JPS6241396Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a cassette magazine for an automatic cassette exchange device, and more specifically, an automatic cassette exchange device that stores a plurality of tape cassettes, can exchange the entire magazine, and has various functions. Regarding the cassette magazine.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY AND PROBLEMS In order to realize long-time play in tape audio, multiple tape cassettes are stored in a tape recorder in advance, and these multiple tape cassettes are automatically transferred one after another to the tape drive mechanism of the tape recorder. An automatic exchange device is used, which is attached to the player and replaced after play is complete. However, in the conventional system, a rotating or moving tray is integrally built into the device, so in order to completely replace the cassettes in this built-in tray, it is necessary to
Each tray had to be replaced one by one, which took a considerable amount of time.

In addition, it took time to find a desired cassette among the many cassettes stored separately, which was not a desirable situation from the standpoint of cassette organization.

In addition, conventional tapes could only be played in the order in which the cassettes were arranged on the tray, which meant that players had to wait a long time for the tape they wanted to listen to.

In addition, it is very troublesome to change the playback characteristics of the tape recorder each time depending on the playback characteristics of the tape.

Purpose of the invention This invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to store multiple tape cassettes and to replace the entire magazine.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cassette magazine that can automatically control the playback characteristics of a tape that is pulled out from the magazine and played.

Summary of the invention In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores a plurality of tape cassettes, provides a selection knob at a predetermined position corresponding to each of the stored tape cassettes, and provides a selection knob for each of the stored tape cassettes. The selection knob is set in advance according to the playback characteristics of the tape, and is configured such that the set selection knob can be detected by a playback characteristics changeover switch means provided on the automatic exchange device side. This is a cassette magazine for an automatic cassette exchange device.

With the above configuration, it is possible to replace the cassette magazine containing multiple cassettes, and it is also possible to automatically control the playback characteristics of the tape that is pulled out from this magazine and played. becomes.

Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention applied to a tape recorder equipped with an automatic exchange device in which a compact cassette magazine containing 10 volumes is used will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the outline of the entire apparatus will be explained based on FIGS. 1 to 10.

As shown in FIG. 1, a cassette magazine insertion window 5 having an opening/closing window 4 is provided on the front surface 3 of the outer casing 2 of the cassette deck 1. As shown in FIG. An index card 6 can be inserted into the opening/closing window 4, and ten program push buttons 7 are provided at positions corresponding to the left and right columns of the index card 6. In addition, power switch 8 is on the front 3,
Operation buttons such as a start/stop button 9, a change button 10 for changing to the next tape without waiting for the end of one tape, a rewind button 11, a fast-winding button 12, and an eject button 13 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, inside the cassette deck 1, a cassette magazine 15 (hereinafter simply referred to as magazine) inserted through the magazine insertion window 5 is received and supported so as to be movable in the X _F and X _B directions in the figure. Left and right guides 16, 17 and this guide 1
A moving device 18 that moves the magazine 15 on 6 and 17 in the X _F and X _B directions, and a moving device 18 that moves the magazine 15 on X _{F and}
An automatic cassette changing device 21 is provided which includes a loading device 20 for taking out a cassette in the direction of the tape recorder 19 and loading the cassette into the tape recorder 19.

The guides 16 and 17 are U-shaped left and right guide frames 23 and 24, as shown in FIGS.
and a plurality of left and right guide rollers 27, 28 with single flanges 25 or 26 (Fig. 5), which are rotatably attached to the upper part of the guide frames 23, 24 at a predetermined interval. The cassette magazine 15 is placed on these guide rollers 27 and 28 and is moved.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the moving device 18 is rotationally driven by a motor X30 via a worm 31 and a worm wheel 32, and further via gears 34, 35, 36, etc. attached to a fixed frame 33. Gears 37 and 38 are configured to mesh with rack gears formed on the bottom plate of the magazine 15 to move the magazine 15 in the X _F and X _B directions.

On the other hand, the loading device 20 is provided with a slider 42 that moves in the _YF and _YB directions perpendicular to _XF within a guide frame 41 having an opening 40 at the top, as shown in FIG. L-shaped pressing rods 43 and 44 as shown in FIG. has been done. A rack gear 45 is formed on the right side of the slider 42 in FIG. It is meshed with a gear 53 driven via a gear 51 and a slip gear 52. Therefore, when the rack gear 45 is driven by the motor Y46 via the gear system described above and the slider 42 is moved in the _YF direction, the rear pressing rod 44 enters the guide groove formed in the bottom plate of the cassette magazine 15. Then, the cassette 54 in the magazine 15 is pushed out. The pushed-out cassette 54 is then held by a cassette holder 55 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 via a leaf spring 56.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the cassette holder 55 is fixed to a substantially horizontal slide plate 57, which is connected to fixed vertical plates 58, 5.
It is guided by two horizontal rails 60 provided between tape recorders 9 and is held so as to be able to reciprocate in the direction of the tape recorder 19. On the other hand, a lever 62 rotatably attached to the fulcrum pin 61 is provided between the slide plate 57 and the large gear 50, and the tip of this lever 62 is connected to the slide plate 57 by a tension spring 63. . Due to this spring force, one end surface 64 of the lever 62 is brought into contact with the vertical member 65 of the slide plate 57. Further, a pin 66 is provided at a predetermined position of this lever 62 to protrude downward.
When the slider 42 finishes moving in the _YF direction, the pin 66 is configured to engage with a second cam 67 protruding from the top surface of the large gear 50. On the other hand, the slip gear 52 is as shown in FIG.
A friction plate 68 is interposed between the gear 51 and the gear 51, and is frictionally coupled to the gear 51 by a compression spring 69.
A vertically slidable switching plate 70 is interposed between the spring 69 and the slip gear 52, and when the slider 42 finishes moving in the _YF direction, the switching plate 70 is placed at a predetermined position. The protruding protrusion 71 is configured to engage with a first cam 72 protruding from the lower surface of the large gear 50 .

That is, the large gear 50 and therefore the second cam 67
When the second cam 67 and the first cam 72 are rotated by a predetermined angle in the direction of arrow a from the state shown in the figure, the second cam 67 and the first cam 72 are in the state shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the first cam 72 engages with the protrusion 71, and the switching plate 70 is pushed down together with the protrusion 71, so that the frictional connection of the slip gear 52 is released and the Y _F of the slider 42 is released. Movement in the direction is stopped. When the large gear 50 further rotates in the direction of arrow a, the second cam 67 engages with the pin 66 as shown in FIG. 10, so the lever 62 is rotated clockwise against the spring 63. Ru. Therefore, this lever 62
and the slide plate 5 connected via a spring 63.
7 holds the cassette 54 and attaches it to the cassette holder 5.
5 and begins to move toward the tape recorder 19 while being guided by the horizontal rail 60, and when the cassette is rotated through a predetermined angle and the cassette is installed, the rotation of the large gear is stopped. Note that during this movement in the direction of the tape recorder 19, the clutch of the slip gear 52 is moved by the first cam 7.
2, it remains in the released state.
Next, when the motor Y46 reverses, the spring 63 causes the cassette holder 55 to move back, and the slip gear 52 is engaged at a predetermined position, causing the slider 42 to move in the _YB direction.
As a result, the cassette 54 is stored in the cassette magazine 15.

Next, the magazine 15 is shown in FIGS. 11A to 16.
I will explain about it.

The magazine 15 is made of, for example, a transparent plastic material, and as shown in Figures 11A and 11B, has a box shape with an openable front, and a vertical partition plate 76 is provided at the top inside, so that 10 cassettes can be stored vertically. A long guide groove 78 is formed in the bottom plate 77 at a position corresponding to each cassette to be stored. The guide groove 78 reaches the rear surface 79 of the magazine 15 in Figure 11A, and the rear surface 79 is formed of a long guide groove 78.
12B, the pressure rod 44 at the rear of the slider 42 is connected to the longitudinal groove 80 (FIG. 13A) formed in the longitudinal groove 8.
0 and moves in the guide groove 78 to the magazine 15
The cassette in the magazine moving device 18 is pushed out in the _YF direction by this movement.
A rack gear 81 that meshes with the racks 7 and 38 is formed along the front surface. When the magazine 15 is inserted into the cassette deck 1, the tip portion 82 of the bottom plate 77 at the front and the step portion 83 at the rear are in contact with each other.
is placed on the guide rollers 27 and 28 and moved.

Further, a recess 85 is formed in the upper surface 84, into which the index card 6 is inserted after being removed from the opening/closing window 4 of the cassette deck 1 during storage, and a protruding piece 8 for holding the card is placed at an appropriate location.
6,87 are provided. Therefore, this magazine 15 is used as a storage box for a plurality of cassettes during storage, and the contents of the stored tapes can be read using the index card 6.
This is convenient for organization, and it is also convenient to find a desired tape quickly.

When replacing the cassette, remove the index card 6, open the opening/closing cover 88 as shown in FIG. 11A, and insert the magazine 15 into the cassette deck 1 through the magazine insertion window 5 with the opened front side on the left side in FIG. Insert into. Then, the user simply inserts the index card 6 into the opening/closing window 4, presses the program push buttons 7 corresponding to the songs listed on the index card 6 in a desired order, and presses the start button 9. In this way, the automatic changer 21 is programmed, the cassettes are exchanged in the programmed order, and the tapes are played in the desired order, making programming very easy.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, vertical stripes 89 for position detection are provided at predetermined positions corresponding to each of the cassettes stored on the back surface of the magazine 15. It is configured to be detected by a reflective photo sensor 90 provided at a predetermined position within the camera. Therefore, by counting the number of times the vertical stripes 89 are detected from the reference position while moving the magazine 15 from the reference position, a predetermined programmed cassette is moved to the predetermined draw-out position;
It can be stopped.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, convex knobs 91 and 9 are provided at predetermined positions corresponding to each of the cassettes stored on the back surface of the magazine 15.
recesses 93 and 94 in which 2 can slide up and down;
Vertical guide grooves 95 and 96 are formed, respectively. The tabs 91 and 92 are configured to be held within the recesses 93 and 94 by the elastic force of the plastic material. Therefore, if the knobs 91 and 92 corresponding to the stored tape are set in advance according to the playback characteristics of the stored tape, the switches 97 and 9 provided in the cassette deck 1 can be set in advance.
8, 99, etc., pre-capture the characteristics of the tape to be drawn and played. Since the reproduction characteristics of the tape recorder 19 can be automatically switched using this information, it is possible to automatically control the tape recorder 19 according to the characteristics of the tape.

Next, the opening/closing lid 88 of the magazine 15 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 14A to 14C. Magazine 1
As shown in FIG. 15, the side plate of No. 5 is composed of a first side plate 101 on the outside and a second side plate 102 on the inside.
A side plate 104 of the opening/closing lid 88 is inserted into the opening/closing lid 88 and is configured to move within this space. The opening/closing lid 88 is integrally formed from side plates 104 on both sides and a lid plate 105 connecting them. A first pin 106 integrally provided on the side plate 104 moves within a horizontally long first guide groove 107 formed on the side plate 101 of the magazine 15, and a second pin 106 also integrally provided. The pin 108 is configured to move within a second guide groove 109 formed in the side plate 101 and slightly lowered on the open side. A tension spring 1 is provided between the side plate 104 near the first pin 106 and the side plate 101 of the magazine 15.
10 are stretched. Also, the side plate 1 of the opening/closing lid 88
04 is provided with a protrusion 111, which is configured to engage with a recess 112 provided in the side plate 101 of the magazine to lock the opening/closing lid 88.

Opening/closing lid 88 configured and locked as described above
When part A of
When you climb up inside, it moves horizontally. Therefore, the lid 88 is opened almost along the top surface of the magazine 15, and the second pin 108 is inserted into the depressed portion 1 of the second guide groove 109.
09a is locked, and after being opened, the cover plate 105 is placed on the top surface of the magazine 15. In this way, the opening/closing lid 88 can be opened smoothly without having to climb upwards, and after being opened, it is placed on the top surface of the magazine, so there is no wasted space and it can be inserted into the cassette deck 1. suitable for

In addition, as shown in FIG. 12, the cassette magazine 1
A protrusion 113 is provided at a predetermined position on the bottom plate 77 of the magazine 15, and is adapted to be engaged with a hole 114 on the lower side of the cassette 54. Therefore, even if the magazine 15 is tilted, the cassette 54 will not move under its own weight. is designed not to fall off. Note that when the cassette 54 is inserted or removed by the pressing rods 43 and 44 of the slider 42, a thin bottom plate 77 made of plastic material is pressed.
By bending, the convex portion 113 is attached and detached.

As shown in FIG. 15, the partition plate 76 is provided at the top and the width of the top and bottom are different, so that the cassette 54 will not be stored in the wrong orientation.

Furthermore, the magazine insertion window 5 of the cassette deck 1
As shown by the hatching in FIG. 16, the magazine 15 is formed with a protrusion 115 at the lower left and a step 116 at the lower right. This prevents erroneous insertions such as insertion of .

Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, a plurality of tape cassettes are stored, selection knobs are provided at predetermined positions corresponding to each of the stored tape cassettes, and the selection knobs are arranged in a predetermined position corresponding to each of the stored tape cassettes. The setting is made in advance according to the playback characteristics of the tape, and the set selection knob is configured so that it can be detected by the playback characteristics changeover switch means provided on the automatic switching device. The cassette can be replaced with the cassette magazine containing the tape, and the playback characteristics of the tape that is pulled out from the magazine and played are automatically controlled based on the information detected by the playback characteristics switching means. This makes it possible to improve the functionality of the automatic cassette exchange device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention applied to a tape recorder with an automatic exchange device that uses a 10-volume compact cassette magazine. 3 is a view taken along the - line in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a view taken along the - line in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a view taken along the - line in FIG. Figure 2 -
7 is a view taken along the - line of FIG. 2 showing only the relationship between drive gears, and FIGS. 8 to 10 are diagrams explaining the operation of the cam, of which FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the operation of the second cam. FIGS. 11A and 11B are perspective views of the magazine, FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional view of the magazine including a partial cutout of the cassette, and FIG. 13A 13B is a sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 13A, FIGS. 14A to 14C are side views showing the opening/closing state of the magazine lid, and FIG. The partial front view, FIG. 16, is a contour view of the magazine insertion window of the cassette deck. In addition, in the symbols used in the drawings, 1...cassette deck, 5...magazine insertion window, 6...index card, 7...program push button, 9
1,92...selection knob, 97,98,99...
switch (changeover switch means), 54...cassette.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plurality of tape cassettes are stored, selection knobs are provided at predetermined positions corresponding to each of the stored tape cassettes, and the selection knobs are set in advance according to the playback characteristics of the stored tapes. A cassette magazine for an automatic cassette exchange device, characterized in that a set selection knob can be detected by a playback characteristic changeover switch means provided on the automatic exchange device side.