JPH03137863A - Disk driving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase the number of loaded disks by coupling a take-out means which takes a disk out of a storage means where disks are stored into the device with a recording and reproducing means so that they can be disengaged from each other, and moving them in one body. CONSTITUTION:A tray 5 where a large-sized disk 1 is mounted at an ejection position C is moved to a playback position A and moved down vertically to load the large-sized disk 1 on the turntable 31 of a 1st base 20 which is held at a horizontal attitude. When a desired small-diameter disk 2 is taken out of the cartridge storage part 10 where cartridges 10 containing small-diameter disks 2 are loaded, a roller base 60 has its metallic piece 61 coupled with the magnet 45 of a 2nd base 40 and a driving motor 53 rotates to move the 2nd base 40 in the state of engagement with the roller base 60, so that the disk 2 is drawn out and mounted on the turntable 31 of the 1st base 20 which is held at a vertical attitude.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention is capable of loading a plurality of cartridges each containing a disk-shaped information recording medium (hereinafter referred to as a disk), and any one of the cartridges can be loaded. The present invention relates to a so-called autochanger type disk drive device that records and reproduces information signals on and from a selected built-in disk.

Conventional Technology Conventionally, the main method for autochangers that selectively drives one of multiple discs is to place multiple discs on one tray and rotate the tray to select the disc. The carcell type to be performed,
There is a disk magazine type in which a plurality of disks are loaded into a magazine, the magazine is inserted into a drive device, and disks are selectively taken out from the magazine and driven. These are mainly Funbakuto disks (hereinafter referred to as C
A conventional example of the above-mentioned car cell type is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 1999.
-54034, etc., and as a conventional example of a disk magazine type, there is a disk loading mechanism disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 103466/1983.

Recently, in addition to CDs with a diameter of 12 cm, CDs with a diameter of 8 cm have been introduced.
has been released, and the spread of 8cm CDs in particular is rapidly progressing.In line with this, an autochanger-type disc drive device that can drive two types of discs with different diameters with the same device has been developed, and will become the mainstream in the future. It is expected that

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional disk drive device described above, a plurality of disks are loaded in the same tray or magazine, and in the case of a carousel type, the disks are arranged on the same plane, so the dimensions of the tray are The number of disks that can be loaded is limited due to physical constraints, and the disk magazine type has the disadvantage that it is not possible to increase the number of disks that can be loaded due to dimensional constraints of the magazine. In other words, when attempting to increase the number of disks to be loaded, there is a problem in that the size and thickness of the disk drive device increases.

Means for Solving the Problems In response to these problems with conventional disk drive devices, the inventor focused on the fact that autochangers capable of driving the two types of disks mentioned above would become mainstream, and loaded them into disk drive devices. We considered increasing the number of discs that can be loaded by changing the orientation of the disc depending on its diameter. In order to realize this, the disk drive apparatus of the present invention includes a storage means for removably loading a plurality of disks, an ejection means for taking out the disks loaded in the storage means into the apparatus, and an ejection means for taking out the disks loaded in the storage means. A recording and reproducing means for recording or reproducing information signals on a disk, a coupling means for coupling and releasably coupling the ejecting means and the recording and reproducing means, and the coupled ejecting means and the recording and reproducing means. It is equipped with a moving means that moves integrally.

Effect: With the configuration described above, at least two different types of disc ejecting means can be provided in the disc drive device. Therefore, the posture of the disk loaded into the disk drive device can be set in at least two ways, and specifically, a disk with a relatively large diameter (12 cm CD
) horizontally and smaller diameter disks (8 cm CD) vertically, the total number of disks that can be loaded can be increased without enlarging the size of the disk drive device.

Further, the disks loaded in the at least two types of postures can be recorded or reproduced by a common recording/reproducing means.

Embodiment Hereinafter, one embodiment of the disk drive device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 20.

FIG. 1θ is a schematic cross-sectional perspective view of a disk cartridge used in a disk drive device according to the present invention;
The figure is a perspective view of its appearance.

The cartridge 100 has one small diameter disk (8c) inside.
This is a resin case that stores the mCD (mCD) 2 in a manner that allows it to be taken in and taken out, and one end surface thereof has an opening 104 through which the small-diameter disc 2 can be taken in and taken out. Inside the cartridge 100, an arc-shaped slide arm 102 for ejecting the small-diameter disk 2 is slidably provided. A cartridge 100 is attached to one end of the slide arm 102.
A notch 103 provided on the side surface adjacent to the opening 104 of the
A claw 102a protruding from the cartridge 100 to the outside of the cartridge 100
is formed. Further, the other end 102b of the slide arm 102 is in contact with the outer circumference of the small-diameter disk 2 at a position opposite to the opening 104 with respect to the stored small-diameter disk 2. Front and back parts of cartridge 100 and opening 1
A label area 105 is formed on the side opposite to 04 to which a label for indicating the contents of the small-diameter disk 2 stored in the cartridge 100 is attached.

A small diameter disk 2 is obtained from the cartridge 100 having the above-described configuration.
To take it out, move the claw 102a in the direction of arrow P. As a result, the slide arm 102 urges the small diameter disk 2 in the direction of arrow P, and the small diameter disk 2 is ejected from the opening 104 to the outside of the cartridge 100.

The configuration of the disk drive device will be explained below.

FIG. 1 is a front external view of the present disk drive device.

Also, Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the state when a disc placed in a horizontal position is being played, Fig. 3 is a front view thereof, Fig. 4 is a side view thereof, and Fig. 18 is a car). FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional perspective view of the storage section.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, the tray 5 is a large-diameter disk (1
A large diameter recess 5as for placing a 2cm CD) 1, and a small diameter disc (8) formed concentrically with the large diameter recess 5a.
cmCD1 (not shown) small diameter recess 5b for placing
relays from the playback position A to the standby position B and outputs the discharge position C.
The base plate 3b of the disk drive device 3 is supported so as to be movable while maintaining a substantially parallel attitude. The tray ejection window 4 is the operation panel 3 of the disk drive device 3
It is openable and closable. Here, playback position A is the position where the large-diameter disc 1 is played, ejection position C is the position where the tray 5 is ejected to the outside from the tray ejection window 4 of the disc drive device 3, and standby position B is the playback position A. This position is located between the ejection position C and the inside of the disk drive device 3. The tray 5 is selectively conveyed and stopped at the playback position A1, the standby position B, and the discharge position C by a driving means (not shown).

On the other hand, a cartridge storage section 1o into which the IJ cartridge 100 is loaded is provided on the operation panel 3a of the disk drive device 3. The cartridge storage section 1o has a top plate 12 and a bottom plate 13, each of which is approximately parallel to the base plate 3b of the disk drive device 3.
The block is composed of a top plate 12, a bottom plate 13, and a plurality of partition plates 14 provided substantially perpendicular thereto.

The partition plates 14 are arranged at equal intervals, and the top plate 1
2. One cartridge 100 can be loaded into each of the spaces (hereinafter referred to as slots 11) surrounded by the bottom plate 13 and two adjacent partition plates 14. At the end of each partition plate 14 on the operation panel 3a side, a taber 10a is formed to facilitate loading of the cartridge 1oo from the insertion opening 11a of the slot 11. Furthermore, stoppers 15a and 15 are provided above and below the ejection port 11b on the inside side of the disk drive device 3 of each slot 11 to prevent over-insertion of the loaded cartridge 100.
b is the top plate 12. It is formed on the bottom plate 13. Also,
A notch 16 extending in the longitudinal direction is formed in the bottom plate 13 of the cartridge accommodating portion 10, and the notch 103 of the loaded cartridge 100 is exposed to the outside of the cartridge accommodating portion 10. There is.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view when the first base of the disk drive device of the present invention is in a horizontal position, and FIG. 16 is a perspective view when the first base is in a vertical position.

In FIGS. 15 and 16, the first base 20 includes a pickup 3 that reads information signals recorded on the disk.
0, a pickup base 30a to which the pickup 30 is fixed, a transport means (not indicated by numbers) that allows the pickup 30 to access the destination track, a large diameter disk 1 and a small diameter disk 2 (hereinafter referred to as disks). It is equipped with a spindle motor 32 placed on a table 31 and driven to rotate.

The pickup 30 is for reading information signals by accurately tracing a light spot on an information signal track recorded on a disk, and has a structure described in many known examples such as Japanese Patent Publication No. 82810/1983. can also be used in the present invention, so a detailed explanation will be omitted here.

A turntable 31 on which a disk can be placed is fixed to a drive shaft 32a of the spindle motor 32. The spindle motor 32 rotates the disk at 200 to 50 speeds per minute.
By rotating the disc at 0 rotations, the rotation is controlled so that the circumferential speed at the inner and outer circumferences of the disk is constant. Inside the turntable 31, there is a centering hub 31a having a conical taper that slidably engages with the drive shaft 32a and fits into the center hole of the disk, and the centering hub 3
A coil spring (not shown) is held that elastically urges 1a toward the center hole of the disk.

The transfer means includes a traverse motor 33 having a drive gear 34 fixed to a rotating shaft, a first intermediate gear 35 that meshes with the drive gear 34 so as to transmit rotation, and a first intermediate gear 35 that meshes with the first intermediate gear 35 so that rotation can be transmitted and is coaxial with the drive gear 34. a second having a worm gear 36b;
The intermediate gear 36a and the worm gear 36b mesh with each other so as to transmit rotation, and the worm wheel portion 37 formed at the end of the pickup base 30a is slidably engaged with a guide hole formed at the other end of the pickup base 30a. It is composed of a guide rod 38. pickup base 3
As the traverse motor 33 rotates, the worm gear 0a receives a propulsive force from the worm gear 36b, and is guided by the guide rod 38 and slid in the axial direction thereof.

Further, the first clamper 6 shown in FIG. 3 is a circular member made of sheet metal, and has a shape corresponding to the tapered shape of the centering hub 31a of the turntable 31. The clamper arm 7 has an arm shaft 7a arranged at one end and rotatably holds a clamper 6 at the other end, and is used to clamp the disk.

In FIG. 3, the guide base 50 is a resin base that supports a guide rod 51 that linearly moves the second base 40 at both ends thereof, and has a drive base surface 50a that is approximately parallel to the operation panel 3a, and a second It is composed of a roller rolling contact surface 50b1 that rolls into contact with the guide roller 44 of the base 40, and a frame portion that relatively connects these.

The drive base surface 50a includes a drive motor 53 having a worm gear 54 fixed to the motor drive shaft, an intermediate gear 55 that meshes with the worm gear 54 so as to transmit rotation, and a gear portion 5f3a and a pulley portion 56b formed on the same axis. A drive pulley 56 that meshes with the drive pulley 55 so as to be able to transmit rotation, and a driven pulley 57 in which a pulley part 5E3b of the drive pulley 56 and a pulley part 57a that can transmit rotation are formed by a wire 58 are supported.

The guide rod 51 has a circular cross-sectional shaft that is substantially parallel to the operation panel 3a and the base plate 3b, and both ends thereof are fixed to the guide base 5o.

The roller rolling contact surface 5ob is a smooth flat surface that is approximately parallel to the base plate 3b and has the same length as the guide rod s1.

The second base 40 rotatably mounts the first base 20, and
The base is guided by the guide rod 51 and is movable in a straight line.

The upper surface and the lower surface of the second base 40 are provided with an upper crimping surface 40a and a lower crimping surface 4 that are substantially parallel to the base plate 3b, respectively.
0b is formed.

A first support portion 41 is formed on the upper surface of the end of the second base 40 at a position far from the operation panel 3a, and is approximately parallel to the operation panel 3a and approximately perpendicular to the upper crimp surface 40a. . The first support portion 41 has a bearing 41a and an arcuate cutout portion 41b.

Further, a second support part 42 is formed on the upper surface of the other end of the second base 40, facing substantially parallel to the first support part 41 and substantially perpendicular to the upper crimp surface 40a. has been done. The second support part 42 has a bearing 42a coaxially with a bearing 41a formed in the first support part 41.

On the other hand, a guide hole (not indicated by a number) that slidably engages with the guide rod 51 is provided on the lower surface of the end of the second base 40 located far from the operation panel 3a. A guide roller support part 43 is formed at the center of the lower surface of the second base 40, which is substantially parallel to the operation panel 3a and substantially perpendicular to the lower pressure bonding surface 40b. The guide roller support portion 43 supports the guide roller 44 rotatably in contact with the roller contact surface Sob. Further, a magnet 45 is fixed to the end face of the opening of the guide hole. The magnet 45 has a plane substantially perpendicular to the guide rod 51 as an attraction surface.

On the other hand, the first base 20 has a pivot shaft 23a installed on the side surface of the end located far from the operation panel 3a. Further, a rotation support shaft 23b is installed coaxially with the rotation support shaft 23a on the side surface of the end portion located near the operation panel 3a.

The rotation support shaft 23a rotatably engages with the bearing 41a of the first support portion 41 of the second base 40, and the rotation support shaft 23b rotatably engages with the bearing 42a of the second support portion 42. There is.

Further, a first crimp 24 is formed on the back surface of the first M base 20 and is approximately parallel to the turntable 31, and is also approximately parallel to the axes of the rotation support shafts 23a and 23b of the first base 20. An L-shaped raised part 20 that is substantially perpendicular to the turntable 31 is formed at the end close to this, and a second pressure bonding surface 25a is formed on the back surface of this raised part 20. Here, the first crimp surface 24 and the second crimp surface 25a are
The positional relationship is such that when the base 20 is rotated, they come into contact with a lower crimp surface 40a and a lower crimp surface 40b provided on the second base 40, respectively.

Further, on the side surface of the first base 20 on which the rotation support shaft 23a is installed, a first locking pin 46 is provided in parallel with the rotation support shaft 23a.
A is planted. The first locking pin 46a passes through an arcuate notch 41b formed in the first support portion 41 of the second base 40. Further, a second locking pin 4Elb is installed on the first support portion 41 of the second base 40 on a surface far from the operation panel 3a.

A reversing spring 47 is locked between the first locking pin 46a and the second locking pin 4E3b. The reversal spring 47 is a ring-shaped torsion spring with hook-shaped ends, and one end is attached to the second base 4.
The other end is attached to the second locking pin 48a of the first base 20.
It is locked by a locking pin 46b. The reversing spring 47 uses a torsion biasing force to press the first crimp surface 24 and the upper crimp surface 40a of the second base 40 when the first base 20 is in a horizontal position during the rotational movement of the first base 20. and the first base 2
When 0 is in the vertical position, the second crimping surface 25a and the second base 4o
The direction of the spring biasing force is reversed at the midpoint of the rotation movement from the horizontal position to the vertical position.

An engagement protrusion 22 is provided on the side surface of the end of the first base 20 on which the rotation support shaft 23b is erected, and is formed to protrude in the axial direction of the rotation support shaft 23b and substantially parallel thereto. A connecting groove 22a is formed near the end of the engaging protrusion 22.

On the other hand, the driven pulley 57 has a rectangular engagement groove 57b formed in a part of the outer periphery of the boot portion 57a.

Both ends of the wire 58 stretched between the driven pulley 57 and the drive boob IJ56 are connected by a connecting member 58a, and are firmly fixed in the connecting groove 22a formed in the engaging protrusion 22 of the first base 2o. ing.

The connecting member 58a has a shape that can be engaged with and detached from the engaging groove 57b of the driven pulley 57 while being fixed to the connecting groove 22a, and when the connecting member 58a is in the engaged state, the connecting member 58a
Since the play between the engagement groove 57b and the engagement groove 57b is minimized,
The connecting member 58a, that is, the engaging protrusion 22 and the driven boob IJ
57 and can be moved integrally. In addition, the connecting member 58
When the connecting member 58a is disengaged from the engagement groove 57b, the connecting member 58a
That is, the engaging protrusion 22 is pulled by the wire 58 and moves in the direction of arrow S.

Here, the driven boob IJ57 is rotatably supported on the drive base surface 50a, and when the connecting member 58a is engaged with the engagement groove 57b, the rotating shaft 59 is attached to the first base. 20 rotation support shafts 23a.

It is arranged coaxially with 23b. In other words, the radius when the connecting member 58a rotates around the rotation shaft 59 of the driven pulley 57 and the rotation support shaft 23 of the first base 20
It is configured so that the radii when rotating around a and 23b are equal.

Therefore, when the connecting member 58a is engaged with the engagement groove 57b, when the driven pulley 57 rotates, the first base 20
The engaging protrusion 22 rotates integrally with the driven pulley 57,
The first base 20 is rotated around rotation support shafts 23a and 23b.

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the roller base of the disk drive device of the present invention.

In FIG. 17, the roller base 6o is a resin member having a space 60b in the center, and a small diameter disk 2 at the end.
A taking-out means is provided for taking out the small-diameter disk 2 from the cartridge 100 loaded in the storage means 1o, and moves it into the disk drive device 3 to make it playable. It is something that forces you to do something. The roller base 60 has a guide hole Boa in which the guide rod 51 is slidably engaged, and the roller base 60
a guide roller 69 for supporting the disk, a second clamper 63 for clamping the disk, a pair of first pull-out rollers 84a, 64b and a pair of second pull-out rollers 65a, f35b for transporting the small-diameter disk 2,
It is composed of a linear guide section 62a and a centering guide section 82b that serve as guides when transporting the disk drive device 3, and a pull-out lever 67 that can reciprocate in the depth direction of the disk drive device 3.

The space 60b formed in the center of the roller base 60 is a space in which the small-diameter disk 2 is rotated after being taken out from the cartridge 100, and a straight line is formed around the space 60b to accurately guide the small-diameter disk 2. Guide part 82
a and the centering guide portion 62b1.A tapered portion 62C1 continuous thereto is further formed with an inner peripheral wall 62d. It is formed with a radius slightly larger than the radius of the small diameter disc 2 on the extension of the planar linear guide parts 62a1 and 82a, which are provided substantially parallel to each other and with an interval slightly larger than the diameter of the small diameter disc 2. The centering guide part θ2b is
To guide the small-diameter disk 2 while regulating its posture to facilitate its centering and clamping.

The inner circumferential wall θ2d is located at a position facing the outer circumferential end surface of the small-diameter disk 2 when it is driven to rotate, and is formed with a sufficient distance so as not to come into contact with the small-diameter disk 2. Therefore, the tapered portion 62c has a tapered shape that widens toward the inner circumferential wall 62d from the linear guide portion 62a1 and the centering guide portion θ2b.

The guide hole 80a is provided at one lower end of the roller base 6o, and is slidably engaged with the guide rod 51 of the guide base 50.

A guide roller support portion 68 is formed to protrude downward on the lower surface of the other end of the roller base 60, and a guide roller 69 is rotatably supported on the side surface of the guide roller support portion 68.

The second clamper 63 is a circular part made of sheet metal, has a shape corresponding to the tapered shape of the centering hub 31a of the turntable 31, and is rotatably supported by the clamper arm 7o of the roller base 60. Clamper arm 7
o is swingably supported in the direction of the rotation axis of the second clamper 63, and is swingably driven by a drive means (not shown).

At the end of the roller base 80 near the operation panel 3a, a pair of first pull-out rollers 64a are rotatably disposed substantially perpendicular to the base brake 3b.

84b and a pair of second pull-out rollers 85a, 65b. The first pull-out rollers 84a and 84b are arranged parallel to each other with a gap narrower than the thickness of the small-diameter disk 2. Further, the roller base 60 pivotally supports a second pull-out roller 65a substantially parallel to the first pull-out rollers 84a and 64b.

The second pull-out roller 65b is arranged substantially parallel to the second pull-out roller 65a, and both ends thereof are rotatably supported by the pinch arm 66. Furthermore, the end of the pinch arm 66 is rotatably supported by the roller base 60, and the second pull-out roller 85b is moved to the second pull-out roller 85b by the rotation of the pinch arm 66.
It is possible to press on and release the pull-out roller 65a.

Further, at the lower end of the roller base 60 near the front spring, a pull-out lever 67 is provided which is linearly driven back and forth in the depth direction of the disk drive device 3 by a pull-out lever driving means (details not shown). There is. The pull-out lever 67 pulls out the cartridge 10 loaded in the cartridge storage section 10.
0, this is an abbreviated resin member for taking out the small diameter disk 2 from the inside of the cartridge 100 by engaging and moving the claw 102a in the notch 103. The pull-out lever 67 reaches from the lower end of the roller base 60 to the lower surface of the cartridge storage section 10, and its tip is located inside an inner groove (not shown) formed on the lower surface of the cartridge storage section 1°. .

Further, a ferromagnetic metal piece 61 is fixed to the end surface of the opening of the guide hole 60a in a position substantially perpendicular to the guide rod 51. The metal piece 61 is arranged at a position facing the magnet 45 provided on the second base 40, and is configured to be able to be attracted by magnetic attraction force.

Hereinafter, the disk loading operation of the disk drive device of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the drawings.

First, the cartridge loading operation will be explained using FIGS. 1, 4, and 18 to 20.

The cartridge 100 storing the small-diameter disk 2 is loaded into the slot 11 through the insertion opening 11a of the cartridge storage 10 exposed on the operation panel 3a.

Here, the cartridge 100 is loaded in such a position that the notch 103 faces the base plate 3b of the disk drive device 30 and the opening 104 is located inside the disk drive device 3, as shown in FIG. Cartori
When the slot 100 is inserted in the direction of the arrow N to a predetermined position, further insertion is restricted by the stops 7/(15a, i5b) provided near the outlet 11b of the slot/slot 11, and loading is stopped. is completed.

At this time, the label area 105 of the cartridge 100 is the insertion opening of the cartridge storage section 10! It is located near LA and is visible from the outside. Therefore, the operator writes the contents of the small-diameter disk 2 stored in the cartridge 100 on a label, and writes this on the label area 10.
5, the contents of the cartridge 100 can be known without taking it out, even if the cartridge 100 is loaded in the car IJ storage unit 10, that is, the disk drive device 3.

Furthermore, in the fully loaded state of the above-mentioned car IJ jig 100, the notch 103 overlaps with the notch 16 of the cartridge accommodating part 10 at almost the same position, and the notch 103 and 1
The small-diameter disk 2 can be removed by the pull-out lever 87 through the small-diameter disk 6 .

Next, referring to FIGS. 2 to 4, an explanation will be given of the operation when playing a disc placed on the tray 5. Although the above-mentioned disk may be either the large-diameter disk 1 or the small-diameter disk 2, the case where the large-diameter disk 1 is placed will be explained here.

First, in the initial state, the second base 40 is the guide base 5
0 (first position). Further, the first base 20 mounted on the second base 40 is held in a horizontal position. Further, the roller base 60 comes into contact with the position regulating member 52 and is regulated from moving to the left.

The tray 5 is connected to the disk drive device 3 through the tray ejection window 4.
is discharged outside. When the operator places the large-diameter disk 1 in the large-diameter recess 5a of the tray 5 and performs a predetermined operation, the tray 6 relays from the ejection position C to the standby position B while maintaining a substantially parallel attitude to the base plate 3b. Playback position A
Continuously move up to.

Here, the movement path from the discharge position C to the standby position B is a straight path in the horizontal direction. Next, the disk placed above the playback position A from the standby position B is moved to the spindle motor 3.
It moves in the horizontal direction until it comes to a position concentric with the drive shaft 32a of Base Play) 3b, and then starts descending in a substantially perpendicular direction with respect to the base play) 3b. When the tray 5 descends to the position of the turntable 31, the large-diameter disk 1 on the tray 5 is placed on the turntable 31. Thereafter, as only the tray 5 further descends, the clamper arm 7 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow, and the first clamper 6 presses the large diameter disk 1 against the turntable 31, thereby performing disk clamping. At the same time, a centering hub 31a built into the turntable 31 fits into the center hole of the large-diameter disk 1 to center it.

With the above operations, mounting of the large-diameter disk 1 using the tray 5 is completed.

As is clear from the above description, in the disk drive device of the present invention, the large-diameter disk 1 is mounted on the disk drive device 3 in a substantially horizontal position by the tray 5 that moves in and out horizontally, and the small-diameter disk 2 is mounted in a substantially horizontal position. In a vertical position,
That is, it is mounted at an angle of approximately 90 degrees with respect to the large diameter disk 1. In this case, the width direction of the disk drive device 3 corresponds to the thickness direction of the cartridge 100 in which the small diameter disk 2 is stored. If you try to increase the number of cartridges 100 that can be loaded, the required storage space, that is, the cartridge storage section 10, will increase in size, but the direction of size expansion is in the width direction of the disk drive device 3, and it is difficult for the disk drive device 3 to have a layout. This is a direction with plenty of room. On the other hand, disk drive device 3
The width direction of the cartridge 100 corresponds to the thickness direction, but the dimension in the same direction is determined by the width dimension regardless of the number of cartridges 100 loaded. The cartridge 100 stores a small-diameter 8 cm CD, and the external dimensions of the cartridge 100 are equivalent to the thickness of a conventional disk drive device. In other words, by arranging the large-diameter disk 1 and the small-diameter disk 2 in the above-mentioned posture, the number of disks that can be installed can be dramatically increased while keeping the size (external dimensions) of the disk drive device the same as before. can do.

On the other hand, the above explanation of the operation of the tray 5 is for the case where the second base 40 and the roller base 60 are in a predetermined initial state, but the operation when the initial state is different from the above explanation is as follows. be.

For example, if the first base 20 is in a vertical position as shown in FIG. 6, or if the second base 40 is not at the left end of the guide base 50 as shown in FIG. When the operator executes a predetermined operation for moving the tray 5 from the state where it protrudes outside the disk drive device 3 (ejection position C), the tray 5 moves from the ejection position C to the standby position B, and waits there. state. A return instruction for the first base 20 and the second base 40 is issued from an instruction means (not shown) in the disk drive device 3, and after they have returned to the first position shown in FIG. 2, the tray 5 operates. is restarted, and mounting of the large-diameter disk 1 is executed.

When the installation of the large-diameter disk 1 is completed, it becomes possible to reproduce information signals from the disk. Upon receiving the instruction from the instruction means, the spindle motor 32 rotates and drives the large diameter disk 1 to rotate. Further, the traverse motor 33 rotates and moves the pickup 30 in the radial direction of the large diameter disk 1 via a gear train, thereby performing disk access. The pickup 30 reads and reproduces information signals recorded on the large-diameter disk 1, and the spindle motor 32 is rotationally controlled so that the circumferential speed of the disk at the information position to be reproduced by the pickup 30 is constant.

Next, each operation will be explained from a state in which a large diameter disc 1 placed horizontally is being played to a state in which a small diameter disc 2 stored in the cartridge 100 is being played.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the disk drive device of the present invention when a disk placed in a vertical position is being played back, FIG. 6 is a front view thereof, FIG. 7 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 13 is an operation diagram when the first base is in a horizontal position,
Figure 4 is an operation diagram when the first base is in a vertical position, Figure 5 is a perspective view when the first base is in a horizontal position, and Figure 16 is an operation diagram when the first base is in a vertical position. FIG.

Now, when the operator performs a predetermined operation from the state shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the rotation of the spindle motor 32 is stopped, and the rotation of the large diameter disk 1 is stopped. Thereafter, the clamper arm 7 rotates upward, and the pressure on the disk 1 from the turntable 31 is released. The tray 5 starts rising from the playback position A while maintaining an attitude substantially parallel to the base plate 3b. When the tray 5 rises to the position of the turntable 31, the disc 1 is placed in the large diameter recess 5 of the tray 5.
It is placed on a. When the tray 5 further rises to the height of the tray ejection window 4, it moves horizontally to the standby position B, completing the transfer operation. After that, the operator performs a predetermined operation to move the tray 5 to the standby position B and the ejection position C.
The disc 1 can be easily taken out.

On the other hand, when the tray 5 comes to the standby position B, the drive motor 53 rotates and transmits rotational driving force to the intermediate gear 55 and further to the drive pulley 56. Drive pulley 56
When rotates, the rotation is transmitted to the driven pulley 57 via the wire 58.

Next, the rotation operation of the first base 20 will be explained.

When the driven boob IJ57 rotates in the direction of arrow R, the engaging protrusion 22 of the first base 20 and the engaging groove 57b of the driven pulley 57
By engaging with the first base 20, the rotation shaft 5
It rotates integrally with the driven boob IJ 57 around 9.

Note that since the driven pulley 57 is pivotally supported by the drive base 50a, the center of rotation of the first base 20 does not move.

That is, the second base 40 rotates in the direction of the arrow R around the rotation support shafts 23 a and 23 b of the first base 20 while remaining stationary.

Here, when the first base 20 is held in a horizontal position, the first crimping member 24 of the first base 20 is crimped to the upper crimping surface 40a of the second base 40 due to the biasing force of the reversing spring 47. be done. On the other hand, when the first base 2o is held in a vertical position, the second crimp surface 25a of the L-shaped protrusion 25 formed on the first base 20 is pressed against the second base by the biasing force of the reversing spring 47. 40
It is crimped onto the lower crimping surface 40b of.

Therefore, the first base 2 is integrated with the driven pulley 57.
0 is rotated by 90 degrees and the second crimp surface 25a of the first base 20 is crimp-bonded to the lower crimp surface 40'b of the second base 40, the rotation of the first base 20 is prevented and , is held in a substantially perpendicular posture with respect to the base plate 3b.

The first base 20 is held in a vertical position, and the drive motor S
3 further rotates to pull the engagement protrusion 22 in the direction of arrow S, and the second base 40 slides along the guide rod 51. Here, when the second base 40 slides, the guide rollers 44 of the second base 40 roll on the roller contact surface 50b of the guide base 50 while the first base is biased to a vertical position. 20 while performing sliding movement. As the second base 40 slides, the engagement protrusion 22 of the first base 20 and the engagement groove 57b of the driven pulley 57
are removed, and the second base 40 continues to slide.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state when the first base and the roller base are connected in the disk drive device of the present invention;
FIG. 9 shows its front view.

8 and 9, when the drive motor 53 rotates further, the second base 40 reaches the connection position where the position regulating member 52 is arranged. Here, the position regulating member 52 is fixed to the base plate 3b, and the roller base 6
0 prevents excessive movement to the left.

At the connection position, a roller base 60 that is slidably engaged with the guide rod 51 is waiting, and a second roller base 60 that is slidably moved is waiting.
The base 40 contacts the roller base 60. Furthermore, the second
The magnet 45 of the base 40 (the rectangular part with left-down inclined hatching) and the metal piece 61 of the roller base 60 (the rectangular part without hatching) are coupled to each other by magnetic attraction, and the second base 40 and The roller base 60 is connected.

After the second base 40 is connected to the roller base 80, it continues to slide along the guide rod 51. Here, when the roller base 60 slides, the guide roller 44 supported by the roller base 60 moves to the guide base 5.
The posture of the roller base 44 is maintained while rolling on the roller contact surface 5ob of 0.

Here, the second base 40 can select an arbitrary cartridge in the cartridge accommodating section 10 and move it to its removal position upon receiving an instruction from an instruction means (not shown). Here, the operation when the cartridge 100 loaded on the right end of the guide base 50 is selected will be described.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the disk drive device of the present invention when a disk placed in a vertical position is being played back, FIG. 11 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 12 is a side view thereof.

10 to 12, the drive motor 53 further rotates, and the second base 40 reaches the position of the cartridge 100 that stores the small-diameter disk 2 while maintaining the connection with the roller base 60 (the second position). In this state, the first base 20 can reproduce the selected small-diameter disc 2 in a posture that makes an angle of approximately 90 degrees with respect to the reproduction posture of the large-diameter disc 1. The moving operation of the second base is completed in the above manner. Here, when the roller base 60 is slidingly moving, the hook portion 67a of the pull-out lever 67 moves under the notch 16 formed in the cartridge storage portion 10.

Next, we will explain the operation related to ejecting the disc. In FIGS. 10 to 12, 17, and 18, when the sliding movement of the second base 40 is completed, the pull-out lever e
7 is driven by a pull-out lever driving means (not shown), and the claw 102a of the slide arm 102 of the cartridge 100 loaded in the slot 11 is engaged and moved in the direction of arrow P by the hook portion 67a of the pull-out lever 67. When the pull-out lever 67 engages and moves, the end 102b of the slide arm 102 comes into contact with the side surface of the small-diameter disk 2, and the small-diameter disk 2 is ejected to the outside through the opening 104 of the cartridge lid.

The ejected small-diameter disk 2 is held between the first pull-out roller 84a and the first pull-out roller 64b, and is further transferred in the direction of arrow P as the first pull-out rollers 84a and 64b rotate. The second pull-out roller 65b is pressed against the second pull-out roller 65a by a pinch arm 66, and the small-diameter disk 2. is pinched. Thereafter, as the second pull-out rollers 85a and 65b rotate, the small-diameter disk 2 is further transferred in the direction of arrow P while being regulated by the linear guide portion 62a, and comes into contact with the centering guide portion to prevent the disk from being transferred. . After that, the first bow mountain roller 64a,
64b and the second pull-out rollers 65a, 65b stop rotating, and the disk transport operation ends.

The small-diameter disk 2 is held between the second pull-out roller 65a and the second pull-out roller 65b, and is moved to the clamper arm 70.
rotates in the axial direction of the second clamper θ3, and the second clamper 63 of the clamper arm 70 presses the small diameter disk 2 against the turntable 31. After that, pinch arm 66
rotates the second pull-out roller 25b in the direction of releasing the pressure on the second pull-out roller 65a, and the small-diameter disk 2 is released from being held. In the manner described above, the disk clamping operation of the small diameter disk 2 is completed.

When the clamping of the small-diameter disk 2 is completed, it becomes possible to reproduce information signals from the disk.

Upon receiving an instruction from an instruction means (not shown), the spindle motor 32 rotates and drives the small diameter disk 2 to rotate. Further, the traverse motor 33 rotates and moves the pickup 30 in the radial direction of the small diameter disk 2 via a gear train, thereby performing disk access. The pickup 30 reads and reproduces information signals recorded on the small-diameter disk 2, and the spindle motor 32 is rotationally controlled so that the circumferential speed of the disk at the information position to be reproduced by the pickup 30 is constant.

Here, in FIGS. 12 and 18, when the small-diameter disc 2 is being played, the pull-out lever 67 is moved by the arrow P.
Since the slide arm 102 is locked in the direction of , and the cartridge 100 is locked between the pull-out lever 67 of the roller base 60 and the stoppers 15a and 15b of the cartridge storage section 10, the cartridge 100 is not inserted into the outside of the disk drive device 3. Evacuation becomes impossible. On the other hand, cartridges that are not being played (not indicated by numbers) are not retained between the pull-out lever 67 and the stoppers 15a and 15b, and are therefore ejected to the outside of the disk drive device 3 and stored in the cartridge storage section 10. Loading into the slot 11 becomes possible.

Next, the operation when storing the small-diameter disk 2 in the cartridge 100 will be explained.

10 to 12 and 17, the rotation of the spindle motor 32 is stopped, and the rotation of the small diameter disk 2 is stopped. Thereafter, the pinch arm 66 rotates the second pull-out roller 65b toward the second pull-out roller 85a, thereby pinching the small-diameter disk 2. When the small-diameter disk 2 is held between the second pull-out roller 65a and the second pull-out roller Et5a, the clamper arm 70 rotates in a direction away from the turntable 31, and the second clamper 63 clamps the small-diameter disk 2. is canceled. Next, when the second pull-out rollers 65a and 85b rotate, the small diameter disk 2 is moved to the empty car to be stored (IJ jig 100).
The cartridge 100 is transferred from the opening 104 in the direction of
begins to be inserted into the inside of. Furthermore, the second pull-out roller θ5
When a and 65b rotate, the small diameter disk 2 reaches a position where it comes into contact with the end 102b of the slide arm inside the cartridge 100. At this point, the second pull-out roller 65a
, 65b are released, and the small-diameter disk 2 is now in a state of being transferred by the first pull-out rollers 64a, 64b. Thereafter, the pull-out lever 67 moves toward the operation panel 3a, and the small-diameter disk 2 is transferred by the first pull-out rollers 84a, 64b, so that the small-diameter disk 2 is stored inside the cartridge 1oO.

The above explanation has been about the operation from a state in which the large-diameter disc 1 placed horizontally can be played back to a state in which the small-diameter disc 2 can be played in an attitude substantially perpendicular thereto. On the contrary, the operation from the state where the small diameter disc 2 can be played back to the state where the large diameter disc 1 can be played is basically the reverse of the above operation. That is, the drive motor 5
3 rotates, the rotational driving force is transmitted, and the driven pulley 57 rotates in the direction opposite to the arrow R, the second base 40 and the roller base 60 are integrally driven and moved to the left. When the roller base 60 reaches the position of the position regulating member 52 and comes into contact with it, the second base 40 and the roller base 60
The connection with the second base 40 is released, and only the second base 40 continues to move. When the second base 40 reaches the leftmost end of the guide base SO, the engagement protrusion 22 of the first base 20 and the engagement groove 57b of the driven pulley 57 engage with each other. At this point, the movement of the second base 40 is stopped, and the rotation of the first base 2o is started. When the first base 20 rotates until it assumes a horizontal position, the driven pulley 57 stops and the operation is completed.

Regarding the detailed operation, it is easier to explain the operation from the state where the large-diameter disc 1 placed horizontally can be played back to the state where the small-diameter disc 2 can be played in a substantially perpendicular position. Since it is easy to understand, the explanation here is omitted.

In this embodiment, it has been described that the second base 4o and the roller penis 60 are magnetically connected and disconnected by the magnet 45 and the metal piece 6t, but any other device can be used as long as the same attachment/detachment effect can be obtained. It doesn't matter if it is.

Further, the large diameter disc 1 and the small diameter disc 2 of this embodiment were at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to each other in their playback postures.
This angle is not limited to 90 degrees, and may be set to any angle that is easy to design within the scope of the invention.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the disk drive device of the present invention includes an ejecting means for ejecting a disk from the storage means into the inside of the device, and a first base for recording or reproducing information on the ejected disk. (recording and reproducing means) can be freely coupled and disconnected, so at least two types of disc ejecting means can be provided inside the same disc drive device.

Then, a disk with a relatively large diameter is placed horizontally,
By vertically loading disks with smaller diameters, the total number of disks that can be loaded can be increased without increasing the size of the disk drive device.

Further, the disks loaded in the two orientations can be recorded or reproduced using a common first base (recording/reproducing means), and the number of parts and the size of the apparatus can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front external view of a disk drive device of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which a disk placed in a horizontal position is being played back by the disk drive apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the state during playback, FIG. 4 is a side view showing the state when the traverse is in the horizontal position with the disk drive device of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing the state with the disk drive device of the present invention in the vertical position. FIG. 6 is a front view showing the disc drive device of the present invention when the first base is in a vertical position, and FIG. A side view showing the state when the first base is rotated from a horizontal position to a vertical position in the disk drive device of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a side view showing the state when the first base and the roller base are connected in the disk drive device of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a front view showing the state when the first base and roller base are connected in the disk drive device of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the disk drive device of the present invention in a vertical position. FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a state in which a mounted disc is being played back; FIG. 11 is a front view showing a state in which a disc mounted in a vertical position is being played back in the disc drive B tll of the present invention; FIG. 13 is a side view showing a state in which the disk drive device of the present invention is playing a disk mounted in a vertical position, and FIG. 13 shows the first base of the disk drive device of the present invention held in a horizontal position. FIG. 14 is an operation diagram when the first base of the disk drive device of the present invention is held in a vertical position, and FIG. 15 is a diagram of the operation when the first base of the disk drive device of the present invention is held horizontally. FIG. 16 is a perspective view when the first base of the disk drive device of the present invention is in the vertical posture; FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the roller base of the disk drive device of the present invention. , FIG. 18 is a schematic cross-sectional perspective view of a cartridge accommodating portion of a disk drive device of the present invention, FIG. 19 is a schematic cross-sectional perspective view of a cartridge related to a disk drive device of the present invention, and FIG. 20 is a schematic cross-sectional perspective view of a cartridge storage portion of a disk drive device of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the appearance of a cartridge related to the invention. 1... Large diameter disc (12cm CD), 2...
Small diameter disc (8cm CD), 3...Disk drive device, 3a...Operation panel, 3b...
・Base plate, 4...Tray ejection window, 5
...tray, 6...first clamper, 10...
Cartridge storage section, 20... first base, 30.
...Pickup, 31...Turntable, 32...
Spindle motor, 33... traverse motor,
40... Second base, 41... First support part, 42...
-Second support part, 53...drive motor, 5
6... Drive pulley, 57... Driven boo'L
58a...Connection member, 67...Drawer lever
100... Cartridge, 102... Slide arm.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a storage means into which a plurality of disk-shaped information recording media (hereinafter referred to as disks) can be removably loaded; an ejection means for taking out the disks loaded in the storage means into the apparatus; a recording/reproducing means for recording or reproducing an information signal; a coupling means for releasably coupling and releasably coupling the extracting means and the recording/reproducing means; and integrally connecting the coupled extracting means and the recording/reproducing means. 1. A disk drive device comprising a means for moving.