JPH08167220A - Disk auto-changer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enhance the convenience of handling a disk by providing a pocket part of a swing mechanism having a hinge part at one end of a housing part and moving a disk carrier part between a reproducing part, the housing part and the pocket part. CONSTITUTION: The pocket part 5 of the swing mechanism having the hinge part, housing one disk is disposed inside the device 1, and the disk carrier part 4 is capable of moving between the reproducing part 3, the housing part 2 and the pocket part 5. At the time of taking out a disk from the housing part 2, a prescribed disk is specified and taken out via the pocket part 5. At the time of housing a disk from the outside, when the disk is put in the pocket part 5, the disk is housed into a prescribed position of the housing part 2 by the carrier part 4 as instructed. Then, at the time of rearranging disks in the housing part 2, the rearrangement is performed via the pocket part. Moreover, disks to be reproduced only once respectively can frequently be changed by utilizing the pocket part. Thus, the convenience in handling the disks can be enhanced by utilizing the pocket part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is applicable to a large number of discs (CDs).
And the like) and selects any one of a large number of discs for reproduction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional disc autochanger device has a storage portion for storing a plurality of discs arranged side by side.
The transport unit carries in the desired disc for playback from the storage unit, reproduces the loaded disc in the playback unit, and after playback, returns the original position of the storage unit by the transport unit. Had a reproducible function.

[0003]

However, the conventional disc autochanger device has the following problems.

(1) When a single disk is taken out of the storage section, since there are many disks in the storage section, the disk must be taken out after searching for the target disk.

(2) When the disc is stored from the outside into the storage portion, the disc must be stored after confirming the storage possible location of the storage portion (empty space location where the disc is not stored).

(3) When the positions of the two disks in the storage section are changed, the two disks must be taken out of the storage section and replaced.

(4) When it is desired to reproduce an external disk only once, the disk must be stored in the storage section.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has a storage unit for storing a plurality of discs arranged in one direction, a reproduction unit for reproducing the discs, and the one direction. In a disc autochanger device having a transport unit for moving into and out of a disc to load and unload a disc, and a control unit for controlling the playback unit and the transport unit, the playback unit is disposed at one end on one side of the storage unit and the other end is disposed. A pocket part that can store only one disc is installed on the inside, and the transport part can move the playback part, storage part, and pocket part, and loading and unloading of the disk between the playback part, storage part, and pocket part. This is a disc autochanger device for performing.

Further, a storage unit for storing a plurality of discs arranged in one direction, a transport unit for moving the discs in and out to load and unload the discs, a playback unit connected to the transport unit for playing back the discs, and a transport unit. And a control unit for controlling the reproducing unit, and when a disc is carried into the conveying unit, the disc automatic changer device takes the disc into the reproducing unit and reproduces the disc. The disk autochanger device is provided with a pocket portion that can store only the disc, and the transport portion can move the storage portion and the pocket portion to load and unload the disc between the storage portion and the pocket portion.

Further, the disk autochanger device is a swing mechanism in which the pocket portion has a hinge portion.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an embodiment showing the first invention, and a disc autochanger device 1 comprises a storage part 2, a reproducing part 3, a carrying part 4 and a pocket part 5.

The storage unit 2 stores a plurality of discs A such as CDs and LDs arranged side by side in the X direction, and can be taken out from the disc autochanger device 1 in the Y direction. By taking out the storage unit 2 from the disc autochanger device 1, it is possible to take out, exchange, and store a large number of discs A at a time.

The reproducing section 3 has a mechanism capable of reproducing when the disk A is loaded, and the disk automatic changer device 1
Is disposed on the inner side surface portion in the −X direction.

The transport unit 4 has a storage unit 2 and a reproducing unit 3 in the X direction.
-It is movable within the range of the pocket portion 5, and carries in / out the disc A between the storage portion 2, the reproducing portion 3 and the pocket portion 5. For example, the disk A is carried in from the storage section 2 and carried out to the reproducing section 3 and the pocket section 5. In the present embodiment, a through hole 4a is provided in the transport section 4, and the shaft rod 4 fixed between the inner surfaces of the disc autochanger device 1 in the X direction.
By passing b through the through hole 4a, the movement operation of the transport unit 4 is stabilized. The configuration for loading and unloading the disk A of the transport unit 4 may be the same as the configuration conventionally used, and thus will be omitted. For example, the transport unit 4 may include a lift unit, a moving path unit, and a roller. Part,
When the disc A is loaded from the storage unit 2, the transport unit 4
After stopping at the desired position, the lower side of the disk A for carrying-in is lifted by the lift section and brought into contact with the roller section rotating above to rotate and move the disk A in the + Y direction, passing through the moving path section. It may be configured so as to be carried out to the carrying section 4 by means of the above.

The pocket portion 5 accommodates only one disc A and is arranged on the inner side surface of the disc autochanger device 1 in the + X direction. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the pocket portion 5, which is provided with a disk storage portion 5a and a through hole 5b, and is fixed to the + X-direction inner side surface portion of the disk autochanger device 1 through the through hole 5b so that the through hole 5b penetrates. A state in which the hole 5b can be rotated (= a state having a swing mechanism) is achieved. The state of the pocket portion 5 shown in FIG. 1 is the state of FIG. 2 (a), and when the disk A is inserted into the pocket portion 5, the pocket portion 5 is rotated by hand to move to the state of FIG. 2 (b). Good.

In this embodiment, the pocket portion 5 is a swing mechanism having a hinge portion so that the pocket portion 5
The present invention can be easily attached to a conventional disc autochanger device that does not have the above-mentioned features, and can be moved to the pocket portion 5 only by partially changing the control program of the control portion so that the disc can be loaded and unloaded from the pocket portion 5. Since the same configuration as that of the embodiment can be adopted, the disc autochanger device 1 of the present invention can be easily manufactured from the conventional disc autochanger device.

In this embodiment, the reproducing section 3 and the conveying section 4 are
Although the illustration of the control unit for controlling the disk drive is omitted, it may be arranged anywhere in the disc autochanger device 1.

With the above structure, the following operations are possible.

(1) When a desired one disk is taken out of the storage section 2, the disks are taken out from the storage section 2 to the pocket section 5 by designating the number of the disks to be taken out from the outside and the arrangement order. The operation becomes possible, and the disc can be taken out from the pocket portion 5.
As a result, the desired disc in the storage section 2 can be easily taken out.

(2) When the disk A is stored from the outside into the storage section 2, if the disk is stored in the pocket section 5, the transport section 4 can be carried out to a storage location of the storage section 2. As a result, the disc can be easily stored in the storage section 2.

(3) When the positions of the two discs in the storage unit 2 are changed, one disc is moved from the storage unit 2 by designating the number and arrangement order of the discs to be changed from the outside. After the disc is carried out into the pocket portion 5 and the other disc is stored in the position of the disc, the disc in the pocket portion 5 can be stored in the place where the one disc was placed. As a result, the position of the disc in the storage section 2 can be easily changed.

(4) It is possible to store the disc in the pocket portion 5 from the outside, reproduce it only once, and then return it to the pocket portion 5 again. As a result, it is possible to frequently replace a disc that is desired to be reproduced only once.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment showing the second invention.
The disc autochanger device 11 includes a storage unit 12, a reproduction unit 13, a transport unit 14, and a pocket unit 15.

The structure and operation of each part of this embodiment are almost the same as those shown in FIGS.
4 is connected, and is configured so that when the disc A is loaded into the transport unit 14 during playback, the disc A is automatically loaded into the playback unit 13.

As in the present embodiment, the reproducing section 13 and the conveying section 14
In the configuration in which the and
Since it does not take time to move to, it is possible to significantly reduce the waiting time until playback. Further, in the present embodiment, since the pocket portion 5 is the swing mechanism having the hinge portion, it can be easily attached to the conventional disc autochanger device without the pocket portion 5, and can be moved up to the pocket portion 5. Since the configuration similar to the embodiment of the present invention can be obtained only by partially changing the control program of the control unit so that the disc can be carried in and out of the unit 5, the present invention can be easily performed from the conventional disc autochanger device. The disc autochanger device 11 can be manufactured.

Also, in this embodiment, the same operation as that of the embodiment shown in the first invention can be performed, and the same effect can be obtained.

[0027]

As described above, according to the disc autochanger device of the present invention, by disposing the pocket portion at one end of the storage portion, the disc is taken in and out of the storage portion, and the position of the disc in the storage portion is changed. Alternatively, the disc autochanger device can facilitate frequent disc replacement.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a first invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention.

[Explanation of Codes] 1, 11: Disc auto changer device 2, 12: Storage unit 3, 13: Playback unit 4, 14: Transport unit 4a: Through hole 4b: Shaft rod 5, 15: Pocket unit 5a: Disc storage unit 5b : Through hole A: Disc

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing a plurality of discs arranged side by side in one direction, a reproduction unit for reproducing the discs, a transport unit for moving the discs in and out of the disc, and the reproduction unit and the transport unit. In a disc autochanger device having a control unit for controlling the above, the reproducing unit is disposed at one end of the storage unit on the one direction side, and a pocket portion capable of storing only one disc is disposed at the other end, A disc autochanger device, characterized in that the transport unit can move the reproducing unit, the storing unit, and the pocket unit to carry in and carry out a disc between the reproducing unit, the storing unit, and the pocket unit. 2. A storage unit for storing a plurality of discs arranged side by side in one direction, a transport unit that moves in the one direction to load and unload the discs, and a playback unit that is connected to the transport units and plays back the discs. A disc autochanger device that has a control unit that controls the transport unit and a playback unit, and that is loaded into the playback unit and played when a disc is loaded into the transport unit, wherein one end of the storage unit on the one direction side A pocket portion that can store only one disc is provided in the storage unit, the transport unit can move the storage unit and the pocket unit, and the disc can be loaded into and unloaded from the storage unit and the pocket unit. Characteristic disc auto changer device. 3. The disk autochanger device according to claim 1, wherein the pocket portion is a swing mechanism having a hinge portion.