JPH087918B2 - Multiple cassette loading device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a multi-cassette loading device incorporating a small tape cassette adapter.

(B) Conventional Technology As this type of conventional technology, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-55550 G11B1
There is a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus as disclosed in the 5/675 publication. The above-mentioned conventional magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus will be briefly described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a conventional magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus, and FIG. 16 is a side view of an adapter moving mechanism in the apparatus of FIG. In FIG. 15, a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus (60) has a standard tape cassette insertion opening (62) and a small tape cassette insertion opening (63) on a front panel (61). In FIG. 16, when the small tape cassette (64) is inserted through the cassette insertion opening (63), the small tape cassette (64) is attached to the small tape cassette holder (65), and the holder (65) is the third tape cassette. The small tape cassette (64) is attached to the adapter (67) by the moving means (66), and then the adapter (67) is held by the second moving means (68) for the standard type tape cassette holder (69).
Be attached to. Further, the holder (69) is brought to the tape operating position by the first moving means (70), and the tape is drawn out by the existing tape drawing-out means and wound around the cylinder (not shown).

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-described configuration, the small tape cassette insertion opening and the standard tape cassette insertion opening are vertically separated from each other.
Since the holders are provided in a stacked manner, the height of the entire apparatus becomes large, and moving means for both holders are required, which complicates the torque transmission system for driving a plurality of moving means.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a multi-cassette mounting device which is designed to be thin and has a single tape cassette insertion port to improve operability.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve the above problems, the multi-cassette mounting apparatus of the present invention is capable of mounting a standard tape cassette or a small tape cassette adapter that moves in horizontal and vertical directions. A holder, a frame body having horizontal movement guide means for the first holder and moving in the vertical direction integrally with the first holder, and a side plate provided with the vertical movement guide means for the frame body, A second holder on which an adapter for a small tape cassette is placed and which moves only in the horizontal direction, and a second holder which is driven and guided by the movement of the second holder in the first holder in the apparatus. The adapter is configured to be sent and received from the.

(E) Operation According to the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, the small tape cassette can be mounted from the single tape cassette insertion port by incorporating the small tape cassette adapter and transferring the adapter to the holder in the apparatus. .

(F) Embodiment A multi-cassette mounting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a multi-cassette mounting apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram in each operation when a standard tape cassette is mounted, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram in each operation when a small tape cassette is mounted, and FIG. FIG. 14 to FIG. 14 are a plan view and a side view showing the respective states when the standard tape cassette is mounted, the adapter is delivered and returned in the apparatus of FIG.

In FIG. 1, cassette tray (first holder)
(1) is formed of a front plate (2), left and right rails (3) and (3), and side plates (4) and (4) for receiving a cassette. Guide rails (3a) (3a) in the center of the side surface of the rail (3), linear racks (3b) (3b) on the lower surface, and ridges (3c) on the upper surface.
(3c) is integrally formed. Side plates (4) and (4) on which bent pieces (4a) for receiving the cassette are formed are attached to the rails (3) and (3), and the cassette holding levers (5) and (5) are rotated. It is attached freely and biased in one direction. A lever (6) for unlocking the cassette front lid is further attached to one side plate (4) so as to be rotatable and biased in one direction. The cassette holding lever (5) is provided with a tongue piece (5a) and a cassette holding locking piece (5b). (7) is a frame and is connected to the left and right symmetrical side plates (8) and (8) by two gear shafts (9) and (10). Side plate (8)
Are provided with a plurality of protrusions (or ridges) (11) (11) and L-shaped bent tongues (8a) (8a), which are respectively provided in the groove (3a) of the rail (3) and The ridge (3c) engages and separates,
Guide the horizontal movement of the rails (3) (3). When the frame (7) is moved vertically to the side plates (8) and (8),
A rail retainer plate (12) (12) for restricting horizontal movement of the rail (3) when a cam gear (33) and a gear (34), which will be described later, are disengaged from each other and a cassette adapter (16), which will be described later. Guide plate (13) (1) for giving and receiving
3), a control projection (first control means) (14) for controlling an adapter holding lever (39) described later in a releasing direction, and a frame body.
The guided projecting shafts (15) (15) for vertical movement of (7) and the projecting shaft (17) pivotally supporting a rotatable gear (16) are provided. Further, the gears (18) and (18) meshing with the linear racks (3b) and (3b) of the rails (3) and (3) and the motor (driving source) only at one end are provided at substantially both ends of the gear shaft (9). (2
The driven gear (19) to which the deceleration torque of 8) is transmitted is attached, and the gear (20) is also attached to both ends of the other gear shaft (10).
(20) is attached. A gear (34) meshing with the driven gear (19) and a cam gear (33) described later is rotatably supported.

(21) (21) in the side plates of the symmetrical, projecting shaft of the frame body for guiding the vertical movement of the frame of the aforementioned (7) (7) (15)
Guide slots (21a) (2) through which (15) and (17) are inserted respectively
Control protrusions (second control means) (2) for controlling a release lever (40), which will be described later, are provided on the edges of 1a) (21a) and the bent tongue (21b).
2) is formed, and a control lever (23) is pivotally supported by a shaft (21c) on one side plate (21). The control lever (23) has a follow-up pin (24) penetrating into a cam groove (33a) of a cam gear (33), which will be described later, and the above-mentioned protruding shaft (1).
A substantially square through hole (23a) into which the 7) is loosely fitted is provided, and a claw-scissor spring (25) for urging the protruding shaft (17) is attached. (26) is a straight rack plate and the above-mentioned gear (1
It is attached to the side plate (21) so as to mesh with 6) and (20).

A drive motor (28), a motor gear (29), a reduction two-step gear (30), (31), (32), and a cam gear (33) having a lock groove (33a) are freely rotatable on the bracket (27). Is supported by. As shown in FIG. 4, the cam gear (33) has teeth formed around the entire circumference of the gear (32) and always meshes with the gear (32). 33
b) has been formed. (35) is an adapter holder (second holder) for mounting the small cassette adapter.
It is formed of a holder (36) having a substantially U-shaped cross section, a driven linear rack (37) for horizontal movement, and a pair of guided linear racks (38, 38).

When both ends of the top plate (36a) of the holder (36) are moved forward by the adapter holder (35 ) and approach the frame (7) , the guide plate (13 ) of the frame (7) is ) Is provided with an arcuate notch (36b) so that the bottom plate (36c) does not collide with the top plate (36a), and the bottom plate (36c) also collides with the cassette holding levers (5) and (5) of the cassette tray (1). Both edges are cut off so that they do not fit. The holder (36) has adapters (300) on both sides.
(See FIG. 3) The release levers (40) (40) for actuating the holding levers (39) (39) and the cassette holding levers (5) (5) of the cassette tray (1) respectively have springs (4).
1) It is rotatably attached by being biased in one direction by (42). The linear racks (38, 38) are each provided with a plurality of guided protrusions or rollers (43). The # -shaped frame (49) serves as a guide rail for moving the adapter holder (35) in the horizontal direction and as an assembly frame for the device of the present invention. The bracket (44) (45) has a cross-section guide rail. (46) (46) is fixed, the shaft (47) is inserted through the cut and raised tongues (45a) (45a) of the bracket (45), and the gears (48) (48) are rotatably supported at both ends. The gears (48) (48) mesh with the above-mentioned linear racks (38) (38), and the protrusions or rollers (43) (43) ... Are mounted on the guide rails (46) (46) and the adapter. The holder holder (35) can be moved smoothly in the horizontal direction. The frame (49)
Are fixed to the left and right side plates (21) (21). (50)
Is the drive source for the adapter holder (35) ,
A drive motor (52), a worm (53), a worm wheel (54), and a gear (55) are attached to 1). When the drive source (50) is attached to the mechanism chassis (56), the gear (55) meshes with the linear rack (37).
The side plates (21) (21) and the bracket (27) are also fixed to the mechanism chassis (56) to complete the assembly of the device of the present invention. In addition, (57) shows a housing.

Regarding the cassette mounting device configured as described above,
The operation will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 14.
First, the outline of the device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a schematic view of each mode of the cassette tray (1) when the standard cassette (100) is mounted. When, for example, an eject button (not shown) is pressed from the standby mode (a) by an external operation, the tray (1) projects out of the housing to enter the eject mode (b) and the standard cassette (10
0) is attached to the tray (1) , and the tray (1) or an operation button (not shown) is pushed to move the tray (1) horizontally to the right in the drawing, and subsequently to be integrated with the frame body (7). Then, the tape descends along the side plate (21) to enter the tape operation mode (c). By operating a reproduction button (not shown) or the like, the tape is pulled out from the cassette (100), the tape is wound around a cylinder (not shown), and the tape is run. Next, when the eject button is pressed, the above-described operation is reversed and the tray (1) enters the eject mode (d). That is, the same state as shown in FIG. The standby mode (a) is reached by taking out the cassette (100) and pressing the tray (1) or the operation button.

 Next, when installing the small cassette (200), see Fig. 3.
The operation of the schematic diagram is as follows. That is, the standby mode (a) is the second
Button for using a small cassette in the same state as in Figure (a)
When pressing (not shown), holder for adapter(35)
Moves to the left while the cassette tray(1)is a little
Moving to the right, both sides collide and partially overlap
The adapter (300) is the holder(35)From tray
(1)The state shown in FIG. Subsequently
holder(35)Returns to the original position (right edge) and the tray
(1)Is the eject mode (c) diagram. Small tape
Tray with set (200) installed(1)Or press the operation button
And the tray(1)Moves horizontally and continues to the frame(7)With one
Directly move to the tape operation position (d) and the tape
It is possible to drive the vehicle Pressing the eject button will reverse the above
Then, the state of the eject mode (e) is obtained.
Now take out the small cassette (200) and put it in the tray.(1)Or
When the operation button is pressed, the state shown in the standby mode (f) is obtained. Further
Press the standard cassette button (not shown) to
I(1)Moves horizontally to the right and
Ruder(35)Moves horizontally to the left and(1)Abut
The adapter (300) is in the tray(1)Kara
Dah(35)It is returned to (g) and goes through the state shown in the standby mode.
The state of (a) is obtained. In the device of the present invention, FIG.
Tray in figure and (g)(1)Position L₁, L₂Is L₁
<L₂Is set to.

Next, each operation will be described in detail. FIG. 4 is a plan view at the time of ejection, and FIG. 5 is a side view thereof. By pressing an eject button (not shown) in the figure, the cassette tray (1) projects out of the housing (57) and the state shown in FIG. 4 is obtained. Install the standard cassette (100), and attach the tray (1)
When is pressed, the switch (not shown) is closed and the motor (2
8) rotates, the motor gear (29), the reduction two-stage gear (30),
It is transmitted to the gear (19) through (31), (32), the cam gear (33), and the gear (34), and is provided coaxially with the gear (19) at both ends of the gear shaft (9) and the tray (1 ) The gears (18) (18) meshing with the linear rack (3b) are rotated.
Therefore, the tray (1) moves horizontally to the right in the drawing. The groove (3a) of the rail (3) is the protrusion (11), (11) of the side plate (8).
In addition, the ridge (3c) of the rail (3) is positionally regulated by the bent tongues (8a) (8a) of the side plate (8) and horizontally moves while sliding to the right in the drawing. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the adapter holder (35) holds the small cassette adapter (300) at the retracted standby position and stands by. Cam gear (3
When 3) rotates clockwise, the cassette tray (1) moves horizontally to the right, but the follow-up pin (24) of the control lever (23) pivotally supported by the side plate (21) moves the tray (1) above. Since the section that moves horizontally follows the concentric circle portion of the cam groove (33a) of the cam gear (33), the protruding shaft (17) of the gear (16) pivotally supported by the side plate (8) maintains its current position. There is.

When the cam gear (33) further rotates in the clockwise direction, the follow-up pin (24) follows the cam groove (33a) and the cam groove (33a) is formed in the axial direction, so that the cam groove (33a) The control lever (23) rotates in the clockwise direction around the shaft (21c). As a result, the protruding shaft (1) that is spring-biased and loosely fitted into the through hole (23a) of the lever (23).
7) receives a downward force in the drawing, and the gear (16) moves to the rack plate (2
6) Move vertically along. That is, the tray (1) and the frame body (7) are integrated with each other, and the protruding shafts (15) (15) of the side plate (8) and the protruding shaft (17) described above are connected to the guide elongated hole (21a) of the side plate (21). (2
1a) (21a) ... descends vertically to reach the tape operation position in Fig. 10. 8 and 9 show a plan view and a side view of the tape operation mode, respectively. As shown in the figure, the adapter holder (35) is at the rightmost standby position. When a play button (not shown) or the like is operated in this state, the tape is pulled out from the cassette (100) and wound around the cylinder, so that the tape is in a running state. By performing the eject operation, the eject mode shown in FIG. It should be noted that the forward rotation / reverse rotation start of the drive motor (28) is started by each detection switch, mode switch and the like. The vertical movement of the frame body (7) can be performed by moving the projecting shaft (17) downwards and upwards by the urging force of the claw-shaped spring (25). Is applied to elastically urge the gear (16) downward or upward at each end to restrict the frame body (7) to a predetermined position.

Next, the operation when using the small cassette will be described. By pressing a small cassette button (not shown), the motor (52) rotates. This drives the linear rack (37) of the adapter holder (35) via the worm (53), worm wheel (54), and gear (55).
(35) is a guide rail (46) (46 ) of the frame body (49), and
The gears (48) (48) and the linear racks (38) (38) cooperate with each other to smoothly move horizontally to the left to the state shown in FIG. The protrusion (39a) of the adapter holding lever (39) of the adapter holder (36) is located near the horizontal movement completion position of the holder (35), and the protrusion (39a) of the side plate (8) serves as a control protrusion (first control means).
The adapter (300) becomes free because it comes into contact with (14) and rotates to unlock the adapter (300). still,
The lock protrusion of the adapter (300) is retained by the locking protrusion (39b) of the spring-biased adapter retaining lever (39).
00) by locking the locked recess (not shown). The tray (1) and the holder for adapter (35) are in a state of overlapping, and the cassette holding lever (5) of the tray (1 ) is the adapter (300) and the cassette locking piece (5) at the tip.
b) is pressed and rotates clockwise. More Holders (35)
When the tray approaches the tray (1) , the cassette holding lever (5)
Can be transferred to the tray (1) side without collision between the tray (1) and the holder (35) because the holders (36) enter the notches on both side edges of the bottom plate (36c). (No. 12
See figure).

When the adapter (300) is completely attached to the tray (1) ,
Since the cassette holding lever (5) is biased by the spring, it returns to hold the adapter (300) by the locking piece (5b). After that, the motor (52) reversely rotates and the holder (35) retreats and returns to the standby position. At that time, the motor (28) is also activated, and the tray (1) on which the adapter (300) is placed becomes the eject mode (FIG. 4 ) in which the small cassette can be mounted and ejected. When the small cassette (200) is mounted and the tray (1) or the operation button is pressed, the same operation as in the above-described standard cassette mounting performance is performed.

Next, after removing the small cassette (200), when mounting the standard cassette (100) again, operating the standard cassette button (not shown) causes the motor (28) to rotate and mount the adapter (300). The placed tray (1) horizontally moves to the right, while the adapter holder (35) also horizontally moves to the left due to the rotation of the motor (52), and the two are overlapped to form an adapter (300). 13 are returned from the tray (1) to the holder (35) , and FIGS. 13 and 14 show the vicinity of the position where the polymerization of both is completed. That is, as shown in FIG. 14, when the holder (35) moves to the left, a control projection (second control means) (22) provided on the side plate (21) in the path thereof.
To the triangular protrusion (40a) of the release lever (40),
The release lever (40) rotates counterclockwise. As a result, the release lever (40) contacts the tongue piece (5a) of the cassette holding lever (5) to rotate the lever (5) clockwise. Therefore, the adapter (300) is released. Further, during the horizontal movement of the adapter holder (35), the holding lever (39) of the adapter holding pair (36) is rotated by pressing the locking projection (39b) by the adapter (300). When the stacking of the tray (1) and the adapter holder (35) is completed, the adapter holding lever (39) is spring-biased, so that the adapter (300) is surely returned by the locking projection (39b). Hold on to lock. At this point the motor (28), (5
2) are reversed, and the two move away from each other, that is, the tray (1) moves horizontally to the left, and the holder (35) on which the adapter (300) is placed moves horizontally to the right, respectively, in the standby state (the third state). Return to FIG.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the standby state (FIG. (A))
Although the adapter receiving position (Fig. (B)) and the adapter returning position (Fig. (G)) are different from each other, the adapter may be received at the standby position. Tray (1) and adapter holder (35) when using a small cassette
Position detection and ON / OFF of motor (28) and motor (52)
In addition, normal rotation and reverse rotation are all performed by the mode switch and microcomputer configuration. In addition, with the small cassette (200) still installed in the adapter (300), the holder for the adapter
It is also possible to make (35) stand by.

(G) Effect of the Invention As described above, the apparatus of the present invention is provided with the holder containing the small cassette adapter, and the adapter is transferred from the holder to the tray in the same plane as the standard cassette mounting tray, and vice versa. Since the adapter is returned to the holder, there is an effect that the cassette mounting port is unified and the operability is improved and the device can be made thin.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 and 3 are schematic views in each mode when using a standard cassette and a small cassette, respectively, and FIGS. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are plan views, side views, and trays in the eject mode, respectively. 8 is a side view of the cam gear and FIG.
FIGS. 9, 9 and 10 are a plan view, a side view and a cam gear position explanatory view, FIG. 11 and FIG.
FIGS. 13, 13 and 14 are a plan view and a side view, respectively, in the middle of passing and returning an adapter, and FIGS. 15 and 16 are an external perspective view and a side view, respectively, of a conventional example. 1 …… Cassette tray (first holder), 3 …… Rail, 7 …… Frame, 21 …… Side plate, 35 …… Adapter holder (second holder), 38 …… Straight rack, 46 …… Guide rail, 100 ... Standard cassette, 200 ... Small cassette,
300 ... Adapter for small cassettes.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A frame which moves in the vertical direction, comprising a first holder that moves in the horizontal and vertical directions, and a horizontal movement guide means for the first holder, and a vertical movement guide means for the frame body. And a second holder on which the cassette adapter is placed and which moves only in the horizontal direction,
Device for mounting a plurality of cassettes, which comprises guide means for guiding the movement of the holder.