JPH10188551A - Optical disc device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize the infiltration of dust, vibration of the pickup against vibration from the outside and a temperature rise and to prevent malfunctioning and a reduced life, by shielding and sealing a drive section containing an optical pickup and an optical disc part from the outside to be supported by an elastic body and also shielding from an heat-generating source. SOLUTION: A transfer mechanism section 4 incorporates a rotary part rotating while holding an optical disc and an optical pickup part for reading a signal of the optical disc and is fixed to a mechanical cover 7 with screws through an elastic body 6 such as rubber cushion. A door 18 is opened with a hand to insert a disc cartridge 3. Then, the transfer mechanism 4 draws the disc cartridge horizontally, lowers to mount the optical disc on the rotary part and the door 18 automatically closes by a force of a spring to be kept in close contact with a chassis 15. The optical pickup part is shielded by the mechanical cover 7 from a heat-generating source within the chassis 15, for example, a substrate 16 on which electric parts generating heat during the operation are mounted and a power source transformer. This can prevent malfunctioning caused by the infiltration of dust and heat in the outside air, thereby achieving higher reliability.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an optical disk device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional apparatus is disclosed in Shohei 1-1098.
No. 94, 63-52163 and 63-72755. However, no consideration is given to the inability to read signals due to dust intrusion. Further, there is no discussion on protection against shortening the life of the laser diode when the temperature of the optical pickup rises. That is, in the prior art, no special consideration has been given to preventing dust from entering the optical pickup unit. In addition, in order to prevent the temperature of the laser diode from rising, there is a lack of consideration for other heat sources, which causes a failure of the laser diode and a shortening of the service life.

[0003]

The prior art described above does not take into consideration the point of dust prevention, and has a problem such as defective signal detection of the optical pickup due to dust. That is, since the optical disc apparatus uses an optical lens, there is a problem that dust in the air causes the lens to be stained, the optical signal level is reduced, and the signal of the optical disc cannot be read.

An object of the present invention is to provide an optical disk device that can be used even in a dusty place. Another object of the present invention is to reduce the temperature rise of the optical pickup so that the life of the laser diode is not shortened.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a drive unit including an optical pickup and an optical disk unit is shielded from the outside and tightly closed. Support with. In order to reduce the temperature rise, the heat source is also shielded.

[0006]

The mechanical cover that covers the optical pickup section functions as a dust and heat shielding material inside the chassis, and the door seals the insertion hole after the optical disk is inserted, so that dust does not easily enter. Therefore, the optical lens of the apparatus is less likely to be contaminated with dust. Further, since the sealed drive unit is supported by the elastic body, it is possible to prevent the pickup from being vibrated by external vibration. In addition, heat is less likely to be applied to the laser diode, so that malfunction and shortening of service life are eliminated.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The mechanical chassis 5 includes a rotating unit that holds and rotates the optical disk 1, an optical pickup unit 2 that reads a signal from the optical disk using light, and a transfer mechanism unit 4 that transfers a disk cartridge 3 containing the optical disk 1 from outside to the disk rotating unit. Mounted on The mechanical chassis 5 may be a rubber cushion as shown in FIGS.
The screw is screwed to the mechanical cover 7 through an elastic body 6 such as a spring as shown in FIG. When the elastic body 6 is provided inside the mechanical cover 7 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, as shown in FIGS.
Has an anti-vibration effect compared to the case where it is provided outside. The mechanical cover 7 is divided into an upper side 8 and a lower side 9 and combined with each other by claws 10. The mechanical cover is hermetically sealed except for the outlet 12 having the minimum area of the control wire 11 of the optical pickup 2 and the disk cartridge insertion hole 17 on the front surface. The mechanical cover 7 is fixed to the chassis 15 so that the front surface is in close contact with the front panel 14 in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 7, and a control circuit in which electric components and the like are mounted between the mechanical cover 7 and the chassis 15 is formed. A substrate 16 is provided. still,
The mechanical cover 7 is not limited to the above-described structure, but may be a structure in which the front surface is in close contact with the door 18 as shown in FIG. or,
Although the door 18 is provided outside the front panel 14 in FIGS. 1 and 3, it can be provided inside as shown in FIG.

The front panel 14 has a disk cartridge insertion hole 17 and is attached to a chassis 15, so that the chassis 15 has a substantially sealed structure as a whole. Further, a door 18 is closely attached to the outside of the front surface of the chassis 15 so as to cover the insertion hole 17. The door 18 is supported by a bearing on the inside of the front panel 14 outside the mechanical cover and is in close contact with the insertion hole 17 by a spring 19. It is urged in the direction and is rotatably mounted. The optical pickup unit 2 reads a signal using a laser diode (not shown), an optical lens, or the like. In particular, an objective lens 20 is provided on a surface facing the optical disc 1.

Reference numeral 21 denotes an upper surface cover which is in close contact with the chassis 15 and the front panel 14.

Next, the operation will be described. When the door 18 is opened by hand and the disc cartridge 3 is inserted, the transfer mechanism (the operation is not particularly related to the present case, so the description is omitted), the horizontal pull-in is performed, and then the optical disc 1 is mounted on the rotating unit 22. At this time, the door 18 is automatically closed by the force of the spring 19 in FIG. 2 and is brought into close contact with the chassis, so that the optical pickup unit 2 is sealed from the outside air. The optical pickup unit 2 is cut off from a substrate 16 having electric components that generate heat during operation and a heat source inside the chassis 15 such as a power transformer (not shown) by the mechanical cover 7. As described above, the optical pickup is shielded from outside dust, so that the optical signal level is prevented from lowering due to lens contamination of the optical pickup 2. FIG. 10 shows the effect of the present invention experimentally. An optical disk device using the sealing cover of the present invention and an optical disk device not using the same are placed in a space having a predetermined capacity, and dust and the like are placed in this space. It shows the read signal output level of the optical pickup when it is sprayed periodically. As is clear from FIG. 10, according to the present invention, it is understood that the optical pickup is protected from dust in the outside air. Further, heat from the substrate 16 is also blocked by the mechanical cover 7 so as not to be conducted to the laser diode of the optical pickup 2.

In the present invention, it is easy to provide a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the objective lens with a brush in the disk transfer mechanism and the optical pickup.

[0012]

According to the present invention, since the outside air and the optical pickup can be shut off by the mechanical cover and the door, the outside air containing much dust is less likely to enter the objective lens portion of the optical pickup, the objective lens is not contaminated, and the optical signal is prevented. The level does not decrease and it is several times better than before and can be used for a long time. In addition, there is an effect that reliability can be improved such that a reading error does not occur.

Further, since the mechanical cover covers the heat-generating component and the optical pickup, air convection and radiation do not occur, heat is hardly conducted to the laser diode, and the temperature rise of the laser diode becomes small, so that the life is hardly shortened. There is an effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal cutaway view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an operation state when the cartridge of FIG. 1 is inserted.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along line II of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an internal perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an internal sectional view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an internal sectional view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an internal cross-sectional view when an elastic body 6 is provided outside a mechanical cover 7;

FIG. 9 is an internal cross-sectional view when an elastic body 6 is provided outside a mechanical cover 7;

FIG. 10 is a view showing a dustproof effect of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Optical disk 2 ... Optical pick-up part 6 ... Elastic body, such as a rubber cushion 7 ... Mechanical cover 15 ... Chassis 18 ... Door

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[Submission date] March 13, 1998

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[0002]

A conventional device, for example JitsuHiraku flat 1-109
894, JP-JitsuHiraku Akira 63-52163, JP those described in JP JitsuHiraku Akira 63-72755 are known <br/>. However, no consideration is given to the inability to read signals due to dust intrusion. Further, there is no discussion on protection against shortening the life of the laser diode when the temperature of the optical pickup rises.
That is, in the prior art, no special consideration has been given to preventing dust from entering the optical pickup unit. In addition, in order to prevent the temperature of the laser diode from rising, there is a lack of consideration for other heat sources, which causes a failure of the laser diode and a shortening of the service life.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cover member covering at least an optical pickup and an optical disk transport mechanism configured to make the optical disk detachable, a cover member covering the entire drive unit, a chassis member covering the cover member, and the chassis member. A door member which is provided in front of the optical disc insertion hole and can be opened and closed in close contact with the optical disc insertion hole, and a control circuit portion arranged outside the cover member, and the drive unit is sealed with the cover member and the door member. An optical disk device characterized by the following.