JPH10199102A - Recording medium housing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and rapidly take out a disk from a magazine. SOLUTION: A push-out part 101 is fixed to a chassis downward the magazine. The push-out part 101 is constituted of provided with two kinds of ribs 102, 103 with different heights every other one. An interval between respective ribs 102, 103 coincides with the housing interval of the disks 1 housed in the magazine. When the entirety is descended, the high rib 102 keeps the disk 1 to the height as it is. Further, the other disk 1 is descended, and its outer peripheral edge is abutted on the low rib 103 to be supported. Then, the disks 1 are supported so that the heights are different every other one sheet. Thus, a finger is inserted between the disks 1, and the disk 1 is taken out easily by holding it between the fingers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage device for a recording medium used in a disc changer or the like. Specifically, an extrusion portion having a plurality of ribs having different heights is provided,
By pushing the stored disk-shaped recording medium out of the storage section every other sheet with the rib, even if the disk is stored at a narrow interval, the disk to be taken out can be easily sandwiched between fingers. The present invention relates to a recording medium storage device that can be taken out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG.
There is a disc changer 10 capable of selectively reproducing or exchanging a disc 1 such as a (compact disc). The disc changer 10 includes a magazine 2 for storing the disc 1 in an upright state, and a player 3 for reproducing the disc 1.

The player 3 is slidable as shown in FIG. 14, moves to a position of a disk designated by a user, and conveys (loads) the disk into the interior by a plurality of levers to reproduce recorded information. I do.

[0004]

By the way, as shown in FIG. 14, in the conventional disk changer 10, a large number of disks 1 are stored in the magazine 2; Was difficult to take out with a finger.

Therefore, in order to make it easier to take out the disk 1, it is conceivable to widen the storage interval so that the disk 1 can be sandwiched between fingers. However, such a configuration causes a problem that the number of disks 1 that can be stored in the magazine 2 is reduced.

Further, in the conventional disc changer 10, there is one in which a pressing lever 19 is mounted so as to be movable in a direction in which the disc 1 is stored. After adjusting the pressing lever 19 to the position of the disk 1 to be removed, the user pushes down the pressed portion 18 with a finger as shown in FIG. As a result, the pressing lever 19 rotates, and the contact portion 17 at the tip pushes the disk 1 out.

However, when such a pressing lever 19 is used, it is difficult to adjust the position of the disk 1 to be taken out because the respective disks 1 are stored close to each other, and the taking out is troublesome. was there. Further, when such a pressing lever 19 is mounted, since the user directly operates by hand, the configuration is complicated to secure sufficient strength and the cost is increased.

In view of the above, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and proposes a disk changer capable of easily and quickly taking out a disk with a simple configuration.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a recording medium storage device having storage means for storing a plurality of disk-shaped recording media in a vertical position, A plurality of ribs having different types of ribs, and the ribs are brought into contact with the stored disk-shaped recording medium so that every other sheet is extruded from the storage means.

When the storage section or the pushing section moves, the rib abuts on the outer peripheral edge of the disk-shaped recording medium, and pushes out every other sheet from the storage section. In this state, an effect similar to that when the interval between the disc-shaped recording media is widened is obtained, and a finger can be inserted between the disc-shaped recording media to take out the disc-shaped recording media.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a disc changer to which a recording medium storage device according to the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing the structure of a disk changer (storage device for recording medium) 20 according to the present invention. The disc changer 20 shown in FIG. 1 includes a magazine (storage means) 23 for storing a large number of discs 1 such as CDs, which are disc-shaped recording media, in an upright state, and a player 24 for reproducing the discs 1. Is done.

The player 24 has an optical pickup 70, a turntable (not shown), a motor 68 for driving the turntable, a motor 69 for moving the optical pickup 70 in the radial direction of the disk, and the like. The player 24 is configured to be slidable in parallel with the arrangement direction of the disks 1 stored in the magazine 23. Player 24
A drive unit 43 is provided at a lower part of the side surface of the drive unit, and a motor 42 for moving the player 24 and a motor 41 for carrying (loading) the disc 1 are attached thereto.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the upper surface of the chassis 26 on which the player 24 is mounted, a lower guide groove 51 having a length corresponding to the moving range of the player 24 is provided along the arrangement direction of the disks 1. Have been. Also, the lower guide groove 51
Bent part 52 bent in a U-shaped cross section in parallel with the substantially entire length of
Is formed, and a lower surface rack portion 53 is provided at the tip thereof.

As shown in FIG. 1, rollers 54, 54 for smoothly moving the player 24 are attached to the rear and center of the lower surface of the player 24. A first projecting portion 56 is formed rearward at a rear portion of the lower surface of the driving portion 43,
This is engaged with the bent portion 52. A second projecting portion 55 is formed on the lower surface of the player 24 so as to face downward, and is inserted into the lower guide groove 51. This allows the player 24
Is movably attached to the chassis 26.

A gear (not shown) attached to a rotating shaft of a motor 42 meshes with a lower rack portion 53 (FIG. 2) of the bent portion 52. The driving of the motor 42 causes the player 24 to slide. I do. Thus, the player 24 moves to the position of the disc specified by the user,
The disc is transported inside and the recorded information is reproduced.

The magazine 23 is exposed to the outside by opening the front cover 34 as shown in FIG. 1, so that the disk 1 can be stored directly. As shown in FIG. 3, the magazine 23 has a large number of disk storage grooves 25 into which the disk 1 is inserted. The disc accommodating groove 25 has a curved portion 31 curved corresponding to the outer periphery of the accommodated disc 1, and extends from one end of the curved portion 31 and linearly inclines downward toward the player 24 (FIG. 1). Disc guide groove 32
It is composed of

When loading the disc 1, a lever (not shown) is turned to move the disc 1 to the magazine 2.
Extrude from 3. Extruded disc 1 is magazine 2
3 is loaded toward the player 24 (FIG. 1) down the inclination of the disc guide groove 32.

Here, a configuration for easily and quickly taking out the disk 1 from the magazine 23 will be described.

An extruding portion 101 is fixed to the chassis 26 below the magazine 23. The extruded part 101 is shown in FIG.
The two types of ribs 102 and 103 having different heights as shown in FIG.
Are provided every other one. Each rib 102, 103
Is equal to the storage interval of the disks 1 stored in the magazine 23.

The tip of the tall rib 102 is inserted into the notch 33 and is in contact with the outer peripheral edge of the disk 1. on the other hand,
The low rib 103 is not in contact with the disk 1. Note that, as shown in FIG. 3, the distal ends of the ribs 102 and 103 are formed to be curved in accordance with the shape of the disk 1.

The magazine 23 is mounted to be vertically movable. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, columnar projections 111 are provided on both sides of the magazine 23.
On the other hand, columns 112, 112 are erected from the chassis 26, and vertical elongated holes 113, 113 are respectively formed. The projections 111, 111 are inserted into the elongated holes 113, 113.
Move up and down within the range of 3.

A horizontally long slide plate 114 is mounted adjacent to the columns 112,112. The slide plate 114 is provided with guide grooves 115, into which the projections 111, 111 of the magazine 23 are inserted. The guide grooves 115, 115 are composed of inclined portions 115a, 115a which rise obliquely from the left end and horizontal portions 115b, 115b at the right end which are continuous with these. In the state shown in FIG. 4, the protrusions 111 are located on the horizontal portions 115b of the guide grooves 115,
3 is in the raised position.

A rack 116 is formed on the lower side of the tip of the slide plate 114, and meshes with a gear 117 attached to the rotating shaft 34 a of the lid 34. Therefore, the slide plate 114 slides in the horizontal direction in conjunction with opening and closing of the lid 34.

The operation of taking out the disk 1 from the magazine 23 in the disk changer 20 configured as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the lid 34 is closed, the projections 111 of the magazine 23 are
It is located at the horizontal portion 115b, 115b, which is the right end of 115, and is located at the top of the long holes 113, 113 of the columns 112, 112. When the lid 34 is opened from this state, the gear 117 rotates clockwise as shown in FIG.
The slide plate 114 is engaged by the rack 116 meshing therewith.
Moves to the right.

Accordingly, the projections 111, 111 go down the inclined portions 115a, 115a, reach the lower left end, and simultaneously descend to the lower ends of the long grooves 113, 113. Therefore,
The entire magazine 23 is lowered.

At this time, as shown in FIG.
02 maintains the disk 1 at the same height. Also,
The other disks 1 are lowered together with the magazine 23, and the lowered disks 1 are supported by contacting the ribs 103 whose outer peripheral edges are low.

As described above, the position of the disk 1 supported by the high rib 102 and the position of the disk 1 supported by the low rib 103 are shifted every other sheet. Therefore, the arrangement interval is widened in the relationship between the disks 1 supported at the same height.

As a result, the highly supported disc 1
Can be easily taken out by sandwiching the front upper side with a finger. In addition, the disk 1 supported low can be easily taken out by sandwiching the lower part of the front portion with a finger. Further, by associating the vertical movement of the magazine 23 with the opening and closing of the lid 34, it is possible to easily and quickly take out the disk 1.

In the above-described example, the magazine 23 is moved up and down. However, the same effect can be obtained by moving the ribs 102 and 103 up and down. FIG. 9 shows another embodiment having such a configuration.

The magazine 123 is exposed to the outside by opening the front cover 34, so that the disk 1 can be stored directly. The magazine 123 has substantially the same shape as that of the above-described example, but is fixed to the chassis 26 by columns 124 and 124.

On the other hand, an extrusion lever 131 is rotatably mounted below the magazine 123. As shown in FIG. 10, two types of ribs 132 and 133 having different heights are provided at every other end of the pushing lever 131. The intervals between the ribs 132 and 133 match the intervals between the disks 1 stored in the magazine 123.

The operation of taking out the disk 1 from the magazine 123 will be described for the embodiment configured as described above.

When the cover 34 is closed as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the push lever 13 is pushed against the magazine 123.
1 is located below. When the lid 34 is opened from this state as shown in FIG.
31 rotates clockwise.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, the high rib 132 pushes the disk 1 high, but the other disks 1 are only slightly pushed up by the low rib 133. That is, every other disc 1 is pushed out of the magazine 123.

The positions of the disc 1 thus extruded and the disc 1 not extruded are shifted every other disc. Therefore, in the relationship between the disks 1 arranged at the same position, a wide arrangement interval is secured.

As a result, the disc 1 extruded as shown in FIG. 11 can be easily taken out by sandwiching the upper side of the front portion with the finger. In addition, the disc 1 that has not been pushed out can be easily taken out by sandwiching the front lower side thereof with a finger. Further, by interlocking the rotation of the pushing lever 131 with the opening and closing of the lid 34, the disk 1 can be easily and quickly taken out.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a case where the present invention is applied to a disc changer for CDs, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to reproduce other disc-shaped recording media.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, an extruded portion having a plurality of ribs having different heights is provided, and every other disc-shaped recording medium is pushed out of the accommodating portion by the rib. Things.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even when the disks are stored at a small interval, the positions of the disks are shifted every other time when the disks are taken out, so that the intervals between the disks are widened to take out the disks. There is an effect that a desired disc can be easily picked up with fingers and taken out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a configuration of a disc changer 20 to which a recording medium storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a magazine 23 and a player 24.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where a magazine 23 is raised.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 shows the slide plate 1 when the magazine 23 is raised.
It is a side view which shows the state of No. 14.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the magazine 23 is lowered.

FIG. 7 shows a slide plate 114 when the magazine 23 is lowered.
It is a side view which shows the state of.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which a pushing lever 131 is rotated.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a configuration of a conventional disk changer 10.

FIG. 14 is a top view showing a configuration of a conventional magazine 2 and a player 3.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing a configuration of a conventional pushing lever 19;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disc 2, 23 Magazine 3, 24 Player 25 Disc storage groove 34 Lid 101 Extrusion part 102, 103, 132, 133 Rib 111 Projection 114 Slide plate 115 Guide groove 116 Rack 117 Gear 131 Push lever

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Ayutake Konno 1-2-1-11 Ikenota, Taito-ku, Tokyo Inside Iwa Corporation (72) Inventor Takumi Usui 1-2-1 Ikenota, Taito-ku, Tokyo Aiwa In-house Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kota Mizoguchi 1-2-1-11 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Aiwa Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage device for a recording medium having storage means for vertically storing a plurality of disk-shaped recording media, the storage device having an extruding portion having a plurality of ribs having different heights. A storage device for a recording medium, wherein the rib is brought into contact with a disk-shaped recording medium and is pushed out of the storage means every other sheet. 2. The storage means is configured to be movable, the push-out portion is fixed, the storage means and a lid of the apparatus main body are connected, and the storage means is interlocked with opening of the lid. 2. The recording medium storage device according to claim 1, wherein the rib is brought into contact with the stored disk-shaped recording medium by opening the lid. 3. The extruding section is configured to be movable, the storage means is fixed, the extruding section is connected to a lid of the apparatus main body, and the extruding section is interlocked with opening of the lid. 2. The recording medium storage device according to claim 1, wherein the rib is brought into contact with the stored disk-shaped recording medium by opening the lid.