JPH0945030A - Recording medium player - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve using efficiency for a recording medium player and make the player compact. SOLUTION: A magazine 10 storing a plurality of recording media 11 in multi stages in an up/down direction is accommodated in a magazine storage part 4 of a recording medium player 1 in a manner to be freely loaded/unloaded. An insertion opening 18 is formed at a side wall 10a facing the outside of the magazine 10, so that recording media 11, 11A can be loaded/unloaded from outside to a position of an optional storing stage of the magazine 10. When the information recorded on the recording medium 11A different from the recording medium 11 stored in the magazine 10 is to be reproduced, the recording media 11, 11A can be loaded/unloaded through this insertion opening 18 while the magazine 10 is still kept in the magazine storage part 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium player for reproducing recorded information on a recording medium such as a compact disc, a laser disc or a cassette tape, and more particularly to a magazine for accommodating a plurality of recording mediums which can be freely taken out and put in. Recording medium player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, although a disk player provided with a magazine for storing a plurality of discs such as compact discs and laser discs is widely used, another disc not stored in the magazine is reconstructed. In such a case, it is necessary to take out the magazine from the disc player once, exchange the disc, or store another disc in the vacant space of the magazine, which causes inconvenience that the magazine is taken in and out each time.

Therefore, in order to eliminate such inconvenience, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-6480, a 1 is provided directly above the magazine insertion opening for inserting and removing the magazine in and from the disc player. It is known that a dedicated disc insertion opening for inserting and removing a single disc is provided so that a disc different from the disc accommodated in the magazine can be inserted through the disc insertion opening to be reconstructed.

[0004]

The disc player is provided with a disc insertion port directly above the magazine insertion port, and a dedicated transport mechanism for transferring the disc inserted into the disc insertion port to the re-forming unit. Therefore, the height of the disc player becomes large and the size becomes large, and particularly when the disc player is used as a vehicle-mounted disc player, the occupied area becomes large and the layout is hindered.

Further, as described above, since a dedicated disc transfer mechanism is provided in addition to the one for transferring the discs stored in the magazine, not only the structure becomes complicated, but also the number of parts and the number of assembling steps increase and the cost is reduced. It cannot be denied that it will be a disadvantage.

Therefore, the present invention is to provide a recording medium player which can be loaded and unloaded independently so as to improve the usability, have a simple structure and can be constructed compactly.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a magazine accommodating portion in which a magazine for accommodating a plurality of recording media in a vertical direction in a multi-stage manner can be freely inserted and removed, and a recording medium accommodated in the magazine is reproduced. In a recording medium player provided with a component section, a recording medium can be taken in and out from a side of the magazine accommodated in the magazine accommodation section facing the outside at a position corresponding to an arbitrary recording medium accommodation stage of the magazine. The feature is that an insertion port is formed.

According to the structure of the first aspect, when the recording medium other than the plurality of recording media stored in the magazine is reconstructed independently, the magazine is stored in the magazine storage section. If the recording medium storage stage corresponding to the insertion port of the magazine is empty, insert another recording medium from the insertion port,
If a recording medium is stored in this recording medium storage stage, take it out from the insertion slot and replace it with another recording medium.
It can be re-formed by the re-formation department.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a lid for concealing the insertion opening is attached to the side wall of the magazine according to the first aspect so as to be openable and closable.

According to the structure of the second aspect, the insertion opening provided on the side wall facing the outside of the magazine is hidden by the lid that can be opened and closed, so that the appearance is not spoiled.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the magazine according to the first or second aspect is provided with an eject mechanism for taking out the recording medium stored in any of the recording medium storage stages from the insertion port, and at the outside of the magazine. It is characterized in that an eject knob of an eject mechanism is arranged on the side wall facing the.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, if the eject knob provided on the side wall of the magazine is operated while the magazine is accommodated in the magazine accommodating portion, the recording corresponding to the insertion opening is performed by the operation of the eject mechanism. The recording medium stored in the medium storage stage can be taken out from the insertion slot.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings by taking a disc player as an example.

In FIG. 1, the disc player 1 has a magazine accommodating portion 4 in which a magazine insertion opening 3 is formed on a front side wall 2a of a case body 2, and a disc which is adjacent to the magazine accommodating portion 4 and is accommodated in a magazine 10 described later. And a reconstructing unit 5 for reconstructing the recorded information 11 in FIG.

A front side wall 2a of the case body 2 is provided with a slide door 6 which is slidable in the lateral direction, and the magazine door 3 is concealed by the slide door 6.

Further, an eject knob 7 is disposed near the magazine insertion opening 3 on the front side wall 2a, and a magazine accommodated in the magazine accommodating portion 4 via an eject mechanism (not shown) by pressing the eject knob 7 10 can be taken out from the magazine insertion slot 3.

The magazine 10 is, as shown in FIGS.
In order to store a plurality of disks 11 in a multi-tiered manner in the vertical direction, disc holding shelves 12 are arranged in a multi-tiered manner in the vertical direction on the inner peripheral portion thereof.

The magazine 10 is inserted and accommodated in the magazine accommodating portion 4 of the disc player 1 through the magazine insertion port 3, and the disc 11 is selectively regenerated through the opening 13 provided in the side wall 10b facing the reconstruction unit 5. It can be sent to Narubu 5.

On the front and rear sides of the magazine 10, a plurality of leaf springs 14 are arranged in the vertical direction in the vicinity of the opening 13 in a multi-tiered manner.
4 holds the peripheral edge of the disk 11 accommodated on each disk holding shelf 12 near the opening 13 to prevent the disk 11 from jumping out from the opening 13 due to the floating motion.

On the side of the magazine 10 at the rear side opposite to the opening 13, a plurality of disc feeding claws 16 are arranged via pins 15 so as to be vertically rotatable in multiple stages. .

The rear end portion 16a of the disc feeding claw 16
Is projected outward from a notch 17 provided in the magazine 10 and selectively pushes the rear end portion 16a of the disc feeding pawl 16 against the spring force of the leaf spring 14 by a disc loading mechanism (not shown). As a result, the disc delivery claw 16 rotates in the delivery direction of the disc 11,
The disk 11 is selectively sent to the reconstruction unit 5.

The disk feeding claw 16 is also used for taking out the disk 11 from the magazine 10.

That is, the disc 11 is taken out of the disc player 1 from the magazine 10 and inserted into and held on each disc holding shelf 12 through the opening portion 13.
The disk 1 is taken out from the opening 13 by pushing the rear end 16a of the disk feeding claw 16 with a fingertip.

The magazine 10 is accommodated in the magazine accommodating portion 4 on the front side wall 10a facing the outside.
At an arbitrary recording medium storage stage, for example, a position corresponding to the uppermost recording medium storage portion, an insertion port 18 through which the disc 11 can be taken in and out from the outside while the magazine 10 is stored in the magazine storage section 4 is formed. is there.

The disc 11 housed in the uppermost recording medium housing portion is inserted by the eject mechanism 19 into the insertion opening 18
It can be taken out from.

The eject plate 20 of the eject mechanism 19 is attached to a pair of pins 21 projecting from the back surface of the upper wall 10c of the magazine 10 through a guide slit 22,
It is slidable in the front-back direction within the length range of the guide slit 22.

An arcuate flange 23 that engages with the rear portion of the peripheral edge of the disk 11 is bent downward at the rear edge of the eject plate 20.

This eject plate 20 is a magazine 1
Spring 2 mounted over the back of the upper wall 10c of 0
4 always urges in the backward direction.

A lever 25 is rotatably supported by a pin 26 on the front rear surface of the side wall 10d of the magazine 10,
A wire 26 is connected between the upper end of the lever 25 and the one front edge of the eject plate 20.

An eject knob 27 is provided at a portion of the front side wall 10a of the magazine 10 corresponding to the lever 25. The eject knob 27 is pushed to move the arm portion 25a at the lower end of the lever 25 forward. By rotating, the wire 26 is pulled to slide the eject plate 20 forward, and the disk 11 is taken out from the insertion opening 18.

A lid 29 is openably and closably attached to the front side wall 10a of the magazine 10 via a bracket 28, and the insertion opening 18 is concealed by the lid 29.

The lid 29 is provided on the rear surface of the upper side of the lid 29.
Is closed, a leaf spring 30 that elastically contacts the upper side of the front side wall 10a of the magazine 10 and stores a biasing force in the opening direction in the lid 29 is provided.

A striker 31 is provided on the side of the leaf spring 30. When the lid 29 is closed, the striker 31 enters the striker entry hole 32 provided in the front side wall 10a of the magazine 10 and is not shown. It is adapted to be engaged and locked with a latch having a heart cam mechanism.

That is, the lid 29 is locked by the heart cam mechanism when the lid 29 is closed, and the lid 29 is locked.
When the lid 29 is pushed in the closed state, the heart cam mechanism locks off and opens.

According to the structure of the above embodiment, the magazine 10 is inserted into the magazine accommodating portion 4 of the disk player 1,
When it is desired to reconstruct a disc 11A different from the disc 11 accommodated in the magazine 10 in the accommodated state, the lid 29 is opened while the magazine 10 is accommodated in the magazine accommodating portion 4, and the uppermost disc is accommodated. If the portion is empty, the disc 11A is inserted through the insertion opening 18.

If the disk 11 is stored in the uppermost disk storage portion, pressing the eject knob 27 as shown in FIG. 3 causes the eject plate 20 to slide forward through the lever 25 and the wire 26. Then, since the disc 11 is pushed out to the insertion opening 18 by the flange 23,
Instead of this disk 11, another disk 11A may be inserted from the insertion port 18 into the uppermost disk housing portion.

Therefore, when the disc 11A different from the disc 11 housed in the magazine 10 is reconstructed, it is not necessary to take out the magazine 10 from the disc player 1, so that usability can be remarkably improved.

Further, since the uppermost disc storage portion of the magazine 10 is used so that another disc 11A can be inserted and stored therein from the outside, the disc player has conventionally been provided separately from the magazine insertion port. The structure of the disc player can be simplified because the height of the disc player is increased as in the case where the disc insertion port is formed above it, and a loading mechanism dedicated to the disc inserted through the disc insertion port is not required.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the lid 29A is vertically slidable.

Guide grooves 33 are formed on both sides of the front side wall 10a of the magazine 10, and the side portions of the lid 29A are fitted into the guide grooves 33 so that they can be slid vertically.

On the back surface of the lid 29A, there is provided a slider 34 composed of, for example, a cross-shaped leaf spring to prevent rattling of the lid 29A, and the lid 2
It is possible to hold the stationary position of 9A.

Further, the front side wall 10a is formed with a recess 35 for holding the closed position of the lid 29A when the top of the cross of the slider 29A is engaged by dropping at the closed position of the lid 29A.

Although a disk is illustrated as a recording medium in the above embodiment, the present invention can be applied to a cassette tape and its player in addition to this.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the first aspect, when it is desired to reconstruct a recording medium different from the recording medium accommodated in the magazine in the state where the magazine is accommodated in the magazine accommodation section of the recording medium player, It is not necessary to take it out, and the recording medium can be freely taken in and out from the insertion opening of the side wall facing the outside of the magazine, and the usability can be remarkably improved.

Further, as described above, the side wall of the magazine is provided so that the recording medium can be taken in and out of the magazine, and the recording medium player has a single recording medium insertion port and its dedicated loading. Since it is not necessary to provide a mechanism or the like, the recording medium player can be made compact, and the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced to reduce the cost.

According to the second aspect, since the insertion opening provided on the side wall facing the outside of the magazine is hidden by the lid that can be opened and closed, the appearance is not spoiled, and dusts and the like enter the magazine from the insertion opening. Invasion can be avoided and the quality can be improved.

According to the third aspect, if the eject knob provided on the side wall of the magazine is operated while the magazine is accommodated in the magazine accommodating portion, the recording medium accommodating stage corresponding to the insertion port is operated by the operation of the eject mechanism. It is possible to take out the recording medium housed in the recording medium from the insertion opening, and to further improve the usability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the magazine of the same embodiment.

3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a lid of the magazine shown in FIG. 2 is opened.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an arrangement state of leaf springs for holding a disk of the magazine shown in FIG. 2 and a disc sending pawl.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 recording medium player 4 magazine accommodating section 5 reconstruction section 10 magazine 10a side wall 11 disk 18 insertion slot 19 eject mechanism 27 eject knob 29, 29A lid

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A magazine accommodating portion in which a magazine for accommodating a plurality of recording media in a vertical direction in a multi-stage manner can be freely taken in and out,
In a recording medium player provided with a reconstructing unit for a recording medium housed in a magazine, a position corresponding to an arbitrary recording medium storage stage of the magazine is provided on a side wall of the magazine housed in the magazine which faces the outside. A recording medium player characterized in that an insertion opening is formed so that the recording medium can be taken in and out from the outside. 2. The recording medium player according to claim 1, wherein a lid for concealing the insertion opening is attached to the side wall of the magazine facing the outside so as to be openable and closable. 3. A magazine is provided with an eject mechanism for taking out a recording medium stored in an arbitrary recording medium storage stage from an insertion opening, and an eject knob of the eject mechanism is provided on a side wall facing the outside of the magazine. The recording medium player according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: