公开(公告)号：US6125090A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-26

申请号：US644718

申请日：1996-05-10

申请人： Niro Nakamichi

发明人： Niro Nakamichi

IPC分类号： G11B17/04 ,  G11B17/056 ,  G11B17/10 ,  G11B17/18 ,  G11B17/26 ,  G11B33/02

CPC分类号： G11B17/18 ,  G11B17/10

摘要： A disk changer employs two disk guides to support a recorded disk at opposite points along its edge. One of the disk guides has a belt that revolves around two pulleys. A surface of the belt frictionally engages an edge surface of the disk. The other disk guide has two surfaces, a low-friction guide surface parallel to the recorded surface of the disk and a resilient sloped surface that forms an angle with both the recorded surface of the disk and the perpendicular to the recorded surface of the disk. Both guides are urged together, and, as a result, the sloped surface is urged against the disk edge. Because of the slope of the surface, the sloped surface meets a corner where the recorded surface of the disk meets the edge surface of the disk and urges the disk's recorded surface toward the guide surface. This stabilizes the disk against pitching motion.

摘要翻译： 磁盘更换器使用两个磁盘引导件来支持记录磁盘沿其边缘的相对位置。 其中一个盘导轨具有围绕两个滑轮旋转的皮带。 带的表面摩擦地接合盘的边缘表面。 另一个盘引导件具有两个表面，平行于盘的记录表面的低摩擦引导表面和与盘的记录表面和与盘的记录表面垂直的角度形成一角度的弹性倾斜表面。 两个引导件被一起推动，结果，倾斜的表面被推靠在盘形边缘上。 由于表面的斜率，倾斜的表面与盘的记录表面与盘的边缘表面相遇的一角，并将盘的记录表面推向引导表面。 这样可以使盘抵抗俯仰运动。

公开(公告)号：US5883876A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-16

申请号：US611375

申请日：1996-03-05

申请人： Niro Nakamichi

发明人： Niro Nakamichi

IPC分类号： G11B17/22 ,  G11B25/04

CPC分类号： G11B17/223

摘要： A disk player supports a disk between two opposing longitudinal disk guides, one with a moving belt running along it. The belt frictionally engages an edge of the disk to roll the disk along the opposite guide. Disks are inserted through an insertion aperture, normally covered by a flap. When the player is ready to receive a disk, the flap opens outwardly. The disk is inserted between the guides through the aperture. The guides separate to accommodate the disk causing the flap to drop onto the back of the disk. As the disk moves, the flap rides the back face of the disk until it falls off a trailing edge, registering a reference position of the disk. Encoder pulses indicate increments of advancement of the belt position. The pulses are counted after passing the reference position, to determine when the disk has arrived at the playback position. A turntable is moved toward the disk until a spindle inserts into a center hole of the disk. If the spindle strikes the disk and forces it upward, the disk presses a damper to an irregular position which is detected to indicate misalignment of the disk. In response, the disk is moved back until it is underneath the flap. The flap is dropped onto the back of the disk and the disk transported back to the playback position. This process is repeated until the misalignment is corrected or a predetermined number of cycles fails to correct it.

摘要翻译： 磁盘播放器在两个相对的纵向盘导向器之间支撑一个盘，一个带有沿其延伸的移动带。 皮带与磁盘的边缘摩擦接合，以沿着相对的导轨滚动磁盘。 磁盘通过插入孔插入，通常由皮瓣覆盖。 当播放器准备好接收磁盘时，挡板向外打开。 盘通过孔插入在引导件之间。 引导件分开以容纳盘片，导致襟翼落到盘背上。 当磁盘移动时，挡板使盘的背面直到脱离后缘，记录磁盘的参考位置。 编码器脉冲表示带位置的前进的增量。 在通过参考位置之后对脉冲进行计数，以确定盘何时到达播放位置。 转盘朝向盘移动，直到主轴插入到盘的中心孔中。 如果主轴撞击盘并迫使其向上，则盘将阻尼器按压到不规则位置，该位置被检测以指示盘的不对准。 作为响应，磁盘被移回，直到其在挡板下方。 襟翼落在盘背上，盘片传回回放位置。 重复该过程，直到校正不对准或预定次数的循环不能校正。

公开(公告)号：US5870368A

公开(公告)日：1999-02-09

申请号：US611387

申请日：1996-03-05

申请人： Niro Nakamichi

发明人： Niro Nakamichi

IPC分类号： G11B17/04 ,  G11B17/051 ,  G11B17/22 ,  G11B17/26 ,  G11B33/02

CPC分类号： G11B17/223

摘要： A disk player receives a disk through an insertion aperture and supports the disk opposite contact points on its edge, between laterally movable left and right-side disk guides. The disk's left side contacts a belt revolved on the left-side disk guide causing the disk to roll along the right side disk guide. An outwardly opening flap hinged at the top of the insertion aperture is held open when the disk player is prepared to receive a disk. As the disk is inserted the disk guides begin moving apart which causes the flap, urged by a spring, to drop to the back surface of the disk. The disk holds the flap partly open until a trailing edge of the disk passes inside at which point the flap's closure is detected and the flap locked in the closed position to prevent irregular insertion of additional disks. The closure of the flap registers the precise position of the disk. The disk is positioned within the player using an encoder which measures cumulative displacement of the disk relative to the registration position. If misalignment of the disk is detected, the disk is driven back to the insertion aperture, the flap is opened, the disk is drawn back in, the flap dropped, the disk drawn in again to repeat the registration. To protect disks, the flap is covered with a soft slippery material such as that used to line floppy disk holders.

摘要翻译： 磁盘播放器通过插入孔接收盘，并且在其边缘上的相对的接触点处，在横向可移动的左侧和右侧盘引导件之间支撑盘。 磁盘的左侧接触在左侧磁盘引导件上旋转的皮带，导致磁盘沿右侧磁盘引导件滚动。 当盘播放器准备接收盘时，铰链在插入孔的顶部的向外打开的翼片保持打开。 当盘被插入时，磁盘引导件开始移动，导致由弹簧推动的挡片落到磁盘的后表面。 盘保持翼片部分打开，直到盘的后缘通过内部，在该点检测到皮瓣的关闭，并且将瓣片锁定在关闭位置以防止附加盘的不规则插入。 挡板的关闭记录盘的精确位置。 盘使用编码器定位在播放器内，该编码器测量盘相对于登记位置的累积位移。 如果检测到磁盘未对准，则将磁盘驱回到插入孔，打开挡片，将磁盘拉回，将襟片掉落，再次拉出磁盘重复注册。 为了保护磁盘，皮瓣被柔软的滑动材料覆盖，例如用于线盘软盘的支架。

公开(公告)号：US5790496A

公开(公告)日：1998-08-04

申请号：US610962

申请日：1996-03-05

申请人： Niro Nakamichi

发明人： Niro Nakamichi

IPC分类号： G11B17/04 ,  G11B17/051 ,  G11B17/22 ,  G11B17/26 ,  G11B33/02

CPC分类号： G11B17/223 ,  G11B17/04

摘要： A disk playback device precisely positions disks of various sizes at playback, store, and eject positions. A disk is inserted between two longitudinal disk guides, movable in a direction perpendicular to a direction of transport of the disk. An indicator indicates the amount of separation of the two disk guides caused by insertion, thereby indicating the size of the disk. A belt revolves along one of the disk guides frictionally engaging an edge of the disk and rolling the disk along the opposite disk guide. A flap at an insertion aperture is dropped onto the surface of the disk as it is drawn into the disk player until the flap drops off the trailing edge of the disk indicating the disk is at a registration position. A controller which counts pulses from an encoder connected to the drive mechanism to determine the accruing distance of the disk from the registration position. The controller stops the belt after a specified number of pulses to position the disk center at the playback position. The number of pulses depends on the size of the disk since the position of the center of the disk at the registration position depends on the disk size. The disk is transported to a storage position and an eject position by similarly counting pulses. By counting pulses from a single sensed registration position, the need for separate sensors to indicate the separate playback, store, and eject positions is avoided.

摘要翻译： 磁盘播放设备在播放，存储和弹出位置时精确地定位各种尺寸的磁盘。 一个盘被插入两个纵向盘引导件之间，可在与盘的传送方向垂直的方向上移动。 指示器指示由插入引起的两个盘导轨的分离量，从而指示盘的尺寸。 皮带沿其中一个盘导轨旋转，与盘的边缘摩擦接合并沿着相对的盘引导件滚动盘。 插入孔的折片在被拉入到盘播放器中时落到盘的表面上，直到瓣从盘的后缘掉落，指示盘处于配准位置。 计算来自连接到驱动机构的编码器的脉冲的控制器，以确定盘从注册位置的累积距离。 控制器在指定数量的脉冲之后停止皮带，将磁盘中心定位在播放位置。 脉冲数取决于磁盘的大小，因为磁盘在对位位置的中心位置取决于磁盘大小。 通过类似地计数脉冲将盘传送到存储位置和排出位置。 通过对来自单个感测对准位置的脉冲进行计数，避免了单独的传感器来指示单独的重放，存储和弹出位置的需要。

公开(公告)号：US5774442A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-30

申请号：US611534

申请日：1996-03-05

申请人： Niro Nakamichi

发明人： Niro Nakamichi

IPC分类号： G11B17/04 ,  G11B17/051 ,  G11B17/22 ,  G11B17/26

CPC分类号： G11B17/04 ,  G11B17/223

摘要： A disk transport mechanism for a disk player employs a fixed disk guide to support one edge of a disk and a drive-side disk guide, with a revolving belt, to support and drive an opposite edge of the disk. The revolving belt is supported at two points by pulleys. The disk is held between the fixed and drive-side disk guides to press the revolving belt against the disk edge causing the disk to roll along the fixed disk guide. The fixed and drive-side disk guides are movably supported on a chassis and urged together by a spring. When a disk is transported to a playback position, the disk guides are separated to disengage the disk by a rack and pinion mechanism. The rack and pinion mechanism employs a pinion gear coaxially connected to one of the pulleys supporting the revolving belt. A drive gear, also coaxially connected with the pinion gear and pulley, is driven by a motor on the chassis through an extensible transmission to power the revolving belt. The same motor and transmission shifts the drive-side disk guide laterally to separate the disk guides for playback by pivoting a rack, pivotably mounted on the chassis, toward the pinion gear to mesh with it. Thus, a single motor is used to drive both the disk transport mechanism and the separation mechanism that frees the disk for playback.

摘要翻译： 用于盘播放器的盘传送机构使用固定盘引导件来支撑盘的一个边缘和具有旋转带的驱动侧盘引导件，以支撑并驱动盘的相对边缘。 旋转皮带由两个滑轮支撑。 盘被固定在驱动侧盘导向件之间，以将旋转皮带压靠盘片边缘，使盘沿着固定盘引导件滚动。 固定和驱动侧磁盘引导件可移动地支撑在底盘上并由弹簧一起推动。 当盘被输送到播放位置时，盘引导件被分离以通过齿条和小齿轮机构脱离盘。 齿条齿轮机构采用同轴连接到支撑旋转带的一个滑轮中的小齿轮。 与小齿轮和滑轮同轴连接的驱动齿轮通过可伸展的传动装置由底盘上的马达驱动，为旋转带提供动力。 相同的电动机和变速器横向移动驱动侧盘导向件，以通过使可枢转地安装在底盘上的齿条朝向小齿轮转动以与其啮合，从而将盘引导件分开以进行回放。 因此，使用单个电动机来驱动磁盘传送机构和分离机构，该磁盘传送机构和分离机构释放磁盘以便重放。

公开(公告)号：US5629923A

公开(公告)日：1997-05-13

申请号：US444057

申请日：1995-05-18

申请人： Yuichiro Hisatomi

发明人： Yuichiro Hisatomi

IPC分类号： G11B17/22 ,  G11B17/04

CPC分类号： G11B17/223

摘要： A disk player has a magazine for storing disks and a disk transport mechanism transporting a selected disk between four positions including an eject position, a load position, a playback position, and a store position which lie in a single plane. The selected disk is carried on a carriage in a tray from the eject position to the load position where the selected disk and carriage are partially removed from the tray to the playback position above a disk reader. The partial removal of the carriage from the tray to the load position provides a required clearance aperture for the disk reader permitting a tray length to be minimized. A first transport mechanism transports the tray and carriage between said eject and load position. A second transport mechanism transports the carriage between the load, playback, and store positions. The first transport mechanism enables the second transport mechanism when transporting the carriage to the load position. The second transport mechanism disables the first transport mechanism and locks the tray at the load position when removing a carriage from the load position. The magazine accepts a plurality of disks held in carriages. An alignment mechanism provides relative movement between the magazine and a plane of transport of the disk transport mechanism permitting the selected disk to be inserted or removed from the magazine at the store position. The disk reader is positioned to read the selected disk overlapping disks stored in the magazine resulting in a smaller disk player size. Another embodiment of the invention eliminates the magazine and its associated store position.

摘要翻译： 磁盘播放器具有用于存储磁盘的磁带盒和在所述四个位置之间传送所选择的磁盘的磁盘传送机构，包括位于单个平面中的弹出位置，装载位置，重放位置和存储位置。 所选择的盘被放置在从排出位置到装载位置的托盘中的托架上，其中所选择的盘和托架部分地从托盘移除到盘读取器上方的播放位置。 将托架从托盘部分移除到加载位置为盘读取器提供了所需的间隙孔，从而使托盘长度最小化。 第一传送机构在所述弹出和装载位置之间传送托盘和托架。 第二传送机构在载入，回放和存储位置之间传送托架。 当将托架运送到装载位置时，第一传送机构使得第二传送机构能够实现。 第二传送机构禁止第一传送机构，并且在从载入位置移除托架时将托盘锁定在加载位置。 该杂志接收多个保持在托架中的盘。 对准机构提供料盒与盘传送机构的输送平面之间的相对运动，允许所选择的盘在仓储位置从盒中插入或取出。 磁盘读取器被定位成读取存储在盒中的所选磁盘重叠磁盘，导致较小的磁盘播放器大小。 本发明的另一个实施例消除了杂志及其关联的商店位置。

公开(公告)号：US5504733A

公开(公告)日：1996-04-02

申请号：US206509

申请日：1994-03-04

申请人： Niro Nakamichi

发明人： Niro Nakamichi

IPC分类号： G11B17/26 ,  G11B17/22 ,  G11B33/02

CPC分类号： G11B17/223

摘要： A disk player has a magazine for holding disks and mechanisms for transporting disks between four positions, an eject position, a load position, a playback position, and a store position. A disk reader is positioned to read a selected disk in the playback position while the selected disk overlaps disks in the magazine. The disks are held on carriages in the magazine and are transported on the carriages to the disk reader. Each carriage has a V-shaped aperture which provides for access by the disk reader to a recording surface of the selected disk. Clearance for playing the selected disk is also provided by the V-shaped apertures of adjacent carriages in the magazine. The selected disk is raised by the disk reader into an area within the V-shaped aperture of the carriage in the magazine which is above the disk being played. A selected carriage is carried by a tray between the eject position and the load position. The selected carriage is partially removed from the tray during transport from the load position to the playback position. The partial removal elongates an access aperture for the disk reader and allows a shortened tray length to be achieved. The tray has protrusions which extend into the V-shaped aperture and provide supplemental support for a disk held in the selected carriage. Countersunk apertures extend into the protrusions to facilitate removal of a disk from the tray and carriage.

摘要翻译： 磁盘播放器具有用于保持磁盘的盒和用于在四个位置之间传送盘的机构，弹出位置，装载位置，重放位置和存储位置。 磁盘读取器被定位成在所选磁盘与磁带盒中的磁盘重叠的同时读取播放位置中的所选磁盘。 盘被保持在盒中的托架上并且在托架上被运送到盘读取器。 每个托架具有V形孔径，其允许盘读取器访问所选择的盘的记录表面。 用于播放所选盘的间隙也由盒中相邻支架的V形孔提供。 所选择的盘被盘读取器升高到盒中位于正在播放的盘上方的托架的V形孔内的区域中。 所选择的托架由托盘在弹出位置和装载位置之间承载。 在从装载位置到播放位置的传送期间，所选择的托架部分地从托盘中移除。 部分去除延长了盘读取器的进入孔，并且允许实现缩短的托盘长度。 托盘具有延伸到V形孔中的突起，并且为保持在所选择的托架中的盘提供补充支撑。 沉头孔延伸到突起中以便于从托盘和托架移除盘。

公开(公告)号：US5239527A

公开(公告)日：1993-08-24

申请号：US709093

申请日：1991-05-30

申请人： Kazuhiro Sakiyama

发明人： Kazuhiro Sakiyama

IPC分类号： G11B17/22

CPC分类号： G11B17/223

摘要： A changer-equipped disc player uses a number n of carriages which can to hold up to a number n of discs in storage positions in a stocker. These carriages carry discs between the stocker and a movable tray for play and for loading and unloading. One of the n number of carriages, carriage S, is usable in a single-play mode, allowing the player to be used as a tray equipped single-play device. Carriage S may be selected for single play regardless of the number of discs stored in the remaining n-1 number of carriages. The remaining n-1 number of carriages are usable only in changer-play operation. Loading discs into the device is accomplished by placing discs into empty carriages as each is held in the tray in an eject position. The stocker is not removed for loading discs or for removing or replacing the discs stored within it. During changer-playback operation, the device selects and plays all stored discs in a predetermined sequence. During single-play operation, the device plays only the disc in carriage S.

摘要翻译： 装有更换器的光盘播放机使用数量为n的滑架，其可以在存放器中的存储位置中容纳多达n个盘。 这些托架在储盘器和可移动托盘之间携带碟片用于播放和装载和卸载。 n个车厢中的一个，即车厢S，可以在单一播放模式中使用，允许播放器用作装备有单播设备的托盘。 无论存储在剩余n-1个车厢中的盘数如何，都可以选择支架S进行单次播放。 剩余的n-1个滑架只能在更换操作中使用。 将光盘装入设备中是通过将光盘放入空托架来实现的，因为每个碟片都保持在托盘中处于弹出位置。 为了装入光盘或取出或更换存储在其中的光盘，不会取出储存器。 在更换播放操作期间，设备以预定的顺序选择和播放所有存储的光盘。 在单次播放操作期间，设备仅在托架S中播放光盘。

公开(公告)号：US5210728A

公开(公告)日：1993-05-11

申请号：US706957

申请日：1991-05-29

申请人： Yasuhiro Noguchi ,  Kazuhiro Musashi

发明人： Yasuhiro Noguchi ,  Kazuhiro Musashi

IPC分类号： G11B17/26

CPC分类号： G11B17/26

摘要： A disk player with disk changer functions has an elevatable stacker for storing plural disks for playback. A mechanism or elevation of the stacker relative to a main body of the player includes a motor, a threaded shaft (95) rotated by the motor and a nut (96) fixed to the bottom of the stacker in engagement of the threaded shaft (95) to allow elevation of the stacker in response to rotation of the threaded shaft. The threaded shaft has a smaller diameter than a central aperture of the disk when received in the stacker. The fixed position of the nut may be adjusted to vary relative angular position with respect to the threaded shaft. A projection (96) may be inserted into one of a plurality of apertures (903) to vary or adjust the position of the nut relative to the shaft (95).

摘要翻译： 具有盘换换器功能的盘播放器具有用于存储用于回放的多个盘的升降式堆垛机。 堆垛机相对于玩家主体的机构或高度包括马达，由马达旋转的螺纹轴（95）和固定到堆垛机底部的螺母（96），该螺母与螺纹轴（95 ），以允许堆垛机响应螺纹轴的旋转升高。 螺纹轴在收集在堆垛机中时具有比盘的中心孔更小的直径。 可以调节螺母的固定位置以相对于螺纹轴改变相对角位置。 突起（96）可以插入到多个孔（903）中的一个中，以改变或调节螺母相对于轴（95）的位置。

公开(公告)号：USD322252S

公开(公告)日：1991-12-10

申请号：US392240

申请日：1989-08-10

申请人： Kenshiro Tanaka

设计人： Kenshiro Tanaka