JP2000215631A - Case for disk cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a case for a disk cartridge from which the optical disk cartridge can be taken outside by one hand. SOLUTION: A case B for storing a cartridge A has a top plate 1, a bottom plate 2, side plates 3 and 4 formed between the top plate 1 and bottom plate 2, and opening 5 and 6 formed between the top plate 1 and bottom plate 2 and opened front and rear of a direction orthogonal to the side plates 3 and 4. Engagement members 7 and 8 are set outside one or both of the top plate 1 and bottom plate 2. Positioning members 9 and 10 are set inside one or both of the side plates 3 and 4. Notches 11 and 12 are provided in the opening 5, and a freely openable lid part 13 is set to the opening 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk cartridge case for accommodating a disk cartridge in a detachable manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an optical disk cartridge containing an optical disk such as a mini disk (MD) is
The following cases (1) and (2) have mainly been used for disk cartridge cases that are housed so that they can be inserted and removed.

(1) There is only one opening for inserting and removing an optical disk cartridge, and this opening is provided only on one side of the case (for example, JP-A-5-278773). ).

(2) In addition to the above (1), a disk cartridge case having a pushing lever (for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 7-35390). The pushing lever is provided at the bottom of the disc cartridge case, and is pushed into contact with the bottom of the optical disc cartridge inserted through the opening to be locked. On the other hand, in this state, a part of the optical disk cartridge on the opening side housed in the disk cartridge case is strongly pressed, and the pushing lever which is locked in the pressed state suddenly releases this locking. Because it expands, the stored optical disk cartridge pops up toward the opening,
It can be removed from the disk cartridge case.

[0005]

The above-mentioned (1),
The conventional case for a disk cartridge of (2) has an opening (an outlet) for inserting and removing an optical disk cartridge.
Because only one is provided, to take out the optical disk cartridge stored in the case,
The user needed both hands. Specifically, it is necessary to hold the disk cartridge case with one hand of the user and pull out the optical disk cartridge out of the case with the other hand. For this reason, it has been difficult for the user to remove the optical disk cartridge from the disk cartridge case when one hand is closed for some reason and both hands cannot be used. For example, when loading an optical disk cartridge into a so-called slot-in type optical disk recording / reproducing device, the optical disk cartridge once picked up from the disk cartridge case must be reloaded into the device. If the optical disk cartridge cannot be used, it is difficult to handle the optical disk cartridge. In addition, the above-mentioned conventional case for a disk cartridge,
Because there is only one opening for inserting and removing the optical disk cartridge and only on one side of the case, to take out the stored optical disk cartridge outside the disk cartridge case in the dark,
It is necessary for the user to search this opening by groping, and to hold the disk cartridge case with one hand of the user and to pick up the stored optical disk cartridge with the other hand, so that it takes time to load the device. There were many things. Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and has one opening for inserting a disk cartridge into a case and the other for removing a disk cartridge housed in the case. When the disc cartridge is housed in the case, the disc cartridge is pressed from the opening side to the lid side and inserted until the positioning member restricts the insertion of the disc cartridge, and When removing the stored disc cartridge, the disc cartridge is pressed and ejected out of the case so that the disc cartridge regulated by the positioning member is pushed further from one opening side to the other opening side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk cartridge case configured so as to be able to be used. Thereby, when taking out the optical disk cartridge housed in the case, the user can take out the optical disk cartridge from the case with only one hand, and load this optical disk cartridge into the slot-in type optical disk recording / reproducing apparatus. In this case, it is not necessary to take out the optical disk cartridge from the case and then load the optical disk cartridge into the device. However, the other opening of the disk cartridge case is pressed against the optical disk cartridge insertion opening of the device, and then the disk cartridge case is By pressing the disc cartridge from one opening side to the other opening side, the optical disc cartridge can be discharged into the apparatus and loaded therein. Further, the optical disk cartridge can be stored in the case from either side of the one or the other opening, which facilitates the operation of taking out the optical disk cartridge from the case in the case of darkness or when it is not possible to look directly. There are effects such as being able to do.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a disk cartridge case having the following structure. A disk cartridge case for removably storing a disk cartridge, comprising a pair of top and bottom plates having substantially the same shape, and a pair of top and bottom plates formed between the pair of top and bottom plates. A side plate portion, and two opening portions formed between the pair of top plate portions and the bottom plate portion, and opened to the front and back in a direction orthogonal to the pair of side plate portions; A locking member is provided outside one or both of the bottom plate portions, and a positioning member is provided inside one or both of the pair of side plate portions, and one of the two opening portions is provided. In the department,
A notch having substantially the same shape is provided, and a lid that can be opened and closed is provided in the other of the two openings. Until the insertion of the cartridge is regulated, the disc cartridge is pressed from the one opening side to the other opening side to be inserted, and the ejected disc cartridge is ejected. A disc cartridge case, wherein the disc cartridge is pressed and ejected with the locking member as a fulcrum so that the disc cartridge is further pushed out from the one opening toward the other opening.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A case for a disk cartridge according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a state of accommodating a disk cartridge using a case which is one embodiment of the disk cartridge case of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a case which is one embodiment of the disk cartridge case of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a state in which a disk cartridge stored in the storage device is taken out.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the disk cartridge case of the present invention
B for a disc cartridge that can be inserted and removed
A pair of top plate portions 1 and bottom plate portions 2 having substantially the same shape; a pair of side plate portions 3 and 4 formed between the pair of top plate portions 1 and bottom plate portion 2; And two opening portions 5 and 6 formed between the top plate portion 1 and the bottom plate portion 2 and open frontward and rearward in a direction orthogonal to the pair of side plate portions 3 and 4. Locking members 7 and 8 are provided outside one or both of the plate portion 1 and the bottom plate portion 2, and positioning members 9 and 10 are provided inside one or both of the pair of side plate portions 3 and 4. Notches 11 and 12 having substantially the same shape are provided in one opening 5 of the two openings 5 and 6, and the other opening of the two openings 5 and 6 is provided. The part 6 is provided with a lid 13 that can be opened and closed freely, and when the disc cartridge A is stored, the positioning members 9, 1 are provided.
0 until the insertion of the disc cartridge A is restricted.
When the disc cartridge A is pressed and inserted from the one opening 5 side to the other opening 6 side and the stored disc cartridge A is ejected, the disc cartridge A is regulated by the positioning members 9 and 10. Disc cartridge A
Characterized in that the disc cartridge A is pressed and ejected with the locking members 7, 8 as fulcrums so that the disc cartridge A is further pushed out from the one opening 5 side to the other opening 6 side. It is.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the disk cartridge case B of the present invention
This is a case B for storing a disk cartridge A in which an optical disk 14 such as W is stored in a cartridge 15. Openings 5 and 6 for taking in and out the cartridge A are provided at two locations facing each other. In the vicinity of the center of the top plate 1 or the bottom plate 2 (or both), there are locking members 7, 8 which are recessed portions to which a finger can be put or holes which penetrate the plate. Notches 11 and 12 are provided in one opening 5. The other opening 6 has a lid 13 that can be opened and closed. Positioning members 9 and 10 are provided on the side plates 3 and 4 as side walls inside the case B. The positioning members 9 and 10 are protrusions for stopping the cartridge A when the cartridge A is stored.

[0010] Cartridge A stored in case B
When taking out with one hand, for example, as shown in FIG.
This is performed by hanging the middle finger of the user's left hand on the recess (locking member 8) and pushing the rear end portion A1 of the cartridge A in the direction of the arrow in the figure with the belly of the thumb. Alternatively, the recesses (locking members 8, 8) provided in the top plate 1 and the bottom plate 2 with the thumb and the index finger
9), and push the rear end portion A1 of the cartridge in the direction of the arrow in the figure near the second joint portion of the thumb.

Thus, the cartridge A stored in the case B can be taken out with one hand. At this time, the cuts 11 and 1 provided in the one opening 5 are provided.
Reference numeral 2 has such a width that a finger (the belly of the thumb) can be sufficiently pushed and inserted in the direction of the arrow in the figure. In addition, this cut 1
The lengths (depths) of the cartridges 1 and 12 are set such that the pushed end A2 of the cartridge A can be pushed in such a manner as to be sufficiently exposed from the outside of the case B.

An opening 6 opposite to the opening 5 having the cuts 11 and 12 of the case B has a lid 13 which is connected to only one side of the top plate 1 or the bottom plate 2 and can be opened and closed. The lid 13 is opened by the force of pushing out the cartridge A from the inside of the case B, and is closed by the restoring force by the material of the case B itself, the molding method, or the projection after the cartridge A is released. If such a lid 13 is provided, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering the case B when the cartridge A is stored, and to eliminate a cause of causing an error during recording and reproduction of the optical disc 14. The lid 13 can also be opened by pushing it into the case B, so that the cartridge A can be stored in both directions.

As described above, the side plates 3 and 4, which are the inner side walls of the case B, have the positioning members 9 and 10 which are projection parts for fixing the cartridge A. . The positioning members 9 and 10 are in contact with the side wall of the cartridge Ak, and have an effect of preventing the cartridge A from easily falling off when the cartridge A is stored.

[0014]

According to the present invention having the above structure, one opening for inserting the disk cartridge into the case and the other opening for removing the disk cartridge stored in the case are provided. When the disk cartridge is stored in the case, the disk cartridge is pressed and inserted from the opening side to the lid side until the positioning member restricts the insertion of the disk cartridge, and the disk cartridge is stored. When the disc cartridge is taken out, the disc cartridge is pressed and ejected out of the case so that the disc cartridge regulated by the positioning member is further pushed out from one opening side to the other opening side. Therefore, when removing the optical disk cartridge housed in the case, Can remove the optical disk cartridge from the case with only one hand, and even when loading this optical disk cartridge into the slot-in type optical disk recording / reproducing device, there is no need to take out the optical disk cartridge from the case and then load it into the device. However, the other opening of the disk cartridge case is pressed against the optical disk cartridge insertion opening of this apparatus, and then the disk cartridge is pressed from one opening side of the disk cartridge case to the other opening side. Thus, the optical disk cartridge can be ejected into the apparatus and loaded therein. Further, the optical disk cartridge can be stored in the case from either side of the one or the other opening, which facilitates the operation of taking out the optical disk cartridge from the case in the case of darkness or when it is not possible to look directly. There are effects such as being able to do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a state in which a disk cartridge is stored using a case which is an embodiment of a disk cartridge case of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a state of taking out a disk cartridge stored in a case which is an embodiment of the disk cartridge case of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Top plate part 2 Bottom plate part 3, 4 Side plate part 5, 6 Opening part 7, 8 Locking member 9, 10 Positioning member 11, 12 Notch part 13 Lid A Disk cartridge B Disk cartridge case

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A disk cartridge case for removably storing a disk cartridge, comprising: a pair of top and bottom plates having substantially the same shape; and a space between the pair of top and bottom plates. A pair of side plate portions formed, and two opening portions formed between the pair of top plate portion and the bottom plate portion, and opened in front and rear in a direction orthogonal to the pair of side plate portions, A locking member is provided outside one or both of the pair of top and bottom plate portions, and a positioning member is provided inside one or both of the pair of side plate portions. One of the two openings is provided with a notch having substantially the same shape, and the other of the two openings is provided with a lid that can be opened and closed to accommodate a disc cartridge. When positioning the disc cartridge with the positioning member Input until is restricted,
When pressing the disc cartridge from the one opening side to the other opening side and ejecting the stored disc cartridge,
The disc cartridge is pressed and ejected with the locking member as a fulcrum so that the disc cartridge regulated by the positioning member is further pushed out from the one opening side to the other opening side. Case for disk cartridge.