JPH11339351A - Disk reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disk reproducing device capable of very easily loading/ unloading the disk at the time when a cover of the disk is arranged on the upper surface of equipment for performing the loading/unloading operation of the disk. SOLUTION: The device is provided with the disk cover 10 arranged on an upper surface cabinet 5 of the equipment, a motor 24 which is a disk cover driving means making the disk cover 10 turn to the closing (opening) state from the opening (closing) state, a relaying lever A13 linked with the rotation of the disk cover 10, a disk tray 7 vertically moving linked with the operation of the relaying lever A13, and a disk housing part 6 formed for housing the disk in the upper surface cabinet 5. Then, the arrangement is made so that the disk tray 7 is ascended keeping the almost horizontal state simultaneously with the turning of the disk cover 10 to the opening state from the closed state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk reproducing apparatus for an electronic device in which a disk cover is disposed on an upper surface of the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a disk reproducing apparatus, a general radio cassette with a CD has been known.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a conventional disk reproducing apparatus. In FIG. 6, a disk storage unit 2 for storing a disk is formed on an upper surface of a cabinet 1 of a radio cassette with a CD, and a disk cover 3 is configured to cover the disk storage unit 2.

[0004]

In such a disk reproducing apparatus, when the disk cover 3 is open and the disk 4
When loading and unloading the disk, it is required that the size of the disk storage section 2 is large enough to allow a finger holding the disk 4 to enter and exit, so that the area of the disk storage section 2 becomes large. Further, the shape of the disk storage section 2 is complicated. At the same time, the shape of the disk cover 3 that covers the disk storage section 2 is also large.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems. In a disk reproducing apparatus of an electronic device in which a disk cover is disposed on an upper surface of the device, a finger holding the disk does not enter when inserting or removing the disk. Despite having a small area, simple and luxurious disk storage section and a small area disk cover just to cover this disk storage section,
The object of the present invention is to provide a disk reproducing apparatus in which a disk can be easily inserted and removed.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a disc reproducing apparatus comprising: a disc cover disposed on an upper surface of a device; a disc cover driving means for opening and closing the disc cover; A relay lever interlocked with the rotation of the relay lever, a disk tray that moves up and down in synchronization with the operation of the relay lever, and a disk storage portion formed to store a disk on the upper surface of the device. When the disk cover is rotated from the closed state to the open state by driving the means, the disk tray is simultaneously raised while maintaining a substantially horizontal state.

Thus, in a disk reproducing apparatus of an electronic apparatus in which a disk cover is arranged on the upper surface of the apparatus, a simple and luxurious disk storage section having a small area where a finger holding the disk does not enter when inserting or removing the disk. In spite of the fact that the disk cover has a small area enough to cover and hide the disk storage portion, a disk reproducing apparatus in which it is very easy to take in and out the disk can be obtained.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to a first aspect of the present invention is directed to a disk cover disposed on an upper surface of a device, disk cover driving means for opening and closing the disk cover, and interlocking with the rotation of the disk cover. A relay tray, a disk tray that moves up and down in conjunction with the operation of the relay lever, and a disk storage portion formed to store a disk on the upper surface of the device. When the lid is rotated from the closed state to the open state, the disc tray rises while keeping the horizontal level at the same time. Despite having a high-quality disc storage section and a small-area disc cover just enough to cover this disc storage section, it is very easy to insert and remove the disc. Easily it has an effect of the disk reproducing device can be obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the above structure, the disk storage portion is formed with a recess from the upper cabinet surface of the device, and can store the disk when the disk tray is lowered. The disk placed on the disk tray is lifted up on the upper cabinet by the rise of the disk tray. When the stored disk is lifted up on the upper cabinet, the disk can be more easily taken in and out.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sound apparatus equipped with a disk reproducing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a disk cover is closed, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the configuration of the relay lever, FIG. 4 is a perspective view from the side with the disk lid closed, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view from the side with the disk lid open.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a disk storage section 6 for storing a disk is formed in an upper cabinet 5 of the audio equipment, and a disk tray 7 is arranged at the center of the disk storage section 6. A clamper holder 9 in which a clamper 8 is formed at a position corresponding to the disk tray 7 is configured to be integrated with a disk cover 10.
When the disk cover 10 is in the closed state, the disk cover 10 is covered. In the vicinity of the disk cover 10 of the upper cabinet 5, a disk cover opening / closing button 11 is formed. The disc tray 7 is configured to be able to move up and down as described later, and includes a reproducing means such as a turntable 7a on which the disc 4 is mounted, an optical pickup 7b for reading a signal recorded on the disc 4, and the like. The center of the clamper 8 corresponds to the center of the turntable 7a. Here, a detailed description of the reproducing means is omitted.

In FIG. 3, an engaging pin 12 formed on a clamper holder 9 is provided with a groove 14 of a first relay lever 13.
And the conversion lever 1 that rotates about the rotation shaft 20
9 is engaged with the engagement hole 15 of the first relay lever 13.
In addition, one of the engagement pins 22 is configured to be engaged with the engagement hole 18 of the second relay lever 17. Disc tray 7
Is restricted so that it can move only up and down, and a support shaft 23 formed on the disc tray 7 is connected to a cam groove 16 formed on the first relay lever 13 and the second relay lever 17.
Is engaged.

4 and 5, the rotation of the motor 24 is transmitted from a motor 24 disposed and fixed inside the device to a pulley gear 26 via a belt 25, and further a drive gear 27,
The driving unit is configured to rotate a gear 29 formed on the clamper holder 9 via the transmission gear 28.

As described above, the disk storage section 6 is formed with a recess from the upper surface of the upper cabinet 5 of the device. The disk 4 can be stored when the disk tray 7 is in a lowered state. The disk 4 placed on the disk tray 7 is configured to be lifted on the upper cabinet 5, and the stored disk is lifted on the upper cabinet, so that the disk can be more easily taken in and out.
The operation of the disk reproducing apparatus thus configured will be described below.

When the disc cover opening / closing button 11 is operated while the disc cover 10 is closed, the motor 24 rotates and the driving force is sequentially transmitted to the belt 25, the pulley gear 26, the driving gear 27, and the transmission gear 28, and the clamper holder By rotating the gear 29 of FIG. 9, the disk cover 10 formed in the clamper holder 9 is rotated in the direction of the open state. At the same time, the engagement pin 12 of the clamper holder 9 slides the first relay lever 13 forward, and the first relay lever 13 slides the second relay lever 17 backward via the conversion lever 19. At this time, the support shaft 23 of the disk tray 7 is pushed upward along the slope of the cam groove 16 formed in the first relay lever 13 and the second relay lever 17, and the disk tray 7 is moved up in conjunction therewith. .

When the disk cover opening / closing button 11 is operated while the disk cover 10 is open, the motor 24 reverses, and a driving force in a direction opposite to the direction in which the disk cover 10 rotates from the closed state to the open state is transmitted. In addition, the disc lid 10 rotates in the direction of the closed state, and the disc tray 7 descends in conjunction with the first relay lever 13 and the second relay lever 17.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by operating the disk cover opening / closing button 11, the disk cover 10 is opened.
The disc tray 7 is linked with the
Is moved up and down, and the position of the disk tray 7 can be projected above the upper cabinet 5 when the disk cover 10 is in the open state.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a disk cover disposed on the upper surface of the device, disk cover driving means for opening and closing the disk cover, and a relay lever interlocked with the rotation of the disk cover are provided. A disk tray that moves up and down in conjunction with the operation of the relay lever, and a disk storage portion formed to store a disk on the upper surface of the device, wherein the disk cover is closed by driving the disk drive means. When the disk tray is rotated from the open state to the open state, the disk tray is simultaneously raised while maintaining a substantially horizontal state. Simple and high-quality disc storage section with a small area that does not allow a finger holding the disc to enter, and a small area that only covers and covers this disc storage section Despite the disk lid,
An advantageous effect is obtained that a disk reproducing apparatus in which a disk can be very easily taken in and out can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an audio apparatus equipped with a disk reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, with a disk cover closed.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the disc cover in an open state.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a configuration of a relay lever.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view from the side with the disk lid closed.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view from the side of the disk cover in an open state.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a conventional disk reproducing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Top Cabinet 6 Disk Storage Unit 7 Disk Tray 10 Disk Cover 11 Disk Open / Close Button 13 First Relay Lever 17 Second Relay Lever 24 Motor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A disk lid disposed on an upper surface of a device,
Disk cover driving means for opening and closing the disk cover, a relay lever interlocked with the rotation of the disk cover, a disk tray which moves up and down in conjunction with the operation of the relay lever, and stores a disk on the upper surface of the device And a disk storage portion formed for driving the disk drive means to rotate the disk cover from a closed state to an open state and simultaneously raise the disk tray while maintaining a substantially horizontal state. A disk reproducing device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The disk storage section is formed with a recess from the upper cabinet surface of the device, and can store a disk when the disk tray is lowered, and the disk placed on the disk tray by raising the disk tray. 2. The disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the disc reproducing apparatus is configured to be lifted on a top cabinet.