JP2600929Y2 - Case storage device for recording media - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a case storage device for recording media such as CDs, LDs, cassette tapes, floppy disks, etc., and more particularly to a case storage device for recording media from which a case can be taken out while looking at the front of the case. Related to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a case containing a recording medium such as a CD has been stored in a rack-type storage shelf or a drawer-type storage box so as to be stacked. Also, C
In order to make the jacket of the case D visible, the case was also housed on a wall or panel with the front of the case facing up.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when arranging and arranging in a rack-type storage shelf or a drawer-type storage box, the storage space is small, but in the storage state, the case is not occupied. There was a problem that only the side part could be seen, and the case jacket of a CD or the like could not be seen.

[0004] Further, in the case of storing in a drawer type storage box, not only the side portion of the case can be seen, but also a space for pulling out the drawer is required in front of the storage box, which takes up space. there were.
Furthermore, when the case is stored with the front of the case facing the wall surface or panel, a jacket or the like on the front of the case can be seen, but there is a problem that a wide space for storage is required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to reduce the storage space of a case for a recording medium and to easily take out the case while looking at the front of the case. An object of the present invention is to provide a case storage device for a recording medium.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium case storage device, wherein a plurality of recording mediums are provided in a state where the front surface of the recording medium case faces forward and backward. A support base for arranging the cases in the front-rear direction in two upper and lower stages and movably supporting the cases. The support base is arranged in each of the upper and lower rows of the support base. Upper and lower case forward / backward movement mechanisms for moving the case in the front / reverse direction, and the front / rear position of the support table, and moving the case at the front / rear end of each stage in the up / down reverse direction to an empty space with each other. A case vertical movement mechanism to move, and a drive device for operating the case front and rear movement mechanism and the case vertical movement mechanism,
By this driving device, the upper case front-rearward movement mechanism, the lower case front-rearward movement mechanism, and the case vertical movement mechanism are driven in a predetermined order, and the case is moved from the lower stage to the upper stage, or vice versa. It is characterized by the following.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the recording medium cases can be arranged in the front-rear direction and can be moved in two rows, up and down or left and right, with the front of the case of the recording medium facing the front and rear directions. And a plurality of cases are arranged in each row of the support base, and a plurality of cases are moved in the front-rear direction while securing one empty space in each row.
Series case back-and-forth movement mechanism, and case-to-row movement mechanism disposed at the front and rear positions of the support table, for moving the front and rear end cases of each row up and down or left and right opposite directions to each other and to an empty space. And a driving device for driving the three operations of the case forward moving mechanism, the case rear moving mechanism, and the inter-case row moving mechanism in a predetermined order by using an intermittent rotating mechanism. It is characterized in that it is moved from a row in the direction of another row or in the opposite direction.

[0008]

According to the structure of the first aspect, the case is arranged on the upper and lower support bases in the front-rear direction as it is or via the holder, and one space is secured in each of the upper and lower rows. Is done. For example, when the upper case is to be moved from the lower stage to the upper stage, the entire upper case is moved rearward by the upper case forward / rearward movement mechanism, and the upper side of the front is left empty. Thereafter, the lower case moves to the upper stage on the front side and the upper case moves to the lower stage on the rear side by the case vertical movement mechanism. Next, the entire lower case is moved forward by the lower case longitudinal movement mechanism,
It is returned to the initial state. Of course, the case can be moved from the lower stage to the upper stage by the reverse drive. In this way, a new CD case or the like is sent to the upper front part.

Further, according to the configuration of the second aspect, the three operations described above are sequentially executed by, for example, an intermittent rotation mechanism using three Geneva, so that the three operations can be performed efficiently and reliably. Will be This configuration can be applied not only to the case in which the case is sent in the vertical direction, but also to a device in which the case is sent in the horizontal direction. Moreover, according to the present invention, the case of the target recording medium can be positioned at the front of the apparatus by moving the case in the storage apparatus, and the storage space can be minimized to save space. In addition, by turning the front of the case of each recording medium forward, it is possible to search for the target case of the recording medium while looking at the front of the case of the recording medium.

[0010]

1 to 7 show, as a first embodiment of the present invention, a configuration of a case storage device for storing a CD as a recording medium. FIG. 1 shows a basic moving mechanism. 2, FIG. 2 shows a state of the inside of the apparatus viewed from above, FIG. 3 shows a structure of a drive unit of a case front-rear direction moving mechanism, FIG. 4 shows a structure of a drive unit, and FIG. FIG. 6 shows an external appearance of the storage device, and FIG. 7 shows an operation state of the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, this CD case storage device is provided with support stands 10 and 12 at upper and lower stages, and a holder 1 for holding a CD case 14 on the support stands 10 and 12.
6 is placed. As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of belts 18A and 18B are provided on the upper support 10, and a pair of belts 20A and 20B are provided on the lower support 12. The belts 18A, 18B, 20A, 2
A projection 21 for surely moving the holder 16 back and forth is integrally formed on 0B. As shown in FIG. 2, the protrusions 21 are provided at intervals separating the holders 16.
By sandwiching each holder 16 between the projections 21,
The holder 16 can be held.

In FIG. 1, a driving member 22 having a combination of bevel gears is disposed on upper belts 18A and 18B disposed on the left and right sides of the holder 16, and the driving member 22 has a gear 24 and a gear train (not shown). Drive 26 via
Are connected (these components constitute an upper case front-rear direction moving mechanism). On the other hand, on the lower belts 20A and 20B, a drive member 28 similarly combined with bevel gears is arranged.
The driving member 28 is connected to the driving member 28 via a gear 30 or the like.
(These components constitute a lower case front-rear direction moving mechanism). In these driving members 22 and 28,
As shown in FIG. 3, the upper two belts 18A, 18B are simultaneously rotated by the rotation of the drive shaft 32, and the lower two belts 20A, 2 are rotated by the drive of the drive shaft.
0B are simultaneously rotated.

Further, a pair of belts 34A and 34A arranged vertically in the front and rear ends of the case front and rear movement mechanism.
4B and a pair of belts 36A, 36B are provided, and a driving member 40 including a driving shaft 38 disposed in front and rear is connected to the belts 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B,
The driving device 26 is connected to the driving member 40 via a gear 42. The belts 34A, 34B, 36
As shown in FIG. 5, two support pieces 44 for supporting the holder 16 of the CD case 14 are provided on the A and 36B. It is configured to be strong enough to support

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the driving device 26. The driving device 26 of the embodiment executes three operations by driving three Geneva in a time-division manner. That is, a Geneva 46 for driving the upper case front-rear direction moving mechanism, and a gear 4 integrated with the Geneva 46
7, a gear 48 meshing with the gear 47 is provided, and a Geneva 50 for driving the lower case longitudinal movement mechanism, a gear 51 integrated with the Geneva 50, and a gear 52 meshing with the gear 51 are provided. A Geneva 54 for driving the case vertical movement mechanism, a gear 55 integrated with the Geneva 54, and gears 56 and 57 meshing with the gear 55 are provided. And said Geneva 4
A cam 60 having a pin roller 58 is disposed at an intermediate point of the cams 60, 50, and 54. The cam 60 has a guide piece 61 whose outer periphery 1 is formed by a cut arc of the Geneva 46, 50, 54.
00 and the cam 60
A motor 64 is connected to the shaft 62 of the motor.

According to the driving device 26, when the cam 60 is rotated rightward by the motor 64, for example, the pin roller 58 is engaged with the engagement groove 2 of the Geneva 46 which is responsible for the forward and backward movement of the upper case.
The Geneva 46 is rotated counterclockwise while engaging with 00. When the Geneva 46 rotates by a predetermined amount, the pin roller 58 is disengaged from the engagement groove 200, so that the Geneva 46 stops at this point, and the predetermined rotation amount is reduced by the gear 4.
8 (upper stage front-rear drive). Thereafter, similarly, the pin roller 58 is engaged with the engagement groove 200 of the Geneva 54 which carries out the vertical movement of the case, rotates this Geneva 54 by a predetermined amount, and then the pin roller 58 is engaged with the Geneva 50 which carries out the forward / backward movement of the lower case. Then, the Geneva 50 is rotated by a predetermined amount. At this time, the rotation of the Geneva 54 is
(Lower front-to-back drive), and the rotation of the Geneva 50 is transmitted to the gear 52 (up and down drive). The combination of the gears 48, 52, 57 and the gear train
A predetermined amount of rotation is given to the driving members 22, 28, and 40 described above.

As described above, according to the intermittent rotation mechanism using Geneva, the operation by the above three mechanisms is performed efficiently and smoothly. That is, in executing these three operations, the driving force of one motor is efficiently distributed,
In addition, it is important to associate the three operations in a time-sharing manner. However, in a configuration in which the end of the operation is detected by a limit switch or the like and the next operation is executed, the number of components increases and the mechanism becomes complicated. . In the present invention, the time-division operation is continuously performed by using a combination of the intermittent rotation mechanisms, which has an advantage that a predetermined amount of rotation drive can be reliably transmitted to the three mechanisms with a simple configuration.

FIG. 6 shows the appearance of the storage device. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6A, a cutout is formed in the upper portion of the main body case 66 to thereby take out the CD case 14. 67 is provided, and an operation button 68 is arranged at the lower right of the main body case 66. Further, the holder 16 is sized to accommodate three CD cases 14 in the grooves, as shown in FIGS. Of course, the number of storages of the CD case 14 is not limited to three, but may be any number.

According to the configuration of the first embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 7A, in the initial state, one empty space is set at the rear side of the upper and lower stages, and the upper and lower stages are set at the front side. CD cases 14 are arranged at the front. First,
When the operation button 68 in FIG. 6 is pressed, the motor 64 in FIG. 4 operates to rotate the cam 60. Then, as described above, the pin roller 58 of the cam 60 engages with the Geneva 46 for moving the upper case back and forth, so that the gear 48 rotates by a predetermined amount. The rotation of the gear 48 is transmitted to the drive member 22 via the gear 24 in FIG. 1, whereby the upper belts 18A and 18 rotate, and as shown in FIG. Move it backward by one width.

Next, the cam 60 is further rotated, and the pin roller 58 is engaged with the Geneva 54 for vertical movement of the case, whereby the gear 57 rotates by a predetermined amount. The rotation of the gear 57 is transmitted to the drive member 40 via the gear 42, whereby the belts 34A, 34A,
34B, 36A and 36B rotate. Therefore, FIG.
As shown in (C), on the front side, the CD shown in the lower part of FIG.
The case 14 is moved to the upper stage while being held by the holder 16, and the CD case 14 shown in the upper part of FIG. Further, when the pin roller 58 is engaged with the Geneva 50 for moving the lower case forward and backward, the gear 52 rotates by a predetermined amount. The rotation of the gear 52 is transmitted to the drive member 28 via the gear 30, and the lower belts 20A and 20B are rotated. Therefore, the lower case row is moved to the front by a width corresponding to one, and FIG. The initial state shown in FIG. In this way, the CD case 14 shown in the figure Q moved to the upper stage can be taken out from the outlet 67. In addition, since the CD case 14 is arranged with its front side facing the front side, it is possible to select a desired CD while looking at the jacket.

In the first embodiment, the state shown in FIG. 7A is set as the initial state. However, the operation can be started from the state shown in FIG. 7C. First, the operation may be terminated by vertical movement of the case, or the operation may be started from the state shown in FIG.
Further, the case movement flow is reversed, and the CD is moved from the upper stage to the lower stage.
The case 14 can be moved, which can be easily achieved by reversing the direction of rotation of the drive 26 of FIG.

Further, in the above embodiment, the holder 16 is supported by the support pieces 44 of the belts 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B of the vertical movement mechanism after the movement. The support piece provided on the wall side may support the holder 16, or may support the support piece 44.

Further, in the above embodiment, the CD case 14 is taken out from only the upper end of the main body case 66.
The CD case 14 can be taken out from both the upper and lower tiers so that only the CD case 14 in the lower tier on the front side can be tilted forward.

FIG. 8 shows the structure of the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the case is moved right and left. That is, as shown in the drawing, the left and right rows of case 70
Are provided. A belt 76 to which a plurality of L-shaped engaging pieces 75 are attached is provided as a left-right moving mechanism (a case-row moving mechanism) for moving the case from side to side. CD case 1
4 can be moved from right to left or from left to right.

In the case of the second embodiment, the driving device 26 shown in FIG. 4 is used, and the same three operations as in the first embodiment are performed. That is, in the second embodiment, the three operations of the forward and backward operations by the case forward and backward movement mechanism and the left and right operations of the case row movement mechanism are performed by combining the Geneva 46, 50, and 54 intermittent rotation mechanisms. Can be executed.

In each of the above embodiments, the CD case 14 is fed in one direction. However, a rotation direction switch is provided, and the switch from the lower stage to the upper stage and the movement from the upper stage to the lower stage are provided by switching the switch. , Or between right-to-left movement and left-to-right movement.

[0025]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the case of the recording medium is held while securing one empty space in each of the upper and lower stages, and the upper case front-rear direction moving mechanism. And a lower case front-rearward movement mechanism and a case vertical movement mechanism are provided, and, for example, the above-mentioned three mechanisms are sequentially operated by a driving device to move the case from the lower stage to the upper stage or to the opposite direction. Therefore, the case can be easily taken out while reducing the case storage space, and the CD can be selected while looking at the front jacket.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the case is moved in the up-down direction or the left-right direction, the forward and backward operations by the case forward and backward movement mechanism and the inter-row movement of the case row movement mechanism are performed. Since the three operations can be driven in a predetermined order by the combination of the intermittent rotation mechanism, there is an advantage that the inter-row movement can be performed efficiently and reliably by a driving device having a simple configuration.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a moving mechanism of a case storage device for a CD according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view of the inside of the apparatus of the first embodiment as viewed from above.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a drive unit of the front-rear direction moving mechanism according to the first embodiment.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams showing the configuration of the driving device of the first embodiment, wherein FIG. 4A is a top view and FIG. 4B is a side view.

FIG. 5 is a view of the inside of the apparatus of the first embodiment as viewed from the side.

6A and 6B are diagrams showing an external configuration of the case storage device of the first embodiment, wherein FIG. 6A is a perspective view of a main body case, FIG. 6B is a perspective view of a holder holding the case, and FIG. It is a perspective view of a holder.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation state of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 12 ... support base, 18A, 18B ... belt constituting the upper case longitudinal movement mechanism, 14 ... CD case, 16 ... holder, 20A, 20B ... belt constituting the lower case longitudinal movement mechanism, 21, 70 ... Projection, 26... Drive device, 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B... Belt constituting a case vertical movement mechanism, 44... Support piece, 46, 50, 54... Geneva, 58... Pin roller, 60.

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A support table for arranging a plurality of recording medium cases in two vertical stages in the front-rear direction and movably supporting the recording medium cases in a state where the front of the case of the recording medium faces the front-rear direction. An upper and lower case front-rear movement mechanism for moving a plurality of cases in the front-rear direction while securing one empty space in each row, and A case vertical movement mechanism that is disposed and moves the case at the front and rear ends of each stage in the up and down direction and moves each other to an empty space, and a drive for operating the case front and rear movement mechanism and the case vertical movement mechanism The driving device drives the upper case front-rearward movement mechanism, the lower case front-rearward movement mechanism, and the case vertical movement mechanism in a predetermined order, and moves the case from the lower stage to the upper stage. Or case receiving device for a recording medium to move to the opposite direction. 2. A support base for arranging a plurality of recording medium cases in front and rear or two rows in a vertical direction or in a front and rear direction and movably supporting the recording medium case in a state where the front of the case of the recording medium is oriented in the front and rear direction. A two-system case back-and-forth movement mechanism that is arranged for each row of the table and moves a plurality of cases in the front-rear direction while securing one empty space in each row; A case-to-case movement mechanism that moves the cases at the front and rear ends of each row in the up-down direction or the left-right direction and moves them to an empty space, and the case-forward movement mechanism and the case-backward movement mechanism A driving device for driving the three operations of the inter-case-row moving mechanism in a predetermined order by using an intermittent rotation mechanism, and moving the case from one row to the other row or vice versa by the driving apparatus. Let me Case storage device for a recording medium.