JPH0714349A - Disk cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a disk from flawing during cleaning by closing an opening and closing lid and locking it by engaging a lock lever with an engagement piece. CONSTITUTION:A disk 3 is placed on the upper surface 9 of a main body case 8. The opening and closing lid 10 for covering upper part above the upper surface 9 is formed by connecting an upper wall 10a and a rear wall 10e with an inclined wall 10f in backward lowered state. The engagement piece 34 is provided to be projected downward from the inner surface of this inclined wall 10f, while the lock lever 35 to be freely engageably and disengageably engaged with the engagement piece 34 in accordance with a closing operation of the opening and closing lid 10 is provided on the side of the main body case 8. By this method, even when a tensile load is worked upon the engagement piece 34 by the lock lever 35 in the locking state, since this tensile stress is distributed in the upper wall 10a and the inclined wall 10f, deformation of the opening and closing lid 10 can be prevented, and the engagement state of the engagement piece 34 and the lock lever 35 can steadily be maintained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disc cleaner for removing dirt adhering to a disc rotatably incorporated in a cartridge case, a digital audio disc (trade name: compact disc), or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a cleaner for a digital audio disc, for example, the Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-168878.
As shown in the publication, the disc is housed in the main body case, the opening / closing lid pivotally attached to the main body case is closed, and the disc is manually rotated to clean dirt on the surface of the disc. There is one that is wiped with a member. The opening / closing lid is required for ensuring dustproofness and safety during cleaning of the disc.

[0003]

However, it is necessary to securely close and lock the open / close lid so that it will not be accidentally opened during cleaning so as not to damage the disc. It is an object of the present invention to develop and improve such a closing lock means to prevent the opening / closing lid from being deformed by the closing lock means when the opening / closing lid is closed, and to secure a closed lock state.

[0004]

According to the present invention, as shown in the drawings, a main body case 8 having an upper surface 9 on which a disk 3 is placed, and a front end side of the main body case 8 are pivotally rotatably and rotatably mounted. It is assumed that the disk cleaner includes an opening / closing lid 10 that covers the upper surface 9 above, a cleaning member 16 that cleans the surface of the disk 3, and a closing lock unit that locks the closed state of the opening / closing lid 10. Further, according to the present invention, the opening / closing lid 10 is formed so that the upper surface wall 10a and the rear surface wall 10e are connected by a rearward downward sloped wall 10f, and the closing lock means moves the engaged piece 34 downward from the inner surface of the sloped wall 10f. And the engaged piece 34 with the closing operation of the opening / closing lid 10.
The lock lever 35 that is detachably engaged with the main body case 8
It is provided on the side.

Here, the disk 3 means a drive shaft insertion window 4
In addition to a so-called cased disk cartridge in which a magnetic disk or an optical disk is rotatably housed in a cartridge case 1 having a head window 5, a magnetic disk or an optical disk not housed in the case is also included. In the case of applying to a magnetic disk or an optical disk which is not housed in a case, this disk is placed directly on the upper surface 9, and a cleaning member is slidably rotated on the disk surface to clean dirt adhering thereto. Become. The means for rotating the disk 3 does not matter to be a manual type or an electric type as shown in the drawing.

[0006]

In operation, the engaged piece 34 and the lock lever 3
The opening / closing lid 10 is closed and locked by the engagement with 5, so that the opening / closing lid 10 can be prevented from being opened accidentally during cleaning. For example, as shown in FIG.
0a and the rear surface wall 10e are formed to meet at a right angle, and when the engaged piece 34 is projected downward from the inner surface of the upper surface wall 10a, the main body case 8 is provided to ensure the locked state.
When a tensile load from the lock lever 35 on the side is applied to the engaged piece 34, the upper surface wall 10a is deformed into an inwardly concave shape as indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. The engagement piece 34 is easily disengaged from the lock lever 35. However, when the engaged piece 34 is projected downward from the inner surface of the inclined surface wall 10f of the opening / closing lid 10 as in the above-described configuration, a tensile load by the lock lever 35 is applied to the engaged piece 34 in the locked state.
Even if the tensile stress acts on the upper wall 10a and the inclined wall 1,
Since the distribution is 0f, the deformation of the opening / closing lid 10 as described above can be prevented, and the engaged state of the engaged piece 34 and the lock lever 35 can be firmly held.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a disk cleaner according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a disk cartridge, which is an example of an object to be cleaned, will be described. In this disk cartridge D, as shown in FIG. 2, a disk 3 having a hub 2 in the center is rotatably mounted inside a hard plastic cartridge case 1. It is housed. The cartridge case 1 has a drive shaft insertion window 4 through which the hub 2 is exposed at a substantially central portion of the upper and lower surfaces thereof, and a head window 5 at which a disk 3 is partially exposed at a position deviated from the center. is there. The hub 2 is formed with a shaft hole 6 at the center of the end face, into which a drive-side rotating shaft is inserted, and a drive hole 7 into which a drive-side drive pin is inserted at an eccentric position, in a vertically penetrating manner.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the disk cleaner of the present invention has a main body case 8 having an upper surface 9 on which the disk cartridge D is horizontally positioned and mounted in a fixed direction, and an upper surface of the upper surface 9. An opening / closing lid 10 for covering is provided, and the opening / closing lid 10 is pivotally attached to a front end portion of the upper surface 9 so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 11.

In FIG. 2, positioning ribs 12 for restricting the movement of the disk cartridge D in the front-rear and left-right directions are provided on the upper surface 9 of the main body case 8 so as to match with the four corners of the disk cartridge D. . A hub receiver 13 for receiving and supporting the lower end surface side of the hub 2 of the disc cartridge D is arranged and fixed at a substantially central portion of the upper surface 9 so as to slightly project from the upper surface 9. The upper end surface of the hub receiver 13 is provided with a protrusion 13 a that is inserted into the central shaft hole 6 of the hub 2.

A recess 15 is formed on the lower front side of the upper surface 9, and a tape-like cleaning member 1 is provided in the recess 15.
A cleaning cartridge 14 having a built-in 6 is detachably accommodated. A push-out protrusion 17 having a chevron-shaped cross section for pushing out the cleaning member 16 in the cleaning cartridge 14 is provided at a substantially central portion of the recess 15 in the left-right direction. A recess 38 for facilitating the catching of the rear end of the disk cartridge D placed on the upper surface 9 is formed in the left and right center of the rear end of the upper surface 9.

In FIG. 4, the cleaning cartridge 14 accommodates a tape-shaped cleaning member 16 in a cartridge case 18.
The cleaning member 16 is wound around a feeding shaft 19 and a take-up shaft 20 in the inside, and both shafts 19.2 of the cartridge case 18 are
An extrusion port 21 of the cleaning member 16 and a protrusion inlet 22 of the extrusion protrusion 17 are opened vertically opposite to each other at a position corresponding to 0. Thus, when the cleaning cartridge 14 is dropped into the recess 15 and mounted, the extrusion protrusion 17 on the main body case 8 side protrudes into the protrusion inlet 22 on the cleaning cartridge 14 side, and part of the cleaning member 16 moves upward from the extrusion port 21. Extruded. When the cleaning cartridge 14 is loaded in the recess 15, the cleaning member 16 can be wound up. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the take-up roller 25 is rotatably supported only on the front wall of the main body case 8 only in the take-up direction, and the eccentric pin 25a is provided at the shaft end of the take-up roller 25. On the other hand, the claws 20a are radially provided on the shaft end of the winding shaft 20 of the cleaning cartridge 14, and when the cartridge 14 is loaded into the recess 15, the claws 20a.
0a, the eccentric pin 25a is engaged with the take-up roller 25
The cleaning member 16 is mounted on the winding shaft 20 by rotating the
Is wound by a predetermined length.

In FIGS. 2 and 7, the opening / closing lid 10 is
An upper surface wall 10a shaped to cover the upper surface 9 of the main body case 8
A front wall 10b located above the front end portion of the upper surface 9, left and right side walls 10c and 10d fitted on the left and right outer sides of the front, rear, left and right positioning ribs 12, and a rear side fitted on the rear outer side of the rear positioning rib 12. Although it is formed in a box shape having a face wall 10e, the upper face wall 10a and the rear face wall 10e are formed in a shape in which they are connected by an inclined face wall 10f having a backward descending shape. A rotating shaft portion 23 for rotating the disc 3 is attached to a substantially central portion of the upper surface wall 10a of the opening / closing lid 10, that is, a portion facing the hub receiver 13 on the main body case 8 side when the opening / closing lid 10 is closed, and the upper surface thereof. A manual handle 24 is supported on the wall 10a so as to be horizontally rotatable around the rotary shaft 23. Rotating shaft 23
A center shaft 26 that fits into the center hole 13b of the protrusion 13a of the hub receiver 13 is provided to project from the center of the lower end surface of the hub receiving member 13. From the eccentric position, an eccentric shaft 27 that fits into the drive hole 7 of the hub 2 is provided. It is urged downward by.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the front end position on the inner surface side of the upper surface wall 10a of the opening / closing lid 10, that is, the opening / closing lid 10
When is closed, a receiving pad 29 is movably supported at a position facing the extrusion protrusion 17 on the main body case 8 side and is constantly urged by a spring 30 so as to be pushed down.

As shown in FIG. 2, the top wall 1 of the opening / closing lid 10 is shown.
On the inner surface of 0a, there are holding pins 32 which are fitted into the recesses 31 provided at the four corners on the upper surface side of the disk cartridge D mounted on the upper surface 9 of the main body case 8 and hold the cartridge D on the upper surface 9. It is protruding.

An opening / closing lid 1 is provided between the main body case 8 and the opening / closing lid 10.
A closing lock means for locking the closed state of 0 and a means for unlocking the closing lock means are provided. The closing lock means specifically shown here and the releasing means are integrally formed. As shown in FIGS. 1, 6 and 7, the closing lock means and the releasing means of the opening / closing lid 10 include the engaged piece 34 provided on the opening / closing lid 10 side and the engaged piece 34 on the main body case 8 side. A lock lever 35 is provided so as to be detachable from the lock lever 34, and an operating portion 37 is provided on the lock lever 35. The engaged piece 34 has a concave portion 34a and has an opening / closing lid 1.
It is provided so as to integrally project downward from the inner surface of the inclined wall 10f of 0. The lock lever 35 has an engaging claw 36 that engages and disengages with the recess 34 a of the engaged piece 34, and an operating portion 37 integrally formed at a right angle to the engaging claw 36. And the lock lever 35
Both walls 46a.4 in the recess 46 provided with the engaging claw 36 from the inside of the main body case 8 to a part of the positioning rib 12 on the rear side.
6a, and the tip of the engaging claw 36 is set to have the same height as the height from the upper surface 9 of the wall 46a or lower. This is to prevent the tip of the lock lever 35 from being touched and damaged when the disc cartridge D is attached to or detached from the upper surface 9. The operating portion 37 of the lock lever 35 is located at the inner bottom portion of the recess 38 at the rear of the upper surface 9 so as to be located inside the outer casing of the main body case 8 and is swingably supported around the shaft 39. A spring 40 interposed between the inner bottom surfaces of the main body case 8 constantly urges it to swing upward.

As shown in FIG. 9, in the recess 38,
A space is formed between the operating portion 37 of the lock lever 35 and the rear end portion of the disk cartridge D located above the lock lever 35 so that a finger can be inserted from the rear of the main body case 8 when operating the lock lever 35. There is. Further, a part of the rear surface wall 10e located above the recess 38 when the opening / closing lid 10 is closed is cut out to form a notch 41 so that a finger can be easily put in and out of the recess 38.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the finger is put into the recess 38, the opening / closing lid 10 does not touch the rear end of the disk cartridge D and the cartridge D is displaced on the upper surface 9. A shielding wall piece 42 is projected from the inner surface of the disk cartridge D so as to block the direction of the rear end of the disc cartridge D and the notch 41.

2 and 5, there is provided an opening means for interlocking with the operation of the unlocking means to push the opening / closing lid 10 to the half-opened state. The opening means is provided with an opening 12a in a part of the upper surface of the rear positioning rib 12 on the upper surface 9 of the body case 8, and the push-up pin 4 is provided in the opening 12a.
3 is incorporated by a spring 44 so as to always push upward and bias the same, while a pin pressing projection 45 is provided on the inner surface side of the opening / closing lid 10 so as to face the pushing pin 43, and the pin is closed when the opening / closing lid 10 is completely closed. The pressing projection 45 pushes down the push-up pin 43 against the spring 44. The push-up pin 43 has a collar 43a at its intermediate portion, and the collar 43a abuts against the lower end of the opening 12a to prevent the push-up pin 43 from being pushed further up by the spring 44. The tip of 43 does not protrude from the upper surface of the positioning rib 12. This prevents the disk 3 from touching the tip of the push-up pin 43 and being damaged when the disk 3 is attached or detached.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the opening / closing lid 10
Is closed, the tip of the engaged piece 34 slides on the taper 36a of the engaging claw 36 of the lock lever 35 to slightly swing the lever 35 around the shaft 39, and then the engaging claw 36 is inserted into the recess 34a. At the same time as obtaining the closed lock state to engage, the pin pressing protrusion 45 on the side of the opening / closing lid 10 causes the push-up pin 43 to spring 44.
The push-up pin 43 opens and closes the lid 1
The state where 0 is pushed open and biased is obtained. Even when the engaged piece 34 is subjected to a pulling action by the lock lever 35 in this closed state, the tensile stress causes the upper wall 10a and the inclined wall 10f.
Distributed in. As a result, even when placed in a high temperature environment, the opening / closing lid 10 can be prevented from being deformed as much as possible, and the engaged state of the engaged piece 34 and the lock lever 35 can be firmly maintained.

To open the opening / closing lid 10, as shown in FIG. 9, put a finger in the recess 38 of the main body case 8 to lock the lock lever 3.
When the operating portion 37 of 5 is pushed down against the spring 40, the lever 35 swings around the shaft 39 to disengage the engaging claw 36 from the recess 34a of the engaged piece 34, and the push-up pin 43 presses the pin. By pushing up the protrusion 45, the opening / closing lid 10 is forcibly pushed open to the half-opened state (see FIG. 5).

Next, the procedure for cleaning the disk 3 of the disk cartridge D will be described. Open / close lid 1
When 0 is opened and the cleaning cartridge 14 is accommodated in the recess 15 of the main body case 8, as shown in FIG. 4, a part of the cleaning member 16 is pushed upward by the pushing protrusion 17 from the pushing port 21 of the cartridge case 18.

Next, when the disc cartridge D is positioned and mounted on the upper surface 9, as shown in FIG. 7, the hub receiver 13 is inserted into the drive shaft insertion window 4 on the lower surface side thereof, and the lower end surface of the hub 2 of the disc 3 is inserted. It receives and supports the side, and the extruded portion of the cleaning member 16 enters the head window 5 and presses and contacts in the radial direction of the disk surface of the disk 3.

Then, when the opening / closing lid 10 is closed, as shown in FIG. 7, the opening / closing lid 10 is automatically closed and locked by the lock lever 35 as shown in FIG.
The disc cartridge D is pressed onto the upper surface 9 by the pressing pin 32 as shown in FIG. Further, the rotary shaft portion 23 on the lid 10 side enters into the drive shaft insertion window 4 on the upper surface side of the disc cartridge D, and the central shaft 26 is fitted into the central hole 13b of the hub receiver 13 to receive the hub 2 from the hub. It is connected to the hub 2 by pressing it horizontally against the body 13. Further, the receiving pad 29 enters the head window 5 on the upper surface side of the disk cartridge D and presses the disk surface of the disk 3 to press and contact the cleaning member 16.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 10, when the fingertip is inserted into the concave portion 24a of the manual handle 24 and the manual handle 24 is horizontally rotated around the rotary shaft portion 23 on the opening / closing lid 10, the rotary shaft portion 23 is moved. When it rotates and its eccentric shaft 27 reaches the drive hole 7 of the hub 2, the force is applied to the drive hole 7 by a spring 28 to rotate the disk 3 as shown in FIG. The dirt attached to the surface of the disk 3 as the disk 3 rotates is wiped off by the cleaning member 16.

At this time, since the opening / closing lid 10 is closed and locked, it cannot be opened accidentally, and the rotating shaft portion 23 and the hub 2 cannot be opened.
The state of connection with the disc 3, and the cleaning member 1
6, the contact state with 6 is reliably maintained, and since the operating portion 37 of the lock lever 35 is located inside the recess 38 and inside the outer casing of the main body case 8, the manual handle 24
Even if the opening / closing lid 10 and the main body case 8 are supported by the hand opposite to the holding hand, the hand accidentally accidentally operates the operation portion 37.
There is no need to touch the lid, and in this respect also the opening / closing lid 10
It can prevent accidental opening and can perform cleaning safely.

After cleaning, the disk cartridge D
In order to take out the lock lever 35, the operation portion 37 of the lock lever 35 is pushed down by a hand which is inserted from the recess 38, the engaging claw 36 of the lever 35 is disengaged from the engaged piece 34 on the opening / closing lid 10 side, and the push-up pin 43 is used. The opening / closing lid 10 is forcibly pushed upward in a half-open state. The unlocked state can be confirmed by this half-opening, and then the opening / closing lid 10 in the half-opened state.
The disk cartridge D can be taken out by easily opening the disk.

[0027]

As described above, according to the disk cleaner of the present invention, the closing lock means for the opening / closing lid 10 including the lock lever 35 and the engaged piece 34 is provided.
Unexpected opening of the opening / closing lid 10 during cleaning can be prevented, and the disk 3 can be safely cleaned without damage. In particular, since the engaged piece 34 projects downward from the inner surface of the rearwardly downward sloped wall 10f that connects the upper surface wall 10a and the rear surface wall 10e of the opening / closing lid 10, the engaged piece 34 is locked to ensure the locked state. Lever 35
By this, even if the engaged piece 34 is pulled, the opening / closing lid 10 can be prevented from being deformed as much as possible, and the engaged piece 34 and the lock lever 3 can be prevented.
Excellent closing lock effect due to 5.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a locked state where a closing lock mechanism portion is partially broken.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a disc cleaner, a disc cartridge, and a cleaning cartridge.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which an opening / closing lid is removed.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a cleaning portion.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional front view showing a closed lock mechanism portion in an unlocked state.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional front view showing a closed lock mechanism portion in a locked state.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional side view in a closed state.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional side view showing a closed lock mechanism portion in a locked state.

FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a closed lock mechanism portion in an unlocked state.

FIG. 10 is an external perspective view of a usage state.

11 is a cross-sectional view of a comparative example shown corresponding to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Disc 8 Main Body Case 9 Upper Surface 10 Opening / Covering Cover 10a Upper Surface Wall 10e Rear Wall 10f Sloping Surface Wall 16 Cleaning Member 34 Engagement Piece 35 Lock Lever

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Masaya Terayama 4680 Ikata, Hachijo-machi, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture Kyushu Hitachi Maxell Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A main body case 8 having an upper surface 9 on which a disk 3 is mounted, an opening / closing lid 10 pivotally attached to the front end side of the main body case 8 so as to be openable and closably rotatable, and covering the upper surface 9 from above. A cleaning member 16 for cleaning the three surfaces and the opening / closing lid 1
In a disk cleaner including a closing lock means for locking the closed state of 0, the opening / closing lid 10 is formed in a shape in which an upper surface wall 10a and a rear surface wall 10e are connected by a rearward descending inclined surface wall 10f. The closing lock means is provided with the engaged piece 34 projecting downward from the inner surface of the inclined wall 10f, and the lock lever 3 engageably and disengageably engages with the engaged piece 34 as the opening / closing lid 10 is closed.
5. A disk cleaner, wherein 5 is provided on the body case 8 side.