JPH09237452A - Slide mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: To reduce the weight and size of a housing into which a slide tray is inserted without impairing the functions of various devices mounted on the slide tray. SOLUTION: A slide mechanism having a slide tray 3 which is provided in a body-side casing 2 having a front opening surface 2a having a rectangular shape so as to be able to be drawn out, and in a state in which the slide tray is inserted into the casing. Reinforcing portions 14 and 14 are formed in the portion of the slide tray facing the front opening edge of the housing from the inside, and the reinforcing portion is at least the portion corresponding to the long side edge of the front opening edge of the housing. When the slide tray is completely inserted into the housing or immediately before that, the reinforcing portion is brought close to or lightly in contact with the front opening edge of the housing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a novel slide mechanism. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technique for reducing the thickness of a material forming a housing in which a slide tray can be drawn out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Electronic equipment includes a slide mechanism including a slide tray that can be pulled out from a main body side casing.

For example, an optical disk reproducing apparatus is one equipped with such a slide mechanism. In recent years, such an optical disk reproducing device has been installed in a notebook personal computer, and there is a great demand for its weight reduction and size reduction.

A slide mechanism of an optical disk reproducing apparatus mounted on a notebook personal computer usually has a casing and a slide tray that can be pulled out from the casing, and the casing is a notebook personal computer. Supported by the body of.

From the viewpoint of portability, the optical disk reproducing apparatus is also required to be lightweight and small in size, and the material of each member of the housing is selected and the thickness of the material is reduced.

[0006]

However, in the slide mechanism of such an optical disk reproducing apparatus, if the material of each part of the housing is thinned, the whole structure becomes fragile. .

In particular, when the top plate and the bottom plate of the housing into which the slide tray is inserted are made thin, since the inside of the housing is a space, stress is applied from above and below in the computer body, There arises a problem that the top plate and the bottom plate are bent.

Then, a CD is placed on the upper surface of the slide tray.
-A clearance is provided between the ROM and the top so that it can rotate, but if the top bends, the CD-R
The rotation of the OM is hindered. In order to avoid this, there is a problem that a large clearance is against the miniaturization of the device, and a thick wall against the bending of the top plate is against the weight reduction of the device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to reduce the weight and size of the housing into which the slide tray is inserted, without impairing the functions of various devices mounted on the slide tray.

[0010]

In order to solve the above problems, the slide mechanism of the present invention is a slide mechanism having a slide tray housed in a casing having a rectangular front opening. When the is inserted into the housing, a reinforcing portion is formed at the portion of the slide tray facing the front opening edge of the housing from the inside, and the reinforcing portion is provided on the long side of the front opening edge of the housing. The reinforcing portion is provided in at least one of the portions corresponding to the edge, and when the slide tray is completely inserted into the housing or immediately before that, the reinforcing portion is brought close to or slightly in contact with the front opening edge of the housing. .

Therefore, in the slide mechanism of the present invention,
Even if the housing is made of a relatively thin material, if the slide tray is inserted into the housing, the reinforcing portion of the housing comes close to or slightly contacts the opening edge of the front surface of the housing. Can be prevented or the bending can be suppressed to a minimum, whereby the clearance between the slide tray and the housing can be reduced, and the housing can be made thinner (smaller) and It is possible to reduce the thickness of the member constituting the and to realize the weight reduction.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to an example of the illustrated embodiment.

In the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is applied to an optical disk reproducing device.

The optical disk reproducing apparatus 1 is used, for example, as a CD-ROM reading apparatus of a notebook type personal computer, and a slide tray 3 is provided in a main body side housing 2 so that it can be pulled out and stored.

When the slide tray 3 is pulled out, as shown in FIG. 1, the opening face 2a of the main body side housing 2 is in a state where the slide tray 3 and the main body side housing 2 are connected by a slide rail described later. It can be pulled out further forward.

The main body side housing 2 is made of a metal material,
It comprises a cover body 4 that is opened forward and downward, a substantially flat bottom plate 5, and a cover plate 6 that covers a notch to be described later formed in a part of the cover body 4.

The cover body 4 is made of an aluminum material,
As shown in FIG. 4, a U-shaped cutout 8 in a plan view is formed on the top plate 7a of the wall plate 7, and the cutout 8 is formed on the top plate 7a.
It is formed so as to open at the front end edge of the central part in the left-right direction of a and reach the central part in the front-rear direction. A peripheral edge of the notch 8 is a notched edge portion 8a formed as a step surface displaced downward, and a plurality of caulking projections 8b, 8b, ... Are provided on the upper surface of the notched edge portion 8a. (See FIGS. 4 and 5).

The cover plate 6 is made of a stainless steel material, and its shape corresponds to the outer shape of the notched edge portion 8a, and its thickness is the thickness of the top plate 7a (see FIG. 5).
(T1 shown in FIG. 5) is about a quarter of T1) shown in FIG.

The caulking projections 8b, 8b, ... Of the cover plate 6
The small holes 6a, 6a, ... Are formed at the positions corresponding to, and the caulking projections 8b, 8b formed on the cutout edge portion 8a in the small holes 6a, 6a ,. , Is inserted to position the cover plate 6 on the cutout edge portion 8a, cover the cutout 8, and then the caulking projection 8b,
The cover plate 6 is covered with the cover body 4 by caulking the upper end portions protruding upward from the small holes 6a, 6a ,.
Attached (see FIG. 5). In this way, the caulking protrusion 8b,
When the upper end portion of 8b is swaged, a projection as a swaged portion is formed on the upper surface side of the cover plate 6, but the opposite side, that is, the inner surface side of the main body side housing 2 has a projection portion. Instead, it remains flat.

Therefore, the slide tray 3 is attached to the main body side housing 2
When the slide tray 3 is housed inside or pulled out from the main body side housing 2, a flexible printed circuit board connected to a printed circuit board (not shown) disposed inside the slide tray 3 moves along with the movement of the slide tray 3 Although it is moved to the rear side main body side housing 2 in an exposed state, if the lower surface side of the notch edge portion 8a is made flat as described above,
There is no problem that the flexible printed circuit board is damaged during its movement.

Of the space inside the main body side housing 2, the space formed by the notch 8 and the space below it are the slide tray 3 when the slide tray 3 is stored or pulled out.
A center guide, which will be described later, that is provided on the upper surface of the central portion of the center is used as a moving space 9 for moving. As shown in FIG. 5, the moving space 9 is wider in the height direction than the remaining space in the main body side housing 2 due to the difference between the thickness T1 of the top plate 7a and the thickness T2 of the cover plate 6. Has been done.

Since the height of the main body side body 2 is determined by the height of the center guide projecting upward,
By making the moving space 9 of the center guide wider in the height direction than the remaining space as described above, the main body side housing 2
It is possible to make the optical disc reproducing apparatus 1 thinner.

In this embodiment, the notch 8 is formed and the cover plate 6 having the thickness T2 for covering the notch 8 is provided. However, by doing so, the rigidity of the main body side housing 2 can be improved. The height can be increased, but the moving space 9 may be widened in the height direction without covering the notch 8 at all, or a sheet member such as a label may be attached to the top plate 7a after the notch 8 is formed. You may make it cover the notch 8 with it.

Further, in order to form the moving space 9, in addition to the method of forming the notch 8 as described above, the lower surface side of the top plate 7a is thinned by cutting or the like to form a concave portion opening downward. A method is also possible.

The notch 8 and the recess opening downward are not limited to the U-shape, but may be formed in a rectangular shape when seen in a plane.

Further, the notch 8 is formed on the top plate 7a. For example, when the optical disk reproducing apparatus 1 is mounted in a portrait orientation, the notch 8 is located on the right side in accordance with the protruding direction of the center guide. It will be located on the plane or the left side.

In the embodiment described above, the notch 8 is provided in the type in which the slide tray 3 can be pulled out to the front side from the opening surface 2a of the main body side housing 2 at the time of pulling out (hereinafter referred to as "completely pull-out type reproducing device"). Although the moving space 9 is wide, the present invention is not limited to this, and the slide tray 3 can be pulled out at the time of withdrawal.
Is not drawn out from the opening surface 2a of the main body side housing 2 to the front, and is notched in a type having a portion where the main body side housing 2 and the slide tray 3 overlap (hereinafter referred to as "overlap type reproducing device"). Moving space 9
May be made wider.

The slide tray 3 comprises a main body 10 on which electrical members such as an optical pickup, a spindle motor, and a feed motor for the optical pickup, which are not shown, are mounted, and a shallow box-shaped bottom 11 and the like. Part 1
0 is attached.

The main body portion 10 is composed of a storage portion 10a to be stored in the main body side housing 2 and a front plate 10b attached to the front surface of the storage portion 10a, and a substantially central portion on the upper surface of the storage portion 10a. A center guide 13 for positioning and holding the optical disk 12 is projected, and chucking means provided on the center guide 13 chucks the optical disk 12 (see FIG. 5).

The front plate 10b is formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape which is slightly larger than the size of the front surface of the storage portion 10a, and when the slide tray 3 is stored in the main body housing 2, the opening of the main body housing 2 is opened. The surface 2a is closed.

Reinforcing portions 14, 14 projecting rearward are provided at the central portion of the back surface of the front plate 10b, which is close to the upper edge and the lower edge thereof, respectively (FIGS. 6 and 6). (See FIG. 7). The reinforcing portions 14 and 14 have a flat trapezoidal shape in the vertical direction when viewed from the rear, and when the slide tray 3 is stored, the front end edge of the cover body 4 of the main body side housing 2 and the front end edge of the bottom plate 5 are respectively from inside. The upper surface 14a and the lower surface 14b are located close to each other, and the upper surface 14a and the lower surface 14b thereof are the top plate 7a of the main body side body 2.
And the bottom plate 5 is positioned within a range where it is elastically deformed (see FIG. 7).

Rear portions 14c, 14c of the reinforcing portions 14, 14
Is formed on an inclined surface that is displaced forward as it goes upward, as shown in FIG. This is because even if the top plate 7a or the bottom plate 5 of the cover body 4 is bent inward to some extent when the slide tray 3 is housed in the main body side housing 2, the front edge of the top plate 7a or the front end of the bottom plate 5 is bent. Edges are reinforcements 14, 14
This is because the slide tray 3 can be smoothly stored by riding on the rear portions 14c and 14c.

Further, the top portions 14d, 1 of the reinforcing portions 14, 14 are
4d is formed on a horizontal plane parallel to the top plate 7a and the bottom plate 5. This is to prevent the slide tray 3 from being moved forward when the top plate 7a or the bottom plate 5 is bent and comes into contact with the reinforcing portions 14 and 14.

Even when the main body side housing 2 is externally stressed when the slide tray 3 is stored and the top plate 7a or the bottom plate 5 is bent inward, the reinforcing portion 1
Since the upper surface 14a or the lower surface 14b of 4, 4 and the front edge of the top plate 7a or the front edge of the bottom plate 5 are in contact with each other to prevent further bending, the top plate 7a or the bottom plate 5 is plastically deformed. There is no such thing.

The reinforcing portions 14, 14 are provided at a position corresponding to the most flexible portion when the main body side housing 2 is stressed, that is, the central portion in the left-right direction. 14 may be provided over the entire front end edge of the storage portion 10a so as to extend horizontally in a long direction. In this case, the strength against stress is higher than that in the case where the reinforcing portions 14 and 14 are provided only in the central portion.

Further, the reinforcing portions 14 and 14 are the storage portions 10.
Although it is provided both above and below a, the reinforcing portion 14 may be provided only on the upper side when the stress from above is most likely, or when the stress from the left and right is also expected. In order to prevent the side plates 7b, 7b of the wall plate 7 of the cover body 4 from being plastically deformed, reinforcing parts may be provided on both left and right sides of the storage part 10a.

Further, the upper surface 14a and the lower surface 14b of the reinforcing portions 14 and 14 may be lightly contacted with the top plate 7a and the bottom plate 5 when the slide tray 3 is housed in the main body side housing 2. .

In the present embodiment, the optical disk reproducing device 1 which is a complete pull-out type device is provided with the reinforcing portions 14 and 14. However, even if the overlapping type device is provided with the reinforcing portions, the case of the complete pull-out type device is not limited. The same effect as can be obtained.

Further, in this embodiment, the reinforcing portions 14 and 1
4 is provided on the front plate, but the reinforcing portion is provided in the storage portion 1.
0a may be provided at the front end portion, or a reinforcing portion may be provided in the storage portion 1
0a and the front plate 10b may be integrally formed.

An insertion guide portion 15 is formed at the center of the rear edge of the bottom portion 11 of the slide tray 3 (see FIG. 8). The insertion guide portion 15 is formed by cutting and raising a part of the rear surface wall 11 a of the bottom portion 11.
It is formed so as to extend obliquely rearward and upward from the rear edge of 1b.

Even when the slide tray 3 is positioned below the main body side body 2 with the slide tray 3 pulled out to the front side from the opening surface 2a of the main body side body 2 (see FIG. 9) (indicated by a solid line in FIG. 9), when the slide tray 3 is housed in the main body side housing 2 from this state, the outer surface of the insertion guide portion 15 comes into contact with the front end edge of the bottom plate 5 to move the slide tray 3 upward. Lifted and slide tray 3
Are smoothly stored in the main body side housing 2 (shown by a chain double-dashed line in FIG. 9).

The insertion guide portion 15 may be formed so as to be rounded by slightly bulging outward when viewed from the side.

FIG. 10 shows a modification of the insertion guide portion 15, in which the entire lower portion of the rear surface wall 11a of the bottom portion 11 is formed as an insertion guide portion 15A. Also in this case, the slide tray 3 is smoothly stored in the main body side body 2.

In this embodiment, the insertion guide portion 15 or 1
Although the case where 5A is provided at the rear edge of the bottom portion 11, that is, the lower portion of the slide tray 3 is shown, the present invention is not limited to this, and the insertion guide portion may be provided at the upper portion of the rear edge of the slide tray 3 or both left and right sides. You may

When the insertion guide portion is provided at the upper portion, the slide tray 3 can be smoothly accommodated in the main body side housing 2 even when the top plate 7a of the cover body 4 is bent inward. Further, when the insertion guide portions are provided on both the left and right sides, for example, the slide tray 3 is smoothly stored in the main body side housing 2 even when the side plates 7b, 7b of the cover body 4 are bent inward. It

Tray rails 16, 16 made of a metallic material and long in the front-rear direction are fixed to both outer side surfaces of the bottom portion 11 of the slide tray 3.
Reference numeral 6 has a substantially C-shape open to the outside when viewed from the front (see FIG. 13).

The tray side rail 16 is the side wall 1 of the bottom portion 11.
A main part 17 supported by 1c, horizontal parts 18u and 18d extending horizontally from the upper and lower side edges of the main part 17, and vertical parts 19u and 19d extending downward or upward from the leading edges of the horizontal parts 18u and 18d. Consists of.

In the following description, in the case where a pair of upper and lower parts is formed, the code of the one located on the upper side is attached with "u" and the code of the one located on the lower side. Is attached with “d” and the description of the formation position is omitted.

The upper end of the main portion 17, the horizontal portion 18u, and the vertical portion 19u form a guide portion 20u that opens downward, and the lower end of the main portion 17, the horizontal portion 18d, and the vertical portion 19d open upward. A guide portion 20d is formed, and a guided portion of a slide rail described later is engaged with the guide portions 20u and 20d.

The vertical portions 19u and 19d are formed such that the rearward approximately one-third portion thereof is slightly elongated below or above the remaining portion, whereby the boundary between the one-third portion and the remaining portion is formed. Locking edges 21u and 21d facing forward are formed on the portion (see FIG. 12).

The slide rails 22, 22 are made of synthetic resin and are formed in a plate shape having a length in the front-rear direction and a length substantially the same as that of the tray side rail 16, and a base portion 22a which is a central portion in the vertical direction is the remaining portion ( Hereinafter, it will be referred to as an "engagement portion") 22b and is formed to have a narrower width (see FIGS. 13 and 14). The engaging portions 22b, 2 of the slide rail 22
The upper and lower end surfaces of 2b are provided with recessed grooves 23u and 23d that open upward and downward and extend in the front-rear direction,
A total of four guided portions 24u, 24u, 24d, 24d are formed on the upper, lower, left and right sides of the concave grooves 23u, 23d (see FIG. 13). Further, the recessed grooves 23u and 23d have shallow front end portions, and the remaining portions 25 and 25 are formed as guide grooves formed deeper than the front end portions.
Stop faces 26, 26 facing rearward are formed at boundaries between the front ends of the grooves 5, 25 and the front ends of the concave grooves 23u, 23d (see FIGS. 11 and 12).

An engaging portion 27 is provided at the rear end of one side surface (outer side) of the base portion 22a of the slide rail 22 (see FIG. 14). The locking portion 27 is the guided portion 24.
a side surface 27a located on the same plane as the side surfaces of u and 24d, a locking surface 27b formed vertically from the front edge of the side surface 27a, and an inclined surface 27c that is displaced inward from the rear edge of the side surface 27a toward the rear. Are formed from.

The base portion 2 is provided immediately in front of the engaging portion 27.
A through hole 28 is formed to penetrate between the inner and outer side surfaces of 2a.

The side plate 7b of the cover body 4 of the main body side housing 2,
Housing-side rails 29, 29 made of a metal material are attached to the inner surface of 7b, and the housing-side rails 29, 29 are substantially C-shaped and open inward when viewed from the front. (See Figure 13).

The housing side rails 29, 29 are formed in substantially the same shape as the tray side rails 16, 16.

That is, the casing-side rail 29 includes a main portion 30 supported by the side plate 7b, horizontal portions 31u and 31d extending horizontally from the upper and lower end edges of the main portion 30, and the horizontal portion 3 respectively.
The vertical portions 32u and 32d extend downward or upward from the leading edges of the 1u and 31d. A guide portion 33u that opens downward is formed by the upper end portion of the main portion 30, the horizontal portion 31u, and the vertical portion 32u, and a guide portion that opens upward by the lower end portion of the main portion 30, the horizontal portion 31d, and the vertical portion 32d. The portion 33d is formed, and the guide portions 33u and 33d are engaged with the guided portions 24u and 24d of the slide rail 22 on the side not engaged with the tray side rail 16.

A leaf spring 34 is formed substantially in the front-rear direction of the casing-side rail 29 (see FIGS. 14 and 1).
5). The leaf spring 34 is formed by forming a U-shaped notch in a direction of opening to the front in a part of the main part 30 and bending a part surrounded by the notch inward of the main part 30.
The leaf spring 34 has the main portion 3 at the tip portion 34a.
The 0-side edge 34b is formed to be rounded (see FIG. 17). This is to ensure that the slide rail 22 is prevented from coming off, as will be described later.

Further, the main portion 3 of the tip portion 34a of the leaf spring 34
The amount of protrusion from 0 is the base portion 22 of the slide rail 22.
It is made smaller than the distance between the side surface of a and the side surfaces of the guided portions 24u and 24d, which causes the leaf spring 34 to move when the slide rail 22 slides with respect to the housing side rail 29, as will be described later. It does not interfere with the slide rail 22, that is, it does not contact.

FIG. 1 shows the method of assembling the slide mechanism (tray side rail 16, slide rail 22, housing side rail 29).
3 to FIG.

Although this assembly method is described for each rail member 16, 22, 29 on one side, the actual assembly is performed on both the left and right sides at the same time.

First, the guide portion 20 of the tray side rail 16 fixed to the bottom portion 11 without the main body portion 10 attached.
u and 20d engage the guided portions 24u and 24d on the side (inner side) where the locking portion 27 of the slide rail 22 is not provided from the front side of the tray side rail 16 to slide the slide rail 22 rearward. Go (see Figure 2). At this time, the portions of the vertical portions 19u and 19d of the tray side rail 16 on the rear side of the locking edges 21u and 21d move relatively forward in the guide grooves 25 and 25 of the slide rail 22. Then, the locking edge 21 of the tray side rail 16
u, 21d and the stopper surface 26u of the slide rail 22,
The slide rail 22 is slid to a position where 26d abuts, that is, to the rear end of the slide rail 22. When the slide rail 22 is positioned at the rear end of the tray-side rail 16, the slide rail 22 has a substantially half portion thereof protruding from the rear end of the bottom portion 11 (see FIG. 3).

Next, the storage portion 10a of the main body portion 10 of the slide tray 3 is placed on the bottom portion 11, and the storage portion 10a is attached by screwing from the bottom side of the bottom portion 11. Front plate 10 of main body 10
b is positioned immediately in front of the bottom portion 11 (see FIG. 3), so that the slide rails 22 and 22 engaged with the tray side rail 16 cannot be pulled out forward from the slide tray 3.

Guided portions 24u on the side where the engaging portions 27 of the slide rail 22 assembled to the slide tray 3 are provided on the guide portions 33u and 33d of the housing side rail 29 fixed to the side plate 7b of the cover body 4. , 24d from the front of the housing side rail 29 to slide the slide rail 22 rearward (see FIG. 3).

When the slide rail 22 is slid rearward, the inclined surface 27c of the locking portion 27 of the slide rail 22 comes into contact with the leaf spring 34 of the housing side rail 29 from the base end side thereof. When the slide rail 22 is further slid rearward, the leaf spring 34 is pressed by the engaging portion 27 toward the side face plate 7b side (outside) of the cover body 4 to bend, and the leaf spring 34 relatively rides over the side face 27a. The elastic force restores the original state, and the tip end portion 34a of the leaf spring 34 is brought close to the side surface of the base portion 22a of the slide rail 22.

The cover body 4 and the slide tray 3 are composed of the tray side rail 16, the slide rail 22 and the chassis side rail 29.
The slide rail 22 is slidably supported by the tray-side rail 16 and the chassis-side rail 29.

From this state, the slide rail 2
15, when the slide rail 22 is moved forward, the edge 34b of the leaf spring 34 collides with the locking surface 27b of the locking portion 27 of the slide rail 22, causing the slide rail 22 to move.
Is not moved further than that, so that the slide rail 22 is prevented from coming off from the housing side rail 29.

Further, it is the leaf spring 3 that collides with the locking portion 27.
4 is an end edge 34b on the side opposite to the cut-and-raised side of the tip end portion 34a of No. 4, and since the end edge 34b is formed to have a rounded shape, the end edge 34b abuts on the locking surface 27b. When the slide rail 22 is forcibly moved forward from the state, the end edge 34b tries to slide on the locking surface 27b in the direction in which the leaf spring 34 is cut and raised, so that the slip-out prevention is strengthened. Further, since the edge 34b is formed to have a rounded shape, there is also a problem that the engaging portion 27 of the slide rail 22 formed of synthetic resin is scraped off when the engaging surface 27b and the edge 34b collide. Unlikely to occur.

Next, when removing the slide rail 22 from the housing side rail 29, as shown in FIG. 16, for example, a pin 35 is inserted into the through hole 28 of the slide rail 22 from the side opposite to the side plate 7b of the cover body 4. When the leaf spring 34 is inserted and the leaf spring 34 is pressed toward the side plate 7b, the engagement between the leaf spring 34 and the locking portion 27 is released, and the slide rail 22 is moved to the housing side rail 2
It can be easily removed from 9.

During storage, the main body side housing 2 side and the slide tray 3 side are locked by a locking means (not shown) so that the slide tray 3 does not fly out of the main body side housing 2 innocently. The slide rails 22 and 22 are housed in the main body side housing 2 so as to be sandwiched between the tray side rails 16 and 16 and the housing side rails 29 and 29 from the left and right sides.

When the slide tray 3 is pulled out, as described above, the slide tray 3 is located in front of the opening surface 2a of the main body side housing 2 in a state where the slide tray 3 and the main body side housing 2 are connected by the slide rails 22, 22. Have been pulled out. Then, in the pulled-out state, the slide rail 2
The forward movement of the rails 2, 22 is blocked by the engagement of the leaf springs 34, 34 with the locking portions 27, 27, and the locking edges 21u, 21d of the tray-side rails 16, 16 and the stopper surface 2 are prevented.
The engagement with 6, 26 prevents the rearward movement, so that the slide tray 3 does not come out from the main body side housing 2 forward.

[0071]

As is clear from the above description, the slide mechanism of the present invention is a slide mechanism having a slide tray provided in the main body side casing having a rectangular front opening so as to be drawn out. In the state where the slide tray is inserted into the housing, a reinforcing portion is formed at a portion of the slide tray facing the front opening edge of the housing from inside, and the reinforcing portion is a long side of the front opening edge of the housing. Is provided in at least one of the portions corresponding to the side edge of the side, and when the slide tray is completely inserted into the housing or immediately before that, the reinforcing portion is close to or slightly touches the front opening edge of the housing. It is characterized by having done.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the housing is made of a relatively thin material, when the slide tray is inserted into the housing, the reinforcing portion thereof comes close to the front opening edge of the housing from the inside. Or light contact, it is possible to prevent the bending of the housing or to minimize the bending.
The clearance between the slide tray and the case can be made smaller, and the case can be made thinner (smaller) and
It is possible to reduce the thickness of the members that form the housing and realize the weight reduction.

In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the optical disk reproducing apparatus. However, the present invention is applicable to the optical disk reproducing apparatus as long as it has a slide tray that can be pulled out from the main body side casing. The sled tray is not limited to the one having the disk rotation mechanism and the optical pickup device mounted therein, and the mechanism and the device may be provided in the housing, and the slide tray may have only the disk mounting portion. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the optical disc device, and can be widely applied to various types in which the slide tray is provided in the housing so as to be drawn out, for example, a tape player and the like.

The specific shapes and structures shown in the above embodiments are merely examples of the implementation of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention is thereby provided. It should not be interpreted in a limited way.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention together with FIGS. 2 to 17, and is a schematic perspective view of an optical disk reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded perspective view of an optical disk reproducing device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a state before the slide tray is attached to the main body side casing.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded perspective view showing a cover plate and a notched edge portion to which the cover plate is attached separately.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing how the cover plate is attached to the notched edge portion.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing a front plate and a reinforcing portion provided on the back side thereof.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the positional relationship between the reinforcing portion and the main body side casing.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view showing an insertion guide portion provided on the bottom plate of the slide tray together with a part of the main body side casing.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a function of an insertion guide unit.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view showing a modified example of the insertion guide portion.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged plan view showing the front part of the slide rail.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged side view showing a state of the slide rail locked to the tray side rail in a cross section of the slide rail.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged front view showing a state in which the slide rail is attached to the tray-side rail and the housing-side rail.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged perspective view showing a rear portion of a slide rail and a housing side rail with a part thereof omitted.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a locked state of a leaf spring and a slide rail.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a method of removing the slide rail from the housing side rail.

FIG. 17 is an enlarged perspective view showing a tip end portion of a leaf spring.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Main body side housing, 2a ... Opening surface, 3 ... Slide tray,
10b ... Front plate, 14 ... Reinforcement part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A slide mechanism having a slide tray provided on a main body side casing having a rectangular opening surface on the front side so as to be able to be drawn out, wherein the slide tray is inserted into the casing.
A reinforcing portion is formed on a portion of the slide tray facing the front opening edge of the housing from the inside, and the reinforcing portion is provided on at least one of the portions corresponding to the long side edges of the front opening edge of the housing. The slide mechanism is characterized in that when the slide tray is completely inserted into the housing or immediately before that, the reinforcing portion is brought into close proximity to or slightly contact with the front opening edge of the housing. 2. The slide mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing portion is formed so as to be separated from the front opening edge as it goes rearward. 3. The slide mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing portion is formed at a central portion of a front opening edge of the housing along a long side edge. 4. The slide according to claim 1, wherein the slide tray is provided with a front plate that covers the front opening of the housing, and the reinforcing portion is integrally formed on the back side of the front plate. mechanism.