JPH0896565A - Drive device for disk-shaped storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] It is an object of the present invention to prevent a disc-shaped storage medium from falling even during vertical mounting. [Structure] The disc-shaped storage medium 10 is set in a vertical posture, and the tray portion 20 is drawn into the apparatus main body 30 side to mount the disc-shaped storage medium 10 in the apparatus main body 30. The disk-shaped storage medium 10 is rotatably supported by the lower end edge of the medium mounting portion 21 of the portion 20 and is tilted.
The cover body 40 that supports the medium and covers the medium mounting portion 21 in the upright posture, and the tray portion 20 include the device main body 3
The cover operating unit 50 holds the cover body 40 in the tilted posture at the medium setting position protruding from 0, and shifts the cover body 40 to the standing posture with the retracting operation of the tray portion 20 into the apparatus main body 30. .

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk-shaped storage medium drive device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a disc-shaped storage medium such as a CD-ROM has been widely used as an external storage medium for an information processing device and the like. As shown in FIG. 6, after the disk-shaped storage medium 10 is placed on the tray section 20 protruding from the apparatus body 30 at the medium setting position, the tray section 20 is pulled into the apparatus body 30 and mounted on the apparatus body 30. A so-called drawer type drive device is used.

[0003]

However, in the above drawer type drive device, when the tray portion 20 is arranged in the posture in which the disc-shaped storage medium 10 is set in the vertical posture, the user is forced to make a circle. Since it is necessary to draw the plate-shaped storage medium 10 into the apparatus main body 30 while taking care not to drop it from the tray, vertical mounting is virtually impossible.

The present invention has been made to solve the above drawbacks, and provides a disc storage medium drive device capable of preventing the disc storage medium from dropping even when mounted vertically. With the goal.

[0005]

FIG. 1 shows a drive device according to the present invention. The drive device is a disk-shaped storage medium 10
The tray unit 20 in which
The disk-shaped storage medium 10 is configured to be pulled in to the side and mounted in the apparatus main body 30, and is rotatably pivoted to the lower end edge of the medium mounting portion 21 of the tray portion 20 and is circular in the tilted posture. A cover body 40 that supports the plate-shaped storage medium 10 and covers the medium mounting portion 21 in a standing posture;
A cover operation in which the tray body 20 holds the cover body 40 in the tilted posture at the medium setting position where the tray body 20 projects from the apparatus body 30, and shifts the cover body 40 to the upright posture as the tray unit 20 is pulled into the apparatus body 30. And means 50.

[0006]

In the vertical posture, the disk storage medium 10 is placed in the tray portion 20.
At the time of attempting to mount the disk-shaped storage medium 1 on the disk-shaped storage medium 1,
It serves as a substantial receiving tray of 0 and prevents the disk-shaped storage medium 10 from dropping. When the tray section 20 is pulled into the apparatus body 30, the cover body 40 synchronizes with the pulling operation of the tray section 20 into the apparatus body 30.
It gradually stands up and shifts to a vertical posture, and is guided to a normal vertical posture.

[0007]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention. The drive device has a tray unit 20 that is driven so as to move between a medium setting position that is popped out of the device body 30 and a storage position that is accommodated in the device body 30, and the CD-ROM at the medium setting position. After the disk-shaped storage medium 10 such as the above is placed on the tray unit 20, the tray-shaped storage unit 20 is pulled into the apparatus main body 30 so that the disk-shaped storage medium 10 is transferred to the apparatus main body 3
It is configured to be mounted at a predetermined position within 0. The tray portion 20 is in a vertically mounted state in which the medium mounting portion 21 is a vertical surface so that the disc-shaped storage medium 10 is set in a vertical posture, and the tray portion 20 is horizontally mounted as indicated by an arrow in FIGS. 1 and 2. Move forward and backward.

Disk-shaped storage medium 1 set in a vertical posture
To prevent 0 from falling, the tray unit 20 has a cover body 40
Is provided. The cover body 40 is formed in a flat plate shape that covers the medium mounting portion 21 of the tray portion 20, and the lower end edge is pivotally supported by the lower end edge of the tray portion 20 and is rotatably mounted.

On the other hand, the cover member 40 is attached to the tray portion 20.
The cover operating means 5 in order to forcibly move to the open or closed position with the advancing / retreating operation of the device to / from the device main body 30.
0 is provided. The cover operating means 50 is the tray unit 20.
The cover body 4 along with the pulling operation of the device body 30 from the device body 30.
0 is moved to a tilted posture, and is moved so as to move to a posture along the front wall of the tray portion 20 as the tray portion 20 is pulled in. As shown in FIGS. It can be configured using.

That is, in the cover operating means 50 in this embodiment, one end is the upper edge of the cover body 40 and the connecting link 51 connected to the vicinity of the side edge of the apparatus main body 30 and the ceiling portion of the tray portion 20. The slider 52 is slidable along the formed guide. The connection link 51 is
It is connected to the cover body 40 and the slider 52 by a spherical pair whose movement locus at the other end with the connection point as a fulcrum is spherical. The attitude of the connecting link 51, more specifically, the slider 52
The sliding range of the connection link 51 is set to the tray storage opening 3 during the process of pulling the tray section 20 into the apparatus main body 30.
It is set so as to be along the front wall of the tray portion 20 by the time when the side edge of the cover body 40 on the device body 30 side reaches the tray storage opening 31 by interfering with the edge of the tray 1.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the cover body 40 of the tray portion 20 at the medium setting position is A in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3A, which is a view from the direction of the arrow, the tray tilts by its own weight to serve as a tray for the disk-shaped storage medium 10. In order to make the cover body 40 take a tilted posture at the medium setting position,
It is free to provide a forced tilting means such as a torsion spring or a leaf spring in the vicinity of the pivotal support portion between the tray portion 20 and the cover body 40. From this state, the tray unit 2
When 0 is pulled toward the apparatus body 30, first, the edge of the tray storage opening 31 of the apparatus body 30 interferes with the connecting link 51, and gradually shifts to the posture along the front wall of the tray unit 20 (see FIG. See b)). By changing the posture of the connecting link 51, the end portion of the connecting link 51 on the cover body 40 side moves on the conical surface centering on the connecting portion with the slider 52, and gradually moves the cover body 40 to the front of the tray portion 20. The cover body 40 is installed along the front wall of the tray section 20 by the time when the medium is loaded in a posture along the wall and stored in the apparatus body 30.
1 is moved to a position for covering 1 to prevent interference with the edge of the storage opening of the apparatus body 30. The disk-shaped storage medium 10 in a state of being supported by the cover body 40 as the cover body 40 shifts to the upright posture is the medium mounting portion 2 of the tray portion 20.
It will be set to 1 (see FIG. 3C). In this case, it is also possible to provide a means for positioning the disc-shaped storage medium 10, for example, a protrusion that contacts the outer periphery of the disc-shaped storage medium 10, on the inner wall portion of the cover body 40.
Further, the cover body 40 is shown as a flat plate that completely covers the medium mounting portion 21 for the sake of simplicity of illustration, but it is necessary to prevent interference with the optical system in the apparatus body 30 or the drive system. Is transformed. Furthermore, connection link 5
1 does not need to be a straight rod shape, and when formed in a curved shape, the closing speed of the cover body 40 can be adjusted.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment shows a modification effective when the tray portion 20 is driven in the vertical direction. The cover body 40 is rotatably supported near the lower end edge of the medium mounting portion 21 of the tray portion 20, The first and second links 5 in which the upper end edge of the cover body 40 and the upper end edge of the tray portion 20 are connected to each other in a pair.
They are connected by a two-section link device composed of 3, 54.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when the tray portion 20 is at the medium setting position, the cover body 40
As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the disc-shaped storage medium 10 is supported while maintaining its tilted posture by its own weight or an appropriate forced tilting means. When the tray section 20 is pulled into the apparatus body 30 from this state, the cover body 40 is moved to the apparatus body 30.
The tray storage opening 31 gradually interferes with the edge of the tray storage opening 31 and gradually shifts to the standing posture and is stored in the tray storage opening 31 (see FIG. 5).
(B)).

[0014]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, even when the disc-shaped storage medium is set in the vertical posture,
Since there is no fear of dropping, the degree of freedom in design can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a link device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation of the link device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation of the link device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Disc Storage Medium 20 Tray Part 21 Medium Loading Part 30 Device Main Body 40 Cover Body 50 Cover Operating Means 51 Connection Link 52 Slider

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A drive device for retracting a disc-shaped storage medium in a vertical posture into a main body of an apparatus to mount the disc-shaped storage medium in the main body of the apparatus, the medium of the tray section. A medium set in which the disk-shaped storage medium is rotatably supported by the lower end edge of the mounting portion, supports the disc-shaped storage medium in the tilted posture, and covers the medium mounting portion in the standing posture, and the tray portion projects from the apparatus main body. A drive device for a disk-shaped storage medium, comprising: a cover operating means for holding the cover body in a tilted posture at a position, and shifting the cover body to an upright posture in accordance with a drawing operation of the tray portion into the apparatus main body. 2. The tray portion is driven laterally, and one end of the cover operating means is connected to an upper end edge portion of the cover body on the apparatus body side by a spherical pair, and the tray body of the tray portion is connected. 2. The link device according to claim 1, wherein the link device comprises a connecting link that abuts against the device main body by moving to the side, and a slider that is connected to the other end of the connecting link by a spherical pair and is connected to the tray part by a sliding pair. Drive device for disk-shaped storage medium. 3. The tray section is vertically driven, and the cover operating means is a two-section link device that connects the upper end of the cover body and the tray section. Drive device for disk-shaped storage medium. 4. The disk-shaped storage medium drive device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the tray portion is provided with a disk-shaped storage medium positioning means.