JPH03116577A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To excellently process information without receiving influence of noise due to static electricity by providing an electrostatic eliminating member for eliminating static electricity in slide contact with a cartridge housed with an information storage medium to be inserted into the processor from an inserting hole in the vicinity of the inserting hole. CONSTITUTION:When the cartridge 3 is inserted into the information processor 1 from the cartridge inserting hole 3, a shutter 15 is pressed down to be turned around supporting members 17 and 17. At this time, a static eliminator brush 18 of the shutter 15 comes in contact with the surface of the cartridge 2, so that static electricity charged on the surface of the cartridge 2 is grounded outside via a ground path consisting of the static eliminator brush 18, a bracket 19, a lead wire 22, a metal plate 21 and a main body frame 1a. Thus, since the static electricity of the cartridge 2 is escaped outside by the static eliminator brush 18 at the time of inserting the cartridge, no static electricity can be charged on the cartridge 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an information processing device applied as, for example, an optical disk device.

(Prior Art) In recent years, for example, information has been written by irradiating the surface of an information storage medium such as an optical disk with narrowly focused light, or information is read by detecting reflected light from the surface of the information storage medium. Information processing devices have been put into practical use.

Incidentally, in order to protect and easily handle the information storage medium, the information storage medium is housed in an information storage medium cartridge made of an insulating material such as plastic.

Thus, during information processing, the previous disk is inserted along with the cartridge through the insertion slot of the main body of the apparatus, and after this insertion, the cartridge is opened and information processing is performed on the information storage medium.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the past, the static electricity charged on the surface of the cartridge cannot be removed, and this static electricity becomes noise during information processing, making it impossible to process information properly. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus that can remove static electricity from a cartridge and can process information effectively.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes a device main body, an insertion port provided in the device main body, and an insertion port provided near the insertion port. The device is characterized in that it is equipped with a static eliminator that removes static electricity by slidingly contacting the cartridge containing the information storage medium inserted therein.

(Function) The above means removes the static electricity charged on the surface of the cartridge when it is inserted, and prevents the static electricity from becoming noise during information processing.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the external appearance of the information processing apparatus 1 and an information storage medium cartridge (hereinafter simply referred to as a cartridge) 2 handled by the information processing apparatus 1. A cartridge insertion/ejection port 3 is formed in the upper front of the information processing device 1, and a drive base mechanism 4, a loading mechanism 5 (
(Detailed explanation will be omitted as both are publicly known) and
It has a configuration in which a control circuit (not shown) for driving these is housed.

The cartridge 2 also includes a cartridge body 11 which is formed by superimposing two cover members and which houses an information storage medium therein, and a slide which opens and closes an opening 12 and 12 formed in the cartridge body 11. The structure includes a shutter 13 that can be moved freely.

The opening 12.12 is formed for inserting a storage/reproduction head (not shown) or for holding and rotating the information storage medium 10.

The cartridge main body 11 is molded from a synthetic resin material such as plastic.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 1, the cartridge insertion slot 3 is opened and closed by a shutter 15. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, this shutter 15 is Support 17 via bin 16.16
．． It is rotatably supported by 17.

This shutter 15 is biased in the direction of closing the cartridge insertion opening 3 by a spring (not shown).

Further, a metal U-shaped bracket 19 is attached to the upper part of the rear side of the shutter 15.
A static eliminating brush 18 serving as a static eliminating member is held under pressure by 9 . This static elimination brush 18 is inserted into a long hole 15a formed in the shutter 15 and protrudes forward by a predetermined distance.

Further, a metal plate 21 is attached to the inner peripheral edge of the cartridge insertion 3, and the bracket 19 is connected to the metal plate 21 via a conductive wire 22.

Further, the upper side of the metal plate 21 is bent, and this bent portion 21a is fixed to the metal body frame 1a of the information processing device 1 with fixing screws 23.

During information processing, the cartridge 3 is inserted from the cartridge insertion slot 3 of the information processing apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. As a result, the shutter 15 is pushed up and rotated about the support portion 17.17.

At this time, the static electricity removal brush 18 of the shutter 15 comes into sliding contact with the surface of the cartridge 2, and the static electricity charged on the surface of the cartridge 2 is removed by the static electricity removal brush 18, the bracket 19, and the conductor 2.
2. It will be grounded to the outside via a grounding path made up of the metal plate 21 and the main body frame 1a.

In this way, when the cartridge 2 is inserted, the static eliminating brush 18
In order to release the static electricity in the cartridge 2 to the outside,
The cartridge 2 is not charged with static electricity. Therefore, good information processing is possible without being affected by noise caused by static electricity.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the static electricity of the cartridge is released to the outside by the static eliminating brush member.
This has the effect of enabling good information processing without being affected by noise due to static electricity of the cartridge.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a shutter of an insertion port of the device main body, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an information processing device and an information storage medium cartridge, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view showing the shutter year, FIG. 4 is a voice view, and FIG. 5 is a detailed view showing the cartridge insertion state. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Apparatus main body, 2... Cartridge, 3... Insertion slot, 10... Information storage medium, 18... Static elimination brush (static elimination member).

Claims (1)

[Claims] The apparatus includes a device main body, an insertion port provided in the device main body, and a static eliminator provided near the insertion port that removes static electricity by slidingly contacting a cartridge containing an information storage medium that is inserted through the insertion port. An information processing device characterized by: