JPH0977165A - Storage case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a space-saving-type storage case which is compact as a whole. SOLUTION: This storage case 10 is formed of a case 11 which can receive objects to be stored such as flexible disks and magneto-optical disks and a lid 12 pivoted at an upper part of a rear end of the case 11. The maximum opened position of the lid 12 is set to an approximately perpendicular position not exceeding an extension of a rear wall of the case 11. A front wall 24 of the case 11 can be displaced outward with its upper end as a free end, so that, an internal storage space can be increased. A guiding protrusion 55 provided at a part on a side of the free end of the lid 12 comes into contact with an end rim 33A of an engaging piece 33 provided with the front wall 24 as a single body, wherein the opened front wall 24 can be restored to an original position by a closing operation of the lid 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage case,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a storage case suitable for storing a flexible disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the widespread use of word processors, personal computers and the like, flexible disks as recording media in these devices have been used in various fields. Due to the property that a large amount of information is recorded, this flexible disk is generally stored in a specific storage case.

Here, as a storage case of the flexible disk, for example, a type shown in FIG. 11 is known. The storage case 100 includes a main body case 101 having an open upper end, and a main body case 10
1 and a lid 102 that can be opened and closed via an appropriate hinge structure on one end side thereof, and a plurality of flexible disks 103 are provided in an internal space formed by the body case 101 and the lid 102. It is designed to be stored. Here, the front wall 106 and the rear wall 107 of the case main body 101 are erected in an inclined direction so that their mutual intervals widen upward, whereby the maximum number of flexible disks 103 that can be stored are stored. Even in such a case, a space where the flexible disk 103 can be slightly tilted is provided so that the required flexible disk can be easily searched.

[0004]

However, in such a storage case 100, when the lid body 102 is opened, the width W corresponding to the height of the lid body 102 has a rear end 101A of the case body 101. Will inevitably project from the. Therefore, when the table or the like on which the storage case 100 is placed is in contact with the wall surface, the storage case 100 is located at a position where the rear end 101A of the storage case 100 is in contact with the wall surface.
There is an inconvenience that it becomes impossible to place. In this case, since the storage case 100 must be placed so that the rear end 101A thereof is located slightly away from the wall surface, the occupied area on the table is increased, and the work effective area on the table is relatively increased. It will also be narrowed.

Further, in the storage case 100,
Dead spaces W1 required for tilting the flexible disk 103 are present inside the front and rear walls 106 and 107, respectively. Therefore, the sum of the volumes corresponding to these dead spaces W1 cannot satisfy the demand for increasing the size of the storage case 100 and saving space.

The present invention was devised by focusing on the disadvantages of the conventional example, and an object thereof is to form a waste storage space inside a storage object such as a flexible disk. It is another object of the present invention to provide a storage case which can be made compact as a whole and whose installation position is not limited.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a storage case according to the present invention is provided with an object to be stored in and taken out from above, and a front wall which is orientated substantially vertically upward and A case body having a rear wall and a lid body attached to the case body so as to be openable and closable are provided, and the front wall is provided so as to be displaceable in a direction of expanding an internal space of the case body when the lid body is opened. , Is adopted. In this structure, a large number of flexible disks and the like are stored in the storage case body. Since the front wall and the rear wall are positioned in a substantially vertical upward direction,
Objects to be stored will be stored without a gap. In this state, since no useless space is formed in the storage case, it is possible to avoid increasing the size of the storage case due to unnecessary space. Here, when it becomes necessary to take out a specific flexible disk, the inner space is expanded by displacing the front wall toward the front side with the lid body opened. In other words, it is possible to obtain a space in which the flexible disk is sequentially rolled and the label surface attached to the flexible disk can be seen.

The front wall of the storage case is provided with an engagement piece engageable with the front end side portion of the lid, and the engagement piece is vertically positioned from a position where the inner space is enlarged by engagement with the front end side portion. It is preferable to provide the front wall with a shape that allows displacement. With this configuration, it is possible to return the front wall to the original position in which the front wall is directed vertically upward by closing the lid, and it is possible to close the entire storage case by a so-called one-touch operation.

Further, in the present invention, the lid is provided so as to be openable within a range that does not project rearward from the rear wall.
The configuration has also been adopted. With this configuration, even if the lid is opened, the lid is not positioned rearward of the rear wall position of the case body. In other words, it is necessary to secure a space after the rear wall to allow the lid to be opened. Therefore, the storage case can be placed on the upper surface of the table or the like at the position where the rear wall surface contacts the wall surface or the like. Therefore, it becomes possible to secure a front side such as a table surface or a desk top surface on which the storage case is placed, which is wider than before.

Incidentally, it is preferable to provide locking means on the base side of the lid body for restricting the maximum opened position of the lid body and maintaining the arbitrary opened position. As a result, when the lid is opened, this open posture can be maintained, and the lid does not become an obstacle when taking in and out the storage object.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A storage case according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the storage case when the lid is opened, and FIG. 2 is a side view when the storage case is closed. In these figures, the storage case 10 is configured to include a case body 11 whose upper end is provided in an open shape, and a lid 12 which is openably and closably attached to the case body.

The case body 11 is provided with a large number of flexible disks 15 as storage objects. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the case main body 11 includes a bottom wall 20 having a substantially rectangular planar shape,
The bottom wall 20 is provided with a pair of side walls 21 and 21 erected from both left and right ends in FIG. 5, and a front wall 24 and a rear wall 25 positioned in front of and behind the bottom wall 20, that is, left and right in FIG. ing. Here, holes 28 into which the lower ends of the partition plates 27 are fitted are formed in the bottom wall 20 at a plurality of locations, and the side walls 21 and the rear wall 25 are substantially vertically upward with respect to the surface of the bottom wall 20. The flexible disk 15 can be housed in an inner shape corresponding to the outer shape of the flexible disk 15 by projecting from each of them.

As shown in FIG. 6, the front wall 24 has a shape in which the central portion bulges slightly, and is normally connected to the bottom wall 20 in a posture in which it is oriented substantially vertically upward. This front wall 24
Is a front wall surface portion 30, a pair of side wall surface portions 31 facing both sides of the front wall surface portion 30 toward the rear wall 25, an engagement piece 33 connected to the tip of the side wall surface portion 31, The flexible disk 1 is provided so as to project on the inner surface side of the front wall surface portion
5 and a protrusion 34 for preventing rattling. The engagement piece 33 is provided in a shape having an end edge 33A that comes into contact with a movement locus of a guide projection described later.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, pins 36 project inwardly on the lower end sides of the side wall surface portions 31, respectively, and these pins 36 extend from the lower end of the side wall 21 to the front wall. The front wall 24 is axially supported by a bearing portion 37 protrudingly provided on the side of the casing 24, whereby the front wall 24 can be displaced in the rotational direction around the pin 36 with the upper end being a free end, and thus the internal space of the case body 11 can be enlarged. Is possible.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lid 12 has a top wall 40 and a lid having a substantially L-shaped side surface that hangs from both edges of the top wall 40 in the widthwise direction. Side wall 4
1, 41 and a lid front wall 43 provided on the front end edge side of the top wall 40, and the rear end of the top wall 40 is curved slightly downward and provided in a shape having substantially no rear wall. Has been.
The lid 12 includes a lid side wall 41 and an outer surface 43 of the lid front wall.
However, in the closed state, the side wall 21 of the case main body 11 and the outer surface of the front wall surface portion 30 are flush with each other. Further, on both sides of the rear end of the lid body 12, there are integrally provided piece-shaped bearing pieces 46 located on the inner surface side of the support surface portion 45 formed on the upper rear end side of the side wall 21 of the case body 11. ing. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, holes 47 are formed in these bearing pieces 46, and ring-shaped projections 49 provided on the inner surface sides of the support surface portions 45 are formed in the holes 47, respectively. The lid 12 is fitted so that it can be opened and closed with the rear end side as the base.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, protrusions 51 forming a locking means are formed on each outer surface side of the bearing piece 46, while on the inner surface side of the support surface portion 45, the protrusions 51 are locked together. An arcuate groove 52 (see FIG. 4) forming the means is formed. The protrusion 51 can move in the arc-shaped groove 52, and the protrusion 51 and the arc-shaped groove 52 are located at positions where the lid 12 is opened substantially vertically upward from a position where the lid 12 is opened at a certain opening angle or more. During this period, an appropriate frictional resistance is generated, which prevents the cover 12 from moving carelessly in the closing direction when the cover 12 is opened. Further, the arcuate groove 52 is set to have a length such that the rotation range of the lid body 12 is from a horizontal position to a position facing vertically upward.

In the lid 12, as shown in FIG. 1, guide projections 55 are projected on the front end side lower relative surface which is the free end side portion of the lid side wall 41. These guide projections 55 are provided on the case body 11
Is engaged with the end edge 33A of the engagement piece 33 provided on the front wall 24 of the guide projection 55 and the end edge 33.
By engaging with A, the front wall 24 can return from the inclined and opened position to the position along the vertical direction. In addition,
A projecting portion 38 is formed at a lower outer position of the end edge 33A of the engaging piece 33, that is, at the inner upper end of the front wall surface portion 30.

Next, the operation of the storage case 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10.

When the maximum number of flexible disks 15 as objects to be stored are stored in the storage case 10, there is no gap between the flexible disks 15. Here, when the lid 12 is opened, the lid 12
The engagement between the guide projection 55 and the engaging piece 33 is released. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the free end side of the front wall 24 of the case body 11 can be hooked with a finger and moved to the front side, whereby the flexible disk 1
A gap is formed in the case main body 11 so that the upper end of 5 can be turned to the front side. Therefore, it is possible to search for a desired flexible disk 15 while looking at the display contents such as the label attached to each flexible disk 15.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lid 12
The opening angle of is regulated with the projection 51 on the bearing piece 46 provided on the rear end side of the lid 12 and the arcuate groove 52 that receives the projection 51 as the maximum opening angle in the substantially vertical direction. To be done. Therefore, the lid body 12 does not project rearward from the position of the rear wall 25.

When the lid 12 is brought close to the closed position from the state where the lid 12 and the front wall 24 are opened, as shown in FIG. 7, a guide projection 55 provided on the front end side portion of the lid 12 is provided. Starts to engage with the edge 33A of the engaging piece 33.
When the lid 12 is further moved in the closing direction in this state, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the end edge 33A of the engaging piece 33 is moved along the movement locus of the guide protrusion 55 so that the guide protrusion 55 moves. The guide piece 33 is pushed with the pushing force.

When the lid 12 reaches the position where it is completely closed, that is, when the position shown in FIG. 10 is reached, the front wall 24 is placed in a position in which it is in a substantially vertical posture.
Can be returned. In this state, the presence of the protruding piece 34 formed on the inner surface side of the front wall surface portion 30 of the front wall 24 prevents the internal flexible disk 15 from rattling. Also, in this closed state, the guide projection 55
Since the protrusion 38 is located outside the upper part of the cover 12, a slight contact resistance can be applied to the guide protrusion 55 when the lid 12 is opened. Be blocked.

Therefore, according to the storage case 10, the lid 12 can be opened even if there is no space behind the rear wall 25 of the case body 11, and the opening angle of the lid 12 is also the rear wall. Since the limit is set on the same vertical line of 25, there is an effect that the storage case 10 can be placed on a table or the like at a position that is in close contact with the wall surface or the like.

Further, when the lid 12 is opened, the free movement of the free end side of the lid 12 in the closing direction is restricted by the locking means composed of the projection 51 and the arcuate groove 52, that is, Since the lid 12 can be stopped at an appropriate opening angle, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the lid 12 is inadvertently closed when the flexible disk 15 is taken in and out.

Further, since the front wall 24 of the case body 11 has a structure in which the upper end of the front wall 24 can be moved as a free end, the flexible disk 15 housed in the case body 11 is adopted.
Even when the maximum number of stored sheets has reached the maximum, the space for winding the flexible disk 15 can be formed by displacing the front wall 24 in the opening direction, and the required flexible disk can be easily searched. . Moreover, the front wall 24 in the opened state has a special effect that it can be returned to the initial vertical position only by the closing operation of the lid body 12, that is, by one-touch operation. In addition, since the dead space is not formed in the case body 11 when the front wall 24 is in the vertical position, there is an advantage that the size can be surely reduced as compared with the conventional type storage case in which the number of stored sheets is the same. it can.

In the storage case, the front wall 2
Although the engaging piece 33 is provided on the guide 4, the guide projection 55 that engages with the engaging piece 33 is provided on the lid 12 side, the description has been given.
Even if these arrangements are reversed, the same operation and effect can be obtained. Further, the engagement piece 33 and the guide projection 5
Although the pair of five 5 are arranged at the positions facing each other, the engaging piece 33 and the guide projection 55 may be one each. However, in order to maintain a good design balance as a whole and to obtain a smooth operation, it is advantageous to adopt the above configuration.

The object to be stored is not limited to the flexible disk 15 and the present invention can be used as a case for storing other recording media such as a magneto-optical disk.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a state in which a lid of a storage case and a front wall of a case body are opened.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the storage case.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the storage case in a closed state.

FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state where a lid of the storage case and a front wall of the case body are opened.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the storage case as seen from the front side.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the storage case.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view showing an initial engagement state between the lid of the storage case and the engagement piece.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of an operation subsequent to the state of FIG.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an operation subsequent to the state of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view showing a completely closed state.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing an example of a conventional storage case.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Storage Case 11 Case Body 12 Lid 15 Flexible Disk as Storage Object 24 Front Wall 25 Rear Wall 33 Engagement Piece

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A case main body having a front wall and a rear wall which are provided such that an object to be stored can be put in and taken out from above, and which is normally oriented substantially vertically upward, and a lid attached to the case main body so as to be openable and closable. And a body, wherein the front wall is provided so as to be displaceable in a direction of enlarging the internal space of the case body when the lid is opened. 2. The front wall is provided with an engagement piece engageable with a front end side portion of the lid body, and the engagement piece is changed from a position where the internal space is enlarged by engagement with the front end side portion to a vertical position. The storage case according to claim 1, wherein the storage case has a shape that allows the front wall to be displaced. 3. The storage case according to claim 1, wherein the lid is provided so as to be open in a range that does not project rearward from the rear wall. 4. The locking means for restricting the maximum open position of the lid and optionally maintaining the open position of the lid is provided on the base side of the lid. The storage case according to item 1, 2 or 3.