JPH0940060A - Recording medium storage case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To take out record media by a single hand, by holding a slide member at the opening of a case body and pressing a record media container body contained in the ease body by sliding motion of the slide member to project the media from the charge opening. SOLUTION: The underface side of a case body is held by four fingers put together except the thumb and the thumb is put on the upper corner of a slide member 13 to hold a record media container case 10 by a single hand. Then the slide member 13 is pressed with the thumb's power to slide the slide member 13 against the retaining force of a lock member 16 to the charge opening 19 side. In this motion, a record media container body 11 is moved to the charge opening 19 side through the slide member 13 and a part thereof is projected outside from the charge opening 19. The projected part of the record media container body 11 is clipped and pulled out. In this way, the record media container body 11 can be taken out of the record media container case 10 by a single hand.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium accommodating case capable of detachably accommodating a recording medium accommodating body such as a disc cartridge or a tape cassette accommodating an information recording medium such as an optical disc or a magnetic tape. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional recording medium accommodating case of this type, there is, for example, one as shown in FIGS. 11 is a perspective view of a recording medium storage case 2 in which a mini disc (hereinafter referred to as “MD”) 1 showing an example of a disc cartridge in which an optical disc is stored, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the medium containing case 2. FIG.

The recording medium accommodating case 2 is composed of a thin rectangular housing, and one side of the four side surfaces is provided with a loading port 3 which is open over the entire surface thereof. The accommodation section 4 of is set. This accommodation part 4
Locking members 5 for locking the MD1 by engaging with the recessed portions 1a of the inserted MD1 are provided on both side surfaces on the bottom side of the MD1. Further, notches 6 are formed at the edges of the upper surface plate 2a and the lower surface plate 2b of the recording medium housing case 2 on the loading port 3 side so that a part of the MD1 housed in the housing portion 4 can be picked up and down. 7 are formed respectively.

Thus, the recording medium storage case 2 is removed from the MD.
1 is taken out, a part of MD1 exposed from the notches 6 and 7 of the upper surface plate 2a and the lower surface plate 2b with the fingers of one hand while holding the recording medium storage case 2 with the fingers of the other hand. And pull the MD1 outward against the engagement holding force of the lock member 5. As a result, the tensile force of MD1 causes the lock member 5 to move.
When the holding force is exceeded, the recess 1a and the lock member 5 are disengaged from each other, whereby the MD 1 can be taken out from the accommodating portion 4.

[0005]

However, in the conventional recording medium accommodation case as described above, a part of the recording medium accommodation body in which the information recording medium is accommodated is notched 6.
Since it is exposed by 7 and is always exposed, there is a possibility that the exposed portion of the recording medium container may be directly damaged by, for example, dropping of the recording medium housing case. In this case, the information recording medium housed inside However, it is not preferable in terms of protection of the information recording medium. In addition, since the work of taking out the recording medium container from the recording medium housing case requires both hands, there is a problem that the taking out work is troublesome and the workability at the time of taking out is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and it is possible to cover the entire recording medium housing body in which the information recording medium is housed and to perform the one-handed operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium storage case from which a storage medium can be taken out.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and the like and to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a loading port into and out of which a recording medium container containing an information recording medium is inserted and removed. A case body having an opening provided on the side opposite to the loading port, and a recording medium storage body slidably held in the opening of the case body and housed in the case body by a sliding operation toward the loading port. And a slide member that pushes out and projects from the loading port.

According to the present invention, since the recording medium container is completely housed in the recording medium housing case and has no exposed portion due to the above-mentioned configuration, the recording medium housing case is hard floor or the like due to falling or the like. Even if the recording medium container is dropped into the storage medium, there is no possibility of directly damaging the recording medium container, the protection of the information recording medium housed therein can be strengthened, and the recording medium container can be operated by one hand. You can easily take it out from.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a recording medium housing case of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of a recording medium housing case. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the state where the slide member is slid from the state of FIG. 6 to 9 show a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a recording medium storage case of the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an assembled perspective view of the recording medium storage case. 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an example of a recording medium container.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, a recording medium housing case 10 of this embodiment has a case body 12 in which a recording medium housing body 11 is housed, and a slide slidably held in the case body 12. And the member 13. Examples of the material of the case body 12 and the slide member 13 include polycarbonate resin (PC), A
Various synthetic resins such as BS resin are applied, but other than this, for example, metal and various other materials such as steel plate and stainless plate can be used.

The case main body 12 is composed of a pair of upper and lower pieces 14 and 15 which are vertically overlapped with each other, and is a rectangular housing as a whole. The upper piece 14 and the lower piece 15 have substantially the same shape and size,
The difference between the two 14 and 15 is that, as shown in FIG. 3, the lower piece 15 is provided with a pair of recessed portions 17 for engaging and holding the lock member 16.

That is, the upper piece 14 has a top plate 14a, left and right side plates 14b and a back plate 14c, and the lower piece 15 has a bottom plate 15a, left and right side plates 15b and a back plate 15c. . The concave portions of the upper piece 14 and the lower piece 15 are overlapped and fixed to each other (for example, the contact surfaces are heat-welded, the contact surfaces are bonded with an adhesive, or fixing screws are used). Thus, the case body 12 is integrally formed. As a result, the housing portion 18 for housing the recording medium housing body 11 is provided inside the case body 12.
Is set, and on the front surface of the case body 12, a loading port 19 for loading and unloading the recording medium container 11 is opened over the entire surface.

Further, a notch 2 showing a specific example of an opening is formed in the center of the rear surface of the case body 12 on the side opposite to the loading port 19.
0 is provided. The notch 20 is formed on the upper surface plate 14a.
To the lower plate 15a through the rear plates 14c and 15c, and is formed into a rectangular space. The notch 20 has a central portion on the insertion side of the recording medium container 11 inserted therein. Stepped portions 21 that support the base portion of the slide member 13 and prevent deformation in the up-down direction V (thickness direction of the recording medium housing case 10) are formed on both side edges of the upper surface plate 14a and the lower surface plate 15a of the notch 20. Has been formed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the bottom edges of the upper plate 14a and the lower plate 15a of the notch 20 have a taper having an appropriate inclination angle for facilitating the inserting operation of the slide member 13. 22
Are formed.

Furthermore, inside the notches 20 of the upper piece 14 and the lower piece 15, the partition portion 2 having an appropriate depth length.
Square opening holes 24 and 25 are provided except for 3. The width b of these opening holes 24, 25 is equal to that of the notch 2
It is formed to be smaller than the width B1 of 0, and the depth length a of the opening holes 24 and 25 is longer than the depth length A1 of the notch 20 by the length of the locking claws 31 and 32. Has been done. Edges on the back side of the opening holes 24 and 25 form stoppers 26 on the return side of the slide member 13, and edges on the front side opposite to the return side stoppers 26 form stoppers 27 on the front side of the slide member 13. . The slide member 13 is slidable between the stoppers 26 and 27 in the sliding direction W (the direction in which the recording medium container 11 is taken in and out).

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of recessed notches 17 provided on both side surfaces of the housing portion 18 of the lower piece 15 has a flat surface T.
A lock member 16 is attached to the recessed portion 17 which is formed of a letter-shaped space. The lock member 16 is made of a synthetic resin plate-like body, and is elastically deformable by positioning both ends of the lock member 16 with the recessed portions 17 and projecting the central portion into the housing portion 18. This locking member 16
By engaging with the recesses 1a provided on both sides of the recording medium storage body 11, the recording medium storage body 11 is prevented from slipping out of the storage portion 18.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the slide member 1
3 is an upper surface piece 13a and a lower surface piece 1 which are installed to face each other vertically.
3b and a back piece 13c that connects one side portion of both pieces 13a, 13b, and has a U-shaped vertical cross section so that it can be fitted into the notch 20 of the case body 12 from the outside. Has been formed. By fitting the slide member 13 into the cutout 20 of the case body 12, the upper surface piece 13a closes the upper surface of the cutout 20 and the opening hole 24 of the upper surface plate 14a, and the lower surface piece 13b cuts the cutout 20.
And the opening holes 25 of the bottom plate 14b are closed, and
The back surface of the notch 20 is closed by the back surface piece 13c. Further, in order to avoid the step portion 21 provided in the notch 20 of the case body 12, the recesses 30 are provided on both sides of the back piece 13c of the slide member 13.

Then, the upper surface piece 13a of the slide member 13
A locking claw 31 to be inserted into the opening hole 24 is provided on the inner surface of, and a locking claw 32 to be inserted into the opening hole 25 is provided on the inner surface of the lower surface piece 13b. These locking claws 31, 32
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, tapers 31a and 32a having a lower loading port 19 side are provided.

In addition to the length A1 and width B1 of the notch 20, the length a and width b of the opening holes 24 and 25, the case body 12
The length from the back of the to the stopper 26 on the return side is AA,
Let C1 be the length of the slide member 13 and D1 be its width.
Let CA be the length from the rear surface of the slide member 13 to the locking claws 31 and 32, e be the length of the locking claws 31 and 32, and d be the width thereof. I have a relationship. (1) AA = CA (2) B1 = D1 (3) B1 <b (4) b = d (5) Stroke S (<A1) = a of the slide member 13
−e (6) C1 ≧ AA (= CA) + a However, in the cases of (2) and (4), it is assumed that there is a gap necessary for the sliding operation of the slide member 13.

The recording medium housing case 10 having the above structure
Can be easily assembled as follows, for example. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the notch 20 of the case main body 12 faces the opening side of the slide member 13, and the upper surface piece 13a is slid on the upper surface plate 14a of the case main body 12 and the lower surface piece 13b thereof. Is slid on the bottom plate 14b of the case body 12 and inserted to a predetermined position. As a result, the taper 31 a of the locking claw 31 provided inside the upper surface piece 13 a of the slide member 13 is separated from the partition portion 23.
The taper 22 provided on the notch 20 side of the
The taper 32a of the locking claw 32 provided inside 3b comes into contact with the taper 22 provided on the notch 20 side of the partition 23 on the opposite side.

When the slide member 13 is further pushed from this state, the locking claws 31 and 32 move by being guided by the taper 22, so that the upper surface piece 13a and the lower surface piece 13b are elastically deformed to the outside, respectively. The pawls 31 and 32 pass over the partition portion 23 and enter the opening holes 24 and 25.
2 to 4, the cutout 20 and the opening holes 24 and 25 are closed by the slide member 13, and the assembly of the recording medium housing case 10 is completed.
In this case, since the locking claws 31 and 32 of the slide member 13 and the partition portion 23 are formed with the tapers 31a, 32a and 22, respectively, the slide member 13 can be extremely easily inserted into the case body 12. it can.

The recording medium housing 11 housed in the housing portion 18 of the recording medium housing case 10 thus assembled.
For example, there is one as shown in FIG. The recording medium housing 11 shown in FIG. 10 is applied to a disc cartridge called a recording mini disc (MD) using a magneto-optical disc 40 capable of recording and reproducing as an information recording medium.

The recording medium housing 11 has a pair of shells 41 and 42 that are vertically stacked and each of the shells 41 and 4.
And a shutter 44 that opens and closes an opening window 43 provided at two opposing positions, and the magneto-optical disk 40 is rotatably accommodated in a space formed inside both shells 41 and 42. A chucking hub 45 is attached to the center of rotation of the magneto-optical disk 40, and a hub hole (not shown) for exposing one surface of the chucking hub 45 is provided in the lower shell 42. Further, semicircular recesses 11 a for engaging with the lock member 16 are provided on both sides of the insertion-side lower shell 42 indicated by an arrow on the upper surface of the upper shell 41.

Next, the recording medium container 1 having the above structure
A case where 1 is housed in the recording medium housing case 10 of this embodiment and a case where it is taken out will be described. When housing the recording medium housing 11 in the recording medium housing case 10, first, the loading side 19 provided on one side of the recording medium housing case 10 faces the insertion side of the recording medium housing 11 and is loaded. The recording medium container 11 is inserted into the container 18 through the opening 19. At this time, when the insertion side of the recording medium container 11 comes into contact with the lock member 16, the elastic force of the lock member 16 increases the load resistance that opposes the pushing force. When the body 11 is pushed in, the lock member 16 elastically deforms and enters the recess 11a.

As a result, the recording medium housing 11 is locked from both sides by the lock members 16 in the housing portion 18 of the recording medium housing case 10 and is prevented from slipping out of the loading port 19. At the same time, the recording medium container 1
When the slide member 13 is moved to the bottom side of the accommodating portion 18 by the pressing force of 1, and the recording medium accommodating body 11 is completely accommodated in the accommodating portion 18 of the recording medium accommodating case 10, as shown in FIG. The locking claws 31 and 32 provided on the upper piece 13a and the lower piece 13b contact the rear side stoppers 26 of the opening holes 24 and 25.

As a result, the rearward movement of the slide member 13 is prevented, and the slide member 13 is prevented from falling out of the notch 20. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the recording medium housing 11 is provided with the housing portion 18 of the recording medium housing case 10.
The recording medium storage case 1 is completely accommodated inside and there is no exposed portion even in a part thereof. Therefore, for example, even when the entire case is dropped on a hard floor or the like, the recording medium storage case 1
A recording medium container 1 that has received an impact force at 0 and is housed inside
1 can be prevented from being damaged or destroyed, and therefore, the magneto-optical disk 4 housed inside thereof can be prevented.
0 can be surely protected.

Next, the case of taking out the recording medium housing 11 from the recording medium housing case 10 will be described. In this case, for example, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 2, four fingers other than the thumb are aligned to support the lower surface side of the case body 12, while the thumb is applied to the upper corner of the slide member 13. Thus, the recording medium housing case 10 is held with one hand. After that, put force on your thumb and press the slide member 13,
The slide member 13 is slid toward the loading port 19 side which is the slide direction W against the holding force of the lock member 16.

In this case, when the pressing force of the slide member 13 becomes larger than the holding force of the lock member 16, the lock member 16 is elastically deformed and the recess 11 of the recording medium container 11 is formed.
In order to get out of a, the recording medium housing 11 located inside the slide member 13 is pressed by the slide member 13, and the state shown in FIG. 4 changes to the state shown in FIG. As a result, the recording medium container 1 is inserted through the slide member 13.
1 moves to the loading port 19 side, and a part thereof projects to the outside from the loading port 19. By grasping and pulling out the protruding portion of the recording medium container 11, the recording medium container 11 can be taken out from the recording medium container case 10. Moreover, since the above-described operation can be performed by the operator's one-handed operation, the operation of taking out the recording medium container 11 can be performed easily and quickly.

In the first embodiment described above, the locking claws 31 and 32 are provided on both the upper surface piece 13a and the lower surface piece 13b of the slide member 13, and correspondingly the upper surface plate 14a of the case body 12 and Opening holes 2 on both bottom plate 15a
4 and 25 are provided, the locking claw may be provided on at least one side, and in this case, the opening hole of the other side can be eliminated.

The recording medium accommodating case 50 of the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 is an upper piece 54 of a case body 52.
An opening hole 60 showing a second specific example of the opening portion is provided in the inside of the opening hole 60, and the slide member 53 is slidably accommodated inside the opening hole 60. The recording medium housing case 50 is composed of a case body 52 and a slide member 53.

The case main body 52 is composed of an upper piece 54 having an opening hole 60 and a lower piece 55 having no opening hole. Both pieces 54, 55 are joined together in the same manner as in the above embodiment to be integrally formed. There is. The opening hole 60 is formed on the upper surface plate 5 of the upper piece 54.
It comprises a square through hole provided in the center of the back side of 4a, and the operation portion 56 of the slide member 53 is movably penetrated through this opening hole 60.

The slide member 53 includes an upper surface piece 53a and a lower surface piece 53b, which are vertically opposed to each other, and both pieces 53a, 53.
b piece 53c for connecting one side portion of b and piece 53a for upper surface
Each of the inner surfaces of the upper surface piece 53a, the lower surface piece 53b, and the rear surface piece 53c, which are formed by the operation portion 56 protrudingly provided on the rear surface piece 53c side and have a U-shaped vertical cross section, are shown in FIGS. Thus, it is formed so as to be flush with the inner surface of the housing portion 58 in the case body 52. That is, the case body 5
The inner surface of the upper plate 54a of the upper piece 54 and the inner surface of the lower plate 55a of the lower piece 55 of the upper piece 54 of
Upper and lower guide grooves 61 and 6 into which the 3a and the lower surface piece 53b are slidably fitted toward the loading port 59, respectively.
2 is formed.

The length of the opening 60 in the sliding direction is A
2, the width in the direction intersecting with this is B2, the length of the upper surface piece 53a and the lower surface piece 53b of the slide member 53 is C2, and the width in the direction intersecting with this is D2, the length of the operating portion 56 is E, When the width in the direction intersecting with this is F, the length of the guide grooves 61 and 62 is G, and the width in the direction intersecting with it is H, there is the following relationship between them. (1) A2 <C2 (2) B2 <D2 (3) B2 = F (4) D2 = H (5) Stroke of slide member 53 S = A2-E (6) G ≧ C2 + S However, (3) and In the case of (4), it is assumed that there is a gap necessary for the sliding operation of the slide member 53.

The other structures such as the lock member and its mounting structure are the same as those in the above embodiment. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the recording medium container can be taken in and out of the recording medium housing case 50 in the same manner as in the above embodiment. In addition, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, in order to align the upper piece 54 and the lower piece 55 of the case main body 52, the upper and lower pieces 54, 55 are arranged inside the joint portion of both pieces 54, 55. A stepped portion 63 that fits is provided.

Thus, according to the second embodiment, like the first embodiment, the recording medium container can be easily taken out from the recording medium housing case 50 by one-handed operation. Moreover, since the slide member 53 is housed inside the case body 52, there is no risk of the slide member 53 coming off the case body 52 and separating, and the opening hole 60 is completely formed by the upper piece 54 of the slide member 53. Since it is closed to the inside, there is no possibility that dust or the like will enter the accommodation portion 58 through the opening hole 60.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the case bodies 12 and 52 are formed of the upper pieces 14 and 54 and the lower pieces 15 and 55. An example in which the two pieces are formed and joined together by a fixing means such as heat welding has been described.
It may be integrally formed by injection molding or the like from the beginning. In this case, for example, the lock member may be provided with a lateral hole in advance so that the lock member can be assembled from the outside.

Further, in the above embodiment, the recording MD in which the magneto-optical disk capable of not only reproducing information but also recording as the information recording medium is accommodated is described as the recording medium accommodating body, but only information reproduction is possible. It is of course possible to use a read-only MD in which an optical disk is stored as a recording medium storage body, and also to apply a tape cassette storing a magnetic tape or the like other than a disc as an information recording medium as a recording medium storage body. .

Further, after the return spring is provided in association with the slide members 12 and 53 and the recording medium container is taken out from the recording medium housing case 10 or 50, the slide member 12 or 53 is moved by the spring force of the return spring. It may be configured to return to the original position (the position when the storage body is stored). Thus, the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit thereof.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A case main body having a loading port and an opening; and a slide member slidably held in the opening of the case main body and configured to slide the recording medium container to the outside from the loading port by a sliding operation toward the loading port. Therefore, it is possible to cover up the entire recording medium storage body in which the information recording medium is stored, and even if the recording medium storage case is dropped on a hard floor or the like by being dropped, the recording medium storage body can be directly damaged. It is possible to provide a recording medium housing case in which the protection of the information recording medium housed therein can be strengthened and the recording medium housing body can be easily taken out from the recording medium housing case by one-handed operation. The effect that it can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a recording medium housing case showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of a recording medium housing case showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of FIG.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the state in which the slide member is slid from the state of FIG. 4 to protrude the recording medium container.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a recording medium housing case showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an assembled perspective view of a recording medium housing case showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing an example of a recording medium container.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a conventional recording medium housing case.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 50 Recording medium accommodating case 11 Recording medium accommodating body 12,52 Case body 13,53 Sliding member 13a Upper surface piece 13b Lower surface piece 14,54 Upper piece 14a Upper surface plate 15,55 Lower piece 15a Lower surface plate 18,58 Accommodating portion 19 , 59 loading port 20 notch (opening) 22 taper 24, 25 opening hole 31, 32 locking claws 31a, 32a taper 40 magneto-optical disk (information recording medium) 56 operation part 60 opening hole (opening)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A case main body having a loading opening into and from which a recording medium housing body containing an information recording medium is loaded and unloaded, and an opening provided on the opposite side of the loading opening, and the opening of the case main body. A recording medium housing, comprising a slide member that is slidably held and that pushes the recording medium housing body housed in the case body by the sliding operation toward the loading port side and projects from the loading port. Case. 2. The recording medium accommodating case according to claim 1, wherein the case body has a rectangular shape having the loading port on one side and the opening on the other side facing the one side. The recording medium housing is made of a thin casing, and the slide member is a U-shaped member that fits inside or outside the opening and into which the recording medium housing is inserted. Case. 3. The recording medium storage case according to claim 2, wherein the slide member is provided with a locking claw, and the locking claw is inserted into the case body, and the locking claw is moved by a peripheral portion. A recording medium accommodating case, characterized in that it has an opening hole for restricting.