Disc device having improved suppression of disc movement
View Patent ↗A disc device is capable of suppressing movement of discs remaining on standby. Discs are moved upward and downward, thereby providing an operation space S at a lower side of the desired disc, and a pivotal arm is located in a predetermined position, and thereafter the desired disc is set on the pivotal arm, and recording/reproduction is effected. At this time, the standby discs disposed at the lower side of the desired disc are disposed below the operation space (S), and are fixed by pressing pressing members of disc fixing portions against outer peripheral surfaces thereof.
1. A disc device provided with a plurality of trays on which discs can be placed respectively and which are arranged in a stack; comprising:
a tray moving portion that moves the trays in a stacking direction; and
a disc fixing portion that fixes the standby discs standing by at at least one of an upper side and a lower side in the stacking direction,
wherein the disc fixing portion includes a pressing member which presses outer peripheral surfaces of the standby discs.
2. The disc device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member is a cantilever spring made of a resin.
3. The disc device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a disc holding portion that holds the disc placed on the tray moved into a predetermined position in the stacking direction, and forms an operation space for the effecting operations of recording or reproduction of the disc,
wherein the disc holding portion includes:
a rotary portion having a generally cylindrical shape which has a first cam groove at its outer peripheral surface and is rotatable;
an upper holder which is provided on the outside of the rotary portion, and can rotate and move upward and downward in accordance with the first cam groove through a cam projection formed on its inner peripheral surface, and has a second cam groove and an upper holder portion for abutting against the disc at its outer peripheral surface;
a lower holder which is disposed at a lower side of the upper holder, and can rotate and move upward and downward in accordance with the first cam groove through a cam projection formed on its inner peripheral surface, and has a third cam groove and a lower holder portion for abutting against the disc at its outer peripheral surface; and
a fixed member which is fixed to a box body of the disc device, and has two cam projections engaged to the second cam groove and the third cam groove respectively; and
wherein the pressing member is provided at the outer periphery of at least one of the lower holder and the upper holder.
4. The disc device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member presses an outer peripheral portion of the tray.
5. The disc device according to claim 1 , further comprising a retaining hole fixing portion that fixes retaining holes of the standby discs.
6. The disc device according to claim 5 , wherein the retaining hole fixing portion includes a pillar body which can pass through the retaining holes of the discs, and a fixing member which projects from an outer peripheral surface of the pillar body to be press-contacted with inner peripheral surfaces of the retaining holes.