JP2506039B2 - Storage case for recording medium storage case - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage unit capable of storing a plurality of recording medium storage cases, and more particularly to a disc reproducing apparatus having a so-called changer function capable of selectively reproducing a plurality of recording medium discs. Relatedly, the present invention relates to a storage body for storing a case used for storing a recording medium disc stored at a standby position or a reproduction position in the disc reproducing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A disc reproducing apparatus having a so-called changer function stores a plurality of optically readable discs in a stocker and selectively reproduces the plurality of discs.

Various types of such changer type players have been proposed and put on the market, and one example thereof is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-83262 by the present applicant.

The operation principle of this changer type player will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 22.
A disk reproducing mechanism 51 having an optical head, a turntable, and the like is fixedly provided in the inside, and a stocker 52 capable of accommodating a plurality of carriages 53a to 53g in each stage is provided at the back of the disk reproducing mechanism 51 so as to be able to move up and down. Carriages 53a-5
Each 3g can accommodate one disc. In these figures, no disk is housed in each carriage and therefore stocker 52 is shown as empty.

The tray 54 can accommodate any one of the carriages 53a to 53g. Tray 54
It is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating between a position inside the player 50 (FIGS. 18 to 21) and a position protruding forward of the player 50 (FIG. 22).

The carriage is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating between a position stored in an arbitrary stage of the stocker 52 and a position stored in the tray 54 located in the player 50. In addition, as described above, the tray 54 is the player 50.
When reciprocating between the inner position and the position projecting to the front of the player 50, the carriage accommodated in the tray 54 also moves with this movement.

In FIG. 18, the tray 54 is a player 5.
It is in the position 0 and houses the carriage 53a.
At this time, when the disc is stored in the carriage 53a, the disc is in a state of being reproducible by the disc reproducing mechanism 51.

Here, in order to store a disc in the empty stocker 52, first, a required operation button (not shown) provided on the player 50 is operated to move the carriage 5
After storing 3a in the uppermost stage of the stocker 52 (FIG. 19),
Move the stocker 52 upward by a required distance (see FIG. 2).
0), the carriage 53b housed in the second stage of the stocker 52 is transferred to the tray 54 at the reproducible position (FIG. 21). Next, the tray 54 that accommodates the carriage 53b is moved to be projected outside the player 50 (FIG. 22). In this state, a desired disc can be placed on the carriage 53b, and after placing the disc, the tray 54 is moved to the position inside the player, and the carriage 53 is further moved.
b is stored in the second stage of the stocker 52. By repeating such an operation, each of the carriages 53b to 5b
One disk can be stored in 3 g each.

In this example, the carriage 53a housed in the uppermost stage of the stocker 52 is always empty in the stocker 52 and does not house a disc.
When the player is placed on the tray 54 and reciprocates in and out of the player 50, the player operates in the same manner as a single mode player.

Therefore, in this player, one disk stored in the carriage 53a operated in the single mode and the carriages 53b to 53g housed in the second to bottom stages of the stocker 50 are stored. It can store one disc and a total of seven discs.

[0011]

Thus, the changer type player capable of accommodating a large number of discs can select and reproduce an arbitrary disc out of a plurality of discs accommodated in the stocker without replacement. However, it has many advantages such as long-term continuous performance, but on the other hand, it is difficult to determine which disc is stored in each storage stage in the stocker.

In general, commercially available discs are contained in a disc storage case having a label for displaying the title of the disc, the title of the recorded music, etc. Regarding a storage body capable of storing a plurality of disc storage cases. Although various configurations have been proposed, there is still no known one capable of storing a disc storage case corresponding to the disc stored in each storage stage in the stocker.

Further, as a recording body, especially as a CD (compact disc) case, one CD is currently provided in the main body.
A single-size disc that can store a maximum of two CDs on both sides of the main body, and one or two CDs on the lids provided on both sides of the main body. There is a double size that can hold one CD. The double-sized CD case has approximately twice the thickness of the single-sized CD case,
An object of the present invention is to provide a storage body that can be commonly used for CD cases having different thicknesses.

[0014]

A storage medium for a storage case for a recording medium disc according to the present invention, which has been devised to achieve this object, is a changer type capable of storing a plurality of recording medium discs and selectively reproducing them. A storage body for accommodating a storage case for a recording medium disc that is connected to the disc reproducing device and is stored in the disc reproducing device, and a partition plate according to the number of recording medium discs that can be stored in the disc reproducing device. A plurality of case storage chambers partitioned by
First switch means provided corresponding to each case storage chamber for detecting case loading / ejection in each case storage chamber, and when the loading / ejection is detected via the first switch means. And a control means for controlling loading / ejection of the disc stored in the disc reproducing device corresponding to the case of the case storage chamber.

In the above-mentioned container, an operation button may be provided corresponding to each case storage chamber, and the operation of the operation button may be used as a trigger to control the loading / ejection of the disc by the control means.

A second switch means can be provided corresponding to each case storage chamber. The second switch means is OFF in the normal state where the case is stored in the case storage chamber, but is turned ON by pushing the case backward. When the second switch means is turned on, the control means controls to reproduce the disc stored in the disc reproducing device corresponding to the case of the case storage chamber. The first switch means and the second switch means can be combined by a single switch.

The partition plate may be removable. By removing the partition plate, two adjacent case storage chambers are connected to each other to provide a large case storage space, which can be used particularly as a storage chamber for a double size CD case.

In this case, the third switch means for detecting the removal of the partition plate can be provided corresponding to each case storage chamber. When it is detected by the third switch means that the partition plate has been removed, the control means causes the disk under the control operation to have the double size C
It is determined that it should be stored in the D case, and the control processing is performed accordingly.

Display means can be provided to indicate a case storage chamber in which a case corresponding to the disk to be controlled is stored while the loading / ejection control is being performed by the control means.

Ejecting means may be provided for causing the case corresponding to the ejected disk to project forward from the case storage chamber when the disk is ejected by the control means.

The housing of the present invention is constructed integrally with or separately from the disc reproducing apparatus.

[0022]

When the operation button is operated while the first switch means is OFF, it is determined that the control should be performed to load the disc, and the operation button is operated when the first switch means is ON. When operated, it is determined that the control should be performed to eject the disc, and the required load / eject control is performed by the control means. Alternatively, loading control is performed by simply loading the case and turning on the first switch means, and eject control is performed by simply ejecting the case and turning off the first switch means.

When the case normally stored in the case storage chamber is pushed inward, the second switch means is turned on.
At this time, the control means controls to reproduce the disc corresponding to the case.

By removing the partition plate that divides the case storage chamber, a space for storing a wide recording medium disc storage case, for example, a double size CD case is provided.

Whether the disc to be controlled is to be stored and stored in the double size CD case is determined by the third switch for detecting the presence or absence of the partition plate.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Some embodiments in which the housing for the recording medium storage case according to the present invention is constructed as a CD case storage box will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a CD case storage box 10 according to the first embodiment, which is used by being electrically connected to the changer type player proposed by the present application. A storage portion 11 having an open front is formed in the box 10.

Partition plates 12 (12a to 12f) (FIG. 5) are detachably provided on the bottom surface of the storage portion 11 at substantially equal intervals. With these partition plates, the storage unit 11 can store a single-size CD case, corresponding to the number of discs that can be stored in the changer-type player.
It is divided into individual storage chambers 13 (13a to 13g).
FIG. 1 shows a state where no CD case is stored in any of the storage chambers.

Switches (case S) are provided on the bottom surface of the storage section 11 corresponding to the positions of the storage chambers 13a to 13g.
W) 14, 14. . . Is provided.

In addition, the leaf springs 15 and 15 are provided on the inner surface of the storage portion 11 in correspondence with the positions of the storage chambers 13a to 13g, respectively.
15. . . And switch (play SW) 16, 16. . .
Is provided. The leaf spring 15 engages with the insertion end of the CD case when the CD case is completely stored in the storage chamber, and plays when the CD spring is further inserted against the urging force of the leaf spring 15.
Press 16 to turn on the play switch.

In addition, the loading / unloading of each disk is performed on the front surface of the storage body 10 corresponding to the positions of the storage chambers 13a to 13g.
Load / eject button 1 to control the eject
7,17. . . And an indicator 18, 18, which flashes during operation to indicate each disk that is the object of the load / eject operation. . . And are provided.

The storage chambers 13a to 13 of the box 10 shown in FIG.
When the single-size CD case 25 is inserted into any one of g, the state shown in FIG. In the state of FIG. 2, the insertion end of the case 25 is still the case SW.
Since position 14 has not been reached, in this state case S
W14 is OFF, but if inserted further, case SW1
4 is turned on. That is, the case SW14 detects whether or not the case is stored in the storage chamber, and is turned on when the case is stored.

The CD case 25 stored in the storage chamber is stably held at the loading position shown in FIG. 3 where the front end thereof is substantially flush with the front surface of the storage box 10. When the case 25 is further pushed in from this position against the biasing force of the leaf spring 15, the play SW 16 is turned on as shown in FIG. When the hand is released from the case 25, the case 25 returns to the loading position shown in FIG. 3 due to the action of the leaf spring 15.

As shown in FIG. 5, switches (partition plates SW) 19, 19 ,. . . Is provided. Partition board SW1
When the partition plate 12 is attached, the reference numeral 9 is pushed by the rear end of the partition plate 12 and is turned on.

As described above, the partition plate 12 can be removed. This is to make two adjacent single-size CD case storage chambers continuous by removing the partition plate that divides them, and to obtain a wide storage chamber that can store double-size CD cases. is there. For example, by removing the partition plate 12a provided on the leftmost side in FIG. 1, the storage chambers 13a and 13b are connected to each other, and a double-sized CD case can be stored therein. Although the partition plate 12 is shown in FIG. 1 as having a considerable thickness, by making it into a thin plate, a storage chamber having a width about twice that of the storage chamber for a single size CD case can be obtained. Thus, the double size CD case can be stably held.

The storage box 10 is, as shown in FIG.
The cord 21 electrically connects to the changer-type player main body 20. Alternatively, as shown in FIG.
It can be constructed integrally with the body while making similar electrical connections. In the example of FIG. 7, the main body is configured as an integrated component having not only the changer type player but also functions such as a cassette deck and a tuner.

The storage box 10 of the illustrated embodiment not only functions as a storage case for the CD case, but is also remotely operated via the operation of the load / eject button 17 to control the loading / ejection of the disc in the player main body 20. It is configured to function as a remote control means. The control for this will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 to 12. These flowcharts are for the CPU 2 provided in the player main body 20.
1 is processed.

Referring to FIG. 9, in S101, it is determined whether or not any one of load / eject button 17 provided on the front surface of storage box 10 is turned on. When the nth load / eject button 17n is turned on, the process proceeds to the next step S102, and the nth case SW14n
It is determined whether or not is ON. nth case SW1
When 4n is ON (S102: Y), it means that the case is stored in the nth storage chamber 13n, and therefore the following steps eject the corresponding nth disc in the player main body 20. This is a control step for remote control.

In step S103, the nth indicator 18n is blinked. By this blinking, the case stored in the storage chamber 13n or the nth disc corresponding thereto (the disc stored in the nth storage stage of the stocker of the player body 20) is currently targeted for operation (in this case). Is being ejected). Then, in step S104, a required operation for ejecting the n-th disc is performed, and the ejected carriage (not shown: FIG. 18 to FIG. 22).
(See the carriages 53a to 53g in FIG. 4), the nth disk is removed.

After the n-th disc is removed from the player body 20, the case is pulled out from the n-th storage chamber 13n in the storage box 10 in order to store and store the removed n-th disc. In step S105, after confirming that the nth case SW 14n is turned off and the case is pulled out from the nth storage chamber 13n, the nth indicator 16n is turned off (S1).
06), the disk is removed and the empty nth carriage is stored in the nth storage stage in the stocker through the reproducible position (see FIG. 21) (S107).

Continuing to the flow chart shown in FIG. 10, in step S108, the n-th partition plate SW1.
It is determined whether 9n is ON. Partition board SW19n
When is ON (S108: Y), it means that the case of the ejected disc is a single size CD case, and thus the operation of the storage box 10 corresponds to the single size CD case. The flowchart for ejecting the disc to be played ends.

When the partition plate 19n is OFF (S10
8: N) means that the case of the eject-operated disc is a double-size CD case. Therefore, the ejecting operation performed for the n-th case or the disc is the n + 1-th case or You also need to do it for the disc. Therefore, in S109, the same operation as that in the above-described step S103 is performed and n
Blink the + 1st indicator 18n + 1 and press S10.
The same operation as that of S4 is performed in S110 to eject the (n + 1) th disk, and the same operation as S106 is performed in S110.
At 111, turn off the (n + 1) th case indicator 18n + 1. This is the end of the flowchart for ejecting the two discs corresponding to the double size CD case by the operation on the storage box side.

Incidentally, between S110 and S111, S105
There is no step corresponding to the storage chambers 13n and 1
Double size C stored over 3n + 1
When the D case is pulled out, the case SW14n + 1 is also turned off at the same time as the case SW14n is turned off, because this has already been determined in S105 (S105: Y). The disc ejected in S110 is stored and stored in the double-sized CD case that has already been pulled out.

The nth case SW14 in S102
When it is determined that n is OFF (S102: N)
Means that the case is not stored in the nth storage chamber 13n, and therefore the following steps S112 to S12 are performed.
At 0, control for remote operation to load the corresponding n-th disc in the player main body 20 is performed.

In step S112, the currently lit nth indicator 18n is blinked. By this blinking, it is recognized that the n-th case and the disc are the current operation target (in this case, the loading operation is being performed). Then, in step S113, the nth carriage is ejected, and the disc is placed on the carriage.

Next, in step S114, waiting for the nth case to be stored in the storage chamber 13n, and if it is determined that the nth case has been stored by turning on the case SW14n (S114: Y), the indicator 18n is turned off. Then, (S115), the nth carriage on which the disc is placed is stored in the nth storage stage in the stocker after passing through the reproducible position (S116).

When the n-th partition plate SW19n is ON (S117: Y), it means that the case of the loaded disk is a single size CD case. By the operation of, the flow chart for loading the disc corresponding to the single size CD case ends.

When the partition plate 19n is OFF (S11
7: N) means that the case of the loaded disc is a double size CD case, so the loading operation performed for the nth case or the disc is the n + 1th case or In order to perform the operation on the disc as well, the same operation as in step S112 is performed in S118 to blink the n + 1th indicator 18n + 1, the same operation as in S113 is performed in S119 to eject the n + 1th carriage, and the same operation as in S115. Is performed in S120 to turn off the (n + 1) th case indicator 18n + 1. This is the end of the flowchart for loading the two disks corresponding to the double-size CD case by operating the storage box 10 side.
It is already determined in S114 that the case SW14n is ON (S114: Y), and since it is a double-sized CD case, the adjacent case SW14n + 1 is also ON at the same time, so the step corresponding to S114 is omitted. ing.

As can be understood from the description based on the above flow chart, when a case is stored in the storage chamber 13n of the storage box 10, the case is placed in the nth storage stage in the stocker of the player main body 20. It indicates that the corresponding disc is stored. And
When the case housed in 13n is pushed backward by hand, the play SW 16n provided on the inner surface of the housing is turned on (FIG. 4). At this time, the case indicator 18
n is turned on. As shown in FIG. 8, play SW1
Since 6 is connected in parallel with the play SW 23 on the player body 20, the play SW 16n
When is turned on, the n-th disc stored in the stocker is moved to the reproducible position and reproduced through the control of the CPU 22 as in the case where the play SW 23 is operated on the player main body 20 side. It The case indicator 18 is connected in parallel with the case indicator 24 provided on the player body 20 side.

The load / eject operation according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 to 11 is carried out by the operation of the load / eject button 17 arranged on the front surface of the storage box 10, but the load / eject operation on the storage box 10 side is performed. By connecting the eject button 17 and the same function button (tray load / eject button) on the player body 20 side by side in the same manner as shown in FIG. 8, the above-mentioned load / eject operation is performed on the player body side. It can be configured to be triggered by an operation.

Further, the corresponding disk is loaded / ejected by simply inserting the case into an arbitrary storage chamber or by taking out an arbitrary case stored in the storage chamber without performing a button operation. You can also

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the case where the disc eject operation is performed by taking out the case from the storage chamber. That is, when the case is taken out of the storage chamber 13n, the case SW14n of the storage chamber is turned off.
Since it is switched from N to OFF, this is performed in step S20.
After confirming in 1 (S201: Y), it is determined in step S202 whether or not the player main body 20 is currently in the play mode. There is a case where it is desired to refer to the lyrics card in the storage case for the disc currently being played. For this reason, in order to prevent the play from being stopped when the case is taken out, when the play mode is in progress, the process proceeds to steps after S203. Without doing so, the processing is terminated.

If the player main body 20 is in a mode other than the play mode, for example, the stop mode (S202: N), the nth disc corresponding to the case taken out is ejected in step S203. Next, in step S204, n is determined to determine whether the taken-out case is single size or double size.
The state of the 22nd partition board SW19n is confirmed, and when it is a single size (S204: N), the processing is ended as it is. If it is the double size (S204: Y), the process is terminated after ejecting the (n + 1) th disc in step S205.

Since the processing when the disk loading operation is performed by inserting the case into the storage chamber can be easily understood according to the above description, the description with the flowchart is omitted.

13 and 14 show a second embodiment of the structure of the storage box. Hereinafter, the difference between the storage box 30 of the second embodiment and the storage box 10 of the first embodiment will be described. In the storage box 30, a motor is provided on the bottom surface of the storage section 11 corresponding to each of the storage chambers 13a to 13g. A roller 31 rotated by (not shown) is provided. The peripheral surface of the roller 31 is in sliding contact with the lower surface of the case 25 housed in the housing chamber 13.
Further, the indicator 18 (FIGS. 1 to 5) is not provided on the front surface of the storage box 30.

When the storage box 30 is used, the load / eject operation is generally performed in the same manner as described above. However, at the time of eject, instead of blinking the nth case indicator in step S103 in the flowchart of FIG. 9, The roller 31 provided in the n-th storage chamber 13n is slightly rotated counterclockwise (FIGS. 13 and 14) so that the front end of the disc slightly protrudes from the front end of the storage box 30 from the completely stored state shown in FIG. 13 (FIG. 1).
4). This informs the user that the disc corresponding to the case is currently being ejected, and facilitates the pulling-out operation of the case 25 in step S105. Since no indicator is provided, step S1 in the flowchart of FIG.
06 is omitted.

In the case of a double size case, FIG.
N + 1 in step S109 in the flowchart of FIG.
Instead of blinking the case indicator of the th case, the roller 31 of the storage chamber 13n + 1 is similarly rotated so that the case of the n + 1 case is slightly projected. Step S111 is omitted.

Further, the flow chart at the time of loading in the case of the second embodiment is the flow chart shown in FIG. 11 in which steps S112, S115, S118 and S120 are omitted.

15 to 17 show the structure of the storage box 40 according to the third embodiment. This storage box 40
Functions of a case SW 14 for determining the presence / absence of a case provided in the storage box 10 of the first embodiment and a play SW 16 for remotely controlling disk reproduction by being connected in parallel with the play SW on the player body side (FIG. 8). Is configured to be used by a single switch.

That is, this case / play SW41
Is provided on the bottom surface of the storage unit 11 corresponding to each of the storage chambers 13a to 13g, and when the case 25 is stored in the storage chambers, it is normally located below the front end portion thereof and turned on (see FIG. 16). Regarding the flow chart at the time of load / eject, there is no substantial difference from that shown in FIGS.

The case 25 stored as shown in FIG.
If you push it against the leaf spring 15 by hand, the front end of the case will
The case / play SW is switched from ON to OFF because it moves farther back than the position of the play SW 41 (see FIG. 1).
7). By seeing this change as ON of the play SW,
It can also have the function of the play SW.

[0062]

According to the present invention, particularly a changer type CD
Since the case for storing and storing multiple discs stored in the player can be stored according to the storage state of each disc, the discs stored in each storage stage in the player (stocker) can be identified at a glance. can do.

Further, since the loading / ejection of the disc in the player main body or further play can be operated through the operation on the side of the storage body, particularly when the storage body is formed separately from the player main body, the storage body can be operated by the user. It is possible to place it nearby and operate it remotely.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a storage box of a CD case according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 in a state where a case is slightly inserted into a storage box.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 in a state where the case is completely stored in the storage box.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 in a state where the case is further moved inward from the state of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example in which a storage box is formed separately from the player main body.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example in which a storage box is incorporated in an integrated component system.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of electrical connection between a storage box and a player main body.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for ejecting a disc by operating the storage box.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart at the time of ejection when the case to be operated is a double size case.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for loading a disc by operating the storage box.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for ejecting a disc by the operation of pulling out the case from the storage box.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a state where a case is stored in each storage chamber in the storage box according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a case is stored in this storage box.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a case is ejected in this storage box.

FIG. 16 is a sectional view showing a state where a case is stored in a storage box according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the case is further moved inward from the state of FIG.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing the operating principle of a changer type player according to the related art of the type to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 18, showing different operation stages.

FIG. 20 is a similar illustration showing different stages of operation.

FIG. 21 is a similar illustration showing different stages of operation.

FIG. 22 is a similar explanatory view showing different operation stages.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 CD Case Storage Box 11 Storage Section 12 Partition Plate 13 Storage Room 14 Case SW 15 Leaf Spring 16 Play SW 17 Load / Eject Button 18 Indicator 19 Partition Board SW 20 Player Main Body 21 Code 22 CPU 30 CD Case Storage Box 31 Roller 40 CD Case storage box 41 Case / Play SW

Claims (9)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage body connected to a changer-type reproducing apparatus capable of storing a plurality of recording media and selectively reproducing the same, for accommodating a storage case for the recording media stored in the reproducing apparatus. A plurality of case storage chambers divided according to the number of recording media that can be stored in the playback device, and switch means provided for each case storage chamber to detect movement of the case in each case storage chamber And a control means for selectively controlling the recording medium stored in the reproducing device corresponding to the case when movement of the case is detected via the switch means. A storage case for a storage case for recording media. 2. The control means controls to load a recording medium stored in the reproducing device in response to an operation of the switch means based on insertion of a case into the case storage chamber. Claim 1
A storage case for the storage case for recording media. 3. The control means controls to eject a recording medium stored in the reproducing device in response to the operation of the switch means based on the discharge of the case from the case storage chamber. Claim 1
A storage case for the storage case for recording media. 4. The control means reproduces the recording medium stored in the reproducing device in response to the operation of the switch means based on the further movement of the case in the case storage chamber in the storage direction. The recording medium storage case container according to claim 1, which is controlled as follows. 5. A partition means is provided detachably for partitioning and forming the plurality of case storage chambers, and when the partition means is removed, two adjacent case storage chambers are continuous to form a large case storage space. The storage body for the recording medium storage case according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium storage case is provided. 6. The storage case for a recording medium storage case according to claim 5, wherein detection means for detecting that the partition means has been removed is provided corresponding to each case storage chamber. 7. The recording medium according to claim 1, further comprising display means for indicating a case storage chamber in which a case corresponding to the recording medium controlled by the control means is stored. Storage case storage case. 8. The ejecting means for ejecting a case corresponding to the ejected recording medium forward from the case housing chamber when the recording medium is ejected by the control means. A housing for the case for storing the recording medium of item 3. 9. The housing for the recording medium storage case according to claim 1, wherein the housing is configured integrally with or separately from the reproducing device.