JPH0744859U - Recording medium case storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To reduce the storage space of the case for recording media and to take out the case while looking at the front of the case. [Structure] A belt 1 for moving the upper case in the front-rear direction while securing an empty space for supporting bases 10 and 12 for supporting a plurality of cases of recording media in upper and lower stages.
8A, 18B, belts 20A, 20B for moving the lower case in the front-rear direction, belts 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B for moving the front-rear end cases in the up-down direction, and drive units 22, 28 for driving these belts. , 40 are provided, and these are driven by the drive device 26 using the intermittent rotation mechanism of the Geneva 46, 50, 54. As a result, the CD case is moved from the lower stage to the upper stage or in the opposite direction.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a case storage device for recording media such as CDs, LDs, cassette tapes, and floppy disks, and more particularly to a storage device case storage device for a storage medium that allows the case to be taken out while looking at the display on the front of the case.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, a case containing a recording medium, such as a CD, has been stored by stacking it on a rack-type storage shelf or a drawer-type storage box. In addition, in order to make the jacket of the CD case visible, it was also stored on the wall or panel with the front of the case facing up.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above conventional example, when the rack type storage shelves or pull-out type storage boxes are arranged side by side, the storage space is small, but in the stored state, only the side surface of the case can be seen. There was a problem that you could not see the jacket of a case such as a CD.

In addition, when storing in a drawer type storage box, only the side surface of the case can be seen, and a space for pulling out the drawer is required in front of the storage box, which requires space. There was a problem. Furthermore, when storing the case with the front of the case facing the wall or panel, you can see the jacket on the front of the case, but there was the problem that a wide space for storage is required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and an object thereof is to reduce a storage space of a case of a recording medium and to easily take out the case while looking at the front of the case. An object is to provide a case storage device for a recording medium.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a recording medium case accommodating device according to a first aspect of the present invention is provided with a support base for movably supporting a plurality of recording medium cases in the upper and lower two stages, and a top and bottom of the support base. Are arranged in each row, and the upper and lower case front-rear moving mechanism that moves a plurality of cases in the front-rear reverse direction while securing an empty space for each row, and the front-rear position of the support base. A case up-and-down moving mechanism that is arranged and moves the front and rear ends of each stage in the opposite directions up and down and moves them to an empty space, and for operating the case forward and backward moving mechanism and the case up-and-down moving mechanism. A drive device is provided, and the drive device drives the upper case front-rear direction moving mechanism, the lower case front-rear direction moving mechanism, and the case up-down direction moving mechanism in a predetermined order to move the case from the lower stage to the upper stage. Or it is characterized in that so as to move to the opposite direction.

In the invention according to the second aspect, a support base for movably supporting the cases of the plurality of recording media in the front-rear direction in two rows of up, down, left and right, and each of the rows of the support base is arranged. , Two series of case back-and-forth movement mechanisms that move a plurality of cases in the front-rear direction while securing a free space for each row, and are arranged at the front-back positions of the above-mentioned support bases. The case row-to-case movement mechanism that moves the front and rear ends of the case upside down or left and right to move to the empty space, and the case front movement mechanism, case rear movement mechanism, and case row movement mechanism. A drive device for driving the three operations in a predetermined order by using an intermittent rotation mechanism, and the drive device is used to move the case from one row to the other row or vice versa. Is characterized by.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to the structure of the first claim, the case is arranged in the front-rear direction on the upper and lower two stages as it is or through the holder, and one empty space is secured in each of the upper and lower rows. . Then, for example, when moving from the lower stage to the upper stage, first, the entire case of the upper stage is moved rearward by the case front-back direction moving mechanism of the upper stage, and the upper side of the front surface is vacant. Thereafter, the case vertical movement mechanism moves the lower case to the upper stage on the front side, and moves the upper case to the lower stage on the rear side. Next, the lower case front-rear direction moving mechanism moves the entire lower case forward and returns it to the initial state. Of course, the case can be moved from the lower stage to the upper stage by the reverse drive. In this way, a new CD case etc. will be sent to the upper front stage.

Further, according to the structure of the second aspect, the above-described three operations are sequentially executed by the intermittent rotation mechanism using, for example, three Geneva, and the three operations are efficiently and reliably performed. Be seen. This configuration can be applied not only to the case that sends the case vertically but also to the device that sends the case to the left and right. Moreover, according to the present invention, the case of the target recording medium can be moved to the front part of the apparatus by moving the case inside the storage apparatus, and the storage space can be minimized to save space. Also, by directing the front of the case of each recording medium to the front, it is possible to find the case of the target recording medium while looking at the front surface of the case of the recording medium.

[0010]

【Example】

 1 to 7 show the structure of a case housing device for housing a CD as a recording medium as a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows the structure of a basic moving mechanism. 2 shows the inside of the device as seen from above, FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the drive part of the case front-back direction moving mechanism, FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the drive device, and FIG. 5 shows the inside of the device as seen from the side. FIG. 6 shows the appearance of the storage device, and FIG. 7 shows the operating state of the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, this CD case storage device is provided with support bases 10 and 12 on the upper and lower stages, and a holder 16 for holding a CD case 14 is mounted on the support bases 10 and 12. . As shown in FIG. 1, the upper support base 10 is provided with a pair of belts 18A and 18B, and the lower support base 12 is provided with a pair of belts 20A and 20B. The belts 18A, 18B and 20A are provided. , 20B are integrally formed with protrusions 21 for surely moving the holder 16 back and forth. As shown in FIG. 2, the protrusions 21 are provided at intervals so as to partition the holders 16, and the holders 16 can be held by sandwiching the holders 16 between the protrusions 21.

In FIG. 1, a driving member 22 that is a combination of bevel gears is arranged on the upper belts 18 A and 18 B arranged on the left and right of the holder 16, and the driving member 22 includes a gear 24 and a not-shown gear. The drive device 26 is connected via a gear train (these constitute the upper case front-back direction moving mechanism). On the other hand, the lower belts 20A and 20B are similarly provided with a drive member 28 in which bevel gears are combined, and a drive device 26 is connected to the drive member 28 via a toothed wheel 30 and the like (these lower gears are connected). A case back-and-forth movement mechanism is configured). In these drive members 22 and 28, as shown in FIG. 3, the two belts 18A and 18B in the upper stage are simultaneously rotated by the rotational drive of the drive shaft 32, and the two belts in the lower stage are rotationally driven by the drive shaft 34. 20A and 20B are designed to rotate simultaneously.

Further, a pair of belts 34A, 34B and a pair of belts 36A, 36B arranged in the vertical direction are provided at both front and rear ends of the case front-back direction moving mechanism, and these belts 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B are provided on the belts 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B. A drive member 40 including a drive shaft 38 arranged in the front-rear direction is connected, and the drive device 26 is connected to the drive member 40 via a gear 42. As shown in FIG. 5, two supporting pieces 44 for supporting the holder 16 of the CD case 14 are provided on the belts 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B. In the example, the holder 16 is configured to be strong enough to support it even after being moved.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the driving device 26, and the driving device 26 of the embodiment executes three operations by driving the three Geneva in a time division manner. That is, a generator 46 for driving the upper case front-rear direction moving mechanism, a gear 47 integrated with this gener 46, and a gear 48 meshing with the gear 47 are provided, and for driving the lower case front-rear direction moving mechanism. Geneva 50, a gear 51 that is integral with this Geneva 50, a gear 52 that meshes with this gear 51, and a Geneva 54 for driving the case vertical movement mechanism, and a gear 55 that is integral with this Geneva 54. Gears 56 and 57 that mesh with the gear 55 are provided. A cam 60 having a pin roller 58 is provided at an intermediate point between the Geneva 46, 50 and 54, and the cam 60 has a guide piece 61 on an outer circumference 100 formed by a cut arc of the Geneva 46, 50 and 54. Motors 64 are connected to the shaft 62 of the cam 60 so as to be in contact with each other.

According to such a drive device 26, when the cam 64 is rotated rightward by the motor 64, the pin roller 58 engages the engagement groove 200 of the geneva 46 which moves the upper case forward and backward, and the geneva 46 moves to the left. Rotate. When the Geneva 46 rotates by a predetermined amount, the pin roller 58 is disengaged from the engaging groove 200, so that the Geneva 46 stops at this point, whereby the predetermined rotation amount is transmitted to the gear 48 (upper and lower drive). . After that, similarly, the pin roller 58 engages with the engaging groove 200 of the Geneva 54 which moves the case up and down and rotates this Geneva 54 by a predetermined amount, and then the pin roller 58 becomes the Geneva 50 which moves the lower case forward and backward. Engage and rotate this Geneva 50 a fixed amount. At this time, the rotation of the Geneva 54 is transmitted to the gear 57 (lower longitudinal drive), and the rotation of the Geneva 50 is transmitted to the gear 52 (vertical drive), and these gears 48, 52, 57 and the gear train. By the combination of, the preset amount of rotation is given to the drive members 22, 28, 40 described above.

As described above, according to the intermittent rotation mechanism using Geneva, the operations by the above-mentioned three mechanisms are efficiently and smoothly performed. That is, in executing these three operations, it is important to distribute the driving force of one motor efficiently and to link the three operations in a time-division manner. However, in the configuration that executes the following operation, the number of parts increases and the mechanism becomes complicated. In this proposal, the time-division operation is performed continuously by using a combination of intermittent rotation mechanisms, which has the advantage that a predetermined rotation drive amount can be reliably transmitted to the three mechanisms with a simple configuration. There is.

FIG. 6 shows the appearance of the storage device. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6A, a cut step is formed in the upper part of the main body case 66 to remove the CD case 14. 67 is provided, and an operation button 68 is arranged at the lower right of the main body case 66. Further, the holder 16 is sized to accommodate the three CD cases 14 in the grooves as shown in FIGS. Of course, the number of CD cases 14 that can be stored is not limited to three, and any number can be stored.

According to the configuration of the first embodiment described above, for example, as shown in FIG. 7A, in the initial state, one empty space is set on the rear side of the upper and lower stages and the upper side is set on the front side. The lower CD cases 14 are arranged on the front side. First, when the operation button 68 of FIG. 6 is pressed, the motor 64 of FIG. 4 operates to rotate the cam 60. Then, as described above, the pin roller 58 of the cam 60 engages with the Geneva 46 for moving the upper case forward and backward, so that the gear 48 rotates by a predetermined amount. The rotation of the gear 48 is transmitted to the drive member 22 via the gear 24 of FIG. 1, which causes the upper belts 18A and 18 to rotate and, as shown in FIG. 7B, the upper case row. Is moved backward by one width.

Next, the cam 60 is further rotated, and the pin roller 58 is engaged with the Geneva 54 for vertically moving the case, whereby the gear 57 is rotated by a predetermined amount. The rotation of the gear 57 is transmitted to the driving member 40 via the gear 42, whereby the belts 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B arranged in front and rear are rotated. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7C, the CD case 14 shown in the lower figure Q moves to the upper stage while being held by the holder 16 on the front side, and the CD case 14 shown in the upper figure P shows the rear side. Move to the bottom with the holder 16. Further, the pin roller 58 is engaged with the Geneva 50 for moving the lower case in the front-rear direction, whereby the gear 52 rotates by a predetermined amount. The rotation of the gear 52 is transmitted to the driving member 28 via the gear 30, and the belts 20A and 20B in the lower stage rotate accordingly. Therefore, the case row in the lower stage is moved forward by one width. The initial state shown in FIG. In this way, it is possible to take out the CD case 14 shown in FIG. Further, since the front surface of the CD case 14 is arranged frontward, it is possible to select a desired CD while looking at the jacket.

In the first embodiment described above, the state of FIG. 7 (A) was set as the initial state, but the operation can be started from the state of FIG. 7 (C). In this case, the lower case forward / backward movement is performed. The operation may be started from the above and ended by moving the case up and down, or the operation may be started from the state of FIG. 7B. Further, the flow of the case movement can be reversed to move the CD case 14 from the upper stage to the lower stage, which can be easily achieved by reversing the rotation direction of the driving device 26 in FIG.

Further, in the above embodiment, the holder 16 is supported by the support pieces 44 of the belts 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B of the vertical movement mechanism even after the movement, but after the movement, the holder 16 is separated from the side wall. The supporting piece may be made to project, and the holder 16 may be supported by the supporting piece provided on the wall side, or the supporting piece 44 may be assisted.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the CD case 14 is taken out only from the upper end of the main body case 66, but only the CD case 14 in the lower stage of the front face can be tilted forward so that the CD case is seen from both the upper and lower stages. 14 can be taken out.

FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the second embodiment, which is the case in which the case is moved left and right. That is, as shown in the drawing, belts 72 and 74 having projections 70 for partitioning are provided as the front-rear direction moving mechanisms for the left and right rows of the cases. A belt 76 having a plurality of L-shaped engaging pieces 75 attached thereto is provided as a left-right moving mechanism (a case row moving mechanism) for moving the case left and right. The CD case 14 can be moved from the right side to the left side or from the left side to the right side by touching the portion and pushing the case.

Also in the case of the second embodiment, the drive unit 26 of FIG. 4 is used, and the same three operations as in the first embodiment are performed. That is, in the second embodiment, the three operations of the forward and backward movements by the case front and rear movement mechanism and the left and right movements of the case row movement mechanism are combined by the Geneva 46, 50, 54 which is an intermittent rotation mechanism. Can be executed.

In each of the above-described embodiments, an example in which the CD case 14 is fed in one direction has been shown. However, a rotation direction changeover switch is provided, and by switching the changeover switch, movement from the lower stage to the upper stage and from the upper stage to the lower stage are performed. The movement can be switched, or the movement from the right side to the left side and the movement from the left side to the right side can be automatically performed.

[0025]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the case of the recording medium is held by the upper and lower two stages while securing one empty space each, and the upper and lower case front-rear moving mechanism and the lower case front and rear Since the direction moving mechanism and the case up-down moving mechanism are provided, and the drive unit operates the above three mechanisms in order to move the case from the lower stage to the upper stage or the opposite direction, You can easily take out the case while reducing the case storage space, and you can select the CD while looking at the front jacket.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the case is moved in the up-down direction or the left-right direction, the forward-backward movement and the backward-direction movement by the case front-rear direction movement mechanism and the row of case row movement mechanism are performed. Since the three operations of the inter-row operation can be driven in a predetermined order by the combination of the intermittent rotation mechanism, there is an advantage that the inter-row movement can be efficiently and surely performed by the drive device having the simple structure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a moving mechanism of a CD case housing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view of the inside of the apparatus according to the first embodiment as viewed from above.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a drive unit of the front-back direction moving mechanism of the first embodiment.

4A and 4B are diagrams showing a configuration of a driving device of a first embodiment, FIG. 4A is a top view, and FIG. 4B is a side view.

FIG. 5 is a view of the inside of the apparatus according to the first embodiment as viewed from the side surface side.

6A and 6B are views showing an external configuration of a case housing device of the first embodiment, FIG. 6A is a perspective view of a main body case, FIG. 6B is a perspective view of a holder holding the case, and FIG. It is a perspective view of a holder.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operating state of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 12 ... Supporting base, 18A, 18B ... Belt that constitutes the upper case front-back direction moving mechanism, 14 ... CD case, 16 ... Holder, 20A, 20B ... Lower stage case front-back direction moving mechanism, 21, 70 ... Protrusion, 26 ... Drive device, 34A, 34B, 36A, 36B ... Belt constituting case vertical movement mechanism, 44 ... Supporting piece, 46, 50, 54 ... Geneva, 58 ... Pin roller, 60 ... Cam.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A support base for supporting a plurality of recording medium cases in a vertically movable manner in two upper and lower stages, and upper and lower rows of the support base, each of which is provided with an empty space. Upper and lower case front-rear direction moving mechanism that moves a plurality of cases in the front-rear direction while ensuring space, and the case at the front-rear end of each stage is moved in the up-down direction. And a drive device for operating the case front-rear direction movement mechanism and the case up-and-down movement mechanism. The drive mechanism drives the upper case front-rear direction movement mechanism. , The lower case forward / backward moving mechanism and the case up / down moving mechanism are driven in a predetermined order to move the case from the lower step to the upper step or vice versa. Apparatus. 2. A support base for supporting a plurality of cases of recording media in two rows, up and down or left and right, so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and arranged on each row of the support bases, one for each row. Two series of case back-and-forth direction moving mechanisms for moving a plurality of cases in the front-rear direction while securing a vacant space, and the case at the front-rear end of each row, which are arranged at the front-rear positions of the above-mentioned support bases, are moved in the up-down direction. A case inter-row movement mechanism that moves to the left and right directions in opposite directions to each other into an empty space, and three operations of the case front direction movement mechanism, case rear direction movement mechanism, and case row movement mechanism are performed by using an intermittent rotation mechanism. A storage device for storing a case of a recording medium, which is provided with a drive device for sequentially driving, and the drive device moves the case in the direction from one row to the other row or vice versa.