KR910001342Y1 - Loading apparatus of disk-type record carrier - Google Patents

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Disc-type record carrier loading device

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a disc-shaped recording medium loading device of the present invention without a part thereof.

2 and 3 are explanatory views of the operation of the tray outlet in this apparatus.

4 is a state diagram like FIG. 1 showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a partial perspective view showing a modified view of the tray outlet.

6 is a sectional view of a conventional disc-type recording medium reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a top perspective view in which part of the disc-shaped recording medium loading apparatus of the apparatus shown in FIG. 6 is omitted.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: tray storage portion 2: outlet opening

3: tray 4: movable plate

5: recording medium reproducing unit 6: tray guide

30: outlet guide 31: straight guide portion

32: rotation guide portion 32a: inclined guide portion

33: return guide portion 33a: second inclined guide portion

34: tray outlet 36: hanging ruler

The present invention relates to a disc-shaped recording medium fixing device with an improved tray take-out mechanism for taking out a tray for holding a disc-shaped recording medium to a reproducing operation position from the tray storage portion.

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, a movable plate 4 having a plurality of disk-type recording medium (compact disk) holding trays 3 having an L-shaped outlet opening 2 at one end thereof is stacked and stored in the tray accommodating portion 1 at one end thereof. A disc-shaped recording medium reproducing apparatus, which is equipped with a recording medium reproducing unit 5, and which moves the movable plate 4 to a position according to a desired compact disc, draws out the tray 3 holding the compact disc and loads it into the reproducing unit 5. to be.

In this conventional playback apparatus, the loading apparatus for loading the tray 3 from the tray storage section 1 to the recording medium playback section 5 is configured as shown in FIG.

This loading apparatus extends in a fixed direction orthogonal to the direct stacking direction of the tray 3, and moves to the tray accommodating part 1 in accordance with the lifting operation of the tray guide 6 and the movable plate 4 which are mounted on the movable plate 4 in the stacking direction of the tray 3. It has an L-shaped hooking portion 7 which fits into the outlet opening 2 of the predetermined tray 3, and the predetermined tray 3 is moved along the tray guide 6 to move the predetermined tray 3 above the recording medium reproducing unit 5. After the guide, the predetermined tray 3 is lowered and loaded into the recording medium reproducing unit 5. As a result, the tray outlet 8 for releasing the handle 7 from the outlet engaging port 2, and the movable member 10 for moving the tray outlet 8 through the spring 9; A moving device 11 for moving the moving member 10 and the moving plate 4 integrally move to define a moving path of the tray taking-out port 8 In the vicinity of the end wangdong DE 12 and the moving member 10 is constructed by having the lever 13 to the double acting against the tray outlet 8 directly rotating and moving member 10 in the urging force of the spring 9.

Then, the operation of loading the tray 3 into the recording medium reproducing unit 5 is performed as follows.

That is, the movable member 10 operates the tray outlet 8 through the spring 9 by operating the movable device 11 while the L-shaped outlet engagement port 2 of the tray 3 and the guide portion 7 of the tray outlet 8 engaged in the tray housing 1 are engaged. Rhythmically. Tray 3 is moved by the movement of the tray outlet 8 and moves on the recording medium reproducing unit 5. FIG.

In the vicinity of the end of the thrust of the tray 3, the moving member 10 abuts on one end of the lever 13 and rotates the lever 13 by the moving force of the moving device 11.

The other end of the lever 13 moves the outlet 8 in the reverse direction to the king direction against the bias force of the spring 9 by the rotation.

As a result, the engagement between the outlet opening 2 of the tray 3 and the hook portion 7 is released.

According to this release, when the tray 3 descends toward the fifth medium reproducing unit, the tray 3 is not in contact with the tray 3, so that the tray 3 can move down smoothly. Also, even when the tray 3 is lifted up from the recording medium reproducing unit 5, the outlet engaging port 2 of the tray 3 can smoothly move up without contacting the handle 7 of the outlet 8.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional loading apparatus, the moving member 10, the spring 9, and the lever 13 must be provided in order to smoothly carry out the raising and lowering operation of the tray 3, and the configuration thereof is complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a disk-type recording medium loading apparatus in which a tray can be moved up and down smoothly with a simple configuration.

In order to solve the above problems, the disc-type recording medium loading apparatus of the present invention has a straight guide portion for moving the tray outlet from its starting position to the position near the end of Wangdong in parallel with the straight guide portion defining the movement path of the tray outlet. It is continuously installed at the end of the guide part, and is continuously installed at the end of the rotation guide part and the rotation guide part for moving the tray outlet, while moving the leading end of the tray outlet in the direction leading to the base end of the tray. It is characterized in that it is configured as a return guide portion for turning back to the original position.

When the tray outlet of the tray accommodated in the tray storage unit is engaged with the guide portion of the tray outlet, the tray outlet is moved, and the tray outlet is first drawn out from the tray housing so that the tray outlet can be moved to the recording medium reproducing part. It is guided to the negative position and moves without changing its posture from its starting position to the end of the straight guide portion, so that the hooking portion abuts on the wall portion of the outlet engaging port and pulls out the tray.

Next, the tray outlet is guided to the pivoting guide portion and rotated in a direction in which the tip of the capped portion precedes the proximal end of the capped portion, and the proximal end of the capped portion is removed from the wall portion of the outlet opening.

Subsequently, the tray outlet is guided to the return guide part, and is rotated and returned to its original posture so that the tip of the hooked portion and the wall portion of the outlet opening are not in contact.

An embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

In the present invention, the same components as those shown in FIG. 6 will be described with the same reference numerals.

1 is a top perspective view of the disk-type recording medium loading apparatus of the present invention, in which l is a tray accommodating portion 1, in which the tray 3 for holding a plurality of disc-shaped recording media is stacked in a vertical direction. These trays 3 are provided in the tray accommodating part 1 so that they can enter and exit in the direction of arrows A and B in the figure.

At the front edge of the tray 3, two L-shaped outlet openings 2 are formed.

On the front side of the tray accommodating part 1 (withdrawal direction of the tray 3), the movable plate 4 is freely provided in the stacking direction of the tray 3.

The movable plate 4 is lifted by a lift mechanism not shown.

In the operation period 4, a recording medium reproducing unit 5 is provided.

In the figure of the upper surface of the movable plate 4, the frame sphere 21 of the tray loading mechanism 20 is integrally formed with the movable period 4.

The front and rear portions of the frame sphere 21 are the light fixture support portions 22 and 23, and the moving mechanism support portions 22 and 23 are guide forming portions 24.

The tray guide sliding part 25 is formed inside the moving mechanism support part 23 of the rear side.

The tray guide holder 26 is formed integrally with the movable plate 4 on the left rear side in the figure of the upper surface of the movable substrate 4.

Inside the tray guide holder 26, a second tray guide sliding part 27 is formed. The tray guide 6 is provided on the second tray guide sliding part 27 and the first tray guide sliding part 25 so as to be movable in the stacking direction of the tray.

The guide forming portion 24 is formed with a long hole linear guide 29 and the outlet guide 30 in the front-rear direction.

The lead-out guide 30 is configured as a straight guide portion 31, a rotation guide portion 32 continuous to the end of the straight guide 31, and a return guide portion 33 continuous to the end of the rotation guide portion 32.

The straight guide portion 31 is parallel to the straight transition guide 29.

Moreover, the said rotation guide part 32 turns into the inclination guide part 32a which inclines with respect to the said straight line transfer guide 29 toward a right side (outer side) in figure.

The return guide portion 33 again serves as a second inclined guide portion 33a inclined at a predetermined angle toward the opposite side to the rotation guide portion 32 and a parallel guide portion 33b parallel to the straight transition guide 29.

The tray outlet 34 for taking out the tray 3 from the tray storage portion 1 includes a guide body 35 having a substantially flat L-shape, and the left end (inner end) of the guide main body 35 has an outlet opening 2 of the tray. A flat L-shaped handle portion 36 to be fitted is formed.

In the figure of the guide main body 35, the connection part 37 is formed in the right end part (outer part).

The guide pin 38 is provided at the substantially center lower surface of the guide main body 35, and the guide pin 39 is provided at the end of the connection portion 37, respectively.

The guide pin 38 of the guide body 35 is inserted into the straight guide 29 and the guide pin 39 of the connecting portion 37 is inserted into the outlet guide 30 in a sliding manner.

The tray outlet 34 is provided to be movable on the guide forming portion 24.

The frame sphere 21 is provided with an outlet opening mechanism 41 for reciprocating the tray outlet 34 in the front-rear direction.

This outlet movement mechanism 41 has a motor 42 installed in the inner surface portion of the front movement mechanism support portion 22, and a drive pulley 44 is fixed to the output side 43 of this motor 42.

Moreover, the driven pulley 45 is rotatably supported by the moving mechanism support part 23 of the said rear shaft.

An endless belt 46 hangs on the drive pulley 44 and the driven pulley 45, and a locking pin 40 of the tray outlet 34 is locked to the belt 46.

Next, the operation of loading the tray 3 into the recording medium reproducing unit 5 will be described.

When the regeneration operation member (not shown) is operated, the movable plate 4 is raised to stop at a position corresponding to the predetermined tray 3 of the plurality of trays 3 stored in the tray accommodating part 1, and to the outlet engaging port 2 of the predetermined tray 3. The hanging part 36 of the tray outlet 34 is inserted below.

Next, the motor 42 of the outlet movement mechanism 41 is driven to rotate, and the drive pulley 44 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 1 so that the belt 46 rotates and the tray outlet 34 is moved forward through the stopper pin 40.

In this tray outlet 34, one guide pin 38 is inserted into the straight guide 29, and the other guide pin 39 is inserted into the outlet guide 30, so that the straight guide portion 31 of the outlet guide 30 is parallel to the straight guide 29. It is supposed to be done.

Accordingly, as the belt 49 rotates, the tray outlet 34 moves without changing its posture from its starting position to the end of the linear guide portion 31 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.

At this time, the front portion 36a of the hanging portion 36 abuts on the engagement piece portion 2a of the outlet opening 2 so that the predetermined tray 3 is pulled out of the tray storage portion 1.

And when the tray outlet 34 advances again, the guide pin 39 shifts to the rotation guide part 32, because the rotation guide part 32 is an inclined guide part 32a inclined to the right side (outside) with respect to the straight guide 29. The tray outlet 34 rotates in a direction in which the leading end 36b of the hanging portion 36 is preceded by the base end 3c of the hanging portion 36 as in the solid line of FIG.

For this reason, the base end 36c of the hooked portion 36 is separated from the engagement piece 2a of the outlet opening 2, but the tip 36b of the hooked portion 36 is still in contact with the engagement piece 2a.

In this state, when the tray outlet 34 is transferred again and the guide piece 39 passes through the inclined guide portion 33a of the return guide portion 33 to the parallel guide portion 33b, the tray outlet 34 is indicated by a solid line in FIG. Is rotated back to its original position, and the tip 36b of the hook portion 36 is also separated from the engagement piece portion 2a.

As a result, when the tray 3 descends toward the recording medium reproducing unit 5, the drawer engaging port 2 of the tray 3 does not come into contact with the hooking portion 36 of the tray outlet 34, so that a smooth lowering operation is performed.

In addition, even when the tray 3 ascends from the recording medium reproducing section 5, the drawing-out port engagement port 2 does not come into contact with the drawing section 36 of the tray drawing-out port 34, so that the raising operation is performed smoothly.

4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the outlet movement mechanism 41 for reciprocating the tray outlet 34 in the front-rear direction has a plate 48 connected to the movable plate 4 through the support member 47, and the plate 48 is formed with a slide hole 49 along the front-rear direction. The sliding member 50 is inserted in this slide ball 49 so that sliding is possible.

A lock (not shown) is fitted to the sliding body 50, and the lock is engaged with a gear 52 which is rotationally driven by a motor 51 provided at the left end in the figure of the movable plate 4, and reciprocates in the front-rear direction.

The intermediate portion of the lever 53 is attached to the plate 48 by the support shaft 54.

The left end of the lever 53 is engaged with the sliding member 50 through the pin 55.

One end of the link 56 is connected to the right end of the lever 53 via the pin 57, and the other end of the link 56 is connected to the center of the upper surface of the tray outlet 34 via the pin 58.

therefore. As the sliding body 50 moves backward through the gear 52 and the lock by rotating the motor 51, the lever 53 rotates counterclockwise with the axis 54 as the point, and the tray outlet 34 moves forward through the link 56. Move.

In addition, as the sliding body 50 moves forward, the tray outlet 34 moves backward in a reverse operation to the above-described operation.

In addition, since the other structure and operation | movement in this 2nd Example are the same as that of 1st Example in FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 3 mentioned above, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part of drawing, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

In the above, two embodiments have been shown, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments but can be changed to various bases.

For example, in the above two embodiments, the outlet guide is composed of two guide spheres, one of which is a straight line (straight line guide 29), and the other side is bent appropriately so that the linear guide portion, the rotation guide portion, Although the return guide part is distinguished, it is possible to configure the outlet guide having the same function while exchanging the positions of these two guide tools.

Moreover, it is good also as a protrusion guide rail instead of a guide tool.

Again, as shown in FIG. 6, when the upper and lower guide pins 61 and 62 are installed on the guide portion 36 of the outlet 34 and the inclined surfaces 61a and 62a are provided on each of the guide pins 61 and 62, the tray 3 in the tray storage part 1 becomes uneven. Even when the hanging portion 36 is moved up and down, the tray protruding as the inclined surface 61a or 62a is pushed back so that the hanging portion 36 can be smoothly inserted into the outlet opening 2 of the desired tray 3.

As described above, the disk-type recording medium loading device of the present invention is provided with a straight guide portion for moving the tray outlet from its starting position to a position near the end of Wangdong in parallel with the straight guide portion and end of the straight guide portion. As a return guide part for rotating the tray outlet to the original position while rotating the tray leading end of the outlet in the direction leading to the base of the outlet, and continuing to the end of the rotation guide. It is characterized by being configured.

Therefore, when the tray outlet of the tray housed in the tray accommodating part is engaged with the guide part of the tray outlet, the tray outlet is moved to remove the tray from the tray accommodating part and moves to the recording medium reproducing part. And the guide is moved from its starting position to the end of the straight guide without changing its posture. The guide portion abuts on the wall portion of the outlet opening, and the tray outlet is guided to the pivoting guide portion. Rotate to the ice direction preceding the proximal end of the protruding part and remove the proximal end of the protruding part from the wall part of the outlet opening. In the wall of the engagement port It is possible to smoothly perform the lifting operation of the tray after that.

By using the outlet guide having the straight guide part, the rotation guide part and the return guide part in this way, the moving member, the spring, the lever, etc. as in the prior art are unnecessary, and the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Claims (2)

A movable plate on which a plurality of disc-shaped recording medium holding trays 3 having an L-shaped outlet opening 2 at one end is stacked and stored in the tray accommodating part 1, and the recording medium reproducing part 5 is mounted. 4) is provided in the stacking direction of the tray, and a tray guide for guiding a tray outlet 34 having an L-shaped handle 36 in a predetermined direction orthogonal to the stacking direction of the tray. 6) and the movable plate 4 is moved up and down to a height position according to a desired tray in the tray storage portion to fit the hook 36 of the outlet to the outlet engagement port 2 of the tray. The outlet 3 is moved along the tray guide to guide the tray 3 from the tray accommodating part 1 to the upper side of the recording medium reproducing part 5, and the tray is lowered so that the recording medium reproducing part 5 is moved. As loaded in In the disc-shaped recording medium loading apparatus which separates the hook portion 36 from the outlet opening 2, the outlet guide 30 moves the tray outlet 34 near the end of the Wangdong from its starting position. A rotary guide portion 32 which is continuously installed at the end of the straight guide portion 31 and the linear guide portion to move in parallel to the tray guide, and pivots the tray outlet while rotating the leading edge of the tray outlet in a direction preceding the base of the leading edge of the tray. And a return guide section (33) provided in series with the end of the pivot guide section and for returning the tray outlet to its original position. The rotation guide part 32 is an inclined guide part 32a inclined at a predetermined angle toward one side with respect to the axis of the linear guide part 31, and the return guide part 33 is And a second inclined guide portion (33a) inclined at a predetermined angle toward the side opposite to the inclined guide portion.