Disc player with loading and unloading devices moving within vertical elongated grooves

摘要

A deck having a spindle assembly is disposed above a base plate of a disc player. There is placed a tray for carrying a disc above the deck. A cartridge loading member is connected to sides of the deck and the tray. The loading member has one operating piece and two springs. One end of each of the springs is connected to the operating piece. Other end of each of these springs is elastically connected to the deck. A top of the operating piece is hinged on a side of the tray. Either on lower position of the operating piece or on position of side wall of deck corresponding to the operating piece is formed a guide projection. On the other position is formed a guide groove vertically elongated. This projection can be slidably connected within this guide groove. When a user inserts the disc cartridge thereinto, the second spring is pulled in the insertion direction to erect operating piece. Thus, the strained first spring is pulled downward and the operating piece of the loading member is elastically moved downward along the guide groove to mount the tray with the disc on the deck. The disc player can be provided with the loading and the ejecting units operated with a simple machinery mechanism, so that an internal construction has become simpler to achieve miniaturization of the disc player.