JPH1139809A - Disk device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure smooth and better movement of an optical head. SOLUTION: This disk device has a disk rotation drive means to rotate an optical disk, an optical head 6, an optical head moving mechanism 7 to drive the optical head 6 in the radial direction of the optical disk and an elastic member 13. The optical head moving mechanism 7 is constituted of a motor 71, a worm 72 fixed on a rotating shaft of the motor 71, a large-diameter gear 73 meshed with the worm 72, a small-diameter gear 74 fixed on the large- diameter gear 73 while turning coaxially and a rack gear 75 which is fixed on a support member 63 of the optical head 6 and meshed with the small- diameter gear 74 and a guide bar 76 to prescribe a moving path of the support member 63. The elastic member 13 is so set at a position of contacting the end part of the rack gear 75 when the optical head 6 reaches the limit to the movement thereof (far end) to absorb impacts.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk device for reproducing or recording / reproducing an optical disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Disk devices for reproducing or recording / reproducing optical disks such as CD-ROMs and CD-Rs are known. Such a disk device is mounted on a computer device such as a personal computer. However, for a small-sized laptop personal computer such as a notebook computer, which has become popular in recent years, the disk device has also become smaller and thinner. It is planned.

[0003] Such a disk device has a disk tray which can be moved between a loading position and a discharging position of an optical disk with respect to a box-shaped device main body, and the disk tray is stored in the device main body. While rotating the disk at a high speed by a disk rotation drive mechanism installed on the tray, information recorded on the optical disk is read and reproduced by the optical head and the drive mechanism also installed on the disk tray.

The optical head includes an objective lens, an actuator for driving the objective lens, a laser light source, a condensing optical system,
A beam splitter, a light receiving element and the like are provided, and these are mounted on a support base. The support is configured to move in a radial direction of the optical disc.

As shown in FIG. 14, an optical head moving mechanism 700 includes a worm 720 fixed to a rotating shaft 710 of a motor (not shown), a large-diameter gear 730 meshing with the worm 720, and a large-diameter gear 730. A small-diameter gear 740 fixed to the diameter gear 730 and rotating coaxially, a rack gear 750 fixed to the support and meshing with the small-diameter gear 740, and a guide rod (not shown) that defines a movement path of the support. It is configured. The rack gear 750 extends along a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper of FIG.

However, in the optical head moving mechanism 700 having such a configuration, a reaction such as an impact acting when the support base of the optical head reaches a position (distal end) farthest from the rotation center of the disk, and further, Due to the force (compression force) that the worm 720 keeps rotating, the large-diameter gear 7
14, the shaft 30 oscillates with respect to the rotation shaft 760, that is, the shaft 30 is inclined as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
20 occurs.

As described above, as described above, as the disk drive becomes thinner, it is necessary to use relatively large-diameter gears 730 and small-diameter gears 740 with thinner thicknesses.
The main cause.

[0008] When such a biting phenomenon occurs, the accuracy of the movement of the optical head is reduced, and in some cases, the movement of the optical head becomes difficult or impossible.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a disk drive capable of ensuring a smooth and good movement of an optical head.

[0010]

This and other objects are achieved by the present invention which is defined below as (1) to (7).

(1) A disk device having a function of reproducing information recorded on an optical disk, comprising: a disk rotation driving means for rotating the optical disk; an optical head; and an optical head for driving the optical head in a radial direction of the optical disk. A disk drive comprising: a head moving mechanism; and an elastic member that absorbs an impact when the optical head is moved by the optical head moving mechanism and reaches a movement limit thereof.

(2) A disk device having a function of reproducing information recorded on an optical disk, comprising: a disk rotation driving means for rotating the optical disk; an optical head; and an optical device for driving the optical head in a radial direction of the optical disk. A head moving mechanism; and an elastic member that comes into contact with the optical head or a member that moves integrally with the optical head when the optical head is moved by the optical head moving mechanism and reaches a movement limit thereof. Disk device.

(3) The movement limit is defined as a position where the optical head is closest to the rotation center of the optical disk,
(1) which is at least one of the furthest positions
Or the disk device according to (2).

(4) The disk device according to (1) or (2), wherein the movement limit is a position where the optical head is farthest from a rotation center of the optical disk.

(5) The disk device according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the elastic member is made of an elastic material.

(6) The disk device according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the elastic member has a spring.

(7) The disk device according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the elastic member has a spring and at least one terminal that can be connected to ground.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a disk drive according to the present invention will be described in detail based on a preferred embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a disk drive according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the disk drive of the present invention, and FIGS. FIG. 6 is a bottom view showing the structure of the back surface of the disk tray in the disk device, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state where the disk tray is stored in the disk device of the present invention, and FIG. FIGS. 8 and 9 show the state in which
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a disc tray ejection mechanism.
And FIG. 11 are enlarged plan views showing the configuration of the lock mechanism, respectively, FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a guide rod for guiding the movement of the optical head, and FIG. 13 is a heat radiation mounted on the semiconductor chip. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a member.

In this specification, the upper left in FIG. 2 and the upper in FIGS. 3 to 7 are referred to as “rear” or “rear”, and the lower right in FIG. 2 and the lower in FIGS. Description will be made as “front” or “front”.

As shown in FIG. 1, a disk device 1 of the present invention comprises a music CD, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, and a CD-R.
W is a device having a function of reproducing (or recording / reproducing) information recorded on an optical disk such as a W, and is detachable from a main body of a computer device 500 such as a laptop personal computer represented by a notebook personal computer. It is free. Therefore, the disk device 1 has a flat overall shape and is relatively thin. Disk device 1
When the computer is loaded into the storage space 501 of the main body of the computer device 500, power is supplied and the computer can operate.

As shown in FIG. 2, the disk drive 1 mainly includes an apparatus main body (casing) 2, a top plate (cover) 3 for covering the upper part of the apparatus main body 2, and an optical disk (not shown). A disc tray 4 that is placed and moved in the front-rear direction (horizontal direction) with respect to the apparatus main body 2, a drive unit 5 installed on the disc tray 4, a discharge mechanism 8 that presses the disc tray 4 forward to discharge, and a disc. A lock mechanism 9 for holding the tray 4 in the apparatus main body 2 and a front plate (front bezel) installed in front of the disk tray 4
10 and a bottom plate (back cover) 1 for covering the back surface of the disc tray 4
1, a guide rail mechanism 12 for moving the disk tray 4 to a position where the optical disk is loaded (hereinafter simply referred to as a "load position") and a position where the optical disk is discharged (hereinafter simply referred to as a "discharge position"), and an elastic member. 13 and a heat dissipating member 18. Hereinafter, these configurations will be described in detail.

The apparatus main body 2 is constituted by a casing formed by deforming a metal plate to a predetermined shape by press molding or the like.
A circuit board 21 on which circuits for controlling various operations of the disk device 1 are formed near the rear portion in the device main body 2.
Is installed.

On the circuit board 21, semiconductor chips 22 and 23 are mounted. The semiconductor chip 22 is a decoder IC for performing CD-ROM data decoding processing, host interface control, and the like. The semiconductor chip 23 is a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) IC for performing servo control for reading a signal from an optical disk, EFM demodulation signal processing, and the like.

At the rear end of the circuit board 21, a connector 24 for connecting to each terminal of the computer device 500 when the disk device 1 is mounted on the main body of the computer device 500 has a rear surface thereof. It is installed exposed. Signals and electric power are supplied to each unit in the disk device 1 via the connector 24.

On the upper part of the apparatus main body 2, a top plate 3
Are attached by, for example, screws, and the apparatus body 2 and the top plate 3
A space for accommodating the disk tray 4 is formed between the two. A front plate 10 and a bottom plate 11 are fixed to the front and back surfaces of the disk tray 4, respectively, for example, by screws.

Each of the top plate 3 and the bottom plate 11 is a plate-like member formed by pressing a metal plate into a predetermined shape by press molding or the like, similarly to the apparatus main body 2. Each is made of a resin material.

The disk tray 4 has a shallow concave disk storage section 41, and an optical disk (not shown)
It is stored in the disk storage section 41 and transported while being held by a disk holding mechanism 54 described later. When the optical disk is stored in the disk storage section 41, a part of the optical disk is stored in the disk storage section 41.
It has a shape that protrudes. The protruding portion of the optical disc can be gripped by hand with respect to the disc tray 4 at the discharge position, and the optical disc can be attached and detached.

A drive unit 5 is installed on the disk tray 4. The drive unit 5 includes a base 51
And a disk rotation driving means mounted on the base 51. The disk rotation driving means includes a spindle motor 52 for driving the optical disk to rotate, and a turntable 53 fixed to a rotor of the spindle motor 52.
And a disk holding mechanism 54 installed at the center of the turntable 53.

The spindle motor 52 is capable of rotating at a high speed.
It can rotate at a constant speed.

The disk holding mechanism 54 has three claw members 541 arranged at 120 ° intervals and urged radially outward, and these claw members 541 are located at the edges of the center opening of the optical disk. To hold the optical disk.

The drive unit 5 includes an optical head (pickup) 6 and an optical head moving mechanism 7 for driving the optical head 6 in the radial direction of the optical disk.

The optical head 6 includes an objective lens 61, an actuator 62 for driving the objective lens in the optical axis direction (focusing) and the radial direction (tracking) of the optical disk, a laser light source, a condensing optical system, and a beam splitter. (Or a half mirror), a light receiving element for detecting information, a focusing signal, and a tracking signal, and a support member 63 for supporting the light receiving element. It is configured to guide the light to a light receiving element via a lens, a beam splitter (or a half mirror), and the like (see FIG. 12).

The objective lens 61 is exposed through the opening 511 formed in the base 51 to the disk storage section 41 and faces the recording surface of the optical disk.

The support member 63 is made of, for example, a metal material manufactured by die-casting, and has a pair of sliding portions 64 at one end side of which a hole 641 through which the guide rod 76 is inserted is formed. I have. A guide rail 51 formed inside the side wall of the base 51 is provided at the other end of the support member 63.
2 and a sliding portion 65 that slides along the guide rail 512 is formed.

The optical head moving mechanism 7 includes a motor 71 capable of normal / reverse rotation, a worm 72 fixed to a rotating shaft of the motor, a large-diameter gear 73 meshing with the worm 72,
Small-diameter gear 7 fixed to large-diameter gear 73 and rotating coaxially
4, a rack gear 75 fixed to the support member 63 and meshing with the small-diameter gear 74, and a guide rod 76 for defining a movement path of the support member 63.

In order to reduce the thickness of the disk device 1, the large-diameter gear 73 and the small-diameter gear 74 have relatively small thicknesses. For this reason, when a predetermined stress acts on these, shaft runout of the two gears with respect to the rotating shaft is likely to occur. However, in this embodiment, the provision of the elastic member 13 or 14 described later prevents such large-diameter gear 73 and small-diameter gear 74 from oscillating.
Therefore, the small-diameter gear 74 is prevented from biting into the rack gear 75.

When the motor 71 is driven, its rotational force is sequentially transmitted to the worm 72, the large-diameter gear 73, the small-diameter gear 74, and the rack gear 75, and the support member 63 is moved to the guide rod 76.
Move in the radial direction of the optical disk. in this case,
Depending on the rotation direction of the motor 71, the support member 63 moves in a direction approaching or away from the rotation center of the optical disc.

The guide rod 76 is attached to the base 51 at both ends.
It is fixed to. The guide rod 76 has a spiral groove 77 formed on the outer periphery thereof. The provision of the groove 77 has the following effects.

In the hole 641 of the sliding portion 64 of the support member 63, the fitting of the slide bearing is omitted in order to reduce the number of parts, so that the sliding with the guide rod 76 generates burrs and abrasion powder. However, even in this case, since the generated burrs and the like escape into the groove 77, the sliding portion 6 is caught by the burrs.
4 can be prevented from being reduced in sliding property with respect to the guide rod 76, that is, an increase in sliding resistance can be prevented. In this case, if the groove 77 is formed in a spiral shape, there is an advantage that the burr or the like can be reliably taken into the groove 77 regardless of the location where the burr or the like occurs.

As described above, the optical head 6 includes the guide rod 7
6 can always be slid smoothly, so that a malfunction can be more reliably prevented during reproduction or recording of the optical disk.

The depth of the groove 77 is not particularly limited, but is preferably about 16 to 33% of the maximum outer diameter of the guide rod 76, and more preferably about 23%. If the depth of the groove 77 is too shallow, the above-described burrs and the like cannot be sufficiently stored, and if the depth of the groove 77 is too deep,
The strength of the guide bar 76 decreases.

The shape of the groove 77 is not limited to the illustrated one, but may be, for example, at least one groove formed parallel to the longitudinal direction of the guide rod 76. Further, a combination of such a linear groove and a spiral groove may be used.

When the support member 63 reaches the position farthest from the rotation center of the optical disk (hereinafter referred to as “distal end”) in the moving range on the inner side of the front wall of the base 51 (see FIG. 4). (Shown), a mat-shaped elastic member (buffer member) 13 with which the end of the rack gear 75 abuts is provided. Thereby, when the support member 63 reaches the distal end, the impact and the compressive force are absorbed by the elastic member 13, so that
The small-diameter gear 74 may bite into the rack gear 75 due to the reaction of the impact or compression force (especially, it is difficult to return due to excessive biting; the same applies hereinafter), or the large-diameter gear 73 bites into the worm 72. Is prevented.

As the elastic member 13, for example, natural rubber, isoprene rubber, urethane rubber, silicone rubber,
Examples include various rubbers such as styrene-butadiene rubber and butyl rubber, and elastic materials such as various thermoplastic elastomers. Further, the elastic member 13 may be formed of a porous body such as a sponge or a nonwoven fabric.

When the support member 63 reaches a position closest to the rotation center of the optical disk in the moving range of the elastic member 13, the other end of the rack gear 75 or the support member 63 contacts the elastic member 13. It may be installed at a place where it touches. In this case, when the support member 63 comes closest to the rotation center of the optical disk, the same effect of preventing the gear from being caught can be obtained.

FIG. 5 shows another configuration of the elastic member. The elastic member 14 shown in FIG. 6 includes a leaf spring 141 that comes into contact with the support member 63 when the support member 63 reaches the distal end.
It is provided with. The leaf spring 141 has the same function as the elastic member 13.

The elastic member 14 is made of, for example, copper, copper alloy,
It is made of a metal material such as stainless steel and has conductivity. The elastic member 14 has terminal portions 142 and 143 in the form of a leaf spring having elasticity.

One of the terminals 142 is connected to the base 5
The other terminal portion 143 contacts the inner surface of the bottom plate 11 when the metal bottom plate 11 is mounted on the disk tray 4. Thereby, the actuator 62 and the like of the optical head 6 are supported by the support member 63 and the elastic member 1.
4, the spindle motor 5 is connected to ground (earth) via the bottom plate 11 and
2 is connected to the ground (earth) via the metal portion of the base 51, the elastic member 14, the bottom plate 11, and the device main body 2 that comes into contact therewith, and contributes to the prevention of generation of noise and malfunction.

When such an elastic member 14 is used, the elastic member 14 can also serve as a conductive member for ground connection, so that there is an advantage that the number of parts can be reduced.

The drive unit 5 described above is mounted on the disk tray 4 via three rubber bushes 55. Even when the drive unit 5 generates vibration, these rubber bushes 55 absorb the vibration, and exhibit a vibration damping effect and a noise reduction effect.

A lock mechanism 9 is provided at the front of the back surface of the disk tray 4. The lock mechanism 9 includes a solenoid 91, a coil spring 93 installed on the outer periphery of a plunger 92 of the solenoid 91, a lock lever 94 that engages with the tip of the plunger 92, and a pin 99 formed on the device body 2 side. It is composed of

The coil spring 93 urges the plunger 92 in the direction in which the plunger 92 extends.

The lock lever 94 operates in conjunction with the expansion and contraction of the plunger 92 of the solenoid 91, and its base end is supported by a hinge 98 so as to be rotatable (displaceable) with respect to the disc tray 4. A hook 95 that can be engaged with the pin 99 is formed at the distal end of the lock lever 94, and the center of rotation of the hinge 98 and the hook 9 are
A plate-like locking portion 96 for locking the distal end of the plunger 92 is provided upright at an intermediate position with respect to the plunger 92. Further, in the vicinity of the distal end side from the center of rotation of the lock lever 94 by the hinge 98, a pressing portion 9 to which the distal end of a pin member 20 described later can contact
7 are formed.

Switch 91 for operating solenoid 91
The switch 1 is set to face the rear surface of the front plate 10. When an eject button 101 formed on the front plate 10 is pressed, the switch 911 is turned on, and the solenoid 9 is turned on.
1 is energized by being energized.

The constituent material of the lock lever 94 is not particularly limited, but is preferably made of a metal material. In particular, the lock lever 94 is preferably made of iron, nickel, cobalt or an alloy mainly containing these (for example, stainless steel). It is preferable to be made of such a ferromagnetic material. The reason will be described later in detail.

The pins 99 are erected from the bottom plate of the apparatus main body 2. The pin 99 is formed in the vicinity of the inside of the one fixed-side guide rail 121 and at a position where the slide of the slide rail 123 and the movement of the disk tray 4 are not hindered (see FIG. 7).

Next, the operation of the lock mechanism 9 will be described. When the solenoid 91 is not operated, the coil spring 93
The plunger 92 is extended by the elastic force (urging force) of the plunger, and the shoulder 921 of the plunger 92 is locked to the locking portion 96.
The hinge 98 is urged in a direction to rotate counterclockwise in FIGS. 3 and 4 around the hinge 98. At this time, in a state where the disk tray 4 is stored in the apparatus main body 2 (loading position),
The hook 95 of the lock lever 94 is locked to the pin 99, and the stored state is held (locked) (see FIG. 10).

The operation to reach the locked state is as follows. When the disc tray 4 is pushed backward and moved to the loading position, first, the inclined surface 951 at the tip of the hook 95 contacts the pin 99, and the pin 99 is inclined while the inclined surface 951 is pressed by the pin 99. Face 951
, And the lock lever 94 rotates clockwise. The pin 99 reaches the end of the inclined surface 951, and the inclined surface 95
When the coil spring 93 deviates from the position 1, the lock lever 94 rotates counterclockwise again by the urging force of the coil spring 93, and the hook 95 is locked to the pin 99 and locked.

When the eject button 101 is pressed in the above-mentioned locked state, the switch 911 is turned on, and the solenoid 91 is energized and excited. As a result, the plunger 92 contracts against the urging force of the coil spring 93, and the lock lever 94 is moved through the distal end (shoulder 921 or head 922) of the plunger 92 and the engaging portion 96 engaged with the plunger 92. Is pulled to the solenoid 91 side,
The lock lever 94 rotates clockwise in FIGS. 3 and 4 about the hinge 98. By the rotation of the lock lever 94, the hook 95 is disengaged from the pin 99, and the disc tray 4
Is unlocked (see FIG. 11).

At this time, when at least the locking portion 96 of the lock lever 94 is made of a ferromagnetic material, when the solenoid 91 is energized and the plunger 92 is excited, the shoulder 921 of the plunger 92 is locked. The portion 96 is magnetically attracted and the plunger 92 is maintained while maintaining the attracted state.
The lock lever 94 operates so as to be pulled toward the solenoid 91 with the contraction of the lock lever 94. Thereby, the plunger 9
The second head 922 is locked by the locking portion 96 and the lock lever 9 is locked.
There is an advantage that play between the locking portion 96 and the plunger 92 is reduced as compared with the case where the 4 is operated in the same manner, and the operation is not wasted. As a result, the lock operation and the release operation can be performed more quickly, and the installation space for the lock mechanism 9 can be reduced.

It is to be noted that the locking portion 96 by the shoulder portion 921 is erroneously made.
Is released, the head 922 is locked by the locking portion 96, so that the unlocking operation is reliably performed.

A spindle motor 52, a motor 71, an actuator 6
2. A circuit board 15 on which a circuit for controlling driving of the solenoid 91 and the like, processing a signal obtained by a light receiving element of the optical head 6, and the like is provided.

The circuit board 15 is electrically connected to a circuit board 21 mounted on the apparatus main body 2 via a flexible printed wiring 19. Also, the circuit board 15
Spindle motor 52, motor 71, solenoid 91,
The actuator 62 of the optical head 6, the light receiving element, and the laser light source are also connected via a similar flexible printed wiring (not shown).

The semiconductor chip 1 is mounted on the circuit board 15.
Various electronic components such as 6 and 17 are mounted.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 and 13, the semiconductor chip 17 is provided with a heat radiating member 18 for radiating heat generated by driving the semiconductor chip 17.
The heat radiating member 18 is made of a metal material such as copper, copper alloy, stainless steel, and aluminum, and has high thermal conductivity and conductivity.

The heat dissipating member 18 is formed by bending a plate-shaped main body 181 placed on the upper surface of the semiconductor chip 17 and a lower part from the main body 181 to contact the ground terminal 171 of the semiconductor chip 17. 183, and a terminal 184 extending upward from the edge of the opening 182 formed in the center of the main body 181 toward the center of the opening 182.
(See FIG. 13).

The terminal portion 184 is a spring member having elasticity, and comes into contact with the inner surface of the bottom plate 11 when the metal bottom plate 11 is mounted on the disk tray 4. As a result, the semiconductor chip 17 and the like on the circuit board 15 are
It is connected to ground (earth) via the bottom plate 11 and the device main body 2 in contact with the bottom plate 11 and contributes to the prevention of generation of noise and malfunction.

The heat generated in the semiconductor chip 17 is
The heat is transmitted to the heat radiating member 18 and is radiated from the main body 181, but a part of the heat is transmitted through the terminal 184 to the bottom plate 1.
1 is also transmitted and dissipated. Due to this, the heat dissipation effect,
That is, the cooling efficiency of the semiconductor chip 17 is also improved.

As described above, the heat dissipating member 18 not only has an excellent heat dissipating action, but also has a function as an electric contact member for ground connection and the like, which contributes to a reduction in the number of components.

In this embodiment, the semiconductor chip 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes a driver IC, which generates a relatively large amount of heat and is suitable for mounting such a heat radiating member 18. However, the same heat radiating member 1 is used for other types of semiconductor chips.
It goes without saying that 8 may be attached.

The disk tray 4 is moved relative to the apparatus main body 2.
It moves (slids) between the loading position and the discharging position in the front-rear direction. This movement is performed by the guide rail mechanism 12.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the guide rail mechanism 12 includes a pair of fixed guide rails 121, a pair of movable guide rails 122, and slides on each of these guide rails 121, 122. And a pair of slide rails 123 that can be used.

Each of the fixed guide rails 121 is fixed to the inside of the opposing side wall of the apparatus main body 2. A groove is formed in the fixed-side guide rail 121 along the longitudinal direction thereof, and a slide rail 123 is inserted into the groove.
3 slides on the fixed guide rail 121.

A groove is formed in the slide rail 123 along the longitudinal direction. Both movable guide rails 1
Numerals 22 are formed on the opposite side edges of the disk tray 4 as ridges, respectively. Slide rail 123
The movable-side guide rail 122 is inserted into the groove, and the slide rail 123 slides with respect to the movable-side guide rail 122.

A stopper 124 is formed at the rear end of each of the slide rails 123, and the locking of the stopper 124 regulates the forward movement limit of the slide rail 123 with respect to the fixed guide rail 121. Further, a stopper 125 is formed in the middle of one of the slide rails 123, and the locking of the stopper 125 regulates the forward movement limit of the movable-side guide rail 122 with respect to the slide rail 123.

With the above-described guide rail mechanism 12, the disc tray 4 is placed in the loading position (the state shown in FIG. 6) in which the disc tray 4 is entirely stored in the apparatus main body 2, and the disc tray 4 is entirely in the apparatus main body 2. It is possible to move between a discharge position (a state shown in FIG. 7), which is a state discharged to the front side.

On one side in the rear of the apparatus main body 2, a discharge mechanism 8 for the disk tray 4 is provided. The discharge mechanism 8 includes a pair of shaft support portions 81 formed by bending a side plate of the apparatus main body 2, a shaft 82 supported by the both shaft support portions 81, and a coil spring (biased) disposed on the outer periphery of the shaft 82. ) 83, and a locking member 84 inserted through the shaft 82 and urged forward by the coil spring 83.

Each of the shaft support portions 81 has a U-shaped groove 811 formed therein. On the other hand, a reduced diameter portion whose outer diameter is reduced is formed at each end of the shaft 82, and the reduced diameter portion is inserted or fitted into the corresponding groove 811 to thereby support the shaft 82. It is supported by the part 81.

When the top plate 3 is removed from the apparatus main body 2, the shaft 82 is detachable from the biaxial support portion 81. The plate 3 prevents the shaft 82 from being detached from both the grooves 811, and the state supported by the both shaft support portions 81 is maintained. With such a configuration, assembling of the discharge mechanism 8 can be easily performed.

The locking member 84 has a hole 841 through which the shaft 82 is inserted, and a projection 842 protruding toward the center of the apparatus main body 2. The protrusion 842 abuts and locks on the step 42 formed on one side near the rear of the disk tray 4.

The rear end of the coil spring 83 is in contact with one shaft support 81. Further, the front end of the coil spring 83 contacts the locking member 84 and urges the locking member 84 forward. However, the locking member 84 is connected to the shaft support 81 on the front side.
Stop when it touches and do not move any further forward.

When the disc tray 4 is moved rearward and pushed into the loading position, the engaging member 84 is pressed rearward by the engagement between the step 42 and the projection 842, and the coil spring 8
3 moves in the same direction against the urging force. When the disc tray 4 approaches the loading position and reaches the loading position, the pin 99 passes through the inclined surface 951 of the lock lever 94 and then gets hooked on the hook 95, and this state is maintained. At this time, the coil spring 83 is compressed to a predetermined length, and urges the disk tray 4 forward through the locking member 84 by its elastic force (see FIGS. 6 and 8).

When the disk tray 4 is at the loading position and the optical disk is mounted and held on the disk holding mechanism 54, the spindle motor 52
The reproduction or recording of the optical disk can be performed by operating the optical head 6, the optical head transfer mechanism 7, and the like.

When the eject button 101 is pressed to release the lock of the lock mechanism 9 as described above, the hook 95 of the lock lever 94 is released from the pin 99. Thus, the disc tray 4 is pressed by the urging force of the coil spring 83 via the locking member 84 and moves forward. When the coil spring 83 expands and the disc tray 4 moves to a position where the locking member 84 comes into contact with the shaft support portion 81 on the front side, the front end portion of the disc tray 4 is moved to the apparatus main body 2 in a state loaded in the computer apparatus 500. Project from the front of the The disc tray 4 can be moved to the discharge position by grasping the projecting portion by hand and pulling the disc tray 4 forward (see FIGS. 7 and 9). Then, it is possible to attach / detach / replace the optical disk to / from the disk tray 4 at the discharge position.

According to the discharging mechanism 8 having such a configuration, each component of the discharging mechanism 8 is independent of the disk tray 4 and is not formed on the disk tray 4. Therefore, for example, there is no need to provide a pin or a screw for fixing the end of the extension spring to the disk tray 4, so that the structure is simple and the number of parts can be reduced.
Easy assembly and small installation space. Also,
Since there is no sliding between the metal materials, the operation of pushing the disk tray 4 forward can be performed smoothly.

In such a disk device 1, for example, when the disk tray 4 is at the loading position and the optical disk is rotated to perform reproduction or recording, power is supplied due to a power failure, running out of batteries, or other causes. Is interrupted or an impact is applied, it may not be possible to release the lock of the lock mechanism 9 by operating the solenoid 91 by operating the eject button 101. In this case, it is necessary to manually release the lock of the lock mechanism 9 and pull out the disk tray 4 forward, and the disk apparatus 1 employs an emergency discharge means for performing such emergency discharge of the disk tray 4. Have.

The emergency discharge means is provided with a hole 25 formed near the front end of the side plate opposite to the discharge mechanism 8 of the apparatus main body 2.
And a pressing portion 97 formed on the lock lever 94 (see FIGS. 3 and 6). The hole 25 is for inserting the pin member 20 from the side of the apparatus main body 2, and is formed at a position where the pressing portion 97 faces when the disc tray 4 is at the loading position.

When the disk device 1 is loaded in the main body of the computer device 500, the hole 25 is located in the storage space 501 of the main body of the computer device 500 and is exposed on the surface of the computer device 500. Absent.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 6, and 11, when the disk tray 4 is to be ejected in an emergency, the tip of the pin member 20 is inserted into the hole 25, and the pressing portion 97 is pressed by the tip of the pin member 20. Press. Thereby, the lock lever 94 rotates clockwise in FIGS. 3, 4, and 11 around the hinge 98, the hook 95 comes off the pin 99, and the lock of the lock mechanism 9 is released (see FIG. 11). . When the lock is released, the front end of the disc tray 4 projects from the front surface of the apparatus main body 2 by the operation of the ejection mechanism 8 as described above. The tray 4 can be moved to the discharge position.

The feature of this emergency discharge means is that the pin member 20
Is performed from the side of the apparatus main body 2. That is, in order to perform the emergency ejection operation from the side of the apparatus main body 2, it is necessary to perform the operation while the disk device 1 is removed from the main body of the computer device 500 (see FIG. 1). Since a power supply unit (not shown) for supplying power to the disk device 1 is built in the main body of the computer device 500, when the disk device 1 is removed, the connector 24 is disconnected and the disk device 1 is disconnected. The power supply to each part in 1 will be forcibly shut off. Therefore,
The drive rotation of the spindle motor 52 is also stopped, and the disk tray 4 is prevented from being pulled out while the optical disk is rotating at high speed. Therefore, the optical disk is not damaged.

Further, since the lock mechanism 9 includes the rotatable lock lever 94 urged in a predetermined direction and the pin 99 which is engaged with the hook 95, the disc tray 4 according to the above-described procedure is provided. Emergency discharge can be performed easily and reliably.

Although the disk device of the present invention has been described based on the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration of each part of the present invention can exhibit the same function. Any configuration can be used.

[0094]

As described above, according to the disk device of the present invention, the provision of the elastic member prevents the gear from being caught in the optical head moving mechanism, and thus the optical head can be smoothly and favorably formed. Movement can be secured.

In particular, when the optical head is configured to come into contact with the elastic member when reaching the position farthest from the rotation center of the optical disk, the above-mentioned effect is more remarkably obtained.

When the elastic member has a spring and at least one terminal that can be connected to the ground, noise generation and malfunction can be effectively prevented without increasing the number of parts. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the disk device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view showing the structure of the back surface of the disk tray in the disk device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view showing the structure of the back surface of the disk tray in the disk device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view showing the structure of the back surface of the disk tray in the disk device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state where a disk tray is stored in the disk device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state where the disk tray is pulled out in the disk device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a disc tray ejection mechanism.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a disc tray ejection mechanism.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged plan view showing a configuration of a lock mechanism.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged plan view showing a configuration of a lock mechanism.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a guide rod for guiding the movement of the optical head.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a heat radiation member mounted on the semiconductor chip.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing a configuration of a conventional optical head moving mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disk device 2 Device main body 21 Circuit board 22, 23 Semiconductor chip 24 Connector 25 hole 3 Top plate 4 Disk tray 41 Disk storage part 42 Step part 5 Drive unit 51 Base 511 Opening 512 Guide rail 52 Spindle motor 53 Turntable 54 Disk holding Mechanism 541 Claw member 55 Rubber bush 6 Optical head 61 Objective lens 62 Actuator 63 Support member 64 Sliding part 641 Hole 65 Sliding part 7 Optical head moving mechanism 71 Motor 72 Worm 73 Large diameter gear 74 Small diameter gear 75 Rack gear 76 Guide rod 77 Groove 8 Ejection mechanism 81 Shaft support 811 Groove 82 Shaft 83 Coil spring 84 Locking member 841 Hole 842 Projection 9 Lock mechanism 91 Solenoid 911 Switch 92 Plunger 921 Shoulder 922 Head 93 Coil spring 94 Lock lever 95 Hook 951 Inclined surface 96 Locking part 97 Pressing part 98 Hinge 99 Pin 10 Front plate 101 Eject button 11 Bottom plate 12 Guide rail mechanism 121 Fixed side guide rail 122 Movable side guide rail 123 Slide rail 124, 125 stopper 13, 14 elastic member 141 leaf spring 142, 143 terminal 15 circuit board 16, 17 semiconductor chip 171 ground terminal 18 heat radiating member 181 body 182 opening 183 leg 184 terminal 19 flexible printed wiring 20 pin member 500 computer device 501 Storage space 700 Optical head moving mechanism 710 Rotation axis 720 Worm 730 Large diameter gear 740 Small diameter gear 750 Rack gear 760 Rotation axis

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A disk device having a function of reproducing information recorded on an optical disk, comprising: a disk rotation driving means for rotating the optical disk; an optical head; and an optical head for driving the optical head in a radial direction of the optical disk. A disk device comprising: a moving mechanism; and an elastic member that absorbs an impact when the optical head is moved by the optical head moving mechanism and reaches a movement limit thereof. 2. A disk device having a function of reproducing information recorded on an optical disk, comprising: a disk rotation driving means for rotating the optical disk; an optical head; and an optical head for driving the optical head in a radial direction of the optical disk. A disk comprising: a moving mechanism; and an elastic member that comes into contact with the optical head or a member that moves integrally with the optical head when the optical head is moved by the optical head moving mechanism and reaches a movement limit thereof. apparatus. 3. The moving limit is at least one of a position where the optical head is closest to a rotation center of the optical disk and a position farthest from the rotation center of the optical disk.
The disk device according to item 1. 4. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the movement limit is a position where the optical head is farthest from a rotation center of the optical disk. 5. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member is made of an elastic material. 6. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member has a spring. 7. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member has a spring and at least one terminal that can be connected to ground.