JPS62234264A - Optical disk player device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm the inside state of a device to select one from plural disks successively by laminating and storing plural disks while shifting their centers in the radial direction by a prescribed length and providing a disk storage means and a cabinet with eyeholes. CONSTITUTION:A projecting piece corresponding to a selected disk D out of projecting pieces of a block body 43 in the first feeding device 40, and the selected disk D is fed out toward a turntable 17 from a storage box 30 by driving of the first feeding device 40. A receiving member 60 is moved by driving of the second feeding device 70 in accordance with said feeding-out operation, and the member 60 is stopped at the time of it coincides with a guide groove of the selected disk D. The disk D put on slide members 36 (36a-36d) by driving of the first feeding device 40 is received by the receiving member 60 and is loaded on the turntable 17 by driving of the second feeding device 70. The inside of the device is seen through eyeholes provided on the front of the disk storage box 30 and on the cabinet 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an optical disc player device that optically records and reproduces information such as audio and images recorded on a disc medium, and particularly relates to an optical disc player device that stores a plurality of discs. The present invention relates to an optical disc player device which selectively reproduces or records/reproduces any one of the discs.

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 9 shows a CD (compact disc) player device as a typical example of an optical disc player device.

The CD player device includes a tray 2 on the front side of a player cabinet 1, which is inserted into and taken out from the front and back of the cabinet. This CD player device includes a drive motor that rotates the disc D at the back of the cabinet 1 on the center line where the tray 2 enters, a turntable attached to the drive shaft of the drive motor, and a disc loaded on the turntable. A disk clamper (none of which is shown) is provided to press and clamp D onto the turntable surface.

The disc D is placed on the tray 2, inserted into the cabinet 1, and loaded onto the turntable. after that,
The recorded information is reproduced by the optical pink-up device. After playing, when the tray 2 is pulled out, the disc D is placed on the tray 2 and taken out to the front of the cabinet.

In this way, an optical disc player device, typified by a conventional CD player, simply loads a single disc.
Generally, it has a structure for playback or recording/playback.

However, in a player device that is configured to load only one disc, when playing or recording/playing multiple discs in succession, the discs must be replaced one by one, which is cumbersome and difficult to handle. Bad sex.

Therefore, an optical disc player device has been proposed which has a structure as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, in which a plurality of discs can be simultaneously loaded and each disc can be successively played back or recorded and played back.

As shown in FIG. 10, a conventional optical disc player device capable of continuously playing a plurality of discs has a disc cassette 3 storing a plurality of discs placed in a cabinet 1.
It is designed to be loaded from the front. The disk cassette 3 includes a box 3a having a U-shaped cross section with both ends bent parallel to each other, and a plurality of trays 3b, 3b, which are rotatably provided using one corner of the open side of the box 3a as a fulcrum.
・It is composed of. Disks D, .phi., are placed on each tray 3b, . . . of this disk cassette 3. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the disc cassette 3 is loaded into the optical disc player with its closing surface facing toward you.

Disc D stored in disc cassette 3.

- As shown in FIG. 11, the disc cassette 3 is loaded into the optical disc player and the tray 4141 is pulled out from the box 3a by rotating each tray 3b around the fulcrum. In this way, the disc placed on the pulled-out tray 3b is reproduced or recorded and reproduced. The disc D that has been played back is returned to the box 3a via the tray 3b. Next, another tray 3b is pulled out, and the disc D placed on this tray 3b is reproduced or recorded/reproduced. In this way, a plurality of discs D are sequentially and continuously reproduced or recorded/reproduced.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in a conventional optical disc player device capable of continuously playing a plurality of discs, a plurality of discs D are stacked concentrically and stored in a disc cassette 3. Therefore, the title of the recorded information written on the label of the disc D stored in the disc cassette 3 cannot be seen. In this way, if the title written on the disc surface cannot be seen, the user will make a mistake in selecting the disc to be played. Furthermore, in discs such as optical discs where high-density recording is performed, random access operations for recorded information may be made incorrectly.

In conventional optical disc player devices, in order to prevent this type of operational error, it is necessary to know which disc is stored where in the disc cassette 3 that stores a plurality of discs, and the information recorded on the disc. It is necessary to confirm in advance what kind of thing it is, and to take some means to enable it to be detected from the outside, which requires a complicated configuration.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to store a plurality of discs, arbitrarily select any one of the discs, and sequentially perform continuous playback or recording and playback. The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to easily visually check the recorded information such as the title written on the label of each of a plurality of discs stored in the device while the discs are stored in the device.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems?) In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention has the following problems: (a) On the side of the player cabinet opposite to the disk rotating means having the turntable, A disk storage means which stores a plurality of disks during stacking with their centers shifted by a predetermined interval in the direction of the disk rotation means, and the stored disks are movable in the direction of the disk rotation means; ) a first disk feeding means that selects any one of the plurality of stored disks, sends it out from the storage position, and moves it forward or backward to a position facing the turntable; (c) means for receiving the disk sent out by the first disk feeding means on the reciprocating path and guiding and holding the disk to a position facing the turntable, and moving the held disk along the turntable center line. (d) controlling the operation of the first disk feeding means and the operation of the second disk feeding means in a coordinated manner; A configuration including a control means was adopted.

A transparent or semi-transparent viewing window is provided on substantially the entire front surface of the disk storage means and on a part of the front surface of the cabinet facing the turntable.

According to the optical disk player device of the present invention, a plurality of disks are stacked and stored with their centers shifted, and one of the plurality of disks is selected and sent to the first feeding means and the second feeding means. The turntable is loaded by the feeding means.

Further, the disk is taken out from the turntable and returned to the original storage position by the reverse operation of the second feeding means and the first feeding means. As a result, the disk is loaded onto and removed from the turntable. With this operation, random continuous playback or recording/playback of a plurality of discs is performed sequentially. Further, since viewing windows are provided on the front of the disc storage means storing a plurality of discs and on the front of the player cabinet facing the turntable, the interior of the player device can be easily checked through the viewing windows. moreover,
In the disc storage means, a plurality of discs are stored with the center of each disc shifted by a predetermined interval in the radial direction, so that all the discs stored in the disc storage means are written on the label surface etc. You can easily check the recorded information such as titles that are stored in the device from the outside while it is still stored in the device. Similarly, the disc loaded in the turntable can be easily checked from the outside.

Therefore, according to the present invention, for all of the plurality of discs that are continuously played or recorded/played, the storage position, which disc is currently loaded in the turntable, etc., or the label surface etc. are written. information such as titles can be easily checked from outside the device.
Improves operability and handling. Also, if there is an operational error in selecting the disc to play or performing random access operations, etc.
Be able to do it.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 1 to 8.

1, 2 and 3 show an optical disc player device according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the internal configuration of an optical disc player device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the outside thereof.

The cabinet 10 of the optical disc player device includes a bottom plate 1
1, a front panel 12, a rear panel 13, and an upper cover 14 that covers the top and both side surfaces.

The optical disc player device is configured by arranging the respective devices inside a cabinet 10 as follows.

A front panel 12 is located at the back of the cabinet 10 on one side.
A rising wall 111 is erected parallel to and perpendicular to the bottom plate 11. A disk drive motor 16 is disposed in front of the rising wall 111 with its rotation axis perpendicular to the wall surface. A turntable 17 is attached to the tip of a drive shaft 161 of the drive motor 16 . Furthermore, rising wall 1
Supports 112, 112 facing each other at a distance slightly wider than the radius of the disk D are erected on the disk 11. This support 112, 112 has a pair of guide shirts) 18.
18 have been constructed. This guide shaft 18.18
An optical pickup device 19 for optically reproducing information such as audio and images recorded on the disk D, or recording and reproducing information is mounted so as to be slidable in a linear feeding direction along the disk radial direction. . This optical pickup device 19
The guide shaft 18 .
The disk D loaded on the turntable 17 is linearly driven back and forth in the radial direction along the turntable 18 . The linear feed device 20 for reciprocating the optical pickup device 19 includes:
An electromagnetically driven linear motor is used. As this linear feeding device 20, a feeding mechanism such as a well-known wire feeding mechanism or a gear feeding mechanism may be adopted. The optical pickup device 19 is provided with an objective lens 1θ1 that faces the disk D in close proximity and is supported by an objective lens actuator (not shown). A semiconductor laser and a photodetector (both not shown) are arranged deep inside the optical pickup device 19. Inside thereof, there are provided an outgoing optical system and a returning optical system (not shown) that guide the laser light irradiated from the semiconductor laser to the objective lens 191 and irradiate it onto the disk D, and guide the return light from the disk D to the photodetector. has been done. As a result, information is recorded on, reproduced from, or reproduced from the disc D optically. Optical pick amplifier device 20
Various types can be adopted depending on the configuration of the player, etc.

On the other hand, an opening 121 is formed in the front panel 12 of the cabinet 10 on the other side opposite to the turntable. A block-shaped disk storage box 30 for storing a plurality of disks D is attached to the opening 121 so as to be openable and closable in the cabinet interior and exterior directions.

The disc storage box 30 is constructed as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The disk storage box 30 is composed of a front lid part 3.1 that closes the opening block 121 of the front panel 12, and guide rails 32.33 provided in parallel above and below the rear surface of the front lid part 31. The disc storage box 30 is formed by opening one side of the box 30 of the cabinet 10 in which the turntable 17 is provided. The front lid part 31 has a viewing window 34.
is formed. A transparent plate 35 is fitted into the viewing window 34. The transparent plate 35 fitted into the viewing window 34 may not be completely transparent, but may be a 1'-transparent color plate that allows the inside to be visually recognized. The upper guide rail 32 provided at the rear of the front lid part 31 has a guide groove 32a formed in a slit shape from one end.

32b, 32c, and 32d are formed. Guide groove 3
2a, 32b, 32c, and 32d are formed parallel to each other and parallel to the front surface of the cabinet.

The guide grooves are formed in order from the front guide groove 32a to the inner side.The width of this guide groove is formed to be slightly larger than the thickness of the disk.On the other hand, the lower guide rail 33 has an upper Guide grooves 33a, 33b, 33c, and 33d are formed so as to be symmetrical with the lower guide grooves 33a, 33.
b, 33c, and 33d, slide members 36a, 36b, 38c, and 3 are slidable along guide grooves, respectively.
6d is installed. A disk mounting portion 362 is formed in the upper part of the slide member 36 and has a groove 361 on which the peripheral edge of the disk D is placed. The width of the groove 361 formed in this disk mounting portion 362 is slightly larger than the thickness of the disk l). At the bottom of the slide member 36, there is a protrusion 36 that protrudes below the guide rail 33.
3 is formed.

The disk storage box 30 configured in this way includes:
The disk D is stored through the upper guide grooves 32a to 32d and with its peripheral edge placed on slide members 36a to 36d provided in the lower guide grooves 33a to 33d. Disc D
are sent out from an opening on one side of the disc storage box 30 while being placed on the slide members 36a to 36d, and then sent back. This opening is provided on the turntable side. In addition, the upper and lower guide rails 32.33
The ends of the guide grooves are cut out so as to widen toward the turntable, so that the disk D and the slide member 36 can be easily fed into and returned to the guide groove of the disk storage box 30. Furthermore, when a plurality of discs D are stored in the disc storage box 30 as described above, each disc D is stored with its center shifted at a predetermined interval in the radial direction in which it is slid via the slide member 36. Ru. When the disk is stored, the disk is stored so that its upper part protrudes beyond the upper surface of the guide rail 32. The disk D is inserted or taken out from above the disk storage box 30.

The discs D are staggered in the depth direction of the disc storage box 30 in a stair-like manner and are stored in a stacked manner. As a result, the plurality of discs stored in the disc storage box 30 can be viewed through the front viewing window, and information such as the title written on the disc surface of each disc D stored therein can be confirmed.

The disc storage box 30 has a lower guide rail 3.
A bottom portion 312 extending rearward is formed on the lower side of the lower front lid portion 31 of the hinge 6 .

Support shafts 313 protrude laterally at three locations: at both ends of the rear end of the bottom portion 312 and at the rear upper portion of the side opposite to the open side of the disc storage box 30. ...is provided.

This support shaft 313. ... is +liJ panel small panel 1
Guide groove 122 formed on the side surface of the second part. ...It is movably attached to φ. Disc storage box 30
is provided so that the opening 121 of the front panel 12 can be freely opened and closed back and forth along the guide groove 122, -.phi. The disc storage box 30 is located in the opening 12 of the front panel 12.
1 by spring means (not shown). The disc storage box 30 has an opening 121.
A locking mechanism (not shown) is provided for locking the front lid portion 31 in a closed state in which the front surface of the front lid portion 31 is aligned with the front surface of the front panel 12. The locking mechanism is unlocked by operating an eject button 37 provided on the front panel 12, and the disk storage box 30 is pushed forward by the biasing force of the spring means.

The opening/closing structure of this disk storage box 30 is not limited to the structure of moving the disk back and forth along the guide groove described above, but various opening/closing structures applied to cassette tape recorders and the like can be applied. In short, any structure is sufficient as long as the top surface of the disc storage box 30 can be extended forward and opened to the extent that the disc D can be stored and taken out. A first disk feeding device is arranged behind the disk storage box 30. This first feeding device 40 selects one disk D from among the plurality of disks D stored in the disk storage box 30, and from the storage position, the center thereof is approximately aligned with the rotation center of the turntable 17. The front panel 12 is fed parallel to the front panel 12 until the front panel 12 is reached.

By driving the first feeding device 40, the disk D is pulsated or moved back and forth between the storage position and the position facing the turntable 17.

The first feeding device 40 is configured as shown in FIG.

At both ends of the bottom plate 11 of the cabinet 10, a pair of supports 41, 41 are erected to face each other. support 41
．． 41, a pair of guide shafts 42, 42 are installed parallel to each other and parallel to the lateral direction parallel to the panel surface. A block body 43 is slidably mounted on the guide shaft 42.42. A protruding portion 431 extending forward is formed at the 0η portion of the block body 43. As shown in FIG. 4, this protruding portion 431 is provided so as to be close to and opposite to the lower part of the guide rail 33 below the disk storage box 30. On the upper surface of the protruding portion 431, protruding pieces 432a and 432 are provided, each of which can protrude arbitrarily.
b, 432c, and 432d are provided. Projecting piece 43
2a to 432d are protruding portions 3 protruding from the lower ends of slide members 36a to 36d provided on the lower guide rail 33.
62, respectively. Projecting piece 43
2a to 432d are protruded, for example, by driving an electromagnetic solenoid. A protruding piece 433 extending rearward is attached to the rear part of the block body 43.

On the other hand, a drive motor 44 is disposed behind one end of the guide shafts 42, 42. Drive shaft 4 of drive motor 44
A worm gear 45 is attached to 41. A bottom plate 1 is provided between the worm gear 45 and the guide shaft 42.
A shaft 46 perpendicular to 1 is rotatably supported. axis 46
A worm wheel 47 and a drive pulley 48 are attached to the worm wheel 47 and a drive pulley 48. Worm wheel 47 is worm gear 4
5 is engaged. On the other hand, behind the other end of the guide shaft 42, there is a driven pulley 4 corresponding to the drive pulley 48.
9 is rotatably supported. A wire 50 is wound between the driving pulley 48 and the driven pulley 49. One end of the wire 50 is attached to the rear end of the protruding piece 433 at the rear of the block body 43. The other end is
It is attached to the other rear end of the protruding piece 433 via the spring 51. The tension of the wire 50 wound around the pulleys 48 and 49 is maintained by the biasing force of the spring 51. In addition, the pulleys 48 and 49 of the wire 50
The wire 50 and the pulleys 48 and 49 are wound in the same manner to provide friction and prevent the wire 50 and the pulleys 48 and 49 from slipping.

This first feeding device 40 is driven as follows.

The block body 43 is rotated by the worm gear 45 by the rotational driving force of the drive starter 44. Worm wheel 47. Pulley 48, 49. Guide shaft 4 via wire 50
It is linearly fed in the direction along 2.42. At this time, one of the protruding pieces 432a to 432d provided on the block body 43 is protruded upward, and one of the corresponding slide members 38a to 36d provided on the lower guide rail 33 of the disc storage box 30 is protruded upward. one of them engages and is transported along the guide groove. In this operation, the selected disc D is sent out from the disc storage box 30 and moved forward to a position where its center coincides with and faces the center of the turntable. And disk D is
By the reverse operation of the first feeding device 40, it is moved back from the position facing the turntable to the original storage position and returned. A receiver member 60 is disposed in front of the turntable to receive the disc D sent out from the disc storage box 30 by the first sending device 40. The receiver is member 6
0 receives the ejected disc D and turns the turntable 1
Guide it to the position opposite to 7. The bearing member 60 is attached to a second disk feeding device 70 that linearly drives the turntable 17 in parallel to the rotation center axis direction.

The receiving member θO and the second feeding device 70 for linearly feeding the member are constructed as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

A pair of supports 71 and 71 are erected on the bottom plate 11 of the cabinet 10 and are spaced apart from each other.

A pair of guide shafts 72.7 are attached to the support 71.71.
2 are vertically spaced apart from each other and are installed parallel to each other and parallel to the center line of the turntable. This guide shaft 7
A block body 73 is slidably attached to 2.72.

A receiver member 60 is attached to the front surface of the block body 73 so that one end of the receiver member 60 is orthogonal to the center line of the turntable 17.

The receiving member 60 includes a receiving plate 61 for receiving one side of the disc D facing the turntable 17, a receiving part 62 for receiving the other surface of the disc D, and a guide rail 33 below the disc storage box 30. Installed slide member 36
It is comprised of a guide rail 63 that receives and guides the movement. The receiving plate 61 is formed into a substantially U-shape with arms 811, 611 projecting upward and downward. The receiving portion 62 is bent into a substantially crank shape. One end of the receiver plate 61 and the receiver part 62 is attached to the front surface of the block body 73, and the other end extends further laterally from the front surface of the turntable. A guide rail 63 corresponding to the lower guide rail 33 of the disk storage box 30 is provided at the lower end of the receiver plate 61. A guide groove 631 corresponding to the guide grooves 33a to 33d of the guide rail 33 is formed in the guide rail 63. A step 632 is formed near the other end of the guide rail 63. One end of the guide groove 631 of the guide rail 83 is widely cut out. The end of the arm 611 of the bridge plate 61 is bent in a direction that extends toward the turntable. This allows the disc D sent out from the disc storage box 30 and the slide member 36 on which the disc D is placed to be moved to the guide rail 6.
3. Uke is easy to enter on top. A disk clamper 64 facing the turntable 17 is provided at the tip of the bracket 2.

On the other hand, a rack gear 74 is attached to the side of the block body 73 attached to the guide shafts 72 and 72 in parallel to the shaft. A drive motor 75 is disposed on the side of the block body 73. Drive motor 75
A gear 76 is attached to the drive shaft 751. A pinion gear 77 that is rotatably supported is meshed with the gear 76 . This pinion gear 77 is meshed with the rank gear 74.

The C-receiving member 60 is reciprocally linearly moved in the direction of the rotation center axis of the turntable 17 by the second feeding device 70 configured in this way. This linear movement is carried out by the drive motor 75.
This is done by transmitting forward and reverse driving forces through the gears 76, 77 and the rack gear 74.

The receiving member 60 is driven by the second feeding device 70, so that the guide groove 631 of the guide rail 63 is aligned with the guide grooves 33a to 33 of the guide rail 33 of the disc storage box 30.
It is positioned to match any one of d and sent in steps. On the other hand, the receiver member 60 is linearly sent back and forth to a position where it presses the disc clamper 64 against the turntable 17. By this feeding operation, the disk D held by the member 60 is loaded and clamped onto the turntable 17.

The feeding operation of the disk D by the first feeding device 40, the receiving operation of the disk D by the second feeding device 70, and the feeding operation in the direction of the center line of the turntable are coordinated and controlled by a system control device 80. It will be done.

Note that a viewing window 81 is provided on the front panel 12 in front of the turntable 17 on which the disc D is loaded so that information such as a title written on the disc surface of the disc D loaded on the turntable 17 can be viewed. It is formed. A transparent plate 82 is fitted into this viewing window 81. The transparent plate 82 may be a semi-transparent color plate as long as the inside can be visually recognized. Thereby, the title display and the like of the disc D loaded on the turntable 17 can be viewed from outside the apparatus.

Next, the loading and unloading operations of any one of the several disks D stored in the disk storage box 30 into the turntable 17 will be described.

The disc l stored in the disc storage box 30 is sent out from the disc storage box 30 toward the turntable 17 by the drive of the first feeding device 40.

At this time, one of the protruding pieces 432a to 432d of the block body 43 of the first feeding device 40, which corresponds to the selected disk D, is protruded upward. For example, when the protruding piece 432a is protruded, the disk storage box 3
The slide member 37a attached to the lower guide rail 33 of 0 engages with the protrusion piece 432a and is sent out (
(See Figure 5). In conjunction with the feeding operation, the receiver is moved to the member 6.
0 is moved by the drive of the second feeding device 70, and is moved by the guide groove 631 of the guide rail 63 or the disk storage box 30.
It is positioned and stopped at a position where it coincides with the guide groove 33a of the lower guide rail 33.

Next, the slide member 37 is driven by the first feeding device 40.
The disk D placed on the member 37a is sent out from the storage box 30 together with the member 37a, and the receiver is taken by the member 60.

When the disc D is received by the receiving member 60, it is guided and moved by the first feeding device to a position facing the turntable. Next, the disk D is transferred to the second feeding device 70
The receiver is sent toward the turntable via the member 60 and loaded onto the turntable 17. At the same time, the disk D is rotatably clamped by the disk clamper 64. In this state, the disc D is driven to rotate by the disc drive motor 16, and the optical pickup device 19 optically reproduces or records/reproduces the information recorded on the disc D.

Next, the disk D is taken out from the turntable 17 by the operation of the second feeding device 70 that is opposite to that described above. When the second feeding device 70 is driven in the opposite direction as described above,
The receiver is moved in a direction in which the member 60 is moved away from the turntable 17. Then, the clamp by the disk clamper 64 is released, and the disk D is taken out from the turntable 17 and held by the receiver member 60. Thereafter, the disc D is returned by the second feeding device 70 to a position where it faces the turntable at a predetermined distance via the receiver member 60. The position is such that the guide groove 33a formed in the guide rail 33 of the disc storage box 30 corresponds to the guide groove 631 formed in the guide rail 63 of the receiver member 60. Next, the first feeding device 40 is driven in the opposite direction to that described above, and the disk D is moved by the guide rail 6 of the member 60.
3 and sent back along the guide rails 32a, 33a of the disc storage box 30 together with the slide member 36a. After that, the disk D is moved to the guide rail 32.
a + 33 It is moved back along a and returned to the original storage position.

As described above, one by one is selected one by one from among the plurality of discs D stored in the disc storage box 30, and the discs are loaded onto and taken out from the turntable 17.
According to this embodiment of the apparatus in which continuous reproduction of recorded information or recording/reproduction of information is performed, the interior can be viewed through the viewing window provided in the front of the disc storage box 30 and the viewing window provided in the cabinet facing the turntable 17. By looking at the disc, you can easily check information such as which disc is currently stored where, which disc is loaded on the turntable, or the title written on the disc surface of the disc. Therefore, selection of one disk from a plurality of disks stored,
Random access operations and the like of a disk loaded on a turntable 17 can be reliably performed without any operational errors or errors.

In addition, in the embodiment, the viewing window 34 inside the cabinet,
An illumination lamp or the like may be provided at a position corresponding to 81. According to this, it is possible to check the disc even more easily.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the disc is stored vertically from the top of the cabinet 11 and loaded vertically onto the turntable, but by slightly modifying the above configuration, the disc can be stored vertically from the top of the cabinet. As described in detail of the invention, the optical disc player device of the present invention can be stored horizontally and loaded horizontally on a turntable. It is possible to select one of the discs and perform continuous reproduction or recording/reproduction in sequence. The plurality of disks are stacked and stored with their centers shifted by a predetermined distance in the radial direction, and since the inside of the device can be easily seen through the viewing window provided in the disk storage means and the cabinet, Recorded information such as titles written on the disc surface of all of the plurality of discs can be easily checked from outside the apparatus. Furthermore, it is possible to see from the outside N'-Fj- which disc is stored where, or which disc is currently loaded on the turntable. Therefore, selection of one disk from a plurality of disks, random access operations, etc. can be performed without any operational errors or errors.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the inside of an optical disc player device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the outside thereof, and FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing its disc storage means. , FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the disk storage means of this apparatus, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the first disk feeding means of this apparatus, and seventh is the disk receiving means and the second disk feeding means. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the same, and FIG. 8 is a plan view thereof. 10... Cabinet, 17... Fist turntable, 19... Optical pickup device, 30... Disc storage box (disc storage means)
, 32.33...Guide rail, 36...Slide member, 34.81φ...Viewing window, 40...Disk feeding device for middle tube 1 (first disk feeding means), 60...Disk receiver are members, 70... second disk feeding device (second disk feeding means), 1)... disk. Patent Applicant: NEC Home Electronics Figure 4 Figure 8 Figure 11 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A disk rotating means equipped with a turntable rotationally driven by a drive motor, and an optical pickup device that is linearly fed back and forth in the radial direction of the disk in close opposition to the surface of the disk loaded on the turntable. In an optical disc player device that is installed at the back of one side of a cabinet and optically plays back information recorded on a disc or records and plays information, (b) a plurality of disks that are stacked and stored while being shifted by a predetermined interval in the direction of the disk rotation means, and the stored disks are movable in the direction of the disk rotation means; (c) a first disk feeding means for selecting one of the disks, feeding it out from the storage position, and moving it forward or backward to a position facing the turntable; (c) the first disk; It has a means for receiving the disk sent out by the feeding means on the reciprocating path and guiding and holding it to a position facing the turntable, and linearly reciprocating the held disk in the direction of the center line of the turntable. (d) a control means for controlling the operation of the first disk feeding means and the operation of the second disk feeding means in a coordinated manner. An optical disc player apparatus characterized in that a transparent or semi-transparent viewing window is provided on substantially the entire front surface of the disc storage means and on a part of the entire surface of the cabinet facing the turntable.