JPH0319090Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to a disk storage device that stores a plurality of disks that are optical or magnetic record carriers, and selects and takes out an arbitrary disk.

``Prior Art'' Conventionally, there has been a technique in which a disk player is provided with a disk storage section and an arbitrary disk is selected and loaded into the player.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" The above-mentioned prior art, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-82663, has a plurality of disks and a disk player installed inside the same box, and the disks in the storage section are Since the disc was automatically supplied to the player, there were problems in handling and operation, such as not being able to easily remove a portion of the disc storage section and use it for another player.

``Means for Solving the Problems'' However, the present invention provides a disk storage device in which a rail member that supports a disk so that it can be moved in and out, and a lever that allows the disk to be moved in and out are arranged in parallel in a box body. a single select lever for manually selecting and taking out one of the disks, and a locking member for locking the select lever, which is movable in the direction in which the disks are arranged side by side, in a disk take-out position; The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with an arm that releases the locking member when the disk is returned and stored, and that a select lever is used to restrict the removal of the disk and to display the position of the removed disk.

``Function'' Therefore, since a manually operated select lever is provided, the box body can be used for storing disks and used in combination with any disk player. Since the select lever is moved back through the arm when the disk is returned, it is possible to restrict the removal of multiple disks at the same time, and it is also possible to easily determine the position where the removed disk should be stored. The disks can always be stored in substantially the same arrangement, the disks can be prevented from being damaged due to being left unattended, and there is no need to search for a disk storage position.
It can be easily handled.

"Embodiments" Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. Fig. 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing a top plate 2 and a middle bottom plate 3 of a square box body 1 with its front side open.
The upper and lower rail members 4 and 5 are fixed at opposing positions,
A circular disk 6 serving as a record carrier is slidably supported upright on the rail members 4 and 5, and a plurality of disks 6 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction.

In addition, a guide shaft 7 is stretched in the direction in which the disks 6 are arranged side by side, and the base end of the disk select lever 8 is slidably and rotatably supported on the shaft 7. The front plate 1 of the box body 1 is fixed by protruding outward and fixing the camera 9.
The lever 8 is passed through a sliding guide groove 11 opened at 0, and a rotary guide groove 12 that rotationally guides the select lever 8 downward at a location corresponding to the disk 6 is communicated with the sliding guide groove 11. A guide plate 15 is provided inside the front plate 10 so as to be slidable left and right via upper and lower rails 13 and 14, and sliding and rotation guide grooves 16 and 17 having substantially the same shape as the respective grooves 11 and 12 are provided in the guide plate 15. The guide plate 15 is moved forward by the solenoid 19 which is interlocked with the coin insertion mechanism 18 to align the grooves 16 and 17 with the grooves 11 and 12 of the front plate 10, and the select lever 8 is switched to the operable state. In the normal state, the guide plate 15
is dynamically supported by a spring 20, and the groove 17 of the guide plate 15 is shifted from the groove 12 of the front plate 10 to prevent operation of the select lever 8.

Furthermore, the rotation guide groove 1 of the select lever 8
A push lever 21 is provided which is a push member that pushes the innermost disk 6 of the rail members 4 and 5 toward the front side of the box body 1 in conjunction with the movement of the rail members 4 and 5 to the rear side of the disk 6. The push lever 21 is rotatably supported on a fixed shaft 22 so that the push part 21a comes into contact with it, and a spring 23 is provided to support the lever 21 in contact with the disc 6. The levers 8 and 21 are rotated in conjunction with each other when brought into contact with each other, and the push lever 21 is configured to push out the disk 6.

Next, a lock lever 24, which is a locking member that supports the select lever 8 in the disk 6 pushing position, is provided, and the rotation guide groove 1 of the select lever 8 is provided.
Rotating in conjunction with the transition to 2 and 17, disc 6
When the extrusion is completed, press the notch 25 of the select lever 8.
In order for the locking portion 26 of the lock lever 24 to engage with the
The lock lever 24 is rotatably supported on a fixed shaft 27, and a spring 28 is provided to support the locking portion 26 in contact with the lower edge of the select lever 8.
Further, a lock arm 30 is rotatably attached to the end of the bushing lever 21 via a shaft 29, and the lock arm 30 is supported in contact with a stopper 32 by a spring 31. When the disk 6 is loaded, the lock arm 30 is attached above the engagement piece 33 of the lock lever 24. 30 and moves the lock arm 30 below the engagement piece 33 with the disk 6 pushed out. When the disk 6 is loaded and the push lever 21 is pushed back, the lock arm 30 moves the engagement piece 33 downward.
is pushed up to rotate the lock lever 24 against the spring 28, disengage the locking portion 26 from the notch 25, and move the select lever 8 back into the sliding guide groove 8 by pushing up the push lever 21. There is.

Further, a stop lever 34 is provided which can come into contact with the front side of the disk 6 supported by the rail members 4 and 5, and the lever 34 is rotatably supported by a fixed shaft 35, and the contact portion 36 of the lever 34 is connected to the disk 6. A spring 37 is provided on the stop lever 34 to abut and support the shafts 7, 22, 27, 35 in the same direction. A notch is formed in the middle of the lower rail member 5 for the abutting portion 36 to escape to the lower side, and the abutting portion 36 is connected to the rail member 5.
A stopper 41 is fixedly attached to the inner sole plate 3 to cross the push lever 21 which has pushed out the disc 6, and to move the select lever 8 to the rotation guide grooves 12, 17, the contact portion of the stop lever 34 is fixed. 36 to the lower front of the disk 6, and the contact portion 36 slightly protrudes above the rail member 8 at the lowest position of the select lever 8 to prevent the disk 6 from flying out, while also moving the disk 6 to the front side of the box body 1. In the protruding state, the push lever 21 and the stop lever 34 are used to support the disk 6 between the front and back, and when the protruding portion of the disk 6 is grasped by hand and pulled out,
This pulling force causes the contact portion 36 of the stop lever 34 to retract from the notch 30 to the lower side of the middle sole plate 3.

The top plate 2 and the middle bottom plate 3 constituting the box body 1 are fixed to the side plates 42 with bolts 43, and the upper and lower rail members 4 and 5 are tilted slightly downward toward the inside of the box body 1. The upper surface plate 2 and the middle bottom plate 3 are fixed, and the disc 6 is stored in a state in which it rolls inwardly under the guidance of the rail members 4 and 5. As is clear from the above, the rail members 4 and 5 that support the disk 6 so as to be able to move in and out, and the levers 21 and 34 that move the disk 6 in and out are connected to the box body 1.
In a disk storage device installed in a disk storage device, a single select lever 9 is provided for manually selecting and taking out one of a plurality of disks 6 arranged side by side, and a single select lever 9 is provided to manually select and take out one of the plurality of disks 6 arranged side by side. A lock lever 24 locks the select lever 9, which is freely movable, in the position taken out from the disk 6, and a lock lever 24 locks the select lever 9 in the position when the disk 6 is returned and stored.
4 and a lock arm 30 for releasing the lock arm 30,
Restrictions on ejecting disk 6 and ejecting disk 6
The position is displayed using a select lever 9.

This embodiment is constructed as described above, and when a specified amount of coins is inserted into the coin insertion mechanism 18, the solenoid 19 is activated and the guide plate 1 is
5 forward, align the groove 12 of the front plate 10 with the groove 17 of the guide plate 15, and hold the camera 9 and move the select lever 8 to the desired position corresponding to the disk 6 along the sliding guide grooves 11, 16. and transfer it. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, by pressing down the camera 9 and moving the select lever 8 to the rotation guide grooves 12 and 17, one end side of the push lever 21 that the select lever 8 comes into contact with is pushed down, and the push part 21a of the push lever 21 is moved. At the same time as the disk 6 is pushed out, the contact portion 36 of the stop lever 34
is pushed down to cause the disk 6 to partially protrude toward the front side of the box body 1. The lock lever 2 is rotated against the spring 28 by operating the select lever 8.
4 to the notch 25 of the select lever 8.
the select lever 8 into the rotation guide groove 1.
2, 17, fix the select lever 8 to the lock lever 24, and then
The stop lever 3 is moved to another position to prevent the operation of continuously taking out the disk 6.
The contact portion 36 of No. 4 is made to protrude above the rail member 5,
This is to prevent the disc 6 from flying out, and the disc 6 protruding from the box body 1 is pulled out, and the taken out disc 6 is mounted on a disc player for reproduction.

In addition, the disk 6 after playback is attached to the rail member 4,
5 and push it into the box 1, the push lever 21 retracts and the lever 2
1, the lock lever 24 rotates against the spring 28, the locking portion 26 is disengaged from the notch 25, and the support of the select lever 8 by the lock lever 24 is released. At this time, the stop lever 34 also returns due to the force of the spring 37, so the select lever 8 as well as the push lever 21 and the stop lever 34 return to the original position of the sliding guide grooves 11 and 16, and the disk 6 is moved between the rail members 4 and 5 as shown in FIG. The disc 6 is fixedly supported between the push lever 21 and the stop lever 34 from the front and rear. After this, the solenoid 19 is turned off and the spring 20 causes the guide plate 15 to move back, and the rotation guide grooves 12 and 17 of the select lever 8
Prevent the transition to .

In addition, instead of the guide plate 15, when the disk 6 selection time has elapsed, the select lever 8
It is also possible to easily provide a shutter that is fixed at the final selection location and closes a solenoid, etc. The shutter opens after a coin is inserted, closes after six disc selection times, and then opens again after a certain period of time (disc playback time). It is good to operate it like this.

"Effects of the Invention" As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention has the following advantages:
In a disk storage device in which levers 21 and 34 for moving the disks 6 in and out are installed inside the box body 1, one of the plurality of disks 6 arranged in parallel is manually selected. In addition to providing a single select lever 9 to take out, the disc 6...
A locking member 24 that locks the select lever 9, which is movable in the juxtaposed direction, in the disk 6 ejecting position.
and an arm 30 that releases the locking member 24 when the disk 6 is returned and stored, and is configured such that a select lever 9 is used to restrict the removal of the disk 6 and to display the position of the ejected disk 6. Since a manually operated select lever 9 is provided, the box body 1 can be used for storing the disc 6 and used in combination with any disc player. Since the select lever 9 is moved back via the arm 30 when the disk 6 is returned, it is possible to restrict the removal of a plurality of disks 6 at the same time, and also to adjust the storage position of the removed disk 6. can be easily determined, the disks 6 can always be stored in substantially the same arrangement, damage to the disks 6 due to neglect can be prevented, searching for the storage position of the disks 6 is not necessary, and the disks 6 can be easily handled.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a plan view of the same, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Box body, 4, 5... Rail member, 6... Disk, 7... Guide shaft, 8... Disk select lever, 21... Push lever (push member), 24... Lock lever (lock member).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Rail members 4 and 5 that support the disk 6 so that it can be moved in and out, and a lever 21 that allows the disk 6 to be moved in and out.
34 is installed inside the box body 1, a single select lever 9 is provided for manually selecting and taking out any one of the plurality of disks 6 arranged side by side. , disk 6... A locking member 24 for locking the select lever 9 movable in the side-by-side direction in the disk 6 take-out position, and an arm 30 for releasing the locking member 24 when the disk 6 is returned and stored; A disk storage device characterized in that a select lever 9 is configured to limit the removal of the disk 6 and display the position of the removed disk 6.