JPH0241809B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a tape loading mechanism suitable for use in a small VIR such as an 8 mm video. (b) Prior Art In recent years, VTRs have become smaller and smaller, and a new standard compact VTR called 8mm video has been developed.
As a tape loading mechanism used for this 8 mm video, it is advantageous to use a so-called inverted U loading system for miniaturization. This inverted U loading method is known from Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 57-86161, etc., and basically involves pulling out a tape from a cassette in a diagonal direction with respect to the cassette mounting surface and loading the tape in a guide cylinder at an angle. a first loading means for pulling out the tape from a cassette parallel to the mounting surface;
and a tape drive means that is moved together with the loading means. Incidentally, in FIG. 33 of the above-mentioned publication, the lower slide lever on which the tape guide and pinch roller are placed is positioned by the guide pin engaging with the lock plate at the loading completion position, but in this configuration, the lower slide lever on which the tape guide and pinch roller are placed is positioned by the engagement of the guide pin with the lock plate. Accurate positioning is difficult due to variations in the bending angle and vertical wobbling of the upper slide lever. However, an 8 mm video tape running system intended for miniaturization and high-density recording requires higher precision. (c) Purpose of the invention The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
This provides a highly accurate tape loading mechanism that can be used satisfactorily for 8mm video. (d) Structure of the Invention The present invention includes a first loading means for pulling out a tape from a cassette in a diagonal direction with respect to the cassette mounting surface and loading the tape on a guide cylinder at an angle; A tape loading mechanism comprising: a second loading means for pulling the tape out in parallel; (a) a first slide member on which a tape pull-out pin and a pinch roller are mounted; a second sliding member (c) connected by a spring; a driving means (d) for driving the second sliding member;
a fixed block having a second regulation surface that one surface of the slide means contacts, and a third regulation surface that the second slide member contacts, and an end of the first slide member contacts the first regulation surface. After contacting, the second sliding member is further driven by the driving means to enter between the other surface of the first sliding member and the third regulating surface, thereby causing the first sliding member to move to the third regulating surface. This tape loading mechanism is characterized in that it is brought into pressure contact with the first and second regulating surfaces. (E) Embodiment An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an 8 mm video will be described below with reference to the drawings. The loading mechanism of this embodiment is basically a new U.
The loading mechanism is adopted for 8mm video, and can be roughly divided into 1st loading mechanism and 2nd loading mechanism.
It is divided into a loading mechanism and a back tension lever extraction mechanism. First, the first loading mechanism will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 and FIG. 8. Reference numeral 1 designates a cassette, in which a tape 2 is mounted between a supply reel 1a and a take-up reel 1b, and a notch 1 is provided at the front.
c is formed. This cassette 1 can be raised and lowered by a cassette holder (not shown). Reference numeral 3 denotes a guide cylinder incorporating a rotary head (not shown), and this guide cylinder 3 is composed of a rotary upper cylinder 3a and a fixed lower cylinder 3b. Reference numeral 4 denotes an annular loading disk rotatably arranged around the guide cylinder, and a gear portion 4a is formed on the outer periphery of the loading disk. Reference numeral 5 denotes a joint whose one end is connected to the loading disk, which is rotatable in the vertical direction and is biased in the direction of expansion by a coil spring. The structure of this joint itself is well known. Reference numeral 6 denotes a bracket connected to the other end of the joint, and this bracket is supported by a bracket guide 7 provided around the outer periphery of the loading disk over an angle of about 270 degrees. That is, the bracket 6 is connected to the bracket guide body 7 as shown in FIG.
The convex portion 6a is formed in the guide groove 7a formed on the inner periphery of the
are engaged with each other, and the bent piece 6b is engaged with the upper surface and outside of the bracket guide 7, thereby being movably supported. Reference numeral 8 designates a leading guide pin that is set on the bracket, and 9 and 10 are first and second guide pins that are also set on the bracket and keep the folded tapes 4 out of contact with each other. Reference numeral 11 denotes a protruding pin protruding below the leading guide pin, and at the loading completion position, the first fixing block 1 disposed on the side of the lower guide cylinder
It engages with the recess 12a of No. 2. Reference numeral 13 denotes a full-width erasing head disposed on the tape running path between the supply reel 1a and the guide cylinder 3, and is fixed on a head support plate 14. Reference numeral 15 designates a back tension lever having a teletion detection pin 16 at its tip, which is rotatably supported on a support shaft 17, and is driven by a back tension lever pull-out mechanism, which will be described later. Further, reference numeral 18 denotes a tapered guide pin for winding the tape 2 horizontally pulled out from the supply reel around the guide cylinder 3 in an inclined state, and has an inverted conical taper. 19,20
are winding angle defining pins that define the winding angle of the tape 2 around the guide cylinder 3 to approximately 210 degrees. Next, the second loading mechanism will be explained according to FIGS. 1, 2, 6, and 7. A pinch roller 21 is pressed against the capstan 22 to cause the tape 2 to run at a constant speed, and is placed on a pinch roller lever 24 that is pivotally supported on a support shaft 23, and the support shaft 23 is mounted on a first slide member 25. is supported by 26 is a tape pull-out pin arranged on the first slide member. A second slide member 27 is provided below the first slide member 25 .
are arranged. A through hole 25a is formed in the first slide member 25 , and a loosely fitting pin 27a set up on the second slide member is loosely fitted into this hole 25a. A spring 28 is stretched between the loose fitting pin 27a and the cut and raised portion 25b at the tip of the first slide member 25, so that both slide members are integrated. A gear portion 27b is formed on one side of the second slide member, and this gear portion 27b meshes with a reduction gear 30 that meshes with a loading gear 29 connected to a loading motor (not shown). The loading gear also meshes with the gear portion 4a of the loading disc 4 , so that the loading disc 4 and the second slide member 27 are driven synchronously. Further, both sides of the second slide member 27 are provided with a sixth slide member.
As shown in Figure 2, it is held between U-shaped guide members 31 and 32 and is slidable. On one of the guide members 32 , a pinch roller guide 32a that engages and guides the end of the pinch roller lever is integrally molded of resin. The reason why the pinch roller guide 32a is provided is that the pinch roller lever 24 is biased counterclockwise in FIG. 1 by a torsion spring (not shown). This is to prevent the roller 21 from hitting it. Reference numeral 33 denotes a second slide member into which the tips of the first and second slide members enter and are fixed in position when loading is completed.
It is a fixed block. Further, 34 is a pinch roller crimping lever pivotally supported on a support shaft 35, and 36 is a crimping guide provided at the rotating end of this pinch roller crimping lever. The pinch roller 21 is pressed against the capstan 22 by pressing the collar 37 disposed on the end of the roller lever 24 and the upper part of the pinch roller 21. Incidentally, the pinch roller pressure lever is controlled by a solenoid (not shown), but since the mechanism thereof is well known, a description thereof will be omitted. Further, the pressure guide also functions as a tape guide when the pinch roller is not pressed and when the pinch roller is pressed. That is, the pinch roller 21 and the capstan 2
2, the tape 2 is guided by the tape pull-out pin 26 and the crimping guide 36, and is wound onto the take-up reel 1b of the cassette 1. In order to reduce the size of the 8 mm video cassette, it does not have a tape guide inside the cassette, so if the winding diameter of the take-up reel changes, the tape may hit the side wall of the tape entrance of the cassette. Therefore, some type of tape guide is required to prevent the tape from hitting the tape entrance of the cassette even if the winding diameter changes. The crimp guide 36 functions as this tape guide. Incidentally, since the above problem also exists on the supply reel side, a fixed guide bin 38 having the same function as the crimp guide 36 is installed on the head support plate 14. Next, the back tension lever drawing mechanism will be explained according to FIGS. 8A and 8B. A first gear 39 is disposed coaxially with the support shaft 17 of the back tension lever 15, and this first gear 39 is connected to the support shaft 40.
It meshes with a fan-shaped gear 41 that is pivotally supported. On this fan-shaped gear 41 , there is a take-up reel stand (not shown).
The other end of the brake band 42 , one end of which is wrapped around the
That is, a spring 43 is connected to the chassis for biasing the back tension lever 15 counterclockwise to apply tension to the tape 2. Furthermore, an engagement pin 41a is disposed on the fan-shaped gear 41 , and this engagement pin 41a engages with a cam groove 44a of the second gear 44 . The terminal end of this cam groove is wider than other parts, and the engagement pin is allowed to move a predetermined amount within the cam groove at the loading completion position shown in FIG. 8B. A third gear 45 meshes with the second gear, and a fourth gear 46 is disposed coaxially with the third gear, and this fourth gear meshes with the gear portion 4a of the loading disk. Therefore, the back tension lever 15 is pulled out together with the tape 2 from the position A to the position B in FIG. 8 in conjunction with the rotation of the loading disk 4 . The operation of the back tension mechanism itself in the loading completed state is well known. Next, the operations of the first and second loading mechanisms and the back tension lever extraction mechanism will be explained. First, as shown in Fig. 1, when the cassette 1 is inserted into the cassette holder (not shown) and lowered to the mounting position, the loading motor (not shown)
is energized and the loading gear 29 rotates counterclockwise. This rotation drives the loading disk 4 clockwise, and as the bracket 6 is driven via the joint 5 as shown in FIG. 2, the leading guide pin 8 pulls out the tape 2 and wraps it around the guide cylinder 3. At this time, the bracket 6 is guided along a predetermined path by the bracket guide 7 , and when it reaches near the end, the tip of the protruding pin 11 touches the recess 12a of the first fixing block 12 , as shown in FIG.
comes into contact with a part of the In this state, the protruding pin 11 is not parallel to the side wall of the recess 12a, but as the loading disk 4 is further driven,
As shown in FIG. 5B, the protruding pin 11 becomes parallel to the side wall of the recess 12a and is in a crimped state. In this crimping state, the inclination angle of the bracket 6 has changed from before crimping, but before crimping, the protrusion 6a of the bracket 6 engages with the guide groove 7a of the bracket guide 7 with some play, so that The bracket can be displaced within this play range. On the other hand, due to the counterclockwise rotation of the loading gear, the second slide member 27 slides integrally with the first slide member 25 toward the upper right in FIG. This slide causes the tape pull-out pin 26 to pull out the tape 2 in the upper right direction as shown in FIG. At this time, both the slide members are connected to the guide member 3.
1 and 32 , and the pinch roller lever 24 is also guided by the pinch roller guide 32a .
It does not come into contact with the c end. During loading, after the pinch roller 21 escapes from the cassette notch 1c, the pinch roller lever 24 separates from the pinch roller guide 32a, and the lever engages with the base of the tape pull-out pin 26 to restrict rotation. When loading is completed, the pinch roller 21 faces the capstan 22 with a predetermined distance therebetween. Then, the first slide member 25 enters into the recess 33a of the second fixed block 33 , and its tip abuts against the back wall and stops. Furthermore, loading gear 2
9, the second slide member 27 enters the recess. At this time, an inclined part 33b is formed on the lower surface of the recessed part 33a, and the tip of the second slide member 27 is guided by this inclined part 33b and penetrates further into the interior. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6A, the tip of the second slide member 27 pushes up the lower surface of the first slide member 25 and comes into pressure contact with the upper surface of the recess 33a. Since the first slide member 25 comes into pressure contact with the back wall of the recess 33a, the first slide member 25 is positioned with respect to the second fixing block 33 without play. On the other hand, the back tension lever 15 is operated by a back tension lever pull-out mechanism shown in FIG.
It is pulled out from the state shown in FIG. 1 to the position shown in FIG. 2. That is, as shown in FIG. 8A, by rotating the loading disk 4 in the clockwise direction, the third and fourth
The second gear 44 rotates clockwise via the gears 45 and 46. Therefore, the diameter of the cam groove 44a gradually decreases, so the fan-shaped gear 41 is rotated clockwise by the engagement pin 41a, and the back tension lever 15 is rotated counterclockwise, causing the tension detection pin 16 to rotate clockwise. pulls out tape 2. As shown in FIG. 8B, when the loading is completed, the engagement pin 41a is located at the end of the cam groove 44a, but since the end of the cam groove 44a is wider than other parts, the engagement pin 41a is located at the end of the cam groove 44a. The pin 41a is movable within that range. That is, the back tension lever 15 can be rotated within a predetermined range. When the loading is completed as described above, the tape 2 is wrapped around the guide cylinder 3 by about 210 degrees, and the tape enters the stop mode. In this stop mode, when a brake operation is performed, a solenoid for pinch roller crimping (not shown) is energized, and the pinch roller crimping lever 34 rotates clockwise as shown in FIGS. 2 and 7. Due to this rotation, the crimping guide 36 has its upper and lower ends aligned with the collar 37 and the pinch roller lever 24, respectively.
The pinch roller 21 presses the capstan 22.
is crimped. The position of the crimping guide changes somewhat between when the pinch roller is crimping and when it is not crimping, but the tape 2 is prevented from coming into contact with the tape entrance of the cassette 1 in either position. (F) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, the tape pull-out guide and the pinch roller disposed on the first slide member at the loading completion position are fixed in position regardless of the wobbling of the first slide member, which improves accuracy. A high tape running system can be obtained. Furthermore, after the tip of the first sliding member comes into contact with the first regulating surface of the fixed block and comes to rest, the second sliding member enters and presses one surface of the first sliding member against the second regulating surface. 1 When the slide member enters the fixed block, the first and second surfaces
The regulating surface does not wear out, and the positioning accuracy does not deteriorate due to aging.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings all relate to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the loading mechanism in the unloading state, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the first loading mechanism, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the bracket guide.
5A and 5B are side views of the bracket before and after crimping, respectively. FIGS. 6A and 6B are a side view and a front view of the second loading mechanism, respectively. FIG. 7 is a pinch roller crimping mechanism. FIGS. 8A and 8B are plan views of the back tension lever pull-out mechanism before and after the pull-out mechanism, respectively. Explanation of main drawing numbers: 1 ...cassette, 2...tape, 3 ...guide cylinder, 24...pinch roller, 25 , 27 ...first and second slide members, 2
6... Tape pull-out pin, 33 ... Second fixing block.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A first loading means for pulling out the tape from the cassette in a diagonal direction with respect to the cassette mounting surface and loading the tape at an angle on the guide cylinder; A tape loading mechanism comprising: (a) a first slide member on which a tape pull-out pin and a pinch roller are placed; and (b) a first slide member and a spring. a connected second sliding member (c) a driving means for driving the second sliding member;
a second regulating surface that is in contact with one surface of the sliding means;
a fixed block having a third regulating surface against which the second sliding member abuts, and after the end of the first sliding member abuts the first regulating surface, further driven by the driving means; The second sliding member may enter between the other surface of the first sliding member and the third regulating surface, thereby bringing the first sliding member into pressure contact with the first and second regulating surfaces. Tape loading mechanism.