JP2588719Y2 - Cassette deck - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a cassette deck such as a car stereo mounted on an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the above-mentioned car stereo, a cassette container B is normally provided in a stereo main body A so as to be able to move up and down, as shown in FIG. The cassette container B is lowered to the reproducing position where the magnetic head is provided, and the cassette container B is raised to the original position when the reproduction is completed. By cassette D
To the cassette loading port C.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned car stereo, the cassette D is not loaded in the loaded state so that the magnetic head comes into contact with the cassette D loaded in the cassette container B in a reproducible manner. It is made to protrude from the container B. Therefore, a gap E is formed between the cassette loading port C and the cassette container B, and if the posture of the cassette D is inclined as shown in FIG. There was a problem of being caught and operability was impaired.

In addition, the cassette D is a cassette container B
If the next cassette is erroneously inserted even though the cassette is loaded in the cassette container B, the cassette may be inserted into the cassette container B in a lowered state. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a cassette deck capable of loading a cassette with good operability and effectively preventing double insertion of a cassette.

[0006]

That is, according to the present invention, a cassette container is provided in a deck body so as to be able to move up and down corresponding to a cassette loading opening opened in the front of the deck body.
A guide plate is disposed in a gap between the cassette loading port and the cassette container so as to be vertically rotatable,
A rotation fulcrum of the guide plate is provided at a position where the guide plate is rotated downward by the cassette inserted into the cassette container when the cassette container is lowered, and the guide plate is in a horizontal state. The cassette guide provided with a spring means for urging the guide
The plate is horizontal and one end is inserted into the cassette loading slot.
It has a length to be engaged .

[0007]

According to the above construction, since the guide plate horizontally supported by the spring means is disposed in the gap between the cassette loading port and the cassette container, the posture of the cassette to be inserted is inclined. Also, while the cassette is not caught on the tip of the cassette container,
In a state where the cassette is loaded and the cassette container is lowered, the loaded cassette rotates the guide plate and raises the guide plate, so that the guide plate closes the cassette loading port. To prevent the next cassette from being inserted.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a car stereo, in which a cassette loading port 2 is opened in front of a stereo body 1 of the car stereo, and a shutter 5 whose upper part is attached to the body frame 4 by a hinge 3 at the cassette loading port 2. The cassette loading port 2 is normally closed by the shutter 5 and is opened by the cassette X when the cassette X (see FIGS. 2 and 3) is inserted.

Also, inside the stereo main body 1, an ascending position (that is, a cassette loading position) at the same height as the cassette loading port 2 shown by a solid line in FIG. A cassette container 6 is provided which is raised and lowered by a lifting drive means (not shown). This cassette container 6 has a cassette loading port 2
The entrance 7 has an open side, and a sensor 8 for detecting a loaded cassette is attached to the inner side.

When the cassette container 6 is raised to the cassette loading position, the cassette container 6 also has a gap 9 formed between the inlet 7 and the cassette loading port 2. When the cassette X is inserted into the gap 9 and from the cassette loading port 2, the cassette X
The guide plate 10 is mounted at a position where the guide plate 10 is supported from below. In this case, the guide plate 10 has a horizontal shaft 11 attached to the center of the lower surface thereof at right angles to the cassette insertion direction.
1 is rotatably supported at an appropriate position on the stereo main body 1, whereby the guide plate itself is rotatable, and a spring member 1 is provided between one end of the guide plate 10 and the stereo main body 1.
The end of the guide plate 10 abuts and engages with the main frame 4 forming the cassette loading port 2 from above by the force of the spring member 12 (the engaging portion is indicated by an arrow Z in FIG. 1). (Shown), and is always urged to be positioned in a horizontal state. In addition, the shaft 11 is connected to the cassette container 6.
When the cassette X is loaded in the cassette container 6, the cassette X is disposed slightly closer to the cassette loading port 2 than the tip of the cassette X protruding from the cassette container 6.

According to such a configuration, when the cassette X is inserted from the cassette loading port 2 as shown in FIG. 2, since the insertion posture of the cassette X is inclined, the leading end of the cassette X on the insertion side is the cassette container. Even if the cassette container 6 is to be caught on the tip, the cassette insertion side tip hits the guide plate 10 provided in the gap portion 9 and is guided by the guide plate 10 so as to correct the inclined position. Then, the process proceeds to the inlet 7 of the cassette container 6 so that the cassette container 6 can be smoothly loaded. Therefore, loading of the cassette X becomes easy, and it is not necessary to be careful in the loading operation.

After the above-described loading, the cassette container 6 is lowered to the reproducing position by the elevation drive means when the sensor 8 detects the loading.
Due to the lowering, the tip of the cassette X projecting from the cassette container 6 hits the guide plate 10 and the spring member 12
Is rotated around the shaft 11 against the rotation. As a result, the guide plate 10 rises up and protrudes into the cassette loading port 2 as shown in FIG. 3, so that even if the cassette X is already loaded and a new cassette is loaded, The insertion-side tip contacts the guide plate 10 to prevent its insertion. Therefore, double insertion of the cassette X can be prevented.

Although the above embodiment has been described by taking a car stereo as an example, the present invention can be applied to other cassette decks.

[0015]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the guide plate horizontally supported by the spring means in the gap between the cassette loading port and the cassette container.
Is arranged so that one end of the cassette container is engaged with the insertion port of the cassette loading port.
B is closed by one of the guide plates.
Even when the cassette to be inserted is inclined, the leading end of the cassette on the insertion side is not caught on the leading end of the cassette container, so that the loading is performed smoothly and the operability is improved. In other words, a single component called a guide plate
Clear the gap E between the set loading port and the cassette container
Can be closed. Also, in a state where the cassette is loaded and the cassette container is lowered, the loaded cassette rotates the guide plate to elevate the guide plate, so that one end of the cassette stands up front from the shutter. the guide plate having it is possible to close reliably the cassette loading slot, insert the next cassette is blocked, double insertion is prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a car stereo according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the car stereo when a cassette is loaded.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the car stereo after a cassette is loaded.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the drawbacks of a conventional car stereo.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stereo main body 2 Cassette loading port 6 Cassette container 9 Gap 10 Guide plate 19 Spring member

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] To 1. A deck body, a cassette container in correspondence with the cassette loading port being opened in the deck body front are found movable up and down, the gap between the cassette loading slot and the cassette container The guide plate is disposed so as to be rotatable up and down, and the pivot of the guide plate is rotated downward by the cassette inserted into the cassette container when the cassette container is lowered. Position on a cassette deck provided with a spring means for urging the guide plate to a horizontal state.
The guide plate is horizontal and one end of the guide plate is
A cassette deck having a length to be engaged with an insertion slot .