JPS6234376A - Multidisk player - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce cost by performing either movement of a disk carrying part and a supporting arm waiting after the completion of the other movement. CONSTITUTION:A supporting arm 198 is turned toward a clamping position by the leftward movement of a slide plate 179 (arrow head X direction). The movement of the slide plate 179, that is, the turning of the supporting arm 198 is performed by a moving body 99 through a lever member 176, and the moving body 99 is constituted so that, after either movement (the turning of the supporting arm 198) of a disk carrying part 85 and the supporting arm 198, the other movement (turning) is performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [11L] The present invention relates to a disc player, and more particularly to a multi-disc player that can store a plurality of discs and can sequentially select any of the stored discs for continuous play.

BACKGROUND ART A jukebox is generally known as a disc player that can play a plurality of discs in succession.

However, the body of conventional jukeboxes was extremely thick (and unsuitable for home use).

In recent years, it has been called a digital audio disc (hereinafter abbreviated as CAD), and by recording digital signals, it is possible to increase the amount of information that can be stored compared to the conventional audio disc that contains analog signals, and it is easier to play. Several types of disks that generate less noise have been developed and are widely used.

Among these, a disk with an outer diameter of approximately 12 CTll, which is generally called a compact disk and is a system that records and reads signals using laser light, is easy to handle and allows the overall size of the disk player to be made smaller. It is. Recently, a multi-disc player has been developed which is suitable for use as a home jukebox and is capable of storing a plurality of small DADs at all times and playing them continuously. By the way, a small DAD has a playing time of about one hour and can accommodate about 1.5 times the amount of information as a conventional analog audio disc. Therefore, for example, if the playing time of a song is around 3 minutes, there will be approximately 60 songs on 3 discs.
It is possible to store songs, making it easy to cover your favorite songs by genre, such as jazz or enka.

A multi-disc player basically consists of a playing means including a turntable, a pickup, etc., a magazine in which a plurality of discs are sequentially arranged and stored at a predetermined pitch, and is removably attached to a predetermined attachment part in the player housing.
a disk transport mechanism for sequentially selecting arbitrary disks in the magazine, transporting them onto the disk carrying surface of the turntable and returning them into the magazine from the disk carrying surface; and a disk conveyed onto the turntable. It is equipped with a clamp mechanism for clamping. More specifically, the clamping mechanism includes a disc-shaped pressing member that comes into contact with the surface of the disc to be played opposite to the turntable and cooperates with the turntable to perform a disc clamping action; and the pressing member. It has a support arm that rotatably supports it. This support arm is placed at the clamp position N (supported by the support arm) in order to avoid contact between the disc being transported by the disc transport mechanism and the pressing member, as well as contact between the disc and the support arm itself. The pressing member moves appropriately between a position where the pressing member can come into contact with the disk on the turntable and an unclamped position.

In already developed multi-disc players, the large movement of the support arm is in a direction substantially perpendicular to the disc-carrying surface of the turntable.

Therefore, in order to secure the space required for the movement of the support arm, it has not always been easy to reduce the height of the entire disc player (in the direction perpendicular to the disc supporting surface of the turntable).

11 animals LL The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its purpose is to easily reduce the size of the disc player as a whole, especially in the height direction, and to reduce costs. An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-disc player that is easy to operate. .

A multi-disc player according to the present invention includes a magazine that sequentially arranges and stores a plurality of discs, and sequentially selects and transports arbitrary discs in the magazine onto a disc-carrying surface of a turntable, and transports the discs from the disc-carrying surface onto the magazine. a disk transport mechanism for returning the disk within the
a clamping mechanism for clamping the disk conveyed onto the turntable, the disk conveying mechanism includes a disk protruding storage means for protruding and storing the disk in the magazine along the main surface of the disk; a disk moving means for moving the disk in a direction substantially perpendicular to the disk supporting surface of the turntable; The clamping mechanism has a pressing member that comes into contact with the surface of the disc to be played opposite to the turntable and cooperates with the turntable to perform a disc clamping action, and a pressing member that is in a clamping position relative to the turntable. a support arm that is movable between clamp positions and rotatably supports the pressing member; the support arm moves along a plane parallel to the disk supporting surface of the turntable, and It is characterized in that the movement of the other arm is carried out only after the movement of one of the arms is completed.

Embodiments Hereinafter, a multi-disc player as an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates the entire multi-disc player. Note that the multi-disc player is for vehicle use, and is attached to the dash board or console box of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front panel 3 of the housing 2 has a rectangular magazine insertion opening 3a for inserting the magazine 5 into a predetermined mounting portion provided in the housing.
Ifi is provided. This magazine insertion port 3a extends in the left-right direction. However, the direction of arrow X is to the left.

Further, an arrow Y indicates the front, and an arrow Z indicates the upward direction. The magazine insertion port 3a is closed by a lid 6 swingably attached to the front panel 3 swinging in the direction of arrow F. Also on the front panel 3,
A group of operation buttons 7.8 and 10 and a display section 11 are provided for operating the multi-disc player. Each of these operation button groups 7 to 10 and display section 1
1 are arranged together on the left side of the front panel 3, making it easy for the driver of the car to operate them.

FIG. 2 (as shown in ω to +f+, magazine 5
has a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole, and has two rectangular plate-shaped disk supporting units 13 that are formed in exactly the same shape and are stacked on top of each other. It has a top plate 14 and a bottom plate 15 formed therein. Each disk carrying unit 13
, the top plate 14 and the bottom plate 15 include a plurality of studs 16a,
They are connected by screws 16b that engage with female threads formed at the tips of each stud. The bottom plate 15 is formed to have substantially the same shape as the disk carrying unit 13 except for its lower surface. Each disk carrying unit 13 and bottom plate 15 each carries a disk 17 so as to be movable along the main surface of the disk. Therefore, the number of disks 17 that can be stored in the magazine 5 is three. Note that when the magazine 5 is installed in the predetermined mounting portion in the housing 2, the arrangement direction of each of these disks is the vertical direction (arrow Z
direction and its opposite direction).

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2(b), the magazine 5
A label 20 is affixed to the front surface of the magazine, which describes the names of songs recorded on the discs stored in the magazine.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plate-shaped protruding arm 21 made of a steel plate is provided inside the disk carrying unit 13 and near its deepest part, and is attached to the disk carrying unit 13 by means of a bottle 21a. It is attached so that it can swing freely. This protruding arm 21 engages with the outer periphery of the disk 17 at its swinging end, in this case the front end, and moves the disk along the main surface of the disk outside the disk carrying unit, that is, outside the magazine 5. It acts as a protruding mechanism for protruding. The protruding arm 21 has an arcuate portion 21b extending along the outer periphery of the disk 17, and a linear portion 21c continuous to the arcuate portion. A disk engaging member 22 made of resin, which is separate from the main body of the protruding arm, is attached to the distal end of the linear portion 210, and as is particularly clear from FIG. has disk 17
A groove 22a is formed that can hold the main surface of the holder.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a tapered portion 13a is formed at the left end of the disk carrying unit 13, that is, at the end in the direction in which the disk 17 protrudes. This allows for smooth storage.

The protruding arm 21 is pivoted about a stud 16a located near the bin 21a, which is a swing support shaft.
A retaining arm 24 is provided.

The holding arm 24 engages the outer periphery of the disk 17 at one end of its rotation, in this case the left end, and urges the disk toward a storage position within the disk carrying unit 13 . However, a roller 24a is attached to a portion of the holding arm 24 that engages with the outer peripheral portion of the disk. A coil spring 25 is connected to the other rotating end of the holding arm 24, that is, the right end thereof, as a biasing force applying means for applying a disk biasing force to the holding arm 24. One end of the coil spring 25 is connected to the stud 16a. These holding arms 24 and coil springs 25 constitute a holding mechanism that holds the disk 17 at the storage position within the disk carrying unit 13.

A trigger lever 26 is provided at the rear end of the disk carrying unit 13 and extends in the left-right direction (in the direction of arrow X and in the opposite direction).
are arranged so that they can freely reciprocate in the left and right directions. This trigger lever 26 is for operating the above-mentioned holding mechanism (holding arm 24, etc.) and the protruding arm 21 from outside the magazine 5, and the left end 26a of the trigger lever is connected to the disk holding unit 1.
3 is exposed to the outside. The trigger lever 26 is connected to the protruding arm 2 via the intermediate lever 27a and the pins 27b and 27c.
The protruding arm 21 swings in response to the reciprocating movement of the trigger lever 26. Further, when the holding arm 24 moves forward (moves in the opposite direction of arrow X) together with the trigger lever 26, the intermediate lever 2
7a engages with part 24b of the other rotating end of the holding arm, thereby rotating counterclockwise in FIG. 3, thereby releasing the disc biasing state by the holding arm. As is clear from FIG. 3, the trigger lever 26 is biased to one side, in this case, to the rear, with respect to the protruding and storing direction of the disk 17 relative to the disk carrying unit 13 and therefore the magazine 5 (see FIG. 1, etc.). It is provided. Further, the trigger lever 26 includes a trigger lever.
A coil spring 29 is connected to the protruding arm 21 for imparting a tension to the protruding arm 21.

The disk holding unit 13 supports the main surface of the disk 17, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6,
The front and rear sides of the disk carrying unit 13 have left and right directions (
Disk supporting protrusions 13c, 13d and 13e extending in the direction of arrow X and the opposite direction) are provided, and the outer circumference of the disk 17 is supported by each of the disk supporting protrusions.

Note that, similarly to each disk holding unit 13, the above-described protruding arm 21, holding arm 24, coil spring 25, etc. are also provided in the bottom plate 15 that supports the lowermost disk 17.
29 and a trigger lever 26 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, two substantially rectangular plate-shaped chassis 32 and 33 are arranged side by side in the lower part of the housing 2 in the left-right direction (the direction of arrow X and the opposite direction).

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, two guides extending in the front-rear direction (in the direction of arrow Y and the opposite direction) are provided on both left and right sides of the chassis 33 disposed on the right side inside the housing 2. Shafts 34 and 35 are provided. Between both guide shafts 34 and 35 is a magazine insertion slot 3.
A substantially rectangular support plate 37 is arranged to directly support the magazine 5 inserted from a (first illustration). The right end of the support plate 37 is slidably attached to the right guide shaft 35 via a slider made of resin. The slider 38 has a 0-shaped groove 3 formed at its front and rear ends.
It is smoothly fitted to the guide shaft 35 at 8a. Further, the left end portion of the support plate 37 is slidably attached to the left guide shaft 34 via a pair of front and rear boss members 39. These carrier plate 37, slider 38, and boss member 39 constitute a magazine carrier. A moving member 41 made of resin is slidably attached to the guide shaft 34 that supports the left end of the support plate 37 at both its front and rear ends. As is especially clear from Figure 9,
A protrusion 41a that protrudes upward is formed in the center of the moving member 4), and a slit 41b is formed in the protrusion in the left-right direction (in the direction of arrow X and in the opposite direction). A leaf spring 42 attached to the lower surface of the support plate 37 is inserted into the slit 41b. That is, the support plate 37 and the moving member 41 are elastically coupled. As shown in FIG. 7, a rack portion 41d is formed on the right side of the movable member 41 and extends substantially over the entire length of the movable member. A gear 44 provided on the chassis 37 meshes with the rack portion 41d. The gear 44 includes a double gear 45 in which a small gear portion and a worm wheel that mesh with the gear are integrally formed, a worm 46 that meshes with the worm wheel, a large pulley 47 that is integrally formed with the worm, and a belt 48. , and the output shaft of the motor 50 via a small pulley 49.

These gear 44, double gear 45, worm 46, large pulley 47, belt 48, small pulley 49, and motor 5o constitute a driving means for driving the moving member 41. Further, the driving means, the moving member 41, and the supporting plate 37
A magazine attachment/detachment mechanism for attaching and ejecting the magazine 5 (see FIG. 1, etc.) to a predetermined attachment portion in the housing 2 is constituted by the magazine holding portion and the related small peripheral members.

As shown in FIG. 7, a carrier plate 3 directly supports the magazine 5 inserted from the magazine insertion port 3a (first illustration).
For example, four circular magazine guide members 53 are attached to the magazine holding surface 7. On the other hand, Figure 2 (
As shown in f+, two guide grooves 158 are formed on the lower surface of the bottom plate 15 of the magazine 5 so that the magazine guide member 53 can be smoothly engaged with the guide grooves 158. Magazine insertion slot 3 above
The magazine 5 that has been inserted with
7 and is accurately guided and positioned. Further, when the magazine 5 is inserted from the magazine insertion port 3a upside down, the edge of the upper plate 14 of the magazine 5 comes into contact with the magazine guide member 53, making it impossible to insert the magazine 5.

That is, reverse insertion of the magazine 5 is prevented.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a horizontal roller 55 is provided at the left front end of the carrier plate 37 to contact the lower surface of the magazine 5 and smoothly guide the magazine onto the carrier plate 37. ing. Also, a magazine 5 is provided at the right end of the support plate 37.
A pair of vertical rollers 56 are provided spaced apart from each other in the front and rear for guiding the paper onto the carrier plate. Further, a guide plate 57 is disposed at a position sandwiched between these sets of rollers 56 to guide the magazine 5 and to restrict the magazine 5 from moving upwardly from the support plate 37 .

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, on the lower right side of the support plate 37, there is a slide that is movable within a predetermined range in the movement direction of the support plate, that is, the front-rear direction (direction of arrow Y and the opposite direction thereof). A plate 58 is attached. Specifically, the slide plate 58 is formed with three elongated holes 58a extending in the front-rear direction, and the three bottles 37a protruding from the lower surface of the support plate 37 are slidably fitted into each of the elongated holes. They match. The slide plate 58 has a coil spring 59 that urges the slide plate forward.
are connected. A leaf spring 6o whose tip is bent into a dogleg shape is attached to the rear end of the slide plate 58, and as shown in FIG.
0 indicates each disk carrying unit 1 constituting the magazine 5
It can be engaged with a notch 13a formed at the right rear end of No. 3.

In this way, the plate spring 60 engages with the notch 13g, so that the front of the magazine 5 with respect to the support plate 37 (arrow Y
direction) is regulated.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a rectangular resin plate 62 is attached to the lower surface of the right end of the slide plate 58, and two detectors are provided so that the plate and its actuator can engage. Switches 63 and 64 are arranged. Both detection switches 63 and 64 are attached to the chassis 33. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a detection switch 65 is also fixed on the upper surface of the left rear end of the chassis 33, and the rear end of the movable member 41 can engage with the actuator of this detection switch. .

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, three photosensors 67, 68, and 69 are arranged side by side in the vertical direction (in the direction of arrow Z and the opposite direction) on the upper surface of the right end of the support plate 37. It is being

Each of these photosensors 67 to 69 is for detecting the movement of the right end surface 24d of the holding arm 24 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the right end surface 24d of the holding arm 24 has openings 131 and 15C (second
(see Figure (C)) and is exposed to the outside of the disk carrying unit and the bottom plate 15. The photosensors 67 to 69 detect the movement of the right end surface of the holding arm 24 by using it as a reflector. These seven sensors'+J67, 68 and 69 and the holding arm 24 as a detection object constitute disk presence/absence detection means for detecting the presence or absence of each disk in the magazine 5.

As shown in Figure 110, Figure 11 and Figure 13,
On the chassis 32 disposed on the left inside the housing 2, there is a rectangular plate-shaped chassis 7 that is slightly smaller than the chassis 32.
5 is fixed. As partially shown in FIG. 12, a support member 7 in the shape of a rectangular frame is provided on the lower surface of the sub-chassis 75 via a plurality of vibration isolating members 76 made of rubber or the like.
7 is installed. A turntable 79 and a carriage 80 are mounted on the support member 77.

The carriage 80 is equipped with an optical pickup means including an objective lens 81 and the like, and is movable along a plane parallel to the disk holding surface 79a of the turntable 79. Further, on the support member 77, a carriage driving means for driving the carriage 80, which is composed of a motor 82 and the like, is provided.

The above-mentioned carriage driving means, turntable 79, carriage 80 including optical pickup means, and peripheral members related thereto constitute a playing means for playing a disc.

As shown in FIGS. 11, 12, 14, and 15, a rectangular plate-shaped disk support portion 85 made of a steel plate is arranged at a position sandwiching the sub-chassis 75 together with the chassis 32. However, the chassis 32 is not shown in FIG. The disk holding part 85 supports the disk 17 protruding from the magazine 5 (see FIG. 1, etc.), and is arranged in the direction in which each disk in the magazine is arranged (i.e., up and down, the two directions of the arrows, and the opposite direction). It can be moved freely. Further, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 14, on the disk holding part 85, there is provided a groove for slidingly contacting the disk 17 protruding from the magazine 5 on the lower surface and guiding the disk onto the disk holding part 85. A rectangular plate-shaped disk guide member 86 is arranged, and is swingably attached to the disk holding portion 85 at its left end via a pin 87. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, a roller 88 is provided at the right end of the disk holding section 85 to abut against the lower surface of the disk 17 and guide the disk. Note that the disk guide member 86 swings in a plane including the vertical direction (arrow Z direction and the opposite direction). FIG. 17 shows details of the disc guide member 86.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 14, the disk holder 85 is supported by a pair of support mechanisms 89 and 90 at its front and rear sides. These pair of support mechanisms 89 and 90 move the disk supporting portion 85 in a direction perpendicular to the disk supporting surface 79a of the turntable 79 (see FIG. 13, etc.), that is, in the vertical direction (arrow Z
direction and the opposite direction), and the disk supporting surface of the disk supporting section is connected to the turntable 79.
The disk supporting portion 85 is supported so that it is always parallel to the disk supporting surface 79a of the disk supporting surface 79a.

As shown in FIG. 11, the support mechanism 89 that supports the front side of the disk holder 85 consists of two support levers 89b and 89c that intersect with each other and are pivoted at the intersection by a pin 89a.

One end of the support lever 89b is pivotally attached to the chassis 32 by a pin 89d.

Further, a bottle 89e is provided protruding from the other end of the support lever 89b, and a long hole 85a is formed in the disk holding portion 85 to extend in the left-right direction (the direction of the arrow X and the opposite direction).
The bottle 89e is slidably fitted into the bottle 89e. The other support lever 89G is pivotally connected at one end to the disc carrier 85 by a pin 89f. Further, a bottle 89g is protruded from the other end of the support lever 89c, and is slidably fitted into a long hole 32a formed in the chassis 32 to extend in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 14, a support structure 90 that supports the rear side of the disk carrier 85 consists of two support levers 90b and 90c that intersect with each other and are pivotally connected at the intersection by a pin 90a. .

The support lever 90b has one end pivotally attached to the chassis 32 by a pin 90d, and a pin 90e protruding from the other end.
are elongated holes 85b1., which are formed in the disk holding portion 85 and extend in the left-right direction. :FW is fitted freely. Further, the other support lever 90C is pivotally attached to the disk holding portion 85 at one end thereof by a pin 90f. A bottle 90g is also protruded from the other end of the support lever 90c, and the bottle slides into a long hole 32b formed in the chassis 32 extending in the left-right direction (in the direction of arrow X and the opposite direction). They fit together freely.

The support lever 89c and the support lever 90C, which are the constituent members of the two support mechanisms 89 and 90, are connected by an intermediate member (not shown), so that the movements of both support mechanisms are synchronized. Note that this intermediate member is located at the right end of each support lever 89c, 90c, that is, the bin 8
9f and the vicinity of the bin 90''.

As shown in FIG. 12, at the right end of the chassis 32, there are two drive levers 94 and 9 that intersect with each other and are connected to each other by a pin 93 at the intersection so that they can rotate with each other.
5 is provided. One end of one drive lever 94;
In this case, a bin 94a is protruded from the lower end, and is attached to the chassis 32 in the front and back direction (direction of arrow Y and the opposite direction).
This bottle 94aIf is inserted into the elongated hole 32d which is formed by extending.
i They are slidably fitted. A resin roller 94b is attached to the other end of the drive lever 94, and the roller contacts the lower surface of the intermediate member (not shown) provided to interlock the support mechanisms 89 and 90. I can come into contact with you. One end (lower end) of the other drive lever 95 is connected to the bin 9
5a is pivotally attached to the chassis 32. A roller 95b is also provided at the other end of the drive lever 95, and this roller can also come into contact with the intermediate member. That is, by moving the bottle 94a protruding from one of the drive levers 94 backward along the elongated hole 32d (in the direction of arrow Y),
The re-drive levers 94 and 95 rise upward, thereby causing the intermediate member (not shown) and, therefore, the disk holder 85 to move upward.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, the chassis 32
A guide shaft 98 is provided on the right side of the vehicle and extends in the front-rear direction, and a movable body 99 is slidably attached to the guide shaft. A protrusion 99a is formed at the front end of the movable body 9. The protrusion 99a can be engaged with the front edge of a bin 94a protruding from the drive lever 94. A rack portion 99b is formed on the upper surface of the movable body 99 and extends substantially over the entire length of the movable body, and a gear 100 meshes with the rack portion.

This gear 100 includes a gear 101, a worm wheel 102 integrally formed with the gear 101, a worm 103 meshing with the worm wheel, a gear 104 integrally formed with the worm, a gear 105 meshing with the gear 104, and a gear 105. Gear 106 and gear 1 integrally formed with
The output shaft of the motor 108 is connected to the output shaft of the motor 108 via a gear 107 that meshes with the motor 06.

The drive lever 94, 95, the bin 93, the guide shaft 98, the movable body 99, the gear 100, 101,
104, 105, 106, and 107, the worm wheel 102, the worm 103, the motor 108, and peripheral small members related to these, the intermediate member (provided to support both front and rear sides of the disk support section 85) A driving force applying means is configured to apply a driving force to the two support mechanisms 89 and 90 (not shown) provided for interlocking the two supporting mechanisms 89 and 90 to drive the disk holding part 85. Further, this driving force applying means and the intermediate member (not shown)
The disk 17 protruding from the magazine 5 (see FIG. 1, etc.) is moved to the disk supporting surface 79a of the turntable 79 by the supporting mechanisms 89 and 90 and the disk supporting section 85.
(See FIGS. 10 and 13) A disk moving means is configured to move the disk in a direction perpendicular to the disk (see FIGS. 10 and 13), that is, in a vertical direction (in the direction of arrow Z and the opposite direction).

Next, the disk 17 is made to protrude from the magazine 5,
Further, a disk protruding storage means for storing the protruding disk 17 in the magazine 5 will be explained.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, an operating rod 112 made of round steel is provided on the upper surface of the rear end of the disk support portion 85.
is arranged to extend in the left-right direction (the direction of arrow X and the opposite direction thereof), and is attached to the disk supporting portion 85 via bearing members 113 and 114 so as to be able to reciprocate in the direction of extension. This actuating rod 112 is a member for pushing the left end portion 26a of the trigger lever 26 in the magazine 5 by its forward movement (movement to the right (movement in the opposite direction of the arrow X)) to actuate the trigger lever.

Approximately at the center of the actuating rod 112 is a rotatable member 115 that is movable within a predetermined range (approximately 3 M) along the actuating rod.
is installed. A stopper 116 is fixed to the center of the actuating rod 112 near the rotatable member 115, and a coil spring 117 is compressed between the stopper and the rotatable member 115. Also, rotatable 115
A coil spring 118 is connected to the left end of the actuating rod 112, which rotates the actuating rod 112 and urges the actuating rod in the backward movement direction (leftward=direction of arrow X).

A magazine 5 (see FIG. 1, etc.) is placed on the disk holder 85 and near the actuating rod 112 by pressing the outer periphery of the disk 17 with its free end to push out the disk from above the disk holder 85. A push-out arm 121 for storing the disc inside is swingably attached around the bin 122 and along the disc-carrying surface of the disc-carrying section. In FIG. 15, the position of the extrusion arm 121 indicated by a two-dot chain line is referred to as an extrusion position (for pushing out the disk 17), and the position of the extrusion arm 121 indicated by a solid line is referred to as a non-extrusion position. The extrusion arm 121 is urged toward the non-extrusion position by a spring member 123 fitted into the pin 122, which is a swing support shaft thereof.

The push-out arm 121 includes an arm body 124 that swings around a bin 122, and a bin 1 attached to the free end of the arm body.
25, and a sub-arm 126 rotatably attached within a predetermined range via a sub-arm 126. The bin 125 extends parallel to the bin 122, which is the swing support shaft of the arm body 124,
Therefore, the swing of the arm main body 124 and the rotation of the sub-arm 126 are performed in substantially the same plane. That is, the push-out arm 121 as a whole can be bent, and the connecting portion between the arm main body 124 and the sub-arms 1 to 6 is the bending portion. ! As shown in Figure 15, the push-out arm 121 is bent at an angle of about 90@ when it is in the non-push-out position.

The sub-arm 126 further includes an arm Al26a that rotates around the bin 125, and is swingably attached to the free end of the arm A126a via the bin 126b, and engages the outer periphery of the disk 17 at the free end. Arm B1
26c. Bin 126b extends at right angles to bin 125, so arm B1
26c is oscillated in a plane perpendicular to the disk supporting surface of the disk supporting section 85. In addition, arm 8126
A roller 126d is provided at the engagement portion of arm C with the outer circumferential portion of the disk, and the engagement between arm B and the outer circumferential portion of the disk is performed smoothly. Details of the arm body 124 are shown in FIGS. 18(a) and (b+), and details of the arm Al26a, arm B126c, etc. are shown in FIG. ing.

As shown in FIG. 15, a drive arm 129 is arranged below the extrusion arm 121, and
It is rotatably attached to the disk holding part 85 by 9a. Drive arm 129 in Fig. 21 (ω and city)
details are shown.

This drive arm 129 is a member that engages with the free end of the push-out arm 121 at its rotating end to swing the push-out arm to the above-mentioned push-out position.

A roller 129b is provided at the engagement portion of the drive arm 129 with the extrusion arm 121, and the engagement between the drive arm and the extrusion arm is performed smoothly.

An L-shaped slide plate 131 is provided between the push-out arm 121 and the drive arm 129 so as to be movable in the left-right direction (in the direction of arrow X and the opposite direction). Specifically, three bins 131a are protruded from the lower surface of the slide plate 131, and three long holes 85d are formed in the disk holding portion 85 to extend in the left-right direction.
Each of the bottles 131a is fitted into the inside so as to be able to vibrate freely. The right end of the slide plate 131 is connected to the other rotating end of the drive arm 129 by three pins 132a, 132b, 132c and two relay levers 133a, 133b. That is, as the slide plate 132 moves, the drive arm 129 rotates, thereby causing the push-out arm 121 to swing.

Note that the other end of the coil spring 118 for biasing the actuating rod 112 toward the left is attached to the slide plate 1.
31, and the slide plate 131 is given a piascus by this fill spring.

The disk supporting part 85 also has a guide shaft 136 shown in FIGS. 10, 12, and 14 below the operating rod 112 and the slide plate 131, which extends in the left-right direction (the direction of the arrow X and the opposite direction). A movable body 137, also shown in FIG. 15, is attached to the guide shaft so as to be freely movable. This movable body 137 engages with the lower part of the rotating piece 115 at its right end, thereby causing the actuating rod 112 to move forward (rightward=movement in the opposite direction of the arrow X). Further, the moving body 137 engages with the slide plate 131 at its left end, thereby swinging the push-out arm 121 to the push-out position (for pushing out the disk 17 from above the disk carrier 85).

A rack portion 137a is formed on the rear surface of the movable body 137 and extends over the entire length of the movable body, and a gear 138 meshes with the rack portion. This gear 138 consists of three double gears 139 and 140 each formed integrally with two large and small gears.
, 141 and a worm 142 that meshes with a worm wheel 141a, which is a large gear portion of the double gear 141, to an output shaft of a motor 143.

The gear 138 described above and the double gear 139.140.1
41, worm 142, and motor 143,
A moving force imparting means for imparting a moving force to the movable body 137 is configured. Further, the moving force imparting means and the moving body 137
The actuating rod 112 and the push-out arm 1
The drive source, the actuating rod 112, and the push-out arm 121 cause the disk 17 to protrude from the magazine 5, and the protruded disk 17 from the magazine. A disc protruding storage means is configured to be stored within the disc.

Next, a positioning means for positioning the disk 17 projected from the magazine 5 at a predetermined position on the disk carrier 85 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 15, two swing levers 147 and 148 are disposed at both front and rear ends of the disk holding section 85 and near the magazine 5.
It is swingably attached to the disk holding part 85 by 47a and 148a. FIG. 22 shows the swing lever 148.
details are shown. These swing levers 147.14
A pin 14711, 148b, which engages with the outer circumference of the disk 17, is provided on each free end of the disk 17, respectively. Second
A cross section of the bottle 148b is shown in FIG. Note that the bottle 147b is formed in exactly the same manner as the bottle 148b.

Both swinging levers 147 and 148 are connected to the bin 149a by an interlocking lever 149 for interlocking the swinging levers.
are connected via. Figure 24 shows the interlocking lever 149.
details are shown. As shown in Figure 22,
A coil spring 150 is connected to the swing lever 148 as an engagement force applying means for applying an engagement force to each of the swing levers 147 and 148 with the outer peripheral portion of the disk.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 22, the swing lever 1
At the free end of 48, an intermediate plate 151 is attached to a bin 151a.
It is rotatably attached via the Figure 25〈a
+, (b>) shows the details of the intermediate plate 151. A bottle 151b extending upward (in the direction of the arrow 2) is provided at the free end of the intermediate plate 151, and a rotating shaft that moves together with the actuating rod 112 is provided. A protruding portion 115a protruding from the movable member 115 can engage with the bin 151b. A claw portion 151C is formed on the intermediate plate 151, and a protruding portion 115a protruding from the swing plate 148 can be engaged with the bin 151b. Protrusion 148d
By engaging the claws with the pins, rotation of the intermediate plate 151 in the clockwise direction (for example, in FIG. 22) about the bin 151a is restricted. However, counterclockwise rotation of the intermediate plate 151 is permitted within a predetermined range. A coil spring 152 is connected to the intermediate plate 151 to bias the intermediate plate clockwise.

As shown in FIG. 15, another L-shaped swinging lever 155 is arranged near the left end of the disk holding section 85. However, this swing lever is swingably attached to the disk guide member 86 (see FIG. 17, etc.) via the pin 155a. A pin 155b that engages with the outer periphery of the disk 17 projects from the free end of the swing lever 155. Further, a coil spring 156 is connected to the swing lever 155 as an engagement force applying means for applying an engagement force to the swing lever with the outer peripheral portion of the disk.

A rotating lever 157 that can freely rotate about a bin 157a is arranged near the swinging lever 155, and one end of the rotating lever is pivoted to a free end of the swinging lever 155 by a bin 157b. It is worn. Rotating lever 157
On the right side, the left and right direction (arrow X direction and the opposite direction)
L-shaped slide plate 158 that can freely reciprocate in
is arranged, and the left end of the slide plate engages with the other rotating end of the rotating lever 157.

That is, when the slide plate 158 moves to the left (in the direction of arrow X), the bin 157b of the swing lever 155 is disengaged from the outer circumference of the disk.

Each of the above-mentioned swing levers 147, 148, 155, interlocking lever 149, coil spring 150, 156,
The disc 17 protruded from the magazine 5 is moved to a predetermined position on the disc holder 85, in this case by the turntable 7.
A positioning means for positioning at a position directly above 9 is configured.

The disk 17 protruding from the magazine 5 is accurately positioned on the disk holder 85 by the action of the three swing levers 147.1'' 48, 155 and the coil springs 150 and 156. 17 may be caught on some member, and the biasing force of the coil spring 150 alone may not be able to pull the disk into a predetermined position on the disk holding portion 85 (directly above the turntable 7).

Suppose that such a situation occurs and the swing levers 147 and 148 are at the positions shown by the two-dot chain lines in FIGS. 15 and 22, for example. Then, as shown in Figure 22,
Rotatable 115 is moved to the right (opposite arrow
direction), and the rotatable member is positioned to the right of the intermediate plate 151. During this movement of the rotatable 115, the protrusion 115a of the rotatable 115 comes into contact with the bin 151b of the intermediate plate 151, but since the intermediate plate 151 is rotatable in the direction of arrow G, the rotatable 115 As the intermediate plate 151 moves to the right, the intermediate plate 151 is rotated counterclockwise around the bin 151a, and when the intermediate plate 151 is rotated counterclockwise by a predetermined angle, the bin 151b is separated from the overhang 115a. Thus, the movement of the rotatable member 115 is completed. Further, from the overhanging portion 115a to the bottle 151b
When the intermediate plate 151 is released, the intermediate plate 151 is instantly returned clockwise by the biasing force of the coil spring 152. Next, the rotating piece 115 is moved to the left (in the direction of arrow X), and the projecting portion 115a of the rotating piece comes into contact with the bin 151b of the intermediate plate 151.

As described above, the intermediate plate 151 cannot rotate clockwise, so by moving the rotating piece 115 to the right, the intermediate plate and the swinging lever 148 are rotated about the bin 148 (as shown in FIG. 22). Rocks clockwise.

Further, the other swinging lever 147, which is connected to the swinging lever 148 by an interlocking lever 149, is caused to swing counterclockwise (in FIG. 15) about the bin 147a. As a result, both swing levers 147
．． a bin 147b attached to each free end of 148;
148b presses the outer periphery of the disk 17, and the disk 17 is forcibly positioned directly above the turntable 79. That is, each swinging lever 147.1 is
48 is swung so that each free end of each swiveling lever presses against the outer periphery of the disk.

Next, a position detecting means for detecting that the disk holding part 85 described above has moved and reached a position where it can hold any disk 17 protruding from the magazine 5 and stopping the disk holding part, and a magazine. Detection means for detecting that the disk 17 protruding from the disk 5 is supported at a predetermined position on the disk holder 85 (directly above the turntable 79) will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2 (Small), FIG. 3, and FIG. Reflective plates 161a, 161b and 161c as three marks in the vertical direction (two arrow directions and the opposite direction)
is provided. Specifically, each of these reflectors is connected to two disk carrying units 13 that constitute the main body of the magazine 5.
and one each on the bottom plate 15. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15, a photosensor 162 is provided at the right rear end of the disk holding section 85 to detect each of the reflecting plates 161a to 161c.

As is clear from FIG. 15, this photosensor 162
is located close to the actuation rod 112. Furthermore,
Bearing member 11 that supports actuating rod 112 in a reciprocating manner
4 also serves as an attachment member for attaching this photosensor 162 to the disk holder 85. Therefore, compared to the case where a mounting member for attaching the photosensor 162 to the disk holder 85 is specially provided separately from the bearing member 114, the number of parts is reduced, making it easier to reduce costs. Further, by supporting the actuating rod 112 and the photosensor 162 by one integral member, which is the bearing member 114, the accuracy of the relative positional dimensions of the actuating rod and the photosensor is extremely improved.

Each of the above-mentioned reflecting plates 161a, 161b and 161C,
The photo sensor 162 constitutes a position detecting means for detecting that the disk holding section 85 has moved and reached a position where it can support any disk 17 protruding from the magazine 5, and stopping the disk holding section. has been done.

As shown in FIG. 15, a swing plate 165 is swingably attached to the upper surface of the left front end of the disk holding section 85 by means of a pin 165a.

A pin 165b is protruded from the free end of the swing plate 165 and can be engaged with the outer circumference of the disk 17. The swing plate 165 includes a coil spring 166 that applies an engagement force to the disc 17 to the swing plate.
are connected. A photosensor 167 that is operated by the swing plate 165 is arranged above the swing plate 165, and is attached to the disk holder 85 by a mounting member 167a. These swing plates 165 and photosensors 167 cause the magazine 5 to
Detecting means is configured to detect that the disc 17 protruding from the disc 17 is supported and positioned at a predetermined position M on the disc holder 85 (directly above the turntable 79).

As shown in FIG. 15, the above-mentioned swing plate 16
To the right of 5 is the left and right direction (arrow X direction and its opposite direction)
A "V" plate 170 is arranged to extend to
Further, it is attached to the disk holding portion 85 via the bin 170a so as to be able to reciprocate in the left and right direction. The movable plate 170 is reciprocated by being given a driving force, and lifts the disc guide member 86 upwardly via the lifting lever 171 shown in FIGS. 11 and 15 during a disc play. It acts to separate the playing means (described above) including the turntable 79 by a predetermined distance (approximately 4 mrx) from the guide position. As shown in FIG.
1 is formed into a substantially triangular shape, and a bin 171 is attached to a substantially triangular bracket 173 protruding from the disk supporting portion 85.
It is rotatably attached by a. One end of the lifting lever 171 is pivotally connected to the moving plate 170 via a pin 171b. Further, the other rotating end 171C of the holding and raising lever 171 engages with the lower surface of an overhang 86a (also shown in FIG. 17) formed at the front end of the disk guide member 86.

As is clear from FIG. 15, the left end portion 170C of the moving plate 170 for operating the disk guide member 86
is capable of engaging with a portion 165d of the free end of the swing plate 165. As a result, the movable plate 170 moves the swinging plate 165 to the bin 1 while the disc is being played.
65a as a center in the clockwise direction in FIG.
1lIiflR from the outer periphery of 7.

Here, the means for applying driving force to the above-mentioned moving plate 170 will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 10, a lever member A176 formed in a dogleg shape is attached to the right front end of the chassis 32.
It is rotatably attached around 76a! Details of this lever member A176 are shown in FIGS.
77a, and a pin 177b projects from the other end of the relay lever. As also shown in FIG. 10, a protrusion 99d extending in the opposite direction to the protrusion 99a, in this case to the left (in the direction of arrow X) is formed on the front end of the moving body 99 driven by the motor 108. This projection 99d can engage with a pin 177b provided on the relay lever 177.

As shown in FIG. 11, the front surface of the sub-chassis 75 provided on the upper surface of the chassis 32 is
slide plate 1 extending in the direction and the opposite direction)
79 is disposed, and is attached to the chassis 32 via a pin 179a so as to be able to reciprocate in its extension direction, that is, in the left-right direction. Figure 27 (and (b)
) details of the slide plate 179 are shown. The slide plate 179 is biased to the right (in the direction opposite to the arrow Enx) by a coil spring 180. A projecting portion 179C extending rearward (counter to arrow Y direction) is formed at the right end of the slide plate 179, and a long hole 179a extending in the front-rear direction is formed in the projecting portion. A pin 176C is protruded from the rotating end of the lever member A176, and a long hole 17 formed in the slide plate 179
Bingo 76C is smoothly inserted into 9d. That is, as the movable body 99 moves forward (in the direction of arrow Y), the lever member A176 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. It is designed to move in the direction of arrow X).

A lever member 8183 is disposed near the lever member A176, and the bottle 183 is located approximately at the center of the lever member 8183.
It is rotatably attached to the sub-chassis 75 by a. Details of the lever member 8183 are shown in FIG. 28(a) and crest). One end of the lever member 8183 is a cam portion 183b, and the slide plate 17
A bottle 179f protruding from the projecting portion 179c of 9 can be engaged with this cam portion 183b. That is, as the sleight plate 179 moves to the left (in the direction of arrow X), the lever member B183 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 10 about the bin 183a.

A projecting portion 183C extending upward (in the two directions of arrows) is formed at the other rotating end of the lever member B183, and as shown in FIG. This projecting portion 183C can engage with the bottle 170e. That is, the moving plate 170 is connected to the moving body 99 (first
0) by the motor 108 etc. that applies driving force to the
Further, the driving force is applied sequentially through the lever member A176, the slide plate 179, and the lever member 8183.

As shown in FIGS. 10, 15, and 28(a) and (b), the free end of the lever member 8183 has a bottle 1.
83e is provided protrudingly. As shown in Figure 15,
This bottle 183e is adapted to engage with the rear edge of a protrusion 149C formed on the front end of the interlocking lever 149 so as to protrude leftward (in the direction of arrow X). That is, as described above, by rotating the lever member 8183 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 10 or 15 about the bottle 183a, the interlocking lever 149 moves forward (in the direction of arrow Y). , which results in two 1′:! The J-movement levers 147 and 148 are made to be detached from the outer periphery of the disk.

Further, as shown in FIG. 15, a moving plate 170
is connected to the slide plate 158 by a pin 158a near its left end. Therefore, when the lever member 8183 rotates in the counterclockwise direction, the slide plate 158 moves to the left (in the direction of arrow X) together with the moving plate 170.
55 is from the outer periphery of the disk! 111152.

Note that the above-mentioned disk protruding storage means (operating rod 11
2. A disk moving means (consisting of a disk carrying part 85, support structures 89, 90, etc.), a positioning means including swing levers 147, 148, etc., and a photo sensor.

position detection means including a disk guide member 8, etc.;
6, a detection means consisting of a swing plate 165 and a photosensor 167, a moving plate 170, and peripheral members related thereto, sequentially select any disc 17 in the magazine 5 and detect the disc support surface of the seven turntables. A disk transport mechanism is configured to transport the disk 17 onto the disk holding surface 79a and return the disk 17 into the magazine 5 from above the disk holding surface.

Next, the disc 1 transported onto the turntable 79
The clamping mechanism for clamping 7 will be explained.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 13, a bracket 186 is provided at the left front end of the sub-chassis 75, and a bracket 186 is provided at approximately the center of the bracket in the vertical direction (two directions of arrows and the opposite direction). An elongated pivot support shaft 187 is attached. While the above-mentioned disk protruding storage means (consisting of the operating rod 112, push-out arm 121, etc.) is arranged near the deepest part of the magazine mounting part in the housing 2, this rotation support shaft 187 is located near the deepest part of the magazine mounting part. Magazine insertion port 3a (shown in the first diagram)
placed on the side.

As is particularly clear from FIG. 16, a longitudinal arm body 189 is rotatably attached to the rotary support shaft 187. This arm body 189 is shown in Figure 29 (No.C).
details are shown. Since the rotation support shaft 187 extends in the vertical direction (the two directions of arrows and the opposite direction), the rotation of the arm body 189 is in a plane parallel to the disk supporting surface 79a of the turntable 79 (see FIG. 10). done along.

A sub-arm 190 is provided at one rotating end of the arm body 189 via a pin 190a so as to be swingable within a predetermined range. In Fig. 30(a) or C), the sub-arm 19 is shown.
0 details are shown. The bin 190a extends parallel to the disk supporting surface 79a of the turntable 79,
Therefore, the sub-arm 190 swings in a plane perpendicular to the disk supporting surface. Sub arm 19
At the free end of the disk 170 to be played, there is a rotatably disk-shaped pressing member 192 that comes into contact with the surface opposite to the turntable 79 and cooperates with the turntable to perform a disk clamping action. installed. Note that the sub-arm 190 swings between a first position where the pressing member forms a clamp and a second position where the pressing member releases the clamp. The suppressing member 192 performs a disk clamping action by the magnetic force of the magnet contained therein, and therefore the turntable 79 is made of a magnetic material. As shown in Figure 17,
The main surface of the disc guide member 86 made of a steel plate, near the passage portion of the pressing member 192, is a notch 86C. Further, although not shown, for members other than the disk guide member whose part is located near the passage portion of the pressing member 192, the part may be formed of a non-magnetic material, or This part is a notch. That is, the magnetic member is disposed outside the vicinity of the pressing member 1920 passage portion.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 16, the arm body 1
A slide plate 194 is attached to the upper part of the arm body so as to be able to reciprocate in the longitudinal direction of the arm body. The slide plate 194 is shown in FIGS. 31(a) and (b).
details are shown. An engaging portion 194a is formed at one end of the slide plate 194, and the sub arm 1
This engaging portion 194a engages with a pin 190c that is protruded from the free end of 90. A coil spring 195 is connected to the slide plate 194 as a biasing means for biasing the slide plate so that the sub-arm 190 moves to the second position (the position where the suppressing member 192 is released from the clamped state). .

At the other end of the arm body 189, a pivot lever 196 formed in a substantially dogleg shape is rotatably provided via a pin 196a. Details of the pivot lever 196 are shown in FIGS. 32(a) to 32(c).

The rotating lever 196 rotates along a plane parallel to the disk supporting surface 79a of the turntable 79. Rotating lever 19
6 is pivotally attached to the other end of the slide plate 194 by a pin 196b.

The arm main body 189, sub-arm 190, slide plate 194, coil spring 195, and rotation lever 196 described above are collectively referred to as a support arm 198. The position of the support arm 198 shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 16, that is, the position where the pressing member 192 reaches right above the turntable 79, is referred to as the clamp position of the support arm. In contrast, the position of the support arm 198 indicated by a solid line in FIG. 16 is referred to as a non-clamp position.

The support arm 198 rotates between the clamped position and the unclamped position, and along a plane parallel to the disk supporting surface 79a of the turntable 79.

As shown in FIG. 16 and FIG. 29(a) to C), the side part of the arm body 189, which is the main component of the support arm 198, has an axial center parallel to the longitudinal direction of the arm body. The adjustment screw 201 is screwed together so that. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 16, a bracket 186 supporting the rotation support shaft 187
A circular pin 202 protrudes from the top, into which the tip of the threaded portion of the adjustment screw can engage. However, the bracket 186 is not shown in FIG. 16, and only the bin 202 is shown.

These adjustment screws 201 and pins 202 constitute adjustment means for adjusting the stopping position of the support arm 198 at the clamp position. Further, the adjustment means, the support arm 198, the rotation support shaft 187 that supports the support arm, and the pressing member 192 constitute a clamp mechanism that clamps the disk 17 conveyed onto the seven turntables. There is. In addition to the adjustment screw 201 described above, the clamp d structure is provided with an adjustment screw 204 shown in FIG. 16. This adjustment screw 20
4 is screwed into the arm main body 189 in the vertical direction, and the tip of the threaded portion engages with the free end of the sub-arm 190. By tightening or loosening the adjusting screw, the swing angle of the sub-arm 190 can be adjusted. can be adjusted freely.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 16, the support arm 1
A bottle 196C is protruded from the other end of the rotating lever 196, which is a component of the slide plate 1.
79 in the front-rear direction (
The bottle 196C is smoothly fitted into a long hole 1791 extending in the direction of arrow Y and the opposite direction thereof. That is, the left side of this slide plate 179 (
By moving the support arm 198 in the direction of the arrow X, the support arm 198 is rotated toward the clamp position. Note that the movement of the slide plate 179, that is, the rotation of the support arm 198, is performed by the moving body 99 via the lever member A176.
also controls the vertical movement of the disc holder 85, but after the movement of either the disc holder 85 or the support arm 198 (the rotation of the support arm 198) is completed, the other is moved. being done.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, the chassis 32
A pair of detection switches 206 and 207 are provided at the front and back of the right end of the switch so that the movable body 99 can come into contact with them. Further, a photosensor 208 is provided corresponding to the main surface of the gear 106 for applying driving force to the moving body 99.

A reflecting plate that is detected by a photosensor 208 is attached to the main surface of the gear 106.

As shown in FIG. 15, two photosensors 211, 212, . Also, one detection switch 213 is provided. Reflective plates to be detected by each of these seven sensors 211 and 212 are attached to the moving body 137.

As shown in FIG. 15, at a predetermined position of the support member 77 that supports the turntable 79, etc., a carriage 80 carrying an optical pickup means is at its home position, that is, the pre-performance rest position. A detection switch 214 for detection is provided.

A section 11111 (not shown) is provided at a predetermined position within the housing 2, and includes the above-mentioned playing means (consisting of the turntable 79, etc.), the magazine attaching/detaching mechanism (consisting of the carrier plate 37, the motor 50, etc.), and the disk. The transport mechanism is controlled by the controller. Each of the aforementioned detection switches 63,
64.65, 206° 207.213 and 214, and each photosensor 67.68.69, 162, 167
．． Detection signals emitted from 208, 211 and 212 are transmitted to the control section. The motor 5 is activated by an operation signal sent from the control section in response to each of these detection signals.
0, 82, 108, 143 and the turntable 79 operate at predetermined timings to be described later.

The above-mentioned control section also includes an eject means that issues a magazine eject operation command even during disc play in response to a manual eject command, and an eject means that stores the disc when the disc is returned from the disc carrier 85 into the magazine 5. A storage part confirmation means for checking whether or not a storage part exists in the magazine 5; and a storage part confirmation means for checking whether or not a storage part is present in the magazine 5; and confirming whether there is a storage section in the magazine 5 for storing the lumbosacral disk.

The control unit also includes an automatic performance means that automatically plays a performance sequence including at least two discs unless a stop command is received, and a disc presence/absence unit that checks whether a specified disc is stored in the magazine 5 or not. The apparatus includes a confirmation means, and a music head detecting means that successively detects the beginning of a famous piece of music recorded on a disc sequentially and continuously for a plurality of discs (for example, three discs).

Next, the operation of the multi-disc player configured as described above will be briefly explained along the playing procedure with reference to FIGS. 33 to 38.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, insert the magazine 5 from the magazine insertion port 3a (step S in FIG. 33).
z). First, the magazine 5 is supported on the support plate 37 shown in FIGS. 7 to 9. In this state, press the magazine 5 a little forcefully. When the magazine 5 is pushed, the slide plate 58 provided on the lower surface of the support plate 37 moves about 3 degrees rearward (in the opposite direction of arrow Y) together with the magazine against the biasing force of the coil spring 59.

As a result, the detection switches 63 and 64 are operated, the motor 50 rotates, and the magazine 5 starts moving backward together with the moving member 41 and the support plate 37. When the movable member 41 moves backward by a predetermined distance along the guide shaft 34 and the rear end of the movable member contacts the detection switch 65 and the detection switch operates, the motor 50 stops and the magazine 5 is loaded. is completed (step 3 shown in Figure 33).
2).

Next, each operation button group 7 to 10 shown in FIG.
When a predetermined button is operated to specify the disc and song to be played (step 83), the control unit (not shown) determines whether the specified disc is stored in the magazine 5 or not. Check whether the
4). This confirmation is performed by photosensors 67 to 69. If the specified disk is not in the magazine 5, this is notified to the listener by an alarm, and the magazine is ejected to prompt replacement of the magazine 5 (step Ss). When it is confirmed that the specified disk is stored in the magazine 5,
The control section uses the photosensor 67 to confirm whether another disk is supported on the disk holding section 85 (this disk holding section is referred to as a tray in the flowchart) (step S6), and also checks the lumbosacral position. It is confirmed by the photosensors 67 to 69 whether or not there is a storage section in the magazine 5 for storing a disk (step Sy). There is another disk on the disk holding part 85 (tray),
Further, if there is no storage section in the magazine 5 that can accommodate this disc, the user is prompted to replace the magazine 5 (the magazine is ejected and the listener is notified by an alarm (step Sg). If there is a compartment in the magazine 5 that can accommodate the disc, or if the magazine is replaced with a compartment that has a compartment, the lumbosacral disc will be stored in the magazine 5.
(Step S9).

When it is confirmed that there is no other disk on the disk holder 85, the disk holder 85 is moved to the storage position of the designated disk 17 (step 81).
0). The disk holder 85 is stopped at the designated disk storage position by the photosensors 162 and 212. When the disk holding part 85 stops, the actuating rod 112 (see FIG. 15, etc.) is projected to the right (in the direction opposite to the arrow X), thereby causing the trigger lever 2 in the magazine 5 to
6 (shown in the third figure) is activated, and the disc 17 to be played projects out of the magazine 5 and moves onto the disc holder 85 (step S++).

The disk protruding from the magazine 5 is the swinging lever 147.
．． 148 (shown in FIG. 15), a predetermined position (turntable 79
7), and this is the position directly above the 7 oto sensor 16.
7, the motor 108 (see FIG. 10) rotates, the movable body 99 moves forward (in the direction of arrow Y), and the disk carrier 85 carrying the disk is lowered (step 512). In the process of moving the disc carrier 85 to its lowest position, the disc 17 on the disc carrier 85 is moved to the disc carrier surface 79 of the turntable 79.
a (shown in Figure 10) (step 513)
.

The forward movement of the movable body 99 continues even after the disk holding part 85 reaches its lowest position, thereby causing the first
The lever member A176 shown in FIG. 0 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 10 for the first time. Therefore, the slide plate 179 connected to this lever member A176
moves to the left (in the direction of arrow X), and the clamp mechanism is activated.

The operation of this clamp mechanism will be explained in some detail.

By moving the slide plate 179 to the left (in the direction of arrow X), the support arm 198 of the clamp mechanism first moves.
rotates about the rotation support shaft 187, for example, in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.

The support arm 198 rotates by a predetermined angle and presses the pressing member 19.
2 reaches directly above the turntable 79, the adjustment screw 201 provided on the support arm (the arm body 189, which is a component thereof) engages with the bin 202, and the rotation of the support arm is stopped. After this, slide plate 179
is driven further to the left, thereby causing support arm 19
A rotating lever 196, which is a constituent member of 8, rotates around the bin 196a, and therefore, a slide plate 194 connected to the rotating lever moves along the arm body 189. Therefore, as is clear from FIG. 13, the sub-arm 190 swings downward, and the pressing member 192 pushes the disk 1
The disk is clamped by coming into contact with the main surface of the disk 7 (step Ss).

On the other hand, as the slide plate 179 moves to the left (in the direction of arrow X), the lever member B183 shown in FIGS. 10 and 15 rotates counterclockwise in both figures about the bin 183a.

Then, as is clear from FIG. 15, the lever member B1
83 bin 183e engages with the interlocking lever 149 and moves the interlocking lever forward (in the direction of arrow Y). Therefore,
The swing levers 147 and 148, which were positioning the disk 17 on the disk carrier 85, are removed from the outer circumference of the disk 17. Furthermore, as the lever member 8183 rotates counterclockwise, the protruding portion 183c of the lever member pushes the moving plate 170 (shown in the 10th figure) to the left (in the direction of arrow X). Therefore, another working lever 1 shown in FIG.
55 separates from the outer circumference of the disk. Also, by moving the moving plate 170 to the left, FIGS.
The lifting lever 171 shown in FIG. 5 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 11 about the bin 171a, thereby swinging the disk guide member 86 upward by a predetermined angle. In this way, it becomes possible to play the disc, and the turntable 79 and carriage 80 (10th equivalent illustration) operate to start playing (step 515).
.

When the performance is finished, the disc is returned to the magazine 5 (step 516), but since the operation of returning the disc to the magazine 5 is almost the reverse of the disc loading operation described above, it will not be described in detail. However, the operation of pushing the disk 17 into the magazine 5 from above the disk carrier 85 is performed by the pushing arm 121 shown in FIG.
done by. Further, the control section is configured such that the storage section for storing the disks to be returned into the magazine 5 is
The photosensors 67 to 69 confirm whether or not there is one inside. As shown in FIG.
When the push-out arm is in the push-out position to push out the disk 17, the tip of the push-out arm seems to come into contact with the magazine 5, but since the magazine 5 has a notch 5b formed in this part, the movement of the push-out arm is limited. It's never stated explicitly. This notch 5b also exists in FIGS. 2(a), (d) and tf+.
is shown, the listener can grasp the disc 17 with his or her fingernails and take it out of the magazine 5 through the notch. However, the cutout is quite small and the listener can only grasp the outer periphery of the disc 17, so the recording surface of the disc will not be damaged by the listener's fingernails.

Thereafter, the above operation is repeated depending on the specified disk. Also, in order to replace magazine 5,
When ejecting the magazine, the lid 6 of the magazine insertion opening 3a is opened by being pushed by the ejected magazine.

Next, automatic performance means for automatically performing a performance sequence including at least two discs unless a stop command is issued will be described. FIG. 34 shows a case where this automatic performance means is operated manually. First, the disc to be played is specified (step 82G).
), the designated disc is conveyed onto the turntable 79 (step 521). Then, the performance starts from the beginning of the disc (step 522), and when the performance ends, it is replaced with the next disc. When the disks are replaced one after another (step 526) and the last specified disk is played, the playback starts again from the first disk. If the stop button is pressed during this continuous performance, the performance ends.

Incidentally, FIG. 35 shows the operation of the automatic performance means when the number of songs is programmed.

FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating a song head detecting means that sequentially detects the beginning of a famous piece of music recorded on each disk in the magazine 5 and continuously for a plurality of disks. First, when the index scan button (any one of the operation button groups 7 to 10), which is a so-called lock button, is pressed, the button is locked in the pressed state. Then, the number X of the disc to be index scanned is set to 1, and the beginning of the first track on the first disc is played (
Steps 841-544). If the index scan button is held down in this state, the beginnings of famous songs starting from the second track on the first disc will be played in sequence (Sas~
). When the opening performance of the famous song recorded on the first disc is completed, the opening performance of the famous song is performed on the second and subsequent discs.

When the opening performance of the famous songs on all discs is completed, the normal performance starts from the first disc. Also,
If the RELEASE button is pressed during the beginning performance of a famous song, the normal performance will be resumed.

FIGS. 37 and 38 are for explaining modifications of the curve head detection means. FIG. 37 shows that when the index scan button is pressed immediately after the beginning of a song on a predetermined disc is played, the beginning of the next song immediately starts playing. In addition, FIG. 38 shows that when the index scan button is pressed immediately after the beginning of a certain song on a given disc is played, the beginning of the famous song on this disc is canceled and the first song of each next disc is played. This indicates that the beginnings of the songs will be performed in sequence.

39 to 42 show modified examples of the internal structure of the magazine 5. FIG.

In the magazine 5 shown in FIG. 39, when the trigger lever 26 is pushed in the direction of arrow J, the protruding arm 21 resists the biasing force of the coil spring 29 to
The disk 17 is pushed out of the magazine 5 by swinging about 1a.

In the magazine 5 shown in FIG. 40, when the trigger lever 26 is pushed in the direction of the arrow J, the intermediate lever 221 rotates about the pin 221a against the tension of the coil spring 222, thereby causing the coil spring link. The protruding arm 21, which is biased by
protrudes to the outside of the magazine 5.

Furthermore, in the magazine 5 shown in FIG. 41, by pulling the wire 226 as a trigger lever in the direction of the arrow, the protruding arm 21 swings about the bin 21a against the biasing force of the coil spring 227. , the disk 17 protrudes outside the magazine 5.

In the magazine 5 shown in FIG.
7 in the direction of the arrow against the biasing force of the coil spring 228, the disk 17 is projected out of the magazine 5 by the wire.

In addition, in the multi-disc player mentioned above, the first
As shown in FIG. 6, etc., the clamp mechanism is configured such that the pressing member 192 moves parallel to the disk supporting surface of the turntable 79 by rotation of the support arm 198, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. . Another embodiment of the clamping mechanism is shown in FIGS. 43 and 44. As shown in the figure, a guide shaft 231 is provided that extends parallel to the disk supporting surface 79a of the turntable 79, and the support arm 232 includes an arm body 233 that slides on the guide shaft, and an arm body 233 that slides on the guide shaft. A sub-arm 235 is attached to the tip of the sub-arm 235 via a bottle 233a so as to be swingable in a plane including the up-down direction (the two directions of the arrows and the opposite direction), and the sub-arm 235 rotatably supports the pressing member 192 at its free end. Become. A rack portion 233b is formed in the arm body 233 along the direction of movement thereof, and the arm body is driven by a drive source including a gear 236 that meshes with the rack portion 233b.

Furthermore, between the arm body 233 and the sub-arm 235, the sub-arm is placed in a non-classic position (the sub-arm [-
Mu, Atsushi et al. t, pressing member, 92 is a disk
From the main surface of j17! ! A coil spring 237 is interposed to bias the sub-arm toward the position 111R. The sub-arm 235 has an actuation lever 2 rotatably provided on the arm body 233 with a pin 239a.
By avoiding rotation of 39, it is caused to swing via the slider 240.

Effects of the Invention As detailed above, the multi-disc player according to the present invention includes a magazine (5) for sequentially arranging and storing a plurality of discs (17), and a turntable disc by sequentially selecting arbitrary discs in the magazine. A disc transport mechanism that transports the disc onto a support surface and returns the disc from the disc support surface into the magazine, and a clamp mechanism that clamps the disc transported onto the turntable, and the clamp mechanism is configured to perform playback. a pressing member (192) that comes into contact with the surface of the disc opposite to the turntable and cooperates with the turntable to perform a disc clamping action; A support arm (198) is movable and rotatably supports the suppressing member, and the support arm moves along a plane parallel to the disk supporting surface of the turntable.

Therefore, compared to already developed multi-disc players in which the support arm moves in a direction approximately perpendicular to the disc supporting surface of the turntable, the overall size of the disc player can be reduced, and the height of the disc player is particularly high. This makes it easier to reduce the size in the horizontal direction (direction perpendicular to the disk carrying surface of the turntable).

Further, in the multi-disc player according to the present invention, the disk transport mechanism includes a disk protruding and storing means (comprised of an actuating rod 112, etc.) that protrudes and stores the disk in the magazine along the main surface of the disk.
and a disk that is movable along the arrangement direction of each disk in the magazine and that carries a disk that protrudes from the magazine.

and a disk moving means that includes a support arm (85) and moves the disk in a direction substantially perpendicular to the disk supporting surface of the turntable, and when the movement of either the disk support section or the support arm is completed. The other movement is performed later.

In this way, by making one of the disk holder and the support arm move while waiting for the other to complete its movement, the disk holder and the support arm can occupy their own moving space. If they are shared, the space can be minimized, making it easier to downsize the entire disc player.

Further, when the two operations of moving the disk holding part (85) and moving the support arm (198) are performed by a single drive source, the two operations may be performed temporally overlapping. If this were to be possible, it would be necessary to connect the disk holding portion and the support arm to the drive source through dedicated power transmission mechanisms, respectively, which would result in an increase in the size of the boss. In the multi-disc player according to the invention 7, as described above, the movement of either the disk holding part or the support arm is performed after the movement of the other is completed, so that the above two operations are performed as described above. This can be performed using a single drive source without requiring a power transmission mechanism. That is, for example, when the operation of the disk supporting section is completed, the power transmission system may be simply switched in order to move the support arm.

Therefore, it is easier to reduce costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a multi-disc player according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2(a) to +f+ are a plan view, a front view, a left side view, a right side view, a rear view, and a bottom view of the magazine, respectively.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the magazine, and FIGS. 4 to 6 are IV-■ sectional views, V--■ sectional views, Vl-Vl sectional views, and FIGS. 7 to 9, respectively, with respect to FIG. 3. are a plan view, a left side view, a right side view, and a first view of the magazine attachment/detachment mechanism.
Figure 0 is a plan view of the disc transport mechanism and playing means, No. 11.
Figures 14 to 14 are XI-XI arrow view, x n -x n arrow view, xm-xm arrow view, and X
IV-XIV arrow view, Figure 15 is XV related to Figure 11
-x■ Arrow view, Figure 16 is x■1-X related to Figure 13
VI arrow view, FIGS. 17 to 32 are partial detailed views of the internal structure of the multi-disc player, FIGS. 33 to 38 are diagrams for explaining the operation of the multi-disc player, and FIG. 39 FIGS. 44 to 44 are diagrams showing partially modified examples of the multi-disc player. Explanation of symbols of main parts 2...Housing 5...Magazine 13...Disc carrying unit 17...
- Disk 24... Holding arm 26... Trigger lever 32, 33... Chassis 50.82, 108.143... Motor 63.
64,65,206,207,213.214...
...Detection switch 67.68.69, 162.167.
208, 211.212...Photo sensor 79...Turntable 80...Carriage 85...Disc holding part 86...Disc guide member 89.90... Support mechanism 99.137... Moving body 112... Actuating rod 121... Pushing arm 147.148.155...・Swinging lever 192
...Press member 198...Support arm

Claims (1)

[Claims] a housing, a playing means provided in the housing including a turntable, a magazine for sequentially arranging and storing a plurality of discs and removably attached to a predetermined attachment part in the housing; a disk conveyance mechanism that sequentially selects and conveys disks onto the disk carrying surface of the turntable and conveys the disks from the disk carrying surface into the magazine; and a clamp that clamps the disks conveyed onto the turntable. a mechanism, the disk transport mechanism includes a disk protruding and storing means for protruding and storing the disk in the magazine along the main surface of the disk, and a disk protruding and storing means that is movable along the arrangement direction of the disks from the magazine. disc moving means includes a disc carrier for carrying a protruding disc and moves the disc in a direction substantially perpendicular to the disc carrying surface, and the clamping mechanism is configured to clamp the disc to be played between the turntable and the disc to be played. a pressing member that comes into contact with an opposite surface and cooperates with the turntable to perform a disc clamping action; and a pressing member that is movable between a clamped position and a non-clamped position with respect to the turntable and rotatably supports the pressing member. and a support arm that moves along a plane parallel to the disk holding surface, such that after the movement of either the disk holding part or the support arm is completed, the other movement is performed. A multi-disc player characterized by: