JPH1153803A - Information apparatus for recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an information apparatus from being malfunctioned when a recording medium is loaded. SOLUTION: A holder 42 which can house a cartridge 40 is arranged on the lower side of a main frame 24. A latch 52 is arranged on the lower side of the holder 42. A coupling lever 62 in which a coupling part 62A is formed on one end side and in which a protrusion part 62B is formed on the other end side is situated between the holder 42 and the latch 52. A guide pin 58 is passed through the central part of the coupling lever 62. The coupling lever 62 can be turned around the guide pin 58. The coupling part 62A at the coupling lever 62 is arranged so as to face a recessed part which is formed in the side part of the cartridge 40. The protrusion part 62B is coupled to a truning groove 48 which is formed on the holder 42. The guide pin 58 which is passed through the coupling lever 62 is coupled to a guide groove 44. The latch 52 can be moved relatively with reference to the holder 42.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium information apparatus which does not malfunction when loading the recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an information device for inputting / outputting information to / from a cartridge containing, for example, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a magnetic disk or a magnetic tape as a recording medium, the cartridge is loaded by a loading mechanism operated by a motor. Recording or reproduction processing is performed by loading the information into an information device, and after these processing, the cartridge is unloaded and the cartridge is ejected (ejected).

When a cartridge is loaded into this information device by loading, for example, a cam or the like is pushed by the cartridge to turn on a detection switch (for example, a contact type mechanical switch such as a limit switch) to start driving a motor. Thus, the loading mechanism is operated to load a cartridge.

[0004]

However, in the case of an information device having such a loading mechanism, if the cartridge is inadvertently removed while the detection switch is turned on, the loading mechanism is notwithstanding the absence of the cartridge. There is a possibility that the information device may malfunction while remaining in operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and has as its object to provide an information device of a recording medium which does not malfunction when loading the recording medium.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information apparatus for recording media, wherein the holder is capable of receiving and moving the recording medium to guide the recording medium to a loading position, and is relatively movable with respect to the holder. An operating member that can be moved by contacting the recording medium, an engaging member that engages with the recording medium with the movement of the operating member, and a holder that moves with the engaging member engaged with the recording medium. And a driving source for loading the recording medium at the loading position.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information apparatus for a recording medium in which a groove is formed and a holder capable of accommodating and moving the recording medium to guide the recording medium to a loading position, and being relatively movable with respect to the holder. An operating member that can be moved by contacting the recording medium, and an engaging member that is rotatably supported by the operating member and is guided by a groove formed in the holder to rotate and engage with the recording medium. A drive source for moving the holder while the engaging member is still engaged with the recording medium and loading the recording medium at the loading position.

The operation of the recording medium information device according to claim 1 will be described below. When the recording medium comes into contact with the operating member, the operating member moves with respect to the holder that stores the recording medium, and the engaging member engages with the recording medium as the operating member moves. Further, while the engaging member remains engaged with the recording medium, the holder for guiding the recording medium is moved by the driving force of the driving source to load the recording medium at the loading position.

Accordingly, the engaging member engages with the recording medium with the movement of the operating member, and the drive source starts to be driven in the engaged state. In the inserted state, the recording medium is not removed from the information device, and the information device does not malfunction.

The operation of the recording medium information device according to claim 2 will be described below. When the recording medium comes into contact with the operating member, the operating member moves with respect to the holder that stores the recording medium. With the movement of the operating member, the engaging member rotatably supported by the operating member is moved. The engagement member is engaged with the recording medium by rotating by being guided by the groove formed in the holder. Further, while the engaging member remains engaged with the recording medium, the holder for guiding the recording medium is moved by the driving force of the driving source to load the recording medium at the loading position.

Therefore, the engaging member rotates and engages with the recording medium in accordance with the movement of the operating member, and the drive source starts driving in this engaged state. So, with the motor that is the drive source switched on,
Recording media will not be removed from information equipment,
There is no possibility that the information device malfunctions.

[0012]

1 to 23 show a recording medium information apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to these drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a cartridge 40 as a recording medium.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an information device (hereinafter, simply referred to as "player") 10 for inputting / outputting signals to / from (for example, a disk cartridge containing a magneto-optical disk having a diameter of 64 mm).

In the following drawings, the arrow FW indicates the front side, the arrow BK indicates the rear side, the arrow R indicates the right side, the arrow L indicates the left side, and the direction along the arrow FW and the arrow BK is the front-back direction. The direction along the arrow R and the arrow L is the left-right direction.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a slider 12 formed by bending a plate material constitutes the uppermost member of the player 10, and a plate material is similarly provided below the slider 12. A bent main frame 24 is arranged.

On both side surfaces of the slider 12, the front side is raised and the rear side is lowered, and the height of the front side and the rear side are different, and the rotating grooves 14 are connected obliquely therebetween. A pair of guide grooves 1 each extending in the front-rear direction
6 are formed. Side guide pins 26 implanted on both side surfaces of the main frame 24 are engaged with the guide grooves 16, respectively, so that the slider 12 can be relatively moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the main frame 24. Has become.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a head guide groove 18 is formed on one side surface of the slider 12 (the front side surface in FIG. 3). This head guide groove 18
The lower surface portion closer to the front side (arrow FW direction) of the head guide groove 18 is formed as a slope portion 18A extending downward as going forward, and the lower surface portion closer to the rear side (arrow BK direction) of the head guide groove 18 extends horizontally. It has been.

On the other hand, a pair of upper surface guide grooves 20 extending in the front-rear direction is formed on the upper surface of the slider 12, and a pair of support pins 28 implanted in the main frame 24 correspond to the upper surface guide grooves 20. The sliders 12 are engaged with the grooves 20, respectively, and, in combination with the side guide pins 26, can reliably move the slider 12 relative to the main frame 24 in the front-rear direction.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, below the main frame 24, a holder 42 bent to a size capable of accommodating the cartridge 40 is disposed. As shown in FIG. 5, the holder 42 has a pair of guide grooves 44 extending in the front-rear direction, left and right guide grooves 46 extending in the left-right direction, and a rotating groove 48 that is a groove partly formed in an arc shape. Are formed penetrating the holder 42, respectively. A pair of holder pins 5 is provided on the upper surface of the holder 42.
0 is planted.

As shown in FIG. 5, a latch 52, which is a substantially square operating member, is disposed below the holder 42. One end of the latch 52 has a contact wall 5
2A is provided upright, and an L-shaped groove 54 is formed in a portion near the other end. That is, the L-shaped groove 54 includes a base end portion 54A extending in the front-rear direction and a guide portion 54B extending in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 10, a coil spring 56 is disposed between the latch 52 and the holder 42 to constantly bias the latch 52 forward (in the direction of arrow FW). A pair of guide pins 58 are implanted on the upper surface side of the pair 52 so as to correspond to the pair of guide grooves 44.

Between the holder 42 and the latch 52, an engagement lever 62, which is an engagement member having an engagement portion 62A formed at one end thereof and a projection 62B formed at the other end thereof, is positioned. 5, the guide pin 58 on the left side passes through the center of the engagement lever 62, and the engagement lever 62 is rotatable around the guide pin 58.

An engaging portion 62A of the engaging lever 62, the tip of which protrudes in an arc shape, is disposed so as to face a concave portion 40A formed on a side portion of the cartridge 40, and the convex portion 62B is a holder. It is engaged with a rotation groove 48 formed in the groove 42. Further, the guide pin 58 penetrating the engagement lever 62 and the other guide pin 58 are formed with a pair of guide grooves 4.
4, and the latch 52 is guided by the pair of guide grooves 44 with respect to the holder 42 so as to be relatively movable in the front-rear direction.

Therefore, the pair of guide pins 58 are guided in the pair of guide grooves 44, and the engagement lever 62 moves in accordance with the movement of the latch 52 in the front-rear direction with respect to the holder 42.

For example, if the cartridge 40 is
When the cartridge 52 is inserted into the inside, the cartridge 40 comes into contact with the contact wall 52A of the latch 52, and the latch 52 is moved rearward from the position shown in FIG. , The engagement lever 62 moves rearward. In this case, the protrusion 6 of the engagement lever 62
2B is guided by the rotation groove 48, the engagement lever 62 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 12, and the engagement portion 62A of the engagement lever 62 projects rightward to engage the engagement portion 62A.
Is engaged with the concave portion 40A of the cartridge 40.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, a support shaft 30 is implanted on the lower surface of the main frame 24. As shown in FIG. It is supported by. A penetrating pin 66 is implanted at a distal end of an arm portion 64A extending from a base end side of the operation lever 64, and an L-shaped groove 54 formed in the latch 52 and a left and right guide groove 46 formed in the holder 42 are provided. The through pins 66 continuously penetrate these while engaging each other.

An operation wall portion 64B, which is an arc-shaped wall, is formed on the base end side of the operation lever 64. The operation wall portion 64B is turned along with the rotation of the operation lever 64, so that a motor 70 as a drive source is connected to the operation wall 64B. The detector 72A (shown in FIG. 10) of the connected detection switch 72 is pushed by the operation wall 64B, and the motor 70 starts operating.

However, in the standby state shown in FIG. 10, since the through pin 66 is located in the base end portion 54A of the L-shaped groove 54 extending in a direction orthogonal to the left and right guide grooves 46, the through pin 66 and the The operating lever 6 connected to the through pin 66
The fourth operation wall portion 64B does not turn.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, between the slider 12 and the main frame 24, the upper right support pin 28 of FIG. A cam gear 76 rotatably supported by the motor is disposed. Between the cam gear 76 and the driving gear 70A installed on the motor 70, a plurality of transmission gears 7 are formed as gear trains in which the gears at both ends are meshed with them.
4 are arranged while being rotatably supported by the main frame 24, respectively.

Therefore, when the motor 70 starts driving,
The driving force of the motor 70 is transmitted through a plurality of transmission gears 74.
The power is transmitted to a cam gear 76 rotatably arranged between the slider 12 and the main frame 24.

On the upper surface side of the cam gear 76, an upper cam groove 76B is formed so that a groove substantially one round along the outer periphery ends near the center of the cam gear 76 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, a lower cam groove 76A having a shape such that a part of the ring-shaped groove is close to the center of the cam gear 76 is formed on the side, and a sector gear 76C is provided at the center on the lower surface side of the cam gear 76. ing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a ring-shaped lever cam 80 is disposed to face the lower surface of the cam gear 76 so that the support pin 28 passes therethrough. A lower pin 8 is provided on the lower surface on one end side of the lever cam 80.
2, the lower pin 82 is engaged with the left and right guide grooves 32 formed on the upper surface of the main frame 24 so as to extend in the left-right direction. An engagement hole 84 is formed at the other end of the lever cam 80, and one of a pair of holder pins 50 implanted in the holder 42 (the upper right holder pin 50 in FIG. 5).
Penetrates the front and rear guide grooves 34 formed on the upper surface of the main frame 24 so as to extend in the front and rear direction, and is engaged with the engagement holes 84.

A pair of guide pins 58 penetrating and engaged with the pair of guide grooves 44 are formed on the upper surface of the main frame 24 so as to extend farther than the guide grooves 44 and extend in the front-rear direction. It is also engaged with the longitudinal movement groove 60. Therefore, the holder 42 and the latch 52 can be relatively moved in the front-rear direction integrally with the main frame 24 by being guided by the pair of front-rear movement grooves 60 and the pair of guide pins 58.

As shown in FIG. 7, guide convex teeth 86 are formed at a portion of the inner peripheral surface of the ring-shaped lever cam 80 near the other end, and are adjacent to the guide convex teeth 86. An upper pin 88 is implanted at the position, and the upper pin 88 is engaged with the lower cam groove 76A of the cam gear 76.

Accordingly, when the cam gear 76 rotates, the upper pin 88 is guided by the lower cam groove 76A, and the lever cam 8 is rotated.
0 swings, and at the time of swinging, the guide convex teeth 86 and the sector gear 76C temporarily mesh to assist the swing of the lever cam 80. Incidentally, the guide convex teeth 86 and the sector gear 7
The number of teeth of 6C can be appropriately set to a number different from the example shown in FIG. With the swing of the lever cam 80, the holder pin 50 moves while being guided by the front and rear guide grooves 34. At this time, the lower pin 82 reciprocates along the left and right guide grooves 32, and Does not hinder movement.

That is, with the rotation of the cam gear 76, the holder pin 50 is moved while being guided by the front and rear guide grooves 34, and the holder 42 in which the holder pins 50 are implanted is moved to the front and rear movement grooves of the main frame 24. While being guided by 60, it is moved in the front-back direction without any problem.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the lower surface of the slider 12 facing the upper surface of the cam gear 76 has
The engagement pin 22 is implanted so as to engage with the upper cam groove 76B of the cam gear 76.

Therefore, since the side guide pins 26 of the main frame 24 are engaged with the guide grooves 16 of the slider 12 and the slider 12 is relatively movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the main frame 24, the cam gear As the engagement pin 22 engaged with the upper cam groove 76B moves within the upper cam groove 76B, the slider 1 rotates.
2 is guided by the guide groove 16 and the upper surface guide groove 20, and moves in the front-rear direction.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, below the latch 52 and the operating lever 64, a mechanical chassis 92 is provided.
Is arranged. The mechanical chassis 92 is rotatably connected to the main frame 24 by a rotating shaft 94 located near the rear of the main frame 24, and an engagement pin 96 implanted in the mechanical chassis 92 is connected to a front side. The slider 12 is engaged with a rotating groove 14 formed in the slider 12 so that the height of the slider and that of the rear side are different from each other and are connected diagonally.

Accordingly, as the slider 12 moves in the front-rear direction, the engaging pin 9 is moved between the front side and the rear side of the turning groove 14.
The relative movement of 6 causes the mechanical chassis 92 to rotate around the rotation shaft 94 with respect to the slider 12, the main frame 24, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 6, the mechanical chassis 92 has a spindle motor 100 for rotating the disk 40D, and a turntable 10 for supporting the disk 40D and being driven and rotated by the spindle motor 100.
2. A non-contact type pickup 104 which is a read head for reading optical information from the disk 40D, a recording head (hereinafter simply referred to as "head") 106 for writing optical information to the disk 40D, and a pickup 104 and a head 106 are moved. Mechanism 108 including a motor for
Etc. are attached.

As shown in FIG. 10, a base end of a shutter lever 98 is rotatably supported by the main frame 24.
An opening / closing portion 98A bent into a V shape is formed. The shutter lever 98 is urged clockwise in FIG. 10 by a spring (not shown).

Accordingly, the cartridge 40 is
When a predetermined amount of the shutter lever 98 is inserted therein, the opening / closing portion 98A of the shutter lever 98 is engaged with a concave portion 40C (shown in FIG. 1) provided in the shutter 40B of the cartridge 40. When the cartridge 40 is further inserted, the shutter 40B is unlocked by a shutter release member (not shown), and the cartridge 40 moves while the shutter lever 98 opens the shutter 40B. When the cartridge 40 is taken out, the opening / closing portion 98A of the shutter lever 98 is engaged with the concave portion 40C of the shutter 40B.
As the cartridge 40 moves forward with respect to the stopped shutter 40B, the shutter 40B is closed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, an opening 36 corresponding to the head 106 is formed at a position on the upper surface side of the main frame 24 where the window 40E of the cartridge 40 is located. The vertical movement arm 114 is arranged on the opening 36.

That is, both ends of the vertically movable arm 114 are formed as a pivotal connecting portion 114A which extends in an arm shape and is rotatably supported by the main frame 24 via the support shaft 38.
The central part of the vertical movement arm 114 is
The supporting portion 114B connects between A and A.

A guide pin 116 is implanted in the pivotal connecting portion 114A at one end of the vertically moving arm 114. As shown in FIGS.
6 is guided on the lower surface of a head guide groove 18 formed in the slider 12. As shown in FIG. 19, the support plate 114B for mounting the head 106 to the moving mechanism 108 is supported by the support portion 114B of the vertically moving arm 114.

Accordingly, when the guide pin 116 enters the inclined surface 18A, which is the front portion of the head guide groove 18, from the horizontal surface portion 18B of the head guide groove 18, the rotary connecting portion 114A of the vertically moving arm 114 is connected to the main frame 24. , The support portion 114B descends, and accordingly, the head 106 descends and comes into contact with the disk 40D.

On the other hand, when the guide pin 116 returns from the inclined portion 18A to the horizontal surface portion 18B, the rotation connecting portion 114A is rotated with respect to the main frame 24 in the opposite direction, and the support portion 11A is rotated.
4B rises, and accordingly, the head 106 rises and separates from the disk 40D.

Next, a control system of the player 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The spindle motor 100 drives and rotates the turntable 102, and the output from the non-contact type pickup 104 is amplified by an RF amplifier 124 and then supplied to a servo circuit 126, where a servo signal such as a focus error signal and a tracking error signal is output. It is formed.

Then, the respective servo signals are supplied to the pickup 104, the feed motor 128 of the moving mechanism 108, and the spindle motor 100.

The main signal output from the RF amplifier 124 is supplied as it is to the signal processing system 130, where it is subjected to various conventionally known processes, and then the digital audio signal is supplied to the D / A converter 132.

The digital audio signal is D
The signal is converted into an analog audio signal by the / A converter 132 and supplied to the output terminal 134.

When an analog audio signal is input from the input terminal 136, the digital audio signal is converted by the A / D converter 138 and supplied to the signal processing system 130. Thereafter, a recording signal is supplied to the head 106 and recorded on the disk 40D of the cartridge 40.

Further, the system controller 140
When the input key 142 is operated, the player 10
Performs a predetermined operation. That is, the system controller 140 controls the operations of the signal processing system 130 and the servo circuit 126 based on the operation signal of the input key 142. The input keys 142 include a play key,
A record key, a stop key, an eject key, and the like are arranged.

Further, the system controller 140 causes the display section 144 to display the accumulated reproduction time and the program number read from the subcode.

Next, the operation and operation of the player 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. That is, a standby state in which the cartridge 40 is not inserted into the player 10, a loading operation of the cartridge 40, a play state in which the cartridge 40 is loaded in the player 10 for reproduction processing, a record state in which recording processing is also performed, and an unloading of the cartridge 40. The operation and the ejected state where the cartridge 40 is ejected from the player 10 will be described below.

In the standby state shown in FIGS. 9, 10, 11 and 21, the cartridge 40 is
When the cartridge 40 is inserted into the
Abuts against the contact wall 52A. Further, when the user pushes the cartridge 40 against the urging force of the coil spring 56, the latch 52 is
Move to the rear of 0.

Accordingly, the projection 62 of the engagement lever 62
Since B moves along the rotation groove 48, FIGS.
2, the engagement lever 62 rotates counterclockwise, and the engagement portion 62A
0A, the cartridge 40 is in a cartridge locked state in which the cartridge 40 is not inadvertently removed from the player 10.

Further, at the time when the latch 52 alone moves to a position where the guide portion 54B of the L-shaped groove 54 and the left and right guide groove 46 of the holder 42 coincide with each other as shown in FIG. Of the L-shaped groove 54
Of the guide portion 54B and the left and right guide grooves 46.

As a result, as the through pin 66 moves within the guide portion 54B of the L-shaped groove 54 and the left and right guide grooves 46, the latch 52 starts to move rearward and the operating lever 64 rotates. Start. Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the detection switch 72 is turned on by the rotation of the operation lever 64, and the load switch is turned on, in which the motor 70 starts driving rotation, and the holder 42 starts moving backward. At this time, as shown in FIG.
The engaging portion 62A moves while being inserted into the concave portion 40A of the cartridge 40.

Further, with the rotation of the motor 70, the driving force of the motor 70 is transmitted to the cam gear 76 via the transmission gear 74, and the cam gear 76 is rotated. Then, with the rotation of the cam gear 76, the upper pin 88 is guided and engaged with the lower cam groove 76A, the lever cam 80 swings, and the holder pin 50 implanted in the holder 42 is guided by the front and rear guide groove 34. Move while moving.

As a result, the latch 52 and the holder 42 which are integrally moved by the through pin 66, the engagement lever 62 supported by the guide pin 58 implanted in the latch 52, and furthermore, the engagement lever 62 The cartridge 40 with which is engaged moves to the rear side of the player 10 integrally.
As a result, the cartridge 40 is guided to the loading position in order to be loaded in the player 10.

As described above, the cartridge 40 is
The latch 52 starts to move with respect to the holder 42 that houses the cartridge 40 by contacting the contact wall 52A. With the movement of the latch 52, the engagement lever 62 rotatably supported by the latch 52 via the guide pin 58 is guided by the rotation groove 48 formed in the holder 42 to rotate, and the cartridge is rotated. The engaging portion 62A of the engaging lever 62 is engaged with the concave portion 40A of the engaging member 40.

Further, the engagement lever 62 is
0, the holder 42 for guiding the cartridge 40 is moved by the driving rotation of the motor 70,
The cartridge 40 is moved to the loading position.

Accordingly, the engagement lever 62 pivots with the movement of the latch 52 to engage the cartridge 40, and the motor 70 starts to be driven in the engaged cartridge locked state. With the detection switch 72 of the player 70 turned on, the cartridge 40
, And the player 10 is not liable to malfunction.

Thereafter, as the cam gear 76 rotates,
The engaging pin 22 engaged with the upper cam groove 76B of the cam gear 76 is guided and moved by the upper cam groove 76B, and accordingly, as shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. The provided slider 12 moves to the rear side of the player 10. Then, as the slider 12 moves to the rear side of the player 10, the engagement pin 96 of the mechanical chassis 92 is relatively moved forward in the rotation groove 14 by being guided by the rotation groove 14 of the slider 12. I do.

As a result, the mechanical chassis 92 on which the turntable 102 is mounted is rotated about the rotation shaft 94 with respect to the slider 12, the main frame 24, and the like.
The cartridge 40 is loaded and the cartridge 4
The disc 40 </ b> D in the area 0 is placed on the turntable 102. Thereby, the pickup 104 and the head 1
The cartridge 40 is loaded at a loading position (shown in FIGS. 14 to 16 and FIG. 19) where the cartridge 06 faces the disk 40D.
It becomes a play state.

Further, in this play state, when the user presses a play key of the input keys 142,
A reproduction process in which information in the disk 40D is read by the pickup 104 is executed.

On the other hand, when the record key of the input keys 142 is pressed by the user, the cam gear 76 is further rotated so as to shift from the play state to the record state. With this rotation, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the slider 12 further moves to the rear side of the player 10, and the guide pin 116 moves relatively frontward in the head guide groove 18.

The guide pin 116 is connected to the head guide groove 1
8 enters the slope portion 18A from the horizontal portion, the guide pin 116
And a vertically moving arm 114 on which a guide pin 116 is implanted.
Is lowered. With this downward movement, the head 106 descends and comes into contact with the disk 40D, and enters a record state shown in FIG. 20, and the head 106 performs a recording process of writing information in the disk 40D of the cartridge 40.

On the other hand, when the user presses the stop key or the play key in the record state, the state shifts from the record state to the play state. In this case, the motor 70 rotates in the opposite direction to that described above to raise the head 106,
The head 106 is moved away from the disk 40D to enter the play state.

Finally, when the user presses the eject key, the cartridge 40 is ejected from the player 10. In this case, the motor 70 similarly rotates in the reverse direction, performs an unloading operation that is the reverse of the loading operation from the standby state to the play state, and ejects the cartridge 40 from the player 10, and performs the same operation as in the standby state. Is ejected.

In the above-described embodiment, the engaging member is the rotatable engaging lever 62, and the convex portion 62 B of the engaging lever 62 is formed in the holder 42 in the circular groove 48 formed in an arc shape.
However, the convex portion 62B may be engaged with a linearly formed groove instead of the arc-shaped rotary groove 48.

In the above embodiment, the latch 52 and the engaging lever 62, which are operating members, are provided separately. However, the operating member and the engaging member may be formed integrally.

[0075]

As described above, according to the present invention, the effect that the information equipment does not malfunction when loading the recording medium can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a player according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a slider applied to the player according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a cam gear, a transmission gear, a motor, and a main frame applied to the player according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a holder, a latch, an engagement lever, an operation lever, and a shutter lever applied to the player according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a mechanical chassis applied to the player according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a cam gear and a lever cam applied to the player according to the embodiment of the present invention from below.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a control system applied to a player according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a standby state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention, with a slider removed.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a standby state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the main frame is partially cut away.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a standby state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a cartridge locked state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the main frame is partially cut away.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a load switch on state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which a main frame is partially cut away.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a playing state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention, with the slider removed.

FIG. 15 is a plan view showing a playing state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the main frame is partially cut away.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing a playing state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing a record state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention, with a slider removed.

FIG. 18 is a side view showing a record state of the player according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an enlarged side view showing the periphery of a head applied to the player according to one embodiment of the present invention, and showing a playing state.

FIG. 20 is an enlarged side view showing a periphery of a head applied to the player according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a record state.

FIG. 21 is an enlarged plan view showing the periphery of an engagement lever applied to the player according to one embodiment of the present invention, and showing a standby state.

FIG. 22 is an enlarged plan view showing the periphery of an engagement lever applied to the player according to one embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing a cartridge locked state.

FIG. 23 is an enlarged plan view showing a periphery of an engagement lever applied to the player according to one embodiment of the present invention, and showing a load switch on state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 player (information device) 40 cartridge (recording medium) 42 holder 52 latch (operation member) 62 engagement lever (engagement member) 70 motor (drive source)

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Claims (2)

[Claims] A holder capable of accommodating and moving the recording medium to guide the recording medium to a loading position; an operating member movable relative to the holder and capable of moving the recording medium in contact with the holder; An engagement member that engages with the recording medium as the member moves, and a drive source that moves the holder while the engagement member is engaged with the recording medium to load the recording medium at the loading position. An information device for a recording medium, comprising: 2. A holder having a groove formed therein and capable of accommodating and moving the recording medium to guide the recording medium to a loading position, wherein the holder is relatively movable with respect to the holder, and moves when the recording medium comes into contact with the holder. An engagement member that is rotatably supported by the operation member and engages with the recording medium by being guided and rotated by a groove formed in the holder; And a drive source for moving the holder and loading the recording medium at the loading position while maintaining the combined state.