JP2670712B2 - Disc player with disc selection function - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disc player in which a desired one is drawn from a magazine in which a plurality of discs are stored, and is reproduced by a reproducing unit. The magazine that holds one disk can be made into a simple structure and downsized,
Moreover, the present invention relates to a disc player having a disc selection function that can reliably take out the discs stored in the respective disc storage spaces in the magazine and can surely hold the discs in the disc storage space.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, there is a so-called disc changer as an in-vehicle or home audio device. In this method, a plurality of compact discs are stored in a magazine, and the magazine is loaded into an apparatus, and a disc or a track number to be played is designated or programmed. In the disc changer, a desired disc in the magazine is selected according to the above-mentioned designation operation or program, and this is clamped by a rotating mechanism (turntable) and a clamper in the reproducing unit, and the performance is performed.

A magazine loaded in this type of disc changer has a disk storage space for storing a plurality of disks, and requires a function of discharging a disk stored in this space from an opening. Magazines used for conventional general disc changers are:
The inside thereof is divided by a fixed partition plate to form a space for accommodating a plurality of disks. Further, a discharge member for discharging the disc is provided at a rear end of the magazine opposite to the insertion direction of the magazine.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional magazine, a partition plate is provided in the magazine, and a discharge member operating on the partition plate is provided in order to deliver the disk on the partition plate to a disk feed mechanism for sending a disk to the reproducing unit. Therefore, the internal structure of the magazine is complicated. In particular, since the fixed partition plate is provided, the design value is made fine for the management of the interval, and the manufacturing cost is high. In addition, the discharge member provided at the rear of the magazine
Because the operating range is limited due to the relationship with the partition plate,
It becomes very difficult to push out the disc by a size that can be pulled out from the opening. Furthermore, not only the elastic holding member for holding the disc in the magazine is separately required, but the structure is further complicated, and the disc must be ejected in opposition to the resistance of the elastic holding member. A large driving force is required to operate the ejection member.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is not necessary to separately provide a discharge member for pushing the disc,
The internal structure is simple and can be downsized,
An object of the present invention is to provide a disc player having a disc selection function capable of reliably ejecting a disc and holding the disc.

[Means for solving the problem]

In the disc player according to the present invention, a plurality of movable plates on which the discs are placed are provided in a magazine having an opening, and the movable plate is at a position where a part of the disc protrudes outward from the opening. Drive means for moving one of the selected movable plates in the direction in which the disc protrudes from the opening, and a movable plate that is provided in front of the opening of the magazine and moves by the movement of the steering plate. A disk feed mechanism for moving the disk protruding from the opening from the position of the movable plate in the protruding direction to take out the disk from the magazine; a rotating mechanism for rotating the disk sent by the disk feed mechanism; A reproducing unit provided with a pickup facing the rotating disc.

In the above, each movable plate is urged by a spring so as to return to the inside of the magazine. At the end of the movable plate on the opening side, the movable plate returns to the inside of the magazine by the urging force. When the movable plate moves toward the opening, the pressing part is provided to prevent the disc from being discharged from the opening when it is being moved. preferable.

[Action]

According to the present invention, in a device provided with a feed mechanism for feeding a disk in a magazine to a playback unit, the movable plate in the magazine is moved in the direction of the opening of the magazine to feed the disk on the movable plate to the feed unit. Handed over to PMDA. When the disk is delivered to the feed mechanism using the movable plate, it is not necessary to separately provide a discharge member for discharging the disk from the magazine as in the related art, and the structure in the magazine can be simplified. Further, since the disk is placed and held on the movable plate in the magazine, a spring member for holding the disk in the magazine becomes unnecessary, and the resistance when the disk is pulled out and returned from the magazine is reduced. Further, when the disc is returned, the movable plate can be moved to the opening side to receive the disc, and the disc returning operation is reliable.

In addition, since the disk protruding from the opening of the magazine due to the movement of the movable plate is transferred to the disk feed mechanism and sent toward the playback unit, it is necessary to move the movable plate until the disk completely projects from the magazine. Absent.
Also, since it is not necessary to lengthen the amount of movement of the movable plate,
After the disc is delivered to the feeding mechanism, the movable plate can be returned to the magazine by the force of the spring, and the returning operation of the movable plate into the magazine is easy and reliable.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a CD player unit having a disc changer, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a CD magazine loaded in the CD player, and FIG. is there.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral A denotes a moving table that supports a magazine M. A selection mechanism B for selecting a desired disk is mounted on the inner left side of the moving table A. C
Is an upper unit that supports the moving table A so that it can move forward and backward. E is a lower unit provided below the upper unit C.

A connection hole (a) is formed on the side surface of the upper unit C, and a female screw hole (b) is formed in the lower unit E. The connection hole (a) and the female screw hole (b) are fixed by fixing screws. , The upper unit C and the lower unit E are vertically stacked and fixed to each other. In this assembled state, it has a so-called one-dean size of 170 mm in width, 50 mm in height, and 180 mm in depth, and can be mounted on the dashboard of a car in the same mounting space as a car radio or car stereo.

First, the structure of the magazine M will be described with reference to FIGS. The magazine M stores a plurality of disks D. In the embodiment shown in the drawing, three disks D are stored. The magazine M includes a case 1 and a cover 2. When the case 1 and the cover 2 are fixed, an opening 3 is formed in the right direction in the figure, and the other three sides have a closed box shape. As shown in FIG. 11, three movable plates 4, 5, and 6 are housed in the magazine M. Disk storage space S ₁ between the first stage of the bottom surface 1a and the movable plate 4 of the casing 1, between the movable plate 4 disk storage space S ₂ between the two-stage 5 and the movable plate 5 6 There is a disk storage space S ₃ of the third stage. The uppermost movable plate 6 and the cover 2 are almost in close contact with each other. A disk D is stored in each of the three stages of disk storage spaces S ₁ , S ₂ , S ₃ . FIG. 2A is an exploded perspective view showing a state where the cover 2 and the uppermost movable plate 6 are removed, and FIG. 2B is a perspective view showing the assembled magazine M from the opposite side. Is shown. As shown in FIG. 2 (A), a shaft 7 is integrally protruded from the bottom surface on the left side of the case 1 in the drawing, and the movable plates 4, 5, 6 are rotatable with respect to the shaft 7, respectively. Supported. In FIG. 2A, the support hole 5a of the movable plate 5 is rotatably supported by the shaft 7, and the support hole 6a of the movable plate 6 is inserted into the shaft 7. A pin 8 projecting from the bottom surface 1a of the case 1 at a position aligned with the shaft 7 is provided, and springs 4b, 5b, 6b are hung between each of the movable plates 4, 5, 6 and this pin 8, The movable plates 4, 5, 6 are urged in the α direction by the urging force. In addition, each movable plate 4,
Ejection pins 4c, 5c, 6c are provided at the rear of 5, 6 downwards,
Pressing members 4d, 5d, 6d and take-out knobs 4e, 5e, 6e integral with the pressing members 4d, 5d, 6d are provided on the front left side of the movable plates 4, 5, 6. The positional relationship between the discharge pin, the pressing member and the take-out knob will be described with reference to the uppermost movable plate 6 shown in FIG. 2 (A). Ejector pin 6c projecting downward from the rear of the movable plate 6 is located at the back of the disk storage space S ₃ of the third stage, shown in (c) of the rear end of the disc D housed in the space S ₃ Oppose the position. In the disc D is accommodated in the space S _3, the pressing member 6d is opposed to the position indicated by the front of the disk D (d). In FIG. 2 (A), the state where the pressing member 6d faces the disk D is indicated by a dashed line for convenience of explanation.

In the magazine M, the movable plate 6 is rotated in the α direction by the urging force of the spring 6b. Therefore when inserting the disc D from the opening 3 side in the space S _3, once the pressing member 6d is pushed by the insertion force, the disc D is inserted into the space S ₃ movable plate 6 escapes the β direction. Once inserted the movable plate 6 is restored to the α direction by the urging force of the spring 6b, the pressing member 6d presses the position indicated by the disk D (d), extracting the disk D in the space S ₃ is prevented . When the disk D in the space S ₃ is discharged is selected, the pressing member 6d is driven in the β direction by the selection mechanism B will be described later. At this time, the ejection pin 6c presses the portion of the disk D indicated by (c) in the direction of the opening 3. The operation of the movable plate 6 at this time is a circular motion in the β direction about the axis 7, and this operation causes the disc D to move to the inner wall of the case 1.
1b slides, and the disk tip protrudes from the opening 3.
As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the front side (r) of the movable plate 6 facing the opening 3 has the opening of the magazine M when the movable plate 6 is rotating in the α direction. It is inclined with respect to the three sides. Therefore, in order to eject the disk, the movable plate 6 becomes β
When the movable plate 6 rotates in the direction, the front side (r) of the movable plate 6
It does not stick out from. The shape and disc inserting operation and discharging operation of the movable plate is the same in other disk storage space S ₁ and S _2. In the space S ₁ , the movement of the movable plate 4 prevents the disc from slipping off and is ejected, and in the space S ₂ , the movable plate 5 performs the above-described operation.

The take-out knobs 6e and 5e integrated with the pressing member 6d and the take-out knob 4e provided on the lowermost movable plate 4 project to the side of the case 1. As shown in FIG. 2 (B), these take-out knobs 4e, 5e, 6e protrude to the side of the cover 2 where the recess 2a is formed. The take-out knobs 4e, 5e, 6e are used when manually taking out the disk D. At this time, the three extraction knobs 4e, 5e, 6e
Since it is exposed at the portion 2a, the operation can be performed from three directions, that is, the vertical direction and the side. That is, the knobs 4e and 6e can be operated by a finger from above and below, and the knob 5e can be operated by a finger from the side. When replacing a disk in the magazine M, take out the knob
4e, 5e, if ask 6e to be operated with a finger to rotate the movable plate 4, 5 and 6 the β direction, ejector pin 4c, 5c, a space S ₁ of the desired disc D by 6c, S _2, S ₃ Can be discharged from The cover 2 is formed with an inclined surface 2b in front of the portion where the concave portion 2a is provided (left side in the figure). Due to the formation of the inclined surface 2b, when the magazine M is inserted,
The knobs 4e, 5e, 6e can be prevented from hitting other members in the apparatus, and the movable plate is not driven excessively.

As shown in FIG. 11, inclined surfaces 4f, 5f, 6f are formed at the front edges (r) of the movable plates 4, 5, 6 on the opening 3 side. As indicated by the arrows in FIG. 11 is a disk ejection insertion mechanism will be described later, the disk D is slightly returned from above into the space S ₁ and S _2, and because the back in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the space S ₃ The opening area of the front edge of the movable plates 4, 5, 6 is increased by the inclined surfaces 4f, 5f, 6f,
Is easily guided into the space.

As shown in FIG. 2 (A), a window is formed in the rear end surface (a surface facing the outside of the apparatus) 1d of the case 1 of the magazine M, and a lens 1c is mounted on the window and housed inside. It is possible to externally check the number of discs or the space in which the discs are stored.

The lens 1c mounted on the rear end face 1d of the magazine M opposite to the opening 3 is formed of a light transmitting member. This translucent member is transparent or translucent and has a structure in which light is easily reflected irregularly. As shown in FIG. 4 (B), in a state where the magazine M held on the moving table A is stored in the upper unit C, the light emitting element 9 faces the lower part of the lens 1c. The light emitting element 9 can illuminate the lens 1c. In this apparatus, the magazine M and the moving table A once protrude from the upper unit C at the time of the disk exchange operation. For example, the light emitting element 9 is blinked immediately before the magazine M is projected, and the lens 1c is blinked and illuminated. The user can be informed of the operation state, and the user can be informed of a functional feeling of operation, thereby increasing the commercial value.
Note that the entire rear end face 1d may be formed of a light transmitting member, and the entire rear end face may be illuminated by a light emitting element.

Next, the structure of the upper unit C including the moving table A and the selection mechanism B will be described.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the upper unit C, and FIG.
(B) is a side view according to the operation.

The moving table A has a bottom plate 11a, a side plate 11b bent on both sides of the bottom plate 11a, and an upper guide plate 11c bent from an upper edge of the side plate 11b. Also side plate 1
A door 19 is provided between the front side of 1b. This door
The shaft 19a is supported by the shaft 19a so as to be freely released inward. Although the moving table A protrudes from the upper unit C in FIG. 1, when the moving table A retreats into the upper unit C as shown in FIG. The door 19 comes to be substantially flush with the front of the nose of the body. That is, when the moving table A is retreating, a state where the insertion opening of the magazine M is formed in the portion where the door 19 is formed. The magazine M is inserted from the insertion slot when the moving table A is in the upper unit C. Then, the door 19 is maintained in a state of being turned inward (see FIG. 7). The inserted magazine M is locked in the moving table A by a locking mechanism described later, and thereafter the magazine M and the moving table A are integrated until the magazine M is ejected.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
A pair of sliding holes 11d are formed in the bottom plate 11a, and two lock pins 12 protrude from the sliding holes 11d. Bottom plate 11a
Lock levers 13 respectively supporting a pair of lock pins 12 are provided on a lower surface of the lock lever 13. This lock lever 13
A spring 14 is interposed between the bottom plate 11a and the protrusion 11e provided at the inner end of the bottom plate 11a, and the lock lever 13 and each lock pin 12 are urged in the direction (e) by this urging force.
In addition, a protrusion is shown above the lock lever 13 in FIG.
13a is provided. Further, the bottom plate 11a of the moving table A
Is provided with a guide hole 11f for an arc locus.
The eject pin 15 protrudes from 1f. On the lower surface of the bottom plate 11a, an eject lever 16 on which the eject pin 15 is supported is supported rotatably about the pin 17. A spring 18 is hung between the eject lever 16 and the projection 11g at the inner end of the bottom plate 11a, and the eject lever 16 and the eject pin 15 are urged in the direction (f) by the urging force.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the lower surface of the bottom surface 1a of the magazine M loaded on the moving table A, a guide slope 1e and a lock groove 1f following the guide slope 1e, and a guide slope 1g and a lock groove 1h following the guide slope 1g. Is formed. A pressing step 1i is formed on the side of the guide inclination 1g. These guides
1e, 1g, lock grooves 1f, 1h and pressing step 1i are formed on the lower surface of the bottom surface 1a of the case 1 of the magazine M, and their shapes do not appear on the inner surface of the case 1.

The lock when the magazine M is loaded on the moving table A and the ejecting operation for ejecting the magazine M from the moving table A are performed by moving the moving table A into the upper unit C as shown in FIG. It is performed in the state where it is. In this state, if the magazine M is inserted while pushing the door 19 open, the guide inclination of the lower surface of the case is reduced.
1e and 1g move the lock pin 12 in the direction opposite to that of (e). When the lock pin 12 is further inserted, the lock lever 13 is pulled in the direction of (e) by the force of the spring 14, and the lock pin 12 is moved.
Enters the lock grooves 1f and 1h, and the magazine M is locked in the moving table A. At this time, the eject pin 15 is pushed in the direction opposite to the direction (f) by the pressing step 1i, and the urging force of the spring 18 acts in the direction of discharging the magazine M. When the projection 13a of the lock lever 13 is pushed rearward by the mechanism described below while the moving table A is being pulled into the upper unit C, the lock pin 12 is pushed.
Is disengaged from each lock groove 1f and 1h, the lock is released, and the eject pin 15 is pressed by the urging force of the spring 18.
By pressing 1i, the magazine M is discharged from the moving table A to the left in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cover 21 of the upper unit C is formed by bending a sheet metal into an inverted U-shape. One side plate 21a is formed with a pair of parallel guide grooves 21b. A sliding pin 2 is provided on the outer surface of the side plate 11b of the moving table A.
2, the sliding pin 22 is inserted into the guide groove 21b, and the moving table A is guided by the guide groove 21b, retreats into the cover 21, and is movably guided in a protruding direction. The opposite side plate 21 provided on the cover 21
Similarly, a guide groove is formed in c, and a slide pin provided on the other side plate 11b of the moving table A is similarly slidably guided on the side plate 21c side.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
A feed gear 24 supported by a shaft 23 is provided at the lower edge of the side plate 21a. On the other hand, a rack 11k is formed on the lower edge of the side plate 11b of the moving table A, and the rack 11k is engaged with the feed gear 24. When power is transmitted from the lower unit E located on the lower side to this feed gear 24 via a path described later, the power is transmitted to the rack 11k, and the moving table A retreats into the cover 21 of the upper unit C. Or it is driven in a protruding direction. A feed gear is similarly provided on the side plate 21c on the opposite side of the cover 21, and a feed force is applied to the side plate 11b of the moving table A also on the side plate 21c side by the feed gear.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4A and 4B, a lock plate 26 is attached to a side plate 21a of the cover 21 of the upper unit C.
7 and is rotatably supported.
6 is urged counterclockwise by a spring 28.
A notch 21d is formed at the upper end of the side plate 21a, and the bent portion 26a at the tip of the lock plate 26 intervenes in the notch 21d. When the lock plate 26 is rotating counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 4A, the bent portion 26a faces the rear end of the moving table A as shown in FIG. The movement of the table A into the cover 21 is prevented. As will be described later, when the disk D in the magazine M is selected and pulled out,
As shown in FIG. 4 (A), the moving table A and the magazine M protrude leftward in the figure with respect to the upper unit C, but are locked as described above when this selection and pull-out operation is performed. Since the bent portion 26a of the plate 26 faces the rear end of the moving table A, even if the moving table A is pushed too much, it is prevented from entering the upper unit C. When the moving table A is moved backward into the cover 21, the lock plate 26 is driven clockwise, the bent portion 26 a is disengaged from the rear end of the moving table A, and the moving table A can be moved into the cover 21. become.

The position of the lock plate 26 is controlled in relation to the position of the lower driven roller 31 used when the disk D is pulled out from the magazine M. That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, the lower driven roller 31 in the cover 21 is held by a roller holder 32, and the roller holder 32
The cover 33 is rotatably supported by the side plate 21a and the opposite side plate 21c of the cover 21. A pin 34 provided on the roller holder 32 and a pin 35 provided on the lock plate 26 are connected to each other by a connection link 36. The height position of the lower driven roller 31 is determined by the height position of the discharge / insertion roller 41 that comes into contact with the roller 31 from above. The lock plate 26 is urged in a counterclockwise direction by a spring 28.This urging force is transmitted from the connecting link 36 to the roller holder 32, and the roller holder 32 is moved counterclockwise, that is, the lower driven roller 31 It is urged in the direction of pressing against 41. Therefore, when the vertical position of the discharge / insertion roller 41 is changed, the rotation posture of the roller holder 32 changes accordingly, and the posture of the lock plate 26 is controlled via the connection link 36. That is, when the discharge insertion roller 41 is lowered, the lock plate
26 rotates clockwise, and when the discharge / insertion roller 41 is moved up, the lock plate 26 rotates counterclockwise.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), when the moving table A enters the cover 21, the bent portion of the lock plate 26
26a slides on the upper edge of the side plate 11b of the moving table A, the lock plate 26 largely rotates clockwise, the roller holder 32 is driven clockwise via the connecting link 36, and the lower driven roller 31 is in a state of escaping downward. That is, the ejection and insertion of the disc D in the magazine M by the rollers 31 and 41 is performed in the state shown in FIG. 4A, and when the other moving table A is in the cover 21. In this (mainly in a playing state), the lower driven roller 31 largely escapes to the lower side.

Next, the structure of the selection mechanism B located on the upper back side of the moving table A in FIG. 3 will be described.

FIG. 5 is a VV sectional view of FIG. 3 for explaining the structure of the selection mechanism B.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the discharge / insertion roller 41 is supported by a swing lever 42. A mechanism base 40 is extended and fixed to the side plate 11b shown on the upper side of FIG. 3 of the moving table A, and the tip of a shaft 43 fixed to the mechanism base 40 is fixed to the swing lever 42. Are rotatably supported. 3, the other side of the swing base 42 is rotatably supported by a pin 44 on the lower side plate 11b of the movable table A in the figure. As shown in FIG. 5, the mechanism base 40 is provided with an elevating block 45 that moves vertically. A pin 46 provided on the lifting block 45 includes a roller connecting lever 47.
Is rotatably supported, and the front end of the roller continuous lever 47 is connected to the shaft of the discharging and inserting roller 41.

The elevating block 45 is guided in the elevating direction by a guide shaft 53 extending vertically in FIG. Further, a nut member 48 is held by the lifting block 45, and the nut member 48 is screwed on a drive screw 49. The drive screw 49 is provided in parallel with the guide shaft 53, and a worm wheel 51 is fixed below the drive screw 49. Mechanism on the base 40 the motor M ₁ for lifting is provided a worm 52 provided on the rotary shaft of the motor M ₁ is engaged with the worm wheel 51. When the worm wheel 51 and drive screw 49 is driven by a motor M _1, distance lifting block in accordance with the rotational speed 45
Moves up and down. By this raising / lowering operation, the discharge / insertion roller 41 is also driven to move up / down via the roller connecting lever 47, whereby the swing lever 42 swings around the shaft 43, and the position of the discharge / insertion roller 41 in the vertical direction in the figure is determined. Can be

Drainage insert roller 41 by the motor M ₁ is swung driven around the shaft 43, is thereby discharging the insertion rollers 41 11
Move to each position shown on the left side of the figure. Fig. 4 (A)
In the state shown in FIG. 11, the lower driven roller 31 is pressed against the discharge / insertion roller 41 by the urging force of the spring 28 for urging the lock plate 26. The roller 31 follows. In FIG. 11, the original position is when the discharge / insertion roller 41 is at the height of (0),
(1) is a one-stage selection position, (2) is a two-stage selection position, (3)
Is a three-stage selection position. The original position indicated by (0) is a position used for an eject operation of a magazine or the like. The ejection operation is performed only in the state shown in FIG. 4B, and at this time, the lower driven roller 31
Away from The (1) is discharged insertion position of the disc D of the first stage disk storage space S ₁ in the magazine M, (2) the drainage insert position of the disk D in the disk storage space S ₂ of the second stage, ( 3) is a drainage insert position of the disk D in the disk housing space S ₃ of the third stage. Each position is performed by controlling the rotational speed of the motor M ₁ shown in FIG. 5.

The detection rotating body 55 for this control is rotatably provided below the guide shaft 53 shown in FIG. Detection rotating body 55
Are formed around the gear, and the teeth mesh with a gear 54 integral with the worm wheel 51. This detection rotating body
As shown in FIG. 3, two detection holes are formed in one rotation in one rotation, and these holes are detected by the optical detector 56. Also the detection arm 45a extending to the right in Figure 5 is formed on the lifting block 45, the detection switch SW ₁ below the detection arm 45a is opposed.

When the motor M ₁ by the drive screw 49 is driven detected arm 45a by lifting block 45 is lowered to the ON detection switch SW _1, the drainage insert roller 41 becomes the original position shown by in FIG. 11 (0) . Driving worm wheel 51 in order to raise the lifting block 45 by the motor M ₁ from the original position, which the detected rotational body 55 by an integral gear 54 is driven, the detection output from the optical detector 56 for each of the detection hole Is obtained. When two detection holes are formed in the detection rotator 55, for example, the detection rotator 55 rotates from the original position and the optical detector
When the detection output of 11 pulses is obtained by 56, the first-stage selection position (1) of the discharge / insertion roller 41 is obtained. Further, when the detection output of 7 pulses is obtained from this position, the discharge / insertion roller 41 becomes 2
It becomes the stage selection position (2), and when 7 more pulses are obtained, it becomes 3
It becomes the step selection position (3). Thus the detection switch SW ₁
The position of the lifting block 45 and the position of the discharge insertion roller 41 can be controlled by the detection output from the optical detector 56 and the detection output from the optical detector 56.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the motor M ₂ is provided in the illustrated right end of the mechanism base 40. Power of the motor M ₂ is transmitted from the worm 61 to the worm wheel 62, and further transmitted from the gear 63 to the gear 64. The gear 64 is driven by a roller drive gear 66 by a clutch mechanism having a spring 65.
It is connected to. The gear 64 and the roller drive gear 66 are rotatably provided on a shaft 43 supporting the swing lever 42. The power of the roller drive gear 66 is driven by a driven gear 69 fixed to the shaft of the discharge insertion roller 41 via reduction gears 67 and 68 provided on the side surface of the swing lever 42.
Conveyed to. That transmitted to the drainage insert rollers 41 each gear and via the clutch by the power of the motor M _2, the disk D in the magazine M is taken out by rotation in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 11 of the drainage insert roller 41, also watches The disc D is returned into the magazine M by the rotation in the direction.

A transmission gear 72 supported by the mechanism base 40 meshes with a gear 71 integrated with the gear 64.
A gear 73 integral with 72 meshes with a switching gear 74 having a larger diameter than the others. As shown in FIG. 5, the switching gear 74 is rotatably supported by a shaft 76 provided on the mechanism base 40, and the switching gear 74 is integrally provided with a cam 75. This cam 75 is located at the top of FIG.
It is formed integrally on the back side of the switching gear 74 shown in the figure. The shape of the cam 75 is a partial disk shape.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a drive lever 81 is supported on the inner surface of the mechanism base 40 so as to be movable in the (h)-(i) directions. This drive lever 81 is not shown in FIG. 5 but is shown independently in FIG. 6 (A). Drive lever 81
Are provided with long holes 81a and 81b. One elongated hole 81a is guided by a shaft 76 supporting the switching gear 74, and the other elongated hole 81b is guided by a guide pin 82 provided on the mechanism base 40, whereby the drive lever 81 (h) -
It is movable in the direction (i). Also drive lever 81
Is urged in the (h) direction by a spring 83. A drive piece 81c is bent at the right end in the figure of the drive lever 81, and faces the right side of the cam 75. Also drive lever
A holder 81d is bent at the left end of the drawing 81. Another plate 84 is stacked on the right side of the holder 81d, and the plate 84 is provided with a bent piece 84a. As shown in FIG. 5, a guide shaft 85 parallel to the drive screw 49 is provided on the mechanism base 40, and a switching body 86 is supported on the guide shaft 85. The switching body 86 is held by the elevating block 45 and moves up and down together, and can rotate about the guide shaft 85. As shown in FIG.
One arm 86a of 86 is a holder 81d at the left end of the drive lever 81.
And the bending piece 84a, the switching body 86 is driven clockwise in FIG. 3 by the movement of the drive lever 81 in the direction (i). The switching body 86 is provided with a driving arm 86b. In FIG. 5, the drive arm 86b faces the projection 13a of the lock lever 13 provided on the lower surface of the bottom plate 11a of the moving table A. FIG. 5 shows the case where the position of the lifting block 45 is at the original position (0) of the discharge / insertion roller 41 shown in FIG. Lifting block 45 is raised by the power of the motor M _1, the drainage insert roller 41
Moves from the first-stage selection position (1) to the three-stage selection position (3) shown in FIG. 11, the driving arm 86b of the switching body 86 moves upward from the projection 13a of the lock lever 13 accordingly. The magazine M is disengaged, and is in a position opposing any one of the pressing members 4d, 5d, and 6d (see FIG. 2) of the loaded magazine M. A regulating member 87 is rotatably supported by a holder 81d provided on the left side of the driving lever 81, and is urged by a spring 88 so as to maintain the posture shown in FIG. When the magazine M is loaded, as shown by a chain line in FIG. 2 (B), the regulating member 87 faces the outside of each of the pressing members 4d, 5d, 6d and the ejection knobs 4e, 5e, 6e, and ejects the disk. Alternatively, the movable plates 4, 5, and 6 in the magazine M are prevented from rotating in the β direction at the time other than the insertion operation, and the disk D in the magazine M is opened by an impact or the like.
It is something that does not jump out of.

In the state shown in FIGS. 3 and 6A, the drive lever 81 is moved in the direction (h) by the spring 83. From this state, the switching gear 74 rotates clockwise or counterclockwise 360 degrees.
6B, the driving lever 81 is driven in the direction (i) by the cam 75 at the beginning of the operation, and the switching body 86 is sandwiched between the holder 81d and the bent piece 84a, as shown in FIG. Is the third
In the figure, the arm is driven clockwise, and
The restricting body 87 is tilted clockwise by b, the restricting body 87 is disengaged from the side of each of the take-out knobs 4e, 5e, 6e, and the movable plates 4, 5, 6 become rotatable in the β direction. . At this time the lifting block
If the height position of 45 is the original position (0), the lock lever 13 of the moving table A is driven by the drive arm 86b of the switching body 86, from the 1-stage switching position (1) to the 3-stage switching position (3). In this case, one of the pressing members 4d, 5d, and 6d shown in FIG. 2 is driven by the driving arm 86b, and the movable plate 4 or 5 or 6 is driven in the β direction, and the ejection pins 4c and 5c Alternatively, the disc D in the magazine M is ejected from the opening 3 by 6c. When the switching gear 74 further rotates, the position of the drive lever 81 remains the same after FIG. 6B, but when rotated 360 degrees, the drive lever 81 returns to the position of FIG. 6A.

Incidentally power of the motor M ₂ is not only transmitted to the switching gear 74 described above, since it drives the drainage insert roller 41 as described above, the switch gear 74 by the motor M ₂ is 360
When rotated, the discharge / insertion roller 41 is also driven. The relationship between the two power transmission paths is as follows.

In the first operation of taking out the disk in the magazine M, the drainage insert roller 41 by the motor M ₂ continues to rotate in the counterclockwise direction, the switching gear 74 rotates 360 degrees clockwise at the same time. Therefore, first, the drive lever 81 is pulled in the direction (i), and the switching body 86
Rotates clockwise and stays in the same position, and when rotated 360 degrees, the drive lever 81 returns in the (h) direction and the switching body 86 returns to the posture shown in FIG. The rotation of the motor M ₂ when returning the disk into the magazine M is backward,
The discharge / insertion roller 41 continues to rotate clockwise, and at the same time, the switching gear 74 rotates 360 degrees counterclockwise. At this time, the drive lever 81 is once pulled in the direction (i), and returns to the direction (h) when rotated 360 degrees.

 Next, the structure of the lower unit E will be described.

FIG. 8 shows a plan view of the lower unit E. The base 100 of the lower unit E has a side plate 100
a is formed, and the bent portion 100b is bent at a right angle on the lower side in the drawing. Inside the side plate 100b on the lower side in the drawing, the sub base 10
1 is fixed. Female screws holes (b) into which the side plates 21a and 21c of the cover 21 of the upper unit C are screwed are two places on the side plate 100a, one place on the side plate 100b, and the sub base 10.
One is provided for each. Dampers 102a and 102b are supported inside the sub-base 101, and dampers 102c and 100d are provided at bent portions 100c and 100d of the base 100 shown in the upper part of FIG.
And the playback unit F is provided with the dampers 102a to 102d.
It is elastically levitated by 102d. That is, the respective support shafts 104a, 104b, 104c, 104d provided on the chassis 103 of the reproduction unit F are inserted into the respective dampers 102a to 102d. Each damper is, for example, one in which air or other fluid is sealed inside a rubber bag. As shown in FIG. 1, the chassis 103 of the reproducing unit F includes a plurality of coil springs 105a, 105b, 105c.
From the base 100 or the sub-base 101. The reproduction unit F is supported through the damper and the coil spring, thereby reducing the influence of the vibration of the vehicle body on the reproduction unit.

As shown in FIG. 1, the chassis 103 of the reproduction unit F
A turntable 106 is provided at substantially the center of the turntable. The turntable 106 is for supporting and rotating the disk D pulled out from the magazine M, and is rotationally driven by a motor provided on the lower surface of the chassis 103. The notch 1 of the chassis 103 shown in FIG.
An optical pickup is provided in 03a (not shown). The optical pickup moves along the recording surface of the disk D loaded on the turntable 106, and a performance is performed.

9 (A), 9 (B) and 11 show the base 10 as described above.
The reproduction unit F elastically supported at 0 or the like is shown from the side. 9 (A) shows a playing state in which the disc D is clamped, and FIGS. 9 (B) and 11 show the playing state of the disc D.
Is in a standby state (unclamp state) in which is not clamped.

As shown in detail in FIG. 9 (B), a support projection 103b is provided on the front side of the chassis 103 of the reproduction unit F in the drawing.
Are provided integrally upward, and a support shaft 104b inserted into the damper 102b is fixed to the support protrusion 103b. As shown in FIG. 1, a U-shaped drive link 108 is provided above the chassis 103, and both sides of the drive link 108 are bent at a right angle. It is rotatably supported by the support shaft 104b. Similarly, the other bent portion 108b is rotatably supported by a shaft 104d inserted into the other damper 102d. The shaft 104d is fixed to a support projection 103c on the opposite side surface of the chassis 103 as shown by a chain line in FIGS. 9 (A) and 9 (B).

Above the chassis 103, clamp arms 110 are provided to face each other. A pin 111 provided on one side of the clamp arm 110 (a side on the near side in FIGS. 9A and 9B) is rotatably supported by the bent portion 108a of the drive link 108. ing. 9 (A) and 9 (B), a projection 110a is provided on the back side of the clamp arm 110 in the drawing, and a pin 112 provided on the projection 110a and a support projection 103c of the chassis 103 are provided. A link 114 is connected to a pin 113 provided. When the drive link 108 rotates about the support shafts 104b and 104d by a mechanism described later, the support shaft 104b and the pin 111 and the pins 112 and 113 are in a parallel link relationship, so that the clamp arm 110 has a substantially horizontal posture. Moves up and down with respect to the chassis 103 of the reproducing unit F. A clamper 115 is rotatably supported on the lower surface of the front end of the clamp arm 110. This clamper 115
Inside, a magnet is installed, and the clamp arm 11
When 0 drops, the clamper 115 is turned by a metal turntable.
Magnetically attracted to 106. Thus, FIG. 9 (A)
The disk D is held by the turntable 106 and the clamper 115 as shown in FIG. When the clamp arm 110 is lifted, the clamper 115 side is lifted slightly obliquely as shown in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9 (A) and FIG. 11, the chassis 103
A guide wire 116 is provided between the clamp wire 110 and the clamp arm 110. As shown in FIG. 1, the lower end of the guide wire 116 is inserted into a small hole 103d formed in the chassis 103,
The upper end is fixed to the upper surface of the clamp arm 110 with a screw 117. The guide wire 116 is rotatable about the insertion portion into the small hole 103d, and when the clamp arm 110 is raised as shown in FIG. 9B, the guide wire 116 is diagonally stretched on the chassis 103. , Also clamp arm 1
When the 10 is lowered, the guide wire 116
It is stored in a position that follows the surface of the. As shown in FIG.
A turntable 106 on which the disc D is clamped, and a roller for ejecting and inserting the disc D from the magazine M.
There is a height difference between the positions where 31 and 41 are provided. By providing the guide wire 116, when the clamp arm 110 is lifted and the disc is released from clamping, the end of the disc D at the rear of the chassis is lifted by the guide wire 116, and thus the unclamped state is obtained. Is easily returned to the inside of the magazine M.

Next, the structure of the power transmission unit provided in the lower unit E will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the lower unit E
Motor M ₃ is provided on the base 100. Worm 121 is provided on the rotary shaft of the motor M _3. The base 100 supports a worm wheel 122 that meshes with the worm 121. The power of the gear 123 integrated with the worm wheel 122 is transmitted to the gears 124 and 125, and further transmitted from the gears 126 and 127 to the transmission drive gear 128a. The transmission drive gear 128a is fixed to one end of a shaft 129 provided rotatably across the base 100. As shown in the upper part of FIG. 8, another transmission drive gear 128b is fixed to the other end of the shaft 129.

As shown in FIG. 1, the upper unit C is superimposed on the lower unit E and fixed to each other. At this time, the feed gear 24 provided on the side plate 21a of the cover 21 of the upper unit C has a transmission drive gear 128a. And a feed gear provided on the other side plate 21c of the cover 21 is a transmission drive gear 128b.
Mesh with. That movement table A that operates as drawn protruding and to the upper unit C is driven by the power of the motor M ₃ provided on the lower unit E.

A gear 131 is provided coaxially with the gear 126, and is driven by the gear 127. This gear 1
The small gear 132 is provided integrally with the 31 and meshes with a rack 133 provided on the bottom of the base 103. Motor M
_The small gear 132 driven by the power of ₃ drives the rack 133 in the (k)-(m) directions in FIG. It should be noted that the transmission drive gear 128a drives the feed gear 24 shown in FIG.
Rack 133 is about 1/3 of the speed of driving
Driven at a speed of

As shown in FIG. 8, a drive lever 135 is provided on the inner surface of the sub-base 101 and moves in the (k)-(m) direction together with the rack 133. And the above drive lever
A drive restricting pin 136 protrudes from the 135. FIGS. 9A and 9B show the drive restricting pin 136 in a cross section.

Guide grooves 103e and 103f are formed on the side surface of the chassis 103 of the reproducing unit F. A clamp drive lever 141 is provided outside the side surface. The bent portion 141a of the clamp drive lever 141 has a guide groove 103e.
The pin 142 that is inserted inside and fixed inside is inserted into the guide groove 103f and is (k)-
It is slidable in the (m) direction. A spring 143 is hung between the bent portion 141a and the inner surface of the chassis 103,
As a result, the clamp drive lever 141 is urged in the (k) direction. A hole 141b is formed in the clamp drive lever 141, and a left edge of the hole 141b is an engaging portion 141c.
A drive groove 141d is provided at the right end of the clamp drive lever 141 in the drawing.
Are formed, and a pin 144 provided below the bent portion 108a of the drive link 108 is inserted into the drive groove 141d.

In the state shown in FIG. 9A, the drive regulating pin 136 extending from the drive lever 135 is
1b and in an escape hole 103g continuous with the guide groove 103f on the side surface of the chassis 103. At this time, the chassis 103 of the reproducing unit F is not restrained at all by the base 100 of the lower unit E, and is elastically levitated by the dampers 102a to 102d and the coil springs 105a to 105c. At this time, the clamp arm 110 descends and the clamper 1
15 presses the disk D against the turntable 106, and the pressing force at this time is given by the elastic force of the spring 143 biasing the clamp drive lever 141 in the (k) direction. The rack 133 through the gears by the motor M ₃ is driven to (m) direction, the drive restriction pin 136 extending from the drive lever 135 that moves with it is moved to the (m) direction, in FIG. 9 (B) As shown, the drive control pin 136 enters the guide groove 103f of the chassis 103, and at the same time, the drive control pin 136 moves into the hole 14 of the clamp drive lever 141.
The clamp driving lever 141 is driven in the direction (m) by engaging with the engaging portion 141c of 1b. As a result, first, the drive groove 141d at the right end of the clamp drive lever 141 rotates the drive link 108 clockwise to raise the clamp arm 110. The drive control pin 136 enters the guide groove 103f of the chassis 103, and the drive control pin 136 engages with the engaging portion of the clamp drive lever 141.
By pressing 141c in the (m) direction, the dampers 102a to 102d and the coil springs 105a, 105
The reproduction unit F, which has been elastically levitated and supported by the b and 105c, is fixed to the base 100 of the lower unit.

Here, as shown in FIG. 8, the mechanism related to the above-mentioned mechanism for setting the fixed state is the base 100 of the lower unit E.
Is provided at the bottom.

As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG.
The left side edge of the base 100 shown in the figure has an upwardly bent portion 100f and a support table 10 bent horizontally in a continuous state.
0 g is formed. The regulating member 151 is provided on the bottom surface of the base 100 and on the support table 100g. As shown in FIG. 8, a guide piece 100h is bent at the edge of the support table 100g, and a groove 151a formed in the regulating member 151 is engaged with the guide piece 100h.
Guide piece 100i bent from the bottom surface of 0 engages with groove 151b formed in regulating member 151, and regulating member 151 is slidable in the left-right direction in FIG. A support portion 100j is formed on the upper edge of the support table 100g bent from the base 100 in FIG. 8, and the regulating lever 153 is rotatable by a support pin 152 implanted in the support portion 100j. It is supported by. Also, a bent piece 153 of this regulating lever 153
A spring 154 is hung between a and the bent piece 100k on the side of the support table 100g, whereby the regulating lever 153 is urged clockwise. Further, since the locking portion 153b formed on the restriction lever 153 is locked to the restriction member 151, the restriction member 151 is urged leftward in the figure by the urging force of the spring 154. A lever 156 rotatably supported by a pin 155 is provided at the bottom of the base 100, and the tip of the lever 156 is connected to the right end of the regulating member 151 via a connecting pin 157. Further, a pressing pin 158 integral with the rack 133 is in contact with the base of the lever 156 from the right side. When the rack 133 by the power of the motor M ₃ is moved to the (k) direction, Figure 8 and the
As shown in FIG. 10, the pressing force on the lever 156 by the pressing pin 158 is released, and the regulating lever 153 is rotated clockwise by the urging force of the spring 154, whereby the regulating member 151 is also moved to the left in the figure. Being pulled in the direction. The motor M ₃
When the rack 133 is driven in the (m) direction by the power of
The lever 156 is driven clockwise by the pressing pin 158 that moves in the (m) direction together with the rack 133, and thus the connecting pin 157
The restricting member 151 is pulled rightward in the drawing, and the restricting member 151 presses the locking portion 153b of the restricting lever 153, so that the restricting lever 153 rotates counterclockwise.

Here, as shown in detail in FIG.
Are provided with regulating pieces 151c and 151d having two tapered surfaces, and opposed thereto, the chassis 103 of the reproducing unit F is provided with V-grooves 103h and 103i. Also control lever 15
3, a regulating arm 153c is formed, and the chassis 103 has a bent portion 103j facing the regulating arm 153c. When driven rack 133 to (m) direction by the motor M _3, as described above, although the regulating member 151 is driven to the right in the figure, restricting pieces 151c and 151d of the regulating member 151 at this time is the chassis 103 V-grooves 103h and 103i pressing the force indicated by F ₁ and F _2. In unclamped state of the pressing force FIG. 9 (B), so far not only secure the chassis 103 that has been elastically floated, to press the chassis 103 to the F ₁ and F ₂ direction,
The chassis 103 is moved and fixed in that direction. This movement amount is determined by the dampers 102a to 102d and the support shaft 10.
This is a range of the allowable movement amount from 4a to 104d. As shown in FIG. 11, the disk is pulled out of the magazine M in this unclamped state. At this time, the reproducing unit F is driven to the right in FIGS. 4 (A) and 9 (A) as much as possible to It is designed to make the opposing distance with M or the like important. Note that when restricting member 151 presses the chassis 103 with a force of F ₁ and F _2, control arm 15 of regulating lever 153
3c presses the bent portion 103j of the chassis 103 with a force of F _4. This is because, as shown in Figure 9 in an unclamped state (B), since the driving restriction pin 136 presses the chassis 103 with a force of F ₃ through the drive lever 141, as shown in FIG. 10 F ₁ and by the force of the F ₂ and contrary F ₃ as unnecessary moment chassis 103 does not act, in order to balance the pressing force F ₄ of control arm 153c.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 11, a pair of brackets 151e are bent on both sides of the end portion of the regulating member 151 on the disk guiding side, and the respective brackets 151e are bent.
A guide plate 161 is rotatably supported by a pin 162 at 151e. The two guide plates 161 are connected by a shaft 164. The guide plate 161 is urged counterclockwise in FIG. 11 by a spring 165 wound around the shaft 164. A bent guide surface 161a is formed on the right side of each guide plate 161 in the drawing, and each guide plate 161 is provided with a roller 163 extending inward. The guide surface 161a and the roller 163 are used to prevent a gap from being formed below the bottom of the magazine M when the disk is pulled out from the magazine M as shown in FIG. is there. In addition, when the magazine M moves rightward in FIG. 11 together with the moving table A due to the provision of the roller 163, the roller 163 rolls on the bottom surface of the magazine M and moves to a step formed on the bottom of the magazine M. You can follow. Note that, as shown in FIG. 11, the lower driven roller 31 is located above the regulating member 151.

The power of the motor M ₃ provided on the lower unit E as described above, first transfer drive gear 128a and 128b are driven,
Movable table A is moved by the rack 11k feed gear 24 of the upper unit C is driven, also the rack 133 is driven by power of the motor M _3, the clamping and unclamping of the disk is performed clamp arm 110 moves up and down ,
At the time of unclamping, the chassis 103 of the reproducing unit F is fixed by the drive regulating pin 136, the regulating member 151 and the regulating lever 153. As described above, the rack 133 is driven at a reduction ratio of 1/3 with respect to the movement of the moving table A by the gear group provided in the lower unit E. Therefore, the relationship between these movements is as follows. First, when the moving table A is pulled into the upper unit C, first the clamp arm
When the moving table A and the magazine M move on the clamp arm 110 which is lowered as shown in FIG. 4 (B) and the moving table projects as shown in FIG. 4 (A). Immediately after the moving table A and the magazine M have passed over the clamp arm 110, the clamp arm 110 moves up.

Next, the operation of the CD drive unit having the above structure will be described.

Loading and ejecting of magazines Loading and ejecting of magazines is performed as shown in Fig. 4 (B).
The moving table A is drawn into the cover 21 of the upper unit C, as shown in FIG.
It is performed in a state where it is stored above.

Operation of pulling the movable table A to the upper unit C is performed by the motor M ₃ of the lower unit E. Transmission drive gear 128a via the gears by the motor M ₃ and 128b
Is driven counterclockwise, the cover 21 of the upper unit C is
The feed gear 24 provided on the side plate 21a is driven clockwise, the rack 11k of the side plate 11b of the moving table A (see FIGS. 4A and 4B) is driven, and the moving table A is moved inside the upper unit C. Drawn into. At this time, since the rack 133 shown in FIG. 8 by the motor M ₃ is driven to (k) direction, the drive restriction pin 136 provided on the drive lever 135 that moves together with this, the FIG. 9 (A) As shown, the hole 141b of the clamp drive lever 141 provided on the side surface of the chassis 103 of the reproducing unit F and the relief hole 10 of the chassis 103
Located within 3g. Accordingly, the drive link 108 rotates counterclockwise, and the clamp arm 110 descends toward the turntable 106. Further, since the rack 133 moves in the (k) direction, the pressing pin 158 shown in FIG.
Therefore, the regulating member 151 moves leftward by the urging force of the spring 154, and the regulating lever 153 also rotates clockwise. Therefore, the pressing force for regulation indicated by F ₁ F ₂ F ₃ F ₄ shown in FIG. 10 does not act, and the chassis 103 of the reproducing unit F elastically floats by the dampers 102 a to 102 d and the coil springs 105 a to 105 c. It is in a state where it has been done. The moving table A is stored on the reproducing unit F in such a floating state where the clamp arm 110 is lowered.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), the bent portion 26a of the lock plate 26 provided on the side plate 21a of the cover 21 rides on the upper edge of the side plate 11b of the moving table A, and the lock plate 26 It is in a state of turning clockwise. Therefore, the roller holder 32 is driven in the clockwise direction by the connecting link 36, and the lower driven roller 31 escapes to the lower side of the magazine M.

In this state, the magazine M is inserted. The magazine M is inserted between the bottom plate 11a and the guide plate 11c shown in FIG. When the magazine M is inserted, the lock pins 12 guided by the guide slopes 1e and 1g provided on the bottom surface of the case 1 of the magazine M are locked in the lock grooves 1f and 1h (in each case, see FIG. 3). ), The magazine M is locked in the moving table A. Thereafter, the moving table A and the magazine M operate integrally until the ejection is performed.

In the above-mentioned magazine lock mechanism, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the lock pin 12 projects from the bottom surface 11a of the moving table A, and the lock pin 12 is moved in the direction (e) and the opposite direction. , But cannot move in the left-right direction of FIG. 3, that is, in the magazine M insertion direction. When the magazine M is inserted, the guide pins 1e and 1g cause the lock pin 12 to move in the direction opposite to that of FIG. Therefore, if the magazine M is inserted from the opposite side, that is, the rear end face 1d of the magazine M is inserted inward, since the guide inclination is not formed in this direction, the rear end face 1d of the magazine M is locked. The pin 12 cannot be inserted any more when hit. Thereby, erroneous insertion of the magazine M can be prevented.

The ejection operation for discharging the magazine M is performed when the moving table A and the magazine M are drawn in above the reproducing unit F, as shown in FIG.

When the eject command is issued, the motor M ₁ of the selection mechanism B shown in FIG. 5, the drive screw 49 integral therewith worm wheel 51 is driven is driven, the lifting block 45 is lowered and the detection arms 45a There motor M ₁ is stopped when the oN detection switch SW _1. When the lifting block 45 reaches this position, as shown in FIG.
The discharge / insertion roller 41 that moves up and down is at the original position indicated by (0). In this original position, the drive arm 86b of the switching body 86 that moves up and down together with the lifting block 45 faces the inside of the projection 13a (shown in FIG. 3) of the lock lever 13 provided below the bottom plate 11a of the moving table A. .

Motor M ₂ provided selection mechanism in B in this state is driven, the transmission gear 72 is driven through the worm wheel 62 and gear 63,64,71, which the switching gear 74 is driven by the integral of the gear 73 Is done. The rotation direction of the switching gear 74 at this time may be either 360 degrees. Due to the 360-degree rotation of the cam 75 integral with the switching gear 74, the drive lever 81 shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B is driven in the direction (i), and when the switching gear 74 rotates 360 degrees, 6 Returning to the direction (h) as shown in FIG. By the one reciprocating movement of the drive lever 81, the switching body 86 sandwiched between the holder 81d at the left end of the drive lever 81 and the bent piece 84a is driven clockwise as viewed from above in FIG. Therefore, the drive arm 86b of the switching body 86
As a result, the projection 13a of the lock lever 13 shown in FIG.
And the lock pin 12 comes out of the lock grooves 1f and 1h of the magazine M. Therefore, the eject pin 15 presses the pressing step 1i of the magazine M by the force of the spring 18, and the magazine M is ejected from the moving table A.

Disk Exchange Operation The loading and ejecting operation of the magazine M is performed in a state where the magazine M shown in FIG. 4B is retracted as described above.
The operation is performed in the state shown in FIG. 2B. At this time, the disk D is sandwiched between the turntable 106 and the clamper 115, and the magazine M is stored thereon. The operation of exchanging a disk from the playing state of FIG. 4B will be described below.

The disc exchange operation, from the state of FIG. 4 (B), firstly to drive the motor M ₃ of the lower unit E. This driving force is transmitted to the transmission driving gears 128a and 128b by the gear group shown in FIG. 8, and the feed gear 24 provided on the side plate 21a of the upper unit C and the feed gear provided on the other side plate 21c are rotated in the counterclockwise direction. To the rack 11k provided on the side plate 11b of the moving table A,
Project from the upper unit C. FIG. 7 shows a protruding state in the disk exchange operation. At this time, the magazine M protrudes while being held by the moving table A and the door 19 is also turned upward, so that the user can recognize that the disc is not being replaced but the disc M is being replaced. . When the moving table A projects, the fourth
As shown in FIG. 7A, the bent portion 26a of the lock plate 26 is disengaged from the upper edge of the side plate 11b of the moving table A and rotates counterclockwise by the urging force of the spring 28. Therefore, link 36
, The roller holder 32 is driven counterclockwise, and the lower driven roller 31 is pressed against the discharge / insertion roller 41 from below.
The pressing force at this time is based on the elastic force of the spring 28.

The motor M ₃ of the lower unit E, transmission drive gear 128a
And 128b is driven, when the movable table A is projected, the rack 13 via a group of gears driving force of the same motor M ₃ is shown in FIG. 8
The rack 133 is driven in the direction (m) shown in FIG. Accordingly, the clamp drive lever 141 provided on the chassis 103 of the playback unit F is driven in the (m) direction by the drive restriction pin 136 provided on the drive lever 135 driven in the same direction together with the rack 133. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9 (B), the drive link 108 is driven clockwise through the pin 144 by the drive groove 141d of the clamp drive lever 141, and the clamp arm 110 is raised in a substantially horizontal posture. Therefore, the clamp of the disk D on the turntable 106 is released. With the release of this clamp, the ninth
As shown in FIG. (B), the end of the guide wire 116 is lifted to be in an obliquely stretched state.
116 lifts the right end of the disk D in the figure. The raising of the clamp arm 110 and the projecting operation of the moving table A are timings when the raising of the clamp arm 110 is completed just when the magazine M or the like comes off from above the disk D. When the inside of the disk D is lifted by the guide wire 116 by the raising of the clamp arm 110, the lower driven roller 31 is lifted by the rotation of the roller holder 32 as described above, and the left end of the disk D in the drawing is a discharge insertion roller. It is in a state of being sandwiched between 41 and the lower driven roller 31.

Also, as described above, the rack 133 is (m) in FIG.
9B, the drive control pin 136 of the drive lever 135 moves in the (m) direction, and the drive control pin 136 moves the chassis 103 through the clamp drive lever 141, as shown in FIG. 9B. pressing to F ₃ direction. Rack 133 at the same time
The pressing pin 158 that moves together with the lever 156 drives the lever 156 clockwise, whereby the regulating member 151 is pulled rightward, and the regulating lever 153 is driven counterclockwise. Therefore the tenth
As shown in the figure, the regulating pieces 151c and 151d of the regulating member 151 are fitted into the V-shaped grooves 103h and 103i of the chassis 103, and the chassis 103 is moved to F ₁
And pressing the F ₂ direction, pushed chassis 103 by control arm 153c of the regulating lever 153 is the F ₃ direction. Therefore chassis 1
03 is in a fixed state, not an elastic floating state. Further, as described above, F ₁ and the chassis 103 by the force of F ₂ becomes the fixed state is moved in the rightward, the reproduction unit F
Is slightly moved in a direction away from the opening 3 of the magazine M.

Thus, the moving table A protrudes to the state shown in FIG.
In addition, the clamp arm 110 rises, and the reproduction unit F
The disk is exchanged in a state where the chassis 103 is fixed. Drive screw 49 by the motor M ₁ of the selection mechanism B shown in FIG. 5 is driven first, lifting block 45 is moved up and down, to lower the drainage insert roller 41 through a roller connecting lever 47, at Figure 11 ( Move from 1) to any of the selected positions shown in (3). This is controlled by detecting the rotation speed of the detection rotator 55 shown in FIG. For example heretofore when place returning the disk D is clamped on the turntable 106 is a disk storage space S ₂ of the second stage of the magazine M becomes a two-stage selection position indicated by the drainage insert rollers 41 (2), disk D ends is sandwiched by the roller 41 and the lower driven roller 31 faces the front of the space S _2. The switching body 86 shown in FIG. 5 also moves up and down together with the raising and lowering block 45, and its driving arm 86b has pressing members 4d, 4d provided on the movable plates 4, 5, 6 in the magazine M shown in FIG.
It faces inside either 5d or 6d. When return the disc as described above is 2-stage space S _2, the drive arm 86b is opposed to the inner side of the pressing member 5d of the movable plate 5 of the second stage.

When the control of the selected position of the drainage insert roller 41 and diverter 86 is completed, the motor M ₂ selection mechanism B shown in FIG. 5 is driven, the drainage insert roller 41 through the gear group is driven in the clockwise direction, at the same time The switching gear 74 shown in FIG. 6A is driven counterclockwise. Rotation of the motor M ₂ at this time,
The switching gear 74 rotates 360 degrees, and the driving lever 81 is driven by the cam 75.
Is a period of one reciprocating movement after moving in the direction (i) and further returning in the direction (h). The drive lever 81
The arm 86a of the switch 86 located between the holder 81d and the bent piece 84a provided at the left end of the switch 86 is pushed, and the switch 86 is driven clockwise in FIG. That is, FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (B)
The drive lever 81 is initially driven in the direction (i) by the cam 75 shown in FIG. 7, and remains there for a while, and is returned to the direction (h) shortly before the 360-degree rotation of the switching gear 74 ends. Therefore, the switching body 86 rotates clockwise, stays there for a while, and finally returns counterclockwise. While the switching body 86 is rotating clockwise, its drive arm 86b pushes the pressing member 5d provided on the second movable plate 5 of the magazine M shown in FIG. 5 is rotated in the β direction. At this time, as described above, the disc D sandwiched between the discharge / insertion roller 41 rotating clockwise and the lower driven roller 31 pressed against the same is not disturbed by the pressing member 5d of the magazine M. It is returned to the second stage of disk storage space S _2. When the rotation of the switching gear 74 by 360 degrees is completed and the switching body 86 shown in FIG. 3 returns in the counterclockwise direction, the driving arm 86b is moved to the pressing member 5d of the magazine M.
, The movable plate 5 in the magazine M is returned to the α direction in FIG. 2 by the spring 5b. Therefore disk D
The portion indicated by (d) is pressed by the pressing member 5d and is held so as not to protrude into the magazine M.

The operation of selecting a disk, pulling it out of the magazine M, and clamping it to the reproduction unit F is the reverse of the above-described disk return operation.

For example, the topmost disk storage space in Magazine M
When pulling out the disk in the S ₃ raises the lifting block 45 by the motor M ₁ of the selection mechanism B shown in FIG. 5, to move the drainage insert roller 41 to the third stage selection position of FIG. 11 (3). At this time, the switching body 86 that moves up together with the lifting block 45
The drive arm 86b faces the inside of the pressing member 6d provided on the uppermost movable plate 6 in the magazine M shown in FIG.

In this state, by driving the drainage insert roller 41 in the counterclockwise direction by the motor M _2, also drives the switching gear 74 in the clockwise direction. Rotation of the motor M ₂ at this time is also a period when the switch gear 74 is rotated 360 degrees clockwise. First, the driving lever 81 is moved by the cam 75 which rotates clockwise together with the switching gear 74 (i).
It is pulled in the direction and returns to the direction (h) before the completion of 360 rotations. With the operation of the drive lever 81, the switching body 86 shown in FIG. 3 is driven in the clockwise direction and maintains that state for a while. When the switching body 86 is driven clockwise, its drive arm 86b presses the pressing member 6d of the movable plate 6 in the magazine M shown in FIG. 2 in the β direction, and the movable plate 6 is driven in the β direction. Thus part indicated by (c) of the disk D accommodated in the uppermost disk storage space S ₃ is pushed by the ejector pin 6c provided on the movable plate 6, front portion of the disk D protrude from the opening 3 . At this time, since the discharge / insertion roller 41 located in front of the opening 3 is driven in a counterclockwise direction, the leading end of the disk D is held by the roller 41 and the lower driven roller 31, and the disk D is Space inside
It is pulled out from the inside of the S _3. Then, it is sent rightward in FIG.

Rotation period of the motor M _2, the switching gear 74 and the cam 75 is 36
It is during the rotation of 0 degree and the drive lever 81 makes one reciprocation. The rotation period is controlled, for example, by providing a detection switch facing the left end of the drive lever 81 and using the drive lever 81 as a reference when the drive lever 81 is once separated from the switch and further comes into contact with the switch. During the 360-degree rotation, the amount of rotation of the discharge / insertion roller 41 is set to be a period sufficient for the center of the disk D to reach the turntable 106. Actually, it is set so that the rotation of the switching gear 74 360 is not completed yet when the ejection of the disk is completed by the discharge / insertion roller 41, and the time difference between the gears 64 and 66 shown in FIG. The clutch can be absorbed by slipping.

When withdrawal of the disc is completed, the motor M ₁ shown in FIG. 5 is driven again, lowered to a position where the switch SW ₁ is turned ON lifting block 45 is lowered, i.e. the original position shown in FIG. 11 (0) . As a result, the end of the disk D still held between the rollers 41 and 31 is lowered, and the end of the disk is moved to the roller 163 or the guide surface 161 shown in FIG.
It is led to a position facing a. Thereby, the subsequent movement of the disk to the left in the drawing can be prevented by the roller 163 and the guide surface 161a.

During the above-described disc exchange operation, the discharge / insertion roller 41 does not descend to the original position (0) and is located between the first-stage selection position (1) and the third-stage selection position (3). In this state, as shown in FIG. 4A, the lock plate 26 connected to the roller holder 32 by the connection link 36 is used.
The bent portion 26a at the upper end of the moving table A does not deviate from the vertical side shown at (g) of the inner end of the moving table A. Therefore, the movement of the moving table A in the depth direction is prevented by the bent portion 26a during the disk changing operation, and even if the moving table A is pushed too much in the state shown in FIG. A does not enter the upper unit C. However, as described above, when the ejection of the disk is completed and the ejection / insertion roller 41 is lowered to the original position (0), the lock plate 26 is rotated clockwise by the roller holder 32 that rotates together with the lower driven roller 31 pressed down. To rotate. Then, the bent portion 26a comes to face the inclined surface 11l above the position shown by (g) of the inner end of the side plate 11b of the moving table A, and the regulation of the moving table A is released. Thereafter, the moving table A moves rightward. At this time, the bent portion 26a of the lock plate 26 is guided by the inclined surface 11l of the inner end of the side plate 11b, and slides on the upper edge of the side plate 11b. Fig. 4 (B)
As shown in (2), the roller holder 32 rotates clockwise, and the lower driven roller 31 separates from the disk and escapes downward. When the moving table A is pulled into the upper unit C, if the discharge / insertion roller 41 is at the original position (0),
Above for 41 strikes including clamp arm 110, before the roller 41 reaches the top of the clamp arm 110, the elevating block 45 discharge the insertion roller 41 increases and the 1-stage selection position by the motor M ₁ again (1) or than Is moved to the position.

After withdrawal of the above disk D is completed, start the motor M ₃ of the lower unit E, transmission drive gear 128a and 128b is driven in the counterclockwise direction via the gear group, the feed gear 24 is driven clockwise Moving table A is upper unit C
Drawn into. Rack 133 by the motor M ₃ this time
Is driven in the direction (m) in FIG.
With 5, the drive control pin 136 is driven in the (m) direction. Therefore, the clamp arm 1 is driven by the drive groove 141d of the drive lever 141.
10 is lowered. And disk D is the clamper 115
And the turntable 106, the clamper 115 presses the disk D against the turntable 106 by the elastic force of the spring 143 biasing the drive lever 141. The movement of the rack 133 in the (m) direction causes the regulating member 151 to return to the left in FIG. 8, the regulating lever 153 to rotate clockwise, and the drive regulating pin 136 to move to the left in FIG. 9A. Hole 1 as shown
It is located in 41b and the relief hole 103g. Thus binding of the chassis 103 shown in FIG. 10 F ₁ F ₂ F ₃ F ₄ is released, the playback unit F is in a state in which the elastically floated by the dampers 102a~102d and coil springs 105 a to 105 c.

Immediately after the clamp arm 110 is lowered in the above-described clamp operation, the moving table A and the magazine M are drawn onto the clamp arm 110 as shown in FIG. 4 (B). Then, in this state, the disk D is driven to rotate, and reproduction is performed by the optical pickup.

As shown in FIG. 11, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the discharge / insertion roller 41 moves up and down along an arc trajectory around a shaft 43 supporting the swing lever 42, and the lower driven roller 31 moves the roller holder 32. It moves up and down by the arc regulation centering on the supporting pin 33. Therefore, the tangent of the contact point between the rollers 41 and 31, that is, the direction of the feeding force changes in accordance with the elevation position of each roller. In FIG. 11, when the discharge / insertion roller 41 is at the first-stage selection position (1), the contact direction of the contact point between the rollers 41 and 31 is (o). The feed direction at the second-stage selection position (2) is (p), and the feed direction at the third-stage selection position (3) is (q). The feeding force for returning the disk D to the magazine M is slightly downward in (o) and (p), and (q) is almost horizontal. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, when the clamp arm 110 is raised, the guide wire 116 raises the right end of the disk D to a considerably high position by the guide wire 116. Therefore, at the three-stage selection position (3), the feeding direction (q ) was almost horizontal, so that the disc D is returned to the left space S ₃ lifted. And two-stage selection position (2) and 1
Speed selecting position (1) in the feed direction and (p) becomes directed downward, as shown by (q), the disk D that has been lifted by the guide wire 116 is fed toward the direction of the space S ₂ and S ₁ in the magazine M This ensures that the disk D can be returned to each space in the magazine.

The direction of the feed force is determined by the height of the reference position of the disk D. In FIG. 11, the feed force is determined based on the three-stage selection position (3). No.
FIG. 12 shows another embodiment relating to this. In FIG. 12, at the two-stage selection position (2) shown in FIG.
And 31 are substantially horizontal. At the one-stage selection position (1) shown in FIG. 12 (A), the feed force of the disk in the magazine direction is slightly lowered by the rollers 41 and 31 and the three-stage selection position (3) shown in FIG. ), The disc feed force in the magazine direction is slightly upward.

In the above description of the operation, the case where the disk is replaced is shown. However, in the state shown in FIG. 4B, the disk is not clamped and the disk is pulled out and clamped after a new magazine M is loaded. Similarly, the moving table A is protruded from the upper unit C together with the magazine M. The operation at this time is only that there is no operation of returning the disk to the magazine M in the disk exchange operation, and the operation of pulling out the disk from the magazine and clamping is the same.

In the illustrated embodiment, three disks are stored in the magazine M. However, the number of disks may be four or more or two.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where a compact disc is reproduced on the assumption of an in-vehicle apparatus is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a reproducing apparatus such as a home compact disc. Further, in the above embodiment, it is assumed that the disk reproducing unit F exhibits only the reproducing function. However, this disk reproducing unit may be a unit for an optical memory device such as a magneto-optical disk which can perform recording and reproduction. Good.

In the above embodiment, the movable plates 4, 5, 6 in the magazine M
Is rotated, but it may be linearly operated in the direction of the opening 3.

Further, in the above embodiment, the disc player of the type in which the magazine is stored above the reproducing unit is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this type of disc player, and the position of the magazine does not move, The present invention is also applicable to a conventional type of disc changer in which a disc taken out of the magazine is loaded in a reproducing unit located at a position parallel to the disc.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, a pair of rollers which draw the disk, one of the drainage insert roller 41 only the motor M ₂
, The lower driven roller 31 may be driven by a motor, or both rollers 31 and 41 may be driven together.

〔effect〕

As described above, in the present invention, in the case where the feed mechanism for feeding the disc in the magazine to the reproduction unit is provided, the movable plate in the magazine is moved in the direction of the opening of the magazine, and Since the disc is delivered to the feed mechanism, it is not necessary to separately provide an ejection member for ejecting the disc from the inside of the magazine, and the structure inside the magazine can be simplified. Further, since the disk is placed and held on the movable plate in the magazine, a spring member for holding the disk in the magazine becomes unnecessary, and the resistance when the disk is pulled out and returned from the magazine is reduced. Further, when the disc is returned, the movable plate can be moved to the opening side to receive the disc, and the disc returning operation is reliable. Furthermore, since it is not necessary to increase the amount of movement of the movable plate,
After the disc is delivered to the feeding mechanism, the movable plate can be returned to the magazine by the force of the spring, and the returning operation of the movable plate into the magazine is easy and reliable.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an exploded state of an upper unit and a lower unit in a disc play unit. FIG. 2 (A) is an exploded perspective view of a disc magazine. FIG. 3B is a perspective view of the magazine viewed from the opposite direction, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the structure of the moving table and the selection mechanism, and FIGS. 4A and 4B.
FIG. 5 is a side view showing the structure of the upper unit by operation, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 3, and FIG.
5A is a front view showing the switching gear shown in FIG. 5 and a driving lever driven by the switching gear, FIG. 6B is an explanatory view showing an operation state of the driving lever, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the moving table is protruding, FIG. 8 is a plan view of the lower unit, and FIGS. 9 (A) and 9 (B) are side views showing the reproducing unit mounted on the lower unit according to operation. FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view showing the positioning and fixing mechanism of the reproducing unit. FIG. 11 is an enlarged side view showing the relationship between the magazine and the reproducing unit during a disc change operation. FIGS. 12 (A) and (B) ( (C) is an explanatory view showing another embodiment in which the discharge insertion roller and the lower driven roller are pressed against each other. A ...... moving table, B ...... selection mechanism, C ...... upper unit, D ...... disk, E ...... lower unit, F ...... reproduction unit, M ...... _{magazine, S 1, S 2, S} 3 ...... Disk storage space, 1 ... Magazine case, 2 ... Cover,
4,5,6 …… Movable plate, 4b, 5b, 6b …… Spring, 4c, 5c, 6c
... Ejection pins, 4d, 5d, 6d ... Pressing members, 4e, 5e, 6e ... Ejection knob, 7 ... Shaft, 31 ... Lower driven roller, 32 ... Roller holder, 36 ... Connection link, 24 ... feed gear, 31 ...
… Lower driven roller, 41… Discharge insertion roller, 45… Elevating block, M ₁ … Elevating motor, M ₂ … Motor for driving the roller, 86… Switching body, 100… Base of the reproduction unit 102a-102d damper, 105a-105c coil spring, 103 chassis of reproduction unit, 106 turntable (rotating mechanism), 110 clamp arm, 115
…… Clamper, (o) (p) (q) …… Feeding direction by rollers.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of movable plates on which a disc is placed are provided in a magazine having an opening, and the movable plate moves to a position where a part of the disc is projected outward from the opening. Drive means for moving any one of the selected movable plates in the direction in which the disc protrudes from the opening, and the movable plate is provided in front of the opening of the magazine, and the movable plate moves from the opening. A disc feeding mechanism for taking out the disc from the magazine by further moving the projected disc from the position after the movement of the movable plate in the projecting direction, a rotating mechanism for rotating the disc fed by the disc feeding mechanism, and a rotating disc A disc player having a disc selection function, comprising: a reproducing unit having a pickup opposed to the disc player. Each movable plate is urged by a spring so as to return to the inside of the magazine, and at the end of the movable plate on the opening side, the movable plate is moved inward of the magazine by the urging force. A pressing portion is provided to prevent the disc from being ejected from the opening when it is returned to the opening, and to move to a position that does not hinder the ejection of the disc when the movable plate moves toward the opening. A disc player having a disc selection function according to claim 1.