JPH0216447Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a magnetic disk device for recording or reproducing signals using a floppy disk or similar magnetic disk.

BACKGROUND ART A magnetic disk cartridge (microfloppy disk) in which a magnetic disk with a diameter of 86 mm is housed in a rigid case is already known. This magnetic disk cartridge has a magnetic disk and
It consists of a case that covers this, and a shutter that covers an opening for inserting the head provided in the case, and is configured so that the head can be brought into contact with the disk by opening the shutter.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention A disk device that performs recording or playback using a disk cartridge as described above has a shutter opening/cartridge ejecting mechanism consisting of a rotating body and a spring that biases the rotating body. When the cartridge is inserted, the rotary body rotates against the spring, and the shutter is opened by the rotary body, and when the cartridge is ejected, the cartridge is ejected by the rotation of the rotary body by the spring. Due to the relationship with the shutter, the strength of the spring cannot be made too weak. For this reason, the cartridge may be suddenly ejected when ejecting, giving the user a sense of anxiety. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic disk device that allows a cartridge to be ejected slowly.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a member that elastically presses the main surface of the cartridge when the cartridge is ejected by the shutter opening/cartridge ejection mechanism. Established.

Operation When the pressing member is disposed as described above, the cartridge is braked and slowly discharged.

Embodiment Next, a floppy disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 17. The disk device shown in FIGS. 1 to 14 is
This is an apparatus for recording or reproducing information using the floppy disk cartridge 1 shown in FIGS. 15 to 17.

The magnetic disk cartridge 1 has a magnetic disk 2 with a diameter of 86 mm, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17.
is housed in a rigid synthetic resin case 3. Head insertion openings 4a and 4b are provided on both the front surface 3a and back surface 3b of the case 3, and these openings 4a and 4b are closed by a sliding shutter 5 when not in use.
The shutter 5 is formed in a U-shape so as to extend from the front surface 3a to the back surface 3b, and as shown in FIG. Sliding. Shutter 5 is the first
A torsion spring 7 is housed in the case 3 in order to bias the shutter in the right direction (closing direction) in FIG. 6, and one end of this spring 7 presses the shutter 5. The magnetic disk 2 consists of a magnetic sheet portion 2a and a metal hub 2b attached to the center thereof. Back side 3 of case 3
The hub 2b exposed from the opening 8 of b is provided with a spindle insertion hole 2c and a positioning and driving pin insertion hole 2d. In addition, shutter 5
Windows 5a and 5b are provided for exposing the disk 2 through the openings 4a and 4b.

A disk device for recording or reproducing using the cartridge 1 shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 includes a disk rotating mechanism, a magnetic head, a head moving mechanism, a cartridge guiding mechanism, a circuit board, and the like. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the disk device with the circuit board removed, and FIG. 9 is a front view. As is clear from these drawings, the disk device has one (lower) magnetic head 11 and the other (upper) magnetic head 12 disposed opposite thereto, and one magnetic head 11 is used as a disk drive. The magnetic head 12 is brought into contact with one surface of the disk 2 for recording or reproduction, and the other magnetic head 12 is brought into contact with the other surface of the disk 2 for recording or reproduction. As shown in FIG. 10, one magnetic head 11 is fixedly attached to a lower carriage 13, and the other magnetic head 12 is attached to a head support arm 14 of the upper carriage.
The head support arm 14 is attached to the lower carriage 13 by a leaf spring 15, which
5 and a coil spring 15a that presses the arm 14, the magnetic head 12 is biased in the direction of contacting the disk 2. The head carriage 13 is arranged so that it can be moved in the radial direction of the disk 2 by a known head movement mechanism consisting of a stepping motor and a rotational motion-linear motion conversion mechanism.

The disk rotation mechanism consists of a disk rotation motor 16 shown in FIGS. 1 and 9 and a disk rotation body 17 coupled thereto. Rotating body 1
7 engages with the metal disk 2b of the disk 2 and rotates while supporting the disk 2, and as shown in FIG. 8, it includes a spindle 17a, a magnet 17b for attracting the metal disk 2b, and a drive. It consists of a pin 17c. The spindle 17a is inserted into a hole 2c provided in the metal disc 2b shown in FIG. 17, and the drive pin 17c is inserted into a hole 2d.

Holding the disk cartridge 1, which is inserted from the front in FIGS. 1 and 9, inserted from the bottom to the top in FIG. 8, and inserted from right to left in FIG. The cartridge holder 1
8 is provided. This cartridge holder 1
8 is a base 19 that supports the back surface 3b side of the cartridge 1, as is most obvious from FIGS. 1 and 8.
and a pair of side parts 2 rising vertically from here.
0, 21, a top plate 22 for determining the height position of the front surface 3a of the cartridge 1, a stopper surface 23a for determining the insertion position of the cartridge 1, and a head support arm engaging portion 23b. Two guide pins 24 and 25 are implanted in each of the pair of side surfaces 20 and 21, and these are inserted into guide holes 26a of a support base 26, which can be called a chassis or a container, as shown in FIG. There is. Since the guide hole 26a extends in the vertical direction in FIG. 13, that is, in the axial direction of the rotating body 17 in FIG.
guide you in this direction.

A cartridge holder moving mechanism for moving the holder 18 in the axial direction of the rotating body 17 is constituted by the slide body 27. As is clear from FIG. 11, this slide body 27 is attached to the holder 18.
Similarly, the metal plate is bent into a U-shape, and the central bottom portion 28 is parallel to the base of the holder 18.
and a pair of side surfaces 2 rising vertically from here and disposed parallel to the side surfaces 20 and 21 of the holder 18.
It consists of 9,30. A plurality of elongated holes 31 extending in the direction in which the disk cartridge 1 is inserted are provided in the bottom surface 28 of the slide body 27, and guide pins 33 are implanted in the base bottom 32 shown in FIG.
is inserted. This slide body 27 is guided by this guide pin 33 and slides in the insertion direction of the cartridge 1. Slide body 27 and holder 18
In order to engage the holder 18 and
The pin 24 protruding from the side surface 20 of the slanted groove 34
engage with. Therefore, in FIG.
When the pin 24 slides to the right, the pin 24 is pressed downward by the edge of the inclined groove 34, and the holder 1 is pushed together with the pin 24.
8 moves from the position shown in FIG. 12 to the position shown in FIG. Note that a similar groove is provided on the other side surface portion 30, and the pin 25 engages therein. The springs 35 and 36 shown in FIG.
is shifted downward in FIG. That is, the springs 35 and 36 apply force to the holder 18 via the slide body 27 in a direction to move the holder 18 to the disk engagement position (rotation position).

The locking mechanism for locking the slide body 27 against the springs 35 and 36 so that the holder 18 is kept in the non-engaging position (non-rotating position) is a locking lever as shown in FIG. 37, and a lock release sliding plate 38.
It has a locking recess 39 provided in the slide body 27 as a main component. The locking lever 37 is rotatably attached to a shaft 40 implanted in the holder 18, and has a locking pin 41 near one end and an engagement hole 42 near the other end. Further, a spring 43 provided between the holder 18 and one end of the locking lever 37
As a result, a counterclockwise biasing force is applied to the locking lever 37 in FIG. Slide body 27
In FIG. 8, the locking recess 39 is recessed from a surface 44 extending in the vertical direction (cartridge insertion direction). Since the locking lever 37 is biased counterclockwise in FIG. 8, the engagement between the pin 41 and the recess 39 is maintained stably. The lock release sliding plate 38 has a function of converting the linear movement of the cartridge 1 when it is inserted into a rotational movement of the locking lever 37. This sliding plate 38 is guided by a guide portion 45 provided on the holder 18 and slides in the vertical direction (cartridge insertion direction) in FIG. This sliding plate 38
The end surface 38a of the cartridge 1 is located at a position where it is pressed by one side of the cartridge 1 when the cartridge 1 is inserted. Therefore, the sliding plate 38 moves following the insertion movement of the cartridge 1. An engagement pin 46 is implanted in the sliding plate 38, and is inserted into an engagement hole 42 of the locking lever 37, and further inserted into an engagement hole 48 of the eject/shutter opening/closing lever 47. If it is assumed that the shutter opening/closing lever 47 is not associated with the pin 46, the locking lever 37 will rotate clockwise following the upward sliding of the sliding plate 38 in FIG. The locking pin 41 comes out of the recess 39 of the slide body 27, the lock of the slide body 27 is released, and before the shutter 8 is opened, the slide body 27 is moved to the 11th position by the force of the springs 35 and 36 shown in FIG. Displaced downward in the figure.
However, in reality, since the pin 46 is inserted into the engagement hole 48 of the shutter opening/closing lever 47, the locking lever 37 and the opening/closing lever 47 are related to each other and are restricted from moving independently. .

Shutter opening/closing lever 4 that also has an eject function
A rotating body 7 is rotatably supported by a shaft 49 implanted in the holder 18, and has a shutter opening/closing pin 50 at one end thereof. Since a spring 51 is provided between the opening/closing lever 47 and the holder 18, the opening/closing lever 47 is always subjected to biasing force in the counterclockwise direction (cartridge ejecting direction) in FIG.

The head loading mechanism for bringing the heads 11 and 12 into contact with the disk 2 so that data can be converted and separating them from the disk 2 includes springs 15 and 15.
Arm 1 biased in the head load direction at a
4, a protrusion 14a provided on the arm 14 and an engaging portion 2 provided on the holder 18 in order to displace the arm 14 in accordance with the vertical movement of the holder 18.
3b. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 12, when the holder 18 is at a high position (disc non-engaging position), the arm 14 is lifted by the engaging portion 23b of the holder 18, and the upper head 12 It is out of the insertion path. However, when the holder 18 is in the low position (disc engagement position) shown in FIG.
The arm 14 also rotates following the lowering of the engaging portion 23b, and the head 12 comes into contact with the disk 2.

As a radial movement mechanism for the heads 11 and 12,
As shown in FIG. 8, a stepping motor 52 and a threaded rod 53 are provided. The threaded rod 53 is coupled to a stepping motor 52 provided on the base 26 and is threaded onto the carriage 13, so that when the threaded rod 53 rotates, the carriage 13 and heads 11, 12 move in the disk radial direction. do.

The printed circuit board 54 includes a control and drive circuit 55 for the disk rotation motor 16 and a stepping motor 5 for moving the head, as shown in FIG.
2 control and drive circuit 56, magnetic head 11,1
It has a signal processing circuit 57, which is generally called a read/write circuit, connected to 2. Further, a connector 59 to which wiring lead wires 58 and the like for the heads 11 and 12 are connected is attached to the circuit board 54. As is clear from FIG. 1, this circuit board 54 is arranged parallel to the cartridge 1 and the holder 18, and is fixed to the base body 26.
Note that the circuit board 54 is provided with an opening 60 corresponding to the support arm 14 of the upper head 12.

First and second lead clamper/cartridge guide members 6 made of synthetic resin shown in FIGS. 1 to 7
1 and 62 are holes 63 provided in the circuit board 54,
64, 65, and 66. That is, the first
Lead clamper and cartridge guide member 61
has two rising parts 67, 68, which are inserted into the holes 63, 64 and protrude from the upper surface of the substrate 54, as shown in FIG. Incidentally, grooves 69 and 70 are provided in order to easily and stably attach the lead clamper/cartridge guide member 61 to the board 54 by utilizing elasticity. Further, since the rising portions 67 and 68 are also divided, it is possible to insert a lead wire into the dividing groove. Similarly, the second lead clamper and cartridge guide member 62 also has a rising portion 7.
1, 72 and grooves 73, 74, the circuit board 5
It is installed on 4.

The first lead clamper/cartridge guide member 61 is an elastically displaceable cartridge pressing portion 75.
has. As is clear from FIG. 3, this pressing portion 75 is composed of a tongue-like protrusion that gradually hangs down from the cartridge insertion port toward the back, and elastically presses the surface 3a of the cartridge 1 when the cartridge 1 is attached or removed. is configured to do so. The pressing portion 75 is located at the lower left of the substrate 54 in FIG. 2, which is relatively far away from the heads 11 and 12, and in order to stably hold this portion on the substrate 54, it is formed in a U-shape as shown in FIG. It has a substrate holding part 76 having a shape.

The first lead clamper/cartridge guide member 61 has a guide portion 77 that extends linearly from near the cartridge insertion port to a position near the head 12 at a position adjacent to the opening 60, and a guide portion 78 that extends orthogonally thereto. However, these are arranged on the lower surface side of the substrate 54. The second lead clamper/cartridge guide member 62 also has a linearly extending guide portion 79 and is disposed on the opposite side of the opening 60 from the one member 61 .

Guide portions 7 of first and second members 61, 62
7, 78, and 79 protrude from the lower surface of the board 54 higher than terminal pins of the connector 59 or terminals of circuit elements (not shown). Furthermore, the lower surface of each guide portion 77, 78, 79 is located below the position of the upper head 12 in the unloading position shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of this device will be explained.

Front panel 80 showing the cartridge 1 in FIG.
When the cartridge 1 is inserted through the opening 81 of the circuit board 54, the cartridge 1 enters the holder 18 while being restricted upwardly by the guide portions 77, 78, and 79 arranged on the lower surface of the circuit board 54. Note that since the tongue-shaped pressing portion 75 hangs down, the cartridge 1 is inserted against this. Since the cartridge 1 is generally inserted manually, it cannot necessarily be inserted parallel to the holder 18. Therefore, if guide portion 7
7, 78, 79, the cartridge 1 could come into contact with the terminals or printed circuits of the circuit elements of the board 54, or the upper head 12, and damage them. However, in this example,
Since the guide portions 77, 78, 79 are provided, such a problem does not occur.

When the cartridge 1 is inserted, the tip of the case 3 of the cartridge 1 first engages with the pin 50 of the shutter opening/closing lever 47. When the cartridge 1 is further inserted, the lever 47 rotates clockwise in FIG. 8, and the pin 5 is rotated as shown in FIG.
0 presses the right side of the shutter 5 to the left, opening the shutter 5. As a result, the opening 5a of the shutter 5 and the opening 4a of the case 3 are aligned, and the magnetic disk 2 is exposed.

On the other hand, by inserting the cartridge 1, the sliding plate 3
The side surface of the cartridge 1 hits the end surface 38a of the cartridge 8,
When the cartridge 1 is further inserted, the sliding plate 38 also moves forward following the forward movement of the cartridge 1. As a result, the locking lever 37 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 8 by the pin 46, and the locking pin 41 is displaced in the direction in which it comes out of the recess 39. When the cartridge 1 is inserted to the final position, the locking pin 41 is inserted into the recess 3.
Get out of 9. This releases the restriction on the movement of the slide body 27, so the slide body 27 moves downward in FIG. 8 and to the right in FIG. 12 by the force of the springs 35 and 36 shown in FIG. . Note that the locking by the locking pin 41 is released after the shutter 5 is opened by the pin 50.

The slide body 27 is provided as a holder moving mechanism, and when the slide body 27 is displaced, the holder 18 is moved from the non-engaged position shown in FIG. 12 to the engaged position shown in FIG. 14. do. Note that the holder 18 is lowered due to the inclined grooves 34 provided on the side surfaces 29 and 30 of the slide body 27 and the holder 1.
This is achieved by the engagement of the side parts 20, 21 of 8 with the pins 24, 25. When the holder 18 is lowered to the position shown in FIG. 14, the hub 2b of the disk 2 in the cartridge 1 is attached to the rotating body 17. At this time, the drive pin 17c may not align with the hole 2d, but in this embodiment, the motor 16 is energized in synchronization with the completion of insertion of the cartridge 1, and the rotating body 1
7, the drive pin 17 is rotated within a short time.
c enters the hole 2d, and the rotating body 17 and the disk 2
Complete engagement is established. Note that when the holder 18 is lowered to the position shown in FIG. 14, the pin 33 presses the back surface 3b of the cartridge 1 through the opening 19a of the holder base 19, thereby fixing the cartridge 1 to the holder 18.

As described above, when the holder 18 moves from the position shown in FIG. 12 to the position shown in FIG. The heads 11 and 12 are rotated clockwise in FIG. 10, and the heads 11 and 12 are in a loaded state in which recording and reproduction are possible. At this time, since the head 12 descends after the shutter 5 of the cartridge 1 is completely opened, the head 12 does not hit the shutter 5.

When taking out the cartridge 1, the eject operation part 27a provided on the slide body 27 is pushed to the left in FIG. 14. When the slide body 27 is pressed against the springs 35 and 36, the locking pin 4
1 and the slide body 27 changes, and the pin 41 enters the recess 39. The pin 41 is in the recess 39
When the slide body 27 is pushed in until it is inserted, the holder 18 follows the slide body 27 and moves from the position shown in FIG. 14 to the position shown in FIG. position, and the head 12 is sufficiently far away from the disk 2. By the way, the locking pin 41 is in the recess 3.
9, rotation of the locking lever 37 is restricted. Therefore, despite the movement of the slide body 27 and the rise of the holder 18, the locking lever 3
7, the sliding plate 38, and the shutter opening/closing lever 47 are substantially stationary, and the shutter 5 is prevented from moving in the closing direction. After that,
When the locking pin 41 enters the recess 39, the locking lever 37 is rotated counterclockwise by the force of the spring 43, and the rotation prevention of the shutter opening/closing lever 47 is released. The force causes it to rotate counterclockwise and return to the position shown in Figure 6. As a result, the restriction of the shutter 5 by the pin 50 of the opening/closing lever 47 is released, and the shutter 5 is returned to the closed position shown in FIG. 16 by the spring built in the cartridge 1. The shutter opening/closing lever 47 is
1 in the counterclockwise direction, the pin 50
is pressing against the side surface of the cartridge 1, so that the cartridge 1 is ejected following the counterclockwise rotation of the shutter opening/closing lever 47. Therefore, the shutter opening/closing lever 47 also functions as an ejector lever.

By the way, the spring 51 of the lever 47 cannot be set too weak due to its relationship with the spring 7 of the shutter 5. Therefore, if the cartridge pressing part 75 according to this embodiment is not provided, the strong spring 51 may cause the cartridge 1 to suddenly pop out, giving the user a sense of anxiety. However, in this embodiment, since the pressing portion 75 presses the surface 3a of the cartridge 1 and applies braking, the cartridge 1 is ejected slowly.

As described above, in this embodiment, the lead clamper/cartridge guide members 61, 6 are mounted on the circuit board 54.
2, the circuit board 54 is placed close to the cartridge 1, and the disk device can be made thinner. Further, since the members 61 and 62 are supported by the circuit board 54 and also serve as a clamper for the lead wire 58, the device can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be modified, for example, as follows.

(a) Instead of the cartridge 1, it is also applicable to an apparatus using a micro floppy disk in which a magnetic disk with a diameter of 76 mm is housed in a case and a synthetic resin hub is provided in the center of the disk. In this case, the hub of the magnetic disk is held and rotated by a rotating table or spindle and a clamper facing the rotating table or spindle. It is also applicable to other disk devices.

(b) Instead of the engagement hole 48 of the eject/shutter opening/closing lever 47, a cam surface without a hole may be used.

(c) In the embodiment, the head support arm 14 is displaced following the holder 18, but the arm 14 may be rotated following the linear movement of the slide body 27.

(d) It is also applicable when only one of the heads 11 and 12 is provided. In this case, a head is placed on one side of the disk 2, a pad is placed on the other side, and the disk 2 is held between the head and the pad.

(e) Following the displacement of the slide body 27 and the holder 18, the head 12 or a pad replacing it may not be moved to a position where it contacts the disk 2, but may be moved to a position near the disk. In this case, a plunger solenoid for head loading is provided to put the head in a loaded state during recording and reproduction.

(f) Arranging an elastic member on the top plate 22 of the holder 18,
The cartridge 1 may be positioned via an elastic member when the disk is loaded.

Effects of the invention As is clear from the above, since the pressing member is provided to elastically press the cartridge, the cartridge can be discharged slowly. Therefore, it is possible to provide a device that does not make the user feel uneasy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a circuit board of a floppy disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention, members related to the present invention installed therein, and parts related to these, and FIG. 2 is a circuit board. 3 is a sectional view showing a part of the - line in FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a first lead clamper/cartridge guide member; Fig. 5 is a front view of the member shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the second lead clamper/cartridge guide member, Fig. 7 is a front view of the member shown in Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is the circuit. A plan view showing the disk device with the board removed; FIG. 9 is a front view of the device shown in FIG. 8;
Fig. 10 is a side view showing the head part in Fig. 8, Fig. 11 is a plan view showing the slide body in Fig. 8, and Fig. 11 is a plan view showing the slide body in Fig.
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the device shown in Fig. 8 along the line XII-XII, Fig. 13 is a left side view of the device shown in Fig. 8, and Fig. 14
The figures are a sectional view corresponding to Fig. 12 showing the cartridge loading completed state, Fig. 15 is a plan view showing the relationship between the cartridge and the lever, Fig. 16 is a plan view of the cartridge, and Fig. 17 is a bottom view of the cartridge. be. 1... Disk cartridge, 2... Magnetic disk, 11, 12... Magnetic head, 16... Motor, 18... Cartridge holder, 47... Shutter opening/closing lever, 50... Shutter opening/closing pin,
51... Spring, 54... Circuit board, 61, 62...
...First and second lead clamper/cartridge guide members, 75... Elastic pressing portion.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A magnetic disk, a case having at least an opening for rotating the disk and an opening for inserting a magnetic head and covering the disk, and the case selectively covering the opening for inserting the magnetic head. This is a device for recording or reproducing information using a magnetic disk cartridge consisting of a shutter mounted on a magnetic disk, a disk rotating mechanism including a motor for rotating the magnetic disk, and a disk rotating mechanism that faces the magnetic disk. a magnetic head for recording or reproducing information; a head moving mechanism including a motor for moving the magnetic head in the radial direction of the magnetic disk; a rotating body that engages with the cartridge; and a rotating body that moves the rotating body between the cartridges. a spring biased in the ejecting direction, the shutter opening/cartridge ejector is configured to open the shutter in response to insertion of the cartridge and eject the cartridge in response to an ejection operation of the cartridge; A magnetic disk device comprising: a member for elastically pressing the main surface of the cartridge when the cartridge is ejected by the shutter opening/cartridge ejecting mechanism; A magnetic disk device characterized in that the cartridge is ejected by the spring against the force of the cartridge.