JPH1027449A - Disk holder and disk case - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To enable easy loading into a recording and / or reproducing apparatus, and to prevent a scratch or the like from being generated on a disc during loading. SOLUTION: A holding frame 1A having a disk holding opening for holding a disk in a center portion, and an inner circumferential portion of the holding opening 7 of the holding frame 1A, which is located in an inner peripheral portion of the holding frame 1A in a loading direction with respect to a recording / reproducing apparatus. First and second holding portions 9 and 10 provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the parallel disk 2 to hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk 2 and the inner periphery of the holding opening 7 of the holding frame 1A. Are provided at the first and second portions so as to be elastically displaceable symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disk 2 parallel to the loading direction with respect to the recording / reproducing apparatus, to hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk 2 and to urge the disk 2 in the radial direction. Elastic displacement piece 12A
And the third and fourth holding parts 11 and 12 having the following.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk holder which holds a disk such as an optical disk or a magneto-optical disk and which can be loaded in a recording and / or reproducing apparatus, and a case body in which the disk holder is stored. And a disk case having the following.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, CDs (compact discs) and C
D-ROM (Read Only Memory), C
A disk case generally used for storing and carrying a disk-shaped recording medium (hereinafter, referred to as a disk) such as a DR (Recordable) includes a case main body in which a disk is placed and stored, and a case body. It has a lid formed on the main body so as to be openable and closable, and a tray mounted on the case main body.

[0003] The case body is formed in a substantially rectangular shallow dish shape having a storage portion for storing a disk, and a substantially rectangular plate-shaped lid portion is provided to be openable and closable via a hinge. The tray portion is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape, and a circular disk mounting portion on which a disk is mounted is recessed on the main surface.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional disk case, when loading a disk into the recording / reproducing apparatus, the user grasps the disk, takes it out of the case main body, and loads the disk into the recording / reproducing apparatus. Work was needed.

[0005] For this reason, when the disk case is gripped and removed, the signal recording surface of the disk may be scratched or stained with fingerprints or the like, thereby causing a malfunction in the recording / reproducing operation of the information signal. There was a problem.

[0006] In another conventional disk case,
An information recording disk case disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-31724 and a disk 2 as shown in FIG.
There is a disk case 50 in which a disk holder 53 for holding a disk can be directly loaded into a recording / reproducing apparatus.

[0007] As shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 0 generally includes a main body 51 in which the disk 2 is stored, a lid 52 provided to be openable and closable on the main body 51, and a disk holder 53 for holding the disk 2. The case main body 51 is formed in a rectangular shallow dish shape, and has a storage section in which the disk holder 53 is stored inside. At the center of the lid 52, a holding member 52A for holding the center of the stored disk 2 is provided. The disk holder 53 has a concave disk mounting portion 53A on which the disk 2 is mounted. Further, a U-shaped recording / reproducing opening 53B is opened in the disc mounting portion 53A in accordance with the moving area of the optical pickup device (not shown) on the recording / reproducing device side.

When loading the disk 2 into the recording / reproducing apparatus, the disk case 50 constructed as described above opens the lid 52 of the main body 51, takes out the disk holder 53, and optionally takes out the disk holder 53. It is necessary to change the disc holder 53 and load it into the recording / reproducing apparatus. For this reason, the disk case 50 is used to load the disk holder 53 and the
There was a risk that the device 1 was accidentally dropped and damaged.

That is, the disk case 50 is
There is a problem that the operability when pulling out the disk holder 53 from the main body 51 and taking it out and the operability when loading the disk holder 53 into the recording / reproducing apparatus are insufficiently considered.

Therefore, the present invention enables the storage of a disk, which makes it possible to easily load the disk into a recording and / or reproducing apparatus, and to prevent the disk from being scratched when being loaded. It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk case having a disk holder capable of performing the above operation and a case main body accommodating the disk holder.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a disk holder according to the present invention comprises a substantially rectangular holding frame having a disk holding opening at the center for holding a disk; The holding frame is located at the inner periphery of the disc holding opening and is provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disc parallel to the loading direction with respect to the recording and / or reproducing apparatus to hold the outer periphery of the disc. A first holding unit and a second holding unit. The disc holder is located at the inner periphery of the disc holding opening of the holding frame, and elastically displaces symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disc parallel to the loading direction with respect to the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. It is provided arbitrarily and includes third and fourth holding portions having elastic displacement pieces that hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk and urge the disk in the radial direction.

Further, the disk case according to the present invention comprises:
A holding frame portion having a disk holding opening for holding a disk at a central portion, and a holding frame portion which is located on an inner peripheral portion of the disk holding opening and which is parallel to a loading direction with respect to a recording and / or reproducing apparatus. A first and a second, which are provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disk and hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk.
And a resiliently displaceable symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disc, which is located on the inner periphery of the disc holding opening of the holding frame and is parallel to the direction of loading the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. A disk holder having third and fourth holding portions having elastic displacement pieces for holding the outer peripheral portion of the disk and biasing the disk in the radial direction. The disk case has an insertion opening into which the disk holder is inserted, and includes a case body in which the disk holder is stored.

The disk holder constructed as described above is
The third and fourth holding parts elastically displace the elastic displacement pieces in the disk holding opening of the holding frame part, so that the first to fourth holding parts securely hold the disk. Then, the disc holder is loaded into a recording and / or reproducing apparatus while holding the disc. That is, the disc holder does not need to touch the disc when the disc holder is loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, so that it can be easily loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. Therefore, according to the disc holder, when the disc is loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, the signal recording surface of the disc becomes dirty.
Scratches and damage to the disc are prevented.

In the case for a disk, a disk holder for holding the disk is housed in the case body, so that the disk can be securely stored. The disc holder is loaded into a recording and / or reproducing apparatus while holding the disc. That is, the disc holder does not need to touch the disc when the disc holder is loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, so that it can be easily loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. Therefore, according to the disk case, it is possible to prevent the signal recording surface of the disk from being stained, scratched, or damaged when the disk is loaded into a recording and / or reproducing apparatus.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The disk case according to the embodiment includes a disk holder that holds a disk such as an optical disk or a magneto-optical disk, and a case body that houses the disk holder.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the disk holder 1 has a holding frame 1A formed in a substantially rectangular shape, a first holding portion 9 for holding the outer peripheral portion of the disk 2 and a second holding portion. A holding unit 10 is provided with a third holding unit 11 and a fourth holding unit 12 that hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk 2 and urge the disk 2 in the radial direction.

The holding frame 1A is provided with a circular holding opening 7 for holding the disk 2 on the main surface. The holding frame portion 1A is located on the inner peripheral portion of the holding opening 7 on both sides parallel to a loading direction (hereinafter simply referred to as a loading direction) for the recording / reproducing devices 21 and 22 and the case body 4 to be described later. The disk mounting plates 8A and 8B on which the held disk 2 is mounted are integrally formed, and both ends parallel to the loading direction formed narrow by the disk mounting plates 8A and 8B. Mechanical strength is secured.

Further, on the inner peripheral portion of the holding opening 7, a regulating convex portion 16 for regulating the position to be held in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the disc 2 to be held is integrally formed at a position facing the loading direction. The projection is formed.

The holding frame portion 1A is provided with a recording / reproducing concave portion 17 at one end facing the loading direction on the main surface and the bottom surface. The recording / reproducing devices 21 and 22
The optical pickup device on the side is prevented from contacting when moving.

Further, FIG. 1 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a grip 18 is integrally formed at the center of one side surface orthogonal to the loading direction, and the grip 18 is gripped by a user and the recording / reproducing apparatuses 21 and 22 are held.
And so on. The holding frame 1A may be provided with a notch groove for gripping on both side surfaces parallel to the loading direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the holding frame 1A is located at corners on both sides parallel to the loading direction.
Positioning holes 19A and 19B for positioning the recording / reproducing devices 21 and 22 with respect to the loading portions are provided respectively. Further, the holding frame portion 1A has engagement recesses 20 on both sides parallel to the loading direction for engaging with a pull-in means such as a loading mechanism on the recording / reproducing device 21, 22 side.
A and 20B are provided respectively.

The first holding unit 9 and the second holding unit 10
As shown in FIG. 2, on the inner peripheral portion of the holding opening 7, one side end facing the loading direction is provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disk 2 parallel to the loading direction. ing.

The first holding unit 9 and the second holding unit 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a first holding claw 14A and a second holding claw 14B formed on an opening edge on the main surface side of the holding opening 7, and a first holding claw on an opening edge on the back side of the holding opening 7. There is provided a third holding claw 14C formed between the claw 14A and the second holding claw 14B. The first and second holding portions 9 and 10 hold the disk 2 having the outer peripheral portion inserted between the first and second holding claws 14A and 14B and the third holding claw 14C, The position in the direction perpendicular to the main surface of the disk 2 is regulated.

Third holding part 11 and fourth holding part 12
As shown in FIG. 2, is located on the inner peripheral portion of the holding opening 7 on one side end opposite to the side end facing the loading direction, with respect to the center line of the disk 2 parallel to the loading direction. Are provided symmetrically with each other.

As shown in FIG. 3, the third holding portion 11 and the fourth holding portion 12 have an arc-shaped elastic displacement piece 12A formed along the outer periphery of the disk 2 and an elastic displacement piece 12A. , A swing opening 12C that allows the elastic displacement piece 12A and the operation piece 12B to swing, and a first holding claw 1 that holds the disk 2.
5A to 15C are provided.

The base end of the elastic displacement piece 12A has a holding frame 1
It is integrally formed so as to be elastically displaceable along the holding opening 7 of A. The operation piece 12B is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and one end is integrally formed in a middle part of the elastic displacement piece 12A. The operation piece 12B has a tip portion formed in parallel with a direction orthogonal to the loading direction. Swing opening 12C
The elastic displacement piece 12A and the operation piece 12
A notch is formed along B.

The first holding claw 15A and the second holding claw 15
B is formed integrally with the distal end of the elastic displacement piece 12A at a predetermined interval on one opening edge side of the holding opening 7, and the third holding claw 15C is formed with the holding opening 7A. The first and second holding claws 15A, 15B
And are integrally formed so as to protrude.

The third and fourth holding parts 11 and 12
And second holding claws 15A, 15B and third holding claw 15C
In between, the disk 2 has the outer peripheral portion inserted, and at the same time, elastically deforms the disk 2 to urge the disk 2 in the radial direction. Further, the third and fourth holding units 11 and 12
The first holding claw 15A to the third holding claw 15C regulate the position in the direction orthogonal to the main surface of the disk 2.

The disk holder 1 configured as described above
3 and FIG. 4 show the state loaded in the recording / reproducing apparatus.
This will be described with reference to FIG. First, the disk holder 1
Is pulled out while holding the disc 2 from a case main body 4 described later, with the grip portion 18 being grasped.

The disc holder 1 is, as shown in FIG.
When the disc 2 is loaded into the so-called slot-in type recording / reproducing apparatus 21 in which the disc 2 is inserted into the loading section, the gripping portion 18 is gripped by the user, and the insertion section 21A of the recording / reproducing apparatus 21 is inserted into the loading section. Inserted.

As shown in FIG. 4, the recording / reproducing apparatus 21 includes a chassis 22B in a loading section in which the disc 2 is loaded.
Is mounted on the chassis 22B. A pair of disk release pins 26A and 26B for releasing the disk 2 held by the disk holder 1 is provided on the chassis 22B.
And the fourth holding portions 11 and 12 are respectively erected.

Although not shown, the recording / reproducing device 21
On the chassis 22B, positioning pins for positioning the loading position of the disk holder 3 are provided upright at positions corresponding to the positioning holes 19A and 19B of the disk holder 1.

When the disc holder 1 is loaded into the loading section of the recording / reproducing apparatus 21, the positioning holes 19A, 1
The positioning pin is easily and reliably positioned at a predetermined position by inserting the positioning pin through 9B, and the disk 2 is rotatably opened by the disk release pins 26A and 26B.

The operation of releasing the held disk 2 when the disk holder 1 is loaded into the recording / reproducing apparatus 21 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, when the disc holder 1 is loaded in the recording / reproducing apparatus 21, the recording / reproducing apparatus 2
The first disc release pins 26A, 26B enter in the direction A shown in FIG. 3 and come into contact with the respective operation pieces 12B of the third and fourth holding portions 11, 12, whereby the respective operation pieces 12B are moved. It is moved in the A direction.

The third and fourth holding portions 11 and 12 of the disk holder 1 are caused to swing the elastic displacement piece 12A in the direction B shown in FIG. 3 as each operation piece 12B is moved. You. For this reason, the third and fourth holding portions 11 and 12 move the first elastic displacement piece 12 </ b> A in the
The state in which the holding claws 15A to 15C hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk 2 is released. Therefore,
The disc 2 held by the disc holder 1 is rotatably opened when the disc 2 is loaded into the recording / reproducing apparatus 21.

As shown in FIG. 5, the disc holder 1 is loaded with a disc 2 on which the disc 2 is placed and which is loaded on a recording / reproducing apparatus 22 having a disc tray 22B which reciprocates with respect to a loading section. The grip 18 is gripped by the user and placed on the disc tray 22B.

The disk holder 1 includes a disk tray 22
B, the positioning pins (not shown) standing on the mounting surface of the disc tray 22B
The positioning pins are inserted through A and 19B, so that they can be easily and reliably placed at predetermined positions on the disc tray 22B.

The disk holding member 1 is provided with a disk release pin 26 erected on the mounting surface of the disk tray 22B.
A, 26B abuts on the operation piece 12B of the third and fourth holding parts 11, 12, whereby the elastic displacement piece 12A is swung to open and hold the disc 2 which is held, thereby making it freely rotatable.

The disc holder 1 placed on the disc tray 22B is loaded into the loading section from the insertion opening 22A of the recording / reproducing device 22 by moving the disc tray 22B to the loading section. A notch 22C for taking out is provided on one side of the disc tray 22B so as to correspond to the grip 18 of the disc holder 1 to be placed.
Are formed to improve the operability of taking out the loaded disk holder 1.

The recording / reproducing apparatus 22 described above has a disc release pin 26 on the mounting surface of the disc tray 22B.
Although the configuration in which the disc trays 22A and 26B are erected is adopted, the disc opening pins 26A and 26B may be erected in a loading section into which the disc tray 22B is drawn.

As described above, the disk holder 1 of the embodiment has the recording and reproducing devices 2 and 22 because the third and fourth holders 11 and 12 are provided to be elastically displaceable.
When the disc 2 is loaded, the held disc 2 can be released easily and reliably.

That is, the disk holder 1 can securely store the disk 2 by the third and fourth holders 11 and 12 and the recording / reproducing devices 2 and 22
Can be easily loaded. Therefore, according to the disk holder 1, it is possible to prevent the signal recording surface of the disk 2 from being stained, scratched, or damaged when being loaded into the recording / reproducing device 2, 22. . According to the disc holder 1, the reliability of the recording operation and the reproducing operation of the information signal by the recording / reproducing apparatus can be improved.

Further, the above-described disk holder 1 has a third
And the fourth holding portions 11 and 12 are configured to be elastically displaceable.
The disk holder 3 in which the first and second holders 9 and 10 are provided so as to be elastically displaceable instead of the disk holder 12 will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the disk holder 3 holds a substantially rectangular holding frame 3A and the outer peripheral portion of the disk 2 and urges the disk 2 in the radial direction. A first holding unit 29 and a second holding unit 30, and a third holding unit 31 and a fourth holding unit
And a holding portion 32 of the same.

The holding frame 3A is provided with a circular holding opening 27 for holding the disk 2 on the main surface. In the holding frame portion 3A, a disk mounting portion 28 on which the held disk 2 is mounted is formed integrally with the inner peripheral portion of the holding opening 27. The disc mounting portion 28 has a recording / reproducing device 23, 24 at a central portion of one side end facing a loading direction (hereinafter, simply referred to as a loading direction) for the recording / reproducing devices 23, 24 and the case main body 4 to be described later. A substantially U-shaped recording / reproducing opening 28A is opened at one end and cut out in accordance with a moving area in which the optical pickup device on the side moves.

The recording / reproducing opening 28A has
An arc-shaped support projection 28B corresponding to the center of the disk 2
Are formed integrally with each other. This support projection 28B is
The center part of the loaded disk 2 is supported. Therefore, the disk mounting portion 28 holds the disk 2
To protect the signal recording surface.

The holding frame portion 3A is provided with a recording / reproducing concave portion 27 on the bottom surface at one end facing the loading direction. When the optical pickup device on the recording / reproducing device 23, 24 side moves, it is prevented from coming into contact with the optical pickup device.

Further, in the inner peripheral portion of the holding opening 27,
At a position facing one side end facing the loading direction, a regulating convex portion 36 that regulates a position held in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the held disk 2 is integrally formed so as to protrude.

As shown in FIG. 7, the holding frame 3A is located at the corners on both sides parallel to the loading direction.
Positioning holes 39A and 39B are provided for positioning the recording / reproducing devices 23 and 24 with respect to the loading portions. Further, the holding frame 3A has engaging recesses 40 on both sides parallel to the loading direction for engaging with a pull-in means such as a loading mechanism on the recording / reproducing devices 23 and 24, for example.
A and 40B are provided, respectively.

The first holding part 29 and the second holding part 30
As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, on the inner peripheral portion of the holding opening 27, one end facing the loading direction is located with respect to the center line of the disk 2 parallel to the loading direction. Each is provided symmetrically.

As shown in FIG. 7, the first holding portion 29 and the second holding portion 30 have a substantially C-shaped elastic displacement piece 29A formed adjacent to the outer periphery of the disk 2 and an elastic displacement piece 29A. An operation piece 29B for operating the displacement piece 29A, a swing opening 29C for allowing the elastic displacement piece 29A and the operation piece 29B to swing, and disk release pins 38A and 38B described later for operating the operation piece 29B are provided. Groove for entry 2
9D and a holding claw 34 for holding the disk 2.

The elastic displacement piece 29A has its base end at the holding frame 3
A is formed integrally with the opening edge of the holding opening 27 of FIG. One end of the operation piece 29B is integrally formed in the middle of the elastic displacement piece 29A. The operation piece 29B is
The tip is formed parallel to a direction orthogonal to the loading direction. The swinging opening 29C is formed by notching the holding frame 3A along the elastic displacement piece 29A and the operation piece 29B.

The entry groove 29D extends from a corner at one end facing the loading direction of the holding frame 3A to a position facing the operation piece.
It is recessed parallel to the loading direction. The holding claw 34 is formed integrally with the tip of the elastic displacement piece 12A so as to protrude therefrom.
An opening 29 </ b> E that is continuous with the swing opening 29 </ b> C is cut out along the outer shape of the holding claw 34 in the disk mounting portion 28.

Then, the first and second holding portions 29, 30
The holding claws 34 hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk 2 and urge the disk 2 in the radial direction by elastically deforming.

Third holding part 31 and fourth holding part 32
As shown in FIG. 7, on the inner peripheral portion of the holding opening 27,
Positioned on one side end opposite to the side end facing the loading direction, they are provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disk 2 parallel to the loading direction.

The third holding portion 31 and the fourth holding portion 32 are provided with holding claws 31A formed in the holding opening 27.
And an opening 31B cut out along the outer shape of the holding claw 31A. These third and fourth holding portions 31, 32 are provided between the holding claw 31A and the opening 31B.
The outer peripheral portion holds the inserted disk 2 and regulates the position in the direction perpendicular to the main surface of the disk 2.

The disk holder 3 configured as described above
, The state of being loaded into the recording / reproducing devices 23 and 24 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8, 9 and 10. FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, when the disc holder 3 is loaded into a so-called slot-in type recording / reproducing apparatus 23 in which the disc 2 is inserted into the loading section, the user can insert the opening of the recording / reproducing apparatus 23. It is inserted into the loading section from the section 23A.

In the recording / reproducing apparatus 23, as shown in FIG. 9, a pair of disk release pins 38A and 38B for releasing the disk 2 held by the disk holder 3 are provided at a loading portion where the disk 2 is loaded. The disc holder 3 is erected corresponding to the first and second holding portions 29 and 30.

Although not shown, the recording / reproducing device 23
Positioning pins for positioning the loading position of the disk holder 3 are provided in the loading portions of the disk holder 3.
It is erected at a position corresponding to 9A and 39B.

When the disc holder 3 is loaded into the loading section of the recording / reproducing device 23, the positioning holes 39A,
The positioning pins are easily and reliably positioned at predetermined positions by inserting the positioning pins through 9B, and the disk 2 is rotatably opened by the disk release pins 38A and 38B.

The operation of releasing the held disk 2 when the disk holder 3 is loaded into the recording / reproducing device 23 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, when the disc holder 3 is loaded in the recording / reproducing device 23, the recording / reproducing device 2
The third disk release pins 38A and 38B are connected to the first and second
Each of the operation pieces 29B is moved in the direction C by entering the direction C shown in FIG. 8 along the entry grooves 29D of the holding portions 29, 30 and contacting the operation pieces 29B.

The first and second holding portions 29, 30 of the disk holder 3 are caused to swing the elastic displacement piece 29A in the direction D shown in FIG. 8 with the movement of each operation piece 29B. You. Therefore, the first and second holding portions 29 and 30 are released from the state in which the holding claws 34 hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk 2 by the elastic displacement piece 29A swinging in the C direction. . Therefore, the disc 2 held by the disc holder 3 is rotatably opened when loaded into the recording / reproducing device 23.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the disk holder 3 is loaded on the recording / reproducing apparatus 24 having the disk tray 24B on which the disk 2 is placed and which reciprocates with respect to the loading section, as shown in FIG. Is placed on the disc tray 24B by the user.

The disk holder 3 has a disk tray 24
B, the positioning pins (not shown) standing on the mounting surface of the disc tray 24B
By inserting the positioning pins through the pins A and 39B, they can be easily and reliably placed at predetermined positions on the disc tray 24B.

The disk holder 3 is resiliently displaced by the disk release pins 38A, 38B erected in the loading section abutting the operation pieces 29B of the first and second holders 29, 30. The piece 29A is swung to release the held disk 2 to be rotatable.

The disc holder 3 placed on the disc tray 24B is loaded into the loading section from the insertion opening 24A of the recording / reproducing apparatus 24 by moving the disc tray 24B to the loading section. A notch 24C for taking out is provided on one side of the disc tray 24B.
Are formed to improve the operability of taking out the mounted disk holder 3.

The disk holder 3 configured as described above
According to the first embodiment, the first and second holding portions 29 and 30 are located at one end facing the loading direction and are elastically displaceable.
Disc release pins 38A of the recording / reproducing devices 23 and 24,
38B is the groove 2 for entry of the first and second holding portions 29, 30
Since the disc 2 enters along 9D, the held disc 2 can be more reliably opened.

The case body 4 in which the disk holders 1 and 3 are stored will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, the case body 4 is formed in a substantially rectangular thin box shape having an insertion opening 4A. Also,
At the opening edge of the insertion opening 4A, a notch 4 for drawing is provided.
Numerals 3 and 43 are formed, and are formed opposite to each other at positions corresponding to one side ends of the holding frames 1A and 3A of the disk holders 1 and 3 to be stored.

The drawer notch 43
Are the holding frame portions 1A of the stored disk holders 1 and 3,
One end of 3A is exposed to the outside. Therefore, the operability of pulling out the disk holders 1 and 3 from the storage section of the case body 4 is improved by the pullout notch 43.

The disk holders 1 and 3 described above are
The holding frames 1A and 3A are formed so as to have a large thickness corresponding to the draw-out notches 43 of the case body 4, so that the holding frames 1A and 3A can be moved from the draw-out notches 43 to the holding frames when housed in the case body 4. The parts 1A and 3A may be configured so that a part of them protrudes outside the case body 4.

The insertion opening 4A is formed such that its opening dimension is closed by the holding frames 1A and 3A when the disk holders 1 and 3 are stored in the case body 4. Therefore, the disc holders 1 and 3 housed in the case body 4 are reliably prevented from entering dust or the like into the housing from outside.

Although not shown, the case body 4 includes
When the disk holders 1 and 3 are stored, the disk holders 1 and 3 are engaged with the disk holders 1 and 3 on both side surfaces parallel to the storage direction of the disk holders 1 and 3 with respect to the storage portion. An engaging portion for preventing the falling off of the third and third members may be formed.

The case body 4 has engaging recesses 20A, 20A provided on the disk holders 1, 3 on both side surfaces parallel to the storage direction of the disk holders 1, 3 with respect to the storage portion.
B, 40 </ b> A, and 40, may be formed with gripping notches for gripping the case body 4, respectively. The case body 4 is provided with a notch portion for gripping so that the disc holders 1 and 3 can be automatically exchanged by an autochanger means provided on the recording / reproducing apparatus side for automatically exchanging a plurality of discs 2. Can be.

Further, the case main body 4 has, on one main surface, transparency so that the stored disk 2 can be visually recognized, and a display area on the other main surface on which a display indicating the recorded contents of the disk 2 is provided. You may.

[0075]

As described above, according to the disk holder of the present invention, the disk holder is located at the inner periphery of the disk holding opening of the holding frame, and is parallel to the loading direction with respect to the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. A third and a fourth holding portion, which are provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disk so as to be elastically displaceable, hold elastic portions of the disk, and have elastic displacement pieces for urging the disk in the radial direction; Thus, when the disc is loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, the held disc can be easily and reliably released.

That is, according to the disk holder, the disk can be securely stored and can be easily loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. Therefore, according to the disc holder, when the disc is loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, the signal recording surface of the disc becomes dirty.
Scratches and damage to the disc can be prevented.

According to the disk case of the present invention, a disk holder for holding a disk, and a case body having an insertion opening into which the disk holder is inserted and accommodating the disk holder are provided. By having
The disk can be stored more reliably,
It can be easily loaded into a recording and / or playback device. Therefore, according to this disk case, it is possible to prevent the signal recording surface of the disk from being stained, scratched, or damaged when the disk is loaded into a recording and / or reproducing apparatus.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a disk holder provided in a disk case according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the disk holder.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a main part of the disk holder.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a state where the disc holder is loaded in a recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a state where the disc holder is loaded into a recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a disk holder according to another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the disk holder.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a main part of the disk holder.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an example of a state where the disc holder is loaded into a recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing an example of a state in which the disc holder is loaded in a recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a case main body included in the disk case according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a conventional disk case.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 disk holder, 1A holding frame, 2 disks,
4 case body, 7 holding opening, 9 first holding part,
10 second holding unit, 11 third holding unit, 12 fourth holding unit
Holder of

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A recording frame and / or reproducing apparatus, wherein a holding frame portion having a disc holding opening for holding a disc at a center portion, and an inner peripheral portion of the disc holding opening of the holding frame portion are provided. First and second holding portions provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disk parallel to the loading direction for holding the outer periphery of the disk, and the inner periphery of the disk holding opening of the holding frame portion Are provided so as to be elastically displaceable symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disk parallel to the loading direction with respect to the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, to hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk and attach the disk in the radial direction. A disk holder comprising: a third and a fourth holding portion having a biasing elastic displacement piece. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third and fourth holding portions are disposed on a side end portion opposite to a side end portion facing the loading direction with respect to the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. The disk holder according to claim 1. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the third and fourth holding portions are disposed at one end of the recording and / or reproducing device facing the loading direction. Disk holder. 4. The third and fourth holding portions have a base end portion integrally formed with the elastic displacement piece and a tip end portion formed so as to protrude in a direction perpendicular to a loading direction with respect to a recording and / or reproducing apparatus. The third and fourth holding sections have an operation piece, and the first and second holding sections are elastically displaced via the operation piece when the recording section is loaded into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. 2. The disk held by the fourth holding unit is released.
A disk holder according to claim 1. 5. A disk mounting part on which a disk held by the first to fourth holding parts is mounted, wherein the disk mounting part records or reproduces an information signal on or from the disk. 2. The disk holder according to claim 1, further comprising a recording / reproducing opening for performing the recording, and a support projection for supporting a central portion of the disk. 6. The disk holder according to claim 1, wherein a positioning hole for positioning a loading position with respect to the recording and / or reproducing apparatus is provided. 7. The disk holder according to claim 1, wherein engagement recesses are provided on both side surfaces parallel to the loading direction with respect to the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. 8. A holding frame portion having a disk holding opening for holding a disk at a center portion, and a recording and / or reproducing apparatus located at an inner peripheral portion of the disk holding opening of the holding frame portion. First and second holding portions provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the disk parallel to the loading direction to hold the outer peripheral portion of the disk, and located at the inner peripheral portion of the disk holding opening of the holding frame portion. An elastically displaceable piece which is symmetrically elastically displaceable with respect to a center line of the disk parallel to the loading direction with respect to the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, and which holds the outer peripheral portion of the disk and urges the disk in the radial direction. And a case main body having an insertion opening into which the disk holder is inserted, and a case main body in which the disk holder is stored. Case for that disk. 9. The case body is engaged with the disk holder when the disk holder is stored to prevent the disk holder from dropping from the case body. 9. The disk case according to claim 8, wherein a portion is formed. 10. The disk case according to claim 8, wherein when the disk holder is housed in the case body, a connecting portion closes an insertion opening of the case body. 11. When the disk holder is loaded in a recording and / or reproducing apparatus, the elastic displacement piece is opened by an opening means provided on the recording and / or reproducing apparatus side. Item 10. A disk case according to item 8. 12. The disk case according to claim 8, wherein a notch portion for gripping the case body is formed on a pair of opposed side surfaces of the case body. 13. A case body according to claim 1, wherein one main surface of the case main body has transparency so that the stored disk can be visually recognized, and the other main surface has a display area provided with a display indicating the recorded contents of the disk. 9. The disk case according to claim 8, wherein: