JPH0845154A - Tray for disk player - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a tray usable for a disk Player in either installation in its vertical or horizontal position by making a holding member for vertically setting a disk onto a tray provided displacably between an operating position and a loading and unloading position of the disk loadable and unloadable. CONSTITUTION:When the tray 1 is to be horizontally used, a disk holding member 7 is detached from the tray 1, and a disk is placed on a placing part 2, and then a disk setting switch is operated to displace the tray 1 into the operating position inside the case. Then, at the time of the vertical use, when the holding member 7 is attached to the tray 1, the member 7 is capable of supporting turnably around fulcrums 9 and 10 the disk between the loading and unloading position and the performance position. Then, the tray 1 is displaced to the operating position in the same manner as in the case of the horizontal position. Thus, since the member 7 is attachably and detachably provided, the same tray can be used for the disk player in both horizontal and vertical installations.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tray used when a disc is mounted inside a casing constituting a disc player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Disc players, which read signals recorded on a disc by using an optical pickup, have been widely used. It is configured to be performed by a tray that is displaceable between the mounting position and the mounting position.

[0003]

A disc player configured to carry out a disc loading operation by a tray is constructed so that the disc is placed horizontally on the tray. However, recently, a disc player called a CD-ROM player has become widespread, and there is a demand for a device in which the disc is housed vertically instead of horizontally to perform the disc reproducing operation. Has been done.

Since a disc player that horizontally mounts a disc and a disc player that vertically stores the disc have different disc mounting methods on the tray, it is necessary to form the tray in a shape suitable for each system. There is a problem that it becomes expensive.

The present invention is intended to provide a tray for a disc player which solves such a problem.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is provided so as to be displaceable between an operation position where a signal recorded on a disc is reproduced and an attachment / detachment position where the entire disc is exposed to the outside of the housing. A disc holding member for vertically mounting the disc is detachably provided on the tray.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a disc holding member for vertically mounting a disc is detachably provided on a tray which is provided so as to be displaceable between an operating position and a detaching position, so that the same tray can be used horizontally and vertically. It is a disc player that can be used for both directions.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state where the tray of the present invention is used in a disc player for vertical use, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where the tray of the present invention is used in a disc player for horizontal use. 3 is a front view showing the disc holding member, FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing a vertical use state, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a horizontal use state. FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part showing a vertically used state.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a tray provided so as to be displaceable between an operation position for reproducing a signal recorded on a disc and an attachment / detachment position where the entire disc is exposed to the outside of the housing. There is provided a mounting portion 2 on which a disc is mounted when used in the horizontal direction, and a notch portion 3 into which a turntable that rotationally drives the disc and an optical pickup that performs a signal reading operation are inserted.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 4 is a notch formed in the tray 1, and support holes 5 and 6 are provided at the ends thereof.
Is formed. Reference numeral 7 is a disc holding member used when the tray 1 is used in a vertical direction, and has a support portion 8 for supporting the end portion of the disc and a spindle 9 fitted into the support holes 5 and 6. And 10 are formed. The support shafts 9 and 10 have tongue pieces 11 each having elasticity.
And 12 are formed so that the disk holding member 7 can be removed from the tray 1 by bending the tongue pieces 11 and 12 in the directions of arrows A and B, respectively.

The tray of the present invention is constructed as described above. Next, the use of the tray of such construction will be described. First, a case where the tray according to the present invention is used horizontally will be described.

FIG. 2 shows the case where the tray 1 according to the present invention is used in the horizontal direction, and the disc holding member 7 is detached from the tray 1. Therefore, the tray 1
If a disc mounting switch provided on the disc player is operated after the disc is mounted on the mounting portion 2 formed on the tray 1, the drive mechanism of the tray 1 is activated, and the tray 1 is It is displaced to the operating position inside the housing. When the tray 1 is displaced to the operating position, the turntable that rotationally drives the disk and the optical pickup that performs the signal reading operation are displaced to the operating position through the notches 3 formed in the tray 1. When the reproducing operation is performed in such a state, the disc driving operation and the signal reading operation are performed, and the disc player reproducing operation is performed.

On the other hand, when the switch for ejecting the disc is operated, the turntable and the optical pickup are displaced to the non-operating position, and then the ejecting operation is performed by the drive mechanism so that the tray 1 is placed outside the casing. It is displaced to the attachment / detachment position. Therefore, the user can take out the disk placed on the tray 1.

The operation when the tray 1 is used in the horizontal direction is performed as described above. Next, the operation when the tray 1 is used in the vertical direction will be described. When the tray 1 is used in the vertical direction, the disc holding member 7 shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the tray 1, and the attaching operation is performed by the tongue piece formed on the disc holding member 7. This is performed by fitting support shafts 9 and 10 into support holes 5 and 6 formed in tray 1 while bending 11 and 12 in the directions of arrows A and B, respectively.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the disc holding member 7 is attached to the tray 1. In such a state, the disc holding member 7 is placed around the supporting shafts 9 and 10 as a detachable position and a playing position. Will be rotatably supported between and. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the disc holding member 7 is displaced to the attachment / detachment position, and in this state, the disc is constituted by a support portion 8 formed on the disc holding member 7 in the direction of arrow C. It is inserted in the storage part.

With the disc inserted in the disc holding member 7, the disc or the disc holding member 7 is pressed, and the disc holding member 7 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 7
Can be moved to the playing position. When the disc holding member 7 is displaced to the playing position by the above-described operation and the disc mounting switch provided on the disc player is operated, the tray 1
The drive mechanism of 1 is brought into the operating state, and the tray 1 is displaced to the operating position inside the housing. The tray 1
When the disk is displaced to the operating position, the notch 3 formed in the tray 1 includes a turntable that rotationally drives the disk and an optical pickup that performs a signal reading operation.
Since the recording medium is displaced to the operating position through, the reproducing operation in such a state results in the driving operation of the disk and the reading operation of the signal and the reproducing operation of the disk player.

On the other hand, when the switch for ejecting the disc is operated, the turntable and the optical pickup are displaced to the non-operating position, and then the ejecting operation is performed by the drive mechanism so that the tray 1 is placed outside the casing. It is displaced to the attachment / detachment position. When the disc holding member 7 is rotationally displaced counterclockwise (FIG. 4) while the tray 1 is displaced to the attaching / detaching position, the disc holding member 7 is displaced to the attaching / detaching position shown in FIG. Therefore, the user can take out the disc stored and supported in the storage portion of the disc holding member 7.

The operation of the embodiment in which the disk holding member 7 is detachable from the tray 1 is performed as described above. Next, regarding the operation of the other embodiment, FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 will be described. It will be described with reference to FIG. The same members as those in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 13 is a notch portion formed in the tray 1, and support grooves 14 and 15 are provided at the end portions thereof.
Are formed. Reference numeral 16 is a disk holding member used when the tray 1 is used in the vertical direction, and has a support portion 17 for supporting the end portion of the disk, and a spindle 18 fitted into the support grooves 14 and 15. And 19 are formed. The support shafts 18 and 19 are formed on elastic tongue pieces 20 and 21, respectively.
The disk holding member 16 can be attached to and detached from the tray 1 by bending the members 21 and 21 in the directions of arrows D and E.

The disc holding member 16 is guided by the supporting grooves 14 and 15 to guide the tray 1.
6 is provided so that it can be displaced in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the mounting portion 2, that is, in the directions of arrows F and G in FIG. 6, and is constantly urged in the direction of arrow G by a spring (not shown). . Then, the disc holding member 16 is
When in the horizontal use position shown in FIG. 6, the lock means (not shown) locks and holds the horizontal use position, and the release button 22 is pressed to release the lock by the lock means. It is configured to be displaced to the vertical use position shown.

The tray of the present invention is constructed as described above. Next, the use of the tray having such a construction will be described. First, a case where the tray according to the present invention is used horizontally will be described.

FIG. 6 shows the case where the tray 1 according to the present invention is used in the horizontal direction, and the disc holding member 16 is in a state of being locked and held in the horizontal use position by the locking means. Therefore, if the disc mounting switch provided on the disc player is operated after the disc is mounted on the mounting portion 2 formed on the tray 1, the drive mechanism of the tray 1 is activated, The tray 1 is displaced to the operating position inside the housing. When the tray 1 is displaced to the operating position, the turntable that rotationally drives the disk and the optical pickup that performs the signal reading operation are displaced to the operating position through the notches 3 formed in the tray 1. When the reproducing operation is performed in such a state, the disc driving operation and the signal reading operation are performed, and the disc player reproducing operation is performed.

On the contrary, when the switch for ejecting the disc is operated, after the turntable and the optical pickup are displaced to the non-operating position, the ejecting operation is performed by the driving mechanism, and the tray 1 is placed outside the casing. It is displaced to the attachment / detachment position. Therefore, the user can take out the disk placed on the tray 1.

The operation when the tray 1 is used in the horizontal direction is performed as described above. Next, the operation when the tray 1 is used in the vertical direction will be described. When the tray 1 is used in the vertical direction, the release button 22 may be operated in the state shown in FIG. When the release button 22 is operated, the lock by the lock means is released, so that the disc holding member 16 is displaced to the vertical use position which is the direction of arrow G by the urging force of the spring.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which the disc holding member 16 is displaced to the vertical use position. In this state, the disc is held by the support portion 17 formed on the disc holding member 16 from above. It is inserted into the configured storage. When a disc mounting switch provided on the disc player is operated with the disc inserted in the disc holding member 16,
The drive mechanism of the tray 1 is activated, and the tray 1
Is displaced into an operating position inside the housing. When the tray 1 is displaced to the operating position, the turntable that rotationally drives the disk and the optical pickup that performs the signal reading operation are displaced to the operating position through the notches 3 formed in the tray 1. When the reproducing operation is performed in such a state, the disc driving operation and the signal reading operation are performed, and the disc player reproducing operation is performed.

On the contrary, when the switch for ejecting the disk is operated, after the turntable and the optical pickup are displaced to the non-operating position, the ejecting operation is performed by the driving mechanism and the tray 1 is placed outside the casing. It is displaced to the attachment / detachment position. Therefore, the user can take out the disc stored and supported in the storage portion of the disc holding member 16.

In this embodiment, the disc holding member 16 is configured to be displaced in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the mounting portion 2 by the guide operation by the support grooves 14 and 15. 7 is in the vertical use position shown in FIG. 7, the disk holding member 16 may be configured to be pivotally displaceable between the attachment / detachment position and the playing position as shown in the embodiment of FIG. It is possible, and with this configuration, the operation of attaching / detaching the disk can be performed more easily.

[0028]

According to the present invention, a tray provided so as to be displaceable between an operation position where a signal recorded on a disc is reproduced and an attachment / detachment position where the entire disc is exposed to the outside of the housing. Since the disc holding member for vertically mounting the disc is detachable, the same tray can be used for both a disc player that uses the tray horizontally and a disc player that uses the same tray vertically.

Further, since the disc holding member is rotatably provided between the attaching / detaching position and the playing position, the present invention has an advantage that the attaching / detaching operation of the disc can be easily performed.

Further, according to the present invention, since the disc holding member is provided so that the tray can be displaced in the disc mounting surface direction, the same tray can be horizontally moved while the disc holding member is attached to the tray. It is very convenient because it can be used as both the disc player used and the disc player used in the vertical direction.

Further, not only is the disc holding member provided so that it can be displaced in the direction of the disc mounting surface of the tray, but also when the disc holding member is in the position for mounting the disc, it can be pivotally displaced to the attachment / detachment position. Therefore, the present invention has an advantage that the disk can be easily attached and detached.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which the tray of the present invention is used in a disc player for vertical use.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which the tray of the present invention is used in a disc player for horizontal use.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a disc holding member according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a vertically used state of the tray of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing a horizontally used state of the tray of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state in which the tray of the present invention is used in the vertical direction.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tray 2 Loading part 4, 13 Deletion part 7, 16 Disk holding member 8, 17 Support part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A disc provided with a tray displaceable between an operation position where a signal recorded on the disc is reproduced and an attachment position where the entire disc is exposed to the outside of the housing. A disc player tray, wherein a disc holding member for vertically mounting a disc is detachably provided on the tray. 2. The tray according to claim 1, wherein the disc holding member is rotatable between a mounting / removing position and a playing position. 3. A disk provided with a tray displaceable between an operation position where a signal recorded on the disk is reproduced and an attachment position where the entire disk is exposed to the outside of the housing. In the player, a disc holding member for vertically mounting a disc on the tray is provided so that the tray can be displaced in the disc mounting surface direction. 4. The tray according to claim 3, wherein when the disc holding member is at a position where the disc is mounted, the tray can be pivotally displaced to the attachment / detachment position.