JPH0963242A - Recording medium cartridge with contact terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] To regulate the deviation of a wiring board to which a contact terminal is attached to improve the reliability and stability of electrical connection with an external device. SOLUTION: A cartridge main body 5 which is composed of a pair of upper and lower halves 3 and 4 and accommodates a recording medium 2 therein, and a wiring board mounting opening 47 formed in an outer peripheral portion of the cartridge main body 5. The wiring board 51 is attached to the wiring board mounting opening 47, and the contact terminals 53 are formed on the wiring board 51 and electrically connected to the terminal members 58 of the external device 60. The wiring board mounting opening 47 has a wiring board mounting recess on the upper half 3 side,
It is configured by combining with the wiring board mounting recess on the lower half 4 side. In the wiring board 51, the one portion 51A is supported by the wiring board mounting recess on the upper half 3 side, and the other portion 51B facing the one portion 51A is supported by the wiring board mounting recess on the lower half 4 side.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium cartridge in which contact terminals are provided in a cartridge main body which stores a recording medium such as a tape-shaped recording medium or a disc-shaped recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A tape cartridge used in a tape recorder, a video tape recorder or the like comprises a cartridge body formed by combining a pair of upper and lower halves formed in a substantially rectangular shallow dish shape, and a tape supply reel is provided inside the cartridge body. And a tape take-up reel are rotatably stored. The magnetic tape is passed between the tape supply reel and the tape take-up reel via a tape running path that passes through the front surface of the cartridge body.

Further, in these tape cartridges, the front surface of the cartridge main body which constitutes the running path of the magnetic tape is open, and an opening concave portion for loading is provided continuously to the open front surface. Then, a lid member is rotatably assembled to the open front portion of the cartridge body to form a tape cartridge. The lid member normally closes the front surface of the cartridge body so as to cover the magnetic tape and protects the magnetic tape. Further, when the tape cartridge is loaded into the video tape recorder, the lid member is rotated by the lid opening member on the video tape recorder side to open the front portion.

In the video tape recorder, the tape loading mechanism enters the loading opening concave portion from the opened front surface of the tape cartridge loaded in the loading portion to pull out the magnetic tape from the cartridge main body, and the magnetic tape is a predetermined tape. Load it on the road.

By the way, in a tape cartridge provided with a magnetic tape having a tape width of 8 mm, 8 m for recording a data signal even when used in an information processing device or the like.
8 mm data tape cartridge and used for video tape recorders to record audio and video signals
Video tape cartridges are provided. The data tape cartridge and the video tape cartridge use an 8 mm magnetic tape housed in a common cartridge body.

Video tape cartridges generally have a small error rate guarantee, and when they are erroneously loaded into an information processing device or the like and used as data tape cartridges, the recording capacity is insufficient and necessary data signals are recorded. Inconvenience such as missing or missing occurs. In order to solve such a problem, in the conventional tape cartridge 100, as shown in FIG. 16, a part of a cartridge body 101 configured by combining an upper half 102 and a lower half 103 is shown in FIG. The tape specification identification opening 104, the erasure prevention hole 105, the positioning hole 10
6 are provided. This tape specification identification hole 102 is
As shown in FIG. 18, the cartridge body 1 is visually inspected.
It is possible to identify the specifications such as the thickness and type of the magnetic tape stored in 01, and it is also possible to identify the specifications of the loaded tape cartridge 100 by the mechanical identification means on the device side. Also, this erroneous erasure prevention hole 1
Reference numeral 05 is capable of visually identifying whether the recorded contents are good or bad, and also whether the content recorded in the tape cartridge loaded in the device is good or bad can be identified by a mechanical identification means on the device side. It will be possible.

In this way, the conventional tape cartridge 1
In 00, a part of the cartridge body 101 is provided with a tape specification identification opening 104 for identifying the specifications of the magnetic tape, and an erroneous erasure prevention hole 105 for identifying the quality of erasing recorded contents. However, it is difficult to provide a lot of identification information with such a mechanical identification means, and only a very limited identification information can be displayed.

In the tape cartridge 100, the content of the information signal recorded on the magnetic tape is described on a label or the like attached to the cartridge body 101. However, this label is also difficult to record a lot of information due to its limited size, and the content cannot be recorded on the label for a tape cartridge on which a confidential information signal is recorded. . In the method using such a label, for example, when a large number of tape cartridges are housed in a rack device and the necessary tape cartridges are taken out of them, one by one is taken out from the rack device and the label is confirmed. It is necessary to perform an operation such as. Further, for a tape cartridge with a label peeled off, stains, or the contents are not described, it was very troublesome to load the tape cartridge in a video tape recorder and perform a reproduction operation each time to check.

[0009]

As a tape cartridge which solves such a problem, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 56-74.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 880, "Device for storing instantaneous position of magnetic tape", a tape provided with an auxiliary storage device having a storage element (memory IC) capable of recording an information signal inside a cartridge body. Cartridges have been proposed. The tape cartridge equipped with this memory IC is configured such that various information (identification information) such as specifications of the magnetic tape, usage conditions, recording position or contents of recorded information signal is stored in the memory IC. .

When this tape cartridge is loaded into a video tape recorder, the auxiliary recording / reproducing device reads the identification information stored in the memory IC prior to the loading operation of the magnetic tape, and at the end of the recording / reproducing operation. The new identification information is stored in the memory IC by the auxiliary recording / reproducing device. Therefore, according to such a tape cartridge, the use range of the tape cartridge can be greatly expanded by utilizing various identification information, and it is extremely advantageous when a large number of tape cartridges are handled.

For example, when a tape cartridge equipped with a memory IC is used to perform operations such as automatic reproduction and recording using the above-mentioned rack device, the tape cartridge is loaded from the memory IC without performing a magnetic tape loading operation each time. Since the necessary identification information can be easily obtained, the search time can be shortened, which is extremely effective.

By the way, the tape cartridge equipped with the auxiliary storage device having this memory IC is electrically connected to the auxiliary recording / reproducing device side when reproducing the identification information stored in the memory IC or storing the identification information in the memory IC. Connection is required. Therefore, the tape cartridge 11
19, the cartridge body is provided with a contact terminal 114 connected to the memory IC 113, as shown in FIG.
In the state of being loaded in the video tape recorder, the terminal member of the auxiliary recording / reproducing apparatus is connected to these contact terminals 114 to input / output the identification information. In this tape cartridge 110, a memory IC 113 is mounted on one main surface side of a wiring board 115, and a plurality of contact terminals 114 are formed on the other main surface side of the wiring board 115.

As shown in FIG. 20, the wiring board 113 includes a rising peripheral wall 116 of upper and lower halves 111 and 112.
A and 116B, and a tape reel guide wall 117 that holds the outer peripheral walls of the tape supply reel and the tape take-up reel.
A and 117B are inserted in a substantially triangular space portion 118. As shown in FIG. 21, an upper edge portion 115A and a lower edge portion 115B of the wiring board 115 are supported by the inner main surfaces of the upper and lower halves 111 and 112, respectively, and both side surface portions 115C and 115D are tapes of the upper and lower halves 111 and 112. The reel guide walls 117A and 117B are respectively supported.

However, this tape cartridge 1
The wiring board 11 is formed so that the wiring board 115 can be easily inserted, and the wiring board 11 is formed due to a design tolerance.
5 and a space 118 having a substantially triangular shape, a gap is generated, and the wiring board 115 is displaced.

Therefore, the tape cartridge 110 is
In some cases, a contact failure may occur between the wiring board 115 and the terminal member on the auxiliary recording / reproducing device side, so that the identification information is not recorded in the memory IC or the identification information is not normally reproduced from the memory IC. .

Further, the tape cartridge 110 is
Due to the displacement of the wiring board 115, the upper and lower halves 111, 11
The electrical resistance of the contact terminal is maintained at a predetermined value due to damage to the inner surface of No. 2 and the scraped powder adhering to the contact terminal to stain the contact terminal or corrode the gold plating applied to the surface. In some cases, the auxiliary recording / reproducing apparatus side may cause a detection failure.

Further, in the tape cartridge 110, the shavings generated by the displacement of the wiring board 115 adhere to the magnetic tape inside the cartridge body, which causes a problem that the reproduction accuracy is deteriorated.

Furthermore, this tape cartridge 11
When 0 is loaded in the video tape recorder in which the auxiliary recording / reproducing device is loaded in a state where the wiring board 115 is displaced, the terminal member is damaged by colliding with the connector or the like on the video tape recorder side. There was a point.

Furthermore, this tape cartridge 11
At 0, the dimensional accuracy of the wiring board 115 and the upper and lower halves 111, 112 supporting the wiring board 115 may be set strictly, but the dimensions must be adjusted by actually combining the upper and lower halves 111, 112. Therefore, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is burdened with the difficulty in manufacturing.

Therefore, the present invention provides a tape cartridge provided with a contact terminal which regulates the displacement of the wiring board to which the contact terminal is attached to improve the reliability and stability of the electrical connection with an external device. It was proposed for the purpose of doing.

[0021]

A recording medium cartridge provided with contact terminals according to the present invention which achieves this object is constituted by combining a pair of upper and lower halves, and a cartridge main body having a recording medium housed therein, A wiring board mounting opening opened on the outer periphery of the cartridge body,
A wiring board attached to this wiring board mounting opening,
Contact terminals formed on the wiring board and electrically connected to the terminal members of the external device are provided. The wiring board mounting opening is configured by combining the wiring board mounting recessed portion on the upper half side and the wiring board mounting recessed portion on the lower half side. One part of the wiring board is supported by the wiring board mounting recess on the upper half side, and the other part facing the one part is supported by the wiring board mounting recess on the lower half side.

According to the recording medium cartridge having the contact terminals according to the present invention configured as described above, the contact terminals to which the contact terminals are attached are prevented from being displaced in the up-down direction, the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the tilt direction. To be done.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 15, a recording medium cartridge shown as an embodiment of the present invention is a tape cartridge 1 for a video tape recorder provided with a magnetic tape 2 having a width of 8 mm,
As shown in FIG. 1, an upper and lower pair of upper and lower halves 3 and 4 formed of a synthetic resin material in a substantially rectangular shallow dish shape,
After they are assembled so that their opening sides face each other, they are combined by a plurality of setscrews to form a substantially box-shaped cartridge body 5. In the cartridge body 5, a tape supply reel 6 and a tape take-up reel 7 in which the magnetic tapes 2 are lined up in the longitudinal direction are rotatably accommodated inside.

The cartridge body 5 is provided with a rectangular display window 8 on the ceiling surface of the upper half 3 which constitutes the upper surface, and the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 housed inside the cartridge body 5. The state of the magnetic tape 2 wound around is visible from the outside. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the cartridge main body 5 makes the lower half 4 constituting the bottom face partly face the hubs of the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 to the outside and at the same time, these tape supply reels. 6 and hub fitting holes 9A and 9B for restricting the rotation of the tape take-up reel 7. The bottom half 4 is provided with various identification holes such as a tape length detection hole for detecting the length of the magnetic tape 2 or a tape specification identification hole for identifying the type of the magnetic tape 2. .

The tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 are composed of a cylindrical hub portion around which the magnetic tape 2 is wound, and a disc-shaped flange portion provided on one side of the hub portion. . In the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7, the hub portions have hub fitting holes 9A and 9B, respectively.
By being fitted to the cartridge main body 5, the cartridge main body 5 is rotatably accommodated. Further, in the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7, the hub center of rotation is the reel pressing springs 10A and 10B and the reel pressing plates 11A and 11.
By being urged to the lower half 4 side by B, rattling in the cartridge body 5 is prevented.

Both ends of the magnetic tape 2 are fixed to the hub portions of the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 by clampers (not shown). After being pulled out from the tape supply reel 6, the magnetic tape 2 is integrated with the lower half 4. Guided by the tape guides 12A and 12B formed on the cartridge main body 5, the tape guide 12A travels along the front surface portion 13 of the cartridge main body 5 and is wound onto the tape take-up reel 7.

The front surface 13 of the cartridge main body 5 is opened over almost the entire area in the width direction, and a substantially convex shape into which the loading means on the video tape recorder 60 side continuously enters from the front surface 13 is formed. The tape pull-out section 14 is provided. In the cartridge body 5, a partition wall 15 is provided between an internal space in which the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 are rotatably accommodated and the tape pull-out portion 14.
Are separated by.

A lid member 16 for closing the opened front surface portion 13 is rotatably assembled to the cartridge body 5. The lid member 16 has a length substantially equal to the width of the cartridge main body 5, and side walls 17A and 17B, which are opposed to each other and constitute a fulcrum portion, are integrally formed on both ends so that the lid member 16 has a substantially general shape. It is formed in a letter shape. Side wall 17
On the inner surfaces of A and 17B, align the axes with the pin shaft 18
A and 18B are integrally formed.

On the other hand, on the cartridge body 5 side, fulcrums 19A and 19B are formed by projecting and extending both side walls on the lower half 4 side so as to surround the open front surface portion 13. These fulcrums 19A, 19B are provided with shaft holes 20A corresponding to the pin shafts 18A, 18B of the lid member 16,
20B are provided with their axes aligned. Therefore, the lid member 16 is rotatably assembled to the front surface portion 13 of the cartridge body 5 by engaging the pin shafts 18A and 18B with the shaft holes 20A and 20B. As shown in FIG. 1, the lid member 16 normally closes the open front surface portion 13 of the cartridge body 5.

The lid member 16 is assembled with an upper lid member 21 for closing the front open portion of the upper half 3 and a spring member (not shown). The upper lid member 21 is rotatably assembled to the inner surface of the lid member 16, and when the lid member 16 pivots to open the front surface portion 13 of the cartridge body 5 as shown in FIG. While being rotated by being supported by the member 16, it moves along the upper surface of the upper half 3. In this case, details of the spring member are omitted,
The elastic force is accumulated to give the lid member 16 a turning habit in the direction of closing the front surface portion 13 of the cartridge body 5.

Although not described in detail, an inner lid member is rotatably attached to the lid member 16 so as to face the inner main surface. This inner lid member is usually the lid member 1
The magnetic tape 2 located on the front surface portion 13 of the cartridge body 5 runs in the gap and is supported opposite to the inner main surface of the cartridge 6 at a predetermined interval. Therefore, the magnetic tape 2 is normally covered with the lid member 16 and the inner lid member,
Protected from dust or other external forces. The inner lid member rotates in conjunction with the above-described rotation of the lid member 16 to expose the magnetic tape 2 to the front surface portion 13 of the cartridge body 5.

The tape cartridge 1 is provided with a reel lock mechanism 22 for preventing the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 from moving in a normal state and the wound magnetic tape 2 from coming out. The reel lock mechanism 22 is disposed in the central portion on the back surface side of the lower half 4, and has a lock lever 34A elastically contacting an engaging tooth 37A formed on an outer peripheral portion of a flange portion 36A of the tape supply reel 6 and a tape winding. The lock lever 3 that elastically contacts the engaging teeth 37B formed on the outer peripheral portion of the flange portion 36B of the take-up reel 7.
4B, a slider 33 to which these lock levers 34 are rotatably attached to the tip, and a slider 33
A coil spring 35 for urging the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 side.

The slider 33 is located between the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 and is located in the slide space formed by the guide walls 31A and 31B which are parallel to each other and are erected on the bottom surface of the lower half 4. An operating portion (not shown) that is movably assembled and penetrates through a guide hole 32 provided in the bottom surface of the lower half 4 and faces the outside is integrally formed. When the tape cartridge 1 is loaded into the video tape recorder 60, the reel lock mechanism 22 fits the actuating member on the video tape recorder 60 side into the guide hole 32 and resists the elastic force of the coil spring 35 to cause the slider 3 to move.
3 is moved to the back side, the lock lever 34 is retracted from the engagement state with the engaging teeth 37 of the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7, and the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel Release the lock state of 7.

A tape reel guide wall 38 is formed on the cartridge body 5 so as to rise from the bottom surfaces of the upper half 3 and the lower half 4 and holds the outer peripheral portions of the flange portions 36 of the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7. A substantially triangular space formed by the rising peripheral wall 30 forming the outer peripheral wall of the cartridge body 5 is provided at both corners on the back side.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the cartridge body 5 is provided with a wiring board mounting opening 47 which is located on the rising peripheral wall 30 at one corner on the back side. As shown in FIG. 5, the wiring board mounting opening 47 is formed as a generally rectangular opening, and stands upright on the rising peripheral wall 30A and the upper mounting support 48A that are erected on the upper half 3 and on the lower half 4. The rising peripheral wall 30B and the lower mounting support portion 48B that are provided are combined with each other. In addition, the wiring board mounting opening 47
The insert groove is provided along the inner peripheral surface.

In the wiring board mounting opening 47, the space dimension in the width direction between the rising peripheral wall 30A of the upper half 3 and the upper mounting support portion 48A is the width dimension between the rising peripheral wall 30B of the lower half 4 and the lower mounting support portion 48B. It is considered to be slightly smaller than the space dimension. That is, in the wiring board mounting opening 47, the parting parts 30a and 48a at the leading end of the rising peripheral wall 30A of the upper half 3 and the upper mounting support part 48A are the leading end of the rising peripheral wall 30B of the lower half 4 and the lower mounting support part 48B. The part is formed so as to project inward from the parting parts 30b and 48b.

In the wiring board mounting opening 47, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, auxiliary storage for recording identification information such as the content of the information signal recorded on the magnetic tape 2, the magnetic tape specifications or the usage status. A device 50 is attached. In the auxiliary storage device 50, the identification information recorded in the memory IC 52 is read by an auxiliary recording / reproducing device provided in the video tape recorder 60 or an auxiliary recording / reproducing device which is another device through a connector 67 described later,
Further updated identification information is recorded in the memory IC 52.

The auxiliary storage device 50 includes at least a wiring board 51 and a memory IC 52 mounted on the wiring board 51.
And the wiring board 5 that serves as an input / output terminal of the memory IC 52.
1 and a plurality of contact terminals 53 formed in one. The wiring board 51 is configured as a so-called double-sided board, and has a memory I on one main surface side located inside when assembled to the cartridge body 5 as described later.
The C52 is mounted and the contact terminal 53 is formed by printing on the other main surface side located outside.

In the wiring board 51, as shown in FIG. 5, the height dimension of the side edge portions on the side of the rising peripheral walls 30A and 30B is slightly smaller than the height dimension of the rising peripheral wall 30B of the lower half 4,
The height dimension of the side edge portions on the side of the upper and lower mounting support portions 48A, 48B is formed in a substantially L-shaped overall plate shape slightly smaller than the length dimension of the wiring board mounting opening portion 47 in the height direction. . Further, the wiring board 51 has an overall length dimension in the width direction slightly smaller than the length dimension in the width direction of the wiring board mounting opening 47.

Further, the wiring board 51 is provided with a chamfer 51D in the side edge region on the side of the upper and lower mounting support portions 48A and 48B corresponding to the lower mounting support portion 48B of the wiring board mounting opening 47. The attachment work to the opening 47 is smoothly performed.

In the auxiliary storage device 50, the memory IC 52 is located inside and the contact terminal 53 is located outside from the terminal opening 41, and both side edges of the wiring board 51 are fitted into the insertion grooves of the wiring board mounting opening 47. Cartridge body 5
It is installed in the and is regulated the displacement in the front-back direction. At this time, in the auxiliary storage device 50, the upper corner portion 51A on the upper attachment support portion 48A side is supported by the first corner portion 49A formed by the inner main surface of the upper half 3 and the upper attachment support portion 48A, The rising peripheral wall 3 of the lower half 4 facing the upper corner portion 51A
The lower corner portion 51B on the 0B side is disposed so as to be supported by the second corner portion 49B formed by the inner main surface of the lower half 4 and the lower mounting support portion 48B, and the vertical and horizontal shifts are restricted. There is.

In the auxiliary storage device 50, the upper corner portion 51C of the lower half 4 on the rising peripheral wall 30B side is supported by the parting portion 30a of the rising peripheral wall 30A of the upper half 3 in the wiring board mounting opening 47. Parting part 30
The deviation in the tilt direction is restricted between a and the inner main surface of the lower half 4.

Further, the tape cartridge 1 has a rising peripheral wall 30 at one corner on the back side of the cartridge body 5.
Is provided at the terminal opening 41 for allowing the contact terminal 53 of the auxiliary storage device 50 mounted in the wiring board mounting opening 47 to be exposed to the outside. The terminal opening 41 is formed as a rectangular opening having an opening dimension sufficient to expose the contact terminal 53 of the auxiliary storage device 50 described later to the outside.

A shutter member 40 is provided between the terminal opening 41 and the contact terminal 53, as shown in FIG. The shutter member 40 is configured as a rectangular member having an outer shape sufficient to close the terminal opening 41,
As shown in FIG. 8, the lower end part is integrally provided with an operating part 43 which is bent forward along the bottom surface part of the lower half 4. Further, a spring hooking piece 45A is integrally formed on the rear surface of the shutter member 40 on the upper end side.

A spring retaining piece 45B is integrally formed on the bottom surface of the lower half 4 so as to project therefrom. A tension spring 44 is stretched between the spring retaining piece 45A of the shutter member 40 and the spring retaining piece 45B of the lower half 4. The shutter member 40 is biased toward the bottom surface side of the lower half 4 by the elastic force of the tension spring 44, and normally closes the terminal opening 41.

On the other hand, on the bottom surface of the lower half 4 which constitutes the cartridge body 5, as shown in FIG. 9, a hole for opening and closing the shutter member is located at a position facing the operating portion 43 of the shutter member 40 and has a substantially rectangular cross section. 46 is provided so as to penetrate therethrough. The shutter member opening / closing hole 46 is provided in the video tape recorder 6.
The shutter drive member 66 on the video tape recorder 60 side has the inner diameter dimension slightly larger than the outer dimension of the shutter drive member 66 to be described later on the 0 side and the taper is provided on the opening portion of the lower half 4. The fitting operation is performed smoothly. Further, the shutter member opening hole 46 is closed by the operating portion 43 of the shutter member 40 when not in use, but when the tape cartridge 1 is loaded into the video tape recorder 60, the operating portion 43 is closed by the video tape recorder 60. It is opened by being pressed by the shutter drive member 66 on the side. Further, the shutter member opening hole 46 functions as an identification hole for allowing the video tape recorder 60 to identify that the tape cartridge 1 has the specifications in which the auxiliary storage device 50 is mounted.

In front of the corner space 39 of the cartridge body 5, the positioning hole 4 is formed by penetrating the bottom surface of the lower half 4.
2 are provided. The positioning hole 42 has an inner dimension slightly larger than the outer dimension of a positioning member 65, which will be described later, on the side of the video tape recorder 60, and the opening portion of the lower half 4 is provided with a taper so that the video tape is formed. The fitting operation with the positioning member 65 on the recorder 60 side is configured to be performed smoothly.

The cartridge main body 5 has a tape length detecting hole for detecting the length of the magnetic tape 2 or a tape specification identifying hole for identifying the type of the magnetic tape 2 in the other corner space, and the magnetic tape 2 Various identification holes such as an erroneous erasure prevention hole for identifying the quality of the erroneous erasure of the contents recorded in the above are provided. Further, a tape erroneous erasure prevention hole for preventing erroneous erasure of the contents of the magnetic tape 2 is provided in the other corner space portion. These various identification holes are discriminated by making them closed or open.

In the tape cartridge 1 of the embodiment configured as described above, the shutter member 40 normally covers the contact terminals 53 formed on the wiring substrate 52 of the auxiliary storage device 50, as shown in FIG. The back surface of the cartridge body 5 is closed to protect the contact terminals 53.

As shown in FIG. 11, the tape cartridge 1 is loaded into the loading section 61 of the video tape recorder 60 when it is inserted through the insertion port of the video tape recorder 60. The loading portion 61 on the video tape recorder 60 side includes a chassis 62 and a support shaft 63 on the chassis 62.
And a cartridge holder 64 having a substantially L-shaped cross section, the tip end of which is rotatably supported by a cartridge holder 64. On the chassis 62, a positioning member 65 is provided upright corresponding to the positioning hole 42 of the loaded tape cartridge 1,
A shutter driving member 66 is provided upright in correspondence with the shutter member opening / closing hole 46 of the tape cartridge 1. The tip end of the positioning member 65 is formed in a substantially conical shape so that the fitting operation into the positioning hole 42 is smoothly performed. Also,
The shutter driving member 66 has a tip portion bent into a substantially V shape to smoothly enter the shutter member opening / closing hole 46, and detects the shutter member opening hole 46 on the tape cartridge 1 side to make contact. The tape cartridge 100 having no terminal is identified.

The cartridge holder 64 is in a state in which the connector 67 and the lower end 4A of the lower half 4 do not collide with each other while the tape cartridge 1 is not loaded. The cartridge holder 64 is provided with a connector 67 corresponding to the terminal opening 41 of the loaded tape cartridge 1. The connector 67 is connected to an auxiliary recording / reproducing device that reproduces the identification information stored in the memory IC 52 and stores the updated identification information in the memory IC 52.

A spring terminal is inserted into the connector 67 through the terminal opening 41 and comes into contact with the contact terminal 53 of the auxiliary storage device 50 when the tape cartridge 1 is loaded in the loading portion 61 of the video tape recorder 60. 68 is provided. This spring terminal 68
Contact part 6 that contacts the contact terminal 53 of the tape cartridge
8A is formed by bending in a substantially V shape. The spring terminal 68 extends from the surface of the chassis 62 to the contact portion 68 when the cartridge holder 64 is avoided as described above.
The height to A is lower than the height from the surface of the chassis 62 to the tip portion 66A of the shutter drive member 66. That is, the spring terminal 68 is set such that the contact portion 68A does not abut against the lower end portion 4A of the tape cartridge 1 when the tip portion 66A of the shutter drive member 66 enters the shutter member opening / closing hole 46 of the tape cartridge 1. ing.

As shown in FIG. 12, when the tape cartridge 1 descends to the loading portion 61 of the video tape recorder 60, the lower end portion 4A is moved along the locus E shown in FIG. . The tape cartridge 1 is detected when the shutter drive member 66 on the video tape recorder 60 side enters the shutter member opening / closing hole 46. At this time, the shutter member opening / closing hole 46 acts as an identification hole of the tape cartridge 1 of the specification in which the auxiliary storage device is mounted.

Then, in the tape cartridge 1, the shutter driving member 66 on the video tape recorder 60 side further enters the shutter member opening / closing hole 46, is abutted against the operating portion 43, and is pressed upward. The shutter member 40 is
As shown in FIG. 12, the pressing operation of the shutter drive member 66 moves upward along the rising peripheral wall 30 of the cartridge body 5 against the elastic force of the tension spring 44. At this time, the tape cartridge 1 is brought into a state in which the contact terminal 53 of the auxiliary storage device 50 does not contact the contact portion 68A of the spring terminal 68 provided in the connector 67.

Then, the tape cartridge 1 is shown in FIG.
When the lower end portion 4A is moved to the position of the point G shown in 2, the shutter member 40 is positioned above the terminal opening 41 and closes the contact terminal 53, as shown in FIG. Therefore, these contact terminals 53 are exposed to the terminal opening 41. As shown in FIG. 14, the tape cartridge 1 has a positioning hole 4 formed in a side surface portion of the lower half 4.
The positioning member 65 on the side of the video tape recorder 60 is engaged with the position 2 so that the video tape recorder 60 is loaded into the loading section 61 of the video tape recorder 60 in a positioned state. When the tape cartridge 1 is loaded in the loading portion 61 of the video tape recorder 60, the tape cartridge 1 is inserted into the spring terminal 68 provided in the connector 67 through the terminal opening 41 and the contact terminal 53 of the auxiliary storage device 50.
Is contacted.

On the other hand, when the tape cartridge 1 is loaded into the video tape recorder 60, the lid member 16 is rotated in a direction in which the front surface portion 13 of the cartridge body 5 is opened by the lid opening means (not shown) on the video tape recorder 60 side. The reel drive shaft on the video tape recorder 60 side is fitted into the hub fitting holes 9A and 9B. Further, in the tape cartridge 1, the reel lock mechanism 22 described above is operated to cause the tape supply reel 6 and the tape take-up reel 7 to operate.
Is released.

Therefore, in the tape cartridge 1, as shown in FIG. 3, the front surface portion 13 of the cartridge body 5 is largely opened, and the magnetic tape 2 is exposed on the front surface portion 13. After that, the tape cartridge 1
The loading mechanism on the video tape recorder 60 side enters the tape pull-out section 14, pulls out the magnetic tape 2 from the cartridge body 5, and a predetermined loading operation is performed.

Tape cartridge 1 of the above embodiment
In the above, since the wiring substrate 51 of the auxiliary storage device 50 is supported and arranged by the first corner portion 49A on the upper half 3 side and the second corner portion 49B on the lower half 4 side, And the displacement in the left-right direction is restricted, and the contact terminal 53 and the spring terminal 6 on the video tape recorder 60 side.
The electrical connection with 8 is performed in a reliable and stable state, and reliability is improved.

Further, in the tape cartridge 1, since the deviation of the wiring board 51 is regulated, the wiring board 51
With this, the inner surfaces of the upper and lower halves 3 and 4 are not damaged, and the generation of shavings is prevented, the electric resistance of the contact terminal 53 is stably maintained at a predetermined value, and the auxiliary recording / reproducing device on the side of the video tape cartridge 60. And the reproduction accuracy is prevented from being deteriorated.

Further, when the tape cartridge 1 is loaded in the loading portion 61 of the video tape cartridge 60 because the displacement of the wiring board 51 is restricted, the contact terminal 53 is located on the video tape cartridge 60 side. The connector 67 is securely connected to the spring terminal 68 without abutting and damaging the connector 67.

Furthermore, in this tape cartridge 1, the upper corner portion 51A of the wiring board 51 is the first corner on the upper half 3 side.
Of the wiring board 51 and the wiring board mounting opening 47 by supporting the lower corner portion 51B supported by the corner portion 49A of the lower corner portion 51A and the lower corner portion 51B facing the upper corner portion 51A by the second corner portion 49B on the lower half 4 side. The accuracy can be easily set, the efficiency of the manufacturing work can be improved, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Further, since the tape cartridge 1 has the shutter member opening / closing hole 46 provided on the bottom surface of the lower half 4, when the tape cartridge 1 is loaded into the video tape recorder 60, the shutter member opening / closing hole 46 is opened. When the shutter drive member 66 on the video tape recorder 60 side enters and is detected, the shutter member opening / closing hole 46 functions as an identification hole, and the tape cartridge 1 of the specification in which the auxiliary storage device 50 is mounted is displayed. The tape recorder 60 is easily identified.

Further, in the tape cartridge 1, the shutter member 40 is moved to move the contact terminal 53 from the closed state to the open state, whereby the connector on the video tape recorder 60 side connected to the contact terminal 53. The spring terminal 68 of 67 does not collide with the shutter member 40 and is not damaged, and is reliably connected to the contact terminal 53.

Furthermore, this tape cartridge 1
Is loaded into the loading portion 61 of the video tape recorder 60 in a state in which the positioning holes 42 and the positioning member 65 are engaged with each other, so that the spring terminal 68 and the contact terminal 53 of the corresponding connector 67 are loaded.
And are in good contact with each other. Therefore, in the tape cartridge 1, even if the terminal spacing of the contact terminals 53 is minute, the connection with the spring terminal 68 of the connector 67 is accurately performed, and the reliability is improved. Further, the tape cartridge 1 performs a highly accurate reading operation or recording operation when the identification information of the auxiliary storage device 50 is read by the auxiliary recording / reproducing device which is a device different from the video tape recorder 60.

The operation of reading the identification information by the auxiliary recording / reproducing apparatus is performed prior to or independently of the reproducing operation of the magnetic tape 2 described above. Therefore, the necessary information about the tape cartridge 1 is grasped in advance by the video tape recorder without performing the recording / reproducing operation of the magnetic tape 2. When the recording / reproducing operation is completed, the tape cartridge 1 has a connector 6 in which the identification information updated via the auxiliary recording / reproducing device is electrically connected to the contact terminal 53.
It is stored in the memory IC 52 of the auxiliary storage device 50 via 7.

The video tape recorder 60 described above is also used.
When the tape cartridge 100 not equipped with the auxiliary storage device 50 is loaded in the loading section 61, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, since the normal tape cartridge 100 is not provided with the shutter member opening / closing hole 46, the shutter drive member 66 makes contact with the bottom surface of the normal tape cartridge 100 for detection. Then, the video tape recorder 60 easily identifies that the normal tape cartridge 100 is not the tape cartridge 1 of the specification in which the auxiliary storage device 50 is mounted, and stops the loading operation. Therefore, in this video tape recorder 60, the shutter drive member 46 detects the shutter member opening / closing hole 46 on the tape cartridge 1 side, so that the tape cartridge 1 having the auxiliary storage device 50 and the auxiliary storage device 50 are mounted. The tape cartridge 100 that is not equipped with the auxiliary storage device 53 can be easily identified from the tape cartridge 100 that does not have the auxiliary storage device 53.

Furthermore, this video tape recorder 60
Is to be fixed at a position where the connector 67 and the spring terminal 68 do not collide with the lower end of the normal tape cartridge 100, with the tip 66A of the shutter drive member 66 being in contact with the bottom surface of the normal tape cartridge 100. This protects the connector 67 and the spring terminal 68 from abutting and damaging the normal tape cartridge 100.

In the above embodiment, 8
Although the tape cartridge 1 including the magnetic tape 2 having a width of mm has been described, the present invention is also applied to a tape cartridge including a magnetic tape of other specifications or a cartridge that stores a disk-shaped recording medium such as an optical disk or a floppy disk. Of course. Further, the storage unit of the identification information that constitutes the auxiliary storage device 50 is a memory IC 52.
It is also configured by other storage elements. Further, the auxiliary recording / reproducing apparatus is not only configured as a separate apparatus from the recording / reproducing apparatus such as the video tape recorder as described above, but also provided in a rack device or the like for storing a large number of tape cartridges.

[0069]

As described above, according to the recording medium cartridge provided with the contact terminals according to the present invention, the wiring board on which the contact terminals are formed is firmly supported in the wiring board mounting opening, and thus the wiring is formed. Vertical direction of the board, front-back direction,
The deviation in the left-right direction or the tilt direction is restricted, and the electrical connection between the contact terminal and the terminal member of the external device is performed in a reliable and stable manner, thereby improving the reliability.

Further, in this recording medium cartridge, since the displacement of the wiring board is regulated, the inner surfaces of the upper and lower halves are not damaged by the wiring board, the generation of shavings is prevented, and the electric resistance of the contact terminals is reduced. It is stably held at a predetermined value so that detection by an external device is reliably performed, and deterioration of reproduction accuracy is prevented.

Further, in the recording medium cartridge, the displacement of the wiring board is regulated, so that when the recording medium cartridge is loaded into the external device, the contact terminal opposes the connector on the external mounting side connected to the contact terminal. The connector is securely connected without causing damage.

Further, in this recording medium cartridge, one part of the wiring board is supported by the wiring board mounting recess on the upper half side, and the other part opposite to the one part is supported by the wiring board mounting recess on the lower half side. Thus, the dimensional accuracy of the wiring board and the wiring board mounting opening can be easily set, the efficiency of the manufacturing work can be improved, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a tape cartridge provided with a memory IC shown as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the tape cartridge as viewed from the bottom side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a lid member rotatably attached to a front surface portion of the tape cartridge is rotatably operated.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the tape cartridge as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 5 is a lateral cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state in which an auxiliary storage device is attached to a wiring board attachment opening of the tape cartridge, as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing an internal mechanism of the tape cartridge.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the same tape cartridge with the upper half removed.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged plan view of an essential part showing a state in which an auxiliary storage device is attached to the lower half of the tape cartridge.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged plan view of an essential part showing the lower half of the tape cartridge with the upper half removed.

FIG. 10 is a rear view shown for explaining an operation of loading the same tape cartridge into a video tape recorder.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part for explaining an operation of loading the tape cartridge in the video tape recorder.

FIG. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part for explaining an operation of loading the same tape cartridge into a video tape recorder.

FIG. 13 is a rear view for explaining a state in which the tape cartridge is loaded in the video tape recorder and the contact terminals are connected to the connector.

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part shown for explaining a state in which the tape cartridge is loaded in the video tape recorder and the contact terminals are connected to the connector.

FIG. 15 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part shown for explaining an operation in which a conventional tape cartridge is erroneously loaded in a video tape recorder in which the tape cartridge is loaded.

FIG. 16 is a rear view showing a conventional tape cartridge.

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing a conventional tape cartridge with the upper half removed.

FIG. 18 is an enlarged plan view of an essential part showing the lower half of the conventional tape cartridge.

FIG. 19 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a state in which an auxiliary storage device is attached to a conventional tape cartridge.

FIG. 20 is an enlarged plan view of an essential part showing a state in which an auxiliary storage device is attached to the lower half of the conventional tape cartridge.

FIG. 21 is a lateral cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state in which an auxiliary storage device is attached to a conventional tape cartridge, as seen from the back side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tape cartridge 2 Magnetic tape (recording medium) 3 Upper half 4 Lower half 5 Cartridge body 47 Wiring board mounting opening 51 Wiring board 51A One part 51B Other part 53 Contact terminal 60 Video tape recorder (external device)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A cartridge main body which is constructed by combining a pair of upper and lower halves and accommodates a recording medium inside, a wiring board mounting opening formed in an outer peripheral portion of the cartridge main body, and the wiring board mounting opening. A wiring board mounted on the wiring board, and a contact terminal formed on the wiring board and electrically connected to a terminal member of an external device, the wiring board mounting opening is a wiring board mounting recess on the upper half side, The wiring board is constructed by combining it with the wiring board mounting recess on the lower half side. One side of the wiring board is supported by the wiring board mounting recess on the upper half side, and the other section facing one side is the wiring board on the lower half side A recording medium cartridge provided with a contact terminal, which is supported in a mounting recess. 2. The wiring board has one corner supported by one corner of the wiring board mounting opening and the other corner supported by the other corner of the wiring board mounting opening facing one corner of the wiring board mounting opening. A recording medium cartridge provided with the contact terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The wiring board mounting opening is combined in such a manner that the wiring board mounting recess on the upper half side is projected inward with respect to the wiring board mounting recess on the lower half side, and the wiring board is projected upward. The recording medium cartridge provided with the contact terminal according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium cartridge is supported by a protruding portion of the wiring board mounting recess on the half side. 4. The cartridge main body is provided with an auxiliary storage device having a storage element for storing identification information such as specification information of the recording medium and contents of the recorded information recorded on the recording medium, and the contact terminal is The recording medium cartridge having the contact terminal according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium cartridge is an input / output terminal of an auxiliary storage device provided on a wiring board on which a storage element of the auxiliary storage device is mounted. 5. The recording medium is a magnetic tape wound around a pair of tape reels rotatably housed in a cartridge body, and the auxiliary storage device is a tape formed in at least one half corner portion. 2. The recording medium cartridge with contact terminals according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium cartridge is arranged in a corner space formed by a tape reel guide wall that holds an outer peripheral portion of the reel and a rising peripheral wall.