JPH07149381A - Container of name card or the like easy to take out - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a container (compact-sized container), for containing name cards or the like, from which thin, small-sized articles such as name cards, cards, etc., can be taken out easily and accurately one by one. CONSTITUTION:A container for containing name cards or the like comprises a lower casing 1 consisting of a pair of opposite rising walls, one of which has an opening part 2 with a cutout and the other of which has an opening part 3 with an engaging step part 311, the other pair of opposite rising walls 4 and 5 and an inner bottom surface 111, an upper casing 10 engageable freely slidably with the lower casing and having a name card storing part 1110 consisting of the four hanging walls formed on its sides, one of which is a short drop wall 11 corresponding to the opening part with the engaging step part of the lower casing and three of which are long drop walls 12-14, and an engaging and guiding means disposed between the upper and the lower casings.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention can easily and reliably take out thin and small articles (hereinafter, referred to as business cards) such as business cards and cards in a simple and reliable manner. Regarding the container (compact type container).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a container for taking out a business card or the like, or a container for delivering a business card, various structures having various structures have been found as a result of investigation. For example, the following technical documents can be cited. (1) There is a business card take-out housing of Jitsukaihei No. 4-16189, and one of a large number of business cards housed in a case (housing) is extruded through a pressing plate, and from the gap of the case. The pressing plate is configured to be automatically returned to the outside of the case. (2) Actual development Sho 62-1180
There is a business card of No. 76, a card feeding device, and an opening part is provided on one side of the opening part through a feeding member having a friction surface slidably provided on the case body. It is configured to feed more one by one. (3)
There is a business card container of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-35082, in which a feeding edge having a thickness of one business card is formed on one side surface of a lower casing, and a feeding of an upper casing provided with a friction resistance body fitted in the lower casing. An opening is formed on the side of the upper casing, and the business cards housed in the lower casing are inserted one by one through the sliding of the upper casing and the frictional resistance body provided in the upper casing, from the feeding edge / opening to the casing. It is a structure that is extended to the outside.

[0003]

Each of the inventions detailed above has a structure in which the business cards housed in the case (casing, container) are taken out or drawn out one by one. Therefore, pressing force is applied to one business card taken out, and the problem of wrinkles and breakage due to the pressing force on the business card,
Alternatively, with a thin business card, a business card having poor durability, or the like, there is a problem that sufficient pressing force is not applied and reliable removal is impossible, which is a problem to be solved.

Further, since the pressing plate or the feeding member is composed of a single plate member or a friction member, it lacks in durability, so that there arises a problem of failure or ejection failure depending on the frequency of use.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, the present invention provides reliable and one-touch removal of business cards stored in a container without causing scratches such as wrinkles and breakage.
Even thin business cards, which have been considered difficult in the past, can be taken out one by one securely, beautifully and with one touch without causing scratches such as wrinkles and breakage, and there is no mechanical difficulty and durability. The following constitution was adopted for the purpose of providing a take-out container having excellent properties.

That is, the container for cards, cards, etc., according to the present invention, which is easy to remove, is formed by notching the opening wall on one side facing the other side to form an opening and an opening with a locking step portion, and on the other side facing side. A lower casing which leaves the rising wall and which is an inner bottom surface thereof and is provided with a locking step portion on the side of the opening with the locking step portion; and a lower casing slidably provided on the lower casing, and An upper casing having a business card accommodation portion provided with a hanging wall having a short side hanging wall on one side and a long side hanging wall on the other three sides corresponding to the locking stepped opening of the lower casing, and Locking and guiding means provided between the upper and lower casings.

[0007]

The operation of the present invention (a method of storing a business card or a method of removing a business card) will be described below. When the container is configured by fitting the upper and lower casings (in other words, when all the business cards in the container are used, or at the first use), first, the hanging wall of the upper casing (the container The front side of the lower casing, the relevant name is given), or at least the long side hanging wall of the lower side of the lower casing is slightly expanded or the locking pin is pressed to open the locking and guide hole of the lower casing. Standing wall (the name is given assuming that the container is on the front side)
Remove from the retaining pin provided on each (or one of the rising walls) and remove the upper casing from the lower casing. The upper casing removed by the above operation is turned upside down, that is, several business cards are accommodated in the upper casing with the front surface side facing back. Then, subsequently, the upper casing is turned upside down, and the hanging wall of the upper casing is fitted over the rising wall of the lower casing while the rising wall of the lower casing is bent slightly inward. At this time, the locking pin of the lower casing is inserted into the locking and guide hole of the upper casing. Through these operations, the upper and lower casings are fitted together, and several business cards are accommodated in the fitted upper and lower casings (hereinafter referred to as containers).

When the business card stored in the container as described above is used (that is, when one business card is taken out), the container is on the front side (with exceptions), and the upper casing is connected to the locking stage of the lower casing. Opening with attached part (sliding in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1. At this time, the one business card at the bottom is housed in the container (abuts on the inner bottom surface of the lower casing). , By the locking stepped part of the lower casing,
Since its movement in the sliding direction is restricted, it remains almost contained, while the other business cards have one long side hanging wall of the upper casing (the rear side when removing business cards). Side long side hanging wall.), And slides together with the upper casing. Then, when the locking pin of the lower casing hits against the forward end of the locking and guide hole of the upper casing, and the upper casing and other business cards stop at the forward limit, one sheet at the bottom as shown in FIG. Since only the business card is left on the inner bottom surface of the lower casing, it can be taken out reliably, easily and with one touch by utilizing the notch provided on the inner bottom surface.

After that, when closing the container or taking out the next one business card, the upper casing is retracted (on the side opposite to the sliding direction) and another business card is hung down on one long side of the upper casing. It is pressed (retracted) by the wall (meaning the short side hanging wall on the front side when the business card is taken out). Then, when the locking pin of the lower casing stops at the retracted end of the locking and guide hole of the upper casing, and the upper casing and other business cards stop at the backward limit, the initial state (Fig. 1) is restored. At the same time, the next lowermost business card among the other business cards comes into contact with the inner bottom surface of the lower casing and is locked by the locking stepped portion, thereby returning to the initial accommodation state.

Therefore, this state is held as it is, and this state is held until the next business card is taken out. Further, subsequently, when taking out the next business card, the next lowest business card is taken out, as described above, by the substantially same operation and procedure as described above. As shown in the figure, since the upper casing is provided with the spring plate, the lowermost business card among the business cards stored in the container is always in contact with the inner bottom surface of the lower casing. There is.

The storing of the business card in the container and the taking-out of the business card described in detail above are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to the description and the illustrated examples, and various other usage methods and utilization methods are conceivable. Is also within the scope of the present invention.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 notches one side facing the side (arrow direction in FIG. 1) to form an opening 2 and an opening 3 with a locking step portion, and the other side facing side (direction orthogonal to the arrow direction in FIG. 1).
In the lower casing in which the rising walls 4 and 5 are formed, in the opening 3 with the locking step portion of the lower casing 1, the thickness of just one business card A is raised from the inner bottom surface 111 of the lower casing 1. A raised locking stepped portion 311 is formed. still,
In the illustrated example, the locking stepped portion 311 extends over the entire width of the inner bottom surface 111, but a locking means such as a partial protrusion, a ridge, or an unevenness can also be employed because it functions similarly. Further, the rising walls 4 and 5 of the lower casing 1 are provided with several locking pins 6 ... (Hereinafter, simply referred to as 6) into which locking and guide holes of the upper casing described later are fitted. ing. A member provided with the locking pin 6 and a locking / guide hole 15 described later is
The present invention is not limited to the above example (hereinafter the same).

Reference numeral 10 denotes an upper casing having hanging walls on four sides and having a business card housing portion 1110 for housing a business card A and another business card A1. The hanging wall of the upper casing 10 is a sliding direction of the upper casing 10. One side on the advancing side (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1) is formed as the short side hanging wall 11, and the other three sides are made the long side hanging walls 12, 13, 14. Further, the short side hanging wall 11 is configured to substantially abut on the locking stepped portion 311 of the lower casing 1 when fitted over the lower casing 1. Further, both long side hanging walls 13 and 14 of the upper casing 10 have locking and guide holes 15 and 15 into which the locking pins 6 of the lower casing 1 are fitted.
(Hereinafter, simply referred to as 15, 15) are formed,
The upper casing 10 slides on the lower casing 1 while the upper and lower casings 10 and 1 are integrated by the retaining and guide holes 15 and 15 and the retaining pin 6. The number of the locking / guide holes 15, 15 and the portion provided (for example, the case where only one long side hanging wall 13 is not limited to the other provided positional relationship), the form and the like are arbitrary. There is no limitation, and the point is that any locking and guiding means can be adopted as long as the upper and lower casings 10 and 1 can be disassembled and assembled and the upper casing 10 can slide. In addition, the upper casing 10 has long and short side hanging walls 11 to 11.
14 is a box shape capable of accommodating several business cards A and other business cards A1, and in the direction of the rear surface side 10b thereof, the business card A for fitting (fitting, etc.) into the lower casing 1 and the other business card A1
It has a business card accommodation unit 1110 for accommodation. Further, a clip 16 for locking the container B in various pockets or locking pieces (not shown) is provided on the front surface side 10a of the upper casing 10.

The upper and lower casings 1 described in detail above
0, 1 name, long and short side hanging walls 11 to 15 and rising wall 4,
The names such as 5 are described by considering the state in which the container B is used or installed in the state shown in the figure, and in other uses, for example, in the reverse use shown in the figure, the names may be reversed. Therefore, the container B is not limited to the detailed description and the name, and is essentially the upper and lower casings 10 and 1 (an example).
Any one is possible as long as it is a technical idea that (an example) is formed and one of them slides to slide (move) another business card A1 at the same time.

Reference numeral 17 in the drawing denotes the back side 1 of the upper casing 10.
0b, one or several business cards A, a spring plate that appropriately presses the other business cards A1 with elasticity, 18 is a notch provided on the inner bottom surface 111 of the lower casing 1 on the takeout side of the business card A, and 19 is the lower casing. The pocket provided on the back surface 1a of the No. 1 is used for inserting a business card A2 obtained, for example. In another example shown in FIG. 5, a locking stepped portion 311 is provided in the lower casing 1A so as to have a size slightly longer than that of the lower casing 1A, and the upper casing 10A fitted into the lower casing 1A has a size larger than that of the lower casing 1A. Desirably, the protrusion 10c is formed inside the other short side hanging wall 11. Due to this, a business card A and another business card A are placed in the container B1 which has become a little longer.
Accommodates 1. In addition, other members that have the same function (configuration)
Use the same name and number (hereinafter the same).

Another example of the locking and guiding means will be described as a representative example. There are examples shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, in which the long side hanging walls 13 and 14 of the upper casing 10 are extended and one of them is provided. The locking projection 112 is formed on one or several locking bent pieces 13a and 14a. Then, the locking bent pieces 13 a and 14 a of the upper casing 10 are attached to the back surface portion 1 of the lower casing 1.
The upper and lower casings 10 and 1 are integrated by being sandwiched in the corner a, and the upper casing 10 is slid by using the locking folded pieces 13a and 14a as guides, and the locking projections 112 provided on the lower casing 1 are provided. The sliding of the upper casing 10 is stopped via the. Further, the material of the present invention is free, and various materials such as plastic molded products, metal products, and wood products are adopted. The characteristics of each material can be demonstrated.

In the case of the structure in which the upper casings 10 and 10A are fitted over the lower casings 1 and 1A described in detail above,
The upper casings 10 and 10A are provided on the opening side of the rising walls 4 and 5.
Notches 4a and 5a for sliding are formed on the lower casings 1 and 1A (not shown).
In the configuration of inserting the above, the cutouts 4a and 5a are replaced with long and short side hanging walls 12 to 14 having the same dimension (short dimension) as the short side hanging wall 11 and the lowermost step remaining in the lower casings 1 and 1A. It seems that it is attached very slightly on the business card A of
At least the long side hanging wall 12 is configured to move. Of course, the long side hanging walls 13 and 14 are not made short, and the locking stepped portion 31
1 may be provided with a cut groove (not shown).

[0018]

As described above in detail, the present invention has a lower casing (not limited to the name as described above; the same applies hereinafter) with an opening having a locking step and an opening formed in the lower casing. In addition to providing an upper casing on the, through the sliding of the upper casing, a single business card for removal is left on the inner bottom surface of the lower casing,
There is an excellent effect that the one business card can be taken out reliably and without causing scratches such as wrinkles and breakage. In addition, because it is not configured to press and eject one business card, even thin business cards (thin business cards, soft business cards, and in some cases, cloth business cards) can be taken out reliably and with one touch, and as mentioned above, scratches are added. It has the effect that it can be taken out without any trouble. If a pocket is additionally provided, it is useful for accommodating the business cards obtained, dirty business cards, memos, etc. Furthermore, if it is made of stainless steel or other material such as a gold-plated plate material, a high-class feeling can be enjoyed. Further, since the present invention is mechanically reasonable, it is excellent in durability and sufficiently functions even under frequent use conditions.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire container.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a situation in which a business card stored in a container is taken out.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the entire container in an exploded manner.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the entire container.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing an example in which a container is provided with a pocket.

FIG. 7 is a rear view showing another example of locking and guiding means.

FIG. 8 is a side view of FIG. 7.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lower casing 1A Lower casing 1a Back surface 111 Inner bottom surface 111 Arrangement frame accommodating portion 112 Locking protrusion 2 Opening 3 Opening with locking stepped portion 311 Locking stepped portion 4 Standing wall 5 Standing wall 6 Engagement Stop pin 10 Upper casing 10a Front surface side 10b Back surface side 10c Projection portion 1110 Business card storage portion 11 Short side hanging wall 12 Long side hanging wall 13 Long side hanging wall 13a Locking bent piece 14 Long side hanging wall 14a Locking bent piece 15 Locking and Guide Hole 16 Clip 17 Spring Plate 18 Notch 19 Pocket A Business Card A1 Other Business Card A2 Business Cards Obtained B Container B1 Container

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An opening and an opening with a locking stepped portion are formed by notching one side of the rising wall facing the other side, and the standing wall is left on the other side facing the other side, and is the inner bottom surface thereof. hand,
A lower casing having a locking stepped portion on the side of the opening with the locking stepped portion, and an opening provided with a locking stepped portion of the lower casing slidably provided on the lower casing. Part having a business card accommodating portion provided with a hanging wall having a short side hanging wall on one side and a long side hanging wall on the other three sides, and locking and guiding means provided between the upper and lower casings. Easy to take out business cards and cards that are composed of and. 2. An opening and an opening with a locking step are formed by notching one side of the rising wall facing the opposite side, and the standing wall is left on the facing side of the other direction, and the inner bottom surface thereof is formed. A lower casing having a locking stepped portion on the side of the opening with the locking stepped portion, and an opening provided with a locking stepped portion of the lower casing slidably provided on the lower casing. Part having a business card accommodating portion provided with a hanging wall having a short side hanging wall on one side and a long side hanging wall on the other three sides, and locking and guiding means provided between the upper and lower casings. And a business card provided on the back side of the lower casing, and a pocket for inserting cards, etc. 3. The clip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a clip is provided on the front surface side of the upper casing.
A container for business cards and cards that can be easily taken out. 4. The business card and card of claim 1 or 2, wherein the upper casing of claim 1 or 2 is provided with a spring plate for pressing a business card, cards or the like on the back side. container.