WO2003032316A1 - Cartouche pour disques echangeables - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a cartridge for exchangeably storing a disk, which is a recording medium for information signals, and to mount the disk in a recording and / or reproducing apparatus using a disk cartridge in a state where the disk is stored.
- a cartridge that enables 2.
- an optical disc serving as a recording medium for information signals may not be able to accurately record and reproduce information signals if foreign substances such as dust and fingerprints adhere to the signal recording surface. Therefore, this kind of optical disk is housed in a power cartridge main body to constitute a disk cartridge.
- an optical disc is housed rotatably in a cartridge body provided with an opening for recording and reproduction.
- the cartridge body is provided with a shutter member that opens and closes an opening for recording and reproduction.
- the skirt portion is closed by the shirt member to protect the optical disc housed in the cartridge body.
- the shirt member is moved by a shirt release mechanism provided on the apparatus side to open the recording / reproducing opening.
- the recording format is the same as that of the optical disc stored in the disk drive, but it is not necessary to store it in the disk cartridge, but it can be used as a stand-alone recording and / or playback device. Some are configured to record or reproduce information signals when attached.
- An object of the present invention is to make a disk detachable so that a disk handled alone can be stored as a disk cartridge, and the disk cartridge storing the disk can be used as a recording medium for recording and / or reproduction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a power cartridge which can be mounted on a device to record or reproduce a rising signal.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a cartridge capable of preventing a disk housed in a disk housing portion from falling off and protecting the disk, and capable of attaching and detaching a disk.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a power cartridge capable of preventing a signal recording surface of a stored disk from being stained by restricting easy attachment and detachment of the disk.
- a cartridge according to the present invention proposed to achieve the above-mentioned object has a disk storage unit for rotatably storing a disk by abutting a lower seal against an upper seal having a disk insertion opening on a main surface.
- a cartridge body provided with a first opening in the lower shell to expose at least a part of the disk stored in the disk storage section outwardly; and a rotatably disposed main body in the cartridge body.
- a middle shell having a second opening corresponding to the first opening on the main surface, the middle shell forming a bottom surface of the disk storage unit, facing the outside of the insertion opening of the upper shell, and a middle shell;
- the first buckle portion and the second buckle portion coincide with each other, and a shirt evening member that releases the first and second openings.
- a user-desired disk is loaded into the disk storage through the insertion slot, and loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus.
- This cartridge can be loaded into the recording and / or playback device of a disk cartridge by using a common structure with a disk cartridge, such as a shirt member, which cannot be replaced, in addition to providing an upper shell with a removable disk. it can.
- the cartridge according to the present invention may be provided with a drop-off prevention mechanism around the insertion / removal opening in order to prevent the disk stored in the disk storage unit from dropping out of the insertion / removal opening.
- this drop-out prevention mechanism has a disc insertion guide section that guides the insertion of a disc into the disc storage section, and a drop-off prevention piece that prevents the disc stored in the disc storage section from falling off.
- the disk storage unit is provided integrally via an elastic displacement unit which elastically displaces in the radial direction.
- a plurality of such drop-off preventing mechanisms may be provided on the peripheral edge of the insertion / ejection opening in order to securely hold the disk in the disk storage section.
- the cartridge according to the present invention may be provided with the following as a falling-off prevention mechanism. That is, in this drop-out prevention mechanism, a drop-out prevention member for preventing the disk stored in the disk storage portion from falling off is stored in a storage portion provided on the periphery of the insertion opening of the upper shell.
- the drop-off prevention member includes an elastic displacement piece having a locking portion at one end, a drop-out prevention position for preventing the disc stored in the disc storage section from falling off, and an insertion / removal position for inserting and removing the disc.
- An operation piece is provided to move between the first locking recess and the first locking recess where the locking portion is locked when the falling prevention member is held at the falling prevention position.
- the drop-out prevention mechanism may be provided at a plurality of positions to prevent the disk from dropping out of the disk storage portion due to an erroneous operation.
- the cartridge according to the present invention may be provided with a lid for opening and closing the opening as a falling-off prevention mechanism.
- This cartridge may be provided with a locking mechanism for locking the lid in a closed state.
- This lock mechanism has, for example, an opening / closing operation member provided in a storage portion provided at a peripheral portion of the insertion opening of the upper shell.
- the opening / closing operation member has a locking portion provided at a distal end portion to be locked by the locking piece of the lid.
- the first elastic displacement piece, the second elastic displacement piece having a locking portion at one end, and the opening / closing operation member are associated with a lock position where the lip portion is locked to the locking piece and a lock portion.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the cartridge according to the present invention as viewed from the upper shell side
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view thereof.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view from below the shell side constituting the cartridge shown in FIG. 1 is a plan view of the inner surface of the shell on which constitute the car ten ridges shown in FIG. 1,
- FIG. 5 is a plan view of an inner surface side of a lower seal constituting the cartridge.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing Innaro.
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view of Innaro overnight viewed from different directions.
- FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state where the inner shell has closed the opening of the lower shell 7.
- c Figure 1 0 is a plan view showing a state in which In'naro Isseki has open the opening of the lower shell is a perspective view from above Shiweru side Shadzu evening member.
- FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the sealing member as viewed from the lower seal side.
- FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a state in which the shirt evening member is releasing the opening of the evening evening.
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a state where the shirt member is closing the opening of the toner rotor.
- FIG. 14 is a sectional view of the cartridge.
- FIG. 15 is a plan view showing the cartridge in a state where the shirt member closes the opening of the lower shell.
- FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing an engagement state between the lift-up protrusion on the inner inner night side and the lift-up protrusion on the upper shell side.
- FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a recording / reproducing apparatus using a force cartridge to which the present invention is applied. ⁇
- FIG. 18 is a perspective view illustrating a mounting portion of the recording / reproducing apparatus shown in FIG.
- FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing a member for releasing a shirt.
- FIG. 20 is a plan view showing the initial state of opening the shirt member.
- FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state in which the engagement between the lift projection on the inner side and the lift projection on the upper shell side is released.
- FIG. 22 is a plan view showing a state where the rack portion of the shirt opening member and the gear portion of the inner case are engaged.
- FIG. 23 is a plan view showing a state in which the shirt member is blowing off the opening.
- FIG. 24 is a plan view showing a state where the shutter member has an opening opened.
- FIG. 25 is a plan view showing a cartridge provided with a mechanism for preventing the optical disk from being dropped, which is provided around the insertion / removal opening of the optical disk.
- FIG. 26 is a plan view of a main part showing a mechanism for preventing the optical disk from falling off.
- FIG. 27 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the optical disk drop-off prevention mechanism.
- FIG. 28 is a plan view showing a cartridge provided with a mechanism for preventing the optical disk from falling out, which is provided around the insertion / removal opening of the optical disk.
- FIG. 29 is a plan view of a main part of a mechanism for preventing the optical disk from falling off.
- FIG. 30 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a mechanism for preventing the optical disk from falling off.
- FIG. 31 is a plan view of a cartridge provided with a lid.
- FIG. 32 is a side view of the cartridge in a state where the lid has opened the opening.
- FIG. 33 is a plan view of relevant parts showing a state where the lid mechanism has locked the lid.
- FIG. 34 is a plan view of relevant parts showing a state where the lock mechanism has unlocked the lid.
- FIG. 35 is an exploded perspective view for explaining another example of the force cartridge to which the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 36 is a perspective view of the cartridge shown in FIG. 35 as viewed from the lower surface side.
- FIG. 37 is a perspective view showing the cartridge in a state in which the opening is covered by the shirt member.
- BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION a cartridge to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.
- the cartridge 1 to which the present invention is applied is used as a caddy for storing an optical disk, and an optical disk 3 serving as a recording medium is provided inside the cartridge body 2; It houses the inner shell 4 as the middle shell and a pair of shirt members 5a and 5b.
- the cartridge body 2 has a pair of an upper seal 6 and a lower seal 7 that are combined with each other.
- the optical disk 3 detachably housed in the cartridge 1 has a diameter of 12 cm, which is the same as that of, for example, a CD (Compact Disc) or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc).
- a center hole 3a into which a part of the disk rotation drive mechanism on the recording / reproducing apparatus side is engaged is formed.
- the light disk 3 has a predetermined pattern consisting of lands and groups formed on one surface of a synthetic resin substrate, a reflection layer for reflecting a light beam provided on the predetermined pattern, and a phase change on the reflection layer.
- a signal recording layer made of a material, an organic dye material, etc.
- This optical disc 3 uses a light beam with a wavelength of about 400 nm for recording and / or playback, and the objective lens of the optical pickup has a large aperture (NA) larger than the objective lens used for CD or DVD.
- NA aperture
- a disc as a recording medium stored in the cartridge 1, Alternatively, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic disk, or the like may be used. Alternatively, a disc such as a read-only optical disc may be used as the disc.
- the upper shell 6 is formed by injection molding a thermoplastic resin material such as acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene (ABS).
- ABS acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene
- the upper shell 6 has a substantially arc-shaped front surface, which is the insertion end side of the recording / reproducing apparatus, of a substantially rectangular main surface.
- an outer peripheral wall 8 constituting a side wall of the force cartridge main body 2 is formed so as to rise along the outer peripheral edge of the main surface.
- the outer peripheral wall 8 is formed with a first concave portion 9 for penetrating the optical pickup on the recording / reproducing device 70 side, which is located at a central portion on the front side.
- the outer peripheral wall 8 has a notch formed with a positioning recess 10 for positioning with the lower shell 7, which is located at a central portion on the back side.
- a substantially annular inner peripheral wall 11 constituting a disk storage section for rotatably storing the optical disk 3 is formed on the inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral wall 8.
- a notch 12 is formed in the inner peripheral wall 11 at a central portion on the front side thereof, in which a second pickup-up recess 12 for allowing an optical pickup 75 of a recording / reproducing device 70 to be described later to enter.
- the inner peripheral wall 11 and a main surface of an inner narrow plate 4 to be described later constitute a disk storage section 11 a for rotatably storing the optical disk 3. ...
- a rising wall is further formed so as to surround the inner peripheral wall 11, and a substantially annular guide groove 13 is formed by the inner peripheral wall 11 and the rising wall.
- the inner groove 4 is rotatably engaged with the guide groove 13.
- the bottom of the guide groove 13 has a pair of lift-up protrusions located at the center on the front side and the center on the back side for moving the inner ring 4 away from the upper shell 6.
- the part 14 is formed so as to protrude.
- the upper seal 6 has a lip storage portion for storing lip members to be lip-locked members 5a and 5b among the corner portions 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d. Except for one corner 6a on the front side, the other corners 6b, 6c and 6d are located at the other corners 6b, 6c and 6d. Rise is formed.
- the upper corner wall 15 surrounds the periphery between the outer peripheral wall 8 and the guide groove 13. Is formed.
- a first groove 16 is formed between the upper corner wall 15 and the outer peripheral wall 8, and a second groove 16 is formed between the upper corner wall 15 and the guide groove 13.
- a groove 17 is formed.
- the upper seal 6 has an upper rising wall 18, which constitutes a storage section for storing the erroneous recording prevention member, is provided upright at one corner 6 c on the rear side.
- a third groove 1 ′ 9 is formed between the upper rising wall 18 and the upper corner wall 15.
- positioning pins 20 for connecting the lower shell 7 are formed near the corners 6a, 6b, 6c, and 6d.
- the part has a screw hole for screwing.
- the optical disk 3 is mounted on the main surface of the upper shell 6 so that the optical disk 3 stored in the disk storage section 11a can be replaced.
- De-aeration 2a is provided.
- the groove 2a is formed in a substantially circular shape slightly larger than the diameter of the optical disk 3 so that the optical disk 3 can be smoothly moved.
- the insertion / removal opening 2 a is provided along the inner peripheral wall 11 inside the inner peripheral wall 11 provided on the inner surface of the upper seal 6.
- the lower shell 7 bonded to the upper shell 6 configured as described above, for example, acrylonitrile, butadiene styrene (ABS ) Etc. are formed by injection molding of a resin material having thermoplasticity.
- the lower seal 7 has a substantially arc-shaped main surface, of which the front side inserted into the recording / reproducing apparatus has a substantially circular shape.
- an outer layer wall 21 forming a side surface of the cartridge body is formed so as to rise up along the outer peripheral edge of the main surface.
- a positioning wall 22 for positioning the upper seal 6 and the lower seal 7 is formed by being engaged with the above-described positioning recess 10 on the upper shell 6 side. I have. Further, on the back side of the outer peripheral wall 21, dust and the like enter into the inside from between the upper shell 6 and the lower shell 7 by being engaged with the first groove 16 on the upper seal 6 side described above. A dust-proof wall 23 is formed to prevent dust.
- the lower seal 7 is provided with a pillow portion 24 in which a central portion on the front side of the outer peripheral wall 21 is opened so that an optical pickup can enter.
- This opening 24 is A substantially rectangular recording / reproducing opening 24a, in which a part of the signal recording surface of the optical disc 3 faces outward from the outer end over the inner and outer peripheries, and an optical disc 3 continuous with the
- the center hole 3a is formed with an opening 24b for rotational drive that faces outward. That is, the recording / reproducing part 24a is formed large enough to allow the optical pickup of the recording / reproducing apparatus to enter the interior of the cartridge body 2, and has an opening for rotation drive.
- the part 24 b is formed in a size sufficient to allow the disk table constituting the disk rotation drive mechanism of the recording / reproducing device 70 to enter the inside of the cartridge body 2.
- the lower shell 7 is provided with a hook member 2.9 located at one of the corners 7a, 7b, 7c, and 7d, which is located at one of the corners 7a on the front side of the lock housing.
- a support shaft 25 rotatably supported is protruded. Except for the one corner portion 7a on the front side, each of the other corner portions 7b, 7c, and 7d has a substantially arc-shaped lower portion that engages with the second groove portion 17 of the upper shell 6 described above.
- a corner wall 26 rises and is formed. Further, a lower rising wall 27 which is engaged with the third groove 19 of the above-described upper seal 6 is provided upright at the rear corner 7c on the rear side.
- the lower seal 7 is formed with a substantially cylindrical positioning cap 28 which is fitted to the positioning pin 20 of the upper seal 6 described above.
- a through hole is formed through which the set screw is inserted.
- the positioning recess 10 on the upper shell 6 and the positioning wall 22 on the lower shell 7 are engaged, and the positioning pin 20 on the upper shell 6 and the lower
- the positioning cap 28 on the shell 7 side is fitted, and the first groove 16, the second groove 17, and the third groove 19 on the upper shell 6 side are protected by the lower shell 7.
- the dust peripheral wall 23, the lower corner peripheral wall 26 and the lower rising wall 27 are respectively engaged.
- a set screw is screwed into the screw hole of the positioning pin 20 through the through hole of the positioning cap 28.
- the cartridge housing 2 is provided with a disk housing 1 la so that the upper shell 6 and the lower shell 7 are superimposed on each other so as to be substantially inscribed on the side surface of the cartridge body 2.
- an erroneous recording is made in one of the corners on the front side, in which the lock member 29 is rotatably housed, and in the other corner on the back side.
- a storage portion in which the prevention member 30 is slidably stored is formed.
- the opening member 29 locks the rotation of the inner rotor 4 when the inner rotor 4 is in a closing position for closing the opening 24 of the force storage body 2.
- the lock member 29 has an engagement hole 31 rotatably engaged with a support shaft 25 of a lower tool 7 provided in a main body portion, 3 Operation piece 3 2 extending from 1 toward one side of cartridge body 2, stopper piece 3 3 extending from this engagement hole 3 1 toward the disk storage section, and this engagement hole 3 and a spring piece 3 4 extending toward the inner surface on the front side of the force cartridge body 2.
- an operation protrusion 32 a is provided, which faces outward from a mouth opening 35 a formed on one side surface of the cartridge body 2.
- the tip of the stopper piece 33 is provided with a stopper projection 33 a that comes into sliding contact with the ring 43 of the inner ring 4.
- the spring pieces 34 are in contact with the front inner surface of the cartridge body 2 in an elastically displaced state. Therefore, the operation protrusion 3 2a of the operation piece 32 is urged in the direction protruding from the lock opening 35a by the elastic force of the spring piece 34, and the stopper protrusion 33 of the stopper piece 33 is formed. a is urged in the direction in which it contacts the ring portion 43 of the inner roller 4 and is engaged with the second engagement recess 42 of the inner roller 4.
- the lock member 29 moves the stopper piece 33 from the ring portion 43 of the inner roller 4 against the urging force of the spring piece 34. It is moved in the direction to separate. As the lip member 29 moves in the direction away from the ring portion 43, the stopper projection 33 a releases the engagement state with the second engagement concave portion 42.
- the erroneous recording prevention member 30 is operated, for example, between the recordable position for opening the detection hole and the recording prohibition position for closing the detection hole by being operated along the side surface on the back side of the cartridge body 2. Move.
- guide grooves 36 are formed on one side of the cartridge body 2 from the front side to the rear side to prevent the cartridge 1 from being erroneously inserted into the recording / reproducing apparatus. Have been.
- the bottom surface of the guide groove 36 includes, in order from the front side, a lock opening 35a for allowing the operation protrusion 32a of the lock member 29 to face outward, and an outer periphery of the inner case 4.
- a low evening opening 3 5 b is formed to expose a part of the part to the outside. Have been.
- a plurality of positioning recesses for positioning when mounted on the recording / reproducing device 70 are provided on the lower surface of the cartridge body 2 formed by the lower seal 7.
- a plurality of notches 39 are provided on both side surfaces of the cartridge body 2 for positioning when the cartridge body 2 is mounted on the recording / reproducing apparatus, and for discriminating the type of the disc cartridge and the cartridge.
- the innerlo 4 is formed by injection molding a thermoplastic resin material such as polyoxymethylene (POM).
- POM polyoxymethylene
- FIG. 14 when the main surface of the inner roll 4 is disposed in the cartridge body 2, the inner peripheral wall 11 of the upper shell 6 forms a disk storage portion 11 a as shown in FIG. .
- the inner rotor 4 is formed in a substantially disk shape, and a substantially annular ring portion 43 engaged with the above-described guide groove 13 of the upper shell 6 is provided upright on an outer peripheral edge thereof. I have.
- the inner ring 4 is rotatably supported with respect to the cartridge body 2 by the engagement of the ring portion 43 with the guide groove 13 of the upper shell 6.
- An opening 44 having substantially the same size as the opening 24 provided in the lower shell 7 is formed in the inner shell 4.
- the ring portion 43 in the region where the opening portion 44 is provided is connected by a connecting portion 43a.
- a gear portion 45 for rotating the inner roller 4 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the ring portion 43.
- the gear portion 45 extends outward from the front side of the above-mentioned opening for lowering 35 b.
- One side of the gear portion 45 has a first engagement recess 4 with which a first engagement protrusion of a shirt evening release member constituting a shirt evening release mechanism of the recording / reproducing apparatus is engaged. 1 is formed, and on the other side of the gear portion 45, a second engagement concave portion 42 with which the second engagement protrusion of the shutter release member is engaged is formed.
- the first engagement recess 41 is first engaged with the first engagement protrusion of the shirt opening member.
- the second engagement recesses 42 are for the shirt members 5a and 5b. 03 0
- a pair of rotation restricting protrusions 46a and 46b for restricting the amount of rotation of the inner ring 4 are formed so as to protrude at a predetermined interval from each other.
- the upper seal 6 is located between the guide groove 13 and the upper corner wall 15 and has a pair of restricting portions 4 abutting on the rotation restricting protrusions 46 a and 46 b. 7a and 47b are formed. As shown in FIG. 9, when the inner roll 4 rotates in a direction to open the opening 24, one of the rotation restricting protrusions 46 a comes into contact with the other restricting portion 47 a. Further rotation of Innaguchi 4 is prevented.
- a pair of lift-up protrusions which are in sliding contact with the pair of lift-up protrusions 14 of the above-described guide groove 13 are provided on the distal end surface of the ring portion 43, as shown in FIGS.
- the part 48 is formed to project.
- the inner rotor 4 is located on the main surface opposite to the side from which the ring portion 43 protrudes, and the pair of shirt members 5a and 5b are rotatable.
- a pair of support shafts 49a and 49b that support the power are formed so as to protrude.
- the pair of support shafts are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center of the inner circle, that is, with a phase difference of 180 ° from each other.
- the members 5a and 5b have shapes symmetrical to each other, and centered on a pair of support shafts 49a and 49b of the innerro 4. , With a phase difference of 180 °. Note that the equivalent parts in the pair of shirt members 5a and 5b will be collectively described as the shirt member 5 and will be described with the same reference numerals in the drawings.
- the shear members 5a and 5b are formed by injection molding a resin material having thermoplasticity such as, for example, polyoxymethylene (POM).
- the shirt member 5 is formed in a substantially semi-circular flat plate shape, and has a base end portion which is rotatably engaged with the support shafts 49 a and 49 b of the inner ring 4 described above. Holes 50a and 5Ob are formed.
- a chordal line portion which is a butt surface of the pair of shirt members 5a and 5b, has a first engaging portion 51 from the central portion toward the proximal end, and a central portion from the central portion toward the distal end.
- a second engaging portion 52 is formed.
- the first engaging portion 51 has an inclined surface on the lower shell 7 side
- the second engaging portion 52 has an inclined surface on the upper seal 6 side.
- first engaging portion 51 of the one member 5a and the second engaging portion 52 of the other member 5b are engaged with each other.
- the first engaging portion 51 of the first member 5b and the second engaging portion 52 of the one shirt member 5a are engaged with each other.
- the shirt members 5a and 5b are formed with a pair of guide bins 53 projecting from the inner surface of the lower seal 7 shown in FIG.
- the guide hole 54 is provided so that the shutter members 5a and 5b can be rotated between the closed position and the open position of the buckle portion 44, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. It is formed with a predetermined length from the middle of the arc wire portion toward the engagement holes 50a and 50b.
- An outer peripheral end of the guide hole 54 includes an engaging portion 55 into which the guide bin 53 of the lower shell 7 is engaged when the shirt members 5a and 5b are in the closed position.
- a pressing piece 56 having elasticity for pressing the guide pin 53 engaged with the engaging portion 55 is formed.
- Dustproof ribs 57 are provided to prevent dust and the like from entering.
- the anti-dust ribs 57 have auxiliary ribs 57 a, 57 b, 57 c, 5 so that the outer peripheral wall 21 on the front side and the rear side of the lower seal 7 and the portion connected therewith are high. 7 d is provided.
- the dustproof rib 57 is engaged with a dustproof groove 58 provided in the shirt members 5a and 5b when the shutter members 5a and 5b close the opening 44. Further, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, near the pair of support shafts 49 a and 49 b, the link between the dust-proof rib 57 and the dust-proof groove 58 is formed.
- a release projection 59 for releasing the combined state is formed so as to protrude.
- the release projection 59 is formed at substantially the same height as the dust-proof rib 57, and is used to prevent the shirt member 5 from moving from the closed position of the opening portion 44 to the release position. The engagement between the dust rib 57 and the dustproof groove 58 is released.
- the shading members 5 a and 5 b are part of the dustproof rib 57.
- a first engaging piece 60a engaging with the auxiliary ribs 57a, 57c and a second engaging piece 60b engaging with the auxiliary ribs 57b, 57d are formed.
- an auxiliary rib 57b and an auxiliary rib 57d constituting a part of the dust-proof rib 57 are provided on the tip end side of the second engagement portion 52.
- a notch 61 to be engaged is formed.
- the inner surface of the upper shell 6 is arranged with the inner surface facing upward, and the ring portion 43 of the inner opening 4 is engaged with the guide groove 13 of the upper shell 6. Let it. Positioning of the inner shell 4 with respect to the upper shell 6 is performed in advance so that the opening 44 of the inner rotor 4 and the first and second peak entry recesses 9 and 12 of the upper shell 6 coincide with each other. deep.
- a pair of shirt evening members 5 a and 5 b are attached to Innaro overnight 4.
- the engagement holes 50a and 50b are fitted to the support shafts 49a and 49b of the inner rotor 4.
- the pair of shutter members 5a and 5b are attached rotatably about the support shafts 49a and 49b of the inner ring 4.
- Inner rotor 4 so that the butting surfaces of a pair of shaft members 5a and 5b are along the edge of opening 44 of inner rotor 4.
- the positioning of the pair of chassis members 5a and 5b is performed in advance.
- the lock members 29 are attached by inserting the support shafts 2.5 into the engagement holes 31 of the hook members 29, and the erroneous recording prevention members 30 are provided.
- the lower seal 7 is connected to the upper seal 6. That is, the outer peripheral walls 8 and 21 of the upper shell 6 and the lower shell 7 are abutted, and the positioning recess 10 of the upper shell 6 and the positioning wall 22 of the lower shell 7 are engaged.
- the positioning pin 20 on the upper shell 6 and the positioning cap 28 on the lower shell 7 are fitted.
- the first groove 16, the second groove 17, and the third groove 19 on the upper seal 6 side include a dust-proof peripheral wall 23, a lower corner peripheral wall 26, and a lower rising wall on the lower shell 7 side. 2 7 are each engaged.
- Guide pins 53 of the lower shell 7 are engaged with guide holes 54 of the shirt members 5a and 5b.
- the lower seal 7 and the pair of shutter members 5a and 5b are aligned. Can be easily performed.
- a set screw is screwed into the screw hole of the positioning pin 20 through the through hole of the positioning cap 28.
- the lower shell 7 is joined to the upper shell 6 to form the cartridge body 2.
- the inner roll 4 and the pair of shutter members 5a and 5b are at the open positions of the openings 24 and 44.
- the gear unit 45 is operated to rotate the inner ring 4 in a direction to close the openings 24, 44, so that the pair of shutter members 5a, 5b are connected to the cartridge body.
- the second opening 24 is closed.
- the assembly process of the cartridge 1 is completed.
- the number of components used is small, and the assembling work can be performed extremely easily. Since the cartridge 1 according to the present invention does not use a panel as a component, assembly work is facilitated.
- the method of fixing the lower shell 7 to the upper shell 6 is not limited to the above-mentioned means such as the set screw, but may be such that the upper shell 6 and the lower shell 7 are integrally joined using an adhesive, ultrasonic welding, or the like. It may be.
- the cartridge 1 having the above-described configuration is in a state as shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 15 before being mounted on the recording / reproducing apparatus. That is, a pair of shirts
- the stopper members 5 a and 5 b are engaged with the stopper projections 33 a of the lock member 29 in the second engagement recesses 42 of the inner ring 4, and are in the closed positions of the openings 24 and 44. Locked.
- the first engagement concave portion 41 of the inner ring 4 faces the outer side of the rotor opening portion 35, and the operation protrusion portion 32a of the lock member 29 becomes the opening portion of the opening portion. It is outside of 3 5a.
- the shirt / night opening mechanism on the recording / reproducing apparatus releases the shirt / night lock and rotates the shirt / night members 5a and 5b.
- the lift-up protrusions 48 ride on the lift-up protrusions 14, and the pair of shirt members 15 a and 15 b are connected to the inner lock 4.
- the lower shell 7 is sandwiched from both sides. Therefore, the pair of shirt members 15a and 15b securely close the sword opening portions 24 and 44 when not in use.
- the cartridge 1 can insert and remove the optical disk 3 from the disk storage portion 11 a through the insertion opening 2 a provided in the upper shell 6. Then, the force cartridge 1 is loaded into the recording / reproducing apparatus after the optical disc 3 desired by the user is loaded.
- the cartridge 1 configured as described above is used by being mounted on a recording / reproducing device 70 as shown in FIG.
- the recording / reproducing apparatus 70 is a recording / reproducing apparatus that uses a disc cartridge in which an upper shell 6 is not provided with a removable disk 2a as a recording medium while accommodating the optical disc 3 therein, to which the present invention is applied.
- the cartridge 1 can be loaded into the recording / reproducing device 70.
- the recording / reproducing device 70 has an external case 1 in which a main body portion in which a mounting portion of the cartridge 1 and the like are provided is disposed.
- An entrance 72 into which the cartridge 1 is inserted is provided on a front portion of the outer case 71.
- the insertion port 72 is closed by an opening / closing lid 73.
- the opening / closing lid 73 is pivoted inward by being pressed by the front portion of the cartridge 1 to release the insertion slot 72, thereby preventing the cartridge cartridge 1 from being mounted on the mounting portion in the outer case 71. Make it possible.
- the main body disposed inside the outer case 71 is provided with a loading mechanism for mounting the cartridge 1 on the mounting portion.
- the opening mechanism is as follows: Cartridge 1 has the front side as the insertion end, and the outer case When inserted into the cartridge, the cartridge 1 is automatically retracted to the mounting section.
- the mounting portion of the cartridge 1 is provided with a disk rotation drive mechanism 74 and an optical peak 75 that rotate the optical disk 3 with a constant linear velocity (CLV), a constant angular velocity (CAV), or a combination thereof.
- the disk rotation drive mechanism 74 rotates a disk table 76 mounted on the drive shaft of the spindle motor so as to rotate integrally therewith, and the optical disk 3 rotates with the disk table 76 to rotate the optical disk 3.
- the disc tenniable 76 engages with the center hole 3a of the optical disc 3 and holds the optical disc 3 rotatably with the clamping plate. I do.
- the disk table 76 rotates the optical disk 3 at CLV, CAV, or the like.
- the optical pickup 75 records an information signal by converging a light beam having a wavelength of about 400 nm emitted from the semiconductor laser with an objective lens and irradiating the signal recording surface of the optical disc 3 with the light beam.
- the information signal recorded on the optical disc 3 is read by detecting the return light beam irradiated on the optical disc 3 and reflected on the signal recording surface of the optical disc 3.
- the shirt opening member 80 is provided with a rack portion 81 that is coupled to the gear portion 45 of the inner ring 4 and an initial operation provided on the distal end side of the rack portion 81. And a second engagement projection 83 for stopper provided on the base end side of the rack 81.
- the rack portion 81 has substantially the same number of teeth as the gear portion 45.
- the first engaging projection 82 is provided at the distal end of a first elastic piece 84 provided at the distal end of the rack 81, and the second engaging projection 83 is provided at the rack 8
- the first elastic piece 85 is provided at the other end of the first elastic piece 85, and can be securely engaged with the engagement recesses 41, 42 of the inner ring 4.
- a shutter release member 80 moves linearly with respect to the cartridge 1 to operate the shirt members 5a and 5b.
- the shirt members 5a and 5b may be operated by moving the cartridge 1 to the mounting portion.
- the force cartridge 1 is inserted into the entrance with the front face as the insertion end and pressing the opening / closing lid 73, and the release of the shutter members 5a and 5b starts. Then, first, as shown in FIG.
- the first engaging projection 82 engages with the first guide groove 36, and the first engaging projection 82 faces outward from the mouthpiece boss 35 a provided in the guide groove 36. Operation protrusion of lock member 32
- the latch portion 81 keeps pushing the operation protrusion 32a of the operation piece 32, thereby releasing the locked state of the inner rotor 4.
- the first engagement projections 82 are formed on the first engagement recesses 41 facing outward from the low-rise opening 35 b of the innerro 4. Engagement makes the inner loop 4 rotatable, and the shirt lowering member 80 moves forward of the cartridge 1 to rotate the inner loop 4.
- the engagement between the lift-up protrusions 14 and 48 is released, and the inner rotor 4 is rotated by a weak force by reducing the frictional force.
- the rack portion 81 of the shaft opening member 80 is engaged with the gear portion 45 facing outward from the lawn buckle portion 35b.
- the shutter opening member 80 advances forward of the cartridge 1, the shutter opening member 80, in which the gear portion 45 of the inner roller 4 is connected to the gear portion 81, as shown in FIG. Rotate Innaro overnight 4.
- the guide holes 54 are engaged with the guide bins 53 of the innerro 4 and the shirt members 5a and 5b supported by the support shafts 49a and 49b are supported by the support members 49a and 49b.
- the shafts 49a and 49b as pivot points, the pivots 24 and 44 are pivoted in the opening direction.
- the rotation of the shirt evening parts 5a and 5b is completed.
- a disk table 76 constituting the disk rotation drive mechanism 74 enters from the opening 24 b, and the disk table 76 engages with the sensor hole 3 a of the optical disk 3 and performs clamping.
- the optical disk 3 is rotatably clamped with the plate.
- an optical pickup 75 enters from the opening 2 ′ 4a.
- the optical disk 3 is driven to rotate by the disk rotation drive mechanism 74, the signal recording surface is irradiated with the light beam emitted from the optical pickup 75, and the light and the pickup 75 are reflected by the signal recording surface.
- the recording is performed overnight, and the data recorded on the optical disc 3 is read.
- the loading mechanism performs a discharging operation
- the force cartridge 1 moves to the insertion port 72 side
- the above-mentioned shutter release member 80 relatively retracts from the cartridge 1.
- the shutter opening member 80 is retracted, the inner rotor 4 and the pair of shutter members 5a and 5b operate in the opposite manner to the above-described operation of inserting the disk, that is, the inner rotor 4 is moved to another position.
- the pair of shutter members 5 a and 5 b close the opening 2 of the card cartridge body 2.
- the user can freely exchange the optical disk 3 using the insertion / removal opening 2 a provided on the main surface of the upper shell 6.
- ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ Since the optical disk 3 inserted from the slot 2a is stored with the signal recording surface facing down, it is necessary to prevent fingerprints and the like from adhering to the signal recording surface of the optical disk 3 during handling. Can be.
- the cartridge 1 can be mounted on a disk cartridge recording / reproducing device 70 such as an inner disk 4, a shirt member 5a, 5b, a lock member 29, etc., in which the optical disk 3 cannot be replaced.
- the cartridge 1 can be assembled through the same assembling process as that of the disk cartridge, an assembly line of a disk force cartridge can be used, and the assembling work is facilitated.
- the optical disk 3 stored in the disk storage section 1 1a falls from the disk storage section 1 1a around the insertion opening 2a of the upper shell 6 constituting the cartridge 1 as shown in FIG.
- the three drop-out prevention mechanisms 91 are provided around the insertion opening 2a.
- each of the falling-off prevention mechanisms 91 is provided integrally with the inner peripheral wall 11 so as to prevent the number of parts from increasing.
- Such a drop-off prevention mechanism 91 connects the drop-off prevention piece 9 2 for preventing the optical disk 3 stored in the disk storage section 11 a from falling off, and the drop-off prevention piece 9 2 and the inner peripheral wall 11. Sex pieces 93, 93 are provided.
- the falling-off prevention piece 92 is provided so as to protrude to the side of the disk 2a, and is formed so as to be able to lock the outer peripheral portion of the optical disk 3 stored in the disk storage portion 11a.
- An inclined surface is provided on the upper surface of the tip end of the falling-off preventing piece 92. This inclined surface functions as an insertion guide portion 94 serving as a guide when the optical disc 3 is inserted into the disc storage portion 11a.
- the insertion guide section 94 When the optical disc 3 is inserted into the disc storage section 11a, the insertion guide section 94 is pressed in the direction of the arrow in FIG. When the insertion guide 94 is pressed in the direction of the arrow Yi in FIG. 27, the elastic pieces 93, 93 are elastically displaced in the directions of the arrow Xi in FIGS. 2 is piled on the elastic force of the elastic pieces 9 3 and 9 3, and temporarily moves to the outer peripheral side of the ⁇ removal b 2 a. As a result, the optical disc 3 is housed so as to fall into the disc housing section 11a.
- the falling-off prevention mechanism 91 is provided with a tapered surface constituting the insertion guide portion 93 on the upper surface side, and the surface on which the optical disk 3 is locked is a flat surface parallel to the optical disk 3.
- a mechanism for preventing the optical disk 3 from falling out of the disk storage section 11a may be configured as shown in FIGS.
- the three drop-off prevention mechanisms 101 are provided in the vicinity of the bottom 2a.
- Each of the falling-off preventing mechanisms 101 stores a falling-off preventing member 103 in a storage portion 102 provided on a peripheral portion of the insertion opening 2a.
- the falling-off prevention member 103 locks the outer peripheral portion of the optical disk 3 stored in the disk storage portion 111a, and a drop-off prevention piece 104 for the optical disk 3 to fall out of the disk storage portion 111a; It is composed of elastic displacement pieces 105 and 105 for restricting the position of the prevention member 103 and an operation piece 106 for operating the falling-off prevention member '103.
- the elastic pieces 1 0 5, 1 0 5, are formed so as to elastically displaced inward side of FIG 9 in direction of arrow X 2, the a tip portion, the locking portion 1 0 7, 1 0 7 are provided.
- the storage section 102 for storing such a fall-prevention member 103 is formed by the outer circumference of the optical disk 3 stored in the disk storage section 1 1 a with the fall-off prevention piece 104 protruding toward the side of the release 2 a.
- the locking position for locking the part and the locking piece 104 are formed in a size that allows them to be moved over the locking position where the optical disc 3 can be removed and retracted from the locking hole 2a. It has been done.
- the falling-off prevention member 103 stored in the storage portion 102 has the operation piece 106 facing the upper surface of the upper shell 6 outward from the operation hole 108.
- the locking portions 107 and 107 of the elastic displacement pieces 105 and 105 are formed by a first locking recess 109 and a second locking recess 1 provided in the storage portion 102. It is selectively locked to 10.
- a protrusion 111 is provided between the first locking concave portion 109 and the second locking concave portion 110, and the protrusion 1101 has a click feeling when the locking portion 107 crosses over. Generate.
- the drop-out prevention mechanism 101 pushes the operation piece 106 facing outward from the operation hole 108 with an arrow X in FIGS. 29 and 30. It is moved in the three directions to the outer peripheral side of the opening 2a to lock the locking portion 10 ⁇ in the second locking recess 110. As a result, the falling-off prevention member 10 3 has a The optical disc 3 is held at the position where it is retracted. In this state, the optical disk 3 is inserted and removed. When the optical disk 3 is stored in the disk storage portion 11a, the operation piece 106 exposed outward from the operation hole 108 is moved to the inner peripheral side of the ⁇ 2a.
- the locking portion 107 moves from the second locking recess 110 to the first locking recess 109. At this time, when the locking portion 107 gets over the projection 111, a click feeling can be generated.
- the falling-off preventing member 103 is held at the falling-off preventing position protruding from the locking hole 2a.
- the cartridge 1 has a lid for closing the insertion opening 2a. It may be provided in the one-storage main body 2. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 31 and 32, a lid 116 is attached to the upper shell 6 side of the cartridge body 2. The lid 1 16 is formed to be approximately the same size as the ⁇ A 2a, and a rising wall 117 is provided around the periphery thereof. Such a lid body 116 is rotatably supported by the cartridge body 2 by being supported by a support shaft 118 provided on the back side of the card cartridge body 2.
- the lid 1 16 When the lid 1 16 closes off the opening 2a, the inner wall 11 and the rising wall 1 17 overlap so that foreign matter such as dust can enter the disk storage section 1 1a. It is trying to get worse.
- the lid 1 16 may be urged by an urging means such as a panel in a direction in which the lid 2a is released.
- the cover 1 16 may be provided with a window 1 34 so that the optical disk 3 stored in the disk storage 1 1 a can be viewed.
- An insertion direction display section 135 made up of an arrow or the like indicating the direction of insertion into the playback device 70 may be provided.
- the cartridge 1 according to the present invention is provided with a lock mechanism 121 for holding the lid 116 at a position where the insertion opening 2a is closed.
- the two lock mechanisms 121 are provided around the opening 2a.
- an opening / closing operation member 1 2 3 of the lid 1 16 is housed in a storage section 1 22 provided on a peripheral portion of the insertion opening 2 a.
- the buckle closing operation member 1 2 3 includes an operation section 124 operated by a user, a first elastic displacement piece 125 for locking the lid 1 166, and a buckle closing operation member 123. And a second elastic displacement piece 1 26 for holding at a predetermined position.
- the operation section 124 faces outside from a substantially rectangular operation hole 127 provided on the upper surface of the upper seal 6.
- the first elastic displacement piece 1 25 has a lock portion 1 29 at the distal end, which is engaged with an engaging hole 1 28 provided in a rising wall 1 17 of the lid 1 16. It is formed.
- the second elastic displacement piece 126 has an engaging portion 130 at the tip.
- the engaging portion 130 is used to hold the opening / closing member 123 provided in the storage portion 122 in a locked position where the locking portion 125 and the engaging hole 128 are engaged.
- the first engagement concave portion 1 3 1 and the lid 1 1 6 unlock the lock portion 1 2 9 and the engagement hole 1 2 It is selectively engaged with the second engagement recessed portion 132.
- a protrusion 13 is provided between the first engagement recess 13 1 and the second engagement recess 13 2, and when the engagement portion 130 rides on the protrusion 13 33, A click feeling is generated.
- the opening portion 1 29 of the first elastic displacement piece 125 has a lid 1 16 Rising wall 1 1 7 In engagement with engagement hole 1 2 8 of wall, engagement portion 1 30 of second elastic displacement piece 1 2 6 is engaged with first engagement recess 1 In this state, the opening / closing member 123 is held at the opening position.
- the lid 1 16 is unlocked, when the operation unit 1 2 4 facing outward from the operation hole 1 2 7 is operated in the direction of the arrow Si in FIG. 3 3, as shown in FIG.
- the engaging portion 130 is piled on the elastic force of the second elastic displacement piece 126, rides on the protrusion 133, engages with the second engaging concave portion 132, and locks.
- the part 9 is in a state where the first elastic displacement piece 125 is displaced to the operation part 124 side and the locked state with the engagement hole 128 is released.
- the engaging portion 130 generates a click feeling by riding on the protrusion 133.
- This lock mechanism 1 2 1 Is provided at a plurality of locations, so that when one of the door closing operation members 1 2 3 is accidentally operated from the lock position to the unlock position, the other opening / closing operation members 1 2 3 are locked.
- an operation direction display portion 136 indicating the operation direction of the opening / closing operation member 123 when operating in the unlocking direction may be provided.
- the cartridge 140 is provided with an opening 141 from the front side to the back side substantially in parallel with the direction of insertion into the recording / reproducing device 70 ⁇ Specifically, this opening 14
- the lower shell 7 is provided in a substantially rectangular shape from a substantially central portion on the front surface to a substantially central portion on the back surface.
- the front and rear sides of the opening 141 are used as recording / reproducing openings 141a and 141b where optical pickup enters, and a disk rotation drive mechanism enters the center. It is used as a drive rod part 141c.
- the inner rotor 144 used in the cartridge 140 has an opening 144 of substantially the same size corresponding to the opening '141. Since the cartridge 1.40 has the same other configuration as the cartridge 1, the detailed description of the common parts will be omitted.
- the opening section 141 is opened by operating the shirt / night members 5a and 5b by the shirt / opening mechanism on the recording / reproducing apparatus side, and the optical disc is opened. 3 is exposed to the outside.
- the optical disk 3 is clamped and rotated by the disk rotation drive mechanism of the recording / reproducing apparatus which has entered the cartridge and cartridge through the opening portion 141c.
- the openings 14 1 a and 14 1 b have an optical peak in them.
- Each optical pickup records an information signal by irradiating the signal recording surface of the optical disk 3 with a light beam, and irradiates the signal recording surface of the optical disk 3 with a return light beam reflected from the signal recording surface.
- the information signal recorded on the optical disc 3 is read by detecting the signal.
- This cartridge 1 uses two optical pickups for recording and playback during recording and playback. Since recording and reproduction are performed, the time required for recording and reproduction can be reduced.
- INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The cartridge according to the present invention can freely take in and out of the disk through the opening provided on the main surface of the upper shell, so that a desired optical disk can be stored in the disk storage section.
- the information signal can be recorded on the disc stored in the disc storage unit by reading the information signal recorded on the disc by mounting the disc on the recording and / or reproducing apparatus.
- the shirt member and the like have the same configuration as that of a disk cartridge not for the purpose of exchanging a disk.
- the cartridge must be mounted on a recording and / or reproducing apparatus of this kind of disk cartridge. You can do it. Further, since this cartridge has substantially the same configuration as that of a disk cartridge which is not used for exchanging a disk, the assembly line can be shared with the disk cartridge and the disk, which facilitates manufacture.
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