the front arm 32 is inserted into the opening 614. For this reason, when the rotation of the front arm 32 is restricted by the second slide cam 82, the rotation of the detection arm 61 is also restricted.

The control board 62 is disposed adjacent to the detection arm 61 and includes three switches 621 to 623 as shown in FIG.
The switches 621 and 622 are arranged in parallel on the detection arm 61 side of the control board 62 and are pressed by the pressing portion 613 of the rotating detection arm 61. These switches 621 and 622 are not pressed when no disk is loaded, and the switches 621 and 622 are off. Then, at the initial stage of rotation of the detection arm 61 accompanying the loading of the disk, first, the switch 621 is pressed and turned on, and at the end of the rotation of the detection arm 61, the switch 622 is pressed and turned on together with the switch 621. It becomes.

  The switch 623 is disposed at the end of the control board 62 on the front end side in the Z direction so as to face a second slide cam 82 described later. The switch 623 is pressed by the pressing portion 830 (FIGS. 14 and 15) of the second slide cam 82 and is in an on state. And if the 2nd slide cam 82 rotates with carrying in of a disc, the press by the said press part 830 will be cancelled | released and the switch 623 will change to an OFF state.

  When the switch 623 transitions from the off state to the on state when the switch 623 is in the on state, such a control board 62 outputs a drive signal to the motor 71 that constitutes the drive device 7, so that the motor 71 is in turn. Rotate. Thereby, the disk is carried in by the transport device 3, and the detection arm 61 is further rotated in accordance with the disk loading position, so that the switch 622 is turned on. When the second slide cam 82 rotates and the switch 623 is turned off, the control board 62 outputs a stop signal to the motor 71, thereby stopping the driving of the transport device 3 and the lifting device 8. .

  On the other hand, when the disc is carried out (for example, when an unillustrated eject button is pressed by the user or the like), the control board 62 outputs a drive signal to the motor 71 to reversely rotate the motor 71. Thereby, the 2nd slide cam 82 and each arm 31-34 rotate in the direction opposite to the time of carrying in. As the front arm 32 rotates in the direction approaching the insertion / extraction port 2A, the detection arm 61 rotates in the direction adjacent to the insertion / extraction port 2A. Thereafter, when the switch 623 is turned on and the switch 622 is turned off, the control board 62 outputs a stop signal to the motor 71, whereby the driving of the transport device 3 and the lifting device 8 is stopped. . In this state, the disc remains held by the holding members 312 and 322, so that the disc can be prevented from falling from the insertion / extraction opening 2A.

[Configuration of drive unit]
The driving device 7 transmits a driving force for driving the conveying device 3, the chuck device 4, and the lifting device 8 to them. As shown in FIG. 8, the driving device 7 is disposed on the opposite side of the lower surface portion 22L from the detecting device 6. The driving device 7 includes a motor 71, a worm gear 72, a worm wheel 73, gears 74 and 75, and a gear. A shaft 76 and a swing arm 77 are provided.
The motor 71 is driven under the control of the control board 62 and rotates the worm gear 72 attached to the spindle. The motor 71 is fixed to the lower surface portion 22L so that the rotation shaft of the worm gear 72 is inclined with respect to the insertion / extraction port 2A.

The worm wheel 73, the gear 74, the gear shaft 76, and the swing arm 77 are each supported by the lower surface portion 22L.
Among these, the worm wheel 73 is a reduction gear, and the worm wheel 73 includes two-stage gear portions 731 and 732 having different diameter dimensions. Among these, the gear portion 731 located on the upper side (side close to the lower surface portion 22L) and having a large diameter dimension meshes with the worm gear 72. Further, the gear portion 732 which is located on the lower side (the side away from the lower surface portion 22L) and has a small diameter dimension meshes with the gear 74.

  Further, the worm wheel 73 has a cross groove 733 formed on the rotating shaft on the lower side. A jig (not shown) inserted through the insertion hole 251 is inserted into the cross groove 733. Then, when the worm wheel 73 is rotated in the same direction as the reverse rotation of the motor 71 through the jig, the devices 3, 4 and 8 of the device main body 2 are driven and the disc is carried out. If the worm wheel 73 is to be rotated in the same direction as the forward rotation of the motor 71 in a state where the disk has already been loaded (when the disk is to be loaded), a second slide described later. Since the rotation of the cam 82 is restricted, the worm wheel 73 is not rotated.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the gear 74 has two stages of gear portions 741 (FIG. 8) and 742 (FIG. 9) having different diameter dimensions. Among these, the gear portion 741 located on the lower side and having a large diameter dimension meshes with the gear portion 732 and the gear 75. Further, the gear portion 742 located on the upper side and having a small diameter dimension meshes with a rack portion 817 of the first slide cam 81 described later, and slides the first slide cam 81. That is, the gear portion 742 functions as a pinion for the rack portion 817.
The gear 75 is pivotally supported by the swing arm 77. The gear 75 meshes with the gear 74 and meshes with the gear shaft 76 when no disc is loaded.

  The gear shaft 76 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and is supported by the shaft portion 224 described above. The gear shaft 76 has gear portions 761 (FIG. 8) and 762 (FIGS. 7 and 9) at both ends in the axial direction. The gear portion 761 on the lower side (Y direction base end side) meshes with the gear 75, and the gear portion 762 on the upper side (tip end side in the Y direction) is located above the upper surface portion 22U and meshes with the idler 314 described above. To do. Thereby, the rotational force of the motor 71 is transmitted to the gripping members 312 and 313 via the gears 315 to 317, and the gripping members 312 and 313 rotate.

As shown in FIG. 9, the swing arm 77 has a substantially circular opening 771 through which a shaft (not shown) that supports the gear 74 is inserted, and is rotatable about the opening 771. Is attached to the lower surface portion 22L. In other words, the swing arm 77 is pivotally supported by the lower surface portion 22L so as to rotate coaxially with the gear 74.
The swing arm 77 has a shaft portion 772 that pivotally supports the gear 75 at the end portion on the base end side in the Z direction, and a guide groove 824 (see FIG. 14) of the second slide cam 82 at the end portion on the tip end side in the Z direction. And a projection 773 to be inserted into FIG. Then, the protrusion 773 moves along the guide groove 824 according to the rotation of the second slide cam 82, so that the swing arm 77 rotates in the direction in which the gear 75 approaches and separates from the gear shaft 76.

  Specifically, when the second slide cam 82 is rotated in accordance with the loading of the disk (when rotating in the S1 direction described later), the disk is loaded at the chucking position. There is no need to rotate the members 312, 313, and conversely, a driving force for rotating the second slide cam 82 is required. For this reason, the swing arm 77 rotates in the direction in which the gear 75 is separated from the gear shaft 76, so that the rotational force is not transmitted from the gear 75 to the gear shaft 76. Thereby, the rotation of the grip members 312 and 313 of the front arm 31 is stopped, and the driving force required for the rotation of the second slide cam 82 is ensured.

  On the other hand, when the second slide cam 82 is rotated when the disk is unloaded (when the second slide cam 82 is rotated in the S2 direction described later), the swing arm 77 is moved immediately before the rotation of the second slide cam 82 is completed. 75 rotates in the direction close to the gear shaft 76. For this reason, the gear 75 and the gear shaft 76 mesh with each other, and the rotational force is transmitted from the gear 75 to the gear shaft 76. As a result, the gripping members 312 and 313 are rotated, and a driving force for unloading the disc is secured.

[Configuration of lifting device]
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the lifting device 8 as viewed from the Z direction base end side and the Y direction base end side (downward side). FIG. 11 shows the lifting device 8 at the Z direction tip end side in the Y direction tip side ( It is the perspective view seen from the upper side. In addition, each direction of X, Y, Z shown in FIG.10 and FIG.11 is described according to the direction of the raising / lowering apparatus 8 in the state in which the disc is not carried in.
The lifting device 8 lifts and lowers the optical device 5 by the driving force transmitted from the driving device 7. In addition, the lifting device 8 separates the front arms 31 and 32 of the transport device 3, the chuck arms 41 and 42 of the chuck device 4, and the support arm 225 from the disk loaded in the chucking position, and a lock lever 228. Rotate to lock the insertion / extraction port 2A. Such a lifting device 8 includes a first slide cam 81 and a second slide cam 82 as shown in FIGS.

[Configuration of the first slide cam]
12 and 13 are a top view and a bottom view showing the first slide cam 81, respectively. Note that the X, Y, and Z directions shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 are described in accordance with the direction of the first slide cam 81 in a state where no disc is loaded.
The first slide cam 81 is slidably attached to the lower surface of the second slide cam 82. The first slide cam 81 is pressed by the detection lever 35 when the disc is loaded, and slides in the direction approaching the drive device 7. Then, the first slide cam 81 is slid in the S1 direction (counterclockwise when viewed from above) and the S2 direction (clockwise when viewed from above) shown in FIGS. As a result, the 2nd slide cam 82 is rotated in the same direction. That is, the slide of the first slide cam 81 is a trigger for the rotation of the second slide cam 82.
As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the first slide cam 81 is formed as a substantially arcuate member that is long along the Z direction. The first slide cam 81 includes contact portions 811, 812, a guide portion 813, an opening portion 814, engagement portions 815, 816, a rack portion 817, a guide portion 818, and a projection portion 819.

The abutting portion 811 is located on the tip end side in the Z direction (S2 direction side), and the abutting portion 812 is located on the inner diameter side at the approximate center of the first slide cam 81. When the disks D1 and D2 are carried in, the pressing portions 351 of the detection lever 35 come into contact with the contact portions 811 and 812, respectively. Then, the first slide cam 81 slides toward the S1 direction side (side close to the insertion / extraction port 2A) along the second slide cam 82 by the rotation of the detection lever 35 along the Z direction base end side.
The guide portion 813 is also located on the same tip side as the abutting portion 812 on the X direction front end side, and abuts against the pressing portion 351 when the disc D2 is chucked, thereby separating the detection lever 35 from the disc D2.

The opening 814 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape on the tip end side in the Z direction, and the engaging portion 815 is formed on the inner diameter side in the approximate center of the first slide cam 81. The edge portions of the opening 814 and the engaging portion 815 are engaged with hook-like portions 836 and 837 of the second slide cam 82 to prevent the first slide cam 81 from dropping off from the second slide cam 82. In addition, the slide of the second slide cam 82 is guided.
The engaging portion 816 is formed in a hook shape so as to protrude downward in the approximate center of the first slide cam 81, and one end of the engaging portion 816 is locked to the second slide cam 82. A spring (not shown) is engaged. By this tension coil spring, the first slide cam 81 is urged toward the tip end side in the Z direction with respect to the second slide cam 82.

The rack part 817, the guide part 818, and the protrusion part 819 are formed in the edge part of the Z direction base end side (S1 direction side).
The rack part 817 is formed along the edge on the outer diameter side. The rack portion 817 meshes with the gear 74 when the first slide cam 81 slides in the S1 direction side. The first slide cam 81 slides in the S1 direction and the S2 direction as the gear 74 rotates.
The guide part 818 is formed along the edge on the inner diameter side. The guide portion 818 abuts on the hook-shaped portion 838 (FIGS. 10 and 15) of the second slide cam 82 and guides the slide of the first slide cam 81.

  The protrusion 819 is a protrusion having a substantially elliptic cylindrical shape protruding upward. The protrusion 819 is inserted into the guide groove 827 (FIGS. 14 and 15) of the second slide cam 82, and together with the edge of the opening 814, the engaging portion 815 and the guide portion 818, the second slide cam 82. In addition to guiding the slide of the first slide cam 81 with respect to the guide groove 827, the second slide cam 82 is brought into contact with the edge of the guide groove 827 on the S1 direction side and the first slide cam 81 slides in the S1 direction. Slide in the same direction.

[Configuration of the second slide cam]
14 and 15 are a top view and a bottom view showing the second slide cam 82.
The second slide cam 82 is rotated while sliding in the same direction by the first slide cam 81 that meshes with the gear 74 and slides in the S1 direction and the S2 direction to move the optical device 5 up and down, as well as the loaded disk. The arms and the levers are separated from and brought into contact with the edge.
As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, the second slide cam 82 is an integrally molded product made of a synthetic resin having a substantially semicircular shape, and is disposed between the insertion / extraction port 2 </ b> A and the rotation device 52. The substantially semicircular center of the second slide cam 82 and the substantially arcuate center of the first slide cam 81 substantially coincide with each other, and the center is located on the virtual straight line L described above. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the second slide cam 82 includes a guide portion 821, locking portions 822 and 823, a guide groove 824, a restriction portion 825, a guide portion 826, a guide groove 827, and a contact portion. 828, a guide portion 829, a pressing portion 830, guide portions 831 and 832, a restriction portion 833, guide portions 834 and 835 (above, FIG. 14), and hook-shaped portions 836 to 838 (FIG. 15).

Hereinafter, the respective parts 821 to 835 formed in the second slide cam 82 from the S2 direction side to the S1 direction side will be mainly described with reference to FIG.
The guide portion 821 stands from the upper surface portion 82U at the end of the second slide cam 82 on the S2 direction side, and the guide portion 821 engages with the protruding portion 414 (FIG. 6) of the chuck arm 41. Then, when the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction, the guide portion 821 rotates the chuck arm 41 to separate the contact portion 412 from the chuck pulley 43. When the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S2 direction, the chuck arm 41 is rotated by the urging force of the tension coil spring 44 and the contact portion 412 contacts the chuck pulley 43.

  The locking portions 822 and 823 are formed on the S2 direction side and on the inner diameter side of the second slide cam 82, respectively. Among these, a tension coil spring (not shown) provided on the lower surface portion 22L engages with the locking portion 822 protruding toward the inner diameter side. By this spring, the second slide cam 82 is biased to the S2 direction side (the opposite side to the S1 direction). Further, the other end of a tension coil spring (not shown) whose one end is locked to the first slide cam 81 is locked to the locking portion 823 projecting to the outer diameter side.

The guide groove 824 is formed in the vicinity of the end portion on the S2 direction side of the second slide cam 82, and the protrusion 773 (FIG. 9) of the swing arm 77 is inserted into the guide groove 824. Then, as described above, the guide groove 824 rotates the swing arm 77 in accordance with the rotation of the second slide cam 82 to mesh or separate the gear 75 and the gear shaft 76.
The restricting portion 825 is formed on the outer diameter side of the second slide cam 82. When the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S2 direction, the restricting portion 825 comes into contact with the locking portion 229 (FIG. 8) of the lower frame 22A, and the second slide cam rotates in the S2 direction. Restrict movement.
The guide portion 826 is formed on the upper surface portion 82U side of the second slide cam 82 along the edge on the inner diameter side. The guide portion 826 contacts the lower surface portion 22L and guides the slide of the second slide cam 82.

The guide groove 827 is formed in a substantially arc shape having substantially the same center as the semicircular shape of the second slide cam 82, and the protruding portion 819 (FIG. 12) of the first slide cam 81 is inserted into the guide groove 827. The As described above, the first slide cam 81 slides in the S1 direction while the projection 819 is in contact with the edge of the guide groove 827 on the S1 direction side, so that the second slide cam 82 is moved in the same direction. To turn. Since the second slide cam 82 is urged in the S2 direction, when the motor 71 rotates in the reverse direction and the first slide cam 81 slides in the S2 direction, the protrusion 819 has the S1 of the guide groove 827. The second slide cam 82 rotates in the S2 direction while being in contact with the direction side edge.
When the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction, the contact portion 828 comes into contact with the protrusion 230 (FIG. 8) formed on the lower surface portion 22L, and the second slide cam 82 rotates more than necessary. Regulate movement.

The guide portion 829 is formed of a first guide portion 8291 and a second guide portion 8294 that are formed on the outer diameter side and have different height positions (positions in the Y direction). The guide portion 829 engages with the protrusion 2282 (FIGS. 8 and 9) of the lock lever 228 and rotates the lock lever 228.
As shown in FIG. 15, the first guide portion 8291 is formed on the S2 direction side and on the lower side (Y direction base end side). The first guide portion 8291 is located on the S2 direction side and is flat toward the upper side from the flat portion 8292 along the S2 direction and the end portion of the flat portion 8292 on the S2 direction side. And an inclined portion 8293 inclined.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the second guide portion 8294 is located on the S1 direction side and is formed on the upper side (Y direction tip side). The second guide portion 8294 is located on the S2 direction side and is connected to an inclined portion 8295 inclined upward and an end portion on the S1 direction side of the inclined portion 8295, and extends along the S1 direction. A flat portion 8296. The inclined portion 8295 is arranged so as to face the inclined portion 8293.

  In such a guide portion 829, in a state where no disc is carried in, the projection portion 2282 is disposed at a position corresponding to the flat portion 8292, and as the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction. The protrusion 2282 moves from the flat portion 8292 to the inclined portion 8293 side. When the second slide cam 82 further moves in the S1 direction, the protruding portion 2282 moves along the inclined portion 8295 opposed to the inclined portion 8293, and the protruding portion 2283 protrudes from the upper surface portion 22U. The lock lever 228 is rotated. The protrusion 2282 is arranged along the flat part 8296, whereby the rotation of the lock lever 228 is restricted, and the state where the protrusion 2283 protrudes from the upper surface part 22U is maintained. This restricts the insertion of another disk into the insertion / extraction opening 2A.

  When the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S2 direction from this state, the protrusion 2282 moves relatively from the flat portion 8296 toward the flat portion 8292, so that the lock lever 228 is moved in the reverse direction. And the protrusion 2283 moves downward from the upper surface 22U. Thereby, the insertion of the disc into the insertion / extraction opening 2A is allowed.

The pressing portion 830 is formed on the outer diameter side and presses the above-described switch 623 (FIG. 8). The pressing portion 830 is separated from the switch 623 in a state where the second slide cam 82 has finished rotating in the S1 direction.
The guide part 831 protrudes outward from the outer diameter side. The end portion of the guide portion 831 in the S1 direction abuts on the protrusion 3213 of the front arm 32 that carries the large-diameter disc D1 when the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction, and the front arm 32 is moved. Rotate in a direction away from the disk D1.
The guide portion 832 has a surface substantially orthogonal to the S1 direction. Similarly, when the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction, the guide portion 832 comes into contact with the protruding portion 3213 on the surface, and the front arm 32 is moved. It is rotated in a direction away from the small-diameter disk D2.

The restricting portion 833 is formed on the outer diameter side in a substantially U shape facing the S1 direction side. The restricting portion 833 abuts against the protrusion 2252 (FIG. 7) of the support arm 225 so that the second slide cam 82 does not rotate in the S1 direction when no disc is loaded, and the second slide cam 82 Is restricted.
The guide portion 834 is formed on the inner diameter side, and when the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction, the guide portion 834 contacts the protruding portion 2252 that contacts and rotates with the disk, and rotates the support arm 225 in a direction away from the disk. Move.

  The guide portion 835 is formed standing from the upper surface portion 82U at the end portion on the S1 direction side. The guide portion 835 engages with the protruding portion 424 (FIG. 6) of the chuck arm 42 as the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction when the disks D1 and D2 are loaded into the chucking position. Then, the chuck arm 41 is rotated in a direction in which the contact portion 422 is separated from the chuck pulley 43. When the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S2 direction, the guide portion 835 and the protruding portion 424 are separated from each other, and the chuck arm 42 is brought into contact with the urging force of the tension coil spring 44 (FIG. 4). The part 422 rotates in the direction approaching the chuck pulley 43.

As shown in FIG. 15, the hook-shaped portions 836 to 838 are formed in the vicinity of the end portion on the S2 direction side so as to protrude from the lower surface portion 82L of the second slide cam 82.
Of these, the hook-shaped portion 836 is inserted into the opening 814 (FIG. 10), and the hook-shaped portion 837 is engaged with the engaging portion 815 (FIG. 10), so that the first slide cam from the second slide cam 82 is obtained. 81 is dropped.
The hook-shaped portion 838 is formed in the vicinity of the guide groove 827 and engages with the guide portion 818 (FIG. 10) to guide the movement of the first slide cam 81 relative to the second slide cam 82.

  In addition to these, the second slide cam 82 has a pair of guide grooves 839 as shown in FIG. These guide grooves 839 are formed on the inner diameter side, that is, on the side close to the base portion 561 (FIG. 9) of the holder 56 described above. These guide grooves 839 have a pair of flat portions 8391, 8393 along the S1 direction, and inclined portions 8392 connecting the flat portions 8391, 8393.

  The flat portion 8391 located on the S1 direction side is located on the lower side (Y direction base end side) than the flat portion 8393 located on the S2 direction side, and the inclined portion 8392 is an end of the flat portion 8391 on the S2 direction side. Inclined gently and continuously upward from the portion, and connected to the end of the flat portion 8393 on the S1 direction side. The inclined portion 8392 is inclined with respect to the direction along the rotation axis of the second slide cam 82 (the Y direction and the direction along the rotation axis of the disks D1 and D2). In other words, the inclined portion 8392 continuously inclines so as to be closer to the disks D1 and D2 as it goes from one end to the other end of the movement range of the protruding portion 5611 that is the first engaging portion. In other words, the inclined portion 8392 is formed along a straight line that is inclined with respect to one surface (for example, a recording surface) of the disks D1 and D2. Specifically, the inclined portion 8392 has an inclined portion 8392 so that the end on the flat portion 8393 side is closer to the loaded disks D1 and D2 than the end of the inclined portion 8392 on the flat portion 8391 side. Is formed.

  The protrusions 5611 of the holder 56 are respectively inserted into the guide grooves 839. Then, when the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction, the protrusion 5611 moves from the position corresponding to the flat portion 8391 to the flat portion 8393 via the inclined portion 8392, so that the optical device 5 described above. The end on the insertion / extraction opening 2A side (Z-direction base end side) is raised. On the other hand, when the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S2 direction, each protrusion 5611 moves from the flat portion 8393 to the flat portion 8391 via the inclined portion 8392, and the end of the optical device 5 on the insertion / extraction port 2A side. The part is lowered.

[Carrying in a disk with a diameter of 12 cm]
16 to 24 are diagrams illustrating the operation of the disk device 1 when the disk D1 is loaded.
Hereinafter, the operation of the disk device 1 when carrying in the disk D1 having a diameter of 12 cm inserted into the insertion / extraction opening 2A will be described.
When the disk D1 is inserted into the insertion / extraction opening 2A, the disk D1 contacts the contact portion 612 (FIG. 7) and rotates the detection arm 61 (FIG. 8). When the switch 621 is pressed by the rotation of the detection arm 61 and a drive signal is output from the control board 62 (FIG. 8), the motor 71 is driven. The driving force (rotational force) of the motor 71 is transmitted to the gripping members 312 and 313 via the gears 72 to 76, the idler 314 and the gears 315 to 317, and the gripping members 312 and 313 rotate.

When the disk D1 is further inserted, the edge of the disk D1 is gripped by the gripping members 312 and 322 as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 17, when the edge of the disk D1 is pushed toward the tip end in the Z direction while the gripping member 312 which is a roller rotates, the front arms 31 and 32 rotate in synchronization with the direction in which they are separated from each other. Move. As a result, the disk D1 is carried to the distal end side in the Z direction while rotating with the gripping position by the fixed gripping member 322 as a base point.
As the front arms 31 and 32 are rotated, the detection arm 61 is further rotated and the switch 622 is pressed by the pressing portion 613.

Then, the disk D1 is transferred from the gripping members 312 and 322 to the gripping members 313 and 323, and further carried into the Z direction front end side. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 18, when the disk D1 is carried into the front end side in the Z direction while being in contact with the protruding portion 352, the disk D1 is moved into the restricting portion 333, as shown in FIG. 343 abuts. Thereby, the disk D1 is arranged at the chucking position. In this state, the disc D1 is divided into four points by the gripping members 313 and 323 located on the base end side in the Z direction with respect to the center of the disc D1 and the restricting portions 333 and 343 located on the tip end side in the Z direction. Supported by
Further, at this time, the detection lever 35 that contacts the disk D1 rotates, the pressing portion 351 presses the contact portion 811, and the first slide cam 81 is moved to the Z direction base end side (S1 direction side). Slide. In this state, the chuck arms 41 and 42 are allowed to rotate.

  When the first slide cam 81 slides, as shown in FIG. 20, the rack portion 817 and the gear 74 mesh with each other, and the first slide cam 81 slides further to the S1 direction side by the rotational force of the gear 74. As a result, the protrusion 819 (FIG. 11) contacts the edge of the guide groove 827 (FIG. 11) on the S1 direction side, and the first slide cam 81 rotates the second slide cam 82 in the S1 direction.

By the rotation of the second slide cam 82, as shown in FIG. 21, the arms 31 to 34 are rotated in a direction away from the disk D1, and the detection lever 35 pivotally supported by the link arm 33 is also connected to the disk. Separated from D1. In accordance with the rotation of each of the arms 31 to 34, the detection arm 61 that engages with the front arm 32 is retracted to the peripheral side of the lower frame 22A, and the chuck arms 41 and 42 are separated from the chuck pulley 43. To turn.
At this time, the swing arm 77 has already been rotated, and the gear 75 is separated from the gear shaft 76. For this reason, the rotation of the gripping members 312 and 313 is stopped.

Further, the lock lever 228 is rotated in the direction along the lower surface portion 22L by the guide portion 829 (FIG. 20) with which the protrusion 2282 (FIG. 20) is engaged. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 22, the protrusion 2283 of the lock lever 228 protrudes above the upper surface 22U, and the insertion / extraction port 2A is locked.
Further, the end of the optical device 5 on the turntable 521 side (Z-direction base end side) is pushed up by a guide groove 839 with which the protrusion 5611 is engaged, and the fitting portion 5211 is fitted in the central hole of the disk D1. Combined.
In addition, the support arm 225 is also separated from the disk D1 by the guide portion 834 (FIG. 11) with which the protrusion 2252 is engaged.

As shown in FIG. 23, when the chuck arms 41 and 42 are further rotated by the second slide cam 82, the contact portions 412 and 422 are completely separated from the chuck pulley 43 (not shown). Thus, the disk D1 is chucked by the free chuck pulley 43 and the turntable 521 pushed upward.
Thereafter, when the second slide cam 82 is further rotated in the S1 direction and the pressing of the switch 623 by the pressing portion 830 is released as shown in FIG. 24, a stop signal is output from the control board 62, The drive of the motor 71 is stopped.
Thus, the loading of the disk D1 is completed.

[Carrying in a disk with a diameter of 8 cm]
25 to 33 are diagrams illustrating the operation of the disk device 1 when the disk D2 is carried in.
Next, the operation at the time of loading the disk D2 having a diameter of 8 cm will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, when the disk D2 is inserted in the approximate center of the insertion / extraction port 2A, the edge of the disk D2 is gripped by the gripping members 313 and 323. From this state, when the disk D2 is pushed to the front end side in the Z direction, the disk D2 comes into contact with the contact portion 612, and the detection arm 61 is rotated. As a result, the switch 621 is pressed, and the motor 71 is driven according to the drive signal output from the control board 62.

Here, since the diameter dimension of the disk D2 is smaller than the dimension of the insertion / extraction opening 2A in the X direction, the disk D2 is biased to the left side (X direction front end side) or the right side (X direction base end side) of the insertion opening 2A. May be inserted.
Of these, when the disc D2 is inserted to be biased to the left side, the front arm 31 is slightly rotated away from the insertion / extraction opening 2A, and the link arms 33 and 34 are respectively moved along with the rotation of the front arm 31. Rotate. At this time, the protrusion 341 (FIG. 25) slides along the edge of the groove 331 (FIG. 25) on the base end side in the Z direction and fits into the restricting portion 3311. The movement is restricted, and consequently the rotation of the front arms 31 and 32 is also restricted. This prevents the disk D2 from being carried into the apparatus main body 2 without being centered.

  When the disk D2 is thrown into the left end side of the insertion / extraction opening 2A, a load is applied to the front arm 31 and the link arm 33 side, and the protrusion 3211 (FIG. 25) extends along the left edge of the groove 342. Slide. When the arms 31 and 32 are rotated in this state, the protrusion 3211 is fitted into the restricting portion 3421, and thus further rotation of the arms 31 to 34 is restricted. As a result, as in the case described above, the disk D2 is prevented from being carried into the apparatus main body 2 without being centered. Thereafter, due to the urging force of the torsion coil springs 318 and 324, the front arms 31 and 32 are rotated toward the insertion / extraction port 2A while the projection 3211 is separated from the restricting portion 3421, as shown in FIGS. It becomes a state.

  On the other hand, when the disc D2 is inserted while being biased to the right side, the arms 31 and 32 rotate in a direction away from the insertion / extraction opening 2A while the disc D2 is held by the front arm 32. However, a support arm 225 arranged to extend in a direction substantially orthogonal to the Z direction and urged toward the base end side in the Z direction is arranged on the front end side of the front arm 32 in the Z direction. Therefore, the disk D2 is centered by the support arm 225. Then, the front arms 31, 32 are rotated toward the insertion / extraction port 2A by the biasing force of the torsion coil springs 318, 324, whereby the disc D2 is gripped by the grip members 313, 323, and FIG. The state shown in FIG. 26 is obtained.

When the gripping members 312 and 313 are rotated from the state shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, as shown in FIG. 27, the front arms 31 and 32 are held with the gripping members 313 and 323 gripping the disk D2. Respectively rotate in a direction away from the insertion / extraction opening 2A and carry the disk D2 to the front end side in the Z direction.
Then, when the disk D2 is further carried in, the disk D2 comes into contact with the protruding portion 352 as shown in FIG. 28, and thereafter, the disk D2 comes into contact with the restricting portions 333 and 343 as shown in FIG. . In this state, the disk D2 is supported at four points by the restricting portions 333 and 343 and the gripping members 313 and 323, and is arranged at the chucking position. Further, as shown in FIG. 30, the detection lever 35 rotates, and the pressing portion 351 presses the contact portion 812 toward the Z direction base end side (S1 direction side), and the first slide cam 81 moves in the same direction. Slide. Then, by sliding the first slide cam 81 in the S1 direction, the second slide cam 82 rotates in the same direction as described above.

  As the second slide cam 82 rotates in the S1 direction, the arms 31 to 34 rotate in a direction away from the disk D2, as shown in FIG. The detection lever 35 is also separated from the disk D2 according to the rotation of the link arm 33, and the detection arm 61 is retracted to the peripheral side of the lower frame 22A according to the rotation of the front arm 32. In this state, as in the case of the disk D1, the meshing between the gear 75 and the gear shaft 76 is released by the rotation of the swing arm 77, and the rotation of the gripping members 312 and 313 is stopped. Yes.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 32, the support arm 225 is rotated in a direction away from the disk D2, and retracted to the peripheral side of the lower frame 22A. In addition, as in the case of the above-described disk D1, the optical device 5 is raised, and the fitting part 5211 of the turntable 521 is fitted into the central hole of the disk D2. Further, the lock lever 228 rotates, and the protrusion 2283 protrudes toward the upper surface 22U through the opening 222. Thereby, the insertion / extraction port 2A is locked.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 33, the chuck arms 41 and 42 are rotated by the second slide cam 82, and the contact portions 412 and 422 are separated from the chuck pulley 43 (not shown). As a result, the chuck pulley 43 becomes free, and the disk D2 is chucked by the chuck pulley 43 and the raised turntable 521.
When the chucking of the disk D2 is completed and the pressing of the switch 623 (FIG. 30) by the pressing unit 830 is released, a stop signal is output from the control board 62, thereby stopping the driving of the motor 71. .
Thus, the loading of the disk D2 is completed.

  When the disks D1 and D2 are unloaded, the disks D1 and D2 are unloaded from the insertion / extraction port 2A by operating the respective members in the direction opposite to the above-described operation direction. At this time, since the control board 62 outputs a stop signal to the motor 71 when the switch 622 is turned off, that is, when the pressing of the switch 622 by the pressing portion 613 is released, each of the disks D1, D2 is output. However, the carry-out operation is stopped while being held by the holding members 312, 322 or the holding members 313, 323. This prevents the disks D1, D2 from falling from the insertion / extraction opening 2A.

The disk device 1 according to the present embodiment described above has the following effects.
(1) With the restricting portions 333 and 343 provided at the position in the Z direction front end side in the link arms 33 and 34, the loaded disks D1 and D2 are appropriately arranged at the loading position without providing other arms or the like. can do. Therefore, the disc can be appropriately loaded into the loading position with a simple configuration. Further, the disks D1 and D2 can be appropriately chucked by the chuck pulley 43 and the turntable 521, and at least one of reading and recording of information with respect to the disks D1 and D2 is appropriately performed by the pickup 55. be able to. Therefore, the reliability of the disk device 1 can be improved.

  (2) Since each link arm 33, 34 has a bent shape (in detail, a substantially arc shape), it is opposite to the rotation axis RA3, RA4 side as compared with the case where it has a substantially linear shape. The moving range of the side end can be reduced. Therefore, the disk device 1 can be downsized. In addition, since the movement range of the end portion can be reduced, the space in the upper frame 21A and the lower frame 22A can be used effectively, and the link arm 33 for other parts constituting the disk device 1 can be used. 34 interference can be suppressed.

  (3) The restricting portions 333 and 343 are provided on the link arms 33 and 34 substantially symmetrically about the virtual straight line L. According to this, the substantially symmetrical positions around the virtual straight line L in the disks D1 and D2 can be regulated by the regulating parts 333 and 343. Accordingly, the disks D1 and D2 can be reliably stopped at the loading position without the disks D1 and D2 being displaced as compared with the case where the restricting portion is provided only at one position of one link arm.

  (4) The edges of the disks D1 and D2 loaded into the loading position are in contact with the regulating portions 333 and 343 and are held by the holding members 313 and 323. According to this, since the disks D1 and D2 can be supported at four points, the disks D1 and D2 can be stably and reliably stopped at the loading position.

  (5) One end of each of the link arms 33 and 34 serving as the rotation axes RA3 and RA4 is located on the Z-direction tip side with respect to the center of the carry-in position (the center of the raised turntable 521). According to this, even when the link arms 33 and 34 are largely opened according to the rotation of the front arms 31 and 32, the movement range of the restricting portions 333 and 343 is small. Can be easily set. Further, since the positions of the restricting portions 333 and 343 are not greatly separated from the imaginary straight line L, the restricting portions 333 and 343 are securely brought into contact with the edges of the discs D1 and D2 loaded into the carry-in position. D1 and D2 can be appropriately regulated.

  (6) Since the projection 341 is inserted into the groove 331 formed according to the locus of the projection 341 when the link arm 34 rotates, the link arms 33 and 34 are synchronized with the same rotation amount. The front arms 31 and 32 can be rotated in synchronism with the same rotation amount. Accordingly, the front arms 31 and 32 can be reliably rotated symmetrically about the virtual straight line L, so that the disks D1 and D2 are loaded while being centered by the front arms 31 and 32. Can do.

  (7) When the disc D2 is inserted with a bias toward the front arm 31, the front arm 31 and the link arm 33 are loaded on the front end side in the Z direction. In this state, when the link arms 33 and 34 try to rotate, the protrusion 341 slides along the end edge (end edge on the Z direction base end side) close to the center of the loading position in the groove portion 331. It moves and fits into the restriction part 3311. According to this, the rotation of the link arms 33 and 34 when the disk D2 is carried in can be restricted, and consequently the rotation of the front arms 31 and 32 can be restricted. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the disk D2 from being carried in without being centered.

  Further, the groove portion 331 and the restricting portion 3311 are formed on the link arm 33 that is engaged by the torsion coil spring 318 and the front arm 31 to which a smaller biasing force acts than the torsion coil spring 324. According to this, when the disk D2 is inserted into the insertion / extraction opening 2A with a bias toward the front arm 31, the projection 341 of the link arm 34 that engages the front arm 32 to which a large urging force acts is placed at the loading position. The protrusion 341 can be fitted into the restricting portion 3311 by reliably sliding along the edge of the groove 331 on the side close to the center. Therefore, the rotation of each of the arms 31 to 34 can be reliably restricted, and the disk D2 can be reliably prevented from being carried in without being centered. Moreover, rattling of each front arm 31 and 32 can be prevented by the difference of the urging | biasing force of the torsion coil springs 318 and 324 as such an urging | biasing member.

(8) Similarly, when the disc D2 is thrown into the insertion / extraction opening 2A while being biased toward the front arm 31 side, a load is applied to the front arm 31 and the link arm 33 toward the front end side in the Z direction. The protrusion 3211 slides along the edge on the center side of the loading position in the groove 342 of the link arm 34. And each arm 31-34 rotates and the further rotation of each arm 31-34 can be controlled because the projection part 3211 fits into the control part 3421. FIG. Therefore, the disk D2 can be prevented from being carried in without being centered.
Further, since such a restricting portion 3421 is formed on the link arm 34 that engages with the front arm 32 to which a large biasing force acts, the front arm 31 is the same as in the case of the groove portion 331 and the restricting portion 3311 described above. The rotation of the arms 31 to 34 when the disk D2 is inserted while being biased to the side can be reliably restricted. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the disk D2 from being carried in without being centered.

  (9) The rotation restriction portions 346 and 347 restrict the rotation of the chuck arms 41 and 42 in the direction away from the chuck pulley 43 when the link arms 33 and 34 are closed (the disk is not loaded). Is done. According to this, in the closed state, the chuck pulley 43 is not free and does not move in the direction close to the turntable 521. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the loading of the disks D1 and D2 from being hindered by the chuck pulley 43 engaging with the turntable 521 when the disk is not loaded.

[2. Second Embodiment]
The disk device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
The disk device of the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the disk device 1 described above, but one of the chuck arms has a front arm and a link in a direction close to the first disk D1 when the loading of the first disk D1 is completed. The disk device 1 is different from the disk device 1 in that it includes a restriction portion that restricts the rotation of the arm. In the following description, parts that are the same as or substantially the same as those already described are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a link arm 34A and a chuck arm 42A provided in the disk device 1A according to the present embodiment.
The disk device 1A according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as the disk device 1 described above except that the link arm 34A and the chuck arm 42A are provided instead of the link arm 34 and the chuck arm 42.

  As shown in FIG. 34, the link arm 34A has the same configuration and function as the above-described link arm 34 except that it further includes a rotation restricting portion 348. This rotation restricting portion 348 corresponds to the first rotation restricting portion of the present invention, and engages with the chuck arm 42A when the large-diameter first disk D1 is loaded, thereby rotating the link arm 34A. As a result, the arms 31 to 33A are locked and maintained while the front arms 31 and 32 are separated from the disk D1. In the present embodiment, the rotation restricting portion 348 is formed as a protrusion that protrudes in the vicinity of the upper surface portion 21U (not shown) near the restricting portion 343 and near the chuck arm 42A.

  The chuck arm 42A has the same configuration and function as the chuck arm 42 described above except that it further includes a restricting portion 426. The restricting portion 426 is formed in a bowl shape so as to protrude from the end portion where the protruding portion 424 is formed toward the rotation axes RA3 and RA4 of the link arms 33 and 34. A tip portion of the restricting portion 426 has an inclined portion 4261 that is inclined in a direction away from the rotation axis RA6 of the chuck arm 42A toward the end portion. The inclined portion 4261 pushes up the rotation restricting portion 348 described above when the loading of the disk D1 is completed.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing the transport device 3 and the chuck device 4 when the loading of the disk D1 is completed.
Specifically, when the loading of the disk D1 is completed and the second slide cam 82 is rotated, the chuck arms 41 and 42A are rotated in the direction away from the chuck pulley 43 as described above. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 35, the inclined portion 4261 contacts the rotation restricting portion 348 and pushes up the rotation restricting portion 348 as the chuck arm 42A rotates. When the second slide cam 82 is further rotated, the front arms 31 and 32 are rotated in a direction away from the disk D1, and the end portions 33E and 34E in which the groove portions 332 and 342 are formed are separated from each other. The link arms 33 and 34A rotate.

  In this state, even if the link arms 33 and 34A try to rotate in the direction in which the end portions 33E and 34E come close to each other due to the biasing force of the torsion coil springs 318 and 324, the link arms 33 and 34A are restricted within the movement range of the rotation restricting portion 348. Since the portion 426 is positioned, the rotation of the link arms 33 and 34A is first restricted, and as a result, the rotation of the front arms 31 and 32 in the direction approaching the disk D1 is restricted. As a result, the amount of rotation of each of the arms 31 to 34A is increased, and when the first disk D1 in which the urging forces of the torsion coil springs 318 and 324 strongly act on each of the arms 31 to 34A is completed, the first disk D1 is completed. Therefore, the grip members 313 and 323 and the restricting portions 333 and 343 can be reliably separated.

According to the disk device 1A according to the present embodiment described above, the same effects as those of the disk device 1 described above can be obtained.
When the second disk D2 is completely loaded, the urging force does not act strongly on each of the arms 31 to 34A, and a space for retracting each arm from the disk D2 can be secured, so that the gripping members 313 and 323 are removed from the disk D2. In addition, the restricting portions 333 and 343 can be reliably separated.

Further, when the chuck arm 42A is rotated, the inner edge of the chuck arm 42A from the restricting portion 423 toward the restricting portion 426 pushes up the rotation restricting portion 348, so that the arms 31 to 34A are separated from the disk D2. The holding members 313 and 323 and the restricting portions 333 and 343 can be reliably separated from the disk D2. Therefore, the front arms 31 and 32 can be prevented from interfering with the loaded disks D1 and D2, and the rotation of the disks D1 and D2 by the turntable 521 can be prevented.
In addition, the rotation control part 348 as such a 1st rotation control part of this invention may be provided in the link arm 33, and may be provided in each link arm, respectively.

[3. Modification of Embodiment]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications, improvements, and the like within the scope that can achieve the object of the present invention are included in the present invention.
In each of the above embodiments, the link arm 33 has the restricting portion 333, the link arms 34 and 34A have the restricting portion 343, and the restricting portions 333 and 343 are arranged substantially symmetrically about the virtual straight line L. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In other words, at least one of the pair of link arms may be provided with a restricting portion that restricts movement of the disc from the carry-in position (for example, chucking position) to the front end side of the disc in the carry-in direction. In addition, the number, position, shape, and the like of the restriction portions can be set as appropriate, and a restriction portion that restricts the movement of the first disk D1 and a restriction portion that restricts the movement of the second disk D2 are provided separately. Also good.

  In each of the above embodiments, the link arms 33, 34, and 34A each have a substantially symmetric L shape in plan view. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may have an arc shape or a linear shape. You may do it. Further, the rotation axes RA3, RA4 of the link arms 33, 34, 34A are located on the front end side in the Z direction from the center of the turntable 521 corresponding to the center of the carry-in position, but the present invention is not limited to this. You may be located in the Z direction base end side. Even in this case, the same effects as those of the disk devices 1 and 1A described above can be obtained if a restricting portion is provided at a position on the base end side in the Z direction from the center of the carry-in position. Further, the rotation axis RA3 of the link arm 33 and the rotation axis RA4 of the link arms 34 and 34A may coincide with each other.

  In each of the above embodiments, when the disks D1 and D2 are loaded into the loading position (chucking position), the edges of the disks D1 and D2 are four points by the restriction portions 333 and 343 and the gripping members 313 and 323. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, as long as the discs D1 and D2 can be stopped at the loading position by the restricting portions 333 and 343, the gripping members 313 and 323 do not necessarily have to hold the discs D1 and D2, respectively. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which supports the edge of a disc with at least any one of a some control part and at least any one of a some holding member.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the protrusions 341 included in the link arms 34 and 34A are inserted into the groove portions 331 included in the link arm 33 so that they intersect and are combined. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. . For example, a plurality of teeth may be formed around the end portion serving as the rotation axis of each link arm, and the respective teeth may mesh with each other so that each link arm rotates in synchronization. . Moreover, it is good also as a structure where the link arms 34 and 34A have a groove part and the link arm 33 has a projection part.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the restriction portion 3311 that is notched toward the center of the loading position is formed in the groove portion 331 from the position of the protruding portion 341 when the disks D1 and D2 are not loaded. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, as long as the disk D2 inserted in the vicinity of the end of the insertion / extraction opening 2A can be centered and the disk D2 can be loaded into the loading position, the restricting portion 3311 may be omitted.
In each of the above embodiments, the restriction portion 3421 is formed in the groove portion 342, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, a notch may be formed in the groove portion 332, and further, a notch may be formed in each of the groove portions 332 and 342.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the front arms 31 and 32 are biased by the torsion coil springs 318 and 324 in the direction approaching the insertion / extraction opening 2A, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an urging member such as a tension coil spring may be employed. The biasing force of the torsion coil spring 324 is greater than the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 318. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 318 may be increased. The power may be the same.

  In each of the embodiments, the front arm 31 includes the substantially cylindrical gripping members 312 and 313 that grip and rotate the disc and transport the disc, and the front arm 32 is substantially the same as the gripping members 312 and 313. Although it has a shape and a gripping member that grips the disk and the gripping member is fixed, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, each arm 31 and 32 may be configured to grip a disk and include a rotating roller as a gripping member. In this case, it is desirable that the roller of the arm 31 and the roller of the arm 32 rotate in opposite directions. The front arm 32 may include a roller that rotates as a gripping member, and the front arm 31 may include a gripping member that is fixed. Further, the number, position, and shape of such gripping members and rollers may be set as appropriate. You can do it.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the configuration in which the disk carry-in device of the present invention is applied to the disk devices 1 and 1A is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be employed in a processing apparatus that processes a disk. Further, the disk devices 1 and 1A have a configuration for unloading the disks D1 and D2 loaded therein, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a discharge port for discharging the disk is formed separately from the insertion port. The disc may be ejected through the ejection port. Furthermore, although the disk device 1 reads and records information on the loaded disks D1 and D2, the present invention is not limited to this, and either one may be used. Further, the first disk D1 has a diameter of 12 cm and the second disk D2 has a diameter of 8 cm. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and if the diameter of the second disk is smaller than the first disk, The diameter of the disk may be set as appropriate.

  The present invention can be used for a disk loading apparatus for loading a disk, and can be particularly preferably used for a slot-in type disk apparatus.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1A ... Disk apparatus (disk carrying-in apparatus), 2 ... Apparatus main body, 2A ... Insertion / extraction port (insertion port), 31, 32 ... Front arm, 33, 34, 34A ... Link arm, 41, 42 ... Chuck arm (arm Member), 43 ... chuck pulley (contact member), 312, 313 ... gripping member (roller), 322, 323 ... gripping member, 331 ... groove (first groove), 332 ... groove (second groove), 333 ... Restriction part, 341 ... Projection part (first projection part), 342 ... Groove part (second groove part), 343 ... Restriction part, 346, 347 ... Rotation restriction part (second rotation restriction part), 348 ... Rotation restriction Part (first rotation restricting part), 3111, 3211 ... projecting part (second projecting part), 3311 ... restricting part (first notch), 3421 ... restricting part (second notch), D1 ... first disk, D2 ... second disk (other disks) L ... imaginary straight line, Z ... loading direction.

Claims (11)

A disk loading device that includes an apparatus main body having an insertion port corresponding to a diameter dimension of the disk, and that loads the disk inserted into the insertion port into a loading position set in the apparatus main body,
The other end is centered on one end that is arranged substantially symmetrically around a virtual straight line that passes along the disk loading direction and passes through the approximate center of the insertion slot, and is pivotally supported in the vicinity of both ends of the insertion slot. A pair of front arms that rotate in a direction away from each other to carry the disk,
The front arm is arranged so as to intersect substantially symmetrically about the imaginary straight line, the other end pivots in a direction away from each other, and the other engages with the rotation of the front arm. A pair of link arms that synchronize with the rotation of the front arm to be engaged,
At least one of the pair of link arms includes a restricting portion that abuts on an edge of the disk carried into the carry-in position and restricts the movement of the disk toward the front end side in the carry-in direction. Disc loading device. The disk carry-in device according to claim 1,
Each of the link arms has a bent shape, and is arranged so that the inside faces the center of the carry-in position. In the disk carry-in device according to claim 1 or 2,
Each of the link arms includes the restriction part,
The disc loading device according to claim 1, wherein the restricting portions are arranged substantially symmetrically with respect to the center of the loading position on the leading end side in the loading direction and centered on the virtual straight line. In the disc carry-in device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Each front arm includes a gripping member that grips the disk in contact with an edge of the disk at a substantially symmetrical position about the virtual straight line,
The gripping member included in at least one of the front arms is a roller for transporting the disk,
The disc loading device, wherein the restricting portion stops the disc together with the gripping member at the carry-in position when contacting the disc. In the disc carry-in device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The one end serving as a rotation axis of each link arm is located on the leading end side in the loading direction with respect to the center of the loading position,
The disk loading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the other end of each link arm is engaged with the other end of each front arm. The disc carry-in device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Of the link arms,
One link arm has a first protrusion that protrudes toward the other link arm at the intersection with the other link arm,
The other link arm has a first groove portion into which the first protrusion portion is inserted and a locus of the first protrusion portion when each link arm is rotated. The disc carry-in device according to claim 6,
The first groove has a first notch that is notched toward the center of the loading position from the position of the first protrusion in a state where the disk is not loaded.
In the first notch, when the other disk having a diameter smaller than that of the disk is inserted, the first projecting portion is offset toward the front arm side with which the other link arm in the insertion port is engaged. A disk carry-in device characterized by being fitted. The disc carry-in device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Each of the front arms includes a second protrusion that protrudes toward the corresponding link arm,
Each of the link arms has a second groove part in which the second protrusion slides inside as the front arm rotates.
At least one of the second groove portions has a second notch cut out from the second groove portion toward the center of the loading position,
In the second cutout, there is another disc having a diameter smaller than that of the disc, which is biased toward the front arm that engages with the link arm on the opposite side of the link arm having the second cutout in the insertion port. The disc carrying-in apparatus, wherein the second protrusion is fitted when inserted. The disc carry-in device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
At least one of the pair of link arms is rotated in a direction in which the other ends of the link arms are close to each other while being separated from the disk when the disk is loaded into the loading position. And a first rotation restricting portion for restricting the disc. The disc carry-in device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
An abutting member that abuts against one surface of the disk carried into the carry-in position;
An arm member that causes the contact member to contact the disk by rotation;
At least one of the pair of link arms includes a second rotation restricting portion that restricts rotation of the arm member when the disk is not loaded.   11. The disc carry-in device according to claim 1, and an information reading / recording device that performs at least one of reading and recording of information on the disc carried by the disc carry-in device. A disk device comprising:

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