JP3461987B2 - Disc clamp device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disc clamp device for rotatably clamping an optical disc such as a compact disc or a disc of a magneto-optical recording system, and more particularly, to securely holding the disc on a rotary table. Disc clamp device

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a side view showing a disk drive unit of a conventional compact disk player.

A spindle motor 2 is provided on the unit chassis 1, and a rotary drive shaft 3 of the spindle motor 2 is provided.
Projects above the unit chassis 1, and a rotary table 4 is fixed to the rotary drive shaft 3. Turntable 4
A projection 4a having a tapered surface is integrally provided on the upper surface of the disk, and the center hole Da of the disk D is fitted into the projection 4a.

A bent piece 1a is provided at the rear end of the unit chassis 1.
Is provided, and the clamp arm 6 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 5 provided on the bent piece 1a. The tip portion 6a of the clamp arm 6 rotatably supports a shaft portion 8a integrally formed on the upper portion of the clamper 8. A pressing plate 7 is fixed to the clamp arm 6 so as to face above the tip 6a, and a pivot 8b formed on the upper end surface of the clamper 8 rotatably abuts the lower surface of the pressing plate 7.

A coil spring 9 is hung between the support-side base end of the clamp arm 6 and the unit chassis 1. The clamp arm 6 is urged in the clockwise direction by the elastic force of the coil spring 9, and by this elastic urging force,
The clamper 8 presses the center of the disc D against the rotary table 4, and the disc D is clamped.

The clamp arm 6 is provided with an arm portion 6b extending further below the unit chassis 1 than the supporting position of the support shaft 5, and a pressure piece 6c is provided on the arm portion 6b. The arm drive unit 10 that drives the clamp arm 6 in the unclamping direction is provided with a cam 11 fixed to a drive shaft 12. In FIG. 4 , the cam 11 is separated from the pressure piece 6c, but when the cam 11 is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing by the drive shaft 12, the cam 11 lifts the pressure piece 6c upward, and the clamp arm 6c. 6 is driven in the unclamping direction (counterclockwise direction), and the clamper 8 separates from the disc D.

[0007]

In the disk drive unit described above, the diameter of the protrusion 4a of the rotary table 4 is changed in consideration of the fact that the diameter of the center hole Da of the disk D contracts due to thermal expansion of the disk D and the like. It is generally formed to be slightly smaller than the center hole Da. Therefore, unless the disk D is pressed against the rotary table 4 by the clamper 8 with a sufficiently large force, the disk D
The disk D moves in the radial direction on the rotary table 4 during the rotational drive of No. 2, and at this time, the tracking servo of the optical head cannot follow and the skipping of the reproduced sound may occur. In the compact disc player, in order to prevent the disc D from being displaced on the rotary table 4 during rotational driving, it is necessary to apply a pressing force of about 300 gf to the pivot 8b in the disc direction by the pressing plate 7. There is.

In this regard, in the disc clamp device shown in FIG. 4 , the pressing force of the clamper 8 causes the coil spring 9 to move.
It is only demonstrated. However, the coil spring 9 must be provided at a position that deviates from the outer diameter of the disk D installed on the rotary table 4, and the extension length of the coil spring 9 when the clamp arm 6 rotates in the non-clamping direction. Cannot be set too long. Therefore, the coil spring 9 is arranged at a position close to the support shaft 5.

In this case, since the distance from the support shaft 5 to the mounting portion of the coil spring 9 is shorter than the distance from the support shaft 5 to the pivot 8b, the pivot 8b of the clamper 8 is set to 3 mm.
In order to press with 00 gf, the elastic force of the coil spring 9 in the state of FIG. 4 must be set to a large value of 1 kgf or more. Moreover, the installation length of the coil spring 9 in the state of FIG. 4 cannot be increased due to the restriction of the installation place, and the ratio of the stretched dimension in the non-clamping operation becomes large.
Therefore, the spring constant is large. FIG. 5 shows the length (displacement amount) of the coil spring 9 on the horizontal axis and the spring load on the vertical axis. When the disk D is pressed by the clamper 8, the coil spring 9 is adjusted to 300 gf. When the corresponding ideal spring load is exerted, the clamp arm 6
The spring load at the time of rotating the to the unclamped position becomes extremely large.

When the load for rotating the clamp arm 6 to the clamp release position becomes large, the load for rotating the clamp arm 6 in the non-clamping direction by the cam 11 becomes very large. Therefore, it is necessary to use a large motor as a motor for driving the cam 11, and the size of the entire device increases. Also from the motor to cam 1
Since the load on the power transmission path up to 1 also becomes large, the reliability of the mechanism portion is reduced, and wear or the like is likely to occur.

Therefore, in the actual device, the elastic force of the coil spring 9 must be set on the basis of the allowable value of the load when the clamp arm 6 is lifted to the non-clamp position, and therefore the clamper 8 is used. Disk D
The spring load exerting the clamping force when is clamped is significantly lower than the ideal value. Therefore, the current situation is that the displacement of the disk D on the turntable 4 cannot be avoided.

In order to supplement the clamping force by the weak spring force shown in FIG. 5 , a magnet is provided on one side of the rotary table 4 and the clamper 8 and a magnetic body is provided on the other side, and a space between the rotary table 4 and the clamper 8 is provided. Disk D due to the magnetic attraction of
A structure for sandwiching is also considered. With this magnet, a disc clamping force close to an ideal value can be exhibited by the clamping force by the elastic force of the coil spring 9 and the clamping force by the magnet.

However, in the case of using the above magnet, the rotary table 4 and the clamper 8 are only attracted to each other, and the force F for pressing the rotary table 4 and the rotary drive shaft 3 toward the unit chassis 1 is applied. It cannot be demonstrated. In the spindle motor 2, the rotary drive shaft 3
Usually has rattling with respect to the bearing portion in the motor. Therefore, if the force F that presses the turntable 4 and the rotary drive shaft 3 toward the unit chassis 1 is weak, the force that corrects the rattling cannot be exerted, and the rotary drive shaft 3 falls down while the disc is rotationally driven. It may move in a shocking direction. At this time, the disk D is displaced in the radial direction, tracking of the optical head cannot follow, and a problem of sound skipping occurs.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and can sufficiently exert a sufficient clamping force for clamping a disk on a rotary table and a force for pressing the rotary table and the rotary drive shaft toward the chassis. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a disc clamp device that can move the clamper in the non-clamping direction with a relatively weak force.

[0015]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a disk clamping device provided with a rotary table supported by a rotary drive shaft, a clamper facing the rotary table, and a clamp arm supporting the clamper at a front portion. In, a spring that constantly urges the base of the clamp arm toward the rotary table, and an arm drive unit that drives the clamp arm in a direction of separating the clamper from the rotary table against the urging force of the spring, after the disk is held between the turntable and the clamper, those prior Symbol clamp arm
Contact and further press this clamp arm to the spring.
The night urging force and a pressing member for pressing the clamper turntable is provided separately from the by the pressing member when said clamper away from said turntable
The pressing force on the clamp arm is released .

In the above case, the pressing member is driven as follows. That is, a guide unit that guides the head facing the disk, a drive mechanism that moves the head along the guide unit, and a motor that is a power source of the drive mechanism are provided, and the drive mechanism moves the head. A moving member is provided which moves by a reaction force of the feed force applied to the head when the motor continues to rotate after reaching the end point of the stroke, and the pressing member mechanically moves the clamp arm by the moving member. A holding member is provided which is moved to a position where the pressing member is pressed against the pressing member and which holds the pressing member at that position.

In the present invention, the clamp arm is moved in the disc clamp direction by the force of a relatively weak spring member, for example . Further, after the disk and the turntable and the clamper is sandwiched, moves to a position where the pressing member presses the clamp arm, the clamp arm is pressed by the pressing member, the clamping force on the disc is enhanced. When the clamp arm moves in the non-clamping direction, the pressing member is disengaged from the clamp arm, so that the moving load in the non-clamping direction becomes small.

The pressing member is driven by a drive source such as a motor or solenoid. This drive source
It may be provided only for the pressing member. But,
It is possible to use the power of a motor that moves the head. In this case, after the head reaches the end point of its moving stroke, when the motor further rotates, the moving member moves by the reaction force in the drive mechanism. Due to this movement force
It is possible to move the pressing member in the pressing direction of the clamp arm.

[0019]

Figure 1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION are those showing a usage scenario of the present invention, a side view of the disk drive unit of the compact disc player, enlarged portion of the IV in Figure 2 Figure 1
3 and 4 are plan views taken along the line V in FIG.
The structure on chassis 1 is shown almost entirely.

The configuration of a disk clamping device shown in Figure 1, is the same conventional ones and basic parts shown in FIG. A spindle motor 2 is fixed to the unit chassis 1, and a rotary table 4 is fixed to a rotary drive shaft 3 of the spindle motor 2. A protrusion 4 a is integrally formed on the upper surface of the turntable 4.

A clamp arm 6 is rotatably supported by a supporting shaft 5 on the bent piece 1a of the chassis 1. A shaft portion 8a of a clamper 8 is rotatably supported by a tip portion 6a of the clamp arm 6, and a pivot 8b of the clamper 8 is rotatably abutted on a lower surface of a pressing plate 7 fixed to the clamp arm 6. ing.

Clamp arm 6 and unit chassis 1
A coil spring 9 is hung between and, and the clamp arm 6 is urged clockwise (clamping direction) by the elastic force of the coil spring 9 .

[0023] Clamp arm 6, the arm portion 6b is integrally formed extending from the base to the lower position the unit chassis 1, the flaked 6c is formed by bending the tip portion of the arm portion 6b. Similar to the conventional example shown in FIG. 4 , the arm drive unit 10 has a drive shaft 1 that is rotationally driven by the power of a motor.
A cam 11 serving as a drive member is fixed to the second member 2, and the cam 11 faces below the pressure piece 6c . In this configuration example, the pressing arm 21 is provided as the disc urging member.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the pressing arm 21 is rotatably supported by a shaft 22 provided on the upper surface of the edge of the unit chassis 1. The tip of the pressing arm 21 is a pressing piece 21a bent downward on the side of the chassis 1, and an inclined portion 21b is formed on the side of the pressing piece 21a as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 . Has been done.

[0025] When non-clamping of the disk D, which rotates the pressing arm 21 to the (b) direction in FIG. 3, FIG. 1
2 , the pressing piece 21a also moves in the (a) direction, and the inclined portion 21b becomes the edge portion 6 of the pressure piece 6c of the clamp arm 6.
Completely separated from d, the pressing arm 21 is retracted to a position where it does not hinder the upward movement of the pressure piece 6c. When the pressure piece 6c is lifted by the cam 11, the clamper 8 separates from the rotary table 4. The load acting on the cam 11 at this time is exerted by the elastic force of the coil spring 9, but the load applied to the clamper 8 by the coil spring 9 is set to be relatively weak, and the clamper 8 is The load resistance acting on the cam 11 when rising is small.

When the disk D is set on the rotary table 4 and the cam 11 rotates clockwise, the clamp arm 6 rotates clockwise and the clamper 8 contacts the upper surface of the disk D. At this time, the pressing arm 21 rotates in the (b) direction, and the inclined portion 21b of the pressing piece 21a is changed to the edge portion 6 of the pressure piece 6c.
d is pressed in the (b) direction, and the pressure-sensitive piece 6c is pressed downward in the drawing by the component force of the hypotenuse of the inclined portion 21b. Due to this pressing force, the clamp force by which the clamper 8 presses the disc D against the rotary table 4 is increased, and the disc D is rotated by the rotary table 4.
The clamper 8 and the clamper 8 sandwich the clamper 8 with a large clamping force.
Further, since the rotary table 4 and the rotary drive shaft 3 are strongly pressed toward the spindle motor 2 by the clamp arm 6, the rattling of the rotary drive shaft 3 in the bearing of the spindle motor 2 is also pressed down. Therefore, the disk D that is rotationally driven does not move in a radial direction shockingly, and problems such as sound skipping do not occur.

Next, an example of a structure for operating the pressing arm 21 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3 , teeth 21c are formed on the outer periphery of the pressing arm 21 and are arranged in an arc shape around the shaft 22. On the other hand, on the upper surface of the unit chassis 1, there is provided a rack plate 23 slidably supported in a (c)-(d) direction by a shaft 24, and rack teeth 23a formed on the rack plate 23 are the teeth 21c. Is meshing with. The rack plate 23 is returned by the return spring 26 (c).
Biased in the direction. The rack plate 23 moves in the (d) direction, the pressing arm 21 is rotated in the (b) direction by the rack teeth 23a, and the moving member 28 is pressed by the inclined portion 21b to press the pressed piece 6c. A detection switch 25 for detecting the moving position of (or the rack plate 23) is provided.

A moving member (driving plate) 28 slidably supported in the (c)-(d) direction by a shaft 29 is provided on the unit chassis 1, and the moving member 28 and the rack plate 23 are provided. Are connected by a connecting spring 27. Figure
In FIG. 3 , the rack plate 23 and the moving member 28 are shown separated from each other in plan view, but in reality, the moving member 28 and the rack member 2 are shown.
3 is overlaid. The moving member 28 and the rack plate 23 are attracted to each other by the connecting spring 27, and the moving member 28 and the rack plate 23 are both urged in the (c) direction by the return spring 26.

An optical head 41 is provided on the unit chassis 1.
Is provided. The optical head 41 has an objective lens 41a.
Is provided. The unit chassis 1 is provided with a pair of guide shafts 42a and 42b fixed in parallel as guide members. The optical head 41 has the guide shaft 42a.
And 42b are slidably guided, and the optical head 41 is movable in a direction in which the objective lens 41a scans from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side of the disk D.

The optical head 4 is provided on the side of the guide shaft 42b.
A drive mechanism 30 for moving 1 is provided, and the moving member 28 and the rack plate 23 are driven by the power of the drive mechanism 30.

In the drive mechanism 30, the guide shaft 42 is used.
A feed screw shaft 31 parallel to b is provided. One end 31a of the feed screw shaft 31 is supported by a bracket 1c having a bag hole fixed to the unit chassis 1 so as to be rotatable and slidable in the axial direction. The other end 31b of the screw shaft 31 is supported by a bracket 1e having a through hole fixed to the unit chassis 1 so as to be rotatable and axially slidable. The inner bottom portion of the blind hole of the bracket 1c serves as a stopper 1d, and the feed screw shaft 31 cannot slide in the direction (c) any more while hitting the stopper 1d, but conversely in the direction (d). It can slide.

However, the other end 31b of the feed screw shaft 31
The bent piece 32a of the pressing member 32 is in contact with the. The pressing member 32 is slidably supported by shafts 33, 33 provided on the unit chassis 1, and is biased in the (c) direction by a pressing spring 34. Due to the pressing force of the pressing spring 34, the feed screw shaft 31 is
In this case, one end 31a of the feed screw shaft 31 is normally pressed against the stopper 1d at the bottom of the bag hole.

The moving member 28 has an operating piece 28a.
The operating piece 28a is pressed against the outer surface of the bending piece 32a of the pressing member 32 by the urging force of the return spring 26.

A leaf spring 43 is fixed to the optical head 41, and a half-threaded female screw member 44 is supported by the leaf spring 43. The female screw member 44 is fed by the elastic force of the leaf spring 43. The screw shaft 31 is pressed against and screwed with the screw shaft 31. Therefore, the rotational force of the feed screw shaft 31 is converted into the feed moving force of the optical head 41.

A pinion gear 35 is fixed to one end 31a of the feed screw shaft 31. An intermediate gear 36 meshes with the pinion gear 35, and a gear 37 integral with the intermediate gear 36 meshes with a pinion gear 38 fixed to the output shaft of the motor M. The power of the motor M is decelerated by the gear train and is fed to the feed screw shaft 31.
Be transmitted to.

In the disc drive unit shown in FIG. 3 , the feed screw shaft 31 is pressed in the (c) direction by the pressing spring 34 during the reproducing operation, and is stable at that position. The power of the motor M is reduced by the gear train and transmitted to the pinion gear 35, and the feed screw shaft 31 is rotationally driven. Then the feed force to the female screw member 44 is screwed to the feed screw shaft 31 is provided, the optical head 41 is gradually moved toward the outer periphery as a starting point the innermost position facing the disc D shown in FIG. 3, The optical head 41 reproduces the signal recorded on the disk D.

FIG. 3 shows a standby state in which the disc D is ejected, and at that time, the optical head 41 is on standby at the innermost peripheral position of the disc D closest to the rotary table 4. In this standby state, the cam 11 shown in FIG. 1
The clamp arm 6 is lifted by.

When the disk D is introduced onto the rotary table 4 and the center hole Da is fitted into the protrusion 4a of the rotary table 4, the cam 11 rotates clockwise and the clamp arm 6 elastically moves the coil spring 9. It is rotated by force, and the clamper 8 hits the disk D.

[0039] It clamp arm 6 has reached to the lowered position, when it is detected by the detection member (not shown), FIG. 3
The motor M of the drive mechanism 30 shown in FIG. The rotation direction of the motor M at this time is the same as the direction in which the optical head 41 is fed in the inner circumferential direction of the disc ((c) direction) by the screw shaft 31. However, the optical head 41 is already located at the end point of the movement stroke in the inner circumferential direction of the disc, and cannot move in the (c) direction any further. Therefore, when the screw shaft 31 rotates, the screw shaft 31 starts to move in the (d) direction due to the reaction force of the engagement with the female screw member 44, and the pressing member 32 is opposed to the pressing force of the pressing spring 34.
Is pushed in the (d) direction, and the moving member 28 is pushed in the (d) direction.

Therefore, the rack plate 23 connected by the connecting spring 27 is also driven in the (d) direction, and the rack teeth 23a
The pressing arm 21 is rotationally driven in the (b) direction by the
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the inclined portion 21b of the pressing arm 21 abuts against the edge 6d of the pressure piece 6c and presses it, and the clamping force is increased as described above. At this time, the pressing force applied to the pressure piece 6c by the inclined portion 21b is the moving member 28.
It is set by the elastic force of the connection spring 27 that connects the rack plate 23 with the rack plate 23. Therefore, by adjusting the elastic force of the connecting spring 27, the clamp force by the clamper 8 can be set and adjusted. In addition, in order to reduce the number of parts, the rack plate 23 and the moving member 28 are integrally formed into one moving member, and even when the connecting spring 27 is removed, the pressing arm 21 is Slope 2
Since the clamping pressure is increased by the slight elastic force of the arm portion 6b generated when 1b presses the edge portion 6d of the pressure piece 6c, the same effect as that of the configuration shown in FIG. 5 described above can be expected. .

Thus, in FIG. 3 , the feed screw shaft 31 moves in the (d) direction by the reaction force, and the moving member 28
When the pressing arm 21 is rotationally driven in the (b) direction by the rack plate 23, the clamping force is increased as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , but the optical head 41 is moved after the disc is clamped to perform the reproducing operation. For this purpose, it is necessary to rotate the screw shaft 31 and return it in the (c) direction. At this time, if the pressing arm 21 returns to the (a) direction, the pressure increase of the clamping force is released. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2 , a holding lever (holding member) 51 is rotatably provided on a side portion of the unit chassis 1 by a shaft 52.
As shown in FIG. 3 , the holding lever 51 is located between the side portion of the unit chassis 1 and the arm portion 6b of the clamp arm 6.

The holding lever 51, the spring 53 in FIG. 2
The hook 51a of the holding lever 51 is hooked on the pressing arm 21 when the pressing arm 21 is moved in the (b) direction. Therefore, once
After the pressing arm 21 moves in the (B) direction, the pressing arm 21 is held at that position.

At the time of shifting to the reproducing operation, the feed screw shaft 31 is rotationally driven by the power of the motor M, and the feed screw shaft 31 is first pushed by the pressing spring 34 to return in the (c) direction and hit the stopper 1d. After that, the rotational force of the feed screw shaft 31 is converted into the moving force of the optical head 41. Further, the holding lever 51 causes the pressing arm 21 to
Is held, the rack plate 23 and the moving member 28 remain in that position while moving in the (d) direction. Therefore, during the reproducing operation, the pressing arm 21 continues to pressurize the pressed piece 6c, and the clamping force with which the clamper 8 presses the disk D remains increased.

When the clamper 8 releases the clamp, the release pin 54 shown in FIG. 2 is moved in the (b) direction by a drive mechanism (not shown), and the release pin 54 pushes the projection 51b of the holding lever 51. Then, the holding lever 51 rotates counterclockwise, and the holding of the pressing arm 21 by the hook 51a is released. Therefore, the return spring 26 shown in FIG. 3 causes the rack plate 23 and the moving member 28 to return in the (c) direction, and the operating piece 28a comes into contact with the pressing member 32 again. The inclined portion 21b of the pressing arm 21 is separated from the pressure piece 6c. Further, the cam 11 of the arm driving unit 10 rotates counterclockwise, and the clamp arm 6 is lifted.

[0045] The pressing arm 21 which functions as a clamp biasing member is driven by the power of the other motor M of the drive mechanism 30 may be moved to the clamping force pressure increase position shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. Alternatively, the clamp urging member may be a pressing lever that moves linearly, and the pressing lever may press the clamp arm.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, the clamping force of the disc is made sufficiently strong, and the clamping force pushes the rotary table and the rotary drive shaft toward the chassis to rattle the bearing portion of the rotary drive shaft. It can absorb light. Therefore, it is possible to solve the problem that the disk which is rotationally driven moves in the radial direction, the tracking of the head is deviated, and the reproduction skips .

[0047] mechanism or clamp arm to press for pressing
When providing the pressure member, by using a motor for head movement as a drive source for operating the pressing member can the number of power sources to a minimum.

[Brief description of drawings]

[1] is indicative of the usage scenario of the present invention, a side view of a disk drive unit,

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion IV in FIG.

FIG. 3 is on the unit chassis as seen from the direction of arrow V in FIG .
A plan view showing the structure of

FIG. 4 is a disc equipped with a conventional disc clamp device.
Side view of the drive unit ,

FIG. 5: Relationship between clamper height and spring load in a conventional example
Diagram showing ,

[Explanation of symbols]

1 unit chassis 2 spindle motor 3 rotary drive shaft 4 rotary table 6 clamp arm 6c pressure piece 7 pressing plate 8 clamper 10 arm driving part 11 cam 21 pressing arm 21b inclined part 23 rack plate 26 return spring 27 connecting spring 28 moving member 30 Drive mechanism 31 Feed screw shaft 32 that moves by reaction force 32 Pressing member 34 Pressing spring 41 Optical head D Disk M Motor

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotary table supported by a rotary drive shaft.
And the clamper facing the rotary table and the clamper at the front.
A clamp arm that supports the
In the clamp device, With the base of the clamp arm facing the rotary table
A spring that always urges, and a spring that opposes the urging force of the spring.
Move the clamper in the direction to separate it from the rotary table.
Arm drive unit that drives the arm, The disc was clamped by the rotary table and clamperrear
To,PreviousClamp armAbut this clamp arm
Press furtherIn addition to the biasing force of the spring,Said
Press the ramper on the rotary tablePressing memberIs provided
And When the clamper leaves the rotary table,
Pressing memberbyPressing force on the clamp armIs released
A disc clamp device characterized by being used. 2. A guide part for guiding the head facing the disk, a drive mechanism for moving the head along the guide part, and a motor as a power source of the drive mechanism are provided.
In the drive mechanism, when the motor further continues to rotate after the head reaches the end point of the moving stroke,
A moving member that moves by a reaction force of the feed force applied to the head is provided, the pressing member is moved to a position where the moving member presses the clamp arm, and a holding member that holds the pressing member at that position is provided. Claims
1. The disc clamp device according to 1 .