JPH0626037U - Locking mechanism for magazines, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To prevent damage to the storage member when attaching or removing the storage member such as a magazine. [Structure] A locking mechanism for storing and locking a magazine 6 in a storage portion 5 of an autoloader. An engaging portion 29 is recessed on the side surface 6b of the magazine. The roller 21 is slidably arranged at a portion corresponding to the engaging portion of the storage portion. A spring 26 that constantly biases the roller toward the magazine is provided. When the magazine is inserted, the magazine comes into contact with the roller, and when the magazine is further inserted, the roller slides toward the side plate 5a of the storage section against the biasing force of the spring, and the roller comes into contact with the side surface. When the roller engages with the engaging portion, the magazine is held at a constant height position. The magazine drawer is the reverse of the above. When the magazine is attached or detached, the roller comes into contact with the side surface and rotates, so the side surface is not damaged by the leaf spring locking part as in the past.
The magazine can be prevented from being damaged when the magazine is attached to or detached from the storage section.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a locking mechanism such as a magazine that stores and locks a cartridge storage device (magazine) in an autoloader, for example.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known an autoloader that arbitrarily selects a cartridge such as a plurality of digital audio tape recorders (DAT) and attaches it to a drive to record / reproduce.

In such an autoloader, a cartridge is housed in each slot of a magazine having a plurality of slots (not shown), and the carriage is configured to convey the cartridge between the slot and the drive.

By the way, when the magazine for storing the cartridge is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the storage portion of the autoloader, it is necessary to properly lock the magazine in the storage portion. Therefore, in the storage portion of the autoloader, a leaf spring having a substantially V-shaped locking portion formed at a position corresponding to the engagement portion of the magazine is arranged. This leaf spring keeps the height of the magazine with respect to the storage unit always constant, and also provides a feeling of attachment at the time of attachment.

In addition to the above-mentioned leaf springs for locking, rollers for facilitating the insertion of the magazine are arranged in the storage portion so as to face both side surfaces of the magazine. The rollers and leaf springs smoothly and properly store and lock the magazine in the storage portion.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, when the magazine is stored in the storage portion, the magazine is stored with the substantially V-shaped locking portion of the leaf spring and the side surface of the magazine being in contact with each other. Therefore, there is a drawback that the side surface of the contact portion is easily scratched.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to prevent the magazine from being damaged when the magazine is attached to or detached from the storage section.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In this invention, an engaging portion is formed on the side surface of a magazine or the like, the roller is slidably arranged at a position corresponding to the engaging portion of the accommodating portion for accommodating the magazine or the like, and the roller is always on the magazine side. An urging means for urging is arranged so that the roller contacts the side surface of the magazine or the like while the magazine or the like is being stored in the storage section and rotates, and after the magazine or the like is stored in the storage section, the roller and the engaging section And are engaged with each other to lock the magazine or the like in the storage section.

[0009]

[Action]

 For example, when the magazine 6 is inserted into the storage section 5 of the autoloader, the roller 21 and the magazine 6 come into contact with each other. Further, when the roller 21 is further inserted, the roller 21 slides against the urging force of the spring 26 constituting the urging means, and the roller 21 and the side surface 6b of the magazine 6 come into contact with each other. When the magazine 6 is inserted in this state, the roller 21 rotates. Then, when the engaging portion 29 of the magazine 6 is inserted to a position corresponding to the roller 21, the roller 21 is slid so as to press the magazine 6 downward by the urging force of the urging means 26, so that the roller 21 moves. It engages with the engaging portion 29. As a result, the magazine 6 is locked in the storage section 5. In the case of taking out the magazine 6, the process reverse to the above is performed by pulling out the magazine 6. When the magazine 6 is attached to or detached from the storage portion 5, the roller 21 contacts the side surface 6b and rotates, so that the engaging portion of the leaf spring and the side surface 6b are not scratched as in the conventional case and are not damaged. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the magazine 6 from being damaged when it is attached to or detached from the storage section 5.

[0010]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the overall view of the autoloader is omitted, and only the main part of the present invention, that is, the magazine storage part of the autoloader is shown.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which the magazine is locked in the storage portion of the autoloader.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes a storage portion, and this storage portion 5 is for storing a magazine 6 described later. The storage portion 5 has a case-like shape having an open upper portion and a front surface (a surface facing a carriage (not shown)), and is arranged above a drive case (not shown).

Reference numeral 6 is a magazine, and this magazine 6 stores a plurality of cartridges. The magazine 6 has a plurality of slots 7 substantially corresponding to the shape of the cartridge. Further, the magazine 6 has a handle 6a extending above it.

The locking means of the storage section 5 with respect to the magazine 6 is configured as follows. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of rollers 20, 21 are arranged on the inner surface of the side plate 5a of the storage section 5 so as to face the side plates 5a.

The shafts 23 of the upper and middle rollers 20 are rotatably arranged on a support 22 fixed to the side plate 5a.

The lower roller 21 is configured to be slidable. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a groove 22a is formed in the support 22 of the roller 21 in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the magazine 6, and the shaft 23 of the roller 21 is left and right as viewed in the drawing. It can slide in any direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the support 22 has a substantially U-shaped cross section.

Reference numeral 24 is a receiving member that receives a spring 26, which will be described later, and is arranged below the support 22 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a shaft 25 is arranged on the receiving member 24, and a spring 26 is locked to the shaft 25. One end of the spring 26 locked to the receiving member 24 is engaged with the side plate 5a of the housing portion 5 and the other end is engaged with the groove 23a of the shaft 23 of the roller 21 (see FIG. 2).

The groove 23a is formed on the circumferential surface of the shaft 23 along the circumferential direction thereof. Even if the shaft 23 of the roller 21 slides in the axial direction, the groove 23a and one end of the spring 26 are always engaged with each other.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the roller 21 is always biased toward the magazine 6 by the spring 26.

Further, the side surface 6 b of the magazine 6 is provided with an engaging portion 29 at a position corresponding to the roller 21 in a state of being accommodated in the accommodating portion 5. The engaging portion 29 and the roller 21 are configured so that, when they engage with each other, the roller 21 presses the magazine 6 downward to keep the height position of the magazine 6 constant. In addition, in this embodiment, the engaging portion 29 is formed into a substantially U-shaped cross section, but the shape of the engaging portion is not limited to this. For example, the engaging portion may have a cross section corresponding to the shape of the roller 21. It may be formed in a substantially arc shape.

In order to store the magazine 6 configured as described above in the storage section 5, first, the magazine 6 is inserted in a state corresponding to the storage section 5. At this time, the roller 20 contacts the side surface 6b of the magazine 6 and rotates.

Subsequently, when the magazine 6 is inserted, the magazine 6 and the roller 21 come into contact with each other (see FIG. 3). When the magazine 6 is further inserted in this state, the roller 21 slides toward the side plate 5a of the storage section 5 and escapes against the biasing force of the spring 26, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the roller 21 contacts the side surface 6b of the magazine 6 and rotates.

Further, when the magazine 6 is inserted and the roller 21 and the engaging portion 29 are engaged with each other, the roller 21 slides toward the magazine 6 by the urging force of the spring 26, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Storage ends. In the case of taking out the magazine, the process reverse to the above is performed by pulling out the magazine 6.

According to this example, the height position of the magazine 6 with respect to the storage portion 5 can be held constant by the engagement of the roller 21 and the engagement portion 29. Further, according to this example, when the roller 21 and the engaging portion 29 are engaged with each other, the impact of the roller 21 engaging the engaging portion 29 is transmitted to the hand through the magazine 6. You can get a feeling of wearing.

Further, according to this example, the roller 21 rotates in contact with the side surface 6b until the roller 21 contacts the side surface 6b of the magazine 6 and then engages with the engaging portion 29. Thus, unlike the conventional case, the side surface 6b is not damaged by the locking portion of the leaf spring, and it is possible to prevent the magazine 6 from being damaged when it is attached to or detached from the storage portion 5.

In the above embodiment, one set of rollers 21 provided with the locking mechanism is arranged in the lower stage, but the position (height), number, etc. of the rollers provided with the locking mechanism are not limited to this. Yes. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the example in which the magazine 6 stores the cartridge is shown, but the same can be applied as long as the storage member such as the magazine is stored and locked in the storage portion. Further, the biasing means of the roller 21 is not limited to this example.

[0028]

[Effect of device]

 According to this invention, the engaging portion is formed on the side surface of the magazine or the like, the roller is slidably arranged at a position corresponding to the engaging portion of the storage portion, and the roller is always biased toward the magazine. Since the means is provided, the height position of the magazine can be held constant by the engagement between the roller and the engaging portion.

Further, according to this invention, the roller rotates in contact with the side surface until the roller contacts the side surface of the magazine and then engages with the engaging portion. The side surface is not damaged by the locking part of the panel, and damage to the magazine when attaching to or detaching from the storage part can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a main part of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a usage state of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a usage state of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Storage 6 Magazine 6b Side 20, Roller 26 Spring 29 Engagement

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An engaging portion is formed on a side surface of a magazine or the like, and a roller is slidably arranged at a position corresponding to the engaging portion of an accommodating portion for accommodating the magazine or the like. A biasing means for urging to the side is arranged, and while the magazine or the like is being stored in the storage portion, the roller contacts the side surface of the magazine or the like and rotates, and the magazine or the like is stored in the storage portion. A locking mechanism for a magazine or the like, characterized in that the roller and the engaging portion are later engaged to lock the magazine or the like in the storage portion.