JPH08263903A - Recording medium loading and unloading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate loading and unloading operation of a recording medium by making a holder be erected between an opening and closing lid and a main body by a link means when opening the lid and also moving a tray into an exposing position. CONSTITUTION: When the opening and closing lid 13 is opened from the completely closed state of the opening and closing lid 13, links 34 and 35 are gradually moved to erect. In this process, driving pins 33 are guided by guide grooves 31 and are moved to the opening side to move a tray 28 gradually to the opening side. Simultaneously, the holder 17 is also moved to become the erectile state between the opening and closing lid 13 and the main body 12 by turning the 1st and 2nd links 34 and 35. Then, under the fully opened state of the opening and closing lid 13, the links 34 and 35 are the most erectile, while a tape cassette is pushed to the opening side by the tray 28, so that the tape cassette is projected out of the holder 17. On the other hand, when loading the tape cassette into a tape recorder 11, the tape cassette is placed on the tray 28, and by closing the opening and closing lid 13, the tape cassette is set in a housing position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium loading / unloading device for facilitating a loading / unloading operation of a recording medium with respect to a storage position of an apparatus body.

[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. 4 is an explanatory view showing how the conventional tape cassette is put in and taken out from the storage position. As shown in FIG. 4, the small cassette tape recorder 101 has a generally 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. 4, 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, conventionally, when the tape cassette CT is taken in and out, the surface of the tape cassette CT is substantially covered with the opening / closing lid 103 so as to be hidden, so that the tape cassette CT is gripped. As described above, the part is 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.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium loading / unloading device that allows a recording medium such as a tape cassette to be easily loaded / unloaded into / from its storage position.

In the present specification, the "recording medium" means
Normally, what is contained in a casing and handled includes the casing.

[0008]

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 in which a storage position of a recording medium is formed, an opening / closing lid attached to the main body so as to be openable and closable, and a shaft located between the main body and the opening / closing lid and close to a spindle for opening / closing the opening / closing lid. A holder rotatably supported around and a recording medium are placed, and when the lid is closed, the recording medium is positioned at the storage position. The tray supported by the holder so as to be movable between the exposed position on the open side exposed between the tray and the tray, and the holder and the tray are driven in association with the opening / closing movement of the opening / closing lid. The present invention is characterized by further comprising link means for raising the holder to a rotation position intermediate between the opening / closing lid and the main body and moving the tray to the exposure position.

Preferably, a guide groove is provided in one of the holder and the tray, and a pin that is slidably fitted in the guide groove is provided in the other of the holder and the tray to support the tray so that the tray can be moved. The link means drives the pin.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, another recording medium loading / unloading device according to the present invention has a main body in which a storage position of the recording medium is formed, and an opening / closing unit attached to the main body so as to be openable and closable. A lid, a holder having a guide groove located between the main body and the opening / closing lid, and having a guide groove rotatably supported around an axis close to a support shaft for opening / closing the opening / closing lid, and a recording medium are placed on the holder. , So that the recording medium can be moved between a retracted position on the support shaft side where the recording medium is located at the storage position when the lid is closed, and an open side exposed position where the recording medium is exposed between the main body and the opening / closing lid when the lid is opened. A pin that slidably fits into the guide groove of the holder and the holder is driven in conjunction with the opening / closing movement of the opening / closing lid, and when the lid is opened, the holder is placed at a rotation position intermediate between the opening / closing lid and the main body. Stand up and pin the exposed position It characterized by having a link means for moving the.

For example, the link means comprises a first link connecting the main body and the pin, and a second link connecting the opening / closing lid and the pin.

[0012]

When the lid is opened, the link means raises the holder between the opening / closing lid and the main body and moves the tray or the pin to the exposed position. At the exposing position, the tray or the pin exposes the recording medium between the main body and the opening / closing lid to facilitate the loading / unloading of the recording medium.

[0013]

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 an external 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 main part of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a tape recorder 11 according to the present embodiment is a cassette tape having a small rectangular parallelepiped shape, which is a size obtained by enlarging the size of an audio tape cassette having a substantially rectangular plane shape by one size. It is a recorder and generally has a main body 12 and an opening / closing lid 13 attached to the main body 12 so as to be openable and closable. Body 12
A pair of lock claws 14 are exposed on the upper surface of the front wall of the device, and these lock claws 14 engage with a notch (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the front edge of the opening / closing lid 13 to open and close when the lid is closed. The 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 is provided as a recess, and a pair of drive shafts 16 for engaging with the reels of the tape cassette are arranged therein.
Various parts such as a magnetic head, a capstan, a pinch roller, and a tape guide are arranged on an inner portion (not shown) of the front wall of the main body 12.

A holder 17 that interlocks with the opening / closing of the opening / closing lid 13 is provided in the main body 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the holder 17 includes an upper wall portion 19 in which a V-shaped notch 18 is formed,
The side wall portions 20 are formed on both sides of the upper wall portion 19, and the lower wall portions 21 are formed on the lower sides of the side wall portions 20, respectively.
A flat space that can accommodate and hold a tape cassette CT that is a recording medium is formed inside. A window is opened between the lower wall portions 21 of the holder 17 so as not to interfere with the drive shaft 16 or the like of the main body 12 described above.

As shown in FIG. 2, the side wall portion 2 of the holder 17 is
A hole 22 is formed on one end side of 0 and a hole 23 is also formed on the main body 12 so as to correspond to the hole 22.
By inserting 4, the holder 17 is rotatably attached to the main body 12 around the pivot pin 24. Further, a hole 25 is formed on one end side of the side wall portion 20 of the holder 17, a hole 26 is formed on the opening / closing lid 13 corresponding to the hole 25, and a pivot pin 27 is fitted therein. The opening / closing lid 13 is rotatably attached to the holder 17 about its pivot pin 27, and the opening / closing lid 13 is attached to the main body 12 so as to be openable / closable with the holder 17 interposed like a hinge. Further, as a result, as shown in FIG. 1, the holder 1
7 is located between the main body 12 and the opening / closing lid 13,
The main body 12 is supported rotatably around an axis (pivot pin 24) that is close to the pivot shaft (pivot pin 27) for opening and closing and is parallel to the pivot.

A tray 28 is mounted in the holder 17. The tray 28 includes an upper wall portion 19 and a lower wall portion 21 of the holder 17.
A bottom plate portion 29 having a width that can be inserted between the bottom plate portion 2 and the bottom plate portion 2.
9 has a mounting portion 30 formed by bending at approximately 90 degrees at both ends in the longitudinal direction, the tape cassette CT is inserted between both mounting portions 30 in the holder 17, and the tape cassette CT is attached to the bottom plate portion 29. One end face can be placed and supported.

A guide groove 31 is formed in each of the side wall portions 20 on both sides of the holder 17 in parallel with a direction substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis of the holder 17 with respect to the main body 12. The hole 3 faces the guide groove 31.
2 is bored, and the drive pin 33 is fitted into the guide groove 31 and the hole 32, so that the tray 28 is guided to the holder 17 by the guide groove 31.
It is supported so that it can reciprocate along.

Here, when the drive pin 33 is positioned on the support shaft side of the guide groove 31 (the side closer to the rotation center support shaft of the holder 17 with respect to the main body 12), the tray 28 enters below the holder 17 to open and close the lid. It is located at the retracted position on the spindle side of the opening and closing of 13. In this state, when the lid is closed, the holder 17 is rotated to the main body 12 side so that the tape cassette CT placed on the tray 28 is positioned at the storage position in the main body 12.

On the other hand, when the drive pin 33 is positioned on the open side of the guide groove 31 (the side away from the rotation center support shaft of the holder 17 with respect to the main body 12), the tray 28 moves to the exposed position on the open side of the holder 17. When the lid is opened, the tape cassette CT placed on the tray 28 is projected outward from between the main body 12 and the opening / closing lid 13.

The drive pins 33 on both sides of the holder 17 are pivotally attached to one ends of a first link 34 and a second link 35, which form a link means for driving the drive pins 33 and have the same length. It The first link 34 is pivotally attached to the main body 12 by inserting the pin 38 into the hole 36 formed in the other end side of the first link 34 and the hole 37 formed in the main body 12. Further, the second link 35 is pivotally attached to the opening / closing lid 13 by inserting the pin 41 into the hole 39 formed on the other end side of the second link 35 and the hole 40 formed in the opening / closing lid 13. ing.

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). In this state, the first link 34 and the second link 35 are laterally tilted, and the drive pin 33 is positioned on the most support shaft side of the guide groove 31. As a result, the tray 28 is positioned at the retracted position on the spindle side of the opening / closing of the opening / closing lid 13 that has entered the holder 17. Tray 2 in its retracted position
The tape cassette CT placed on the disk 8 is located at the storage position in the main body 12.

FIG. 3B shows a half-open state in which the opening / closing lid 13 is being opened. When the lock is released from the fully closed state and the opening / closing lid 13 is opened, the first and second links 34, 35 rotate in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction about the pins 38, 41, respectively, and gradually stand up. To go. In the process, the drive pin 33 is guided by the guide groove 31 to move to the open side, and gradually moves the tray 28 to the open side of the holder 17. At the same time, the holder 17 also stands up in the middle of the opening / closing lid 13 and the main body 12 by the rotation of the first and second links 34, 35 accompanying the opening of the opening / closing lid 13 and the main body 12.

FIG. 3C shows the open / close lid 13 in a fully opened state. In this state, the first and second links 34, 35
Stands up most and the drive pin 33 moves to the open side of the guide groove 31 to position the tray 28 at the exposed position on the open side. As a result, the tray 28 pushes the tape cassette CT to the open side, and the tape cassette CT is projected from the holder 17.

In this example, the first and second links 34, 35 constituting the link means have the same length, and the holder 17
Is set up so that the opening / closing lid 13 stands up at an angle of 1/2 of the opening angle with respect to the main body 12. However, in some cases, the lengths of the links 34 and 35 may be different from each other so that the standing angle of the holder 17 can be arbitrarily set.

In this way, in the tape recorder 11, when the tape cassette CT is taken out, the opening / closing lid 13
When is opened, the holder 17 faces the opening / closing lid 13 and the main body 12, and the tape cassette CT projects outward from the holder 17. After that, the tape cassette CT is held and taken out from the holder 17.

On the other hand, when loading the tape cassette CT into the tape recorder 11, the tape cassette CT is placed on the tray 28 in the holder 17, and the opening / closing lid 13 is closed while the tape cassette CT is in contact with the tray 28.
The tape cassette CT is set in a predetermined storage position.

When the tape cassette CT is taken in and out as described above, a wide flat portion of the tape cassette CT (see FIG. 3).
Since it is possible to operate by grasping (the portion indicated by the white arrow in (c)), it is possible to perform the taking-in / out operation extremely easily.

Although the holder 17 is provided with the guide groove 31 and the tray 28 is provided with the pin 33 slidably fitted in the guide groove 31 in the above-mentioned illustrated example, the guide groove 31 is provided on the contrary. A pin 33 provided on the 28 side and fitted into the 28 side
May be provided on the holder 17 side.

Here, in the above embodiment, the tray 28 is slidably attached to the holder 17, and the tape cassette CT is supported on the tray 28 so that the tape cassette CT is projected. However, in the present invention, the drive pin is used. It is also possible to mount the tape cassette CT directly on 33 and eliminate the tray 28.

That is, in the example of FIG.
The drive pin 33 is made longer so as to project into the holder 17 without using the tape cassette C
Make sure to place T. Other configurations are similar to those of the above-described embodiment, and the drive pin 3 is interlocked with the opening / closing of the opening / closing lid 13.
3 slides while being guided in the guide groove 31, and the drive pin 33 causes the mounted tape cassette CT to project when the lid is opened.

Thus, by eliminating the tray 28, the number of parts can be reduced, and since the tray 28 that moves in a narrow space is eliminated, the position where the head and capstan in the main body 12 are arranged. The degree of freedom increases.

In the above example, a tape cassette is shown as an example of the recording medium. However, 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 (floppy disk, 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.

[0036]

As described above in detail with reference to the embodiments, according to the present invention, when the lid is opened, the holder is erected by the link means between the opening / closing lid and the main body, and the tray is moved to the exposed position. Since the recording medium is projected outward from between the main body and the opening / closing lid, when the recording medium is taken in and out, a wide flat portion of the recording medium can be grasped and operated, so that the taking-out operation is extremely easy. It becomes possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external 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 a main part of FIG.

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

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of inserting / removing a conventional tape cassette with respect to a storage position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Tape Recorder 12 Main Body 13 Opening / Closing Lid 17 Holder 24, 27 Pivot Pin 28 Tray 31 Guide Groove 33 Drive Pin 34 First Link 35 Second Link

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main body in which a storage position of a recording medium is formed, an opening / closing lid attached to the main body so as to be openable / closable, and a support for opening / closing the opening / closing lid, which is located between the main body and the opening / closing lid. A holder rotatably supported around an axis close to the axis, a recording medium is placed, and the recording medium is placed in the storage position when the lid is closed. A tray supported by the holder so as to be movable between a main body and an exposed position on the open side that is exposed between the main body and the opening / closing lid, and drives the holder and the tray in conjunction with the opening / closing movement of the opening / closing lid. A recording medium loading / unloading device, comprising: a link means for raising the holder to an intermediate rotation position between the opening / closing lid and the main body and moving the tray to the exposure position when the lid is opened. 2. A main body in which a storage position of a recording medium is formed, an opening / closing lid attached to the main body so as to be openable / closable, and a support for opening / closing the opening / closing lid, which is located between the main body and the opening / closing lid. A holder having a guide groove that is rotatably supported around an axis close to the axis, and a recording medium is placed and the recording medium is positioned at the storage position when the lid is closed. A pin that slidably fits in the guide groove of the holder so that the recording medium can be moved between the main body and the open-side exposed position that is exposed between the main body and the opening / closing lid; and the opening / closing movement of the opening / closing lid. And drive the holder,
A recording medium loading / unloading device, comprising: linking means for raising the holder to an intermediate rotation position between the opening / closing lid and the main body and moving the pin to the exposed position when the lid is opened. 3. A guide groove is provided in either one of the holder and the tray, and a pin that is slidably fitted in the guide groove is provided in the other of the holder and the tray to support the tray so as to be movable to the holder, and the link. The recording medium loading / unloading device according to claim 1, wherein means drives the pin. 4. The link means comprises a first link connecting the main body and the pin, and a second link connecting the opening / closing lid and the pin. A device for loading and unloading the recording medium described. 5. The recording medium loading / unloading device according to claim 4, wherein the first and second links have the same length.