JP2657833B2 - Positioning and fixing mechanism for disk magazine - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mechanism for positioning and fixing a disk magazine containing a hard disk such as a magnetic disk on a mounting table.

2. Description of the Related Art A hard disk such as a magnetic disk used as an information recording medium is subjected to various kinds of inspections at a manufacturing stage, and has a good quality.

In the inspection, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of hard disks 2 are accommodated in parallel in a magazine 1 and mounted on a mounting table 3, and the disks are inserted into or pulled out of the magazine by a chuck 7 of a handling mechanism. It is transported between the inspection positions. The magazine is pressed and fixed to both side surfaces in the horizontal (X) direction and both side surfaces in the vertical (Y) direction by pressing tools 4a and 4b, respectively. The disc 2 is accessed by the chuck 7 of the handling mechanism, but the magazine is moved and positioned by the X moving mechanism 5 and the Y moving mechanism 6, respectively, in order to correctly chuck the target disc. When the access moves to the next disk, the magazine moves stepwise by the Y moving mechanism.

[Problem to be Solved] In the mechanism shown in FIG. 2, the mounting table 3 corresponds to the magazine 1 for one type of disk 2, and the magazines for disks of different sizes cannot be handled because the widths are different. There are drawbacks. Furthermore, pressing tools 4a, 4b
Merely fixes the magazine and does not have a positioning function. In the lateral direction, positioning is performed by the X moving mechanism as described above. The length of the magazine in the vertical direction varies depending on the number of disks to be accommodated, but in reality, the same length is used to accommodate the same number of disks. Positioned by mechanism. In view of the above, there is a demand for a mechanism that has compatibility for magazines having different widths and that fixes a placed magazine at the same time as positioning, in order to increase the efficiency of the handling process.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and has compatibility in which various magazines having different widths are commonly mounted,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a positioning and fixing mechanism for a disk magazine which can easily position and fix magazines having different widths and simplifies by omitting an X moving mechanism.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A disk magazine positioning and fixing mechanism according to the present invention for achieving the above object is provided with a magazine mounting table for mounting a disk magazine accommodating a disk, and a magazine mounting table provided on the magazine mounting table. A first and a second pressing member which are respectively brought into contact with the opposing side surfaces of the disk magazine mounted thereon and press the side surfaces thereof, and the contact is made to a predetermined position inside the magazine mounting table; A position setting member which engages with one of the first and second pressing members and sets a limit position of the one contact in a range up to a predetermined position, and One of the pressing forces of the pressing member is set to be stronger than the other, the limit position is set according to the width of the disk magazine, and the position of the pressing member having the stronger pressing force among the first and second pressing members is determined. Standard To hold a disk magazine on a magazine device stand.

[Operation] By providing a pair of pressing members for pressing the side surface of the disk magazine and setting the pressing force of one of the pressing members to be strong, the disk magazine is positioned based on the position of the stronger pressing member. By setting the position of one of the pressing members in contact with the side surface of the magazine with the position setting member, it is possible to mount disk magazines having different widths.

As a result, the same positioning mechanism can be used to easily position disc magazines having different widths.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 (a), 1 (b) and 1 (c) are perspective views of a horizontal section and a vertical section showing the structure of an embodiment of a positioning and fixing mechanism for a disk magazine according to the present invention.
In each of the drawings, a mounting table 3 is provided on a base board 8. The mounting table is composed of two mounting plates 3a and 3b. One mounting plate 3a is fixed to the base board 8 by the support 3c, and the other mounting plate 3b is movable without being fixed. The interval is adjusted with respect to the width W of the magazine 1 to be placed using an appropriate jig for the interval G, and the connecting plate 10 is fixed by screws 10a and 10b.

In addition, a stopper 9 for preventing rotation of the pressing plate 44 as a rotating lever abutting on the lateral side surface of the magazine to be mounted is provided on one of the mounting plates 3a. Each of the two mounting plates 3a, 3b is provided with a notch 3d, and a pressing tool 4a, 4a for pressing the side surface of the magazine in the horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) directions, respectively. , 4b, 4b are arranged. The pressing members 4a and 4b are specific examples of the pressing member of the present invention, and have pressing plates 44 and 45 and coil springs 43a and 43b, respectively, and are turned inward by the coil springs 43a and 43b. Being energized. In this rotation, the rotation range is limited by the notch 3d and the pressing plate is brought into contact with the opposite side of the notch 3d.
The rotation of 44, 45 stops. Therefore, the pressing force is not applied to the side surface of the magazine 1 on which the pressing plates 44 and 45 are mounted in the range beyond that.

That is, as shown in FIG.
4a, a coil spring 43a is attached to a shaft 41, both ends of which are fixed to the mounting plate 3a or 3b by a fixture 42, and the elasticity of the coil spring 43a urges the pressing plate 44 to rotate inward. Press on the side of the magazine. In this case, the pressing force of the pressing member 4a on the mounting plate 3a side, that is, the positioning plate side is set to be stronger than the pressing force on the opposite side. Is set to a position limited by the stopper 9 on the side where is disposed, and that position is used as a positioning reference, the magazine 1 is fixed, and the positioning of the magazine 1 at that time is prevented from being misaligned. .

In FIG. 5B, reference numeral 45 denotes a pressing plate in the Y direction, and a pressing member 4b corresponding thereto has the same structure as the pressing member 4a described above. However, as shown in FIG. At the opposite symmetric position, one end of the pressing tool 4b is
Thus, the other end is free by being fixed to each of the two mounting plates, and the interval G can be easily changed.

Here, the stopper 9 is fixed to the mounting plate 3a, and by sliding the position of the mounting plate 3a, the rotation position of the pressing plate 44 can be limited to a predetermined position. With this, the position of the mounting plate 3a is adjusted back and forth in accordance with the width of the magazine 1 to be mounted (in the vertical direction in FIG. 1A).
And magazines 1 of different widths are received and positioned at the same time.

In this embodiment, the mounting plate 3a and the mounting plate 3b are divided into two, and the mounting plate 3a is configured to be slidable with respect to the mounting table 3. However, the stopper 9 is simply attached to the mounting table 3. The stopper 9 is provided so as to be slidable with respect to the position of the magazine 1 so that the position thereof can be selectively fixed, and the stopper 9 is positioned in accordance with the width of the magazine 1 and fixed to the mounting table 3 at that position. Good.

When using the above mechanism, first, the gap G between the mounting plates 3a and 3b is adjusted so as to correspond to the width W of the magazine 1 to be mounted, and the width of the magazine in the horizontal direction is manually or automatically opened / closed. The side surface is pressed against the stopper 9 for positioning, and fixed by four pressing tools 4a, 4a, 4b, 4b. The fixed magazine is moved to the base board 8 by the Y moving mechanism 6.
Is for performing positioning in the Y direction and stepping the disk.

In the above description, the stopper 9 is provided only in the horizontal (X) direction of the magazine. However, as shown by a dotted line in FIG. Since the moving mechanism 6 is provided in the Y direction, the necessity is particularly small.

As described above, the stopper in the embodiment is
It is for setting the position of the pressing member, any type of position setting member, the pressing force of the pressing member,
The pressing member whose position is limited by the stopper may be weaker than the opposing pressing member.

Further, the pressing member is not necessarily limited to a rotating lever-shaped member.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above configuration, according to the present invention, a pair of pressing members for pressing the side surface of the disk magazine is provided, and the pressing force of one of the pressing members is set to be strong. The disc magazine can be positioned with reference to the position of one of the pressing members, and a disc magazine of a different width can be mounted by setting the position of one of the pressing members on the side of the magazine with the position setting member. it can.

As a result, the same positioning mechanism can be used to easily position disc magazines having different widths.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 (a), 1 (b) and 1 (c) are perspective views in a horizontal section and a vertical section of a structure of a disk magazine positioning and fixing mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a perspective external view which shows the structure of the mounting stand with respect to a magazine. 1 Magazine, 2 Hard disk, 3 Mounting table, 3a, 3b Mounting plate, 3c Support, 3d Notch, 4a, 4b, Pressing tool, 41 Shaft , 42,46 ... Fixing device, 43 ... Spring, 44,45 ... Press plate, 5 ... X moving mechanism, 6 ... Y moving mechanism, 7 ... Chuck, 8 ... Base board, 9, 9a … Stopper, 10… Connection plate, 10a, 10b …… Set screw.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A magazine mounting table for mounting a disk magazine containing a disk, and a magazine provided on the magazine mounting table, the disk magazine mounted on the magazine being in contact with opposing side surfaces of the disk magazine, respectively. Press
A first and a second pressing member whose contact is made up to a predetermined position inside the magazine mounting table, and which engages with one of these first and second pressing members to reach the predetermined position; A position setting member for setting the one limit position of the contact in a range, one of the pressing forces of the first and second pressing members is set to be stronger than the other, and according to the width of the disk magazine. Wherein the limit position is set and the disc magazine is held on the magazine mounting table with reference to the position of the stronger pressing force of the first and second pressing members. Magazine positioning and fixing mechanism. 2. The first and second pressing members are rotatably mounted on a magazine mounting table, respectively, and are urged to rotate by a spring toward the inside of the magazine mounting table. 2. The positioning and fixing mechanism for a disk magazine according to claim 1, wherein the urging force of said spring is set stronger than the urging force of said other spring.