JPH0695422B2 - Disc playing device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disc playing device, and more particularly to a disc playing device capable of accommodating a plurality of discs and sequentially selecting any of the contained discs for continuous performance.

BACKGROUND ART As this type of device, a device whose main part is shown in FIG. 13 has already been developed.

In FIG. 13, a plurality of disks 122 are arranged and housed in the disk housing portion 121 in order at a predetermined pitch in a direction perpendicular to the drawing. On the other hand, a base 124 is slidably attached to a pair of guide shafts 123 extending in the disc arrangement direction of the disc storage portion 121. Base 1
A guide shaft 125 extending substantially perpendicular to the disk array direction is provided on the 24, and a movable chassis 126 is slidably attached to the guide shaft 125.
A spindle 127 that extends parallel to the moving direction of the movable chassis 126 is rotatably provided at the tip of the movable chassis 126. A gripping arm mechanism 131 having a pair of gripping arms 129 and 130 for gripping the outer periphery of the disk 122 is provided at the tip of the spindle 127, and is configured to rotate together with the spindle 127 about the central axis thereof. . By this rotation, the disk 122 is inverted. Although not shown, the movable chassis 126 is provided with a drive source for giving a driving force to the gripping arm mechanism 131 and a drive source for giving a rotation driving force to the spindle 127 and hence the gripping arm mechanism 131. ing. In addition,
These selected drive sources, the guide shaft 125, the movable chassis 126, the spindle 127, and the gripping arm mechanism 131 are provided on the base 124 so as to be movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the above-mentioned disk arrangement direction, and to select the selected disk. A disc gripping means for gripping is configured.

In such a disc playing device, the base 124 is arranged in the disc arranging direction, and the disc holding means composed of the movable chassis 126 or the like is arranged in a direction substantially perpendicular to the moving direction of the base 124, that is, in the direction perpendicular to the disc arranging direction. By moving, the selected disc is carried to the playing position.

In the disc playing device having the above-mentioned configuration, since the movable chassis 126 and the gripping arm mechanism are linearly aligned in the moving direction of the movable chassis, the moving stroke S of the disc gripping means including the movable chassis 126 and the like is constant. In such a case, the outer dimension of the entire device in the moving direction of the disc gripping means: La must be relatively large, which is a problem to be solved in order to reduce the size of the entire device. Further, the distance Lb between the support point of the movable chassis 126, that is, the axial center of the guide shaft 125 to the axial center of the spindle 127 is large, and the movable chassis 126, the guide shaft 125, and the base 124 are used to support a large moment generated by this. In addition, the guide shaft 123 needs to be sturdy, and thus the entire device is heavy.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a disc playing device in which the size and weight of the entire device can be easily reduced. is there.

[Structure of Invention]

A disc playing device according to the present invention comprises a disc housing portion capable of sequentially arranging and storing a plurality of discs, a disc playing means, and a disc ejecting / transporting mechanism for sequentially selecting an arbitrary disc in the disc housing portion and delivering it to a playing position. The disk ejecting / transporting mechanism includes a base that is movable along the disk arrangement direction of the disk storage portion, and is movably provided on the base in another direction substantially perpendicular to the disk arrangement direction. A disk holding means for holding a disk, wherein the disk holding means includes a movable chassis provided on the base so as to be movable in the other direction, and a movable chassis on the movable chassis with respect to the disk arranging direction. The outer circumference of the disk is gripped by moving the central axis provided in the vertical plane in the axial direction. And a gripping arm pairs, said central axis is characterized by an acute angle to the direction of movement of the movable chassis.

Embodiment Hereinafter, a disk playing device as an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates the entire disc playing apparatus in which a plurality of information recording discs such as video discs are prepared and played alternatively.

As shown in FIG. 1, the housing 2 is formed, for example, in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped as a whole. ing. However, the left side here is, for example, toward the front indicated by the arrow Y in FIG. 2, and is indicated by the arrow X. The arrow Z direction is upward. The window for loading and unloading the disc is formed over substantially the entire length of the housing 2 in the vertical direction, and a door 3 for closing the window is provided. The substantially entire surface of the door 3 is made of a transparent glass plate 3a or the like,
The mechanism inside the housing 2 is visible from the outside of the housing. An operating portion 5 for operating the disc playing device is mounted on the housing 2. The operation unit 5 is an adjustment unit 6 for adjusting volume and the like.
And a music selection section 7 including a keyboard 7a for performing music selection, and a coin receiving section 8 for receiving coins is arranged to the left of the adjustment section and the music selection section. A caster 10 is provided on the bottom surface of the housing 2 to facilitate the transportation of the disc playing device.

As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 2 has an under base 11 that forms the bottom of the housing and a frame 12 as a pivot body. The frame 12 is made of lightweight angle steel or the like. Inside the housing 2, there is provided a disc storage portion 16 which can store a plurality of discs 15 in sequence at a predetermined pitch in the inner side of the disc loading / unloading window, that is, on the rear left side of the housing. In this case, multiple discs 15
Are arranged and housed in the vertical direction (arrow Z direction and the opposite direction). The discs 15 are called optical discs for recording and reading signals using, for example, laser light. As is apparent from FIGS. 3 and 4, the disc storage portion 16 includes a large number of disc carrying units stacked on each other in the disc arrangement direction.
Has 17. FIG. 3 shows the uppermost layer portion of the disc storage portion 16, and FIG. 4 shows the lowermost layer portion of the disc storage portion 16.

As shown in FIG. 3, each disk carrying unit 17
Is a plate-shaped member 18 having two sides 18a and 18b which are perpendicular to each other and having a semicircular disk storage portion 18c provided on the main surface thereof.
Each disk 15 is positioned and housed by fitting a disk center hole into a positioning protrusion 18d provided on the main surface of the plate member. In order to reduce the weight of the plate-shaped member 18, the vertex portions 18e of the two sides 18a and 18b are attached in a substantially triangular shape. As is apparent from the figure, the extension lines of the two sides 18a and 18b and the extension line of the diameter D of the semicircular disk storage portion 18c form a right triangle. A single shaft 20 is fitted to each disk carrying unit 17 in the vicinity of the apexes of the two sides 18a and 18b. Further, a pair of shafts 21 and 22 are fitted in the respective disk carrying units 17 near the ends of the two sides 18a and 18b. As shown in FIG. 2, the shafts 20, 21 and 22 are fixed to the underbase 11 at their lower ends. Each of these shafts
20, 21, and 22 constitute a slip prevention means for preventing the disk carrying units 17 from slipping.

As shown in FIG. 4, each disk carrying unit 17
Are stacked on a receiving plate 24 provided near the lower ends of the shafts 20, 21 and 22. The receiving plate 24 is fitted to each of the shafts 20, 21, 22 and is restricted from moving downward by the three stop rings 24a. As shown in FIG. 3, a pressing plate 25 that fits on the shafts 20, 21, 22 is provided on each of the stacked disk carrying units 17. For example, a nut 26 is screwed onto the first screw portion 20a at the upper end of the shaft 20. In addition, the nuts 26 are similarly attached to the upper ends of the other shafts 21 and 22.
Are screwed together. A coil spring 27 is contracted between the nut 26 and the pressing plate 25 via a washer 27a.

The receiving plate 24, the pressing plate 25, and the nut 26
The coil spring 27 and the peripheral small members associated therewith constitute a pressing means for pressing the disk carrying units 17 in the stacking direction. In addition,
The disc holding portion 16 includes the pressing means and the shift preventing means including the shaft 20 and the like.

As is clear from FIG. 2, a holding plate 25 provided above each stacked disk carrying unit 17.
Further, an upper base 29 is provided on the upper side of the shaft 20 and is fixed to a second screw portion 20b (third shown in the figure) formed on the uppermost end portion of the shaft 20 by a nut 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, a disk playing means for playing a disk is arranged at a substantially central portion of the underbase 11 including a turntable 31, a spindle motor 32, an optical pickup 33 and the like. This disk playing means,
The applicant of the present application has, for example, a disk playing means included in a front loading disk player filed in Japanese Patent Application No. 58-169560, which has substantially the same structure, and its specific structure will not be described in detail here.

Next, an explanation will be given of a disc take-out / conveyance mechanism for sequentially selecting an arbitrary disc from among the plural discs 15 arranged and accommodated in the disc accommodating portion 16 and conveying it to the play position, that is, the turntable 31.

As shown in FIG. 2, there are provided guide shafts 36 and 37 as a pair of guide members extending in the disc arrangement direction of the disc storage portion 16, that is, in the vertical direction, and the lower end portion is provided with the under base 11. It is fixed. The upper ends of both guide shafts 36, 37 are fixed to the upper base 29. Both guide shafts 36,3
A base 40 is slidably attached to the 7. Both guide shafts 36 and 37 extend along the front surface of the housing 2, so that the base 40 is adapted to move in the vicinity of the front surface of the housing provided with the window for loading and unloading the disc. As is clear from FIG. 5, the base 40 is formed so as to have a single linear bar shape as a whole. The state of attachment of the base 40 to each of the guide shafts 36 and 37 will be described in detail. The base is slidably and closely fitted to the guide shaft 37 at a cylindrical portion 40a provided at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the base. And a pair of rollers 41 composed of a ball bearing or the like at the left end.
It is slidably engaged with the guide shaft 36 via a and 41b. Of the pair of rollers, the front roller 41a
Is provided at the swing end of a lever 41c that is swingably attached to the base 40 in a plane perpendicular to the moving direction of the base. The lever 41c is biased by a coil spring 41d in a direction in which the roller 41a approaches the guide shaft 36.

As is particularly clear in FIG. 6, the underbase 11
A small spindle 43b is rotatably provided above the bracket 43a, and a pair of toothed belt wheels 43c and 43d are fitted to both ends of the small spindle, respectively. A motor 44 is provided near the bracket 43a via a fixing plate 44a.
Is fixedly installed, and a toothed belt 46 is installed on the toothed belt wheel 44b and the toothed belt wheel 43d fitted to the output shaft of the motor. Meanwhile, the upper base 29 also has a bracket
A toothed belt wheel 29c is rotatably mounted via 29a and a small spindle 29b, and a toothed belt 47 is installed on the toothed belt wheel 29c and the toothed belt wheel 43c.
Part of the toothed belt 47 is fixed to the base 40. That is, the base 40 reciprocates up and down by the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 44.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, a rail 49 as a guide member is provided in front of the base 40 in parallel with the guide shaft 37.
Is provided. The rail 49 is formed so that its cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is substantially C-shaped, and the counterweight 50 is fitted in the inner space of the rail so as to be vertically movable. As is apparent from FIG. 6, the counterweight 50 is connected to the base 40 by a wire 53 provided between pulleys 51 and 52 provided in pairs at the upper end and the lower end of the rail 49. That is, the counterweight 50 is guided by the rail 49 and moves relative to the base 40.

As shown in FIG. 6, a pair of rocking members 55 are provided at one end of the counterweight 50, which engages with the rail 49, that is, the right end, at a distance in the moving direction of the counterweight, and , Is mounted via a bracket 55a so as to be swingable in the moving direction of the counterweight. A pair of rollers 56 that come into contact with the inner surface of the rail 49 are provided at the swing end of each swing member 55. Further, a single coil spring 57 is provided between the pair of rocking members 55, and both rocking members 55 are biased by the coil springs in directions toward each other. At the other end of the counterweight 50, which engages with the rail 49, that is, at the left end, a roller 59 that comes into contact with the inner surface of the rail 49 is rotatably attached via a bracket 59a.

By the pair of swinging members 55, the pair of rollers 56, the coil spring 57, the roller 59, and peripheral small members related thereto, a contact means for closely contacting the counterweight 50 with the guide rail 49 is provided. It is configured.

Here, the counterweight 50 is eccentrically arranged on the right side of the front surface of the housing 2 and moves near the front surface of the housing. By arranging the counter weight 50 in this way, the position of the center of gravity of the counter weight and the base 40 can be brought closer to the right front part of the housing 2, and this also means that the disc storage part arranged at the left rear part of the housing 2 can be moved. The interaction with the 16 positions of the center of gravity provides a good weight balance in the front, rear, left and right of the entire disc playing device.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, the base 40 has a direction perpendicular to the disc arrangement direction of the disc storage portion 16,
In this case, a guide shaft 61 extending in the left-right direction is provided. As is particularly clear in FIGS. 7 and 8, this guide shaft 61 has two split chassis 62,6.
A movable chassis 64 formed by connecting 3 to each other is slidably attached.

As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of toothed belt pulleys 66a, 66b are rotatably provided at the right end portion and the left end portion of the base 40, and the toothed belt pulley 67 has a toothed belt 67. It is installed. A motor 68 is fixed near the right toothed pulley wheel 66b via a bracket 68a, and a worm 68b fitted to the output shaft of the motor is a worm formed integrally with the toothed belt pulley 66b. It meshes with wheel 66c. That is, the movable chassis 64 reciprocates left and right by the forward and reverse rotations of the motor 68.

A movable chassis 64 composed of two divided chassis 62 and 63 is provided with a spindle 71 extending in a direction perpendicular to the disc arrangement direction (vertical direction) of the disc storage portion 16 so as to be rotatable about an axis center. There is. A frame 72 formed by bending in a substantially C-shape is fixed to the left end of the spindle 71. The frame 72 has a pair of gripping arms 73 and 74.
Is provided. These frame 72 and gripping arm pair
A gripping arm mechanism for gripping the outer periphery of the disk 15 is constituted by 73 and 74. The pair of gripping arms 73, 74 engages with the outer periphery of the disk 15 at their tip portions 73a, 73a. The spindle 71 is also movable in its axial direction, that is, in the longitudinal direction, and also functions as a gripping rod that grips the outer circumference of the disk in cooperation with the pair of gripping arms 73 and 74. At the left end of the spindle 71, a gripping block 71a which is a part of the spindle is provided.
Engages with the outer circumference of the disk 15 at the grip block 71a. The gripping arm pairs 73 and 74 are movable in two directions (directions indicated by arrows A and B in FIG. 5) that are symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal direction of the spindle 71 acting as a gripping rod and are not parallel to each other.

The grip block 71a provided at the left end of the spindle 71 has rack portions 71a formed on both side surfaces in the moving direction. On the other hand, the rack 73
b and 74b are formed respectively. Rack 71b and rack 73
A gear 75a is provided so as to mesh with b, and a gear 75b is provided so as to mesh with the rack portion 71b and the rack portion 74b. Each of these rack parts 71b, 73b, 74b
And the gears 75a and 75b constitute a drive mechanism for moving the spindle 71 as a gripping rod and the gripping arm pairs 73, 74 in opposite directions and in synchronization with each other.
As the drive mechanism for synchronously moving the spindle 71 and the pair of gripping arms 73, 74, various other configurations are conceivable. However, as described above, the drive mechanism has a simple structure such as a gear and a rack portion. The configuration facilitates cost reduction.

Here, the tip of the spindle 71 as the grip rod, that is, the engagement point of the grip block 71a with the disk 15 is set as the first disk engagement point, and the tip portions 73a, 7 of the grip arm pairs 73, 74 are defined.
When the engagement points of the disc 3a with the disc 15 are respectively the second and third disc engagement points, the distance between the first and second disc engagement points: L
a is equal to the distance Lb between the first and third disc engaging points, and the straight line connecting the first, second and third disc engaging points forms an acute isosceles triangle. The moving direction of the gripping arm pair 73, 74 (the direction indicated by the arrows A, B in FIG. 5) is the same as the center of this acute angled isosceles triangle.
It is arranged to be substantially parallel to a straight line connecting the second and third disc engaging points. That is, the first, second, and third disc engaging points move toward the center of the disc 15 to be gripped.

A drive source that gives a drive force for holding the disc to the holding arm mechanism including the holding arm pair 73, 74 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the movable chassis
A motor 77 is fixedly installed in front of the spindle 71 on the shaft 64. The motor 77 is arranged so that the output shaft of the motor 77 is parallel to the spindle 71. Spindle 71 and motor 77
A screw shaft 78 extending parallel to the spindle is rotatably provided between the gear shaft 78 and a gear 78a fitted to the tip of the screw shaft is a gear fitted to the output shaft of the motor 77. It meshes with 77a. The screw shaft 78 has a screw part 78 only in its central portion.
b is provided. A movable bracket 79 is slidably attached to a smooth portion of the screw shaft 78 other than the screw portion 78b. A projecting portion 79a is formed on the movable bracket 79, and the movable bracket 79 is connected to the right end of the spindle 71 at the projecting portion 79a.
Slider 8 is attached to screw 78b of screw shaft 78.
1 is screwed and is movable only in the axial direction of the screw shaft. A pair of coil springs 82a and 82b are provided between the movable bracket 78 and the slider 81, and are externally fitted to the screw shaft 78, respectively. In such a configuration, the motor 71 rotates in the forward and reverse directions so that the spindle 71 moves to the gear 77.
The a, 77a, the screw shaft 78, the slider 81, the coil springs 82a, 82b, and the movable bracket 78 are sequentially reciprocated in the axial direction. Therefore, the gripping arm pair 73,74
The disc 15 is grasped and released by the grasping arm mechanism including. Coil spring
The reference numeral 82a acts as a bias applying means for applying a biasing force to the slider 81 according to the movement of the slider 81 after the gripping arm mechanism grips the disk 15.

The above-mentioned motor 77, gear 77a, and screw shaft 7
8, a gear 78a, a movable bracket 79, a slider 81,
With the coil springs 82a and 82b, the gripping arm pair 73,
A drive source is configured to apply a drive force to the gripping arm mechanism including 74.

On the other hand, in the vicinity of the screw shaft 78, a photo sensor 84 is provided as a detection means for detecting the movement of the slider 81 after the gripping arm mechanism grips the disk 15.
The light shielding plate 81a formed on the slider 81 is attached to the photo sensor 84.
The above-described detection is performed by moving in the detection gap provided in the photo sensor, and a signal for stopping the motor 77 is emitted from the photo sensor.

The screw shaft 78, the slider 81, the coil spring 82a, and the photo sensor 84 constitute stop means for stopping the drive source including the motor 77 when the gripping arm mechanism grips the disk 15. .
Although the stopping means is configured as a part of the driving source, apart from the photosensor 84, the stopping means may be provided separately from the driving source. However, in this case, the gripping arm mechanism needs to be provided with the driving force by the driving source via the slider 81 and the coil spring 82a as the bias force applying means.

Although the story goes back and forth, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the gripping arm pairs 73 and 74 are slid on the pins 72a provided on the frame 72 so that the long holes 72d and 74d respectively formed in the gripping arm pairs are formed. It is movable by freely engaging, but when the gripping arm pair 73, 74 grips the disk 15, the outer end edges of the long holes 73d, 74d come into contact with the pin 72a and the gripping arm. The gripping action of the pair is restricted. That is, the long holes 73d and 74d and the pin 72a serve as a guide for the gripping arm pair 73 and 74,
The gripping arm mechanism including the gripping arm pair 73, 74 acts as a restricting means for restricting the gripping operation in the disk gripping state.

Next, a drive source that applies a rotational drive force to the spindle 71 and thus to the gripping arm mechanism will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the split chassis 62,6
A holding member 87 holding a motor 86 is provided on the movable chassis 64 made up of three members. The holding member 87 is swingable around the spindle 71. The motor 86 is arranged so that the output shaft of the motor intersects with the spindle 71. A small spindle 88 extending parallel to the spindle 71 is rotatably attached to the holding member 87. A worm wheel 88a is fitted at one end of the small spindle 88, in this case, the right end, and the worm wheel is fixed to the output shaft of the motor 86 via a coupler 86a.
It meshes with 6b. A gear 88b is fixed to the other end of the small spindle 88, and the gear meshes with a gear 71b fitted near the tip of the spindle 71.

The above-mentioned motor 86, coupler 86a, worm 86b, small spindle 88, worm wheel 88a, gear 88b and
71b and 71b form a drive source that applies a rotational drive force to the spindle 71 and thus to the gripping arm mechanism.

On the other hand, a projecting portion 72c (shown in FIG. 8) is provided at the right end of the frame 72, which is a part of the gripping arm mechanism. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the split chassis 63
Is provided with a stopper 90 corresponding to the projecting portion 72c. Further, a coil spring 91 that engages with the overhanging portion 72c is externally fitted to the stopper 90. These overhangs 72
The c, the stopper 90, and the coil spring 91 constitute a restricting unit that restricts the rotation of the grip arm mechanism when the grip arm mechanism is rotated by the drive source and reaches a predetermined rotation position.

The holding member 87 holding the motor 86 is swung by the reaction force of the rotational driving force generated when the rotation of the gripping arm mechanism is regulated by the regulating means.

On the other hand, in the vicinity of the swinging end of the holding member 87, a photo sensor 93 as a detection means for detecting that the holding member swings.
Is provided. The above detection is performed by moving the light shielding plate 87a fixed to the swinging end of the holding member 87 in the detection gap formed in the photo sensor 93, and
A signal to stop 86 is emitted from the photosensor. A pin 87b is provided on the light shielding plate 87a so that the movable piece 95 is fixed to the pin. The movable piece 95 is inserted into a guide portion 63a formed in a divided chassis 63 forming a part of the movable chassis 64, and reciprocates in the guide portion 63a as the holding member 87 swings. A pair of coil springs 96a and 96b are provided at both ends of the movable piece 95. The coil springs 96a and 96b are provided on the holding member 8
It acts as a biasing force applying means for applying a biasing force to the holding member when 7 swings.

When the photosensor 96 and the coil springs 96a and 96b serving as biasing force applying means rotate the spindle 71, and hence the gripping arm mechanism, the motor when the disk 15 gripped by the gripping arm mechanism is reversed. Stop means for stopping the drive source including 86 is configured.

Further, the movable chassis 64 described above, the spindle 71, the gripping arm mechanism including the gripping arm pairs 73, 74, and the gears 75a, 75b.
A drive mechanism for synchronizing the operation of the spindle and the gripping arm pair, a drive source including a motor 77 for applying a driving force for gripping the gripping arm mechanism to the gripping arm mechanism, and a gripping operation of the gripping arm mechanism for disc gripping. Restricting means for restricting the state (long holes 73 provided in the pair of gripping arms 73, 74)
d, 74d, etc.) and a stop means for stopping the drive source including the motor 77 when the gripping arm mechanism grips the disk, which is composed of a photo sensor 84 or the like as a detection means,
A drive source that includes a motor 86 and applies a rotational drive force to the spindle 71, and hence the gripping arm mechanism, and a rotation source of the gripping arm mechanism when the gripping arm mechanism is rotated by the driving source to reach a predetermined rotation position. Restricting means (consisting of a stopper 90 and a coil spring 91) for restricting rotation,
A stop for stopping the drive source including the motor 86 when the holding member 87 holding the motor 86 and the holding arm mechanism including the photo sensor 93 are rotated to invert the disk held by the holding arm mechanism. By means of the means, a disk holding means is provided in the base 40 so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the disk array direction of the disk storage portion 16 and holds and reverses the selected disk.

Here, as is apparent from FIG. 8, the gripping arm pair 73,7
The rotation center axis of 4, that is, the axis center of the spindle 71 is the moving direction of the disk holding means, in this case the left-right direction (arrow X
Direction and the opposite direction). The tilting of the rotation center axis of the gripping arm pair 73, 74 with respect to the moving direction of the disk gripping means is associated with the fact that the disk carrying unit 17 is formed as described above. By making the disk carrying unit 17 have the above-described shape, it is easy to insert and remove the disk from the disk loading and unloading window provided on the front left side of the housing 2. In addition, as described above, the spindle 71 which is the rotation supporting shaft of the disc gripping means.
The following effects are achieved by the configuration in which the axis center of the axis forms an acute angle θa with respect to the moving direction of the disc gripping means.

That is, the gripping arm mechanism including the gripping arm pair 73, 74, which is a constituent member of the disc gripping means, and the movable chassis 64 linearly move in the moving direction of the movable chassis (the arrow X direction and the opposite direction). Since they are not arranged side by side, the outer diameter of the entire device in the moving direction of the disc gripping means can be reduced.

Also, the length of the movable chassis 64, that is, the guide shaft
The distance from the central axis of 61 to the central axis of the spindle 71 is reduced, the moment applied to the movable chassis is reduced, the disc holding means including the movable chassis, and the base 40 etc. for movably supporting the disc holding means. However, it does not need to be so sturdy, and thus it is easy to reduce the weight of the entire device.

Further, as is apparent from FIG. 8, a detection switch 99 which acts as a detection means for detecting that the disc gripping means grips the selected disc is provided at the tip 73a of the gripping arm 73. Engages with the outer circumference of the disc when gripping the disc.

Next, a position detecting means for detecting that the base 40 has reached a position where the disc holding means can hold an arbitrary disc in the disc housing portion 16 and stops the base will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the counter weight
A plurality of slits are formed at the right end of a rail 49 that guides 50, and an address plate 100 that indicates the absolute address of the base 40 with respect to the housing 2 by 6 bits is attached. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, a 6-bit photosensor 101 corresponding to the address plate 100 is provided at the right end portion of the base 40. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a base 40 is provided at the front end of each disk carrying unit 17.
4 bit slit groups 102 are arranged integrally with the respective disk carrying units 17 and are arranged along the moving direction, that is, the vertical direction. This slit group 10 on the left end of the base 40
Corresponding to 2, a 4-bit photo sensor 103 as a detecting means is provided. Address plate 100, photo sensor 1
01, the slit group 102 and the photo sensor 103, a position detecting means for detecting that the base 40 has reached a position where the disk holding means can hold an arbitrary disk in the disk storage portion 16 and stop the base. Is configured.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the base 40 extends in parallel with the guide shaft 61 and has slits 105a, 1 at both ends.
An address plate 105 having 05b formed is attached.
On the other hand, as is particularly clear in FIG. 7, the photo sensor 106 is provided on the movable chassis 64.
The address plate 105 and the photo sensor 106 constitute position detecting means for detecting that the movable chassis 64, and thus the disc gripping means has reached a predetermined position and stopping the disc gripping means.

Disc presence / absence detection means for detecting the presence / absence of a disc at each disc storage position of the disc storage portion 16 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, a moving member 108 is provided at the front end of the upper surface of each disk carrying unit 17. A pin portion 108a is provided at a substantially central portion of the moving member 108, and the pin portion 108a is a support protrusion 17a formed on the disk carrying unit 17.
By engaging with, the moving member can swing in the disc array direction (vertical direction). disk
When the disk 15 is positioned and carried on the disk carrying unit 17, a part of the lower surface of the disk engages with the rear end 108b of the moving member 108, whereby the front end 1 of the moving member 108.
08c swings upward. Further, the moving member 108 is formed such that the front end portion of the moving member 108 is heavier than the rear end portion with the pin portion 108a as the center.
The front end portion 108c of the moving member 108 swings downward when the disk 15 is removed from. The state where the front end portion 108c swings downward is referred to as the first position of the moving member 108, and the state where the front end portion 108c swings upward is referred to as the second position of the moving member. That is, the moving member 108 moves to the first position or the second position according to the presence or absence of the disc.
Move between positions.

An aluminum foil for reflecting light is attached to the surface of the front end portion 108c of the moving member 108. As shown in FIG.
The base 40 is provided with a pair of small photo sensors 109a and 109b near the photo sensor 103. These photo sensors 109a and 109b are for detecting whether the moving member 108 is in the first position or the second position. The detection by the photosensors 109a and 109b is performed through a small window 17c formed in each disk carrying unit 17. The photo sensor 109a is referred to as a first detection sensor, while the photo sensor 109b is referred to as a second detection sensor.

The moving member 108 and the photosensors 109a and 109b described above constitute a disc presence / absence detection means for detecting the presence / absence of a disc at each disc storage position of the disc storage section 16.

Further, the disc presence / absence detecting means, the base 40, the disc holding means including the movable chassis 64, and the slit group.
The position detecting means including 102 and the counter weight 50
The disk accommodating portion is constituted by the rail 49, the above-mentioned contact means for bringing the counterweight into close contact with the rail 49, the guide shafts 39, 37, and peripheral small members related thereto.
A disc take-out / conveyance mechanism for sequentially selecting arbitrary discs in 16 and conveying them to the play position, that is, the turntable 31 is configured.

Here, the pair of photosensors 109a and 109b will be described in detail.

First, the photo sensor 109a as the first detection sensor determines whether the moving member 108 is in the first position or the second position when the base 40 reaches the position where the disc gripping means can grip the disc. It is for detection.
On the other hand, in the photo sensor 109b, whether the moving member 108 is located at the first position or the second position when the base 40 is moved upward by a predetermined distance from the position where the disc gripping means can grip the disc. And is provided above the photo sensor 109a by being shifted upward by, for example, 3 mm or more.

As shown in FIG. 6, a bracket 110 is screwed to the left side surface of the lower end of the rail 49. As is clear from FIG. 10 (b), the bracket 110 has a lock screw 1
10a is fitted and is prevented from coming off by a retaining ring 110b. The lock screw 110a is for locking the base 40 with respect to the housing 2 by tightening the screw 110a and screwing it into the female screw portion 40b protrudingly provided on the base 40. The lock screw 110a is provided with a coil spring 110c for applying a biasing force to the lock screw.
Has been inserted. A detection switch 111 is fixed to the bracket 110 with a screw. This detection switch 1
11 is arranged so that when the lock screw 110a is tightened and the base 40 is locked, a part of the lock screw engages with the armature 111a of the detection switch. When the lock screw 110a is tightened and the base 40 is locked, the detection switch 111 operates so that all operations of the disc playing device are not performed.

Next, a clamp mechanism for clamping the disc carried on the turntable 31 by the above-mentioned disc taking-out and carrying mechanism will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, a bracket 112 is fixed on the underbase 11 and behind the turntable 31. As shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, a support member 113 is swingably attached to the upper end of the bracket 112 via a pin 113a. Support member 113
A pressing member 114 that cooperates with the turntable 31 to perform a disk clamp action is rotatably provided at one end of the swinging of the. It should be noted that the pressing member 114 is magnetically attracted to the turntable 31 to perform disk clamping. Further, the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 9A is referred to as the unclamped position of the support member 113, and
The position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 9A is called the clamp position of the support member. Swing angle of the support member 113:
θb is 110 °, for example.

A geared motor 115 is fixed to the right end of the bracket 112. A first lever member 116 is fitted on the output shaft 115a of the geared motor 115. The second lever member 117 has a pin 117a at one end at the rotating end of the first lever member 116.
It is rotatably attached via. The other end of the second lever member 117 is attached to the other end of the swing of the support member 113 by the pin 11.
It is pivotally attached via 7b. The bracket 112 is provided with an auxiliary lever member 118 that rotates together with the first lever member 116, and further, a detection switch 119 that detects the completion of the disc clamp by detecting the rotation angle of the auxiliary lever member. Is provided.

The above-mentioned gear mode motor 115 and the first lever member 116
And the second lever member 117 constitute a driving means for driving the support member 113. Also, with the driving means,
The support member 113 and the pressing member 114 constitute a clamp mechanism that forms a disc clamp.

FIG. 10A shows the details of the slit group 102 formed in each disk carrying unit 17.

As shown in FIG. 10 (a), each disk carrying unit 17 is provided with four slits 102a, 102b, 102c and 102d. The position of the base 40 with respect to each disk carrying unit 17 is detected by the four photocouplers 103a, 103b, 103c and 103d provided on the photosensor 103 in a straight line.

Here, a method of adjusting the address plate 100 and the photosensors 101 and 103 will be described. It should be noted that the total number of the respective disc carrying units 17 for accommodating and carrying the discs is 60.

First, check the horizontality of the 4-bit photo sensor 103,
The 6-bit photo sensor 101 is adjusted horizontally. Then, the central axis of the photosensor 103 (103e in FIG. 10 (a))
6) and the central axis 102e (shown in FIG. 10 (a)) of the slit 102b formed in the 30th disc carrying unit 17 are aligned, and the address plate 100 is moved up and down in this state for 6 bits. The central axis of the photosensor 101 and the central axis of the slit of the lower bit of the address plate are aligned. At this time, the address plate 100 is appropriately tilted to adjust the position of the address plate and the photo sensor 101 in the horizontal direction. Next, the central axes 103e and 2 of the photo sensor 103
Slit 10 of the first and 60th disc carrying unit 17
The center axis 102e of 2b is made to coincide with each other, and at this time, it is confirmed whether the center axis of the 6-bit photosensor 101 coincides with the center axis of the slit of the lower bit of the address plate 100. After this,
The horizontal position of the 4-bit photo sensor 103 is aligned with the slit of the disk carrying unit 17. Thus, the adjustment is completed.

Next, the operation of the disc playing device having the above-mentioned configuration will be briefly described along the playing procedure with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.

Immediately after the power supply to the apparatus is turned on, the control circuit 120 (11th figure) judges that the mechanical section is not in the transport ready state or the locked state (described above), and is played by operating the keyboard 7a of the music selection section 7. When the disk to be specified is designated, the drive voltage is supplied to the motor 44, and the motor starts to rotate. Therefore, the base 40 moves to a position where the disc gripping means can grip the designated disc. At this time, the control circuit 120 reads the absolute address of the address plate 100 by the photo sensor 101, and reads the slit group 102 of the disk carrying unit 17 by the photo sensor 103. The transport preparation state is a state in which the clamper including the pressing member 114 and the supporting member 113 presses the disk on the turntable and the gripping arm pair 73, 74 grips the disk, that is, the photosensor 84 and the detection switches 99, 119. A state in which an ON signal is obtained from.

The operation of the base 40 accompanying the reading of the slit group 102 by the photo sensor 103 will be described in detail.

In FIG. 10 (a), if the disk carrying unit 17 carrying the designated disk is the central one among the disk carrying units 17 drawn in three layers,
The photocouplers 103a and 103b of the photosensor 103 have slits 10
When the ON signal is obtained from the photocouplers 103a and 103b in agreement with 2a and 102b, respectively, the drive voltage supply to the motor 44 is cut off,
The base 40 is stopped.

The base is located at a position where the disc gripping means can grip the disc.
When 40 is stopped, the control circuit 120 drives the motor 68, and the disc gripping means including the movable chassis 64 moves toward the disc. When it is confirmed by the photo sensor 106 that the disk gripping means has moved and reached the disk gripping means, the motor 68, and hence the disk gripping means, stops. Next, the presence / absence of a disc is detected by the photo sensor 109a (shown in FIG. 5). When the existence of the disk is confirmed,
The motor 77 is driven, and the disc is held at three points by the spindle 71 which is a holding rod and the pair of holding arms 73 and 74. When the photo sensor 84 and the detection switch 99 detect that the disc is gripped, the motor 44 is rotated again until the ON signal is obtained from the photo couplers 103b and 103c, and the base 40 moves upward, for example, about 3 mm. To do. By this movement of 3 mm, the fitting state between the positioning protrusion 18d which fits in the disc center hole and positions the disc and the disc center hole is released. Then the motor 68
Is reversely rotated, and the disc gripping means moves to the right while gripping the disc. When the photo sensor 106 confirms that the disc gripping means has moved to the right by a predetermined distance and the gripped disc has reached the position directly above the turntable, the motor 68 is stopped.

After that, the base 40 is moved downward and the disc is placed on the turntable. However, when the selected song is recorded on the B side of the disc, that is, the upper face in the disc housed state, the motor is 86 is driven and the disc is inverted.

Here, the disc reversing operation will be described in detail.

If the selected song is on the B side of the disc, the control circuit 120
First, it is confirmed whether the base 40 is above or below the position corresponding to the 50th disc from the top. base
If 40 is below the position corresponding to the 50th disc from the top, the base 40 is raised to the 49th disc position. afterwards. The motor 86 is driven to reverse the disc, and at the same time, the base is lowered. The photo sensor 93 detects that the disc has been inverted.

When the disc is placed on the turntable, the geared motor 115 rotates to clamp the disc. When the detection switch 119 detects that the disc is clamped, the disc holding state by the disc holding means is released. In this way, the performance becomes possible, and the spindle motor 32, the optical pickup 33, etc. operate to start the performance.

When the performance ends, the disc is stored in the original storage position following the reverse procedure.

Thereafter, the above operation is repeated according to the designated number of pieces of music.

As described above in detail, in the disc playing apparatus according to the present invention, a disc housing portion capable of sequentially storing a plurality of discs, a disc playing means, and an arbitrary disc in the disc housing portion are sequentially selected and played. A disk unloading / transporting mechanism for transporting the disk to a position, and the disk unloading / transporting mechanism includes a base movable along the disk arranging direction of the disk storage portion and another base substantially perpendicular to the disk arranging direction A movable chassis provided on the base so as to be movable in the other direction, and a movable chassis, the movable chassis being movably provided in one direction and holding a selected disk. By moving the central axis, which is provided above in the plane substantially perpendicular to the disc array direction, in the axial direction, And a gripping arm pairs for gripping the outer periphery of the disk, the central axis forms an acute angle with respect to the direction of movement of the movable chassis.

That is, in the disc playing apparatus according to the present invention, a disc that is movably provided in a base that moves along the disc arranging direction of the disc storage portion in another direction substantially perpendicular to the disc arranging direction and holds the selected disc. A gripping means has a movable chassis movably provided on the base in the other direction, and a central axis provided on a surface of the movable chassis substantially perpendicular to the disk arrangement direction in the axial direction. A pair of gripping arms that grip the outer periphery of the disk by moving the disk are formed, and the central axis forms an acute angle with respect to the moving direction of the movable chassis. Therefore, the gripping arm mechanism including the gripping arm pair, which is a constituent member of the disc gripping means, and the movable chassis are:
Since the movable chassis are not lined up linearly in the moving direction, the outer dimensions of the entire device in the moving direction of the disc gripping means can be reduced.

Further, by doing so, the length of the movable chassis, that is, the distance from the point where the movable chassis is supported (the central axis of the guide shaft 61 in the embodiment) to the central axis is reduced. Since the moment applied to the movable chassis is also small, the disc gripping means including the movable chassis, the base (40) for movably supporting the disc gripping means, etc. do not need to be so sturdy, so that the entire device It is easy to reduce the weight.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a disc playing device according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view of the internal structure of the disc playing device.
FIGS. 4 and 5 are detailed perspective views of the disk storage portion, FIGS. 5 and 6 are perspective views showing the base and its peripheral members, and FIG. 7 is a detailed perspective view of the disk holding means for holding the disk.
FIG. 8 is a plan view including a partial cross section of the disc gripping means,
9 (a) and 9 (b) are a side view and a rear view, respectively, of the clamp mechanism, and FIG. 10 (a) illustrates a slit and a detection sensor formed in a disk carrying unit which is a constituent member of the disk storage portion. FIG. 10 (b) is a partial detailed view of the internal structure, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of a drive control system in the disc playing device, and FIG. 12 is an operation of the disc playing device. Flowchart to explain, No.
FIG. 13 is a view showing a main part of the already developed disc playing device. Explanation of symbols of main parts 1 ... Disk playing device 2 ... Housing, 3 ... Door 3a ... Glass plate, 5 ... Operation part 6 ... Adjusting part, 7 ... Music selecting part 8 ... Coin receiving part, 10 …… Caster 11 …… Under base 12 …… Frame, 15 …… Disc 16 …… Disc storage unit 17 …… Disc carrying unit 17a …… Supporting protrusion, 17c …… Small window 18 …… Plate-like member 18c …… Semi-circular disk storage part 18d …… Positioning protrusion 18e …… Apex part 20,21,22 …… Shaft 20a …… First screw part 20b …… Second screw part 24 …… Receiving plate 24a …… Stop ring 25… … Presser plate 26 …… Nut, 26a …… Washer 27,41d, 57,82a, 82b, 91,96a, 96b …… Coil spring 29 …… Upper base 29a, 43a, 55a, 59a, 68a, 110,112 …… Bracket 29b, 43b, 88 …… Small spindle 29c, 43c, 43d, 44b, 66a, 66b …… Toothed belt wheel 31 …… Turntable 32 …… Spindle 33 …… Optical pickup 36,37,61 …… Guide shaft 40 …… Base 40a …… Cylinder 41a, 41b, 56,59 …… Roller 41c …… Lever 44,68,77,86 …… Motor 44a …… Fixed plate 46,47,67 …… Toothed belt 49 …… Rail 50 …… Counter weight 51,52 …… Pulley 53 …… Wire, 55 …… Swinging member 62,63 …… Split chassis 63a ...... Guide part 64 …… Movable chassis 66c, 88a …… Warm wheel 68b, 86b …… Warm 71 …… Spindle 71a …… Grip block 71b, 75a, 75b, 77a, 78a, 88b …… Gear 72 …… Frame 72a , 87b, 113a, 117a …… Pin 72c, 79a …… Overhang 73,74 …… Gripping arm 73a, 74a …… Tip 73b, 74b …… Rack 73d, 74d …… Slot 78 …… Screw shaft 78b …… Screw part 79 …… Movable bracket 81 …… Slider 81a, 87a …… Light shield plate 84,93,101,103,106,109a, 109b …… Photo sensor 86a, …… Coupler 87 …… Holding member 90 …… Stopper 95 …… Moveable piece 99,111,119 …… Detection switch 100,105 …… Address plate 102 …… Slit group 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, 105a, 105b …… Slit 103a, 103b, 103c, 103d …… Photo coupler 103e… … Center shaft 108 …… Movement member 108a …… Pin portion 108b …… Rear end portion 108c …… Front end portion 110a …… Lock screw 113 …… Supporting member 114 …… Pressing member 115 …… Geared motor 115a …… Output shaft 116… … First lever member 117 …… Second lever member 118 …… Auxiliary lever member 120 …… Control circuit

Continued front page (72) Inventor Kaoru Serita 4-2610 Hanazono, Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Pioneer Co., Ltd. Tokorozawa Plant (72) Inventor Akira Yamaguchi 4-2610 Hanazono, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Pioneer Co., Ltd. Tokorozawa Plant (56) References: 58-155662 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A disc storage unit capable of sequentially storing a plurality of discs, a disc playing unit, and a disc take-out and transport mechanism for sequentially selecting an arbitrary disc in the disc storage unit and transporting it to a performance position. The disc take-out and transport mechanism is provided with a base that is movable along the disc arrangement direction of the disc storage portion, and a disc that is movably provided on the base in another direction that is substantially perpendicular to the disc arrangement direction and that selects a disc. A disc gripping means for gripping, the disc gripping means is provided on the base such that the movable chassis is movable in the other direction, and the disc gripping means is arranged on the movable chassis substantially perpendicular to the disc arranging direction. A pair of gripping arms for gripping the outer circumference of the disk by moving the central axis provided in the surface in the axial direction. Seen, the central axis is a disk playing apparatus characterized by an acute angle to the direction of movement of the movable chassis.