JPH0638044U - Disc tray for autochanger - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention relates to a disc tray for an autochanger, and an object thereof is to simplify the disc tray for an autochanger and to reduce the cost. [Structure] A disc tray 1 on which discs A, which are stored in multiple stages in a stocker unit 1 and are transferred to a reproducing apparatus B, are placed.
00 is provided on both left and right ends of the stocker unit 1 and slide units 9 for sliding the stocker unit 1 back and forth are provided with a loading unit 12 on which the playback device B is placed. The removing section 13 is provided so that a part (both upper and lower surfaces) of the disk A is exposed.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a disc tray for an autochanger.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 For this type of conventional autochanger, for example, one of a large number of disc trays stored in multiple stages in the stocker section was selected, and either the playback device or the disc tray was moved and their positions were matched. Later, there was a disc tray for an autochanger where the disc was transferred from the disc tray to the playback device and the disc was played back.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the disc tray of the above-mentioned auto changer, since almost the entire lower surface of the disc is placed on the disc tray, the disc is lifted from the disc tray or the disc is pulled toward the reproducing device side. And the like are required. Therefore, there is a problem that the mechanism of the autochanger becomes complicated and the price thereof becomes expensive, and the reliability is inevitably deteriorated due to a failure.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and the disc tray on which the disc is placed is moved to the reproducing device side, and the disc is rotated by the rotation of the roller. The purpose is to simplify the disc tray for autochanger and to reduce the cost by allowing it to be sent to the playback device.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention relates to a disc tray for an autochanger in which discs are stored in multiple stages in a stocker portion, and a slide portion provided on the disc tray for sliding the stocker portion is provided between the slide portions. The present invention is characterized by including a mounting portion on which a disc is mounted and a removal portion in which the mounting portion is removed so as to expose a part of the disc.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the disc tray for the autochanger of the present invention, since the mounting portion on which the disc is mounted is provided with the removing portion which is removed between the slide portions on the left and right sides of the reproducing device side, the disc tray is disposed on the reproducing device side. The disc tray can be moved to the reproducing device side while avoiding interference with the provided disc tray moving means, and the disc A can be sandwiched between the top plate and the roller of the reproducing device and transferred onto the turntable.

[0007]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, the configuration will be described. 1 and 3, reference numeral 100 denotes a disc tray for an automatic changer according to the present invention (hereinafter, simply referred to as a disc tray). The disc trays 100 are arranged in two rows on the stocker portion 1 of the auto changer 101 in a vertically stacked manner. It is stored on a shelf. FIG. 3 shows only one disc tray 100. . The autochanger 101 is provided with a disc reproducing unit 1A on the rear side of the stocker unit 1. The disc reproducing unit 1A has a reproducing device B for reproducing the information contained in the disc A rotated by a motor to a position corresponding to the shelves and a rack. It is provided so that it can be moved left and right and up and down by 3 and 4.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the disc tray 100 is provided with slide portions 9 that slide along the left and right inner surfaces of the stocker portion 1 on both the left and right sides, and the rack 7 formed on the slide portions 9 is provided. And a gear 6 rotated by a motor 5 provided on the lower surface of the reproducing apparatus B mesh with each other.

The disc tray 100 is pulled toward the reproducing apparatus side with respect to the stocker unit 1 by the rotation of the motor 5 or pushed out from the stocker unit 1 to the front side. A handle 10 is provided at the front of the disk tray 2 so that the disk tray 2 pushed out to the front side can be pulled out from the stocker portion 1 and pulled out, and the disk A placed on this can be easily replaced.

As for the shape of the handle 10, as shown in FIG. 1, a handle protruding to the front side, as shown in FIG. 2, the front plate 11 is pulled out and the front plate 11 is used as a handle, or other shapes. Even if the shape is such that the disk tray 2 can be easily removed from the stocker section 1, it does not matter.

The disc A is placed in the disc tray 2 by being recessed to a size larger than the front half between the left and right slide portions 9 and slightly larger than the diameter of the disc A. The mounting portion 12 is formed. The central portion 12a of the mounting portion 12 projects slightly upward and supports the central portion of the disk A. The central portion 12a is provided with a disc hole 12b, and the circular protrusion 15 is slightly upward from below. The disk A is engaged with the center hole of the disk A and supports the disk A.

In addition, in the mounting portion 12 on which the disk A is mounted, a lower half of the disk A mounted on the reproducing apparatus B side is exposed to the lower surface of the disk A, and the disk 6 interferes with the gear 6. The removed portion 13 is removed so as not to do so.

Next, the operation will be described. In the auto changer 101 using the disc tray 100 for the auto changer, when reproducing a required disc A, the reproducing device B is moved to the rear side of the stocker unit 1. Command the autochanger.

When this movement is completed, the motor rotates as shown in FIG. 4, and the rack 7 of the disc tray 100 and the gear 6 mesh with each other, so that the disc tray 100 moves toward the disc insertion opening 18 on the reproducing apparatus B side. Although the movement is started, the movement causes the portion of the disc A placed on the disc tray 100 on the removing portion 13 to engage with the rotating rubber roller 8 in the reproducing apparatus B 1 and be drawn inside. At this time, the disc tray 100 does not interfere with the gear 6.

The disk A is sent onto the turntable of the reproducing apparatus B, and the operation thereafter is not different from that of the conventional autochanger described above.

As described above, in this embodiment, only by moving the disc tray 100 to the reproducing device B side, the disc A on the disc tray 100 does not interfere with the reproducing device B, and It can be transferred to a turntable.

[0017]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the mounting portion on which the disc is mounted has the removal portion formed up to the vicinity of the center of the disc, so that it is only necessary to move the disc tray to the playback device side. The disc can be sent to the reproducing device without being interfered with the driving means (driving gear) on the reproducing device side, and the disc can be placed on the turntable of the reproducing device by the roller.

Therefore, in order to insert the disc onto the roller, an extra operation such as moving the disc placed on the disc tray to the reproducing apparatus side or lifting it from the disc tray is performed as in the conventional case. It is not necessary to make it possible, the mechanism can be simplified, the cost can be reduced, and the failure due to the complexity of the mechanism can be reduced, and the reliability can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a disc tray according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another shape of the disc tray shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a disc autochanger to which the disc tray shown in FIG. 1 is applied, excluding a top plate.

FIG. 4 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the disc tray shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A disc B playback device 1 stocker unit 9 slide unit 12 mounting unit 13 removal unit 100 disc tray 101 autochanger

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A disc tray for an autochanger in which a disc is placed in multiple stages in a stocker portion and a disc is placed on the disc tray. A disc tray for an autochanger, comprising: a placing part to be placed and a removing part from which the placing part is removed so as to expose a part of the disc.