JPH045120Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disc player that records or reproduces information on a disc, and particularly relates to a horizontal front loading type disc player in which a tray on which a disc is placed is moved back and forth. Regarding disk players.

Prior Art and Problems Conventionally, a disk player that records or reproduces information on a disk has a push button on the front surface that instructs the recording or reproduction operation on the disk.
Alternatively, in addition to an operation section such as a volume adjustment knob, a display section is provided that displays the program number of the information recorded on the disk, or the recording and playback time. By providing such a display section, the recording or playback status of the disc can be visually confirmed.
Although the operability of the disc player is improved, a large space is required for its installation, and the disc player also becomes larger. However, in particular, compact disc players for use in vehicles and the like are disposed in extremely narrow spaces, so miniaturization of the player itself is essential. For this reason, it was not possible to secure a sufficient space for the display section.

Purpose of the invention The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to effectively utilize the front surface of the device, provide a display section without increasing the size of the device, and add a separate lighting means. To provide a disc player which can safely and reliably perform a disc mounting operation in a dark room without any trouble, and can simplify wiring processing for power supply.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a concave part for placing the disc, carries the disc into the player body, and also has a rear part on the front side of the tray from which the disc is carried out from the player body. The disk player is equipped with a semi-transmissive liquid crystal display having a light emitter in the main body, wherein an opening is formed in the wall surface of the recess, the light emitter illuminates the liquid crystal display and the recess, and the main body is illuminated by the light emitter. A power terminal for supplying power is provided inside the tray, and the tray is provided with a conductive plate that is connected to the light emitting body and slides into contact with the power terminal depending on whether the tray is protruded or retracted. It is.

Embodiments of the invention Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a disk player according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, showing a state in which the tray 23 is actually extended.

In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a front disk type disk player, which has a tray 23 that is horizontally moved by a transport mechanism (not shown) within the player body 22. As shown in FIG. The tray 23 has a mortar-like recess 25 formed on its upper surface on which a disk 24 is placed, and a through hole 26 communicating from the front surface of the tray 23 to the side surface of the recess 25. A light bulb 34 is disposed inside the through hole 26, and a transflective liquid crystal display 27 is disposed on the front side of the light bulb 34. On the bottom surface of the tray 23, there is a conductive plate 2 connected to a liquid crystal display 27 and a light bulb 34, respectively.
9 and 29' are arranged over substantially the entire width of the tray 23 in the moving direction. A front plate 30 is attached to the front of the tray 23, and a window 31 is provided on the front plate 30 according to the attachment position of the liquid crystal display 27. Further, a transmitting plate 35 made of a material that transmits light is attached to the opening surface of the through hole 26 on the concave portion 25 side. The inner wall of the player body 22 has terminals 32 connected to the conductive plates 29 and 29', respectively.
32' is attached via insulators 33, 33', and the terminal 32 is connected to a signal source (not shown) in the player body 22 that supplies a signal to the liquid crystal display 27. Connected to power.

According to this configuration, a signal is supplied to the liquid crystal display board 27 from a signal source (not shown) in the player main body 22 through the connection between the conductive plate 29 and the terminal 32, and
Since power is supplied to the light bulb 34 from a power supply (not shown) inside the player main body 22 through the connection between the conductive plate 29' and the terminal 32', the program number of the information recorded on the disk 24 by the liquid crystal display board 27, The playback or recording time, etc. are displayed, and the light bulb 34 illuminates the disk 24 side. Therefore, even when operating the disc player 21 in a dark room, the shape and size of the tray 23 and the position of the recess 25 on which the disc 24 is placed can be visually checked without providing additional lighting. The operation of placing the disk 24 can be performed safely and reliably.

Effects of the Invention As explained in detail above, according to the disk player of the present invention, since the display section is provided on the front surface of the tray on which the disk is placed, the display section can be sufficiently large without increasing the size of the disk player. space, and the operability of the disc player is improved. In addition, by making this display part a transflective liquid crystal display and using the display light bulb of the liquid crystal display to also serve as illumination on the disc side, even when operating the disc player in a dark room, it is possible to use a separate It is possible to safely and reliably place the disk 7 into the recessed portion of the tray without providing any illumination, and it is also possible to prevent the tray from colliding with other articles and being damaged when the tray is projected.

Furthermore, a power terminal is provided inside the player body, and a conductive plate is provided on the tray that slides into contact with the power terminal, which greatly simplifies the wiring process for lighting the indicator light bulb regardless of whether the tray is protruded or retracted. can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a disk player according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. In the figure, 21 is a disk player, 22 is a player body, 23 is a tray, 24 is a disk,
25 is a recessed portion, and 27 is a liquid crystal display.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A transflective liquid crystal display having a light emitter at the rear is provided on the front side of a tray that has a concave portion for mounting a disk, carries the disk into the player body, and further carries the disk out from the main body. In the disc player, an opening is formed in the wall surface of the recess, the liquid crystal display and the recess are illuminated by the light emitter, a power terminal for supplying power is provided in the main body, and the tray A disk player characterized in that a conductive plate is provided which is connected to the light emitting body and comes into sliding contact with the power supply terminal depending on whether the tray is protruded or retracted.