CN1438647A

CN1438647A - Storage device

Info

Publication number: CN1438647A
Application number: CN03102351A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 苏立文
Original assignee: LEPI China Ltd Hong Kong SAR
Current assignee: LEPI China Ltd Hong Kong SAR
Priority date: 2002-02-07
Filing date: 2003-02-08
Publication date: 2003-08-27
Also published as: GB0202888D0; GB2387352A; US20030150754A1; GB0302182D0

Abstract

The device comprises multiple sheaths to accommodate articles such as CDs, VCDs, DVDs. Each sheath possesses the T type bulgy part. The bulgy part makes the sheath possible to be dismountable to connect to the accommodation part. The accommodation part can be located in a box, or case or similar container to hold optical disks. Or, the accommodation part does not have the said container.

Description

Stowage arrangement

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of stowage arrangement, particularly,, be particularly related to a kind of mechanical hook-up that CD maintainance set in the optical disk cartridge is remained on the appropriate location though do not get rid of the stowage arrangement of depositing such as the general pan of CD and analog.The invention still further relates to the CD that this maintenance mechanical hook-up is housed and keep box.

Technical background

CD, in specialty, commerce and family, obtained widespread usage such as audio compression dish (CDs), video compact disc (VCDs), digital versatile disc (DVDs) and CD-ROMs, audio frequency CDs has been the form of preferred stored sound now, and VCDs and DVDs obtain favor just gradually aspect video storage.And because the high data storage capacities of DVDs and CD-ROMs and their high reliability, they are by the quite general storage that is used for software and mechanized data at large.

Yet still there are some problems in the storage of CD.Although CD is quite solid, they can be damaged and the time spent does not need protection.Traditionally, CD is that every CD all is to be contained in the plastic casing to sell (being referred to as " jewel box " usually).Such box can be protected CD effectively, but they thick several times usually than CD itself, so when a large amount of CDs were contained in jewel box, sizable space will account for.This can become a problem, such as, when depositing CD on the top of the shelf or being with a large amount of CD whilst on tours.

Consider these difficulties, proposed some substituting stowage arrangements.Usually these devices comprise the plastic jacket that uses holding optical disk, and these plastic jackets can be stored in the shell of certain form then.Such as, a device that is widely known by the people is exactly the device of in-book form or album-type, and each " page or leaf " all has the plastic jacket of dress CD, and all " page or leaf " all is contained in a hard relatively covering intracutaneous.This device is just as a photograph album like this.This device is very effective when depositing a large amount of CD, if but only deposit a spot of CD, so such " photograph album " is just too big, and wasting space too.And such " photograph album " deposited on the quantity of CD also not too flexibly, and they are normally determined by number of pages and every page of cd number of putting, and immobilize.

Another kind of known storing unit comprises the individual plastic cover of depositing one or two CD, and plastic jacket can insert or shift out in shell or the container.A kind of such known structure comprises square disk cover, and it is suitable for adorning two CDs, and two CDs by page or leaf in separately.A limit of disk cover is wide relatively plastic edge, and this limit constitutes two L shaped notch portion, and it is to be used for and the physical construction that is formed on " ridge " of optical disk cartridge engages, and optical disk cartridge is similar to the front cover and the back cover of book.The optic disc holding cover is similar to page, can be removed or refill.

Prior art

Other examples of known storing unit can find in following patent: EP0949628A, US6012575, US5495953, US4327831 and FR2744555.

Disclose the device of a kind of CDs of storage and similar articles such as patent US5495953, all CDs are contained in the jewel box then.In this example, each jewel box is placed in the holding member, and these preservation parts are connected to the shaping part by pivot journal then.This device can be deposited a plurality of CD jewel boxs, and can be easy to check jewel box so that the user finds the CD of being wanted.Yet, because CD is to be kept in the jewel box, and preserve parts must be wideer than jewel box, this device can not solve the problem that takes up space when depositing a large amount of CD certainly.In fact, this class device will aggravate space problem.FR2744555A has described a kind of similar device, but preserves the projection that parts constitute the lengthening of a ring section here, and it can be placed on around jack-post with fixed angle in the isolated corresponding annular groove.Though and this device allows to deposit the CD jewel box and is easy to check that it can not solve the problem in any relevant space.

US4327831 be one specially for disc designs older device, wherein, mainly be to guarantee that disc plays that the surface is avoided contacting with the surface of any stowage arrangement and injury-free.In U.S. Pat 4327831, a kind of similar structure of container has been described, it can deposit disc and disc facing surface can not contact with container.Container has an extension, and it is stretched over the whole width of container, and extension can be placed in the recessed-male connector, and it can assemble a plurality of containers by book type.

Neither one does not have such or such shortcoming in the prior art structure, thereby the purpose of this invention is to provide the another kind scheme of dealing with problems, it can provide enough spaces, preserves CD simple and reliablely, and alleviates prior art problems or a kind of effective alternative is provided at least.

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention, a stowage arrangement is provided, it comprises a plurality of save sets to preserve the article that will preserve, and each described save set all has one from its protrusion T type parts, and one is held parts to hold the described T type parts of described save set.

In one embodiment, this device can further comprise a container with the article that placement is stored, and holds parts and can be arranged on internal tank.Yet as a kind of selection, holding parts can be without any relevant container, such as, can be the part of computing machine desk or other article.

A container that is used to deposit article, it can be made up of two parts up and down, holds parts Lower Half can be set.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the article that are stored are general plane article, and such as CD, document, photo or similar article, save set can have cover.

Preferably, overlap circle normally and T shape parts and linked putting separately at the peripheral part of cover.

Preferably, T shape parts comprise a head along a tangent line of a neck that overlaps circumferentially extending and a circumference that is parallel to cover.More preferably, T shape parts also comprise an arcuate section, its radius-of-curvature approximates the radius of disk cover, disk cover can be made up of the plastic material that two about half cycles are bonded together, remaining half cycle is not bonding, and T shape parts can be fixed on the disk cover junction between cover periphery bonding and not bonding.

In a preferred construction, hold parts and comprise vertical opening to admit described T shape parts, the width of this opening is less than the width of the head of T shape parts.

Preferably, optical disk containers is normally circular in the plane, but other shape also can.

The invention still further relates to the cover of placing CD, wherein said cover comprises T shape parts, and wherein said T shape parts are suitable for being put into and hold in the parts to deposit CD.

Description of drawings

Part embodiment of the present invention will describe by example and accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a planimetric map of depositing the cover of CD, but for clarity, T shape link is removed;

Fig. 2 is the planimetric map that is similar to Fig. 1, but comprises link;

Fig. 3 is the planimetric map of T shape link;

Fig. 4 a and Fig. 4 b are respectively forward sight and the side views that disk cover is held parts, and

Fig. 5 is the three-dimensional view of one embodiment of the present of invention.

Embodiment

With reference to figure 1, wherein show a plastic jacket 1 of putting a CD at least.This plastic jacket 1 is to be made of two more bigger than CD respectively round plastic materials.These two plastics are adhered to about 180 ° along its periphery, and remaining 180 ° are not bonding to insert or to take out CD.The size that should be understood that not bonding peripheral part needs enough big, certain so that insert or take out CD, also not too big so that the extraterrestrial disk cover that drops out of CD meaning.

The left side 2 of the cover of being seen in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is bonded together, and the right 3 is not bonding.Though in this embodiment, disk cover is circular, and this can be square or any other shape easily such as cover not necessarily.

Preferably, make disk cover be fit to adorn two CDs.This can be by the interlayer of plusing fifteen between two plastic outer layers, and this separate layer is to have the material of certain intensity to make again by suitably soft.Preferably, two plastic outer layers all are transparent, can see the CD that is put in wherein like this.If cover is to be designed to only adorn a CD, it is transparent so only needing an outer plastic layer.On each plastic layer 1, an opening 4 can be arranged, like this user whereby opening contact put CD within it so that from cover, take out CD.

As shown in Figure 1,12 position, what disk cover was bonding meets at this with not bonding limit, and disk cover 1 is formed with a little projection 5, and the function of this projection can be found out from the description of following Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.Figure 3 illustrates a T shape link 6, it is a general flat plastic sheet.Yet compare with cover, this web member 6 is what have the plastic material of certain degree of hardness or comparison rigidity to constitute by.More particularly link 6 partly is made of an arcuate section 7 and a T shape, and T shape partly is to be made of neck 8 and head 9.Show that as Fig. 2 link 6 bonds to a side of disk cover 1 12 position.Arcuate section 7 is with identical radius-of-curvature with CD usually, so that link 6 is fixed on the bent limit of disk cover smoothly.The outshot 5 of disk cover is positioned at least a portion following so that the degree of its reinforcement to be provided, though this not necessarily of neck 8.Like this, as shown in Figure 2, T shape part is made of neck 8 and head 9, and becomes a right angle to stretch out from 12 positions with its tangent line, and 12 position bounding point and the bounding point place of meeting not on the circumference of disk cover just.Should be understood that T shape part and disk cover are on same plane.

The effect of link 6 is to make disk cover 1 to be connected in to hold on the parts 10 with removing, can be installed in the bigger CD container and hold parts.Fig. 4 a and Fig. 4 b show the forward sight and the side view of an example that holds parts 10.It is molded by duroplasts to hold parts, and it has inverted T shape parts, and these T shape parts have a vertical component 11 to project upwards from the horizontal substrate 12 of holding parts.Vertical component 11 further is formed with a vertical openings 13, and shown in Fig. 4 b, the top of vertical component 11 is towards the horizontal line bending.

The horizontal substrate part 12 of holding parts 10 is designed to allow to hold parts 10 and is fixed in a housing, box or other the similar storage container to hold a large amount of disk cover, and each disk cover all is placed with one or more CD.Based on this purpose, base part 12 can be formed with two fixed orifices 14, and by them, holding parts 10 can be fixed on definite position by any suitable mode.

Hold the width of the width of the vertical openings 13 on the vertical component 11 of parts 10 less than the head 9 of T shape link 6.Be understood that receiving parts 10 can hold and can fix a plurality of disk cover 1 with removing.A disk cover can install to easily to be held on the parts 10, this be by along the limit turning set of disk cover so that the head 9 of link 6 passes vertical openings 13 realizes.Disk cover 1 is rotated back into horizontal level then, so that the head 9 of T shape link kept putting in place regularly, and neck 8 extends through whole vertical openings 13, and 9 on head is from overlapping 1 another side that is fixed on vertical component 11.Certainly, disk cover can be pulled down by opposite process at an easy rate.And, because the free top end of vertical component 11 is towards the horizontal line bending, so disk cover 1 can not be from holding accidental disengaging the on the parts 10.

As mentioned above, hold the inside that parts 10 are suitable for being fixed in housing, box or similar container, to deposit CD.But the present invention never only is confined to such possibility, a preferred possibility, as shown in Figure 5, be a box or similar thing, usually can be circular box, this circle box is that half part 15 and 16 by two rigidity that link together with hinge 17 constitutes, and the diameter of each half part than the diameter of disk cover a little more greatly.Hold parts 10 and can be fixed in the madial wall of two and half these Lower Halves of part of forming box and the hinge connection of close two halves.

Yet another possibility is to hold parts to be independent of box, chest or similar thing.Such as, hold the part that parts itself are exactly stowage arrangement.Such as, hold the integral part that parts can be made the desk of depositing computer disks, be configured to furniture, high-fidelity device, TV or similarly the part of article to deposit CDs, VCDs and DVDs.In this under situation, hold parts will grow in the previous example that can compare, holding parts and must be placed on a box the inside in the aforesaid example.In fact; special advantage of the present invention is that same stowage arrangement can deposit CD with semipermanent or fixing form in family or office; in this case; deposit the box of CD or chest not necessarily; simultaneously can be used to deposit CD in the mode of protectiveness box or chest, such as in travelling.By common T shape projection with hold the storing unit of parts, cover that one or more CD is housed can and be placed at the stowage arrangement of the semipermanent family of no box or chest or office and be easy between the CD that box or chest are arranged that designs for travelling exchange.

Disk cover, T shape part and hold parts and certainly make by any suitable material.Be to make under many circumstances by plastics.Yet, as above discuss, when holding parts and be the part of furniture, it can be by high-quality more and have more the aesthstic material of appreciating and make, such as timber or metal.

Be particularly suitable for depositing CD or similar article though also should be understood that the present invention, it also can be used for depositing other article, such as document photo and credit card.Generally speaking, this device is particularly suitable for depositing plane article.Yet the present invention also can deposit non-planar article, if they can be put in the cover, at this moment the cover improved storing unit that is suitable for putting these article replaces, and this improved storing unit also has T shape assembly.

Claims

1. a stowage arrangement comprises a plurality of storing units that are stored article of depositing, and each described storing unit has the parts that hold from its outstanding T shape parts and T shape parts that hold described storing unit.

2. stowage arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device also comprise a container putting described article, and the wherein said parts that hold are arranged in the described container.

3. device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said container is made up of the first half and Lower Half, wherein holds the Lower Half that parts are positioned at described container.

4. as any one described stowage arrangement in the claim 1 to 3, the wherein said article that are stored are normally plane, and described storing unit comprises a plurality of covers.

5. device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said cover are normally circular, and described T shape parts described cover circumferential section be connected in separately cover.

6. device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said T shape parts comprise a neck that radially extends from described cover and with the circumference of described cover on a head that tangent line parallels.

7. device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said T shape parts also comprise an arcuate section, and the radius-of-curvature of this arcuate section is approximately equal to the radius of this cover.

8. as each described device in the claim 5 to 7, wherein said cover comprises two plastics, its circumference nearly half be bonded together, remaining part is not bonding, wherein said T shape parts the bonding part of described circumference and not the joint between the bonding part be connected in described putting.

9. the described device of each claim as described above, the wherein said parts that hold comprise a vertical openings, are used to admit described T shape parts.

10. device as claimed in claim 9, the width of wherein said opening is less than the width of the head of T shape parts.

11. a cover of depositing CD, wherein said cover comprise the T shape parts from its projection, and wherein said T shape parts are suitable for being accommodated in order to preserve the holding in the parts of described CD.

12. cover as claimed in claim 11, wherein said cover are general circles, and described T shape parts are connected in putting separately at the circumference place of described cover.

13. cover as claimed in claim 12, wherein T shape parts comprise a neck that radially extends from cover, with a head that tangent line is parallel with the circumference of described cover.

14. cover as claimed in claim 13, wherein said T shape parts also comprise an arcuate section, and the radius-of-curvature of this arcuate section is approximately equal to the radius of this cover.

15. as each described cover in the claim 12 to 14, wherein said cover comprises two plastic materials, its circumferential section nearly half be bonded together, remaining part is not bonding, wherein T shape parts the bonding part of described circumference and not the joint between the bonding part be fixed on described putting.