JPH10222974A - Recording/reproducing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To insert a storage medium only with a single hand, and automatally close a door when the storage medium is inserted by always urging in the closing direction, the door through which the storage medium is loaded/unloaded, locking the movement of door in the closing direction when it is opened for the predetermined angle or more and releasing the lock with engagement with the storage medium when it is inserted. SOLUTION: A door 6 is supported to be opened or closed through engagement between a bearing hole 8 and the shaft 9 of bezel 3 and is energized in the direction to close the entance 5 of the magazine 4 with an urging member. When the door 6 is opened up to the lock position, the lock pawl 13 of door 6 engages with a lock piece 12 of the door lock member 10. Thereby the door 6 is locked in the opening condition. When the magazine 4 is inserted from the entrance 5, a playing end 11a of the door lock member 10 is pushed by the magazine 4 to reset the lock. Thereby, the magazine 4 can be inserted with a single hand and the door 6 can be closed automatically when the magazine 4 is inserted to improve manipulation flexibility.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium which is inserted and ejected from an entrance, and a door is provided at the entrance.
The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus for performing recording and reproduction, or recording or reproducing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Such a recording / reproducing apparatus, for example, V
TR, CD player, CD-ROM changer,
The case containing the tape or disk can be inserted and ejected from the entrance. Generally, doors are provided at entrances for dust prevention and the like. This door is pushed open inward with the insertion of the case, while the door is closed by the spring force of the return spring by the ejection of the case. Further, in addition to the one that opens the door inward, the one that opens the door outward has been provided. This type is particularly applied when the inserted case is loaded without moving downward.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, since the door is opened outward, in the case of such a type, when trying to insert the case, the door is first tilted forward with one hand and opened while the other is opened. Insert the case into the doorway with your hands. Therefore, when inserting the case, both hands are used, and the operability is poor.

A first object of the present invention is to enable a recording medium to be inserted with one hand and to automatically close a door when a recording medium is inserted, thereby improving operability.
It is to provide a playback device. A second object of the present invention is to provide a recording / reproducing apparatus which can confirm that a recording medium is inserted from outside without opening a door. A third problem of the present invention is that the scratches on the side surfaces of the magazine due to the inclined ribs do not concentrate as a single line parallel to the magazine insertion direction, so that the scratches on the side surfaces of the magazine are not conspicuous, and the guide accuracy for the side surfaces of the magazine is easily improved. The present invention is to provide a recording / reproducing device which can be used for recording.

[0005]

The first object of the present invention is to provide a door which is provided on the front surface of the apparatus main body and serves as an entrance for a recording medium to be inserted and discharged, and which is capable of being opened and closed. When the door is opened by a predetermined angle or more,
A first means for locking the door in the closing direction and comprising a lock member for unlocking the door by engagement with the recording medium when the recording medium is inserted. Is done. The second object is achieved by the first means, wherein the door is configured to be transparent or translucent. The third problem is that in the first and second means, the recording medium is constituted by being housed in a magazine capable of accommodating a plurality of recording media, and the side surface of the apparatus main body is in contact with the side surface of the magazine. This is achieved by a third means in which the contacting inclined rib is formed to be inclined with respect to the magazine insertion direction.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a door of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is closed, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where the door is opened, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part when the door is opened in FIG. 2, viewed from the inside of the door, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view viewed from the insertion direction, and FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part showing a door open state as viewed from the inside of the door, and FIG. 8 is a door lock by inserting a magazine. 9 is a perspective view of a main part showing a state in which the door is released as viewed from the inside of the door, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a main part showing a closed state of the door as viewed from the inside of the door, and FIG. It is.

[0007] In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a CD-ROM changer which is an example of a recording / reproducing apparatus.
The M changer 1 has a bezel 3 mounted on a front surface of a housing 2 in which a drive device (not shown) is incorporated. An entrance 5 for inserting and discharging a magazine 4 is formed in the bezel 3, and a door 6 that can be opened and closed is attached to the entrance 5. Reference numeral 18 denotes a guide piece formed on the lower edge of the entrance 5 of the bezel 3, and reference numeral 19 denotes a locking claw that is formed integrally with the bezel 3 and locked in a locking recess of the housing 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the door 6 has a rectangular flat plate shape. As shown in FIG. 3, projections 7, 7 are formed on the rear surface of the lower end on both ends, and bearing holes 8, 8 are formed. Shafts 9, 9 integrally formed from the bezel 3 are fitted into these bearing holes 8, 8, whereby the door 6 is supported to be openable and closable about the lower end side. Although not shown, the door 6 is urged in a closing direction by an urging member such as a coil spring or a torsion coil spring. A lock claw 13 for locking a lock piece 12 of a door lock member 10 described below is formed below one protrusion 7 of the door 6.

When the door 6 is opened to the open position in FIG. 2, when the user releases his / her hand, the door 6 is turned in the closing direction by the spring force of the urging member to be in the closed state in FIG. When the door 6 is further opened to the lock position in FIG. 2, the door 6 is locked by the door lock member 10 in an open state. When the door 6 is opened as shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 7, the lower edge of the door 6 moves below the guide piece 18 of the entrance 5 of the bezel 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the door lock member 10 includes a long operating piece 11 having a free end 11a,
A pair of shafts 1 protruding from the upper and lower surfaces of one end of the operating piece 11
5, 15 and protrudingly provided near the shaft 15 of the operating piece 11,
A lock piece 12 is provided for locking the lock claw 13 of the door 6. Reference numeral 14 denotes a torsion coil spring that urges the door lock member 10 in a locking direction (arrow C in FIG. 5).

In the locked state shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the door lock member 10 is locked in a state where the lock claw 13 and the lock piece 12 of the door 6 are locked and the door 6 is opened. In the state shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the free end 11 a of the operating piece 11 of the door lock member 10 is
The projecting end portion 11a of the operating piece portion 11 is projected into the storage range of the magazine 4 so that the free end portion 11a of the operating piece portion 11 is rotated in the direction of arrow D in FIG. .

The upper surface of the projection 7 of the door 6 is formed as an inclined surface or an arc surface so that the lock piece 12 of the door lock member 10 can slide smoothly. Further, the projection 7 of the door 6 and the lock piece 12 of the door lock member 10 are set at positions that do not hinder the insertion and ejection of the magazine 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the door 6 is made of a transparent or translucent material, and the label 4a of the magazine 4 is located at the door 6. Thereby, even if the door 6 is not opened, since the door 6 is transparent or translucent, it can be confirmed that the magazine 4 (recording medium) is inserted from the outside, and the magazine 4 (recording Medium) can also be recognized.

As shown in FIG. 10, a recording medium is accommodated in a magazine 4 capable of accommodating a plurality of recording media, and the inner side of the magazine of the apparatus main body is in contact with the side of the magazine 4. The inclined rib 20 is formed to be inclined with respect to the magazine 4 insertion direction. This allows
Since the contact portion between the magazine side surface and the inclined rib 20 is scattered over the entire side surface, the damage to the side surface of the magazine 4 due to the inclined rib 20 does not concentrate as a single line parallel to the magazine 4 insertion direction. Inconspicuous. Further, since the inclined ribs 20 are used instead of the surfaces, the guide accuracy for the side surface of the magazine 4 can be easily obtained. In the CD-ROM changer 1, the magazine 4 is set in the magazine storage portion having the inclined rib 20 shown in FIG. 10, and a drive (not shown) at the back selects the magazine 4 from a plurality of recording media in the magazine 4. Pull out, read / write.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
In a state where the door 6 is closed when the magazine 4 is not loaded (the state where the magazine 4 is not present in FIG. 9), the door 6 is held in a closed state by a spring force of an unillustrated urging member.
Further, the lock piece portion 12 of the door lock member 10 is pressed against the projection 7 of the door 6 by the spring force of the torsion coil spring 14 (note that the door lock member is attached to the side surface of the magazine 4 in FIG. (The locking piece 12 and the projection 7 of the door 6 are shown separated from each other when the operating piece 11 of FIG. 10 abuts). From the closed state of the door 6, the door 6 is opened around the shafts 8, 8 against the spring force of a biasing member (not shown).
During this rotation operation, the lock piece 12 of the door lock member 10
Slides on the projection 7 of the door 6. Then, when the door 6 is further opened from the open position of FIG. 2 to the lock position, as shown in FIG. 7 (and the door 6 indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 6),
Of the lock piece 12 of the door lock member 10
It gets on and is locked. As a result, the door 6 is locked in the open state. In this state, the door lock member 10
The free end portion 11a of the operating piece portion 11 abuts against the back side of the magazine 4 inserted from the entrance 5 so that the free end portion 11a of the operating piece portion 11 projects into the storage area of the magazine 4. .

When the magazine 4 is inserted from the entrance 5 as shown in FIG. 7 in the state where the door 6 is opened in this way, the rear end of the magazine 4 is free of the operating piece 11 of the door lock member 10. The free end 11a of the operating piece 11 is pushed outward by contacting the end 11a. Thereby, the operating piece 11 of the door lock member 10 is turned in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 8 against the spring force of the torsion coil spring 14, and the lock piece 12 of the door lock member 10 The door 6 is released from the lock claw 13 and the lock in the open state of the door 6 is released, and the door 6 rotates in the closing direction (the direction of the arrow shown in the figure) by the spring force of the urging member (not shown). At this time, while the magazine 4 is being inserted, the guide rib 6a of the door 6 is attached to the lower surface of the magazine 4.
(Or the free end of the door 6) is in contact and sliding.

When the insertion of the magazine 4 is completed,
As shown in FIG. 9, the door 6 is completely closed, and the free end 11 a of the operating piece 11 of the door lock member 10 is pressed against the side surface of the magazine 4 by the spring force of the torsion coil spring 14. . In this state, the lock piece 12 of the door lock member 10 is separated from the upper surface of the projection 7 of the door 6. Therefore, when the magazine 4 is ejected, the door 6
In the turning operation of the door in the opening direction, the lock piece 12 of the door lock member 10 and the projection 7 of the door 6 until just before the ejection operation is completed.
No friction occurs with the upper surface of the.

In the above-described embodiment, the door 6 is provided on the front of the apparatus main body, and can be opened and closed as an entrance 5 for inserting or discharging a magazine 4 or a recording medium. An urging member for urging the door, when the door is opened by a predetermined angle or more, locks the movement of the door in the closing direction, and when the magazine or the recording medium is inserted; And the door lock member 10 which unlocks the door 6 by the engagement of the door 4, the magazine 4 or the recording medium can be inserted with one hand, and the door 6 is automatically closed when the magazine 4 or the recording medium is inserted. Operability can be improved.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the recording medium can be inserted with one hand, and when the recording medium is inserted, the door can be automatically closed and the operability can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the door is transparent or translucent without opening the door, it can be confirmed that the recording medium is inserted from the outside.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the contact portions between the magazine side surfaces and the inclined ribs are scattered over the entire side surfaces.
Scratches on the side surfaces of the magazine due to the inclined ribs are not concentrated as a single line parallel to the magazine insertion direction, and scratches on the side surfaces of the magazine are inconspicuous. In addition, since it is not a surface but an inclined rib, guide accuracy for the magazine side surface can be easily achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a door of an embodiment of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is closed.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a door of FIG. 1 is opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of the door shown in FIG. 2 when the door is open, as viewed from the inside of the door.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram viewed from an insertion direction.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part showing a door open state as viewed from the inside of the door.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main part showing a state in which the door is unlocked by inserting a magazine, as viewed from the inside of the door.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a main part showing a door closed state as viewed from the inside of the door.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of an inclined rib.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CD-ROM changer 4 Magazine 4a Label 5 Doorway 6 Door 10 Door lock member 20 Inclined rib

Claims (3)

[Claims] An opening / closing door provided on a front surface of the apparatus main body and serving as an entrance for insertion and ejection of a recording medium; an urging member for urging the door in a normally closing direction; and opening the door by a predetermined angle or more. A lock member that locks movement of the door in the closing direction when the recording medium is inserted, and unlocks the door by engagement with the recording medium when the recording medium is inserted. Characteristic recording / reproducing device. 2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the door is configured to be transparent or translucent. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is configured by being stored in a magazine capable of storing a plurality of recording media, and a side surface of the apparatus main body is inclined to contact the side surface of the magazine. A recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein a rib is formed to be inclined with respect to the magazine insertion direction.