JPH0443345B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a disk storage case used for storing a disk such as an optical disk in a predetermined storage section, and the disk storage case stored and held in the storage section. This invention relates to a disk drawer mechanism for pulling out and operating a disk.

[Background technology and its problems]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic disk playing device has been used which selectively takes out and plays a large number of disks such as record disks arranged in a disk storage section. For this type of automatic performance device,
Since the discs to be played are not stored and held in any storage case or the like, but are simply stored and arranged in the disc storage part in a multi-tiered manner, if a disturbance is applied to the device, the discs stored in the disc storage part will be damaged. There is also the danger that the instrument may pop out and fall onto the performance section, making it impossible to perform.

[Purpose of the invention]

In view of this, the present invention provides an automatic disk playing device that selectively takes out and plays a large number of disks such as optical disks stored in the disk storage section, and the disks are reliably stored and held in the disk storage section. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a disk storage case that makes it possible to do this.

Further, the present invention prevents mechanical parts such as the above-mentioned drawer mechanism from coming into contact with the stored disk at all when the drawer mechanism is operated to pull it out from a state stored and placed in a predetermined storage part. There is no
To provide a disk storage case that can surely protect disks.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a disk drawer mechanism capable of pulling out the disk storage case stored in the disk storage section via a lock arm without touching the disks stored therein.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an engaging recess in at least one side of a storage case body in which a disk is stored, and a first recess.
A lock arm is provided with a protruding part and a second protruding part, at least the tip of the first protruding part protrudes outward from the side of the storage case body, and at least the tip of the second protruding part is attached to the storage case. It is attached to the storage case main body by protruding into an engagement recess of the main body and is rotatably biased, and further includes an engagement recess on at least one side of the storage case main body in which the disk is stored. A lock arm is provided with a first protrusion and a second protrusion, and at least the tip of the first protrusion protrudes outward from the side of the storage case body, and at least the tip of the second protrusion is attached to the storage case body. The disc storage case is protruded into the engaging recess of the case body and is attached to the storage case main body with a rotational bias. The disc storage device includes storage case holding means for holding the case, and storage case drawer means for pulling out the disk storage case stored in the storage section and held by the storage case holding means.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the disk storage case 1 according to the present invention includes:
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, it has a flat, rectangular storage case body 2. The upper surface of the storage case body 2 is provided with an arcuate disk storage recess 4 corresponding to the external shape of the optical disk 3, which stores and holds an optical disk 3 recording a predetermined information signal such as a musical tone signal. There is. This disk storage recess 4 is designed to have a depth that is at least deeper than the thickness of the optical disk 3 so that the optical disk 3 does not protrude from the upper surface of the storage case body 2 when the optical disk 3 is stored and mounted. is formed. Further, on the outer circumference of the disk storage recess 4, a ring-shaped disk mounting step 5 is formed which is one step higher than the bottom surface as shown in FIG. 3, and the optical disk 3 has no information signal recorded thereon. It is stored and placed with its outer peripheral edge supported. Therefore, the optical disc 3 can fit into the disc storage recess 4 without bringing the signal recording surface into contact with the bottom surface.
It is stored inside the storage device. Furthermore, storage case body 2
The optical disc 3 is stored and placed in the disc storage case 1 from the center to the side, and is transported to the player section together with the disc storage case 1.
When the optical disk 3 is mounted on the disk table, the disk table protrudes and the optical disk 3 extends around the inner and outer peripheries of the optical disk 3 so as to read and operate information signals recorded on the optical disk 3 during performance. An elongated hole 6 is formed on the bottom side of the optical pick-up device 3, from which the objective lens side of the optical pickup device to be moved and operated faces. This long hole part 6
As mentioned above, since the disk table enters and the objective lens side of the optical pickup device faces, it has a diameter R larger than the diameter of the disk table on which the optical disk 3 is mounted, and at least the objective lens of the optical pickup device faces. It is formed to have a length L that spans the movement range.

In addition, on both sides of the front side of the storage case main body 2, there is a disk storage which will be described later, which is formed in a substantially V-shape with a width narrow on the inner side and gradually expanding outward. Engagement recesses 7, 7 are provided in which a hook member that holds the case 1 engages. In the vicinity of these engaging recesses 7, 7, lock arms 8, 8 are attached, respectively, for engaging and holding the disk storage case 1 in the disk storage portion when the disk storage case 1 is stored and held in the disk storage portion. This lock arm 8 has a lock pawl 10, which is a first protrusion, on the distal end side of an arm portion 9 formed in a substantially dogleg shape.
A pressing operation part 1 is provided, and a tip which is a second protrusion is formed in a semicircular shape on the side edge of the middle part of the arm part 9.
1 is provided. And the above lock arm 8
The tip of the lock claw 10 is projected outward from the side of the storage case body 2, and the pressing operation part 11 is inserted into the engagement recess 7.
It is rotatably mounted on a support shaft 13 planted on the front corner of the storage case body 2 through a protrusion 12 that protrudes from the base end side of the arm portion 9. At the same time, one end of the spring 17 is fixed to the storage case main body 2 by a locking piece 16 that is bent to protrude from the other side of the base end of the arm portion 9 and is bent to face the inside of the notch hole 15. By locking the ends, the lock pawl 10 is rotated in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1 so as to be biased outward from the side of the storage case main body 2.
In addition, a guide pin 18 installed in the storage case body 2 is located in the middle of the arm portion 9 of the lock arm 8.
A long hole 20 having a curved surface 19 corresponding to the rotation locus of the lock arm 8 with which the lock arm 8 engages is bored, and the curved surface 19 is guided by the guide pin 18 during the rotation operation, so that the lock arm 8 is relatively long. The lock arm 8 is controlled to rotate without swinging. Further, the part of the storage case main body 2 where the lock arm 8 is attached and rotates is formed into a notched stepped portion 21a, and the lock arm 8 is disposed and attached within this notched stepped portion 21a. It is designed so that it cannot be taken out from the top. Furthermore, spring 1
Since the locking piece 16 to which 7 is locked is bent so as to be positioned in the notch hole 15, the cylindrical spring 17 is inserted into the notch hole 1.
5, and can be attached without protruding from the upper and lower surfaces of the storage case 2. As described above, the disk storage case 1 according to the present invention achieves a thin design by housing the rotatable lock arm 8 and the spring 17 that biases the rotation in the thick wall surface of the storage case body 2. It is configured to enable high-density storage and smooth drawer and storage operations.

In addition, the engagement recess 7 provided in the storage case body 2,
At the inward opening end of 7, locking protrusions 21, 21 are protruded which are locked to the open end surface of the disk storage section and regulate the storage position when the disk storage case 1 is stored and placed in the disk storage section. It is set up. Further, support shafts 13 and 1 for pivotally supporting the lock arms 8 and 8 are also provided.
3 is also formed to protrude laterally from both sides of the storage case body 2, and by forming the width of the front side larger than the width of the rear side, which is the insertion side into the disk storage area, the disk storage area It is formed in a shape that can prevent reverse insertion.

Furthermore, on the lower surface of the storage case main body 2, at a position corresponding to the disk storage recess 4, when a large number of disk storage cases 1 each containing an optical disk 3 are stored and placed in a multi-tiered manner in the disk storage portion,
A plurality of protrusions 22 as shown in FIG. 3 are provided to support the optical disks 3 stored in the disk storage case 1 and prevent them from falling off. . Therefore,
On the upper surface of the disk storage case body 2, there is a groove 23 for escape of the protrusion 22 when selectively pulling out the disk storage case 1 which is stored in multiple stages.
is perforated from the front side to the rear side.

Furthermore, on both sides of the lower surface of the disk storage case main body 2, a pair of guide grooves 24, 24 with an L-shaped cross section are provided on the front side, which engage with guide rails that guide the direction of the drawer when the disk is pulled out from the disk storage section. It is formed from the front to the rear side.

Disk storage case 1 configured as described above
As shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6, there is a pair of disk storage sections 31, 31 for storing a large number of disk storage cases 1 in a multi-tiered manner, and a device for storing the disks in these disk storage sections 31, 31. a disk drawer mechanism 32 that selectively pulls out the placed disk storage case 1, and this disk drawer mechanism 32.
a disk transport mechanism 33 that transports the disc storage case 1 pulled out by the disc pull-out mechanism 32 to a predetermined performance position; and an optical disc stored and held in the disc storage case 1 transported by the disc transport mechanism 33. The optical disk 3 can be reliably and safely stored in the disk storage sections 31, 31 of the automatic performance device comprising a player section 34 for playing the optical disk 3.

In order to lock and store the disk in the disk storage section 31, the lock arm 8 may be provided only on one side of the storage case body 2.

The pair of disk storage sections 31, 31 constituting the automatic performance device are arranged such that they are planted on both sides of the base 35 constituting the main body of the device, with the insertion/ejection opening 36 side of the disk storage case 1 facing each other. It is set up. The disk storage section 31 is formed into a box shape with the spacing between the insertion/removal openings 36 corresponding to the width of the disk storage case 1 stored here. As shown in FIG. 7, the guide grooves 24, 24 provided on both sides of the disk storage case main body 2 are engaged, and the mounting pieces 38 on which the disk storage case 1 is placed are facing each other so that at least the disk storage case It is formed continuously in the height direction in a multi-tiered manner with intervals that ensure one storage space. The disk storage section 31 in this embodiment is configured such that 60 pairs of mounting pieces 38 and 38 are provided in the height direction, and 60 disk storage cases 1 are stored and mounted. ing. Further, on the side of the insertion/removal port 36, reinforcing pieces 38a are provided for connecting the placement pieces 38, 38 on both sides every 10 stages of the placement pieces 38.

The distance between the mounting pieces 38 in the height direction may be sufficient as long as it is sufficient to accommodate the disk storage case 1, but in order to increase the storage density of the disk storage case 1, it is necessary to When the disk storage case 1 is placed in a storage device, the protrusion 22 provided on the lower surface of the upper side of the disk storage case 1 placed on top of the other in multiple stages protrudes slightly into the disk storage recess 4 of the lower side. At the same time, a slight gap can be secured between the mounting piece 38 and the upper surface of the disk storage case 1 in order to smoothly insert and remove the disk storage case 1 placed on the mounting piece 38. It is formed in multiple stages with intervals.

Further, both side walls 37 of the disk storage section 31,
At the position corresponding to between the mounting pieces 38 and 38 of 37,
As shown in FIG. 8, an engagement hole 39 is formed in which the lock pawl 10 at the tip of the lock arm 8 provided in the disk storage case 1 engages, and at least one side wall 37 is formed.
Detection protrusions 40 of the disk storage case 1 placed in the disk storage portion 31 are provided on the outer surface of the disk storage case 1 in parallel with the engagement holes 39 .

And disk storage case 1 according to the present invention
When inserted from the rear end side into the disk storage part 31 through the insertion/ejection opening 36 by engaging the guide grooves 24, 24 on both sides with the mounting piece 38, the springs 17, 17 lock the tip. The claws 10, 10 are pressed by both side walls 37, 37 of the disk storage section 31, and the lock arms 8, 8 are rotated against the biasing force of the springs 17, 17, so that they are pulled into the storage case body 2. . And locking pieces 21, 21 provided on the front side of the storage case body 2.
When it is inserted until it contacts the end surface on the side of the insertion/ejection opening 36 of the disk storage part 31, the lock claws 10, 10 at the tips of the lock arms 8, 8 will face the engagement holes 39, 39 formed in the side walls 37, 37. As shown in FIG.
0 and 10 are engaged with the engagement holes 39 and 39, respectively. Therefore, the disk storage case 1 according to the present invention can be stored and placed by engaging the lock claws 10, 10 at the ends of the lock arms 8, 8 with the engagement holes 39, 39 of the disk storage section 31. 31 and can be reliably stored.

Further, the disk storage case 1 according to the present invention includes:
As described above, the lock claws 10, 10 are inserted into the engagement holes 39, 3.
9 and is placed in the disk storage portion 31, the pressing operation portions 11, 11 of the lock arms 8, 8 protruding into the engagement recesses 7, 7 on both sides will push the disk together with the engagement recesses 7, 7. It is located outside the storage section 31. Therefore, the pressing operation section 11,
11 is pressed appropriately, the lock arms 8, 8 are rotated against the urging force of the springs 17, 17,
The engagement of the lock claws 10, 10 at the tips with the engagement holes 39, 39 can be released. Therefore, the pressing operation section 1
1 and 11 to rotate the lock arms 8 and 8 to disengage the lock claws 10 and 10 from the engagement holes 39 and 39, the disk storage case 1 is pulled out from the disk storage section 31. can be done.

By the way, the automatic performance device in which the disc storage case 1 according to the present invention configured as described above is provided with a pair of disc storage parts 31, 31 in which the disc storage case 1 is arranged in a multi-tiered manner is provided with A player section 34 equipped with an optical pickup device 43 is placed on a base 35 so that the axes of a spindle shaft 42 with a disk table 41 integrally attached to the central position coincide with each other. A storage case holding means for holding the disk storage case 1 stored and placed in the storage case holding means is provided, and the disk storage case 1 held by the storage case holding means is transferred to the disk storage part 3.
A disk transport mechanism 33 that supports a disk pull-out mechanism 32, which serves as a disk pull-out means for pulling out a disk from the pair of disk storage sections 31, 31, is slidably supported between the pair of disk storage sections 31, 31. It is installed so that it can be raised and lowered freely.

The transport mechanism 33 has a transport body 44 formed in a substantially frame shape with an opening in the center. This carrier 44 is attached to a support block 46 having a through hole 45 bored in the axial direction on one side of the back side, and the through hole 45 of this support block 46 is connected to the base 3.
An elevating guider shaft 4 installed so as to be planted on the back side of 5
7 with a slide bearing 48 interposed between them, as shown in FIG. Clamping piece 49, 4
At 9, a rotation regulating guide shaft 50, which is set parallel to the elevating guide shaft 47, is held in between, and the elevating guide shaft 47 is mounted so as to restrict rotation in the direction around the axis. The carrier 44 mounted in this manner is driven up and down by a lift drive motor 51 disposed on the upper rear side of the base 35, as shown in FIG. The driving force of the lift drive motor 51 is transmitted to the conveying body 44 via a wire 52, and the wire 52 for transmitting the driving force has both ends connected to the conveying body 44.
4 and wound around a pulley 54 attached to the drive shaft 53 of the lift drive motor 51.
1 to the transport body 44, and is wound around a pulley 54 disposed at an appropriate position on the main body of the apparatus, and drives a traveling path parallel to the lift guide shaft 47 and the lift drive motor 51. It is wound so that it has a running path in a direction perpendicular to the axis 53. In addition, a balance weight 57 is connected to the middle part of the wire 52 and is slidably fitted to a slide shaft 56 that is set parallel to the lift guide shaft 47 to move the carrier 44 onto the lift guide shaft 47. It is designed so that it can be stopped at an appropriate position. In this way, the conveyor body 44 of the conveyance mechanism 33 is guided by the lift guide shaft 47 and lifted and lowered by the lift drive motor 51. The optical disk 3 stored and held in the disk storage case 1 is lifted and lowered from the upper end position of the disk table 41 of the player section 34 provided on the base 35 and pulled out by the disk drawer mechanism 32. It operates to place the disc on the disk table 41.

A disk drawer mechanism 32 is slidably supported on the carrier 44 of the carrier mechanism 33.
The connecting rod 58 has supporting rods 5 parallel to each other at both ends.
9 and 59 are integrally provided to form a substantially H-shaped slider 60. This slider 60 is
A pair of support rails 61, 61 each having a V-shaped groove bored in the longitudinal direction attached to opposite sides of the lower surface side of the support rods 59, 59, and a pair of support rails 61, 61 having V-shaped grooves attached to opposite sides of the conveyor 44 on opposite sides thereof. A cross bearing 62 is installed between a pair of guide rails 62, 62 bored in the longitudinal direction.
The transport body 4 is attached by being sandwiched with a
4 A pair of disk storage sections 31, 31 in the upper horizontal direction
It can be slid freely between the two. The slider 60, which is thus able to slide freely on the carrier 44, is moved by a slider drive motor 64 attached to the rear side of the carrier 44 via a fitting 63, as shown in FIG. The slider 60 and the slider drive motor 64 have a spur gear 66 meshed with a rack 65 attached to one side of one of the support rods 59 of the slider 60, and a helical gear 67 coaxially with the spur gear 66. A worm gear 69 attached to the drive shaft 68 of the slide drive motor 64 is meshed and connected to the helical gear 67.
The slider 60 is configured to be moved by the rotational drive of the slider 4.

As described above, the slider 60 of the drawer mechanism 32 has the slider 60 slidably provided on the carrier 44 by the slider drive motor 64.
A pair of hook members 70 constituting a holding means for the disk storage case 1 stored and placed in each disk storage section 31, 31 is attached to each disk storage section 31, 31.
One set is provided facing each other. The hook member 70 constituting the holding means of the disk storage case 1 engages with the engagement recesses 7 provided on both sides of the disk storage case 1 at the tip of the arm portion 71, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. This engagement recess 7
An engaging pawl 72 having a shape corresponding to the shape of the engaging pawl 72 is provided.
That is, the engaging pawl 72 is formed into a substantially V-shape with a narrow width at the distal end and a width that gradually becomes wider toward the proximal end. And each pair of hook members 70, 70 and 70, 7 form a pair, respectively.
0, the engaging claws 72 of the slider 60 are symmetrically opposed to each other with respect to the center line of the connecting rod 58 of the slider 60, and the connecting portions of the supporting rods 59, 59 and the connecting rod 58 are connected to each other. Support shaft 7 on the bottom side
The locking piece 7 is rotatably supported via the slider 60 and has one end locked to a locking piece 74 that stands up at the base end of the arm portion 71 and is formed on a part of the slider 60.
The engaging claws 72 are mounted so as to be biased to rotate in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 12, which is the direction in which the engaging claws 72 approach each other, by a spring 76 whose other end is engaged with a spring 76. Further, the arm portion 7 of the hook member 70
A positioning piece 77 is integrally extended on the base end side of the arm 71 so as to be perpendicular to the arm 71 . This positioning piece 77 is a pair of positioning locking pieces that are cut and raised on the center line of the connecting rod 58 of the slider 60 when the hook member 70 is attached to the slider 60 while being rotationally biased. 7
8 and 78 to restrict the rotationally biased position of each hook member 70. The spacing between the engaging claws 72, 72 of each pair of hook members 70, 70 attached in this way is approximately the same as the length spanning the respective engaging recesses 7, 7 on both sides of the disk storage case 1, and With the engaging claws 72, 72 engaged with the respective engaging recesses 7, 7, the hook member 7 is not subjected to the biasing force of the spring 76.
0 and 70 are engaged with the engaging recesses 7 and 7 of the disk storage case 1 to hold the disk storage case 1 without applying any load.

Further, on the upper surface side of the slider 60, each of the hook members 70 is rotated against the biasing force of a spring 76 to widen the interval between the engaging claws 72, 72 of each pair of hook members 70, 70. The solenoid plunger 79 that opens is attached to each of the hook members 7 on the support rod 59.
It is attached to each 0. Each solenoid plunger 79 is connected to one pair of hook members 7.
Hook member 7 that is the other pair with the one that operates 0
The plunger rods 81 of the plunger rods 81 that operate the 0 are mounted so as to face each other. The solenoid plunger 79 and the hook member 70 are
They are connected by an L-shaped connecting plate 82 formed as shown in FIG. The connecting plate 82
A short piece 84 is provided with a fitting recess 83 for fitting the upper plunger rod 81, and a projecting piece 86 is provided with a fitting pin 85 which projects downward and fits into the hook member 70, so as to face the short piece 84. It consists of a long piece 87 provided on one side of the distal end. The solenoid plunger 79 and the hook member 70 are assembled by engaging the engagement groove 88 formed around the outer tip of the plunger rod 81 in the fitting recess 83, and
By fitting the fitting pin 85 into a fitting hole 90 formed at the base end of the arm portion 71 of the hook member 70 so as to face the through hole formed at Ru. Then, the solenoid plunger 79 is energized, and the plunger rod 8
1 is attracted, the hook member 70 is rotated against the spring 76, and the interval between the opposing engaging claws 72, 72 of each pair of hook members 70 is widened, for example, the pair of hook members 70 , 70 is released from holding the disk storage case 1.

By the way, the solenoid plunger 7 that operates each pair of one foot and the other hook member 70, 70
9 and 79 are attached to face each other, and the respective hook members 70 and 70 are attached close to each other, so that each of the connecting plates 82 and 82 is connected to each long piece 87,
87 facing each other, and the rotating operation mechanism for the hook member 70 can be compactly installed in a small space.

Further, a detection mechanism is provided on the slider 60 to detect whether the hook member 70 is in an activated state or in an inactive state by operating a solenoid plunger 79. This detection mechanism includes a photo interrupter 92 having a pair of light receiving elements and a light emitting element.
and a shutter plate 93 that enters between the light receiving element and the light emitting element of this photo interrupter 92. The shutter plate 93 is provided opposite to the fitting pin 85 on a protrusion 86 provided with the fitting pin 85 of the connecting plate 82 which is a movable part that connects the hook member 79 and the solenoid plunger 79. On the other hand, the photo interrupter 92 is attached via a holder 96 that is attached to the connecting rod 58 of the slider 60 with its base end 95 fixed so that the photo interrupter attaching portion 94 faces onto the connecting plate 82. Two photo interrupters 9 are attached to the photo interrupter mounting portion 94 of this holder 96.
Two photo interrupter fitting parts 97, 97 are provided so that the photo interrupter fitting parts 2, 92 can be fitted together.
The photo interrupter fitting portion 97 includes a light emitting element mounting portion 92 of the U-shaped photo interrupter 92.
Fitting holes 97a and 97b are formed into which the light receiving element mounting portion 92a and the light receiving element mounting portion 92b fit, respectively. Then, the photo interrupter 92 is fitted and disposed by fitting the light emitting element and hole receiving element mounting portions 92a, 92b into these fitting holes 97a, 97b and placing them on the mounting piece 97c. Two photo interconnectors 92, 92 installed in this way
are connecting plates 82, 8 mounted opposite to each other.
One of the photo interrupters 92 is arranged so as to be located between the two shutter plates 93, 93, and when one of the connecting plates 82 is operated, the shutter plate 93 provided on the connecting plate 82 interrupts the light emitting element. When the light is blocked, the connecting plate 82 is activated, and the light receiving element detects that the hook member 70 connected to the connecting plate 82 has been rotated, and the other photo interrupter 92 detects the rotation of the hook member 70 connected to the connecting plate 82. When the connecting plate 82 is activated, the shutter plate 9 provided on this connecting plate 82
3 blocks the light from the light emitting element, the connecting plate 82 is actuated, and the light receiving element detects that the hook member 70 connected to the connecting plate 82 is rotated. There is.

A disk storage section 31 formed by a disk drawer groove 32 provided with a hook member 70 as a holding means for the disk storage case 1 having the above-described configuration.
The following describes the operation from the operation of pulling out the disc storage case 1 stored in the disc storage case 1 to the performance of the optical disc 3 stored and held in the pulled-out disc storage case 1. Here, in the operation section (not shown),
Specify one of the pair of disk storage units 31, 31, for example, the disk storage unit 31 located on the left side in FIG. When you command something in , each hook member 7
4 solenoid plungers 7 that rotate 0
9 is turned on, each pair of hook members 70 is rotated so as to widen the distance between them, and then the lift drive motor 51 is driven to guide the conveyor 40 to the lift guide width 47 and perform the lift operation. , the slider 60 supported by the carrier 40 is transferred to the position corresponding to the disk storage case 1 at the specified address. At this time, the slider drive motor 64 rotates in the normal direction, and the slider 60 is moved to the designated left side of the disk storage section 31. Then, the slider 60 moves, and the engaging claws 72, 72 at the tips of one pair of hook members 70, 70 provided on the slider 60 are brought into contact with the opposing positions of the engaging recesses 7, 7 of the disk storage case 1. When the first detection switch 101 for detecting the slider position provided on the carrier 40 reaches the first operating piece 102 provided on the left side in FIG. 9 of one of the support rods 59 of the slider 60, A detection signal is output to detect that the slider 60 has reached the first position on the left side of the disk storage section 31, and the drive of the slider drive motor 64 is stopped. Then, the slider 60 connects the pair of hook members 70, 70 to the engagement recess 7 of the designated disk storage case 1.
It is stopped at a position opposite to 7. here,
Solenoid plunger 7 of one pair of hook members 70, 70 located on the left side of slider 60
9, 79 are turned off, and these hook members 70, 7
The engagement claws 72, 72 at the tip end engage the engagement recesses 7, 7 of the disk storage case 1. When the disk storage case 1 is held by the hook members 70, 70 in this manner, the slider drive motor 64 is driven in reverse, and the slider drive motor 64 slides to the right in FIG. 1
from one disk storage section 31. When this disk storage case 1 is pulled out as described above, the guide grooves 24, 24 on both sides are connected to the pair of guide rails 103, 103 provided on the carrier 44.
5A, the slider 60 is guided by the guide rails 103, 103.
It also slides on the carrier 44. and,
As shown in FIG. 14, the slider 60 is connected to a pair of disk storage sections 31 in which the center hole 3a of the optical disk 3 stored and held in the pulled-out disk storage case 1 coincides with the axis of the spindle shaft 42 of the player section. , 31, which corresponds to the center position between
is moved to the position. When the slide 60 is moved to the second position, the second operation piece 105 provided on the right side in FIG. The second detection switch 106 for detecting the slider position is operated, and a slider detection output is output from the second detection switch 106. When this slider detection output is output, the drive of the slider drive motor 64 is stopped, and the slider 60 is stopped at the second position as shown in FIG.

By the way, in the state where the slider 60 has reached the second position as described above, one pair of hook members 70, 70 and the other pair of hook members 70, 70 opposite to each other are attached to the one disk storage section 3.
1, the disk storage placed in the other disk storage portion 31 facing the case 1 is inserted into the engagement recess 7 of the case 1,
7 and engagement claws 72, 72 are placed opposite each other.

As mentioned above, the pair of hook members 7
0,70, and when the slider 60 pulls out the disc storage case 1, the lifting drive motor 51 is driven in the normal rotation direction, and the transport body 44 is moved downward toward the player section 33. lower it.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 15, a chuck arm mounting bracket 110 is attached to the support block 46 that supports the conveyor 44 on the lifting guide shaft 47, and a chuck is connected via the chuck arm bracket 110. A king arm 111 is attached. This chucking arm 111 connects a disk chuck portion 112 disposed on the distal end side to the carrier 4.
The tension coil spring 114 is supported via a pivot shaft 113 so as to face the slider 60 provided on the support block 46, and the other end of the tension coil spring 114, which has one end locked to the support block 46, is connected to a base rearward from the pivot shaft 113. The slider 60 is locked on the end side.
It is attached so that it is biased to rotate in the direction away from the base. That is, the tracking arm 111 is
The slider 60 is positioned so as not to obstruct the operation of pulling out the disk storage case 1. Further, the base end of the chucking arm 111 is provided with a pressure contact that engages with a pressing cam portion 115 attached to a base 35 constituting the main body of the device when the carrier 44 is lowered to a position on the side of the player portion 33. roller 116
is provided.

Then, the carrier 44 provided with the slider 60 with the disk storage case 60 pulled out is lowered,
When the carrier 44 reaches above the player section 33, the disk table 41 enters the elongated hole 6 of the disc storage case 1 placed on the guide rails 103, 103 of the carrier 44, The optical disk 3 housed inside is placed on the disk table 41 by fitting the center hole 3a into the spindle shaft 42. When the carrier 44 is further lowered from this state, the disk storage case 1 moves the optical disk 3 onto the disk table 41.
Remove the disk table 4 from above while leaving it on top.
The optical disc 3 is transported to a lower position and separated from the optical disc 3. Further, the carrier 44 is moved to a position where the optical disk 3 is placed on the disk table 41.
When the chuckin arm 111 is lowered, as shown in FIG. 41 side, the disk chuck portion 112 provided on the tip side presses onto the disk table 41, clamps the optical disk 3 placed on the disk table 41, and holds the optical disk 3 as a disk. It is made to rotate together with the table 41. Note that the disk chuck section 112
A limiter spring 119 is disposed between the mounting shaft 117 of the disk chuck portion 117 and a pivot portion 118 that slidably supports the mounting shaft 117.
The pressing force of 12 onto the optical disk 3 is always kept at a predetermined pressure.

As described above, when the transport body 44 is lowered to the position where the optical disk 3 is separated from the car disk storage case 1 and is clamped onto the disk table 41 by the disk chuck portion 112, the base end position of the elevating guide shaft 47 is lowered. Transport body position detection switch 12 provided in
1 is operated by the pressing operation section 122 of the conveyor 44,
A detection output of the lowered position of the carrier 41 is output. When this detection output is output, the lifting drive motor 51
is stopped, the player unit 34 enters the playing state, the disc table 41 is driven to rotate, the optical disc 3 is rotated, and the optical disc 3 is placed opposite the optical disc 3 through the elongated hole 6 of the disc storage case 1. A pick-up device 43 moves along the inner and outer peripheries of the optical disk 3, and uses a laser beam oscillated from a semiconductor laser built therein to read music temperature signals etc. recorded on the optical disk 3, thereby performing a performance. It will be done.

Then, the performance of the optical disc 3 is finished,
Alternatively, when the switch for stopping the player section 34 is operated, the rotation of the disk table 41 is stopped, and at the same time, the elevating drive motor 51 is reversely driven to raise the conveying body 44, and the disk table 41 is rotated.
The optical disk 3 placed thereon is stored and held in the disk storage recess 4 of the disk storage case 1. At this time, in the chucking arm 111, the pressure roller 116 separates from the pressing cam part 115 and is rotated by the tension coil spring 114, thereby separating the disc chuck part 112 from the disc table 41 and releasing the clamping of the optical disc 3. . As mentioned above, put the optical disk 3 into the disk storage case 1.
After storing and holding the disk storage case 1 inside, the conveyor 44 is further raised, moves to a specific address position of the disk storage section 31 where the disk storage case 1 is stored, and stops. When the conveyor 44 stops, the slider drive motor 64 is driven in reverse to move the slider 60.
moves to the first position on the side of one disk storage section 31, and pulls the disk storage case 1 held by one pair of hook members 70, 70 into the disk storage section 31. and,
The first operation piece 102 provided on the slider 60
When the detection switch 101 is pressed and it is detected that the slider 60 has reached the first position, the slider drive motor 64 is stopped and the one pair of hook members 70, 70 is rotated. A pair of solenoid plungers 79, 79
is turned on and the hook members 70, 70 are rotated and the engaging claws 7 at the ends of the hook members 70, 70 are turned on.
2, 72 into the engagement recess 7 of the disk storage case 1,
Remove from 7. Then, the holding of the disk storage case 1 by the hook members 70, 70 is released, and
Disk storage section 31 of the above-mentioned disk storage case 1
The retraction operation is completed.

In the above operation description, the disk storage case 1 stored in one of the pair of opposing disk storage sections 31, 31, which is the one on the left side in FIG. 9, is selected and pulled out. Although we have described the case where the optical disc 3 stored and held is played, the disc storage case 1 stored and placed in the other disc storage part 31 located on the right side in FIG. 9 is selected and pulled out to store this disc. When playing the optical disc 3 stored and held in the case 1, the operation of drawing out and conveying the disc storage case 1 is performed in substantially the same manner as in the case described above, and the optical disc 3 is mounted on the disc table 41. Thereafter, the optical disc 3 that has been played is stored and held in the disc storage case 1, and the disc storage case 1 is pulled into the disc storage section 31.

However, when the other disk storage section 31 located on the right side is designated, the slider drive motor 64 is driven in reverse to move the slider 60 to the other disk storage section 31 on the designated right side. When the slider 60 is moved toward the other disk storage section 31, the engagement claws 72, 72 at the ends of the other pair of hook members 70, 70 provided on the slider 60 engage the engagement recess 7 of the disk storage case 1. , 7, a second detection switch 106 for detecting the slider position provided on the carrier 44 is provided on the right side of one support rod 59 of the slider 60 in FIG. outputs a detection signal for detecting that the slider 60 has reached the second position on the right disk storage section 31 side, and stops driving the slider drive motor 64. let The slider 60 is connected to the pair of hook members 70, 70.
is stopped at a position facing the designated engagement recesses 7, 7 of the disk storage case 1. Here, the solenoid plungers 79, 79 of the other pair of hook members 70, 70 located on the right side of the slider 60 are turned off.
The engagement claws 72, 72 at the tips of 0 and 70 engage with the engagement recesses 7, 7 of the disk storage case 1. In this way, the hook members 70, 70 are used to attach the disk storage case 1.
When the slider drive motor 64 is held in the forward direction, the slider drive motor 64 is driven to rotate normally, and the first
7. Slide to the left in FIG. 7 and pull out the disk storage case 1 from one disk storage section 31. As shown in FIG. 18, the slider 60 is
The center hole 3a of the optical disk 3 stored and held in the pulled-out disk storage case 1 corresponds to the center position between the pair of disk storage parts 31, 31 which corresponds to the axis of the spindle shaft 42 of the player section. is moved to the position. When this slider 60 is moved to the first position, this slider 60
The first detection switch 10 for detecting the position of the slider provided on the conveyor 44 is operated by the first operation piece 102 provided on the left side in FIG.
1 is operated, and this first detection switch 101 outputs a slider detection output. When this slider detection output is output, the slider drive motor 64
The driving of the slider 60 is stopped, and the slider 60 is stopped at the first position.

By the way, in the state where the slider 60 has reached the second position as described above, one pair of hook members 70, 70 facing the other pair of hook members 70, 70 is attached to the other disk storage section 3.
The engagement recesses 7, 7 of the disk storage case 1 are placed in one of the disk storage sections 31 facing the disk storage case 1.
The engaging claws 72, 72 are in a state of being opposed to each other.

As mentioned above, the slider 60 constituting the disk pull-out mechanism 33 used here is formed in a symmetrical H shape with the connecting rod 58 as the center, and each pair of hook members 70, 70 and 70, 70 is connected to the connecting rod 58.
When the slider 60 moves to the first position, one pair of hook members 70 and 70 are arranged symmetrically about the center line of the disk storage section 31 and close to each other. placed in a state of engagement with the engagement recesses 7, 7 of the storage case 1;
The center between the optical disk storage sections 31, 31 housed in the disk storage case 1 where the hook members 70, 70 forming the other pair engage with the engaging recesses 7, 7 and are pulled out from the other disk storage section 31. Located in
When the slider 60 moves to the second position, the other pair of hook members 70, 70 engage with the engaging recesses 7, 7 of the disk storage case 1 placed in the other disk storage section 31. When placed in the state, one pair of hook members engages with the engaging recesses 7, 7, and one of the disk storage portions 31 is opened.
The center hole 3a of the optical disk 3 stored in the disk storage case 1 pulled out from the disk storage case 1 is located at the center between the disk storage parts 31, 31, and the pair of hook members 70, 70 is a center hole of the optical disk 3 which is engaged with the engaging recesses 7, 7 of the disk storage case 1 placed in one of the disk storage parts 31, 31, and which is stored in the disk storage case 1. 3a is the disk storage section 31, 31
Since the slider 60 is moved up and down by the transport mechanism 33 when it is located at the center of the disc storage area 3, the slider 60 can be made small and its sliding range can be reduced.
The distance between 1 and 31 can be reduced, and the device can be made smaller.

<Effects of the Invention> According to the disk storage case according to the present invention as described above, the above-mentioned automatic disk performance device is configured to selectively take out and play a large number of disks such as optical disks stored in the disk storage portion. To surely store and hold a disk in a disk storage part or the like.

In addition, when the disk storage case according to the present invention is operated to be pulled out by the drawer mechanism from a state stored and placed in a predetermined storage part, the mechanical part such as the above-mentioned drawer mechanism does not touch the stored disk. Since the drawer can be operated without contact, the disk can be reliably protected.

Further, the disk drawer device according to the present invention has a hook that enters and engages with the engagement recess of the disk storage case, rotates a lock arm provided on the disk storage case, and serves as a storage case holding means for holding the disk storage case. A member is provided, and the disk storage case is pulled out from a predetermined disk storage portion while being held by the hook member, so the mechanism for pulling out the disk stored and held in the disk storage case is attached. Since you can operate the drawer without touching the disc or fingers, you can reliably prevent damage to the disk.
The disc can be placed in the best playable condition.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a disk storage case according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the bottom side of the disk storage case, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view thereof. FIG. 4 is a schematic external perspective view showing an automatic performance device for optical discs provided with a disc pull-out mechanism according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 6 is a plan view thereof. FIG. 7 is a partial front view of the disk storage section constituting the automatic performance device, FIG. 8 is a plan sectional view of the disk storage section, and FIG. 9 is a partial front view of the disk drawer mechanism according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is a side view showing a drive mechanism for a slider constituting the disk pull-out mechanism according to the present invention, FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the slider, and FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the slider. It is a bottom view of the 13th
The figure is a plan view showing the operation detection mechanism portion of the hook member. FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a state in which the disk storage case is pulled out from one disk storage section. FIG. 15 is a side view showing the chucking arm portion provided on the carrier, and FIG. 16 is a side view showing the state in which the disk is clamped on the tardel. FIG. 17 is a plan view of the slider in the second position, and FIG. 18 is a plan view of the disk storage case pulled out from the disk storage section of FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Disc storage case, 2... Storage case body, 7, 7... Engagement recess, 8, 8... Lock arm, 10... Lock claw, 11... Press operation part,
31, 31...Disk storage section, 32...Disk drawer mechanism, 60...Slider, 64...Slider drive motor, 70, 70...Hook member, 7
9... Solenoid plunger.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An engagement recess is provided in at least one side of the storage case body in which the disk is stored, and a first
A lock arm is provided with a protruding part and a second protruding part, at least the tip of the first protruding part protrudes outward from the side of the storage case body, and at least the tip of the second protruding part is attached to the storage case. A disk storage case that is protruded into an engaging recess of the main body and is attached to the storage case main body by being rotationally biased. 2 An engaging recess is provided in at least one side of the storage case body in which the disk is stored, and a first
A lock arm is provided with a protrusion and a second protrusion, at least the tip of the first protrusion protrudes outward from the side of the storage case body, and at least the tip of the second protrusion is attached to the storage case. The disc storage case is protruded into the engagement recess of the main body and is rotatably biased and attached to the storage case main body. A disk drawer mechanism comprising a storage case holding means for holding the disk storage case, and a storage case drawer means for pulling out the disk storage case stored in the storage section and held by the storage case holding means.