JP3281069B2 - Magazine for CD - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magazine for CDs,
In particular, the present invention relates to a CD magazine that is loaded in a multi-disc player and stores a plurality of CDs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a multi-disc player mounted on an automobile or the like and capable of selecting and reproducing a plurality of CDs (compact discs) has been frequently used. In such a multi-disc player, A CD magazine for storing the plurality of CDs and loading the CDs into the multi-disc player is used.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show such a conventional CD magazine, which has a box-shaped magazine body 1 whose one end face is open. And a tray 2 on which a CD (not shown) is placed. A plurality of guide plates 3, 3... Extending in the direction of insertion and removal of the tray 2 of the magazine main body 1 and supporting the tray 2 are provided on the inner surfaces on both sides of the magazine main body 1 at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. Locking protrusions 4, 4 for engaging with the tray 2 and positioning the tray 2 are provided on both sides inside the end face of the magazine body 1.
Are formed to extend in the vertical direction of the magazine body 1.

Further, a predetermined gap is provided at the center between the locking projections 4 inside the end face of the magazine body 1.
Erroneous insertion preventing plate 5, 5 ... are protruded with, the erroneous insertion preventing plate 5 are formed respectively to the each guide plate 3 forming height position substantially the same height position.
In the gap between the erroneous insertion preventing plates 5, a cushioning material 6a for preventing the disc mounted on the tray from rattling in the magazine is provided. A cushioning member 6b is provided to reduce the impact between the tray 2 and the magazine body 1 when the tray 2 is inserted.

In the conventional CD magazine, a predetermined CD is placed on the upper surface of the tray 2, and each tray 2 is inserted between the guide plates 3 of the magazine main body 1, and the leading edge of the tray 2 is inserted. Is engaged with each of the locking projections 4,
It is inserted between the erroneous insertion prevention plates 5 located above and below.

Then, the magazine main body 1 into which the tray 2 is inserted is loaded into a predetermined multi-disc player, and one multi-disc player takes out one tray 2 from the magazine main body 1 and further takes out the tray. The CD is taken out of the tray 2 and a CD reproducing operation is performed. When the reproduction is completed, the CD is returned to the tray 2, and the tray 2 is inserted into the magazine body 1.

[0007]

However, the conventional C
In the magazine for D, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
If you insert a tray 2 in the magazine body 1, accidentally moth
In some cases , the tray 2 may be engaged with the guide plate 3 at different levels, and the tray 2 may be inserted in an inclined state. In this case, the tray 2, as shown by a broken line in FIG. 6, abut with its leading end portion is inclined to the insertion preventing plate 5 erroneous, it than
Insertion of the upper magazine body 1 into the back is prevented.
But forcefully insert this tray 2
Then , each erroneous insertion prevention plate 5
Since the gap in the center portion of is formed, the tray Tray 2 is deformed by elasticity of the second and the erroneous insertion preventing plate 5, the side that is inserted into the lower guide plate 3a of the tray 2, the tray 2 Is guided by the lower surface of the left portion of the upper mis-insertion prevention plate 5a and enters the lower side of the mis-insertion prevention plate 5a , while the side inserted into the upper guide plate 3b of the tray 2 is It is guided by the upper surface of the right part of the erroneous insertion prevention plate 5a and enters the upper part of the right part of the erroneous insertion prevention plate 5a . Thereby, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
2 was mistakenly inserted into guide plates 3a and 3b
Even in such a case, the tray 2 is located at the gap of the erroneous insertion prevention plate 5a.
As in the case of proper insertion
There is a problem that it reaches the innermost part . As a result, if the user mistakenly loads the magazine main body 1 into which the tray 2 is inserted into the multi-disc player,
There is a problem in that the tray 2 may fail to be taken out or malfunction, and a proper reproducing operation cannot be performed.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and can reliably prevent a tray from being erroneously inserted into a magazine main body, and can reliably prevent tray ejection failure and malfunction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a CD magazine that can be prevented.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a CD magazine according to the present invention has an inner surface on both sides of a box-shaped magazine main body which has one end open and a tray on which a predetermined CD is placed. A plurality of guide plates extending in the tray insertion / removal direction and supporting the tray are formed so as to protrude so as to have predetermined intervals in the height direction, and the guide plates inside the end face of the magazine main body and Prevents erroneous insertion at a predetermined height at the center at approximately the same height
In a CD magazine having a stop plate protrudingly formed, a portion adjacent to a gap at a leading edge of the erroneous insertion prevention plate is removed.
An erroneous insertion prevention protrusion is formed at a position near the id plate and protrudes toward the open side of the magazine body.

[0010]

According to the CD magazine of the present invention, an erroneous insertion prevention projection is formed at a position adjacent to the gap in the erroneous insertion prevention plate and at a position near the guide plate. Even if the tray is inserted into the guide plate in a stepped position ,
Even if the tray guided along the guide plate abuts against the side edge of the erroneous insertion prevention protrusion and is pushed further back,
The erroneous insertion prevention projection on the leading edge of the erroneous insertion prevention plate deforms the tray.
The gap at the center of the erroneous insertion prevention plate.
The tray cannot be inserted all the way to the innermost part, and the user can recognize that the tray is inserted incorrectly. The tray can be inserted into the tray correctly.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show an embodiment of a CD magazine according to the present invention, wherein a box-shaped magazine main body 1 inside and outside of an end face of a box-shaped magazine main body 1 for operating a tray 2 on which a predetermined CD is loaded. On both sides, locking projections 4 for engaging with the tray 2 and positioning the tray 2 are formed so as to extend in the vertical direction of the magazine main body 1. A pair of erroneous insertion prevention plates 5 are provided at the center at predetermined intervals at the same height as the guide plates 3 formed on the inner surfaces on both sides of the magazine body 1 between the locking projections 4 on the inner side of the end surface. It is formed so as to have.

Further, in this embodiment , the guide edge of each of the erroneous insertion preventing plates 5 is located at a position adjacent to the gap.
An erroneous insertion prevention projection 7 which projects toward the open side of the magazine main body 1 and has a substantially trapezoidal shape is integrally formed with a portion close to the plate . This erroneous insertion prevention projection 7 may be formed in a triangular shape as shown in FIG. 3, or as shown in FIG.
You may make it form an inverted trapezoid. Further, in the present embodiment, each of the erroneous insertion prevention plates 5 is formed such that the gap dimension thereof is smaller than that of the conventional one.
Further, the erroneous insertion prevention plate 5 on one side is extended to the locking projection 4. Further, cushioning members 6a and 6b such as sponges are provided between the erroneous insertion preventing plates 5 and outside the locking projections 4 on one side.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

In this embodiment, a predetermined CD is placed on the upper surface of the tray 2 and each tray 2 is mounted on the magazine main body 1.
And the leading edge of the tray 2 is engaged with each of the locking projections 4 and is also inserted between the erroneous insertion prevention plates 5 located above and below. Then, the magazine main body 1 into which the tray 2 is inserted is loaded into a predetermined multi-disc player, and after taking out one tray 2 from the magazine main body 1 by the multi-disc player,
The CD is taken out from the tray 2 and a CD reproducing operation is performed. And when the playback is finished,
Is returned to the tray 2, and the tray 2 is inserted into the magazine body 1.

Further, as shown by a broken line in FIG.
Is inserted into the guide plate 3 by mistake.
The tray 2 is arranged on the guide plates 3a and 3b to
Slide to the back and insert the wrong tip as shown in Figure 1.
The stop plate 5a comes into contact with the side edge of the erroneous insertion prevention projection and stops.
After that, even if tray 2 is pushed further back,
Erroneous insertion preventing projections 7a, 7b on the leading edge of erroneous insertion preventing plate 5a.
Imposes restrictions on the deformation of tray 2, so tray 2
Intrusion into the gap at the center of the erroneous insertion prevention plate 5a is prevented.
You. Therefore, the tray 2 remains at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.
Therefore, the user cannot recognize that the tray 2 is erroneously inserted because the user cannot insert the tray 2 to the innermost portion as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. By fixing, the tray 2 can be correctly inserted into the magazine body 1.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the tray 2 inserted erroneously is prevented from being inserted to the innermost portion by the erroneous insertion prevention projection 7, so that the user can prevent the tray 2 from being inserted erroneously. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent the user from loading the magazine body 1 in which the tray 2 is inserted into the multi-disc player by mistake, and An appropriate reproduction operation of the CD can be performed by preventing the occurrence of a defective ejection or a malfunction.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the erroneous insertion preventing projection 7 may be formed on only one of both sides of the gap portion of the erroneous insertion preventing plate 5 as necessary. It is possible to change.

[0019]

As described above, the CD magazine according to the present invention is adjacent to the gap at the leading edge of the erroneous insertion prevention plate.
Erroneous insertion prevention projections that protrude toward the open side of the magazine main body are provided at the place near the guide plate and at the place near the guide plate. In this way, the user can recognize that the tray is incorrectly inserted, and as a result, the user may accidentally load the magazine body with the tray inserted into the multi-disc player. Is reliably prevented, and the tray can be properly taken out of the tray and defective reproduction can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of a CD magazine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing another CD magazine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing another CD magazine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional CD magazine.

FIG. 6 is a front view of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Magazine main body 2 ... Tray 3 ... Guide plate 4 ... Locking protrusion 5 ... Mis-insertion prevention plate 7 ... Mis-insertion prevention protrusion

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 4-72369 (JP, U) JP-A 63-58352 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G11B 23/023 G11B 23/00 G11B 17/22

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A box-shaped magazine main body for opening and closing a tray on which one end surface is opened and on which a predetermined CD is placed is extended in the tray inserting and removing direction to support the tray. A guide plate is formed so as to protrude so as to have a predetermined interval in the height direction, and an erroneous insertion prevention plate having a predetermined gap in a central portion is provided at substantially the same height position as each of the guide plates inside the end face of the magazine main body. In the protruding CD magazine, a portion adjacent to the gap at the leading edge of the erroneous insertion prevention plate and a portion near the guide plate are provided.
A magazine for CDs, wherein erroneous insertion preventing projections projecting from the opening side of the magazine main body are formed at some places .