JPH08263901A - Recording medium loading and unloading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily load and unload a recording medium into and from an exposed tray by constituting the device in such a way that the tray to be mounted with the recording medium should be exposed between an opening and closing lid and a main body when the opening and closing lid is opened. CONSTITUTION: A lock pawl is released from the completely closed state of the opening and closing lid 13 of a tape recorder 11, and a rail 31 is turned around lid pivots 45 to gradually erect. Then, when the opening and closing lid is opened against the main body 12, the tray 20 is moved to the forward side of a vacant place. Under the fully opened state of the opening and closing lid 13, tray operating axes 47 are positioned at the front ends of guide grooves 37, and the tray 20 is under the most erectile state around tray pivots 30. At this time, a flat plate part 21 is exposed approximately in the whole from between the main body 12 and the opening and closing lid 13 to the flat plate part 21 of the tray 20. For the purpose of setting a tape cassette in the main body 12 from this state, the tape cassette is mounted on the tray 20, and the opening and closing lid 13 is closed. In the process of closing the opening and closing lid 13, the tray 20 is gradually fallen down.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium for facilitating the loading / unloading operation of the recording medium to / from the storage position of the main body of the apparatus, and at the same time making it possible to see a wide flat surface of the recording medium so as to prevent erroneous loading. Related to the loading and unloading device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is provided a cassette tape recorder (some of which can record and reproduce and some of which is dedicated to reproduction) which can be listened to by a small headphone whose size is one size larger than that of an audio tape cassette by a name such as headphone stereo. Has been done. Such a small cassette tape recorder has a main body having an empty space where the tape cassette is stored, and an opening / closing lid attached to the main body so that the empty space can be opened and closed. It's done with the lid open.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the insertion / removal of the conventional tape cassette with respect to the storage position. As shown in FIG. 6, the small cassette tape recorder 101 has a generally flat rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a main body 102 and an opening / closing lid 103 attached to the main body 102 so as to be openable and closable.

When the tape cassette CT is put in or taken out, the opening / closing lid 103 is opened to the state shown in FIG. 6, and a person holds the both end surfaces (positions indicated by arrows A and B) of the tape cassette CT with fingers to open and close the opening / closing lid. It was inserted / removed straight in the direction of the white arrow C substantially parallel to the plane of 103.

[0005]

As described above, when the tape cassette CT is conventionally taken in and out, the wide flat surface of the tape cassette CT is substantially covered with the opening / closing lid 103 and is hidden, so that the tape cassette CT is gripped. As described above, the parts to be formed are limited to a part of both end surfaces of the tape cassette CT. However, this portion is the narrowest surface of the tape cassette CT and, at the same time, is the most distant position from each other, so that it is a portion that is difficult to grasp with a fingertip. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to perform the operation of taking in and out the tape cassette CT with respect to the storage position.

Further, a label is usually attached to a wide flat surface of the tape cassette CT, and the tape cassette CT is attached to the label.
However, as described above, the opening / closing lid 103 covers a wide flat surface of the tape cassette CT when the tape cassette CT is taken in and out, as described above. There was also a problem that it could not be confirmed.

Therefore, the present invention enables a recording medium such as a tape cassette to be easily put in and taken out from the storage position, and a wide flat surface of the recording medium can be seen at the time of putting in and out so that a recording medium is erroneously loaded. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium loading / unloading device which is prevented.

The term "recording medium" as used herein means
Normally, what is contained in a casing and handled includes the casing.

[0009]

The structure of a recording medium loading / unloading device according to the present invention for achieving the above object is as follows:
A main body having a void forming a storage position of a recording medium, an open / close lid attached to the main body so as to cover the void with one end side of the void as a spindle, and the open / close lid. And a guide means provided on the opposite side of the opening opposite to the support shaft of the opening / closing lid and rotatably attached to the main body.
Guided by the guide means, it rotates in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing lid, sets the loaded recording medium to the storage position when the opening / closing lid is closed, and places the recording medium when the opening / closing lid is opened. And a tray for exposing the recording medium to the outside.

When the recording medium is a tape cassette, the tray preferably exposes a wide plane of the tape cassette.

[0011]

The tray is rotated in association with the opening / closing of the main body of the opening / closing lid by the guide means provided on the opening / closing lid. The tray is rotatably attached to the main body on the side opposite to the support shaft of the opening / closing lid so that the tray moves to the front side of the opening when the opening / closing lid is opened with respect to the main body. The recording medium placed on is exposed.

[0012]

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape recorder having a recording medium loading / unloading device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the tape recorder 11 according to the present embodiment is a cassette tape having a small rectangular parallelepiped shape, which is about the size of an audio tape cassette having a substantially rectangular plane shape. A recorder, which is a main body 12 in which an empty space that generally constitutes a storage position of the tape cassette CT is formed, and an opening / closing lid 13 that is openably and closably attached to the main body 12 so as to cover the empty space.
And have. A pair of lock claws 14 faces the upper surface of the front wall of the main body 12, and the lock claws 14 are closed by engaging with notches (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the front edge of the opening / closing lid 13. When the lid is closed, the opening / closing lid 13 is locked to the main body 12. An unlocking knob 15 is provided on the front wall of the main body 12, and when the unlocking knob 15 is slid laterally, the lock claw 14 is rotated to unlock the opening / closing lid 13. . Incidentally, as this lock mechanism, a known one used in this type of tape recorder can be used.

Inside the main body 12, a cavity for accommodating the tape cassette CT is provided as a recess, and a pair of drive shafts (not shown in the figure) for engaging with the reels of the tape cassette CT are disposed therein. In addition, various parts such as a magnetic head 16, a capstan 17, a pinch roller 18, and a tape guide 19 are arranged on the inner portion of the rear portion of the main body 12. In addition, a tray 20 interlocking with the opening / closing of the opening / closing lid 13 is arranged in the main body 12.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 with the parts inside the main body 12 omitted. As shown in FIG. 2, the tray 20 provided in the main body 12 has a flat plate portion 21 having a substantially rectangular shape, and the tray 20 vertically extends from the flat plate portion 21 along the short sides on both sides of the rectangular flat plate portion 21. It has a standing side wall portion 22 and a bottom wall portion 23 standing vertically from the flat plate portion 21 along one long side of the flat plate portion 21. A tape cassette CT (not shown) is inserted between the side wall portions 22 on both sides, and the tape cassette CT is placed on the bottom wall portion 23.
Then, the tape cassette CT is placed on the tray 20.

A tape cassette C placed on the tray 20
A trapezoidal notch 24 into which the capstan 17 and the tape guide 19 (see FIG. 1) in the main body 12 are inserted on the other long side of the flat plate portion 21 which is the tape exposed side of T.
And a drive shaft (not shown) of the tape cassette reel provided in the main body 12 at the center of the flat plate portion 21.
An elliptical window 25 into which a slot can be inserted is opened.

Mounting pieces 27 having holes 26 are formed at both ends of the bottom wall portion 23 of the tray 20. Body 1
Holes 29 are formed in the front end portion of the side wall 28 of the second tray 28, and the tray 20 is rotatably supported by the main body 12 by penetrating the holes 26, 29 and attaching the tray support shaft 30.

The rail 31 has a front wall portion 32 and side wall portions 33 formed at both ends of the front wall portion 32. Side wall 33
An enlarged mounting portion 34 is formed at the tip of the, and holes 35 and 36 are formed therein. The side wall portions 33 on both sides of the rail 31 are further provided with guide grooves 37 and holes 38 which are guide means for the tray 20. Holes 40 and 41 are respectively formed at the rear end and the front end of the side wall portion 39 of the opening / closing lid 13, and the fixing pin 42 is attached by penetrating the holes 40, 35 with the rail 31 disposed inside the opening / closing lid 13. At the same time, the rail 31 is fixed to the opening / closing lid 13 by penetrating the holes 41 and 38 and mounting the fixing pin 43.

A part of the mounting portion 34 of the rail 31 is an opening / closing lid 1.
3 is exposed from the side wall portion 39 and the hole 36 formed in the mounting portion 34 and the hole 4 formed in the rear end portion of the side wall portion 28 of the main body 12.
The lid support shaft 45 is attached so as to penetrate through the opening 4 and the lid 4, so that the opening / closing lid 13 is rotatably attached to the main body 12 via the rail 31.

Here, the opening / closing lid 13 is attached to the main body 12 so as to be openable and closable so as to cover the void formed in the main body 12 at the rear end portion on one end side of the void with the lid support shaft 45 as a spindle. The above-mentioned tray 20 has an opening / closing lid 13 for the empty space.
Of the opening / closing lid 13 at the front end opposite to the spindle of
5 is attached so as to be rotatable around the axis of the tray support shaft 30 which is parallel to the tray 5.

A hole 46 is formed at the rear end of the side wall 22 of the tray 20.
The tray operating shaft 47 penetrates the hole 46 and the guide groove 37 of the rail 31, and the tray operating shaft 47 is slidably mounted along the guide groove 37.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of this embodiment. FIG.
(A) shows a state in which the opening / closing lid 13 is fully closed with respect to the main body 12 and the opening / closing lid 13 is locked by the lock claw 14 (see FIG. 1). The open / close lid 13 is not shown in FIG. In this state, the flat plate portion 21 of the tray 20 is parallel to the plane of the main body 12, and the tape cassette CT (not shown) placed on the tray 20 is set at a predetermined storage position in the main body 12. .

FIG. 3 (b) shows a half-open state in which the opening / closing lid 13 is being opened. When the lock claw 14 is released from the fully closed state of FIG. 3A and the opening / closing lid 13, that is, the rail 31 is rotated clockwise about the lid support shaft 45 to open, the guide groove 37 is formed along the guide groove 37. The tray operating shaft 47 moves to the front end side, and accordingly, the tray 20 rotates counterclockwise around the tray support shaft 30 and gradually stands up.
As described above, since the tray 20 is rotatably attached to the main body 12 on the opposite side of the space with respect to the lid support shaft 45 of the open / close lid 13, when the open / close lid 13 is opened with respect to the main body 12. The tray 20 will move to the front side (upper side) of the empty space.

FIG. 3C shows the open / close lid 13 in a fully opened state. In the state shown in FIG. 3C, the tray operating shaft 47 is located at the front end of the guide groove 37, and the tray 20 is mounted on the tray supporting shaft 30.
The most upright state is centered around. At this time,
As shown in FIG. 3, almost the entire flat plate portion 21 of the tray 20 is exposed from between the main body 12 and the opening / closing lid 13 which are wide open. In this state, as shown in FIG. 3C, the tape cassette CT is taken in and out of the tray 20.

On the other hand, in order to set the tape cassette CT to a predetermined storage position in the main body 12 from the state of FIG. 3C, the tape cassette CT is placed on the tray 20 and the opening / closing lid 13 is closed. In the process of closing the opening / closing lid 13, the tray 20 gradually falls, and when the opening / closing lid 13 is fully closed, the tape cassette CT is naturally set to the storage position.

As described above, in the present loading / unloading device, when the opening / closing lid 13 is opened, almost all of the flat plate portion 21 of the tray 20 on which the tape cassette CT is placed is exposed between the main body 12 and the opening / closing lid 13. The tape cassette CT can be easily taken in and out of the tray 20. In this case, unlike the conventional case where the tape cassette CT is inserted into a narrow space, the position where the tape cassette CT is gripped when the tape cassette CT is taken in and out is not particularly limited, so that the handling operation of the tape cassette CT during the taking in and out is simple. Become.

Further, by exposing the entire tray 20, the entire wide plane of the tape cassette CT to which the label is attached can be seen. Therefore, the contents of the tape cassette CT to be taken in and out can be easily checked, and the tape cassette CT can be loaded while checking the label, so that the A and B surfaces (front and back surfaces) of the tape cassette CT are mistakenly inserted by mistake. It is also possible to prevent

The recording medium loading / unloading device according to the present invention is not limited to the portable type small-sized tape recorder described above, but can be applied to a stationary type stereo device such as a so-called radio-cassette player or mini component system. FIG. 4 is a side view of another embodiment of the present invention applied to a stationary type stereo device.

As shown in FIG. 4, an opening / closing lid 53 is formed by a lid support shaft 54 so that an opening / closing lid 53 covers the empty space forming a storage position of a tape cassette CT (not shown) formed in a main body 52 of a stereo device 51. It is attached to 52 so that it can be opened and closed. On the other hand, the tray 5 is provided on the side opposite to the lid support shaft 54 with the space therebetween.
5 is rotatably attached to the main body 52 by the tray support shaft 56, and the tray operating shaft 57 attached to the tip end side of the tray 55 is slidably engaged with the guide groove 58 provided in the opening / closing lid 53. There is.

In such a structure, when the opening / closing lid 53 is closed with respect to the main body 52 as shown in FIG. 4, the tray 55 positions the mounted tape cassette CT at a predetermined storage position. As shown in FIG. 5, when the opening / closing lid 52 is opened with respect to the main body 51, the tray actuating shaft 57 moves to the front end side along the guide groove 58, and accordingly, the tray 55.
Rotates about the tray support shaft 56 to expose the mounted tape cassette CT (not shown) to the outside.

Therefore, similarly to the above-described embodiment, in this embodiment as well, the tape cassette CT can be easily put in and taken out of the tray 55, and the entire wide plane surface of the tape cassette CT to which the label is attached can be visually observed. Therefore, it becomes easy to confirm the contents of the tape cassette CT to be taken in and out.

Further, since the tray 55 is provided with the trapezoidal notch 24 having a shape similar to the shape of the tape cassette CT in a wide plane, the tape cassette CT can be placed without any mistake.

In the above example, a tape cassette is shown as an example of the recording medium, but the loading / unloading device of the present invention is not limited to this, and in addition to this, a disk-shaped recording medium such as an optical recording medium (a floppy disk or Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a loading / unloading device (for example, a mini disk), and the device / equipment in which the recording medium is loaded is not limited to the tape recorder. Further, the storage position of the recording medium of the present invention is not limited to the position for recording and reproducing on the recording medium,
The present invention can also be applied to the case where the recording medium is stored in the storage position for storage or the like.

[0035]

As described above in detail with reference to the embodiments, according to the present invention, when the opening / closing lid is opened, the tray on which the recording medium is placed is exposed between the opening / closing lid and the main body. The recording medium can be easily taken in and out of the tray. Further, since the position where the recording medium is gripped when the recording medium is taken in and out is not particularly limited, the handling operation of the recording medium during the taking in and out becomes simple.

Further, when the tray is exposed, the wide flat area of the recording medium to which the label is attached can be seen, which makes it easy to confirm the contents of the recording medium to be taken in and out, and to confirm the label of the recording medium. Since it can be loaded while being loaded, it is also possible to prevent the wrong insertion of the front and back surfaces of the recording medium.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape recorder having a recording medium loading / unloading device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the device of FIG. 1 showing the internal parts of the main body with illustrations omitted.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a main part of a stereo device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing an opened state of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of inserting / removing a conventional tape cassette with respect to a storage position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Tape recorder 12,52 Main body 13,53 Open / close lid 20,55 Tray 30,56 Tray support shaft 31 Rail 37,58 Guide groove 45,54 Lid support shaft 47,57 Tray operating shaft 51 Stereo device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A main body having a void forming a storage position of a recording medium, and an opening / closing lid attached to the main body so as to cover the void with one end side of the void being a pivot. A guide means provided on the opening / closing lid, and rotatably attached to the main body on the opposite side of the opening / closing lid from the spindle of the opening / closing lid, and guided by the guide means to open / close the opening / closing lid. And a tray for rotating the recording medium placed at the storage position when the opening / closing lid is closed and exposing the placed recording medium to the outside when the opening / closing lid is opened. A recording medium loading / unloading device characterized by the above. 2. The recording medium is a tape cassette,
2. The recording medium loading / unloading device according to claim 1, wherein the tray exposes a wide flat surface of the tape cassette.