JP3246191B2 - Front panel for enclosure for disc player device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front panel of a casing for a disc player device, which forms a front portion of an outer casing constituting the disc player device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, a disk player apparatus for recording or reproducing an information signal such as an audio signal or a video signal on a recording disk such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, and a magneto-optical disk has been proposed.

[0003] In such a disc player device, as shown in FIG.
The disc tray 103 has a disc tray 103 that is operated to protrude and retract through a through-hole formed in the outer disc 102 and the recording disc 104 is placed on the disc tray 103 so that the recording disc 104 is placed in the outer casing 102. Some are configured to be carried in.

[0004] This is a so-called tray-type front loading, and the above-mentioned disc tray 1
03 protrudes toward the front of the outer casing 102, the circular disc mounting recess 1
05, the recording disk 104 is inserted into the outer casing 102, and the disc tray 103 is pulled into the outer casing 102, so that the recording disc 104 can be transferred to a recording / reproducing unit provided in the outer casing 102. It is transported to a position where it can be mounted.

[0005]

By the way, in the above-described disc player apparatus, when the disc tray 103 is projected forward, as shown in FIG. Up to a position on the front side of the front surface of the front panel unit 101,
Need to be moved.

That is, when the diameter of the recording disk 104 is D, the distance from the front edge of the recording disk 104 to the front edge of the disk tray 103 is E, and the disk tray 103 is projected forward. From the front edge of the disc tray 103, the front panel 10
Assuming that the distance to the front surface of 1 is B, B> (D + E) must be satisfied.

[0007] This is because, unless the entirety of the disk mounting recess 105 is formed on the front side of the front surface of the front panel section 101, the recording disk 104 cannot be moved as shown in FIG. When loading and unloading to and from the 105, a part of the front panel 101 must be inserted into the through-hole, which not only complicates the operation but also slides on the edge of the through-hole. This is because there is a risk of damage.

When the disk tray 103 does not make the entirety of the disk mounting recess 105 forward of the front surface of the front panel 101, that is, as shown in FIG. The distance from the front edge of the disc tray 103 to the front surface of the front panel unit 101 when projected to the front panel unit 101 is C, and C <(D
+ E), the through hole is expanded upward,
It is conceivable to make the recording disk 104 easier to enter and exit.

However, the expansion of the through hole may increase the size of the apparatus, and if the size of the outer casing is not changed, the area of the front portion of the front panel portion may be increased. And it becomes difficult to arrange the operation buttons and the display device.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and does not increase the size of the device configuration, and allows easy and favorable arrangement of operation buttons and a display device. It is another object of the present invention to provide a disc player apparatus housing front panel that can facilitate mounting and taking out of a recording disc.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the above-mentioned objects, a disk player apparatus front panel according to the present invention is provided with a horizontally-long rectangular plate into which a disk tray on which a recording disk is placed is inserted and ejected. And a cylindrical surface having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the outer peripheral edge of the disk, which is located on the front surface above the opening, and the axial direction of the cylindrical surface is substantially vertical. And a cylindrical planar concave portion.

Further, according to the present invention, in the disk player apparatus housing front panel, the cylindrical surface recess has a surface cover plate substantially flush with the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical surface recess. A display device is to be provided.

[0013]

In the front panel of the disk player apparatus housing according to the present invention, the disk tray is located at the upper front side of the horizontally long opening through which the disk tray on which the recording disk is placed is inserted. The disk tray is provided with a cylindrical surface concave portion having a cylindrical surface shape having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the peripheral edge, and the axial direction of the cylindrical surface is substantially vertical. If the outer peripheral edge of the disk is protruded forward to a position along the cylindrical concave portion, the recording disk can be easily taken out and placed.

Further, in the front panel for a disc player device, a display device having a surface cover plate in the cylindrical concave portion, which is substantially flush with the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical concave portion, is provided. In this case, reflection of external light on the front cover plate is reduced, and the visibility of display by the display device is improved.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a front panel of a casing for a disc player device according to the present invention is a front panel portion 1 which forms a front portion of an outer casing 2 constituting the disc player device in the disc player device. Is used as

The above-mentioned disc player device is constructed by housing an electronic board 4 constituting an electronic circuit portion, a disc drive portion 5 and the like in the outer casing 2. The disk drive unit 5 includes a rotation operating mechanism that chucks and rotates a recording disk such as an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a magnetic disk with a chucking plate 6, and a recording disk that is rotated by the rotation operating mechanism. And an optical pickup device for writing or reading information signals, or a magnetic head.

The disk player has a disk loading mechanism for loading the recording disk from the outside of the outer housing 2 to a position where the disk drive unit 5 can chuck the recording disk. I have.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the disk loading mechanism has a disk tray 8 which can be moved from above the disk drive section 5 to the front outside of the outer casing 2. are doing. A circular disk mounting recess 13 corresponding to the size of the recording disk 104 is formed on the upper surface of the disk tray 8. The recording disk 104 is positioned and supported with respect to the disk tray 8 by being fitted and mounted in the disk mounting recess 13.

The inside of the disc mounting recess 13 is filled with the recording disk 104 from the disc mounting recess 13.
In order to facilitate removal of the disc tray 8, the disc tray 8 is opened to both side edges through cutouts 14, 14.

The front panel 1 has a horizontally long opening 9 through which the disc tray 8 enters and exits. The opening 9 has a shape corresponding to the shape of the front portion of the disc tray 8.
That is, when it is moved into the outer casing 2, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the disk tray 8 is closed by the front surface.

A plurality of operation buttons 12 and an eject button 7 are disposed on the front panel section 1 toward the front side. The operation button 12 and the eject button 7 are connected to the electronic circuit section. The electronic circuit unit selectively executes various operation modes such as a reproduction mode, a recording mode, and a search mode according to the operated operation button 12. When the eject button 7 is operated, the electronic circuit moves the disc tray 8 in the front-rear direction via a driving device (not shown).

On the front surface of the front panel 1, a cylinder having a cylindrical surface shape having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the outer peripheral edge of the recording disk 104 is located at the center of the upper side of the opening 9. A planar recess 10 is provided. The cylindrical surface-shaped concave portion 10 has an axial direction of the cylindrical surface substantially vertical.

In this disc player apparatus, as shown in FIG. 2, the disc tray 8 is formed such that the outer peripheral edge of the disc mounting recess 13 on the rear side is formed in the cylindrical planar recess 1.
If the recording disk 104 is moved forward to a position along 0, the entire upper surface of the recording disk 104 fitted and mounted in the disk mounting concave portion 13 can be exposed to the outside. It is possible to easily take out and mount the disk mounting recess 13.

When the diameter of the recording disk 104 is D, the distance from the front edge of the recording disk 104 to the front edge of the disk tray 8 is E, and the disk tray 8 is projected forward. When the distance from the front edge of the disk tray 8 to the front surface of the front panel 1 is A, A <(D + E), and the amount of protrusion of the disk tray 8 from the front panel 1 Is smaller than the conventional disc player device.

Therefore, in this disc player device, the disc tray 8 itself can be downsized in the depth direction, and the depth of the outer housing 2 can be reduced, so that the device configuration can be downsized. be able to.

A display device 11 having a transparent front cover plate substantially flush with the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical recess 10 is provided in the cylindrical recess 10. The display device 11 includes a display device such as a photoelectric tube display device, a liquid crystal display device, or a display device having an LED element or an EL element, and includes an information signal recorded on the recording disk 104 and a disk player. Various information related to the operation mode of the device is displayed.

In the display device 11, since the surface cover plate has a cylindrical concave surface, reflection of external light on the surface cover plate is small, and a clear display can be performed. In addition, when the surface cover plate is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material, the surface portion is less likely to be damaged due to the cylindrical concave surface, particularly when the surface cover plate is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material.

[0029]

As described above, in the front panel of the disk player apparatus housing according to the present invention, the front panel is located at the upper side of the horizontally long opening through which the disk tray on which the recording disk is placed is inserted. In addition, there is provided a cylindrical concave portion having a cylindrical surface shape having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the outer peripheral edge of the disk, and having the axial direction of the cylindrical surface being substantially vertical.

Therefore, if the disk tray is projected forward to a position where the outer peripheral edge of the loaded recording disk is aligned with the cylindrical recess, the recording disk can be easily taken out and placed. Can be made.

Further, in the front panel of the casing for a disc player device, a display device having a surface cover plate substantially flush with the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical concave portion is provided in the cylindrical concave portion. Then, reflection of external light on the front cover plate is reduced, and visibility of display by the display device can be improved.

That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily mount and take out the recording disk without increasing the size of the device structure, and easily and favorably arranging the operation buttons and the display device. It is possible to provide a front panel of a housing for a disc player device that can be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a disc player device configured using a front panel of a casing for a disc player device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which a disc tray is projected forward in the disc player device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which a disk tray is protruded forward in a conventional disk player device configured using a front panel of a disk player device housing.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view showing a state in which a disk tray protrudes forward in a conventional disk player apparatus configured using a front panel of the disk player apparatus housing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front panel part 2 Outer housing 3 Chassis 4 Electronic board 5 Disk drive part 8 Disk tray 9 Through-hole part 10 Cylindrical planar recessed part 11 Display device

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A laterally elongated opening through which a disk tray on which a recording disk is placed is inserted and ejected, and a front surface located above the opening and having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the outer peripheral edge of the recording disk. Has a cylindrical surface shape,
A front surface panel for a disc player device, comprising: a cylindrical surface concave portion whose axial direction is substantially vertical. 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a display device having a surface cover plate substantially flush with the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical planar recess is provided in the cylindrical planar recess. Front panel for the housing for disc player devices.