JPH05159520A - Recording medium device for recorder and/or reproducer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to confirm the content recorded in a recording medium such as a disc or a magnetic tape through tactile reading. CONSTITUTION:An indicator such as a braille points tape applied with tactually readable points is stuck to an indicator fixing part 20 provided on the outer side face of a recording medium container 3 which can be touched with fingers. According to the constitution, content recorded on a recording medium such as a disc or a magnetic tape can be read out tactually.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording and / or reproducing apparatus in which a recording medium such as a disk capable of recording information signals such as tone signals and video signals is housed in a recording medium housing such as a cartridge. Recording medium device for computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a disk cartridge constituted by accommodating a disk such as an optical disk capable of recording an information signal such as a tone signal and a video signal in a cartridge body, and an information signal such as a tone signal and a video signal There is used a recording medium device for recording and / or reproducing apparatus such as a tape cassette which is configured by accommodating a tape body such as a magnetic tape capable of recording in a cassette half.

Information signals such as tone signals and video signals recorded in the disk cartridges and tape cartridges can be heard or heard by reproducing them with a recording and / or reproducing device. Therefore, in the case of disk cartridges and tape cartridges that record music signals and video signals, the contents of the music signals and video signals are displayed on the surface of the cartridge body that houses the disk and the cassette half that houses the magnetic tape. Labels on which the titles and titles to be printed or written are attached are performed.

[0004]

By the way, since the titles and titles printed or written on the labels attached to the cartridge body and the cassette half are visually deciphered, the eyesight is lost like a blind person. It cannot be deciphered by the victim.

Therefore, the present invention is intended for a recording and / or reproducing apparatus such as a disc cartridge or a tape cassette which enables a person who has a visual acuity such as a blind person to confirm the recorded contents recorded on a disc or a magnetic tape. It is proposed for the purpose of providing a recording medium device.

[0006]

A recording medium device for a recording and / or reproducing apparatus such as a disc cartridge or a tape cassette according to the present invention uses a recording medium such as a disc or a magnetic tape capable of recording an information signal. A recording medium storage body such as a cassette main body or a cassette half that is stored is provided, and it is possible to inscribe Braille marks on the outer surface of the recording medium storage body that allows contact with fingers. The mounting portion for the eggplant display is provided.

[0007]

In the recording medium device for the recording and / or reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, tactile reading is performed on the mounting portion of the display body provided on the outer side surface of the recording medium housing which allows the fingers to contact. By disposing a display body such as a braille tape on which braille marking is made possible by sticking or the like, it becomes possible to read the recorded contents recorded on a recording medium such as a disk or a magnetic tape by touch.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an example in which the present invention is applied to a disk cartridge configured to house an optical disk, which is a disk on which a tone signal is recorded in advance or which can be recorded, will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a disk cartridge to which the present invention is applied has a pair of upper and lower halves 1 and 2 in a rectangular shape formed by injection molding a synthetic resin, but joined together. An optical disc 4 capable of recording an information signal such as a musical tone signal is rotatably accommodated in the cartridge main body 3 formed as described above.

At the center of the lower half 2 which constitutes the cartridge body 3 accommodating the disc 4, a disc rotation for rotating the disc 4 when the disc cartridge is mounted on the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. A central opening 5 for entering a disk table into which a disk table constituting a disk rotation driving device as a means enters is provided. A peripheral edge including the center hole 4a of the disk 4 faces the circular central opening 5.

In the upper and lower halves 1 and 2 constituting the upper and lower main surfaces of the cartridge body 3, at least a part of the signal recording area of the disk 4 housed therein is exposed outward in the radial direction. Information signal recording / reproducing openings 6 and 7 having a rectangular shape are formed.

A shutter member 8 for opening and closing the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6, 7 is slidably attached to the cartridge body 3. The shutter member 8 is formed by punching and bending a metal plate such as a thin stainless plate, and has a U-shaped cross section as a whole. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the shutter member 8 formed in this way is configured so that the shutter portions 8a and 8b extend above the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6 and 7, respectively, and the cartridge main body is formed. 3 is fitted and arranged from the front side, and the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6 and 7 are closed as shown in FIGS.
And as shown in FIG. 4, the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6, 7 are opened in the directions indicated by arrows A and B between the positions.
It is mounted so that it can slide in any direction.

By the way, a shutter having a concave shape is formed on each of the upper and lower main surfaces 9 and 10 on the outer side of the cartridge body 3 so that the shutter member 8 can be disposed without protruding from the main surfaces 9 and 10. Slide parts 11 and 12 are formed. These shutter slide portions 11 and 12 are formed over the slide area of the shutter member 8, and these information signals are started from the position where the shutter member 8 closes the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6 and 7. It is formed over the sliding range over the position where the recording / reproducing openings 6, 7 are opened. That is, the shutter slide unit 1
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, reference numerals 1 and 12 are near one side edge orthogonal to the front surface side of the cartridge body 3 in which the shutter member 8 slides, including the peripheral edges of the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6 and 7. It is formed in the range extending over.

Further, on the front side of the cartridge body 3 to which the shutter member 8 is attached as described above, on which the shutter member 8 moves, the shutter member 8 is closed in the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6, 7. The recording and / or reproducing apparatus side which unlocks the locking means for locking the opening closed position and moves the shutter member 8 toward the opening open position for opening the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6 and 7. A groove portion 13 for shutter member opening operation is formed in which the shutter opening operation member disposed in the section enters. This groove portion 13 has an opening end 13a on one side surface orthogonal to the front surface on which the shutter member 8 of the cartridge body 3 moves.
It is formed so as to have.

By forming the groove portion 13 in this way, the opening end 13 that opens to one side surface of the cartridge body 3 is formed.
The shutter opening operation member is inserted into the groove portion 13 from a, and the shutter opening operation member is operated by the shutter opening operation member 8.
It is possible to move and operate from the opening closed position toward the opening open position. Therefore, in this disc cartridge, one side surface side of the cartridge main body 3 facing the opening end 13a of the groove portion 13 serves as an insertion end, and is mounted in the cartridge mounting portion of the recording and / or reproducing apparatus with the arrow X direction in FIG. 1 as the insertion direction. Is possible.

Further, a lower main surface 1 in which a central opening 5 for entering the disk table of the cartridge main body 3 is opened.
The disk 0 has a pair of positioning holes 14 and 15 with which positioning pins for positioning the mounting position when the disk cartridge is mounted in the cartridge mounting portion in the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. These positioning holes 14 and 15 are used for recording and / or recording as shown in FIGS.
Alternatively, the optical pickup and the external magnetic field generating device arranged on the reproducing device side are provided at positions on the side edge sides of the cartridge body 3 corresponding to both sides of the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6 and 7, respectively.

Further, the main surface 10 on the lower side of the cartridge main body 3 is provided with a plurality of disk detection holes 16 which indicate the type of the optical disk 4 accommodated in the cartridge main body 3. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, these disc detection holes 16 are provided in parallel with the side edge of the other side surface facing the one side surface which is the insertion end into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus.

In the disk cartridge constructed as described above, positioning holes 14 and 15 are formed and the lower main surface 10 serves as a mounting reference surface for a cartridge mounting portion in a recording and / or reproducing apparatus, and an optical pickup. And the front side where the information signal recording / reproducing openings 6 and 7 facing the external magnetic field generator are formed is accurately positioned and mounted on the cartridge mounting portion.

Therefore, the disc cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion in the recording and / or reproducing apparatus on the upper and lower main surfaces 9 and 10 of the cartridge body 3 to record and / or reproduce the information signal. In this case, the cartridge body 3 is housed in an area that does not affect the positioning by the positioning pin and further does not affect the movement of the signal recording and / or reproducing means such as the optical pickup and the external magnetic field generator. Optical disc 4
Label sticking portions 17 and 18 are provided to stick labels on which the contents of the information signal recorded in (1) are displayed with symbols such as characters. That is, these label attaching parts 17 and 18 are
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, areas of the upper and lower main surfaces 9 and 10 of the cartridge body 3 where the shutter member 8 slides and positioning holes 14 and 15 to which positioning pins on the recording and / or reproducing apparatus side are engaged. Is formed in the region excluding the portion where the is formed.

In the disk cartridge according to the present invention, the main surface 9 on the upper side of the cartridge body 3
Braille in which the marking of Braille 21 that enables tactile reading is made in a part of the region that enables the formation of the label sticking portion 17 that enables the finger contact without the shutter member 8 sliding. A display body mounting portion 20 that enables mounting of a display body such as the tape 19 is provided.

The display body mounting portion 20 is specifically
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, it is provided in the label sticking portion 17 at the side of the other side opposite to the side of one side of the cartridge body 3 which is the insertion end into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. .. That is, the display body mounting portion 20 is provided at a position facing the insertion end side, which is easily gripped by fingers when the disc cartridge is mounted on the recording and / or reproducing apparatus.

The label attaching portion 1 is provided so that the display body attaching portion 20 can be easily attached and attached to the attaching portion 20 by positioning the Braille tape 19.
It is formed as a recessed part in which a part of 7 is further drilled.
By thus forming the display body mounting portion 20 as the concave portion, even the Braille tape 19 having a large thickness can be disposed without largely protruding from the main surface 9 on the upper side of the cartridge body 3, and the predetermined thickness can be provided. Also, the thickness of the cartridge main body 3 formed in this manner is not increased.

Braille 21 applied to the Braille tape 19
Since it is read by touch, it is desirable that it be arranged in the display body mounting portion 20 so as to slightly project from the main surface 9 of the cartridge body 3, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the display body mounting portion 20 is formed as a concave portion having a depth slightly shallower than the thickness of the Braille tape 19 arranged therein.

Then, the recorded contents recorded on the optical disc 4 housed in the cartridge body 3 are displayed by the Braille 21 imprinted on the Braille tape 9, and the Braille tape 9 is attached to the display body mounting portion 20. With the above arrangement, the recorded contents can be read by touch.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the example applied to the disk cartridge accommodating the optical disk 4 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the disk cartridge, and the magnetic tape as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. It can also be applied to tape cassettes containing This tape cassette rotatably supports a pair of tape reels 34 and 35 in a cassette half 33 formed by abutting and coupling a pair of upper and lower halves 31 and 32, and a magnetic tape 36 extending between the tape reels 34 and 35. It is made by winding.

A pair of tape pull-out windows 37 and 38 are provided on the front side of the cassette half 33, and the magnetic tape 36 wound between the pair of tape reels 34 and 35 is placed in the tape pull-out window. It is pulled out and extended to the front side of the cassette half 33 via the portions 37 and 38. The magnetic tape 36 pulled out to the front side of the cassette half 33 is in a storage state as shown in FIG.
The magnetic tape 36, which is pulled out to the outside of the set half 33 which is covered by a rotary lid 39 which is rotatably attached to the front side of the cassette half 33, is covered.

A cover plate 42 for opening and closing the reel drive shaft insertion holes 40, 41 formed in the cassette half 33 is movably attached to the lower surface side of the cassette half 33.

The tape cassette constructed as described above is inserted into the cassette mounting portion of the recording and / or reproducing apparatus with the front side on which the rotary lid 39 is mounted as an insertion end, and the tape cassette 42 is mounted on the lower side. The side main surface 43 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion with the mounting reference surface. Therefore, the main surface 4 on the lower side of the cassette half 33 serving as the mounting reference surface
3 is provided with positioning holes 44 and 45 with which positioning pins arranged on the cassette mounting portion side are engaged.

On the other hand, the upper main surface 46 facing the main surface of the lower main surface 43 of the cassette half 33 is covered with a cover plate 42 or the like like the lower main surface 43 as shown in FIG. It is a region that can be opened without any contact and allows finger contact. Therefore, the cassette half 43 is positioned on the upper main surface 46, which is the rear surface side opposite to the front surface side to which the rotary lid 39, which is an insertion end into the cassette mounting portion, is attached, and the tactile reading is performed. There is provided a display body mounting portion 50 capable of mounting a display body such as a Braille tape 19 on which Braille marking is possible.

The display body mounting portion 50 is similar to that provided in the disc cartridge, and the Braille tape 1
It is formed as a recess having a depth slightly shallower than the thickness of 9.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, the Braille markings that enable tactile reading are provided on the attachment portion of the display body that is provided on the outer surface of the recording medium storage body that allows the fingers to contact. By placing a display such as a braille tape that has been applied by pasting or the like, it becomes possible to read the recorded contents recorded on a recording medium such as a disk or magnetic tape by tactile reading, so that the eyesight of the blind or the like is lost. It is possible for even a person to check the recorded contents recorded on a recording medium such as a disk or a magnetic tape.

Further, as in each of the above-described embodiments, a display body provided with a display capable of being read by tactile reading is provided on the side surely gripped by the finger facing the insertion end into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. Since the mounting portion is provided, by disposing the display body on the mounting portion, it becomes possible to easily read the recorded contents at the time of the inserting operation into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, since the mounting portion of the display body is provided on the surface which does not serve as the mounting reference surface for the mounting portion in the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, the recording medium storage body is mounted on the mounting portion. Even if the display body is arranged so as to project from the above, the standard of the mounting position is not disturbed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a disc cartridge to which the present invention is applied, which is viewed from an upper main surface in a state where a recording / reproducing opening is closed.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view from the lower main surface in a state where the recording / reproducing opening of the disc cartridge is closed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view from the upper main surface in a state where the recording / reproducing opening of the disc cartridge is opened.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view from the lower main surface in a state where the recording / reproducing opening of the disc cartridge is opened.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the disc cartridge.

FIG. 6 shows a tape cassette to which the present invention is applied, and is a perspective view from the upper main surface.

FIG. 7 shows a tape cassette to which the present invention is applied, and is a perspective view from the lower main surface.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Cartridge main body 8 Shutter member 9 Main surface on the upper side of the cartridge main body 11,12 Shutter slide part 14,15 Positioning hole 17 Label sticking part 19 Braille tape 20 Display body mounting part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A recording medium accommodating body for accommodating a recording medium capable of recording an information signal, wherein the outer surface of the recording medium accommodating body capable of being touched by fingers is touched. A recording medium device for a recording and / or reproducing device, which is provided with a mounting portion of a display body capable of engraving Braille characters. [0000]