JPH1166681A - Disk drive device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize a device and to surely hold medium disk loading by releasing locking in the pulling-in position of a tray by a lock releasing means operated by a thread motor driving force so as to eliminate the necessity of a driving source specialized for lock releasing. SOLUTION: The driving gear part 542 of a thread motor is rotated in a counterclockwise direction by an injection operation, and an optical pickup 500 is moved to a place more in the outside than the outermost periphery of a CD-ROM 600. During this period, a releasing cam part 543 presses the pressed part of a lock releasing arm 350 so as to move the lock releasing arm 350, and a drawing part → a front end part is protruded from an outer casing. Since locking for complete housing in the outer casing of a tray is released by the lock releasing arm 350 operated by a driving force via the driving gear part 542 of the thread motor, a driving source specialized for lock releasing is made unnecessary. Thus, a space for arranging this special driving source is made unnecessary, and a device is miniaturized and made thin.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a novel disk drive device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technique capable of coping with a reduction in the size of an apparatus, reducing the number of components, and reliably maintaining a state in which a recording medium disk is mounted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Disk drive devices, for example, CD-
In a ROM drive, a recording medium disk, that is,
The state in which the CD-ROM is mounted is maintained. Specifically, a lock mechanism for pulling the tray holding the CD-ROM into the outer casing and holding the tray at the drawn position is provided. Thereby, CD-RO
During reading of M, the tray is prevented from unnecessarily jumping out of the outer casing.

Incidentally, the read CD-ROM needs to be taken out of the outer casing, and for that purpose, it is necessary to release the lock by the lock mechanism described above.

Therefore, conventionally, a dedicated drive source such as a solenoid or a DC motor has been used to release the lock of the tray to the retracted position by the lock mechanism.

[0005]

By the way, when a dedicated driving source such as a solenoid or a DC motor is used, as the device becomes thinner, an installation space for these dedicated driving sources,
In particular, the size in the height direction is limited, and it becomes difficult to install a dedicated driving source having a sufficient driving force. That is, the size of the dedicated driving source is a factor that hinders the thinning of the device.

Further, by providing a dedicated driving source, components other than the driving source itself, such as a driving circuit, are required, which increases the number of components and causes an increase in cost.

Further, in the case of a mechanism using a solenoid,
When strong impact was applied, the inertia of the movable iron core of the solenoid released the holding, and there was a problem that the tray popped out.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to reduce the number of components and to ensure that a recording medium disk is mounted, which can cope with downsizing of the apparatus.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the disk drive of the present invention releases the lock of the tray to the retracted position by the lock mechanism by the unlocking means operated by the driving force of the sled motor. It is something to do.

Therefore, the disk drive of the present invention does not require a dedicated drive source for unlocking the tray.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is applied to a CD-ROM drive mounted on a notebook personal computer.

FIGS. 1 to 27 show a first embodiment.

The CD-ROM drive 100 has an outer casing 200 which is flat up and down and is open on the whole surface.

The outer casing 200 includes a bottom chassis 210 and a cover 220 fixed to the upper surface of the bottom chassis 210.
And The bottom chassis 210 is formed of a sheet metal material, and has an upper surface and a front surface (when indicated in this specification, the lower left in FIG. 1 is forward, the upper right is rear, the upper left is left, and the lower right is right. , An upper portion is described as an upper portion, and a lower portion is a lower portion.) A protruding portion 212 protruding rightward from a portion excluding a rear end portion of an upper right edge of a main portion 211 having a recessed opening is integrally formed. . The right edge of the overhang portion 212 has a right side surface portion 213 slightly projecting upward.
Is formed, and the upper edge of the right side portion 213 and the upper edge of the left side portion 214 of the main portion 211 are located at the same height. An engagement protrusion 216 projects upward at a position near the front end of the right side edge of the bottom surface 215 of the main portion 211, and a front surface 216a of the engagement protrusion 216 has an inclined surface falling forward. The rear surface 216b is an engagement surface.

The cover body 220 is formed of a sheet metal material into a substantially flat plate shape, and is fixed to the bottom chassis 210 so as to cover the upper surface thereof. Auxiliary space 231 for a disk that extends to the right and continues to the upper right end of the main space 230
Are formed.

Guide members 240L and 240R are fixed to both left and right sides of the main space 230. These guide members 2
40L and 240R are formed in a bilaterally symmetrical shape with a synthetic resin, have a U-shape in cross-sectional shape, and are fixed to the bottom chassis 210 with their opening surfaces facing each other.
The guide members 240L, 240R (they have a symmetrical shape, so only the left side 240L will be described in detail.) At the substantially middle position in the front-rear direction of the opening edges of the lower sides 241 and 241 Are formed with stopper pieces 242 and 242 protruding upward. Similarly, at the positions near the front end of the opening edges of the lower sides 241, 241, retaining pieces 243, 2 slightly projecting upward.
43 are formed.

Rail bodies 250L and 250R are slidably supported in the front and rear directions by the guide members 240L and 240R. The rail bodies 250L and 250R are formed in a symmetrical shape by bending a sheet metal material, and have a U-shaped cross section. These rails 250L, 2
50R is slidably supported in the front-rear direction by the guide members 240L and 240R with the opening surfaces facing each other. That is, the rail body 250L is attached to the guide member 240L,
Further, the rail bodies 250R are slidably supported by the guide members 240R, respectively. In addition, the guide member 240L,
240R stopper pieces 242, 242 and retaining piece 2
43, 243 are the lower sides 2 of the rail bodies 250L, 250R.
The sliding members 51 and 251 are in sliding contact with the opening edges of the guide members 240L and 240R of the rail bodies 250L and 250R.
Is prevented from coming off.

The rails 250L, 250R (since they have a bilaterally symmetrical shape, only the left one 250L will be described in detail.) At the rear ends of the lower sides 251 and 251 are stopper pieces protruding toward each other. 252, 252
Are formed, and the stopper pieces 252, 252 are connected to the stopper pieces 242, 2 of the guide members 240L, 240R.
Engagement of 42 from the rear prevents further forward movement. That is, the guide members 240L, 2
The forward escape from the 40R is prevented.

Also, of the opening edges of the lower sides 251 and 251 of the rails 250L and 250R, short retaining edges 253 and 253 project upward from a position slightly forward from the center in the front-rear direction to the front end. Has been established.

The drawer 300 is supported by the outer casing 200 as described above so that it can be stored and pulled out. The drawer 300 is formed by supporting a base unit, which will be described later, on a tray 310 made of synthetic resin.

The tray 310 has a planar shape and a rectangular outer shape that is long in the front-rear direction, and has a width slightly smaller than the width of the main space 230 of the outer casing 200.

The tray 310 has a planar main surface 311 having a rectangular shape which is long in the front-rear direction, a front wall 312 protruding from a front edge of the main surface 311, and right and left side surfaces protruding from left and right side edges of the main surface 311. Walls 313 and 314 and left and right side walls 31
The sliding portions 315 and 315 formed on the outer surfaces of the reference numerals 3 and 314 are integrally formed of a synthetic resin. And the main surface 3
A recess 316 is formed on the upper surface of the recess 11 to form a part of a circle in which a CD-ROM is to be placed. An opening 316 is formed in the recess 316 to allow a base unit described later to face upward.
a is formed.

The left and right side walls 313, 31 of the tray 310
Sliding portions 315, 315, which have a rectangular cross-sectional shape and extend in the front-rear direction, are provided on the outer surface of the projection 4. The sliding part 31
The upper ends of 5, 315 are the side walls 313, 31 of the tray 310.
4 is located below the upper end, and the lower ends 315a,
Reference numeral 15 a protrudes slightly below the side walls 313 and 314 of the tray 310. Further, the sliding parts 315, 31
5 has a stopper projection 31 slightly projecting inward at the rear end.
5b and 315b are formed. And the sliding part 3
15 and 315 are slidably supported by the rail bodies 250L and 250R. And rail body 250L, 250
The retaining edges 253 and 253 of the R are sliding portions 315 and 315
The sliding portions 315 and 315 slide in contact with the inner side surfaces of the lower end portions 315a and 315a to prevent the sliding portions 315 and 315 from coming off in the direction of the opening surfaces of the rail bodies 250L and 250R. When moving forward, stopper projections 315b, 3
15b is a retaining edge 25 of the rail body 250L, 250R.
3, 253, and comes into contact with the rear ends of the rail bodies 250L, 250L.
Further forward movement with respect to R is prevented.

As described above, the upper surface of the concave portion 316 is positioned at substantially the same height as the upper surface of the overhang portion 212 of the outer case 200 in a state where the tray 310 is stored in the outer case 200 and supported so as to be able to be pulled out. Has become.

An ejector 317 is supported on the lower surface of the right end of the rear end of the main surface 311 of the tray 310 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The ejector 317 is formed of a sheet metal material and is formed in a long plate shape in the front-rear direction, and a tension coil spring 317 stretched between the ejector 317 and the main surface 311.
The rearward moving force is urged by a, and stops when the rear end protrudes to the rear from the rear edge of the main surface 311 to some extent.

A front panel 320 is provided on the front of the tray 310.
Is attached. The front panel 320 is formed of a synthetic resin in the shape of a horizontally long plate, and its length in the left-right direction is
It is almost the same as the length in the left-right direction of 0. The front panel 320 is attached to the front of the tray 310 with its left end substantially matching the left end of the tray 310. The front panel 320 is provided with a display unit 321 for displaying the state of the CD-ROM drive 1 and an eject button 322.
When the eject button 322 is pressed, an eject operation described later is performed. In addition, the tray 31
The emergency insertion hole 318 is formed in the right end of the front wall 312 of the front panel 320.
An insertion hole 323 is formed at a position corresponding to 8.

The tray 310 of the drawer 300 is the outer casing 2
Lock mechanism 330 that locks the state stored in 00
Is provided.

A lock arm 331 is arranged at the right end of the lower surface of the main surface 311 of the tray 310 near the front end. The lock arm 331 is formed by bending a sheet metal material, and has a plate shape that is substantially long in the front-rear direction.
An engagement claw 332 is formed at the rear end. The engaging claw 33
Reference numeral 2 denotes an inclined edge 332a having a rear edge rising upward, and an engaging edge 332b formed continuously from the front end of the inclined edge 332a and extending directly upward therefrom. In addition, the engagement claws 332
Pressed piece 3 bent rightward from the lower edge to the front
33, and a spring contact piece 334 projecting leftward from the upper edge of the front end is provided.
An emergency pressing piece 335 that is inclined downward and forward from the front edge of the protruding portion is provided.

A lock arm mounting plate 336 is fixed to the right end of the lower surface of the main surface 311 of the tray 310 near the front end. The lock arm mounting plate 336 has an inverted L-shape as viewed from the front, and extends along the inner surface of the right side wall 314 of the tray 310 at the right edge of the mounting portion 337 fixed to the lower surface of the main surface 311 of the tray 310. An upper edge of a front end portion of the support portion 338 is continuous, and a spring support piece 339 protruding leftward at a position slightly backward from a front end of a lower edge of the support portion 338.
Is formed, and a spring outer fitting portion 339a protruding upward from the left end edge of the spring support piece 339 is formed.

The lock arm 331 is rotatably supported at substantially the center of the support portion 338 in the front-rear direction and slightly forward of the center of the lock arm 331 in the front-rear direction. Supporting piece 3
39. The compression coil spring 34 is disposed between the spring contact piece 334 and the spring support piece 339.
0 is inserted, and thereby, a turning force is applied to the lock arm 331 in a direction in which the rear end moves downward. The compression coil spring 340 is connected to the spring outer fitting portion 339.
a is externally fitted to a, thereby preventing falling off from the position.

In the state where the drawer 300 is pulled out most from the outer casing 200, the rails 250L, 250L
R is the front end of the moving range, that is, the stopper pieces 252, 2
52 is a stopper piece 24 of the guide members 240L and 240R.
2, 242 are located at the front end of the moving range, that is, the stopper projections 315b, 315b are the rear ends of the retaining edges 253, 253 of the rail bodies 250L, 250R. And is pulled out of the outer casing 200 to the rear end of the tray 310 (see FIGS. 2 and 7). The position of the tray 310 in this state is called a “pull-out position”.

From the above-mentioned pulled-out state, the drawer 300
Is pushed into the outer casing 200, the sliding portion 31
5, 315 slide rearward with respect to the rails 250L, 250R, and the rear surface of the front panel 320 comes into contact with the front ends of the rails 250L, 250R. From there, the drawer 300 is further pushed in and the rail 2
50L and 250R are connected to the guide member 24 together with the drawer 300.
It slides rearward with respect to 0L and 240R, reaches the rear end of its movement range, and the tray 310 is completely housed in the outer casing 200 (see FIGS. 1 and 6). The position of the tray 310 in this state is called a “pull-in position”.

Immediately before the state shown in FIG. 1, the inclined edge 332a of the engaging claw 332 of the lock arm 331 slides on the inclined surface 216a of the engaging protrusion 216 of the outer casing 200. Reference numeral 331 rotates so that the rear end thereof moves upward against the elastic force of the compression coil spring 340, and the state shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. And the rear end is rotated downward by the resilient force of the compression coil spring 340 so that the engagement edge 332 b is engaged with the engagement protrusion 2.
16 and engages with the engagement surface 216b (see FIG. 12). As a result, the drawer 300 moves the tray 310 to the outer casing 20.
It is locked in the retracted position completely housed in zero.

Shortly before the state shown in FIG. 1 is reached, the rear end of the ejector 317 contacts the rear surface portion 217 of the bottom chassis 210 of the outer casing 200. The ejector 317 further moves rearward, whereby the ejector 317 moves relatively forward with respect to the drawer 300 against the tensile force of the extension coil spring 317a, whereby the extension coil spring 317a further moves. It is prolonged and its power is stored.

When the eject button 322 provided on the front panel 320 is pressed, a lock release mechanism described later is operated, and the lock arm 331 is rotated so that the rear end moves upward, and the lock arm 331 is rotated. Dowel 332 and outer casing 2
00 is disengaged from the engaging projection 216, and the force stored in the extension coil spring 317a causes the ejector 317 to protrude from the rear end of the drawer 300. As a result, the drawer 300 Projected from. Then, when the user pulls out the front end portion of the drawer portion 300 protruding from the outer casing 200, the rail member 2 is pulled out together with the drawer portion 300.
The stopper members 252 and 252 of the guide members 240L and 240R
L, 240R slides forward until they engage with the stopper pieces 242, 242, from which the pull-out portion 300 is moved to the rail bodies 250L, 250R by the stopper projections 315 thereof.
b, 315b slide forward until they come into contact with the rear ends of the retaining edges 253, 253 of the rail bodies 250L, 250R,
It moves to the drawing position shown in FIG.

It should be noted that the eject button 3
In the case of an emergency in which the ejecting operation is not performed even when the user presses the button 22, when a thin rod-shaped object is inserted into the tray 310 through the insertion hole 323 of the front panel 320 and the emergency insertion hole 318 of the tray 310, the tip ends. The emergency pressing piece 335 of the lock arm 331 is pressed, whereby the lock arm 331 rotates so that the rear end moves upward, and the engagement between the engagement claw 332 and the engagement protrusion 216 of the outer casing 200 is performed. Is released and the tension coil spring 317a is released.
The front end of the drawer 300 is projected from the outer casing 200 by the force stored in the outer case 200.

The base unit 400 is supported on the lower surface of the main surface 311 of the tray 310 of the drawer 300.

The sub-chassis 410 made of a sheet metal material is connected to the tray 31 via rubber dampers 411, 411 and 411.
0 is supported on the lower surface.

The sub-chassis 410 has a large opening 412 occupying almost all of the sub-chassis 410. The opening 4
Reference numeral 12 denotes a substantially rectangular shape extending from the left front to the right rear, and a rear edge of the pickup opening 412a inclined to the other portion so as to extend substantially in the left-right direction, and a rear portion of the pickup opening 412a. A turntable opening 412b that is continuous with the edge and has a substantially semicircular shape, and a thread motor opening that has a substantially semicircular shape and is continuous with the rear end of the side edge of the pickup opening 412a that faces the front right. 4
12c are formed continuously.

The upper end of the turntable 420 is connected to the sub-chassis 41 through the turntable opening 412b.
It is arranged to protrude above zero. That is, the stator substrate 422 supporting the spindle motor 421 is fixed to the lower surface of the sub-chassis 410, and the turntable 420 is integrated with the rotor of the spindle motor 421, so that the turntable 420 is disposed at the above position.

The optical pickup 500 is disposed so as to be movable in the pickup opening 412a in a direction in which the optical pickup 500 comes in contact with and separates from the turntable 420.

The optical pickup 500 has a moving base 510.
Optical block (not shown) having a semiconductor laser, etc., and a CD-RO placed on the turntable
Objective lens 520 for focusing light on M, objective lens 520
A biaxial actuator or the like for moving the camera in the focusing direction and the tracking direction is mounted.

The moving base 510 moves while being guided by the guide shaft 531 and the sub-guide shaft 532. The guide shaft 531 has a round bar shape, and the sub-guide shaft 532 is formed by bending a sheet metal material.

The sub-guide shaft 532 integrally supports the two guide shafts 531 and 532 to support the guide shaft assembly 5.
30 are formed integrally with the guide shaft support plate 533. The guide shaft support plate 533 is formed of a sheet metal material having spring elasticity, has a plate shape slightly longer than the width of the front end of the pickup opening 412a, and has a guide shaft support portion 534 formed at the right end thereof and a left end thereof. A sub-guide shaft connecting portion 535 is formed at the portion, and a mounting piece 536 protrudes from the center of the front edge in the left-right direction. Screw holes 534a and 535a are formed in the guide shaft support portion 534 and the sub guide shaft connection portion 535, respectively.
The sub-guide shaft 532 is formed by bending one side edge of a long plate-shaped sheet metal material into a U-shape to form a guide portion 532a, and a mounting piece 532b is continuously provided at the rear end of the guide portion 532a to protrude. The front end of the portion 532a is the guide shaft support plate 533.
Are integrally connected to the sub-guide shaft connecting portion 535.

The front end of the guide shaft 531 is fixed to the guide shaft support portion 534 of the guide shaft support plate 533. The guide shaft 531 may be fixed to the guide shaft support portion 534 by an appropriate means such as bonding or screwing. Thus, the guide shaft 531 and the sub-guide shaft 532 are integrated with the guide shaft support plate 533 to form the guide shaft assembly 530.

The mounting piece of the guide shaft support plate 533 is fixed to the lower surface of the edge of the sub-chassis 410 corresponding to the center of the front end of the pickup opening 412a by an appropriate means such as screwing. The adjusting screws 537 and 537 inserted from above through the screw insertion holes 413 and 413 formed at positions corresponding to the screw holes 534a and 535a of the sub-chassis 410 are attached to the screw holes 534.
a and 535a. As described above, since the material of the guide shaft support plate 533 is a sheet metal material having spring elasticity, when the adjusting screws 537, 537 are screwed into the screw holes 534a, 535a, the guide shaft support portion 534 is formed. When the sub-guide shaft connecting portion 535 approaches the sub-chassis 410 and the adjusting screws 537, 537 are screwed back into the screw holes 534a, 535a, the guide shaft supporting portion 534 and the sub-guide shaft connecting portion 535 Move away from the chassis 410.

The rear ends of the guide shaft 531 and the sub guide shaft 532 are fixed to the stator substrate 422. That is, the rear end of the guide shaft 531 is
U-shaped receiving portion 41 formed on the upper surface of the second 2
4 is received from above, and the head 415a of the screw 415 screwed into a position adjacent to the back of the receiving portion 414 presses the rear end of the guide shaft 531 from above, whereby the rear end of the guide shaft 531 It is fixed to the stator substrate 422 (see FIG. 19). Further, the mounting piece 532b at the rear end of the sub guide shaft 532 is fixed to the stator substrate 422 by screws (see FIG. 19).

At the right end of the moving base 510, the guided portion 51 is provided.
Reference numerals 1 and 511 protrude, and a connecting portion 512 is formed in a portion between the guided portions 511 and 511, and a connecting hole 512a is formed in the connecting portion 512. Also, the guided portions 511 and 511 have coaxially located guided holes 511.
a, 511a are formed. In addition, moving base 5
Guide pieces 513, 513 which are vertically separated from each other and protrude in parallel are formed at the left end of 10.

Thus, the guide shaft 531 is slidably inserted into the guided holes 511a, 511a of the moving base 510, and the guided pieces 513, 5
Reference numeral 13 slidably abuts the upper and lower surfaces of the sub-guide shaft 532, respectively, whereby the optical pickup 500 is supported by the sub-chassis 410 so as to be guided and moved by the guide shaft 531 and the sub-guide shaft 532. .

The accuracy of reading a signal from a CD-ROM by the optical pickup 500 is determined by the perpendicularity of the laser beam focused on the CD-ROM mounted on the turntable 420 to the CD-ROM, that is, It is related to the perpendicularity of the optical axis of the objective lens 520 with respect to the CD-ROM mounted on the turntable 420.

Therefore, it is necessary to perform an adjustment so that the optical axis of the objective lens 520 is perpendicular to the CD-ROM mounted on the turntable 420, that is, so-called skew adjustment.

The skew adjustment is performed by adjusting the adjustment screw 53.
7 and 537, the distance between the guide shaft support portion 534 and / or the sub guide shaft connecting portion 535 and the sub chassis 410, that is, the guide shaft 531 and / or the sub guide shaft 5
This is performed by adjusting the distance between the sub-chassis 32 and the sub-chassis 32.

That is, as described above, the turntable 4
20 is integrated with the spindle motor 421 fixed to the stator substrate 422, so that the turntable 4
20 can be seen to be parallel to the spindle motor 421 mounting surface of the stator substrate 422. Therefore, the rear end of the guide shaft 531 fixed to the stator substrate 422 and the sub-guide shaft 532 can be seen. The line connecting the rear end can be considered to be parallel to the disk mounting surface of the turntable 420.

Therefore, by adjusting the height of the front end of the guide shaft 531 and / or the sub guide shaft 532, the skew of the optical pickup 500 supported by the guide shaft 531 and the sub guide shaft 532 can be adjusted. it can. That is, the guide shaft 531 and the sub guide shaft 53
The skew in the tangential direction can be adjusted by individually adjusting the heights of the front ends of the two, and the height of the guide shaft 531 and the sub-guide shaft 532 can be adjusted by the same amount at the same time in the radial direction. Skew adjustment can be performed.

Next, a mechanism for moving the optical pickup 500 in the radial direction of the CD-ROM mounted on the turntable 420 will be described.

A motor support plate 541 supporting the sled motor 540 is fixed to the lower surface of the sub-chassis 410, and the sled motor 540 is connected to the sled motor opening 412b.
Is located. Rotor 540a of thread motor 540
The drive gear portion 542 extends almost half way around the
Are formed. Further, a release cam portion 543 is formed in contact with a counterclockwise side end of the drive gear portion 542 when viewed from above, and the release cam portion 543 has a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from above, and has an outer end surface 543a. Is the drive gear 542
And on the same circumference as the cutting edge circle of the
The base of No. 3 is located on the same circumference as the root circle of the drive gear 542 (see FIGS. 10 and 11).

A rack member 550 is connected to the optical pickup 500.

The rack member 550 is formed of a synthetic resin.
Rack teeth 551a, 551a,... Are arrayed in the longitudinal direction on one surface of the elongated plate-shaped rack portion 551. Rack teeth 551a, 551 of the rack portion 551
a, a connecting piece 552 protrudes from the surface opposite to the forming surface, and a connecting pin 55
2a is vertically provided. In addition, inverted L-shaped engaging pieces 553 and 553 are formed at two positions on both sides of the connecting piece 552 on the surface on which the connecting piece 552 is formed.

The engagement piece 55 of the rack member 550
3 and 553 are slidably engaged with the guide shaft 531, and the connecting pin 552 a of the connecting piece 552 is connected to the connecting hole 512 a of the moving base 510 of the optical pickup 500.
Accordingly, the moving base 510 and the rack member 550 are integrally guided and moved by the guide shaft 531 and the sub-guide shaft 532. Also, rack teeth 551a, 551a,.
Is meshed with the drive gear 542. Accordingly, when the thread motor 540 is driven, the rack member 550 is sent by the rotating drive gear portion 542, and the optical pickup 500 is integrally guided by the guide shaft 531 and the sub guide shaft 532 to be turned.
It moves in the radial direction of the CD-ROM placed on the zero.

Next, a description will be given of a mechanism for releasing the lock at the retracted position where the drawer 300 is completely drawn into the outer casing 200.

A lock release arm 350 formed of a synthetic resin in a substantially arc shape is provided. The lock release arm 350 has a substantially arc shape when viewed from above, and has a supported portion 351 formed at the front end thereof. The supported portion 351 has a cylindrical shape extending vertically (see FIG. 11).

A pressed portion 352 protrudes inward from the upper edge of the unlocking arm 350 at a position slightly closer to the supported portion 351, that is, toward the center of the arc. The front surface of the pressed portion 352 is formed on an inclined surface 352a that is displaced rearward as it protrudes.

A pressing portion 353 projecting downward and outward is formed outside the rear end of the unlocking arm 350, that is, at the lower end opposite to the center of the arc. The pressing portion 3
The upper surface of 53 is a pressing surface 353a that is displaced downward as going outward.

The unlocking arm 350 has a support shaft 4 suspended from the supported portion 351 at a position along the edge of the thread motor opening 412 c of the sub-chassis 410.
16 is rotatably fitted therein, whereby the unlocking arm 350 is connected to the sub-chassis 410 and the motor support plate 54.
1 is rotatably supported. The lock release arm 3
50 has its upper end located in the gap between the opening edge of the thread motor opening 412c of the sub-chassis 410 and the rotor 540a of the thread motor 540, and its pressed part 352 is located in the thread motor opening 412c. The pressing portion 353 is located within the notch 412 d formed on the opening edge, and the pressing portion 353 is formed on the motor supporting plate 541.
1a. Therefore, the lock release arm 35
0 is rotated so that its tip approaches the sled motor, the rotation in this direction is performed by pressing the pressing portion 353 into the notch 54.
1b is limited when it comes into contact with the back edge of the sled motor 540.
There is no contact with 40a. The pressing surface 353a of the unlocking arm 350 thus arranged is positioned such that the distal end thereof contacts or approaches the pressed piece 333 of the lock arm 331 from below.

The lock release by the lock release mechanism is performed as follows.

As shown in FIG. 25, the optical pickup 50
0 is a CD-ROM mounted on the turntable 420
In the state located at the innermost circumference of the information recording area 600, the clockwise end of the drive gear 542 is located in a position close to the pressed part 352 of the unlocking arm 350 in the counterclockwise direction. 26, when the optical pickup 500 is located at the outermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM 600, the rotor 54 of the thread motor 540
The release cam portion 543 provided at 0 a is located at a position close to the pressed portion 352 of the lock release arm 350 from the clockwise direction. Therefore, when the optical pickup 500 is a CD-R
While the signal of the OM 600 is being read, the movement of the rotor 540 a of the sled motor 540 has no effect on the unlocking arm 350.

When the eject button 322 provided on the front panel 320 is pressed, the thread motor 540
The optical pickup 500 is further rotated counterclockwise from the position shown in FIG. 6 and moves further outside the outermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM 600. Then, during this time, the release cam portion 543 presses the inclined surface 352a of the pressed portion 352 of the lock release arm 350, whereby
The unlocking arm 350 is slightly rotated clockwise as viewed from above.

When the unlocking arm 350 rotates clockwise, a higher portion of the pressing surface 353a corresponds to the pressed piece 333 of the lock arm 331, and the pressed surface 353a presses the pressed surface 353a. Piece 33
3 is pressed upward, whereby the lock arm 331 rotates so that its rear end moves upward (FIG. 1).
2), the engagement between the engagement claw 332 and the engagement protrusion 216 of the outer casing 200 is released, and the ejector 31 is disengaged.
7 and the extension coil spring 317a, the drawer 3
00 has its front end protruding from the outer casing.

During this time, the thread motor 540
Rotates clockwise and moves the optical pickup 500 to C
The D-ROM 600 is moved to a position corresponding to the innermost circumference of the information recording area, that is, a position where the TOC of the CD-ROM can be read. As a result, the release cam portion 543 is separated from the pressed portion 352 of the lock release arm 350, so that the resilient force of the compression coil spring 340 causes the lock arm 331 to return to its original position, that is, the engagement claw 332 is moved to the outer casing 2
00 to a position where it can be engaged with the engagement projection 216, and
The moving force acts on the pressing surface 353 a of the pressing portion 353 via the pressed piece 333 of the lock arm 331, whereby the unlocking arm 350 causes the pressing portion 353 to move to the inner edge of the notch 541 b of the motor support plate 541. Pivots to a position where it abuts. As a result, when the drawer 300 is pushed into the outer casing 200 again, the tray 310 is
0 is locked at the retracted position completely housed in the main space 230. The width of the tray 310 is the CD-ROM 60.
0, the CD-ROM 60
0 indicates that the right side of the tray 310 cannot be completely accommodated in the tray 310 when the tray 310 is placed on the turntable 420.
From the right. Therefore, in the state of being stored in the outer casing 200, the portion projecting from the tray 310 is the auxiliary space 23 for the disk of the outer casing 200.
1 is located within.

FIG. 28 and FIG. 29 show the second embodiment.

The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that a lock mechanism and a mechanism for releasing the lock of the tray to the retracted position by the lock mechanism are different from those in the first embodiment. Since they are the same as those in the first embodiment, the different parts will be described in detail, and the other parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment. The description is omitted.

The lock mechanism 700 of the CD-ROM drive 100A includes a lock arm 710 provided on the tray 300 and an engaging portion 720 provided on the bottom chassis 210.

The engaging portion 720 is formed in a plate-like shape standing upright from a position close to the left side portion 214 of the main portion 211 of the bottom chassis 210, and extends in the front-rear direction and a front edge of the main portion 721. And an inclined portion 722 extending slightly forward and leftward from the main portion, and a rear edge 721a of the main portion 721 is an engagement edge.

The lock arm 710 is formed to be substantially long in the front-rear direction, and is rotatably supported at a position near the left edge of the lower surface of the tray 310. Further, a torsion coil spring (not shown) is associated with the lock arm 710, and the torsion coil spring urges the power in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from above.

An engaging claw 711 for engaging with the engaging edge 721a of the engaging portion 720 is formed on the left side of the rear end of the lock arm 710, and protrudes obliquely right forward from the front end. A pressed portion 712 is provided so as to protrude. The engaging claw 711 has an engaging surface 711a extending substantially in the left-right direction and an inclined surface 71 extending diagonally rearward and leftward from the left end of the engaging surface 711a.
1b.

The guided piece 513 of the optical pickup 500,
Of the 513, the lower one 513 is the lock release means.

When the drawer 300 is housed in the outer casing 200, the inclined surface 711b of the engaging claw 711 of the lock arm 710 comes into contact with the right side surface of the inclined portion 722 of the engaging portion 720. As a result, the inclined surface 711b is
22 is pushed rightward by the right side surface of the lock arm 7.
10 moves toward the back of the outer casing 200 together with the drawer 300 while rotating slightly clockwise. And
At the same time when the drawer 300 reaches the storage position, the lock arm 710 has an engagement surface 711 a with the engagement edge 7 of the engagement portion 720.
Since it comes to the position corresponding to 21a, the lock arm 710
Is rotated in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from above by the rotating force urged thereto, and its engaging surface 711a is
With the engaging edge 721a. Thereby, the drawer 3
00 is locked in the storage position.

The release of the lock by the lock mechanism 700 is performed as follows.

As shown in FIG. 28, the optical pickup 50
0 is a CD-ROM mounted on the turntable 420
In the state located at the outermost circumference of the information recording area 600, the guided piece 513 on the lower side of the optical pickup 500 is at a position close to the pressed part 712 of the lock arm 710 from behind. Therefore, the optical pickup 500 is in the CD-ROM 6
While the signal of 00 is being read, the optical pickup 5
The movement of 00 has no effect on the locking of the drawer 300 to the retracted position by the lock mechanism 700.

When the eject button 322 provided on the front panel 320 is pressed, the thread motor 540
The optical pickup 500 is further rotated counterclockwise from the position shown in FIG. 8, and moves further outside the outermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM 600. During this time, the guided piece 513 on the lower side of the optical pickup 500 presses the pressed part 712 of the lock arm 710, whereby the lock arm 710 is rotated clockwise as viewed from above (FIG. 29). reference).

When the lock arm 710 rotates clockwise, the engagement surface 711 a
Is disengaged to the right from the engaging edge 721a, so that the lock of the drawer 300 to the retracted position by the lock mechanism 700 is released. Then, when the lock by the lock mechanism 700 is released, the drawer 300 has its front end protruding from the outer casing by the action of the ejector 317 and the extension coil spring 317a.

During this time, the thread motor 540
Rotates clockwise and moves the optical pickup 500 to C
The D-ROM 600 is moved to a position corresponding to the innermost circumference of the information recording area, that is, a position where the TOC of the CD-ROM can be read. Thereby, the optical pickup 50
0, the guided piece 513 on the lower side is separated rearward from the pressed portion 712 of the lock arm 710, and the lock arm 710 is returned to its original position by the rotating force urged by the lock arm 710, that is, the engagement of the engagement claw 711. The surface 711a is the engaging portion 7 of the outer casing 200.
The position returns to a position where it can be engaged with the engagement edge 721a. Thus, when the drawer 300 is pushed into the outer casing 200 again, the tray 310 is locked in a state of being completely housed in the main space 230 of the outer casing 200.

As described above, in the disk drive apparatus of the present invention, the lock releasing means (the lock releasing arm 350 in the first embodiment, In the second embodiment, the guided piece 513 on the lower side of the optical pickup 500 is used.
It is. ), The lock of the tray 310 in a state where it is completely stored in the outer casing 200 is released, so that a dedicated driving source for releasing the lock is not required.

Therefore, an arrangement space for a dedicated driving source is not required, and the device can be easily reduced in size, particularly, thin, and the number of components can be prevented from increasing.

Also, as in the case of using a solenoid,
It is possible to avoid a situation in which the lock is unexpectedly released due to an impact, and it is possible to reliably lock the tray at the retracted position.

In each of the above embodiments, the lock is released when the optical pickup 500 moves further outside the outermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM 600. The present invention is not limited to this, and the lock may be released when the optical pickup moves inside the innermost circumference of the information recording area of the CD-ROM.

[0087]

As is apparent from the above description, the disk drive device of the present invention is capable of holding the recording medium disk between the pulled-out position pulled out of the outer housing and the drawn-in position drawn in the outer housing. , A urging means for urging the tray to move toward the pull-out position, a lock mechanism for locking the tray at the pull-in position, and a turn for holding and rotating the recording medium disk. A table, a pickup that moves in a radial direction of a recording medium disk held on the turntable to read and / or record a signal on the recording medium disk, and a feed motor (hereinafter, referred to as a moving motor) that moves the pickup
It is called "thread motor". ), Wherein the lock of the tray by the lock mechanism to the retracted position is released by lock release means operated by the driving force of the thread motor.

Therefore, the disk drive of the present invention does not require a dedicated drive source for unlocking the tray. Therefore, an arrangement space for a dedicated driving source is not required, and the device can be easily reduced in size, particularly, reduced in thickness, and an increase in the number of parts can be prevented.

Also, as in the case of using a solenoid,
It is possible to avoid a situation in which the lock is unexpectedly released due to an impact, and it is possible to reliably lock the tray at the retracted position.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a release cam portion is provided integrally with a driving gear portion which is rotated by a thread motor and sends the pickup, so that the pickup is located outside the information recording area of the recording medium disk. Since the release cam moves the unlocking means in the unlocking direction when the tray is moved, the unlocking of the tray to the retracted position of the tray by the locking mechanism can be performed without affecting the normal operation of the pickup. It can be carried out.

Further, in the invention described in claim 3, an unlocking means is provided on the pickup, and when the pickup moves out of the information recording area of the recording medium disk, the unlocking means operates by the lock mechanism. Since the lock is released, it is possible to release the lock of the tray to the retracted position by the lock mechanism without affecting the normal operation of the pickup, and to simplify the structure.

It should be noted that the specific shapes and structures of the respective parts shown in each of the above embodiments are merely examples of the actualization performed when carrying out the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Should not be interpreted in a limited manner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the disk drive device of the present invention together with FIGS. 2 to 27, and is an overall perspective view showing a state where a tray is at a retracted position.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view showing a state where a tray is at a drawn-out position.

FIG. 3 is an overall exploded perspective view.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a left guide member.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a left rail body.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where the left guide member and the left rail body are combined with the tray in the retracted position.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the left guide member and the left rail body are combined in a state where the tray is at the pulled-out position.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a drawer.

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the drawer.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a lock mechanism and members related thereto.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a lock mechanism and members related thereto.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the lock mechanism.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along the line XIII-XIII in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along the line XIV-XIV of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along the line XV-XV in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of a base unit.

FIG. 17 is a bottom view of the base unit.

FIG. 18 is a sectional view taken along the line XVIII-XVIII in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a guide shaft assembly.

20 is a sectional view taken along the line XX-XX in FIG.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing a moving base and a rack member.

FIG. 22 is an exploded perspective view showing a moving base track member.

23 is a sectional view taken along the line XXIII-XXIII in FIG.

24 is a sectional view taken along the line XXIV-XXIV in FIG.

FIG. 25 is a plan view of a main part showing the operation of the optical pickup and the sled motor together with FIGS. 26 and 27. FIG. 25 shows a state where the optical pickup is located at the innermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM. It shows.

FIG. 26 shows a state where the optical pickup is located at the outermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM.

FIG. 27 shows a state in which the optical pickup is located outside the outermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM.

28 shows a second embodiment of the disc drive device of the present invention together with FIG. 29, and shows a state where the optical pickup is located at the outermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM. It is.

FIG. 29 shows a state where the optical pickup is located outside the outermost periphery of the information recording area of the CD-ROM.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: CD-ROM drive (disk drive device), 200: outer casing, 310: tray, 317: ejector (biasing means), 317a: tension coil spring (biasing means), 330: lock mechanism, 350: lock release arm (Lock release means), 420 ... turntable, 50
0: Optical pickup, 540: Thread motor, 542
... Driving gear part, 543 ... Release cam part, 600 ... CD-R
OM (recording medium disk), 100A: CD-ROM drive (disk drive device), 513: Guided piece (lock release means), 700: lock mechanism

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A tray that holds a recording medium disk and moves between a drawn position drawn out of an outer case and a drawn position drawn into the outer case, and applies a moving force toward the drawn position to the tray. Urging means for urging, a lock mechanism for locking the tray at the retracted position, a turntable for holding and rotating the recording medium disk, and a turntable for moving in the radial direction of the recording medium disk held on the turntable. A pickup motor for reading and / or recording a signal to and from a recording medium disk; and a feed motor (hereinafter, referred to as a “sleed motor”) for moving the pickup. A disk drive characterized in that it is released by lock release means operated by the driving force of a thread motor. Live equipment. 2. A release gear section is provided integrally with a drive gear section which is rotated by the thread motor and sends the pickup. When the pickup moves out of an information recording area of a recording medium disk, the release cam section locks the lock. 2. The disk drive device according to claim 1, wherein the release means is moved in a lock release direction. 3. The pickup according to claim 2, wherein said unlocking means is provided on said pickup, and said unlocking means releases the lock by said lock mechanism when the pickup moves out of the information recording area of the recording medium disk. The disk drive device according to claim 1.