JP4563712B2 - Disk unit - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a disk device that divides a disk storage unit that stores a plurality of disks, and swings a drive unit into a space formed between them to reproduce the disk. The present invention relates to an improvement of a disk device provided with the above disk clamp device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a disk device of a type in which a magazine storing a disk is mounted on the apparatus and a disk pulled out from the magazine is automatically reproduced has been widely used. Such a disk device is excellent in operability in that it is not necessary to perform an operation of inserting and ejecting the disks one by one every time the disk is reproduced.

  However, since a magazine that is attached to and detached from the apparatus is required to have sufficient strength to protect a plurality of disks held by the magazine when it is taken out to the outside, the wall of the magazine body is considerably thick. As a result, the entire magazine and the apparatus for mounting the magazine are increased in size. Further, in order to pull out a tray or the like for holding a disk in the magazine, a guide groove or a rail portion is provided on the inner surface of the magazine side wall. When such grooves and rails are formed, the thickness of the magazine side wall is further increased, and the interval between adjacent disk holders is increased, so that the height of the magazine is increased and the apparatus for mounting the magazine is also large. Turn into.

  Furthermore, it is necessary to provide a sufficient space in the apparatus in order to pull out and reproduce the disk stored in the magazine, which increases the size of the apparatus. In particular, there is a high demand for downsizing when it is necessary to accommodate 180 × 50 (mm) called a DIN size or 180 × 100 (mm) called a double DIN size, such as an in-vehicle disk device.

  In order to cope with this, the magazine is divided, and the drive unit for disk playback is transferred to the space formed by dividing the magazine installed in the device so that playback can be performed without pulling out the disk from the magazine. Disc devices have been developed (Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2). In such a disk device, there is no need for a space for pulling out and reproducing the disk, so that the size of the device can be reduced as a whole.

  Furthermore, without using a removable magazine, a disk holder such as a disk holder or a disk tray that can store a plurality of disks in the apparatus is built in a stacked state, and a disk insertion slot is inserted into the disk storage section. There has been proposed a disk device that can automatically store the inserted disk and can automatically eject the stored disk. In such a disk device, the thickness of the magazine, the opening and the mechanism for attaching / detaching the magazine, and the like are not required, so that the size of the device can be reduced. In particular, the invention disclosed in Patent Document 3 is provided with a disc storage portion that can be divided into upper and lower portions like the above-described split-type magazine, and pulls out a disc by inserting a drive unit into the divided disc storage portion. Thus, it can be reproduced without any further reduction in size.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-232753 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-306637 JP 2000-195134 A

  By the way, in an in-vehicle disk device, in consideration of vibrations applied thereto, it is highly necessary to stably hold the disk on the turntable during disk reproduction. For this reason, it is desirable to perform disk clamping that clamps the disk from above and below by pressing the inner diameter of the disk against the turntable by a crimping part such as clampering. As a disk clamp device for realizing such a disk clamp, the other end of the clamp arm, which supports the clamper ring at one end, is provided so as to be rotatable around a support shaft, and the clamper ring is moved up and down by the rotation of the clamp arm. It is conceivable that the disc is brought into contact with or separated from the disc.

  However, in such a disk clamp device, the clamp arm in a state where the disk is released rises in an oblique direction with respect to the disk surface, and the clamper is also inclined with respect to the disk surface. Then, the evacuation space necessary for the transfer between the disc holder and the disc tray is increased. In addition, since the clamper arm in the standby state that has not been transferred is also raised in an oblique direction, the required space in the height direction of the apparatus increases.

  Furthermore, for the purpose of reducing the overall size of the disk device, a technique has also been developed in which the disk conveyed between the disk insertion slot and the disk storage section is passed between the clamper ring and the turntable at the disk release position. However, even in such a case, in order to avoid contact between the clamp arm and the disk, it is necessary to provide the pivot axis of the clamp arm at a position separated from the center of the disk, and thus it is necessary to lengthen the clamp arm. As a result, the required space in the width direction of the apparatus also increases.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and its object is to provide a disc clamping requirement while reliably preventing a collision with the inserted / extracted disc. An object of the present invention is to provide a disk device capable of reducing the space.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a transfer arm provided so as to be able to transfer and swing out a space generated by dividing a disk storage portion capable of storing a plurality of disks. And a drive unit mounted on the transfer arm for reproducing the disk. The drive unit includes a turntable on which the disk is placed and a disk clamp mechanism for holding the disk between the turntable. The disk clamp mechanism is provided with a clamp arm that can be moved up and down in a substantially parallel state with respect to the disk surface, and is pivotally provided on the clamp arm. When the clamp arm is lowered, the disk is moved to the turntable. And the transfer arm is in the extended position. The disc clamp mechanism is disposed at a position where the disc moving between the disc insertion position and the disc storage portion passes between the crimping portion and the turntable, and the disc is inserted and removed. Sometimes, a biasing means for biasing the clamp arm upward is provided between the pressure-bonding portion and the turntable so as to secure a gap through which a disk can pass, and the transfer arm is connected to the control member. And the urging means is provided on the control member .

  In the invention of claim 1 as described above, the clamp arm moves up and down in a substantially parallel state with respect to the disk surface when the crimping part is brought into contact with and separated from the disk. The required space in the vertical direction is reduced. Further, since it can be retracted in a direction substantially parallel to the disk surface, contact with the outer edge of the disk can be prevented without setting the clamp arm long, and the required space in the width direction is also reduced. Furthermore, when the disk is inserted and ejected, the clamp arm is urged upward by the urging means, so that not only the clamp arm but also the crimping portion and the disk can be reliably prevented.

Further, since the urging means is provided on the control member for driving the transfer arm, it is possible to save space by reducing the number of members.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the disk apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control member is in the vicinity of the transfer arm said transfer arm is in the drawing board position, slidably provided, said biasing means, said control A push-up portion that is integrally formed with the member and pushes up in contact with the lower side of the clamp arm in accordance with the sliding movement.
In the invention of claim 2 as described above, since the clamp arm is simply pushed up by the push-up portion formed integrally with the control member that slides, the operation reliability is high.

  According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to provide a disk device capable of reducing a required space for disk clamping while reliably preventing a collision with a disk to be inserted and ejected.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an in-vehicle disk device to which the present invention is applied (hereinafter referred to as the present embodiment) will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the front side of the disk device is the front and the back side is the rear, and the vertical and horizontal directions correspond to the directions when viewed from the front side of the disk device.

[A. overall structure]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the present embodiment has the following schematic configuration.
(1) Pick chassis 110 in which a number of trays 250 for storing disks D are stacked.
(2) A pick arm 130 provided in the pick chassis 110 and transferred between the divided trays 250 (corresponding to the transfer arm recited in the claims)
(3) Drive chassis 120 provided on the pick arm 130 and provided with a drive unit (including the turntable 123) for reproducing the disk D
(4) Floating lock mechanism (including floating lock plates 132, 133, etc. (FIG. 6)) that is disposed on the pick arm 130 and performs the floating lock of the drive chassis 120
(5) Disk clamp mechanism for mounting the disk D on the turntable 123 (including a clamp arm 124, a clamper ring 125 (corresponding to the crimping portion described in the claims), etc.)
(6) Drive mechanism for driving the pick arm 130 (including a pick swing cam plate 138 (corresponding to the control member recited in the claims))
The control plate 136 rotates with the rotation of the pick swing arm 131 and drives the disk clamp mechanism and the floating lock mechanism, and the description thereof will be made in the description of each part.

[B. Configuration of each part]
[1. Pick chassis (Figs. 1-5)]
The pick chassis 110 is provided in the chassis 101 so as to be movable up and down, and a substantially fan-shaped gap is formed so that the pick chassis 110 does not interfere with the disk D and the tray 250 by the raising and lowering. The front, rear, left and right side surfaces of the pick chassis 110 are bent at right angles from the bottom surface along the inner side surface of the chassis 101. Pick lift pins 110-1, 2 and 3 are caulked on the rear surface (FIG. 3), right side surface (FIG. 4) and front surface (FIG. 5) of the pick chassis 110, respectively.

  These pick raising / lowering pins 110-1, 2, 3 are engaged with vertical pick guide grooves 101-1, 101-4, 5 formed in the chassis 101. Further, the pick raising / lowering pins 110-1, 2 and 3 are stepped grooves or holes respectively formed in the shift plate 108, the shift plate 107 and the shift plate 106 which are slidably provided on the side surface of the chassis 101. It is engaged with certain pick raising / lowering cams 108-4, 107-2, 106-2. Accordingly, the pick chassis 110 is configured to move up and down when the shift plates 108, 107 and 106 slide in synchronization.

[2. Pick arm (Fig. 1, 2, 6-12)]
The pick arm 130 is attached to the upper part of the left bottom surface of the pick chassis 110 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 130-1. In this shaft 130-1, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, a pick arm spacer 221 for smooth rotation of the pick arm 130 is sandwiched between the pick arm 130 and the upper part of the bottom surface of the pick chassis 110. It is. Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 10 and 12, a disc-shaped plate spring 116 that presses the pick arm 130 against the pick chassis 110 via a shaft 130-1 is attached to the back side of the pick chassis 110. .

  The pick arm 130 is provided with a connecting cam 130-2 through which a two-stage roller 131-3 of a pick swing arm 131 described later is inserted. The connecting cam 130-2 has an inclined portion that rotates the pick arm 130 and an arc portion that rotates a control plate 136 described later.

  A hook 130-5 is provided at the tip of the pick arm 130 (the end opposite to the shaft 130-1). The hook 130-5 is a portion that is held on the rear surface side of the pick chassis 110 when the pick arm 130 is transferred. That is, a holding portion 129 that is a pair of horizontal plates is fixed to the right rear corner of the pick chassis 110, and the hook 130-5 is held so as to be sandwiched between the plates. . Further, as will be described later, the pick arm 130 is attached with a drive chassis 120 having a drive unit including a pickup, a turntable and the like, a clamp arm 124 having a clamper and the like.

[3. Pick swing arm (Fig. 1, 2, 6-8)]
The pick swing arm 131 is disposed between the pick arm 130 and the pick chassis 110 as shown in FIGS. 2, 7, and 8, and is centered on a shaft 131-1 that engages with a hole in the pick chassis 110. The pick chassis 110 is rotatably attached. A roller 131-2 is rotatably attached to the left rear surface of the shaft 131-1 of the pick swing arm 131. The roller 131-2 is inserted into a cam groove 138-1 of a pick swing cam plate 138 described later. A two-stage roller 131-3 is rotatably attached to the tip portion of the pick swing arm 131. The two-stage roller 131-3 is inserted into a connecting cam 130-2 provided on the pick arm 130.

[4. Pick swing cam plate (Fig. 1, 2, 6-8)]
As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the pick swing cam plate 138 is attached to the back surface of the pick chassis 110 so as to be slidable back and forth. As shown in FIG. 8, the pick swing cam plate 138 is formed with a push-up portion 138-2 whose upper end is bent upward and further bent inward at the upper portion. As shown in FIG. 1, the push-up portion 138-2 secures a clearance for inserting the disk D by pushing up the pushed-up portion 124-6 of the clamp arm 124 from below.

  The transfer cam 138-1, which is a groove or hole formed on the bottom surface of the pick swing cam plate 138, is inserted with the roller 131-2 of the pick swing arm 131, the rear part is linear in the front-rear direction, and the front part is arcuate. It has become. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, when the pick swing cam plate 138 moves rearward (direction A), the pick swing arm 131 rotates in the clockwise direction. As the pick swing arm 131 rotates, the two-stage roller 131-3 attached to the front of the pick swing arm 131 moves while moving in the connecting cam 130-2 formed on the pick arm 130. The pick arm 130 is biased so as to rotate counterclockwise.

[5. Drive chassis (Figs. 13-16)]
As shown in FIGS. 13 to 16, the drive chassis 120 is elastically supported by inserting pins 120-1 fixed to the drive chassis 120 into dampers 121 arranged at three points on the pick arm 130. Further, a barrel-shaped coil spring 122 is disposed between the drive chassis 120 and the pick arm 130 in such a manner that the pin 120-1 and the damper 121 are inserted therein. The coil spring 122 and the damper 121 are elastically supported double on the pick arm 130. The pair of dampers 121 and the coil springs 122 are disposed on the distal end side (right side in FIG. 16) of the pick arm 130 so as to be positioned away from a turntable 123 described later.

  The drive chassis 120 is provided with a drive unit. The drive unit includes a turntable 123 on which the disk D is placed, a spindle motor M3 that rotates the turntable 123, a pickup unit that reads a signal from the disk D, a thread motor that moves the pickup unit, and a feed screw (not shown). A member necessary for reproduction of the disk D, such as a pickup feeding mechanism provided with the above, is provided.

[6. Disc clamp mechanism (FIGS. 13 to 18)]
Further, on the drive chassis 120, a disk clamp mechanism for mounting the disk D on the turntable 123 is configured as follows. First, a clamper ring 125 for pressing the disk D on the turntable 123 and a clamp arm 124 to which the clamper 125 is rotatably mounted coaxially with the turntable 123 are provided.

  The pin 124-1 formed on the vertical surfaces on both sides of the rear portion of the clamp arm 124 is inserted into the vertical grooves 120-2 formed on the vertical surfaces on both sides of the drive chassis 120. It is provided to be movable in the vertical direction. A rear end of a substantially T-shaped biasing plate 124-2 shown in FIG. 18 is attached to the left side of the clamp arm 124 so as to be rotatable about the pin 124-1. A pin 124-3 provided at the front end of the urging plate 124-2 is inserted into a groove 120-3 formed on the left vertical surface of the drive chassis 120 in parallel with the groove 120-2.

  The clamp arm 124 moves up and down in parallel to the drive chassis 120 as the pin 124-1 moves along the grooves 120-2 and 3 described above, and this vertical movement is provided in the drive chassis 120. The clamp plate 127 is controlled by sliding. The slide movement of the clamp plate 127 is performed by the control plate 136. That is, the clamp plate 127 is provided with a groove 127-3 that engages with a pin 136-3 provided on the control plate 136, which will be described later, and is configured to be slidable as the control plate 136 rotates. .

  In addition, inclined cams 127-1 are formed on the vertical surfaces on both sides of the clamp plate 127 so as to be inserted into the pins 124-1 of the clamp arm 124, and on the left vertical surface, the pins of the biasing plate 124-2. An inclined cam 127-2 through which 124-3 is inserted is formed. Accordingly, when the clamp plate 127 slides, the inclined cams 127-1 and 127-2 bias the pins 124-1 and 124-3 upward or downward, so that the clamp arm 124 is configured to move up and down. Yes. A spring 500 is provided between the front end of the clamp plate 127 and the drive chassis 120, as shown in FIGS.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 17, a torsion spring 128 is disposed at the rear portion of the clamp arm 124. One end of the torsion spring 128 is inserted into a hole 124-5 formed in the left vertical surface of the clamp arm 124, and the other end of the torsion spring 128 is locked to the rear end of the clamp arm 124. The upper end of the urging plate 124-2 is in contact with the vicinity of the hole 124-5 of the clamp arm 124, and one end of the torsion spring 128 is in contact with the upper end as shown in FIG. For this reason, when the pin 124-3 is urged downward by the inclined cam 127-2, the urging plate 124-2 rotates about the pin 124-1 and the upper end of the urging plate 124-2 is moved. However, the one end of the torsion spring 128 is biased forward.

  It should be noted that both ends of the torsion spring 128 are normally in contact with the clamp arm 124, and the urging force is not applied. However, as described above, when one end of the torsion spring 128 is urged forward by the upper end of the urging plate 124-2, the torsion spring 128 moves the rear end of the clamp arm 124 to the position shown in FIG. The clamp arm 124 is configured to rotate so that the clamper ring 125 is pressure-bonded to the turntable 123 side because the pin 124-1 shown in the drawing is urged to rotate clockwise.

Further, the left end of the clamp arm 124, as shown in FIG. 13 (C), by pushing unit according to sliding movement of the pick swing cam plate 138 138- 2 abuts, so that the clamp arm 124 is rotated upward A pushed-up portion 124-6 that is biased by is formed. A light spring 120-6 is attached between the clamp arm 124 and the drive chassis 120, and the clamp arm 124 is biased downward by this. sometimes, the clamp arm 124 is pushed upward by the push-up unit 138- 2, the space required for the passage of the disk D are configured to be secured between the clamper 125 and the turntable 123.

[7. Floating lock mechanism (Figs. 19 and 20)]
Next, the floating lock mechanism is configured by the following members that are operated by a control plate 136 that is pivotally supported by the pick arm 130 in a rotatable state. That is, as shown in FIG. 19, floating lock plates 132 and 133 are provided on the pick arm 130 so as to be slidable. The floating lock plates 133 and 132 are connected to a pick arm 130 via a link arm 135 that is rotatably provided so as to slide in opposite directions. As shown in FIG. 20, the opposite ends of the floating lock plates 132 and 133 are engaged with and disengaged from the lock claws 120-4 and 5 formed at the front and rear of the drive chassis 120. Lock holes 132-1 and 133-1 for switching between the locked state and the floating state are formed.

Further, the floating lock plate 132, thus the spring 43 2 is provided between the pick arm 130, locking holes 132-1 to the lock pawl 120-5 is biased in the direction (lock direction) to be engaged . Accordingly, the floating lock plate 133 connected to the floating lock plate 132 via the link arm 135 is also urged in the direction (lock direction) in which the lock hole 133-1 is engaged with the lock claw 120-4. Therefore, the opposite side surfaces of the drive chassis 120 are sandwiched between the floating lock plates 132 and 133 at the time of locking.

  In addition, cam grooves 136-1 and 136-2 are formed in a control plate 136 that is rotatably provided between the floating lock plates 132 and 133. The cam groove 136-1 is configured to engage with the two-stage roller 131-3 according to the rotation of the pick swing arm 131 (see FIG. 6). The cam groove 136-2 is engaged with a pin 133-2 provided on the floating lock plate 133 according to the rotation of the control plate 136, and attaches the floating lock plate 133 in a direction opposite to the locking direction (floating direction). It is configured to force. When the floating lock plate 133 is urged in the floating direction as described above, the floating lock plate 132 connected via the link arm 135 is also moved in the direction opposite to the lock direction (floating direction). . Note that the locking direction and the floating direction are opposite to each other in the floating lock plate 133 and the floating lock plate 133.

[8. Tray (Figs. 1 and 2)]
Any known technique can be applied to the tray 250 in which the disk D is stored and divided during reproduction. For example, the tray 250 is configured as an arc-shaped plate stacked on the pick chassis 110 and provided so as to be movable up and down, and a rotating drum cam 210 is erected around the tray 250 as shown in FIGS. The claw portion provided on the edge of the tray 250 is inserted into a stepped groove formed around the drum cam 210 so that the tray 250 moves up and down as the drum cam 210 rotates. It is possible.

[9. Drive mechanism]
The above-mentioned pick swing cam plate 138 constitutes a drive mechanism that rotates the pick swing arm 131 and the pick arm 130 according to the sliding movement, and continuously operates the disc clamp mechanism and the floating lock mechanism. . Any known technique can be applied as this drive mechanism. For example, as shown in FIG. 21, a pick swing cam is obtained by combining a motor M1, a speed reduction mechanism, spur gears 111-1, 111-2, a circular cam plate 104, a link arm 119, and a slide plate 137 provided in the chassis 101. It can be considered that the plate 138 is configured to slide as follows. That is, the motor M1 as a drive source is attached to the left back corner of the chassis 101. The rotational driving force of the motor M1 is transmitted to spur gears 111-1 and 111-2 that are rotatably mounted on the chassis 101 via a speed reduction mechanism.

  Further, a circular cam plate 104 having a gear groove formed on the outer periphery is attached to the bottom surface of the chassis 101 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 104-1. The circular cam plate 104 is formed with a swing drive cam 104-2 which is a groove or hole that engages with a roller 119-2 of a link arm 119 described later. The link arm 119 is attached to the upper part of the bottom surface of the chassis 101 so as to be rotatable about an axis 119-1. A roller 119-2 is rotatably provided at one end of the link arm 119, and a pin 119-3 is integrally formed at the other end. The roller 119-2 is inserted through the swing drive cam 104-2.

  A slide plate 137 is slidably moved back and forth on the left side surface of the chassis 101. A pin 119-3 of the link arm 119 is connected to a connection hole 137-1 provided in the slide plate 137 so as to be rotatable and movable to the left and right. As shown in FIG. 22, the left side surface of the slide plate 137 is provided with an abutting portion 137-2 raised up in the vertical direction. The abutting portion 137-2 abuts on the pick swing cam plate 138. ing.

  The swing drive cam 104-2 provided on the circular cam plate 104 has a continuous meandering shape, and the roller 119-2 engaged with the swing drive cam 104-2 is distanced from the shaft 104-4 as the circular cam plate 104 rotates. The link arm 119 is configured to be biased by changing. Therefore, when the driving force of the motor M1 is transmitted to the circular cam plate 104 via the speed reduction mechanism and the spur gears 111-1 and 111-2, the swing drive cam 104-2 is rotated along with the rotation of the circular cam plate 104. The link arm 119 is rotated by moving and urging the roller 119-2 as appropriate.

  Further, since the slide plate 137 slides by the rotation of the link arm 119, the pick swing cam plate 138 that is in contact with the contact portion 137 is configured to slide back and forth while being allowed to move up and down. Yes. The motor M1 is controlled by a microcomputer that operates according to a predetermined program in response to an input signal from an input means such as an operation button.

[C. Action]
Regarding the operation of the present embodiment as described above, first, an outline of the operation of the disk device will be described, and pick arm transfer operation, disk clamping operation, floating lock release operation, disk release operation, floating lock operation, pick arm operation This will be described separately for the swing-out operation.

[1. Overview of operation]
First, an outline of the operation of the disk device will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, 401 is a loading roller 401 provided in a general disk device. That is, as shown in FIG. 23 (A), the disc D inserted from the disc insertion slot 101-7 is drawn by the loading roller 401, and as shown in FIG. 23 (B), the clampering 125 and the turntable 123 are drawn. Between the trays 250 and stored in the upper part of each tray 250. At the time of reproducing the disk D, as shown in FIG. 24A, the upper and lower trays 250 are separated and retracted from the tray 250 in which the desired disk D is stored. Thus, the pick arm 130 is rotated and the drive unit is transferred so that the desired disk D is inserted between the turntable 123 and the clamper ring 125 in the space generated by the retreat of the tray 250.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 24B, the disk D is held between the turntable 123 and the clamper ring 125 by lowering the clamp arm 124. Further, the disk D on the turntable 123 is rotated by the spindle motor, and the information is read by the optical pickup moved by the feeding mechanism.

[2. Pick arm transfer]
When the pick arm 130 is transferred, first, the upper and lower trays 250 of the selected tray 250 are divided and retracted, and the ring gear 105 is rotated by the circular cam plate 104 that is rotated by the operation of the motor M1. By sliding the plate 137 backward (A direction in FIG. 22), the pick swing cam plate 138 is slid rearward (A direction in FIG. 6).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the roller 131-2 is urged by the transfer cam 138-1 provided on the pick swing cam plate 138, and the pick swing arm 131 rotates in the clockwise direction. Since the two-stage roller 131-3 of the pick swing arm 131 moves along the connecting cam 130-2 of the pick arm 130, the pick arm 130 rotates counterclockwise. The pick arm 130 rotates smoothly and stably by the action of the pick arm spacer 221 and the leaf spring 116. As shown in FIG. 2, the hook 130-5 at the tip of the pick arm 130 thus rotated is held by being inserted into the holding portion 129 and reaches the rotation end. At this time, the clampering 125 and the turntable 123 come above and below the disc D to be selected.

[3. Disc clamp]
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, when the pick swing cam plate 138 slides backward and the pick swing arm 131 rotates clockwise, the two-stage roller 131-3 of the pick swing arm 131 is connected to the connecting cam 130-. Move along 2. Then, since the two-stage roller 131-3 engages with the cam groove 136-1 of the control plate 136, the control plate 136 starts to rotate counterclockwise.

  As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the pin 136-3 of the control plate 136 is engaged with the groove 127-3 of the clamp plate 127. For this reason, as the control plate 136 rotates, the clamp plate 127 starts to slide in the right direction in the figure. Then, as shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, the pin 124-1 of the clamp arm 124 is urged downward by the inclined cam 127-1 of the clamp plate 127, so that the clamp arm 124 is lowered in the vertical direction. Then, the clamper ring 125 holds the inner diameter of the disk D between the turntable 123. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, when the control plate 136 rotates counterclockwise, the pin 136-3 is detached from the cam groove 127-3 of the clamp plate 127.

  As described above, when the pin 124-3 of the urging plate 124-2 is urged downward by the movement of the inclined cam 127-2, the upper end of the urging plate 124-2 moves forward one end of the torsion spring 128. Energize to. Since the torsion spring 128 is attached to the clamp arm 124 as described above, the torsion spring 128 is biased so as to rotate clockwise around the pin 124-1 serving as a support shaft. The clamp arm 124 that has been in a horizontal state slightly rotates in the direction in which the clamper 125 presses the disk D against the turntable 123, and pressure from the torsion spring 128 is applied to the clamper 125. Since the clamp plate 127 is held in the disc pressing direction by the spring 500, the clamp plate 127 is prevented from returning in the reverse direction in the floating state described later.

[4. Floating lock release]
Following the above-described disk clamping operation, the floating lock is released. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, when the pick swing arm 131 and the control plate 136 are rotated by the sliding movement of the pick swing cam plate 138, the pin 133 of the floating lock plate 133 is inserted into the cam groove 136-2 of the control plate 136. -2 is engaged, and the floating lock plate 133 slides in the floating direction.

  On the other hand, the floating lock plate 132 connected to the floating lock plate 133 via the link arm 135 also slides in the floating direction. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 19B and 20B, the lock holes 133-1 and 132-1 release the lock claws 120-4 and 5 of the drive chassis 120. ), The drive chassis 120 is in a floating state supported only by the damper 121 and the coil spring 122.

[5. Disc playback]
As described above, when the disk D pressed on the turntable 123 is released when the tray 250 holding the disk D is released, the disk D is rotated by the spindle motor M3 and the pickup unit is scanned by the feed mechanism. As a result, the information recorded on the disk D is read. When the disk D is returned to the tray 250 after the reproduction is finished, the disk D is released from the turntable 123 and the pick arm 130 is moved between the trays 250 by performing the reverse operation to the above. The procedure is as follows.

[6. Floating lock and disk release]
After the disc reproduction is finished, the tray 250 rises to hold the disc D, and the operation of the motor M1 causes the pick swing cam plate 138 to move forward (in the direction opposite to A in the figure) as shown in FIGS. Is started, the roller 131-2 is urged by the transfer cam 138-1, and the pick swing arm 131 rotates counterclockwise. The two-stage roller 131-3 of the pick swing arm 131 moves along the connecting cam 130-2 of the pick arm 130. Therefore, the control plate 136 in which the two-stage roller 131-3 is engaged with the cam groove 136-1 rotates in the clockwise direction.

  As the control plate 136 rotates, the pin 133-2 engaged with the cam groove 136-2 is biased, and the floating lock plate 132 slides in the locking direction. The floating lock plate 132 connected to the floating lock plate 133 via the link arm 139 also slides in the locking direction.

  Accordingly, as shown in FIGS. 19A and 20A, the lock holes 133-1 and 132-1 are engaged with the lock claws 120-4 and 5 of the drive chassis 120. As shown in A), the damper 121 and the coil spring 122 are compressed, and the drive chassis 120 is locked on the pick chassis 110. When the control plate 136 further rotates, as shown in FIG. 7, the pin 133-2 of the floating lock plate 133 is removed from the cam groove 136-2. At this time, since the urging force of the spring 432 is applied, the play of the floating lock plates 132 and 133 is prevented.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14, as the control plate 136 rotates, the pin 136-3 of the control plate 136 is engaged with the groove 127-3 of the clamp plate 127, so that the clamp plate 127 starts to slide. (Left direction in FIG. 14) The pin 124-3 is urged upward by the inclined cam 127-2. As a result, the urging plate 124-2 is rotated and the upper end thereof is separated from one end of the torsion spring 128, so that the urging plate 124-2 and the clamp arm 124 are integrated. At this time, the inclined cam 127-1 also biases the pin 124-1 of the clamp arm 124 upward, so that the clamp arm 124 rises in the vertical direction. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 13B, the clamper 125 releases the inner diameter of the disk D. The released disk D is held on the tray 250 side.

[7. Pick arm swing]
When the pick swing cam plate 138 slides forward and the pick swing arm 131 rotates counterclockwise, the two-stage roller 131-3 of the pick swing arm 131 moves to the connecting cam 130- of the pick arm 130. 2 and the pick arm 130 starts to rotate clockwise. As a result, the hook 130-5 at the tip of the pick arm 130 is detached from the holding portion 129, and the clamper ring 125 and the turntable 123 that have already released the upper and lower sides of the disk D as described above move with the rotation of the pick arm 130. It moves in the direction of being swung out from between the trays 250, returns to the initial position, and stops.

  When the reproduced disc D is stored, the tray 250 moves in a direction close to each other and returns to the stored state. When ejecting the disk D, the pick chassis 110 is lowered to the lowest position and stands by, and the disk D selected by the raising and lowering of the tray 250 group by the rotation of the drum cam 210 is provided on the front surface of the chassis 101. Then, the disc D is positioned at the disc insertion slot 101-7 (see FIG. 5), and the disc D is ejected from the tray 250 by the loading roller 401. When inserting and ejecting the disk D, the push-up portion 138-2 is moved by the pick swing cam plate 138 as shown in FIGS. The operation of pushing up 124-6 is performed, and a necessary clearance is secured between the clamper 125 and the turntable 123.

[D. effect]
According to the present embodiment as described above, when the clamper ring 125 is pressure-bonded to or released from the disk D, the clamp arm 124 moves up and down in a state parallel to the surface of the disk D. Compared with the case of starting up in an inclined state, the height required for retreating from the disk D is lower. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize the interval between the divided trays 250 and to reduce the required space in the height direction when the tray 250 is not transferred. In addition, since the clamp arm 124 moves up and down in a horizontal state, contact with the outer edge of the disk D can be prevented without increasing the length of the clamp arm 124, and the required space in the horizontal direction is reduced.

  Further, when the inserted and ejected disc D is passed between the clamper ring 125 and the turntable 125, the clamp arm 124 is raised in a horizontal state and pushed up by the push-up portion 138-2. This ensures a sufficient clearance between the clamper ring 125 and the turntable 123. Therefore, it is possible to configure a small disk device suitable for in-vehicle use as a whole while reliably preventing contact with the disk D.

  Further, since the push-up portion 138-2 is provided on the pick swing cam plate 138 for rotating the pick arm 130, it is possible to save space by reducing the number of members. In particular, the push-up portion 138-2 is an integral configuration in which the side surface of the pick swing cam plate 138 is bent, and the push-up portion 124-6 of the clamp arm 124 is pushed up from below according to the sliding movement. High certainty of operation.

[E. Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment as described above. For example, the mechanism for raising and lowering the tray, the drive mechanism for rotating the pick arm, the floating lock mechanism, and the like are not limited to those exemplified in the above embodiment. In addition, as long as the clamp arm moves up and down in the horizontal direction, the configuration of the disk clamp mechanism and the like is not limited to that exemplified in the above embodiment. In the claims, the fact that the clamp arm moves up and down in a substantially parallel state to the disk surface excludes the case where the clamp arm rotates about the support shaft and rises in an oblique direction, and is in a completely parallel state. It is not meant to be limited. Since the case of a disk device such as a vertical type can be considered, it is not necessarily limited to the horizontal direction. The meaning of raising and lowering is not limited to the movement in the vertical direction, but has a broad meaning including the case of moving in the direction of contacting and separating from the disk.

  Further, each member and the number thereof, the arrangement position, the arrangement interval, the operation distance, and the like are also free. For example, the springs that bias the pair of floating lock plates may be provided so as to bias either one or both. Further, the present invention is suitable for a disk device that handles a CD, a DVD, or the like, but is not limited to this, and can be widely applied to a flat recording medium. Furthermore, the present invention is suitable for a vehicle-mounted disk device because it is resistant to vibration, but is not limited to this, and can be applied to various disk devices such as a stationary type and a portable type.

The top view which shows one Embodiment of the disc apparatus of this invention FIG. 1 is a plan view showing when the disc is stored. The right view which shows the chassis and shift plate of the disk apparatus of FIG. The right view which shows the chassis and shift plate of the disk apparatus of FIG. The right view which shows the chassis and shift plate of the disk apparatus of FIG. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a pick arm of the disk device of FIG. The top view which shows the transfer state of the pick arm of FIG. The top view which shows the floating lock release state of the pick arm of FIG. The top view which shows the attachment state of the pick arm with respect to the pick chassis of the disc apparatus of FIG. Side view of FIG. Plan view (A) and side view (B) showing the spacer of FIG. Side view (A) and plan view (B) showing the leaf spring of FIG. A plan view (A), a side view (B), and a side view (A) when a disc is inserted and removed when the disc ramp mechanism of the disc device of FIG. A plan view (A) and a side view (B) showing the disc clamping mechanism of the disc device of FIG. 1 during disc clamping. The top view which shows the time of the disk clamp completion of the disk clamp mechanism of the disk apparatus of FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view (A) in a locked state and a front view (B) in an unlocked state showing an elastic support structure of a drive unit with respect to the pick arm of the disk apparatus of FIG. A plan view (A), a side view (B), and a rear view (C) showing a clamp arm of the disk device of FIG. Side view (A) and front view (B) showing the urging plate of the disk device of FIG. FIG. 1A is a plan view of a floating state of the floating lock mechanism of the disk device, and FIG. Locked state side view of FIG. 20 (A), unlocked side view (B) FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a drive mechanism of the disk device of FIG. The left view which shows the chassis and slide plate of the disk apparatus of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the time of the disk insertion start (A) of the disk apparatus of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the clampering transfer time (A) and disc clamp time (B) of the disk apparatus of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

101 ... Chassis 101-1, 2, 3 ... Top plate guide grooves 101-1, 4, 5, 6 ... Pick guide groove 101-7 ... Disc insertion slot 104 ... Circular cam plates 104-1, 104-4, 105- 1, 119-1, 120-2, 3, 127-3, 130-1, 131-1 ... shaft 104-2 ... swing drive cam 105 ... ring gears 106, 107, 108 ... shift plates 108-4, 107-2 , 106-2 ... pick lifting cam 110 ... pick chassis 110-1, 2, 3 ... pick lifting pins 111-1, 111-2 ... spur gear 116 ... leaf spring 119 ... link arm 119-2, 131-2 ... roller 119-3, 120-1, 124-1, 124-3, 133-2, 136-3 ... Pin 120 ... Drive chassis 120-2, 3, 127-3 ... Groove 12 -4, 5 ... Lock claws 120-6, 432 ... Spring 121 ... Damper 122 ... Coil spring 123 ... Turntable 124 ... Clamp arm 124-2 ... Biasing plate 124-5 ... Hole 126 ... Control plate 125 ... Clamping ring 127 ... Clamp plates 127-1, 2 ... Inclined cam 128 ... Torsion spring 129 ... Holding part 130 ... Pick arm 130-2 ... Connection cam 130-5 ... Hook 131 ... Pick swing arm 131-3 ... Two-stage rollers 132, 133 ... Floating lock plates 132-1, 133-1 ... Lock hole 135 ... Link arm 136 ... Control plate 136-1, 2 ... Cam groove 137 ... Slide plate 137-1 ... Connection hole 137-2 ... Contact portion 138 ... Pick swing Cam plate 138 1 ... transfer cam 138-2 ... pushing portion 221 ... pick arm spacers 250 ... tray 401 ... loading roller D ... Disk M1 ... motor M3 ... spindle motor

Claims (2)

A transfer arm provided so as to be able to be transferred and ejected to a space generated by the division of a disk storage unit capable of storing a plurality of disks, and a drive unit mounted on the transfer arm and reproducing the disk, The drive unit is a disc device having a turntable on which a disc is placed and a disc clamp mechanism for clamping the disc between the turntable,
The disk clamp mechanism is provided with a clamp arm that can be moved up and down in a substantially parallel state with respect to the disk surface, and is rotatably provided on the clamp arm. When the clamp arm is lowered, the disk is crimped to the turntable. A crimping part to be
When the transfer arm is in the swing-out position, the disk clamp mechanism is disposed at a position where the disk moving between the disk insertion position and the disk storage portion passes between the crimping portion and the turntable. And
An urging means for urging the clamp arm upward is provided so as to ensure a gap through which the disk can pass between the crimping portion and the turntable when the disk is inserted and ejected.
A drive mechanism for driving the transfer arm via a control member;
The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the biasing means is provided on the control member . The control member is slidably provided in the vicinity of the transfer arm where the transfer arm is in the swing position,
Wherein the biasing means is formed integrally with the control member, the following sliding movement, the disk apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the a push-up portion for pushing up against the lower clamp arm.

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