JPH0863863A - Disc transfer apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make an apparatus compact by moving a driving belt for transfer of a disc in a vertical direction to a transferring direction within a plane parallel to the disc. CONSTITUTION: In order to reproduce a disc 5 of the lowest stage of a stocker 10, a driving belt moving mechanism 60 moves a slide plate 48 left in parallel to long holes 57, 58 in accordance with an instruction from a microcomputer. As a result, a slide plate 47 is moved right and driving belts 31, 32 are wound around the disc 5. The microcomputer instructs the belt to form a gap between upper and lower shafts before the disc is started to be transferred, and drives parts of the belts 31, 32 wound around the disc in the same direction, whereby the disc 5 is drawn out from the stocker 10. Thereafter, the microcomputer drives winding parts of the belts in opposite directions, thus rotating the disc 5 in a clockwise direction at a required rotating speed. The belt 31 is more increased in speed than the belt 32, so that the disc 5 is moved to the stocker. An objective lens 7 of an optical pickup traces a spiral track of the disc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk transfer device for transferring a disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a transfer mechanism for transferring a disc between an eject position and a reproducing position, there is one which has a pair of endless drive belts which are hung between a pair of pulleys and engage with the peripheral edge of the disc. It is proposed by Japanese Utility Model Publication Nos. 60-106250 and 61-24851. Also,
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 62-47893 discloses that an endless drive belt conveys a disc between a removable magazine that stores a plurality of discs and a reproducing position.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
50, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-24851 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-4.
In the belt transfer mechanism disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 7893, the driving belt is rotated by changing the tension position of the driving belt with one of the pair of pulleys around which the driving belt is wound as a fulcrum. Abut on the periphery /
Since it is a non-contact structure, the amount of movement of the other pulley becomes large. Therefore, it is necessary to make a large rotation space in a plane parallel to the disc, which hinders the compactness of the device.

[0004]

As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a disc reproducing means and a disc reproducing means in the conveying direction so as to convey the disc between a reproducing position and an ejecting position by the disc reproducing means. At least one endless drive belt which is stretched over and engages with the peripheral edge of the disc, a drive means for driving the drive belt, and a plane parallel to the disc for separating the drive belt from the peripheral edge of the disc. And a moving unit that moves the drive belt in a direction substantially perpendicular to the disc transfer direction.

Further, according to the present invention, a stocker for accommodating a plurality of disks, a disk reproducing means, and a disk extending between the reproduction position by the disk reproducing means and the stocker are stretched in the transfer direction, At least one endless drive belt that engages with the peripheral edge of the disk, drive means that drives the drive belt, and a direction of transfer of the disk in a plane parallel to the disk so as to separate the drive belt from the peripheral edge of the disk. And a moving unit that moves the drive belt in a substantially vertical direction.

[0006]

With the above-mentioned means, the drive belt transports the disc between the reproducing position and the ejecting position, and between the reproducing position and the stocker.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment applied to a changer type disc reproducing apparatus capable of accommodating three discs.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a disc reproducing apparatus 1 capable of accommodating three discs, in which three discs are accommodated, and FIG. 2 is a front view thereof. Outer diameter is 8
The stocker 10 that accommodates a total of three disks 3, 4 and 5 each of which is a cm disk 3 and a 12 cm disk 4, 5 is coaxial with the chassis 2 by a stocker moving mechanism 8 including a motor. It is arranged so that it can move vertically, which is the direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper. In addition, the stocker 10 includes disc mounting plates 11 and 1 on which the discs 3, 4, and 5 are mounted, respectively.
2 and 13, the upper surfaces of the respective mounting plates 11, 12, and 13 support the recording surfaces of the disks 3, 4, and 5. The mounting plates 11, 12 and 13 are the vertical walls 1 at the rear end of the stocker 10.
It is attached to 9.

The disk selected by the stocker moving mechanism 8 can be moved in parallel in the disk reproducing apparatus 1 by a pair of endless drive belts 31 and 32 made of rubber, as shown in FIG. Further, the drive belts 31 and 32 rotationally drive the disk brought to the reproduction position. The drive belt 31 on the left side includes a drive pulley 33 and a driven pulley 34, and the drive belt 32 on the right side.
Are respectively wound around a drive pulley 35 and a driven pulley 36.

The line connecting the rotary shafts 37 and 38 of the drive pulley 33 and the driven pulley 34, and the rotary shafts 39 and 40 of the drive pulley 35 and the driven pulley 36, respectively.
It is always parallel to the line that connects and. Therefore, the stretching directions of the drive belts 31 and 32 are also parallel.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the drive pulley 33 taken along the line AA in FIG. The drive pulley 33 has a V-shaped groove 66 formed on the periphery thereof, and the drive belt 31 is wound around the groove 66. The drive belt 31 has a V-shaped cross section, and forms a V-shaped groove 67 on the outer circumference of the closed loop when the drive belt 31 is hung between the drive pulley 33 and the driven pulley 34. Further, on the inner circumference of this closed loop, the drive belt 33 forms a protrusion 68 having a triangular cross section, and the protrusion 68 engages with the groove 66 of each drive pulley 33. The drive pulley 35,
The driven pulleys 34 and 36 have the same shape as the drive pulley 33, and the drive belt 32 has the same shape as the drive belt 31.

The drive pulleys 33, 35 and the driven pulleys 34, 36 are respectively movable with respect to the chassis 2 so that the drive belts 31, 32 can move in a direction in which they approach each other. The stocker 10, drive belts 31 and 3 in the disc reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG.
A description will be given with reference to FIG. 4, which is a plan view with 2 and the like removed.

Drive pulleys 33, 35 and driven pulley 3
The rotary shafts 37, 39, 38, 40 of 4, 36 are rotatably supported in cylindrical bearings 41, 43, 42, 44, and these bearings 41, 42 are slides arranged on the other side of the chassis 2. The bearings 43, 44 are fixedly arranged at both ends of the plate 47, and at both ends of a slide plate 48 arranged on the other side of the chassis 2.

A pair of rotating arms 45 and 46 arranged on one side of the chassis 2 are pivotally supported by shafts 50 provided on the chassis 2 at intermediate positions thereof. Long holes 51 and 52 are formed at both ends of the rotating arm 45, and a bearing 41 is inserted into the long hole 51 and a bearing 44 is inserted into the long hole 52. Similarly, elongated holes 53 and 54 are respectively formed at both ends of the rotating arm 46, and the bearing 42 and the elongated hole 5 are formed in the elongated hole 53.
Bearings 43 are inserted into the respective bearings 4.

Slots 55 to 58 are formed in the chassis 2,
Bearings 41 to 44 are inserted into the elongated holes, respectively. Therefore, the slide plates 47 and 48 are movable in parallel with each other, so that the line connecting the rotation shafts 37 and 38 of the drive pulley 33 and the driven pulley 34 and the drive pulley 3 are connected.
5. The lines connecting the respective rotary shafts 39 and 40 of the driven pulley 36 can be moved in the directions of approaching or separating from each other while keeping the lines parallel to each other.

A drive belt moving mechanism 60 including a motor is connected to one slide plate 48. With the movement of the slide plate 48 by the drive belt moving mechanism 60, the slide plate 47 connected to the slide plate 48 by the rotating arms 45 and 46 also moves by the same amount as the movement amount of the slide plate 48. Therefore, the drive belts 31 and 32 move in the directions toward and away from each other by the same amount. Motors 61 and 62 are attached to the slide plates 47 and 48, respectively, and their rotation shafts penetrate the bearings 41 and 43 and are connected to the rotation shafts 37 and 39 of the drive pulleys 33 and 35, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, an optical pickup 6 having an objective lens 7 is fixedly arranged on the chassis 2 so that the information recorded on the disc can be optically reproduced. Tracks (not shown) on which information is recorded are spirally formed on the disks 3, 4, and 5, and during reproduction, light emitted from the optical pickup 6 is emitted to these tracks by a well-known tracking servo. By following the optical pickup 6, the optical pickup 6 relatively moves from the inner circumference to the outer circumference of the disks 3, 4, and 5 as the disk is reproduced.

In this embodiment, the optical pickup 6
Are fixedly arranged with respect to the chassis 1, and the disc being reproduced moves in the radial direction with respect to the optical pickup 6. Therefore, there is no play in the mechanism of the moving mechanism that moves the optical pickup 6, and extremely stable reproduction of the disc becomes possible. Of course, a disc moving mechanism for moving the disc is required, but in the case of the present embodiment, the pair of belts 3 for moving the disc in the apparatus 1 is used.
Since it is shared by 1 and 32, it is advantageous in terms of cost.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a front panel, in which a slit-shaped opening (not shown) is formed so that one disk can be attached to and detached from the apparatus 1.

Disc position regulating means 20 is provided to regulate the positions of the discs 3, 4, and 5 in the stocker 10. 5 is a front view of a main portion of the stocker 10 and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the disk position regulating means 20.
Will be explained.

The disk position regulating means 20 is a hollow upper shaft 21 fixedly arranged on the chassis 2, and a shaft moving mechanism 25 including a motor or the like in the upper shaft 21.
It comprises a drive shaft 22 and an upper shaft 21 which are moved by means of a hollow lower shaft 23 which is coaxially fixed to the chassis 2. Between the upper shaft 21 and the lower shaft 23, there is a gap 24 through which a disc can pass.
Are formed.

The disc position restricting means 20 is provided with a restricting shaft 27 which is movable in the upper shaft 21 and is urged by a spring 30 in a direction away from the drive shaft 22. A large-diameter portion 28 formed at the tip of the drive shaft 22 is inserted into the internal space 29 of the regulation shaft 27. In the illustrated state, the drive shaft 22 is moved to the lowered position by the shaft moving mechanism 25 so that the tip end of the regulation shaft 27 is moved to the lower shaft 23.
Is inserted in the hollow portion of the above, and the gap 24 is closed. Further, when the drive shaft 22 is moved to the raised position by the shaft moving mechanism 25, the restriction shaft 27 moves the upper shaft 2
1 and brought to the position shown in FIG. 7 to open the gap 24.

Upper shaft 21 and lower shaft 23
Is 8 cm which penetrates the center hole of the disk.
Although the discs 3 and the 12 cm discs 4 and 5 have different outer diameters, their center holes 63, 64 and 65 have the same inner diameter. Therefore, the upper shaft 21 or the lower shaft 2
The position of the disc in which any one of 3 is inserted in the center hole is restricted in the stocker 10. In FIGS. 5 and 6, since the movable shaft 22 is exposed in the gap 24, the movement of the disks 3 and 4 is restricted by the upper shaft 21, and the movement of the disk 5 is restricted by the movable shaft 22.

FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of a circuit for driving and controlling the motors 61 and 62. The microcomputer 70 performs a focus servo for moving the objective lens 7 of the optical pickup 6 in a direction to approach / separate from the recording surface of the disc, and a tracking servo for moving the objective lens 7 in a direction orthogonal to the track of the disc. In order to perform the above, the focus servo signal and the tracking servo signal are output from the output terminals 71 and 72, respectively.

These servo signals move the objective lens 7 in a required direction via the drive circuits 80 and 81, respectively. In addition, a low pass filter (hereinafter, L
(Referred to as PF) 82 is connected to take out the DC component of the tracking servo signal. This DC component is input to the adding circuits 83 and 84.

From the output terminal 73 of the microcomputer 70, a disk transfer signal for transferring a disk in the apparatus 1 is output. That is, a predetermined voltage of positive polarity is output when the disc is moved from the eject position to the stocker 10 direction, and a predetermined voltage of negative polarity is output when the disc is transferred from the stocker 10 to the eject direction. This disk transfer signal is input to the first and second adder circuits 83 and 84, respectively. The output of the adder circuit 83 is input to the third adder circuit 85, and the output of the adder circuit 84 is input to the fourth adder circuit 86 via the polarity inversion circuit 89.

From the output terminal 74 of the microcomputer 70, CL
A CLV servo signal for rotating the disk on which information is recorded by V is output. As is well known, this servo signal rotates the disk at a predetermined speed based on a phase difference signal obtained by comparing the phase of the synchronizing signal included in the reproduction signal from the optical pickup 6 with the reference clock. This CLV servo signal is added to the adder circuit 85,
It is input to 86. The outputs of the adder circuits 85 and 86 drive the motors 61 and 62 to rotate through the motor drive circuits 87 and 88.

When the disk is transferred in the device 1, a voltage having a required polarity is generated from the output terminal 73 of the microcomputer 70 according to the transfer direction, and the motors 61 and 62 are controlled to transfer the disk. During reproduction of the disc, the motors 61 and 62 are controlled by both the CLV servo signal from the output terminal 74 of the microcomputer 70 and the DC component of the tracking servo signal output from the output terminal 72 to rotate the disc.

The output terminal 75 of the microcomputer is connected to the stocker moving mechanism 8 described above, the output terminal 76 is connected to the shaft moving mechanism 25, and the output terminal 77 is connected to the drive belt moving mechanism 60 to control the respective operations.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. From the disk storage state shown in FIG.
When reproducing the 12 cm disc 5 stored at the bottom among the discs stored therein, the microcomputer 70 outputs a control signal for driving the drive belt moving mechanism 60 to its output terminal 77, The drive belt moving mechanism 60 shown in FIG. 4 connects the slide plate 48 to the long holes 57, 58.
Along the direction parallel to the left direction in FIG.

Along with this movement, the slide plate 47 connected to the slide plate 48 by the rotating arms 45 and 46 is also moved rightward in FIG. 4 along the long holes 55 and 56, so that the slide plates 47, 48 move parallel to each other. Along with this movement, the drive belts 31 and 32 also move in the directions in which they approach each other, and as shown in FIG. 9, the drive belts 31 and 32 are respectively wound around the outer periphery of the disk 5 at a required angle.

In this state, the microcomputer 7 shown in FIG.
0 outputs a control signal for controlling the shaft moving mechanism 25 from its output terminal 76 before starting the transfer of the disc 5 to the reproducing position, and follows the pulling up of the drive shaft 22 by the shaft moving mechanism 25, and the restriction shaft 27. Is pulled up into the upper shaft 21 to open the gap 24 between the upper shaft 21 and the lower shaft 23, as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, the microcomputer 70 shown in FIG. 8 outputs a disk transfer signal having a predetermined negative voltage to the output terminal 73 thereof, whereby the motor 61 rotates clockwise and the motor 62 rotates counterclockwise. , Drive belt 3
By driving the parts of the disks 1 and 32 wound around the disk 5 in the same direction, the disk 5 is pulled out from the stocker 10 and brought to the reproduction start position shown in FIG. At this position, the objective lens 7 of the optical pickup 6 is located at the innermost position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in the recording range of the disc 5.

After the disk 5 is brought to the position shown in FIG. 10, the microcomputer 70 outputs a positive polarity CLV servo signal from the output terminal 74 thereof, so that the motor 6 is driven.
The parts 1 and 62 are rotated counterclockwise, and the portions of the drive belts 31 and 32 wound around the disk 5 are driven in opposite directions to rotate the disk 5 clockwise at a required rotation speed.

Further, the laser light emitted from the objective lens 7 is focused on the recording surface of the disk 5 and is tracked to the track of the disk 5, so that the objective lens 7 follows the surface deflection of the disk 5 by the focus servo. Is moved up and down, and the eccentricity of the disk 5 is followed by the tracking servo to move the objective lens 7 in the direction orthogonal to the track of the disk 5.

Where v is the read linear velocity of the disk,
If p is the track pitch, ri is the innermost radius in the recording range of the disk 5, rt is the read radius t seconds after ri, and rd is the radius of the disk 5, the read radius after t seconds is v.p. t = π (rt ² −ri ² ) Therefore, ∴

[Equation 1] Velocity of each drive belt 31, 32 after t seconds v ₁₁ t, v ₂₁ t
Is

[Equation 2]

(Equation 3) The motors 61 and 62 are controlled so that this speed is achieved during playback of the disc 5.

Since the track is spirally formed on the disk 5, the objective lens 7 gradually moves to the outside of the disk 5 as a result of reproduction, and as a result, a positive DC component appears in the tracking servo signal. .

This DC component is taken out by the LPF 82 shown in FIG. 8 and added by the adder circuits 83, 85 and the drive circuit 87.
Via the adder circuit 84, the polarity reversing circuit 89, the adder circuit 86, and the drive circuit 88 to the motor 61.
2 is applied. Therefore, since the voltages applied to the motors 61 and 62 are the same in the state of being rotated only by the CLV servo signal, the motor 61 should increase its rotational speed and the motor 62 should decrease its rotational speed. The voltage applied to each motor 61, 62 changes.

Therefore, as a result of the speed of the drive belt 31 increasing with respect to the speed of the drive belt 32, a moving force in the direction in which the rotation center of the disk 5 separates from the objective lens 7 is generated, so that the disk 5 is stored in the stocker 10. The objective lens 7 of the optical pickup 6 follows the spiral track recorded on the disk 5 by moving in the direction.

During this reproduction, the drive belts 31 and 32 are wound around the peripheral edge of the disc 5, so that the vibration of the disc 5 generated during the rotation of the disc 5 is suppressed. Further, the cross sections of the drive belts 31 and 32 are V-shaped as shown in FIG. 3, so that the peripheral edge of the disk 5 is clamped, and it is possible to prevent surface wobbling of the disk 5.

The drive belt 3 is accompanied by the reproduction of the disk 5.
FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a state in which the disk 5 is moved with respect to the objective lens 7 by 1, 32 and the optical pickup 6 is reproducing the outermost peripheral position shown by the chain double-dashed line in the recording range of the disk 5. At this position, the reproduction of the disc 5 ends. Next, the operation of the shaft moving mechanism 25 when the disk 5 is stored in the stocker 10 will be described in time series with reference to FIG.

At the reproduction end position shown in FIG. 11, since the restriction shaft 27 has moved into the upper shaft 21, the gap 24 between the upper shaft 21 and the lower shaft 23 as shown in FIG. Open this gap 2
A disk 5 is located in the disk 4. When the disc 5 is stored in the stocker 10 after the reproduction of the disc 5, the microcomputer 70 first outputs a control signal to its output terminal 76 so that the restriction shaft 27 is inserted into the lower shaft 23. The drive shaft 22 is moved to the lowered position.

However, since the disc 5 is located in the gap 24, the tip end of the regulating shaft 27 is brought into contact with the surface of the disc 5 as shown in FIG. Note that FIG. 13 shows a cross-sectional view of the disc position regulating means 20 in this state. In this state, the microcomputer 70 outputs a positive polarity disk transfer signal to the output terminal 73 thereof, so that the disk 5 starts moving in the arrow direction toward the stocker 10 by the drive belts 31 and 32.

With this movement, the tip of the regulating shaft 27 slides on the surface of the disk 5, and the center hole 65 of the disk 5 is moved.
When the control shaft 2 is aligned with the control shaft 27, the control shaft 2
7 is inserted into the lower shaft 23 through the center hole 65 of the disk 5 by the urging force of the spring 30. This state is shown in FIG. 12 (c) and FIG. The restriction shaft 27
The drive of the motors 61 and 62 is stopped by detecting that the motor has moved into the lower shaft 23 by a required detection means.

The regulating shaft 27 is attached to the center hole 6 of the disc 5.
5, the disc 5 is inserted into the stocker 10
Positioning is performed inside, and the disk 5 is prevented from jumping out of the stocker 10 due to vibration or the like. Further, the disks 3 and 4 other than the disk 5 moved by the drive belts 31 and 32 are similarly positioned in the stocker 10 by the upper shaft 21, and are prevented from jumping out of the stocker 10.

After the disc 5 is stored in the stocker 10, when reproducing the 8 cm disc 3 stored in the uppermost stage of the stocker 10, the microcomputer 70 outputs its output terminal 7
5 outputs a stocker drive signal, and the stocker moving mechanism 8 moves the stocker 10 downward until the disk 3 and the drive belts 31 and 32 are flush with each other. Subsequently, the microcomputer 70 connects the output terminal 77 to the drive belt moving mechanism 6
By outputting a control signal for driving 0, the drive belts 31 and 32 are wound around the outer circumference of the disk 3 as shown in FIG.

From this state, the microcomputer 70 outputs a control signal for controlling the shaft moving mechanism 25 from its output terminal 76 before starting the transfer of the disk 3 in the device 1.
The shaft moving mechanism 25 raises the restriction shaft 27 into the upper shaft 21 to open the gap 24 between the upper shaft 21 and the lower shaft 23.

Subsequently, the microcomputer 70 outputs a disk transfer signal of a predetermined negative voltage to the output terminal 73 thereof, whereby the motor 61 rotates clockwise and the motor 62 rotates counterclockwise, and the drive belts 31 and 32. The disk 3 is pulled out from the stocker 10 by means of, and the disk 3 is brought to the reproduction start position shown in FIG. 15, and the drive belts 31 and 32 rotate the disk 3 in the clockwise direction at the required rotation speed as described above.

In the case of ejecting the disk 5 which has been reproduced as shown in FIG. 11, a negative disk transfer signal is output to the output terminal 73 of the microcomputer 70 so that the motor 61 is rotated clockwise and the motor 62 is rotated. By rotating the disk 5 clockwise, a part of the disk 5 is exposed through an opening formed in the front panel 9 as shown in FIG.

At the reproduction end position shown in FIG. 11, the distance between the inner sides of the drive pulleys 33 and 35 and the driven pulleys 34 and 36 is set so that the drive belts 31 and 32 are wound around the outer periphery of the disc 5. It is smaller than the diameter. Therefore, at the eject position shown in FIG. 16, the distance between the driven pulleys 34 and 36 is increased as the disc 5 moves in the eject direction compared to FIG. 11, and the disc 5 passes between the driven pulleys 34 and 36. It is possible to eject.

When it is detected from the front panel 9 that the disk 5, a part of which is exposed, is ejected by the user, the microcomputer 70 outputs a drive belt movement control signal to the output terminal 77, and the microcomputer 70 outputs 8 cm or 12 cm.
The drive belts 31 and 32 are moved by the drive belt moving mechanism 60 to the loading standby position shown in FIG. In this position, the distance between the inner sides of the driven pulleys 34, 36 is less than the diameter of the 8 cm disc.

At this position, when a disk of either 8 cm or 12 cm is inserted from the opening of the front panel 9, both driven pulleys 34 and 36 receive a force that increases the distance. Therefore, the rotating arms 45, 4
Similarly, the slide plates 47 and 48 connected by 6 also move in directions away from each other. By detecting this movement, the microcomputer 70 outputs a positive polarity disk transfer signal to the output terminal 73 thereof to drive the drive belts 31 and 32 and load the inserted disk into the apparatus 1.

When the loaded disc is stored in the stocker 10 without being reproduced, when the center of the loaded disc reaches the reproduction end position shown in FIG. When the drive shaft 22 of the regulating means 20 is moved by the shaft moving mechanism 25 so that the tip of the regulating shaft 27 abuts the surface of the disc and the disc is stored in the stocker 10, the regulating shaft 27 is inserted in the center hole of the disc.
The disc is positioned by inserting the.

The tip of the regulation shaft 27 slides on the surface of the disc, so that the disc is not scratched.
Although it is desirable that the regulation shaft 27 is formed of polyacetal resin or the like having good sliding property, a member having a small sliding friction can be attached to the tip of the regulation shaft 27.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the drive belt is used to move the disc in the apparatus for loading / ejecting or storing in the stocker, rotation of the disc in the reproducing position, and laser emitted from the optical pickup. In order to move the light relatively over the recording area of the disc, the optical pickup and the disc are moved relative to each other. Therefore, three operations of movement within the rotation plane of the disc being reproduced are performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is also applicable to a device including a well-known turntable and a clamper driven by a motor for moving an optical pickup with respect to a chassis and rotating a disc during reproduction. It is applicable as long as it is applicable and the drive belt carries out the operation of transferring the disk among the eject position, the reproducing position and the storage position.

In this case, the drive belt is configured to be separated from the peripheral edge of the disc so as not to hinder the rotation of the disc by the turntable when the disc is reproduced.

[0057]

According to the present invention, the drive belt for transferring the disk moves in a direction substantially perpendicular to the disk transfer direction in a plane parallel to the disk. Therefore, since the occupied space for moving the drive belt is small, the device can be downsized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a disc reproducing device.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a disc reproducing device.

3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

4 is a plan view of the disc reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 with the stocker 10, drive belts 31, 32, etc. removed.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an essential part showing a disc position regulating means.

6 is a sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a disc position restricting means in a state where a gap is opened.

FIG. 8 is a circuit block diagram that controls the drive of a motor that drives a drive belt.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the drive belt wound around the disc.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state where the disc is brought to the reproduction start position.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a state in which the disc is brought to the reproduction end position.

FIG. 12 is a view for explaining the operation of the disc position regulating means in time series.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view of an essential part for explaining the disc position regulating means in a state where the regulating shaft is in contact with the disc.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a state in which a drive belt is wound around an 8 cm disc.

FIG. 15 is a plan view showing a state where an 8 cm disc is brought to a reproduction start position.

FIG. 16 is a plan view showing a state where the disc is brought to the eject position.

FIG. 17 is a plan view in a loading standby state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Disc Playback Device 2 Chassis 3 8cm Disc 4 12cm Disc 5 12cm Disc 6 Optical Pickup 8 Stocker Moving Mechanism 10 Stocker 20 Disc Position Limiting Means 21 Upper Shaft 22 Drive Shaft 23 Lower Shaft 25 Shaft Moving Mechanism 27 Control Shaft 31 Drive Belt 32 Drive belt 60 Drive belt moving mechanism 61 Motor 62 Motor 70 Microcomputer

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A disc reproducing means, and at least one member which is stretched in a conveying direction to convey the disc between a reproducing position and an eject position by the disc reproducing means and which engages with a peripheral edge of the disc. An endless drive belt, drive means for driving the drive belt, and the drive belt separated from the peripheral edge of the disc,
A disk transfer device comprising: a moving unit that moves the drive belt in a direction substantially perpendicular to a transfer direction of the disk in a plane parallel to the disk. 2. A stocker for accommodating a plurality of disks, a disk reproducing means, and a disk extending between the reproduction position of the disk reproducing means and the stocker so as to transfer the disks, and the disk is stretched. At least one endless drive belt engaged with the peripheral edge of the drive belt, drive means for driving the drive belt, and the drive belt separated from the peripheral edge of the disc.
A disk transfer device comprising: a moving unit that moves the drive belt in a direction substantially perpendicular to a transfer direction of the disk in a plane parallel to the disk. 3. The disk transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the drive belt is stretched between a pair of pulleys, and the moving means rotatably supports the pair of pulleys.