JP3127082U - Media holder - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided a medium holder capable of easily holding a medium in an identifiable manner.
A main body having a hollow interior and an opening formed on an upper surface thereof, medium holding means disposed in the main body, and a light emitting diode and a light emitting element disposed inside the main body. A printed circuit board on which a switch for controlling on / off of the diode is mounted, a battery which is disposed inside the main body and supplies power for lighting the light emitting diode, and slides vertically in the opening of the main body. A transparent lens-like cover member that is movably fitted and a spring member that constantly urges the cover member upward, and the cover member is moved downward against the urging force of the spring member. Then, the lower end portion of the cover member comes into contact with the switch, and the switch is turned on / off by the lower end portion of the cover member. When the switch is turned on, the light emitting diode blinks or lights, and the switch is turned off. Light-emitting diode is turned off.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a media holder, and more particularly to a media holder suitable for holding a document or the like on which a memo or a message is written.

  In this specification, the term “medium” refers to various recording media made of paper such as plain paper, various materials such as resin materials such as PVC and polyester, and materials such as aluminum, iron, and wood. Includes material.

  Conventionally, a thumbtack, a magnet, a clip, a paper weight, or the like has been used as a medium holder to hold a medium such as a document on which a memo or a message is written.

  For example, it is convenient to use a thumbtack or a magnet when holding a document with notes or messages on the wall so that it can be removed. When placing a document on which is placed on a desk, it is convenient to use a clip or a paper weight.

By the way, when there are many documents with notes or messages on the wall or on the desk, it is easy for those who see these documents to determine which document or message is important. There was a problem that it was difficult to judge.

  For this reason, those who view these documents had to read the documents with these notes and messages in order, regardless of the level of importance.

  In addition, when there are many documents with notes or messages on the wall or desk as described above, it is easy for those who see these documents to identify which document is unread. There was also a problem that it was not.

  For this reason, there is a risk that those who view these documents will read the notes and messages that they have already read.

Note that the prior art that the applicant of the present application knows at the time of filing a utility model registration is as described above and is not a device related to a known literature, so there is no prior art information to be described.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described various problems of the prior art, and the object of the present invention is to facilitate various media such as documents on which memos and messages are described. It is an object of the present invention to provide a media holder that can be held in an identifiable manner.

  In order to achieve the above object, a medium holder according to the present invention incorporates a light emitting diode (LED) therein, and enables identification of a medium held by turning on / off or blinking the LED.

  That is, the invention described in claim 1 of the present invention is a medium holder for holding a medium, in which a main body part is formed in a hollow shape and an opening is formed on an upper surface, and the main body part is disposed in the main body part. A printed circuit board on which the medium holding means, a light emitting diode and a switch for controlling on / off of the light emitting diode are mounted, and disposed inside the main body, are disposed inside the main body. And a battery for supplying electric power for lighting the light emitting diode, a transparent lens-like cover member slidably fitted in the opening of the main body portion in the vertical direction, and the cover member always on When the cover member is moved downward against the biasing force of the spring member, the lower end of the cover member and the switch come into contact with each other, and The switch is turned on / off by the lower end portion of the cover member, and the light emitting diode blinks or lights when the switch is turned on, and the light emitting diode turns off when the switch is turned off. .

  Further, the invention described in claim 2 of the present invention is the device described in claim 1 of the present invention, wherein the medium holding means is a pin.

  A third aspect of the present invention is the device according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the medium holding means is a magnet.

  Further, the invention described in claim 4 of the present invention is such that, in the device described in claim 1 of the present invention, the medium holding means is a sawtooth member biased so as to face each other. It is a thing.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, there is an excellent effect that various media such as a document on which a memo or a message is described can be easily and identifiablely held.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of a media holder according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In each of the embodiments described below, the same or equivalent common configurations and operations will be described in detail with respect to the first embodiment, and those details in other embodiments will be described. Such description will be omitted as appropriate.

First, a medium holder according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2A and 2B. 1 is a perspective explanatory view of the medium holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is a schematic cross-sectional configuration explanatory view taken along line II-II in FIG. ) Is a schematic perspective explanatory view observed from the direction of arrow A in FIG.

  The medium holder 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a so-called thumbtack type medium holder having the same function as a thumbtack.

  The medium holder 10 has a sharpened tip which is fixedly embedded in a lower part 12c of the main body 12 as a medium holding means, and a main body 12 in which an inner portion 12a is formed in a hollow shape and an opening 12b is formed on an upper surface. A printed circuit board 20 mounted with a pin 14 formed on the inside, a light emitting diode (LED) 16 and a switch 18 for controlling on / off of the light emitting diode 16, disposed inside the body 12 a, and the body 12. A button-type battery 22 that is disposed in the interior 12a and supplies power for lighting the light-emitting diode 16, and a transparent lens that is slidably fitted in the opening 12b of the main body 12 in the vertical direction. And a spring member 26 that constantly biases the cover member 24 upward.

  In the medium holder 10, when the cover member 24 is moved downward against the urging force of the spring member 26, the lower end 24 a of the cover member 24 and the switch 18 come into contact with each other, and the lower end of the cover member 24 is The size is set so that the switch 18 can be turned on / off by the portion 24a. The switch 18 is alternately turned on and off every time the lower end 24a of the cover member 24 and the switch 18 come into contact with each other.

  When the switch 18 is turned on, the light emitting diode 16 is also turned on, and when the switch 18 is turned off, the light emitting diode 16 is also turned off.

  The light emitting diode 16 is set to blink in the on state and extinguish in the off state.

The case where a document is held on a wall as a medium using the medium holder 10 in the above configuration will be described.

  That is, when the user of the media holder 10 holds the document on the wall by the media holder 10, the pin 14 is inserted into the wall so that the pin 14 is inserted into the document in the same manner as when the document is fastened to the wall with a thumbtack. Just pierce it. As a result, the document is held on the wall by the medium holder 10.

  When the user or the like wants to distinguish the document held on the wall by the medium holder 10 from the other document, the switch 18 may be turned on by pressing the cover member 24 downward. When the switch 18 is turned on, the light emitting diode 16 is also turned on, and the light emitting diode 16 blinks.

  Such blinking of the light-emitting diodes can be visually recognized from the outside through the cover member 24, so that a person who wants to read a document held on the wall can easily replace the document held on the wall by the medium holder 10 with other documents. Can be identified.

  In addition, when the user or a person who wants to read a document held on the wall stops blinking of the light emitting diode of the medium holder 10, the cover member 24 may be pushed downward to turn off the switch 18. . When the switch 18 is turned off, the light emitting diode 16 is also turned off, and the light emitting diode 16 is turned off.

Next, a medium holder according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A is a schematic cross-sectional configuration explanatory diagram, and FIG. 3B is a schematic perspective explanatory diagram observed from above in FIG. 3A.

  The medium holder 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a so-called magnet type medium holder having the same function as a magnet.

  The medium holder 100 includes a main body part 102 having a hollow interior 102a, an upper main body part 102b having an opening 12b on the upper surface, and a lower main body part 102d having a recess 102c formed on the lower surface. This is different from the above-described medium holder 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention in that a magnet 104 is disposed as a medium holding means instead of the pin 14 in the recess 102c.

A case where a document is held as a medium on a metal wall such as a refrigerator wall using the medium holder 100 will be described.

  For example, when the user of the media holder 100 holds a document on the refrigerator wall with the media holder 100, the magnet 104 of the media holder 100 and the refrigerator wall are connected to the refrigerator wall in the same manner as when the document is fastened to the refrigerator wall with a normal magnet. What is necessary is just to adsorb | suck the magnet 104 and the refrigerator wall of the medium holder 100 so that a document may be pinched | interposed between them. As a result, the document is held on the refrigerated wall by the medium holder 100.

  Then, when the user or the like wants to distinguish the document held on the refrigerator wall by the medium holder 100 from the other document stuck on the refrigerator wall, the cover member 24 may be pushed down to turn on the switch 18. . When the switch 18 is turned on, the light emitting diode 16 is also turned on, and the light emitting diode 16 blinks.

  Such blinking of the light-emitting diodes can be visually recognized from the outside through the cover member 24, so that a person who wants to read a document stuck on the refrigerator wall uses the document held on the refrigerator wall by the medium holder 100 as another document. It can be easily identified.

  When the user or a person who wants to read a document held on the refrigerator wall stops the blinking of the light emitting diode of the medium holder 100, the cover member 24 is pushed down to turn off the switch 18. Good. When the switch 18 is turned off, the light emitting diode 16 is also turned off, and the light emitting diode 16 is turned off.

Next, a media holder according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A is a schematic cross-sectional configuration explanatory diagram, and FIG. 4B is a schematic perspective explanatory diagram observed from above in FIG. 4A.

  The medium holder 100 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is a so-called clip-type medium holder having the same function as a clip placed on a desk with a document or the like sandwiched therebetween.

  The medium holder 200 includes a main body 202 having a hollow interior 202a and a support member 202b projecting downward and a gripper 202c formed in a sawtooth shape on the lower surface. The first embodiment of the present invention described above is provided with a substrate member 204 formed with a support member 204a rotatably supported with respect to the support member 202b at a position below the main body 202. Different from the media holder 10 by

  Note that a grip portion 204b formed in a sawtooth shape is formed at a portion of the substrate member 204 facing the grip portion 202c.

  The main body 202 and the substrate member 204 are always urged by a spring member (not shown) in a direction in which the gripping portion 202c and the gripping portion 204b are engaged with each other, and the gripping portion 202c and the gripping portion 204b serve as medium holding means. It is configured.

A case will be described in which a document is held on the desk using the medium holder 200 so that the document does not fly off the desk.

  That is, in this case, an external force is applied against the urging force in the direction in which the gripping portion 202c and the gripping portion 204b are engaged so that a gap is provided between the gripping portion 202c and the gripping portion 204b. After the document is sandwiched, the external force can be removed. As a result, the document is held by the medium holder 200.

  If the user or the like wants to distinguish the document held by the medium holder 200 from the other documents, the switch 18 may be turned on by pressing the cover member 24 downward. When the switch 18 is turned on, the light emitting diode 16 is also turned on, and the light emitting diode 16 blinks.

  Such blinking of the light-emitting diode can be visually recognized from the outside through the cover member 24, so that a person who wants to read a document stuck on the refrigerator wall can easily distinguish the document held by the medium holder 200 from other documents. can do.

  Further, when the user or a person who wants to read a document held in the medium holder 200 stops blinking of the light emitting diode of the medium holder 200, the switch 18 is turned off by pressing the cover member 24 downward. That's fine. When the switch 18 is turned off, the light emitting diode 16 is also turned off, and the light emitting diode 16 is turned off.

Therefore, according to the medium holders 10, 100, and 200 described above, the presence of the light emitting diode 16 can be easily recognized even at night or the like. If the media holders 10, 100, and 200 holding the paper with the above are attached to the refrigerator wall or the like, even a child who goes home at night can read without missing an important message.

In each of the embodiments described above, the light emitting diode 16 blinks in the on state. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the light emitting diode 16 may be simply lit in the on state. Good.

  The present invention can be used when holding a medium such as a document in which a memo or a message is described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a medium holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 2A is a schematic cross-sectional configuration explanatory view taken along line II-II in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a schematic perspective explanatory view observed from the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3A is a schematic cross-sectional configuration explanatory diagram, and FIG. 3B is a schematic perspective explanatory diagram observed from above in FIG. 3A. 4A is a schematic cross-sectional configuration explanatory diagram, and FIG. 4B is a schematic perspective explanatory diagram observed from above in FIG. 4A.

Explanation of symbols

10, 100, 200 Medium holder 12, 102, 104 Body 12a, 102a, 202a Inside 12b Opening 12c Lower 14 Pin 16 Light emitting diode (LED)
18 switch 20 printed circuit board 22 battery 24 cover member 24a lower end portion 26 spring member 102b upper body portion 102c recess 102d lower body portion 104 magnet 202b support member 202c grip portion 204 substrate member 204a support member 204b grip portion

Claims (4)

In the media holder that holds the media,
A main body having a hollow interior and an opening formed on the upper surface;
Medium holding means disposed in the main body,
A printed circuit board that is disposed inside the main body and includes a light emitting diode and a switch that controls on / off of the light emitting diode;
A battery that is disposed inside the main body and supplies power for lighting the light emitting diode;
A transparent lens-like cover member fitted slidably in the vertical direction in the opening of the main body,
A spring member that constantly biases the cover member upward,
When the cover member is moved downward against the urging force of the spring member, the lower end portion of the cover member and the switch come into contact with each other, and the switch is turned on / off by the lower end portion of the cover member. And
The light-emitting diode blinks or lights when the switch is turned on, and the light-emitting diode turns off when the switch is turned off. The media holder according to claim 1,
The medium holder is characterized in that the medium holding means is a pin. The media holder according to claim 1,
The medium holder, wherein the medium holding means is a magnet. The media holder according to claim 1,
The medium holding means is a sawtooth member biased so as to face each other.