JPH0413265A - Automatic carrier for disk housing cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To comprise a carrier main body compactly by taking out or pushing in a cartridge by sandwiching with a pair of endless belts. CONSTITUTION:The above carrier is comprised of a pair of endless belts 25 operated in such a way that it can be turned provided at the carrier main body of an automatic carrier and which takes out or pushes in the cartridge horizontally by engaging with a recessed pat 36 for capture, and driving mechanisms 22, 24 which move the endless belts 25 forward and backward a little from the carrier main body to a housing rack or a player and connect/ disconnect the tip sides of the endless belts 25 mutually. In other words, the carrier is equipped with a tip side pulley 24 connected integrally with a base terminal side pulley 22 via a coupling rod 23, and a y-direction timing belt 25 wound across those pulleys 22, 24. Thereby, the carrier main body can be formed compactly, and inertia force can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention provides an automatic transport system for a cartridge containing a video disc in a disc playing device! It is related to.

[Conventional technology and its issues]

Recently, devices that record video and other information on a record-sized disk, read out the recorded information using a laser light source, and reproduce the information, that is, disk performance devices, have become popular. Now, a device has appeared in which the disc is housed in a flat box-shaped cartridge and the disc is played while being housed in the cartridge.

For example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 63-200248 discloses the following cartridge-accommodating disk performance device.

The disc storage cartridges are stored in 80 to 100 storage shelves arranged vertically, and a desired one of these cartridges is taken out and inserted into a playback device (player) for playing.

In order to make the performance uninterrupted, two players are stacked on top of each other at the bottom of the storage shelf, and transport from the storage shelf to the players is automatically taken out by a cartridge transport device and inserted into the playback device. or return it from the playback device to the storage shelf.

By the way, such a cartridge transport device has a pair of fingers built into a transport main body that reciprocates up and down guided by a single guide shaft installed upright on the front side of the storage shelf. The conveyor body is moved horizontally toward and away from a shelf or player, and the cartridge is automatically grasped and pulled out or pushed in.

However, in such a cartridge conveying device, since the fingers reciprocate on the conveying body, the conveying body is made larger by the size of the fingers.Furthermore, since the fingers are equipped with motors, the fingers move back and forth on the conveying body. There was a problem in that the second motor also accompanied the reciprocating motion, and the inertia force increased accordingly.

[Failure to solve the problem]

Therefore, the present invention was created to solve such problems, and its gist is that a video disc is inserted and a pair of gripping recesses are formed at the outer edge. A cartridge, a storage shelf in which a plurality of shelves for storing one of the cartridges are arranged, a player that plays a disc while being placed in the cartridge, and one cartridge is transported between the storage shelf and the player. an automatic conveyance device, and a pair of rotatable rollers provided in the conveyance body of the automatic conveyance device and engaged with the gripping recesses to take out or push in horizontally; A disc storage device comprising an endless belt and a drive mechanism that moves the endless belt slightly back and forth from the conveyance main body toward the storage shelf or player and brings the ends of the endless belt toward and away from each other. Automatic transport bag for cartridges! It is in.

f Embodiment] The structure of the present invention, together with its operation, will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the main part of the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner box of this embodiment, Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detailed plan view of Fig. 1.
The figure is a view taken along the line A--A in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the reproducing apparatus to which this embodiment is applied.

To which the conveying device of this embodiment is applied, the disc performance equipment that stores the cartridges has storage shelves with 80 columns arranged vertically in two rows on the left and right, and one each on the top and bottom of these storage shelves. Assign players! For example, the disk used in this device uses the property (Kerr effect) that the deflection angle of the reflected light changes depending on the direction of the magnetic field when irradiated with a laser to detect the presence or absence of records recorded on the disk. A readable disc is used.

First, to give an overview of this disc playing device with the cartridge stored in it, as shown in FIG. Player 3 is placed in each. A guide shaft 4 stands up on the front side of this storage 1111, and a conveyor body 6 is slidably cantilevered on this guide shaft 4 via two roller hair rings 5. Supported. A counterweight 8 is suspended from the conveyance body 6 via a rope 7 and is balanced with the conveyance body 6.

The conveyor body 6 is driven in the vertical direction by a two-way timing belt 35 and a motor (not shown) as shown in FIG.

The above members have a height (in the Z direction) of approximately 120C1,
Width (referring to the X direction, left and right direction in Figure 3) 75G11. It is covered by a box 9 with a depth (in the y direction, the vertical direction in FIG. 3) of 95 COW, and the second box 9 is equipped with wheels 10 so that it can be moved.

Next, the outline of the conveyance body 6 will be described. This conveyance body 6 consists of 2, an
are integrally constituted.

Regarding this 2 and the X-direction conveyor 6a, in FIG.
1 and two rails 1 provided on this horizontal beam 11
A bearing part 13 that reciprocates in the X direction on
consists of two pillow block bearings), a spindle 14 supported by this bearing part 13, and an X-direction timing belt 1 for reciprocating this bearing part 13.
5, and an X-direction drive motor 16 that rotates the X-direction timing belt 15. Furthermore, this
The directional drive motor 16 is attached to the back surface of the horizontal beam 11.

Moreover, the X-direction transport body 6b is
In the figure, an outer box 17 fixed to the spindle 14
An inner box 18 is inserted into the outer box 17 so as to be slidable in the X direction, an X direction drive motor 19 is attached to the top surface of the inner box 18, and a drive motor 19 is driven. a gear group 20 , a pair of X-direction driving lobes 21 driven by the gear group 20 , a pair of proximal pulleys 22 installed in the inner box 18 , and a pair of proximal pulleys 22 . A distal end pulley 24 integrally connected via a connecting rod 23
, an X-direction timing belt 25 wound around these pulleys 22 and 24, and this X-direction timing belt 25.
Cartridge insertion mold 26 (this claw 2
6 engages with the gripping recess 36 of the cartridge),
Cartridge pushing pawl 27 (this pawl 27 is longer than the cartridge insertion mold 26 and presses the end surface of the cartridge 2), and first and second outer box abutting pawls 28 and 29
(These actuators lock the inner box 18 in the X direction within the outer box 17 by being engaged with protrusions (not shown) provided inside the outer box 17 to prevent rotation of the timing belt 25 in the X direction. a bottle 30 which is implanted in the inner box 18 and pivotally supports the connecting rod 23, and this connecting rod 2.
An opening/closing spring 31 that pulls together the base end sides (opposite the storage shelf side) of the connecting rods 23, an opening/closing rod 32 integrally provided on the base end side of this connecting rod 23, and pressing this opening/closing rod 32 in the X direction. It is composed of an elliptical cam 33 and a gripping motor 34 that drives the elliptical cam 33.

The operation of the conveyance main body 6 described above is performed as follows.

This will be explained using a so-called karaoke disc performance device. Note that after the continuous and automatic process is activated, the motor temporarily stops, but no explanation is provided until the motor stops.

First, when the user presses a desired song selection button, a two-way drive motor (not shown) is activated, and the two-way timing belt 35 rotates to move the conveyor body 6 to a predetermined height position.

Next, the X-direction drive motor 16 is activated, rotates the X-direction timing belt 15, and positions the bearing portion 13 in front of a predetermined storage shelf l.

Next, the X-direction drive motor 19 starts, and the gear group 2
0, the proximal pulley 22 via the X-direction drive rope 21
is rotated, and the X-direction timing belt 25 is rotated in the p direction in FIG. As a result, the first outer case abutting pawl 28 of the X-direction timing belt 25 touches the protrusion (
(not shown) to prevent rotation of the X-direction timing belt 25, the inner box 18 integrated with the proximal pulley 22 around which the X-direction timing belt 25 is wound is , and slides slightly in the p direction within the outer box 17 (for example, the distal end pulley 24 is at the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3). At that time, Kartli.

The fitting claw 26 is located on the side of the gripping recess 36 of the cartridge 2. Next, when the gripping motor 34 is started and the long diameter side of the elliptical cam 33 is positioned in the X direction,
The opening/closing rod 32 moves in the X direction and pushes and expands the base end side of the connecting rod 23 against the opening/closing spring 31. As a result, the connecting rod 23 swings, and the distal pulleys 24 approach each other, causing the cartridge.

The large screw-fitting claw 26 enters the gripping recess 36 of the cartridge 2.

Next, the X-direction drive motor 19 rotates in the reverse direction, rotating the X-direction timing belt 25 in the q direction in FIG. Therefore, the pair of X-direction timing belts 25, 25 grips the cartridge 2 and takes it into the transport main body 6. At this time, the second outer box abutting claw 29 comes into contact with a protrusion (not shown) protruding inside the outer case 17 and attempts to prevent the rotation of the X-direction timing belt 25. The box 18 slightly slides in the q direction within the outer box 19 (for example, the distal end pulley 24 is at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 3).

Next, the Z-direction timing belt 35 positions the conveyor body 6 in front of the player 3.

Therefore, by the rotation of the X-direction timing belt 15, the transport main body 6 adjusts its position in the
is rotated in the direction p in FIG. 1, and the cartridge 2 is inserted into the player 3.

Next, when the gripping motor 34 is activated and the short diameter side of the elliptical cam 33 is positioned in the X direction, the connecting rod 23 swings due to the elasticity of the opening/closing spring 31, and the tip side pulleys 24 are separated from each other. The cartridge fitting large claw 26 comes off from the cartridge 2.

Next, when the X-direction timing belt 25 is rotated in the p direction in FIG.
fully inserted.

Next, in order to return the cartridge 2 from the player 3 to its original shelf, the cartridge 2 will be slightly ejected from the player 3 after the player 3 finishes playing, so insert the cartridge insertion claw 26 into the gripping recess 36. Take out cartridge 2. After that, operations similar to those described above are performed.

Next, the specific structure of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. The outer box 17 is designed to be turned over around the spindle 14. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the spindle 14 is reversed by a reversing motor 37 via a gear group 38, so that the upper and lower surfaces of the disc can be played.

The X-direction drive motor 16 rotates the X-direction timing belt 15 via a worm wheel 39, and the X-direction timing belt 15 is connected to the bearing portion 13 via a mounting bracket 40.

An angular column 4 is provided on the side opposite to the guide shaft of the horizontal beam 11.
1 is erected, and this angular column 41 is sandwiched between 11 pairs of rolls 42 provided at the ends of the horizontal beam 11 to guide the vertical movement of the horizontal beam 11.

As shown in FIG. 4, the outer box 17 and the inner box 18 are joined by a slide member 43 that is slidably engaged with each other in the X direction.

The X-direction drive motor 19 and its gear group 20 are
It is mounted on a bracket 44 mounted on the inner box 18.

In this embodiment, the shelves of the storage shelves are arranged in the horizontal direction, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be arranged in the vertical direction.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, since the cartridge is sandwiched between the pair of endless belts and taken out or pushed in, the conveyance main body can be configured compactly. Moreover, since the flexible endless belt is moved back and forth by a slight amount and the pulleys on the leading end of the belt are moved toward and away from each other to sandwich the cartridge, unlike fingers or the like, it is possible to grip the cartridge reliably. Therefore, the cartridges can be gripped even if they are arranged horizontally or vertically.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the main parts of the embodiment of the present invention, the second part is a perspective view of the inner box of this embodiment, Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of Fig. 1, and the fourth part is a perspective view of the inner box of this embodiment.
The figure is a view taken along the line A--A in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the reproducing apparatus that can be used in this embodiment. 1...Storage shelf, 2...Cartridge, 3...Player, 6...Transportation main body, 25...X direction timing belt. Agent Patent Attorney Yoshihiko Okabe

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A cartridge containing a video disc and having a pair of gripping recesses formed at its outer end; and a storage shelf arranged with multiple shelves for storing one of the cartridges; A playback device comprising: a player that plays a disc while it is in a cartridge; and an automatic transport device that transports one cartridge between the storage shelf and the player; , a pair of rotatable endless belts that engage with the gripping recess to horizontally take out or push in; and a pair of rotatable endless belts that are moved slightly back and forth from the conveying main body to the storage shelf or player; An automatic conveyance device for disk storage cartridges, comprising: a drive mechanism that brings the leading ends of the endless belt toward and away from each other.