JPH07230683A - Disk reproducing device with built-in speaker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the disk reproducing device with built-in speaker equipped with a reproducing mechanism in a front loading system compact in breadth. CONSTITUTION:A front panel of the disk reproducing device is constituted of a lower front panel 12 arranged below a tray 10 and an upper front panel 34 arranged above the tray 10. The lower front panel is composed of one pair of aymmetrical slant panels 26 and 28 having inclined angles toward both sides respectively, and speakers 30 and 32 are arranged in these slant panels respectively. The upper front panel has a vertical surface to a tray moving plane.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front-loading type disc reproducing function in which a tray on which a disc can be mounted is moved substantially horizontally to allow loading and unloading of the disc at an eject position protruding forward from the main body of the apparatus. And a speaker built-in type disc reproducing apparatus in which a speaker is integrally built in.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A disk reproducing apparatus with a built-in speaker having a front-loading disk reproducing function is widely used, for example, as a CD radio cassette recorder (so-called CD radio cassette player).

Generally, in this type of disk reproducing apparatus, speakers are arranged on the left and right of the tray.

[0004]

However, when the speakers are arranged on both the left and right sides of the tray, the width of the main body of the apparatus is inevitably increased.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention provides
An object of the present invention is to miniaturize the width of a speaker reproducing type disk reproducing apparatus equipped with a disk reproducing mechanism by a front loading method, thereby making the apparatus compact.

It is another object of the present invention to improve the degree of separation of left and right sounds output from left and right channel speakers in such a disc reproducing apparatus, and to form a sound field with a more three-dimensional effect.

A further object of the present invention is to facilitate the loading / unloading of a disc at the tray eject position and prevent the disc from being damaged during loading / unloading.

In order to achieve these objects, in the speaker reproducing disk reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, the tray on which the disk can be mounted moves substantially horizontally, and the disk is mounted / dismounted at the eject position protruding forward from the inside of the apparatus body. In a device provided with a front-loading type disc playback mechanism that enables the front-loading type disc playback mechanism, the front panel of the apparatus main body has a lower front panel located below the tray, and the speaker is arranged on the lower front panel surface. Characterize.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the lower front panel comprises a pair of symmetrical tilt panels having tilt angles that recede laterally, and the speaker is disposed on one of the tilt panels. It consists of a left channel speaker and a right channel speaker arranged on the other side of the inclined panel.

In this case, it is preferable that the front panel of the apparatus main body further has an upper front panel located above the tray and substantially perpendicular to the moving surface of the tray.

[0011]

Since the speaker is provided at the lower position of the tray, an extra width dimension is not required and a compact disc reproducing apparatus is provided.

The left and right channel speakers respectively arranged on the pair of inclined panels form a sound field of left and right sounds that gradually separate from each other toward the front of the device, and the degree of separation between the left and right sounds is improved.

Even though the lower front panel on which the speaker is arranged is constructed as a pair of inclined panels as described above, the upper front panel above the tray is formed in a plane vertical to the tray moving surface. Disc damage at the time of loading / unloading the disc at the tray eject position is prevented.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

This embodiment is constructed as a CD boombox having a CD changer function, and a front view, a side view and a top view in a normal state (tray loading state) are shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, respectively. There is. Code 1
When used as a CD player, 0 is horizontally driven between a loading position for accommodating the disc at a substantially reproducible position inside the player and an eject position for projecting to the front of the player and allowing the disc to be loaded / unloaded or replaced. Indicates a tray.

A function selection key 14 for selecting the function of a tuner, an audio cassette recorder, and a timer in addition to the function as a CD player is provided in the central portion of the front panel 12 located below the tray 10. However, since the functions other than the CD player are not directly related to the subject of the present invention, description of these functions and configurations will be omitted.

The lower front panel 12 is further provided with a selection key 18 for adjusting the volume and balance of the output sound from a speaker, which will be described later, an adjustment key 20 for adjusting the volume selected by the selection key, and headphones. A terminal 22, a remote control light receiving unit 24 and the like are provided. None of these are known and are not directly related to the subject of the present invention.

The lower front panel 12 is composed of a pair of inclined panels 26 and 28 which are symmetrically inclined with respect to the moving direction of the tray 10. That is, the lower front panel 12 includes a pair of inclined panels 26, 28.
In the boundary center line of No. 1, the surface configuration is such that it protrudes most toward the front of the device and recedes rearward as it goes to the side.

A speaker 30 for the left channel is arranged on the tilted panel 26, and a speaker 32 for the right channel is arranged on the tilted panel 28.

The front panel 34 located above the tray 10 is different from the lower front panel 12 in that
It is configured to be substantially flush with the moving direction of the tray 10. On the upper front panel 34, various mode selection keys 36 for selecting operation modes such as play start, stop, eject / load, search, and scan for the function selected by the function selection key 14 are arranged.

Further, since the CD player in this apparatus has the disc changer function as described above, when the CD player is selected by the function selection key 14, the operation mode is selected by the mode selection key 36. A disk selection key 38 for designating a different disk is provided.

The selection result by the function selection key 14, the mode selection key 36 and the disc selection key 38 is displayed on the display 40 as a liquid crystal.

The operation when the CD player is selected by the function selection key 14 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. The disk moves while being placed on the carriage 42, and the disk moves in a substantially horizontal plane. Positions A to D
Can be taken.

That is, the carriage 42 is the tray 10.
It can move in an integrated state with the eject position A projecting forward of the player and the loading position B housed inside the player. At the eject position A, an operation is performed in which an arbitrary disc desired to be reproduced is placed on the empty carriage 42, or a disc placed on the carriage is taken out or replaced.

Further, the carriage 42 can be moved further to the back of the player away from the tray 10 that stops at the loading position B, and the disk to be placed can be played back via a playback mechanism 46 having an optical head 47, a clamper 48 and the like. It is possible to set a play position C to be played and a storage position D to store the mounted disc in a predetermined storage stage in the stocker 44 which is built into the innermost part of the player. In this embodiment, the stocker 44 is capable of accommodating a total of seven carriages 42 each capable of holding one disk.

For example, in a stopped state in which the tray 10 is loaded and all the carriages 42 are stored in the stocker 44, the disk stored in the third storage stage of the stocker 44 is replaced with another disk. To reproduce another disc, first, the disc "3" key of the disc selection keys 38 is pressed, and the eject / load key of the mode selection keys 36 is pressed. As a result, the stocker 44 moves up and down to make the carriage of the third storage stage substantially horizontal with the moving surface of the tray 10, the carriage moves to the loading position via the play position, and further moves to the eject position together with the tray 10. . Therefore, when the disc on the carriage is removed and another desired disc is placed and the play key of the mode selection keys 36 is pressed, the carriage moves to the play position via the loading position, and the disc is reproduced. The reproduction of the disc is automatically performed through the mechanism 46.

When the disc is changed in the reproducing state, the disc desired to be reproduced may be simply designated by the disc selecting key 38. For example, when it is desired to play the disc "4" instead of the disc "3", by pressing the disc "4" of the disc selection keys, the clamp on the disc "3" is released and the disc "3" at the play position is released. The carriage 42 carrying "" is on the stocker 4
It is stored in a predetermined storage stage in 4. Continue to stocker 4
4 descends and the carriage 42 on which the disc "4" is placed
Is pulled out and set to the play position, and after the clamp, the reproduction of the disc “4” is started.

The drive control circuit for driving the tray 10 and the carriage 42, raising and lowering the stocker 44, and operating the disc reproducing mechanism 46 according to the operation of various selection keys,
It is housed in a circuit board space 50 formed below the player.

Inclined panels 26, 2 on the front of the player
The loudspeakers 30 and 32 respectively provided in 8 are connected to a front cabinet 52 arranged at the back of the loudspeaker, and an under cabinet 54 connected to the front cabinet through an opening 53 and extending in the depth direction below the player. Have and. The vibration sound from the speakers 30 and 32 is generated by the front cabinet 52 as shown by the arrow in FIG.
And under cabinet 54 to move to port 5
From 5 comes out behind the player and reverberates.

[0030]

According to the present invention, by disposing the speaker in the speaker reproducing type disk reproducing apparatus having the disk reproducing mechanism of the front loading system below the tray, the lateral width of the apparatus can be made compact.

Further, it is possible to enhance the degree of separation of the left and right sounds output from the left and right channel speakers, and prevent the disc from being damaged when the disc is loaded or unloaded at the tray eject position.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a CD with a built-in speaker according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a front view of the boombox.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same CD boombox.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the same CD boombox.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view showing a tray eject position and a loading position when the CD radio cassette recorder is used as a CD player.

5 is a side sectional view similar to FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Tray 12 Lower Front Panel 26, 28 Inclined Panel 30, 32 Speaker 34 Upper Front Panel 52 Front Cabinet (First Cabinet Section) 54 Under Cabinet (Second Cabinet Section)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A device comprising a front-loading type disc reproducing mechanism that allows a disc-loading tray to move substantially horizontally to allow loading and unloading of a disc at an eject position protruding forward from the inside of the main body of the device. A speaker reproduction apparatus with a built-in speaker, wherein a front panel of the main body has a lower front panel located below the tray, and a speaker is disposed on the lower front panel surface. 2. The lower front panel comprises a pair of symmetrical tilt panels having a tilt angle that recedes toward the side, and the speaker is a left channel speaker arranged on one of the tilt panels. 2. The disk reproducing device with built-in speaker according to claim 1, comprising a right channel speaker arranged on the other side of the inclined panel. 3. The front panel of the apparatus main body further comprises an upper front panel which is located above the tray and which is substantially perpendicular to a moving surface of the tray. 2 speaker built-in disc playback device.