CN1806378B - DC adaptor and electronic apparatus using the same - Google Patents

DC adaptor and electronic apparatus using the same Download PDF

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CN1806378B
CN1806378B CN2005800005589A CN200580000558A CN1806378B CN 1806378 B CN1806378 B CN 1806378B CN 2005800005589 A CN2005800005589 A CN 2005800005589A CN 200580000558 A CN200580000558 A CN 200580000558A CN 1806378 B CN1806378 B CN 1806378B
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A DC adaptor which can be installed, alternatively to a primary battery or a secondary battery, on a battery receiving section provided in an electronic apparatus. A DC adaptor (3) is connected to an AC/DC converter (35), installed on a battery receiving section (20) of an electric apparatus (1), and supplies DC power to the electric apparatus. In the DC adaptor, an insertion restriction section (41) is formed on an adaptor body (31) with a substantially circular tube shape. When inserted with correct polarities, the insertion restriction section (41) is guided by an insertion guide section (57) in the battery receiving section, and, when inserted with reversed polarities, the insertion restriction section (41) is restricted, by a side wall (58) on the insertion end side of the battery receiving section, from being inserted into the battery receiving section. The insertion restriction section is projected and formed in a rectangular shape on a part of the outer periphery of the adaptor body, the rectangular shape being in the longitudinal direction of the adaptor body. Two sides (41a, 41b) extended from a part of the outer periphery of the DC adaptor and forming the insertion restriction section are formed such that the center angle of a circular arc connecting their base end sections on the adaptor body is less than 90 DEG .

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DC adapter and use the electronic equipment of this DC adapter
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of DC adapter and use the electronic equipment of this DC adapter, this DC adapter is used for from the outside direct-current power supply to being the electronic equipment of power supply with the dry cell.
The application serves as that priority is advocated on the basis with Japanese patent application numbering 2004-148501 that filed an application on May 19th, 2004 in Japan and the Japanese patent application numbering 2004-378329 that filed an application on December 27th, 2004, and these are applied for reference to being quoted by the application.
Background technology
In the past, be used widely as the electronic equipment of power supply with primary cell or secondary cell.This electronic equipment is provided with the battery container portion of accommodating primary cell or secondary cell, accepts electric power from the battery that is contained in this battery container portion and supplies with and be activated.The secondary cell that is used for this electronic equipment charges once more by being installed on special-purpose charger, can use repeatedly.
As by the employed primary cell of battery-driven electronic equipment, has dry cell No. 5.Consider power consumption and battery life, some uses the electronic equipment of No. 5 dry cells to be provided with the battery container portion of accommodating 2 batteries.
In addition, some can use the electronic equipment of primary cell and secondary cell to form such formation jointly, and this constitutes use and No. 5 identical shaped secondary cells of dry cell, being installed on battery container portion with No. 5 dry cells with having interchangeability.By making No. 5 identical shapes of dry cell that are shaped as with can select to use of secondary cell, thereby accommodate the battery container portion that is used to accommodate No. 5 dry cells with can having interchangeability.
As the secondary cell of accommodating the battery container portion that is used to accommodate No. 5 dry cells, when battery container portion formed the formation of accommodating No. 5 dry cells of 2 joints, the identical shaped secondary cell of combination 2 joints and No. 5 dry cells used with can having interchangeability.
In addition, can use jointly in the electronic equipment of primary cell and secondary cell, some electronic equipment be for can using the formation of DC adapter, and this DC adapter is powered after by AC/DC converter the AC power of commercialization being transformed into DC power supply.Some this DC adapter is for accommodating the formation that battery container portion uses, and the primary cell and the secondary cell of electronic equipment can be accommodated by this battery container portion.As being contained in the DC adapter of using in the battery container portion, the DC adapter of Gou Chenging obtains using like this, this DC adapter has the size identical substantially with secondary cell, and has general form, and this secondary cell has No. 5 such sizes of dry cell of combination 2 joints.Be provided with electrode in this DC adapter, when this electrode is accommodated the battery container portion that is used for primary cell or secondary cell in DC adapter, with the termination contact of the battery container portion side that electrode contacted of being located at primary cell or secondary cell.DC adapter is when being contained in battery container portion, and the termination contact of electrode and battery container portion side arrives electronic equipment by these terminals and electrode with direct-current power supply.
The DC adapter of Gou Chenging only is provided with battery container portion in the electronic equipment side and gets final product like this, the direct current jack special connector of AC/DC converter and DC adapter need be set in the electronic equipment side, can reduce the number of components of electronic equipment side, further realize the miniaturization of electronic equipment self.
Can be contained in the DC adapter of general battery container portion with primary cell and secondary cell with having interchangeability, the electrode terminal that is formed at this DC adapter also similarly determines polarity with primary cell or secondary cell, so, sometimes when mistaken polarity when being inserted in the battery container portion, electronic equipment is not worked, or becomes the reason that causes the fault in the work.In addition, though can consider to make the shape left and right sides of DC adapter asymmetric, shape corresponding to this DC adapter constitutes battery container portion, thereby prevent the mistake installation, but, can not in battery container portion, stably accommodate when the primary cell of accommodating left and right sides shape symmetry, secondary cell or when arranging the battery pack of a plurality of secondary cells.In addition, when the electrode of using when the terminal that makes the battery container portion side that contacts with the electrode of being located at DC adapter and primary cell or secondary cell is general, in the occasion that is used for to use the equipment beyond the electronic equipment of DC adapter, because the operating voltage of DC adapter is different with the operating voltage of primary cell or secondary cell, can not guarantee the fail safe of electronic equipment sometimes.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of DC adapter and use the electronic equipment of this DC adapter, this DC adapter and use the electronic equipment of this DC adapter to have DC adapter can be installed to the structure of the battery container portion that is used to install primary cell or secondary cell, can prevent DC adapter battery container portion misplug into, and can realize position limit, primary cell or secondary cell correctly are being installed on battery container portion with stable status.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of DC adapter of the fail safe that can guarantee electronic equipment in the occasion that is installed on the equipment beyond the suitable equipment and use the electronic equipment of this DC adapter.
DC adapter of the present invention is connected with AC/DC converter, is inserted in the battery container portion of electronic equipment direct-current power supply to this electronic equipment; It is characterized in that: on the adapter main body of drum, form and insert restrictions, when inserting above-mentioned DC adapter by correct polarity, by the guiding of the insertion guide part in the above-mentioned battery container portion, when pressing the opposite polarity insertion, by the distolateral sidewall of the insertion of above-mentioned battery container portion the insertion in above-mentioned battery container portion is limited, this insert restrictions along the length direction of above-mentioned adapter main body in the part of periphery with square outstanding formation, setting is extended from the part of the above-mentioned periphery of above-mentioned DC adapter in 2 limits that constitute above-mentioned insertion restrictions, the central angle of circular arc that interconnects these 2 base end parts of limit on above-mentioned adapter main body is less than 90 °, above-mentioned adapter main body is by constituting along arranging a plurality of cylinders with the direction of length direction quadrature, and the recess between above-mentioned cylinder forms electrode terminal section.
Electronic equipment of the present invention has the primary cell of insertion drum or the battery container portion of secondary cell or DC adapter, and this DC adapter is connected with AC/DC converter, supplies with DC power supply; It is characterized in that: corresponding to the part of the periphery of above-mentioned DC adapter with the square outstanding and insertion restrictions that forms, above-mentioned battery container portion is cut into the part of the internal perisporium of circle square, form and insert guide part, when above-mentioned DC adapter being inserted by correct polarity, this inserts guide part and engages with above-mentioned insertion restrictions, insertion channeling conduct to this DC adapter, for constituting 2 limits that this inserts guide part, interconnect these 2 limits on the inner peripheral surface of battery container portion base end part and the central angle of the circular arc that obtains less than 90 °, when pressing opposite polarity above-mentioned DC adapter inserted, above-mentioned insertion restrictions is run into the distolateral sidewall of insertion of above-mentioned battery container portion, thereby the insertion of restriction DC adapter, and, above-mentioned battery container portion has a plurality of resettlement sections, the 1st electrode, and the 2nd electrode, a plurality of above-mentioned primary cells or secondary cell are accommodated in above-mentioned a plurality of resettlement section, or along arranging a plurality of above-mentioned secondary cells it is integrated and battery pack of obtaining with the direction of length direction quadrature, the 1st electrode is formed at each bottom surface of above-mentioned resettlement section, the 2nd electrode contacts with the 2nd electrode terminal section that is formed at DC adapter, this DC adapter is arranged a plurality of cylindrical portion corresponding to edge, above-mentioned resettlement section with the direction of length direction quadrature, in above-mentioned cylindrical portion any forms the 1st electrode terminal section, simultaneously, between each cylindrical portion, form recess, the 2nd electrode terminal section is formed at this recess, above-mentioned the 2nd electrode is by being formed between above-mentioned resettlement section, thereby in the face of the motion track of above-mentioned electrode terminal section.
According to such DC adapter and use the electronic equipment of this DC adapter, when DC adapter was contained in battery container portion, the insertion guide part guiding that can similarly be formed by the shape with the insertion restrictions of DC adapter can successfully be inserted.In addition, when DC adapter was inserted into battery container portion by opposite polarity state, this insertion restrictions touched and is formed at the sidewall in the battery container portion and forbids inserting, can prevent to misplug into.In addition, be inserted into occasion in the battery container portion at No. 5 dry cells or secondary cell, can can carry out position limit to it along the cut-out direction that inserts guide part by internal perisporium carry out the part supporting up to the scope of the side of inserting the guide part side, realize stable installation.
Other purposes of the present invention, the concrete advantage that obtains according to the present invention following further obtain in reference to the form of implementation of description of drawings clear and definite.
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Fig. 1 illustrates the perspective view that is suitable for digital still camera of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the perspective view that digital still camera is shown.
Fig. 3 is the ground plan that digital still camera is shown.
Fig. 4 is the sectional view that the inside of the nickel-hydrogen secondary cell that is used for cell apparatus is shown.
Fig. 5 A is the front elevation that cell apparatus is shown, and Fig. 5 B is its plane graph, and Fig. 5 C is its ground plan, and Fig. 5 D is its back view, and Fig. 5 E is its right hand view, and Fig. 5 F is its left surface figure, and Fig. 5 G is its perspective view.
Fig. 6 is the perspective view that battery container portion is shown and is contained in the various power supplys of battery container portion.
Fig. 7 is the dispersion perspective view of cell apparatus.
Fig. 8 A, Fig. 8 B, and Fig. 8 C be the perspective view that insulating element is shown.
Fig. 9 is the perspective view that the battery cover of occluded corrosion cell resettlement section is shown.
Figure 10 is the perspective view that DC adapter is shown.
Figure 11 illustrates the perspective view that digital still camera is connected to the state of domestic power supply by DC adapter.
Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B are the front elevation that DC adapter is shown.
Figure 13 is the plane graph that DC adapter is shown.
Figure 14 is the front elevation that battery container portion is shown.
Figure 15 A is the perspective view that the inside of battery container portion is shown, and Figure 15 B is its local enlarged perspective.
Figure 16 is the perspective view that charger is shown.
Figure 17 is the sectional view that the charger that cell apparatus has been installed is shown.
Figure 18 is the side view that charger is shown.
Figure 19 is another routine side view that charger is shown.
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Describe digital still camera with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail as a form of implementation that is suitable for DC adapter of the present invention and electronic equipment.
Used digital still camera 1 of the present invention as Fig. 1~as shown in Figure 3, have camera body portion 11.In this camera body portion 11, be provided with the lens section 12 of a side that is positioned at front face, this lens section 12 has the lens barrel of accommodating a plurality of lens, the handle part 13 of being controlled by the user in the opposite side setting.This handle part 13 is such as shown in Figures 2 and 3, forms the such shape of front face side protuberance of camera section main body 11, stably to be controlled by finger.In addition, facing side is provided with shutter release button 14 on the handle part 13 of camera body portion 11.
Inside at this handle part 13 forms battery container portion 20, and the battery of charge types such as dry cell 4 primary cells such as grade or nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 5 is accommodated by this battery container portion 20 by monomer, or accommodates and arrange a plurality of batteries and incorporate cell apparatus 2.As shown in Figure 3, in the bottom surface sections of a side that is provided with handle part 13, be provided with the battery cover 15 that battery container portion 20 is opened and closed.Primary cell or secondary cell or cell apparatus 2 selectively are installed in this battery container portion 20, or AC power is transformed into DC power supply, supplies to the DC adapter 3 of the power circuit of camera body portion 11.Therefore, the connector or the commutation circuit of the direct current jack special use of supplying with outside DC power supply are not set, switch etc. is not set yet, can realize the miniaturization of camera self in this camera body portion 11.Describe this battery container portion 20 and the cell apparatus 2 and the DC adapter 3 that are inserted into battery container portion 20 in the back in detail.
Bottom surface sections in camera body portion 11 is adjacent to be provided with the installing hole 16 that is used to install tripod etc. with battery cover 15.This installing hole 16 is used to install annexes such as tripod, in addition, when being installed on the pedestal device, becomes the hole that locator protrusions engaged that is formed at pedestal Unit Installation portion.In addition, the bottom surface sections in camera body portion 11 is being provided with a side of lens section 12, is provided with the jack portion 17 that is electrically connected with the pedestal device of being used for.
In addition, in the back side of camera body portion 11 one, as shown in Figure 1, be provided with display part 18 in the zone of the dorsal part of lens section 12.This display part 18 is for example roughly rectangular, is made of LCD (LCD) or OLED display display elements such as (display of organic electroluminescence).At the upside of this display part 18, view finder portion 19 is set.In the back side of camera body portion 11 one, be adjacent to be provided with the operating portion 10 that constitutes by a plurality of action buttons with this display part 18.This operating portion 10 for example can be shown to the operation on the display part 18 in the view data that display part 18 carries out being stored in internal storage.In addition,, can carry out the detailed setting of digital still camera 1, for example Shan Guang switch etc. at operating portion 21.
The cell apparatus 2 that is contained in the battery container portion 20 is described here.Digital still camera 1 for example can in battery container portion 20, accommodate No. 5 dry cells or with No. 5 identical shaped secondary cells of dry cell, or arrange 2 with the identical shaped secondary cell of No. 5 dry cells with its incorporate cell apparatus 2.The secondary cell that constitutes this cell apparatus 2 for example uses nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21.Nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 is accommodated in columnar battery barrel 22 and is had negative pole and anodal electrode body and electrolyte as shown in Figure 4, in a distolateral formation positive terminal portion of the length direction of this battery barrel 22, in another distolateral formation negative terminal portion.Be contained in electrode body in the battery barrel 22 across isolated material ground the reel negative material and the positive electrode of band shape, reversibly occlusion of this negative material and positive electrode carrying/the emit negative electrode active material and the positive active material of hydrogen, by deriving cathode conductor, positive wire respectively, thereby form negative pole and positive pole.Battery barrel 22 at the battery cover welding positive wire of battery barrel 22, thereby forms positive terminal portion 22a with the upper end at the bottom surface of battery barrel 22 welding cathode conductor, and the lower end is formed the 22b of negative terminal portion.And battery barrel 22 is except positive terminal portion 22a and the 22b of negative terminal portion, by coverings such as insulating properties sheet materials.
Cell apparatus 2 as Fig. 5 A~Fig. 5 G, Fig. 6 and as shown in Figure 7, with direction configuration 2 nickel-hydrogen secondary cells 21 of the length direction quadrature of battery barrel 22 and bonding by insulating element 23, and, positive terminal portion 22a and the 22b of negative terminal portion towards on the contrary.The insulating element 23 of bonding nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 has division board 24 and junction surface 25 as shown in Figure 8; This division board 24 carries out bonding along the length direction of battery barrel 22; This junction surface 25 is provided with corresponding to a side's of 22 of the battery barrels that is formed on adjacency recess 2a, engages with lever switch 61 in being formed at battery container described later portion 20.Battery barrel 22 is adhered to the two sides of division board 24 by bonding agent etc.The end face of protruding end and the 22b of negative terminal portion that is formed flatly of the positive terminal portion 22a that forms convex that is adhered to 2 battery barrels 22 of division board 24 becomes equal height respectively.
Division board 24 forms circular-arc plate body by the side corresponding to battery barrel 22 and constitutes, and forms junction surface 25 in the above from the length direction pars intermedia to an end.The following planarization of division board 24, thus along its length the opposing party's of cell apparatus 2 recess 2b is formed the groove shape.In this recess 2b, engage the guiding teat 53 that is formed at battery container portion 20.
Be formed at junction surface 25 among a side the recess 2a of cell apparatus 2 by engaging, thereby can make the kind of digital still camera 1 identification cell apparatus 2 with the lever switch 61 that is formed at battery container portion 20.Junction surface 25 is formed into the direction of insertion rear end side from the length direction pars intermedia of division board 24.This junction surface 25 forms the identification part 26 of the kind identification of carrying out cell apparatus 2 at the end face 25a of direction of insertion front, forms and the relative projection 27 of supporting teat 28 on the battery cover 15 described later at the end face 25b of direction of insertion rear end side.
Identification part 26 like that for example forms convex, even shape or spill corresponding to the discharge capacity of cell apparatus 2 or charge-discharge characteristics such as charging voltage, charging current etc. shown in Fig. 8 A~Fig. 8 C.This identification part 26 engages with lever switch 61 on the motion track of being located at junction surface 25 when cell apparatus 2 is inserted into battery container portion 20.At this moment, the pushing amount that 26 pairs of lever switches in identification part 61 produce is difference with its shape, so digital still camera 1 can be differentiated the kind of the cell apparatus 2 of insertion by the difference that detects this pushing amount.Therefore, digital still camera 1 for example makes the operation of camera body portion 11 invalid in the occasion of having inserted unaccommodated cell apparatus, perhaps, as cell apparatus 2 quickly-chargeables that insert, then can be by the charging rate charging of the best.
Be located at junction surface 25 rear end face 25b projection 27 as shown in Figure 7, be located at the position lower than the end face of battery barrel 22.As shown in Figure 9, by battery cover 15 occluded corrosion cell resettlement sections 20, thereby make the supporting teat 28 of being located at battery cover 15 sides in the face of being formed at the recess 2a of 22 of battery barrels, at this moment, it is relative with this supporting teat 28 that projection 27 separates predetermined gap.Under this state, fall as digital still camera 1, then produce drop impact, at this moment, before nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 touched battery cover 15, projection 27 contacted with the supporting teat 28 of battery cover 15.Because this projection 27 is the some contact with contacting of supporting teat 28, so, even falling of digital still camera 1 impacted camera body portion 11, to compare with the occasion that contacts by face, the impact that is applied to cell apparatus 2 alleviates.Therefore, can prevent insulating element 23 and accidents such as battery barrel 22 is offset or peels off.
When dry cell of having accommodated 2 monomers in battery container portion 20 or secondary cell, the supporting teat 28 of being located at battery cover 15 is provided with the gap by being inserted between these dry cells of accommodating in abutting connection with ground or the secondary cell, can avoid danger such as short circuit.In addition, both sides at the supporting teat 28 of battery cover 15 form 1 pair of lid electrode 29,30, and this 1 pair of lid electrode 29,30 contacts with the 22b of negative terminal portion with the positive terminal portion 22a of the end face of the direction of insertion rear end side of being located at dry cell or secondary cell or cell apparatus 2.
In addition, on the contrary cell apparatus 2 is inserted into the occasion of battery container portion 20 in polarity, junction surface 25 touches the guiding teat 53 that is formed at battery container portion 20.Therefore, can prevent cell apparatus 2 battery container portion 20 misplug into.Junction surface 25 is located in the recess 2a of cell apparatus 2, forms not the outstanding height of external diameter from battery barrel 22.
More than such cell apparatus 2 when being inserted into battery container portion 20, supply with DC power supply to the power circuit of camera body portion 11.In addition, cell apparatus 2 is being contained under the state of battery container portion 20, when with digital still camera 1 mounting during to the camera pedestal device of the household AC power of having omitted details, AC power is supplied with after being transformed into DC power supply, thereby cell apparatus is charged.In addition, cell apparatus 2 can charge by being installed on charger 70 described later.
Cell apparatus 2 also can use storage battery formation arbitrarily such as lithium rechargeable battery or cadmium-nickel storage cell, lead accumulator etc. except using nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21.
Below, DC adapter 3 is described, this DC adapter 3 is contained in the battery container portion 20, simultaneously, is connected with household AC power by AC/DC converter, thereby supplies with outside DC power supply to digital still camera 1.DC adapter 3 as Fig. 6, Figure 10, and as shown in Figure 11, have adapter main body 31 and be located at the connector 33 of the front end of the cable 32 that prolongs from adapter main body 31, this connector 33 is connected with the AC/DC converter 35 with AC power connector 34.
Adapter main body 31 is corresponding to each resettlement section of battery container portion 20, in direction the 1st, the 2nd cylindrical portion 37,38 is set in abutting connection with ground with the length direction quadrature, 37,38 of these the 1st, the 2nd cylindrical portion, form the 1st, the 2nd slot part 39,40 along its length on the two sides.Form insertion restrictions 41 in the 1st cylindrical portion 37, this insertion restrictions 41 is corresponding with the insertion guide part 57 of the 1st resettlement section 51 that is formed at battery container portion 20.Insert restrictions 41 and be used to prevent that DC adapter 3 is inserted into battery container portion 20 by opposite polarity, the part of the periphery by making the 1st cylindrical portion 37 is with square outstanding formation.Inserting restrictions 41 has by the summit of this insertion restrictions 41 adjacent the 1st Restricted edge 41a and the 2nd Restricted edge 41b, the the 1st, the 2nd Restricted edge 41a, the 41b that constitute this insertion restrictions 41 are such shown in Figure 12 A, prolong from the periphery of the 1st cylindrical portion 37, constitute about 90 ° angle mutually.In addition, the central angle θ 1 of circular arc that connects the base end part on the periphery of the 1st cylindrical portion 37 of the 1st, the 2nd Restricted edge 41a, 41b forms and can not get 90 °.Promptly, the 1st Restricted edge 41a ratio extends setting slightly obliquely in the tangential direction of the base end part of the periphery of the 1st cylindrical portion 37 towards the outside of the 1st cylindrical portion 37, the 2nd Restricted edge 41b extends setting towards the tangential direction of the base end part of the periphery of the 1st cylindrical portion 37, and these the 1st, the 2nd Restricted edge 41a, 41b constitute 90 ° mutually.When imagination connected the circular arc of the 1st, the 2nd such Restricted edge 41a, the base end part of 41b on the periphery of the 1st cylindrical portion 37, the central angle θ 1 of this circular arc was less than 90 °.Therefore, DC adapter 3 is when being contained in the 1st resettlement section 51 of battery container portion 20, and the insertion guide part 57 that similarly is formed at the 1st resettlement section 51 by the shape with insertion restrictions 41 guides, and can successfully insert.In addition, when DC adapter 3 made the 1st cylindrical portion 37 and the 2nd cylindrical portion 38 be inserted into battery container portion 20 by opposite polarity state conversely, this insertion restrictions 41 touched the contact site 58 that is formed in the battery container portion 20, forbade inserting.In addition, it is such shown in Figure 12 B to insert restrictions 41, the 3rd Restricted edge 41c and the 4th Restricted edge 41d extend setting towards the outside of the 1st cylindrical portion 37 slightly obliquely than the tangential direction of different types of base end part of the 1st cylindrical portion 37, constitute 90 ° mutually, when imagination connects the circular arc of these the 3rd, the 4th Restricted edge 41c, the base end part of 41d on the periphery of the 1st cylindrical portion 37, the central angle θ 2 of this circular arc is formed less than 90 ° of ground.
The 1st Restricted edge 41a of this insertion restrictions 41 becomes circular-arc with the intersection point chamfering of the 2nd Restricted edge 41b.Therefore, when being inserted into battery container described later portion 20, even the insertion guide part 57 of sliding contact in being formed at battery container portion 20 also do not interfere mutually, so, can successfully slide, in addition, can prevent the generation of the dust that causes by slip etc.
The 1st cylindrical portion 37 is not provided with electrode terminal section in the front end face and the rear end of direction of insertion, but is flattened.
The 2nd cylindrical portion 38 forms from the roughly pars intermedia of length direction to the direction of insertion rear end face and is cut into the roughly notch 43 of semi-circular cross-section, extends from the end face 43a of the direction of insertion front side of this notch 43 cable 32 that is connected with AC/DC converter 35 is set.Cable 32 exports to outside the camera body portion 11 from the leadout hole 59 of the side surface part that is formed at camera body portion 11 when accommodating DC adapter 3 in the battery container portion 20.In addition, the direction of insertion leading section of the 2nd cylindrical portion 38 form be located at battery container portion 20 in the 1st electrode terminal section 44 of the convex that contacts of the 2nd electrode 52a.The 1st electrode terminal section 44 forms positive pole.
In the time of in DC adapter 3 is contained in battery container portion 20, is located at the 1st cylindrical portion 37 and engages with the direction protrusion 53 that is formed at battery container portion 20, can successfully insert and take off with the 1st slot part 39 of 38 of the 2nd cylindrical portion.In addition, form the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 that contacts with the 3rd electrode 62 of the joint teat 54 of being located at battery container portion 20 at the 2nd slot part 40.The 2nd electrode terminal section 45 is a negative pole.Like this, the 1st electrode 51a that DC adapter 3 does not correspond to the 1st resettlement section 51 that is located at battery container portion 20 is provided with electrode terminal section at the leading section of the direction of insertion of the 1st cylindrical portion 37, but the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 is set at the 2nd slot part 40, like this, compare with the electrode configuration of dry cell or secondary cell or cell apparatus 2, positive terminal is located at the position of leaving mutually with negative terminal, so, can avoid the danger of short circuit etc., guarantee fail safe.In addition, by the position corresponding the 3rd electrode 62 is set with the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 in battery container portion 20, thereby the occasion of the 2nd electrode 52a in battery container portion 20 and 62 conductings of the 3rd electrode can be differentiated the DC adapter 3 of having used the special use that is suitable for digital still camera 1 in digital still camera 1 side.Therefore, only also can make and to make digital still camera 1 carry out possible special operation in the occasion of using special-purpose DC adapter 3.
In addition, the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 forms the height of not giving prominence to from the 1st, the 2nd cylindrical portion 37,38.That is, the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 forms lowlyer than the outer peripheral face of the 1st cylindrical portion 37,30 of the 2nd slot part 40 residing sides.Therefore, DC adapter 3 can be avoided by the component parts in the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 damage battery container portions 20 etc., and danger such as stained, the short circuit of the 2nd electrode terminal 45.
In addition, DC adapter 3 forms from the 3rd continuous slot part 46 of the 1st slot part 39 at the direction of insertion rear end face.When DC adapter 3 be contained in battery container portion 20, by battery cover 15 when inaccessible, the 3rd slot part 46 cooperates with the supporting teat 28 of being located at battery cover 15.
When such DC adapter 3 is inserted into battery container portion 20, in the 1st electrode terminal section 44 of the positive pole of the direction of insertion leading section that is formed at the 2nd cylindrical portion 38 with before the 2nd electrode 52a that is located at battery container portion 20 sides contacts, be formed at the 2nd slot part 40 negative pole the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 be formed at the 3rd electrode 62 that engages teat 54 and contact.Like this, owing to negative terminal contacted before positive terminal, so, can carry out stable electric power and supply with.
In addition, the 1st cylindrical portion 37 of DC adapter 3 forms the front end face of smooth direction of insertion, simultaneously, compare, form shortlyer at length direction with the 2nd cylindrical portion 38 of the 1st electrode terminal section 44 that forms convex at the front end face of direction of insertion or cell apparatus 2, dry cell 4, secondary cell 5.Therefore, as shown in Figure 13, when being inserted into battery container portion 20, the load that is produced by relative the 1st cylindrical portion 37 of the support spring 51b of the 1st electrode 51a that is located at battery container portion 20 reduces, so, the spring pressure of accommodating when closing battery cover 15 after the DC adapter 3 is little, can easily carry out the obturation action of battery cover 15, can improve operation sense.
Below, battery container portion 20 is described, primary cell or secondary cell or cell apparatus 2 or the DC adapter 3 that driving power is supplied to camera body portion 11 accommodated by this battery container portion 20.This battery container portion 20 is formed at the bottom surface sections of camera body portion 11 as shown in Figure 6, and the 1st, the 2nd resettlement section 51,52 of inserting various power supplys is towards foreign side, simultaneously, and by battery cover 15 (in Fig. 6, having omitted diagram) obturation.1st, the 2nd resettlement section 51,52 forms suitable hollow cylindrical of for example accommodating the size of No. 5 dry cells respectively, is arranging setting with the direction of length direction quadrature.In addition, the 1st resettlement section 51 and the 2nd resettlement section 52 are continuous along its length, 52 in the 1st resettlement section 51 and the 2nd resettlement section, corresponding to recess 2b or the 1st slot part 39, form guiding teat 53 and engage teat 54; This recess 2b and the 1st slot part 39 be formed at and the direction of length direction quadrature arranged between the cylinder of primary cell, secondary cell, cell apparatus 2 and DC adapter 3 of 2 cylinders, this guiding teat 53 takes off channeling conduct to these various power supplys slotting, and this joint teat 54 is formed with lever switch 61 described later and the 3rd electrode 62.
The 1st resettlement section 51 forms in the part in interior week and to insert guide part 57 as shown in Figure 14, and this inserts the insertion channeling conduct of 57 pairs of DC adapter of guide part, simultaneously, can prevent to misplug into.Insert guide part 57 and be cut into square formation by a part with the internal perisporium of the 1st resettlement section 51.Inserting guide part 57 has by the summit of this insertion guide part 57 adjacent the 1st guide edge 57a and the 2nd guide edge 57b, constitute the 1st, the 2nd guide edge 57a, the 57b of insertion guide part 57 internal perisporium extension setting, constitute about 90 ° angle mutually from the 1st resettlement section 51.In addition, the central angle θ 3 of circular arc that connects the base end part on the internal perisporium of the 1st resettlement section 51 of the 1st, the 2nd guide edge 57a, 57b forms and can not get 90 °.That is, the 1st guide edge 57a extends setting towards the outside of the 1st resettlement section 51 slightly obliquely from the tangential direction at the base end part of internal perisporium, and the 2nd guide edge 57b is provided with along extending in the tangential direction of the base end part of internal perisporium.These the 1st, the 2nd guide edge 57a, 57b constitute 90 ° mutually.When imagination connected the circular arc of the 1st, the 2nd such guide edge 57a, the base end part of 57b on internal perisporium, the central angle θ 3 of this circular arc was less than 90 °.Therefore, the 1st resettlement section 51 is because formation is inserted one jiao otch angle of guide part 57 less than 90 °, so, as shown in Figure 9, occasion when No. 5 dry cells of insertion or secondary cell, can carry out the part supporting up to the side of inserting guide part 57 sides by internal perisporium, they can prevent to rock at the cut-out direction that inserts guide part 57.
The 1st guide edge 57a of this insertion guide part 57 becomes circular-arc with the intersection point chamfering of the 2nd guide edge 57b.Therefore, when inserting DC adapter 3 described later,, also do not interfere mutually even be formed at insertion restrictions 41 sliding contacts of DC adapter 3, so, can successfully slide, in addition, can prevent the generation of the dust that causes by slip etc.
In addition, the 2nd resettlement section 52 forms the open circles tubular, and cuts by the part with internal perisporium and to form contact site 58, when DC adapter 3 is pressed opposite polarity and inserted, inserts restrictions 41 and is contacted with this contact site 58, stops the insertion of DC adapter 3.Near contact site 58, formation will export to the leadout hole 59 outside the camera body portion 11 from the flexible cord that DC adapter 3 is extended.Leadout hole 59 is by having flexible occlusion piece 60 obturations.Occlusion piece 60 is installed on camera body portion 11 with an end, when inserting DC adapter 3, and arrow A direction revolution in Fig. 6, thus open leadout hole 59 will be discharged to outside the camera body portion 11 from the cable 32 that DC adapter 3 is extended.
The 1st resettlement section 51 forms the 1st electrode 51a in bottom surface sections, and the 2nd resettlement section 52 forms the 2nd electrode 52a in the bottom surface.These the 1st electrode 51a and the 2nd electrode 52a are respectively equipped with support spring 51b, 52b, when cell apparatus 2, dry cell 4 or secondary cell 5 were accommodated the 1st, the 2nd resettlement section 51,52, this support spring 51b, 52b supporting was formed at the distolateral end face of insertion of these various power supplys.
Here, as described above, the 1st cylindrical portion 37 of DC adapter 3 forms than the 2nd cylindrical portion 38, above-mentioned cell apparatus 2 or dry cell 4, secondary cell 5 weak points in the longitudinal direction.Therefore, as shown in Figure 13, the support spring 51b that is located at the 1st electrode 51a is few to the load of the 1st cylindrical portion 37 effects, so the spring pressure when closing secondary cell 5 after accommodating DC adapter 3 is little, can easily carry out the obturation action of battery cover 15, so operation sense improves.
Between these the 1st, the 2nd resettlement sections 51,52, be provided with the slotting guiding teat 53 that takes off channeling conduct to various power supplys.This guiding teat 53 is the tab-like inner face side that is formed in battery container portion 20 by the adjacent internal perisporium that continues the 1st, the 2nd resettlement section 51,52.Guiding teat 53 takes off channeling conduct to inserting when accommodating the such various power supply of dry cell or secondary cell, simultaneously, play the function of the partition wall that the dry cell of accommodating or secondary cell are isolated.Guiding teat 53 is by engaging with the recess 2b of cell apparatus 2 when accommodating cell apparatus 2, thereby takes off channeling conduct to slotting.In addition, guiding teat 53 is by engaging with the 1st slot part 39 of DC adapter 3 when accommodating DC adapter 3, thereby takes off channeling conduct to slotting.
Accommodate cell apparatus 2 by opposite polarity, when engaging with recess 2a, guiding teat 53 junction surface 25 of meeting the recess 2a that is located at cell apparatus 2, the insertion of restriction in battery container portion 20, so, can prevent to misplug into.
With the relative position of guiding teat 53, form and engage teat 54, this engages teat 54 and forms lever switch 61 and the 3rd electrodes 62.It is also same with above-mentioned guiding teat 53 that this engages teat 54, the tab-like inner face side that is formed in battery container portion 20 by the adjacent internal perisporium that continues the 1st, the 2nd resettlement section 51,52.In addition, engage teat 54 at distolateral formation lever switch 61 of the opening of the 1st, the 2nd resettlement section 51,52 and the 3rd electrode 62.The junction surface 25 of lever switch 61 by being contacted with cell apparatus 2, thereby differentiate the kind of the cell apparatus 2 that inserts corresponding to the shape of the identification part 26 that is formed at junction surface 25 end faces, in addition, the 3rd electrode 62 is contacted with the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 that is located at DC adapter 3.
Engage the hollow shape that teat 54 forms the distolateral end face of the opening of open battery container portion 20, shown in Figure 15 A and Figure 15 B like that, be provided with in inside lever switch 61, by lever switch 61 carry out the sense switch 64 of bulldozing operation, towards open distolateral biasing member 65 to lever switch 61 bias voltages.
Lever switch 61 has and is inserted into the insertion sections 66 that direction is slided of accommodating that engage in the teat 54 towards cell apparatus 2,66 integrally formed with this insertion section, corresponding to the slippage of insertion section 66 sense switch 64 is carried out the operating portion 67 of bulldozing operation, thereby and the pushing portion 68 that a distal process of 66 goes out to be pushed to the junction surface 25 of cell apparatus 2 from the insertion section.Insertion section 66 is in the outstanding pushing portion 68 that forms of the distolateral end 66a of the opening that engages teat 54.Pushing portion 68 is an end of 66 from the insertion section, is projected in the battery container portion 20 from the open end that engages teat 54, thereby in the face of the moving area at the junction surface 25 of cell apparatus 2.Therefore, in the time of in cell apparatus 2 is contained in battery container portion 20, the pushing portion 68 of lever switch 61 is pushed to junction surface 25, slides towards the depths that engages teat 54.By being disposed at the biasing member 65 that engages in the teat 54, bias voltage being carried out in the other end with the opposite side in an end that forms pushing portion 68 of insertion section 66, thereby carry out bias voltage towards the opening of battery container portion 20 is distolateral in 54 pairs of insertion sections of joint teat often.In addition, operating portion 67 is by integrally formed with insertion section 66, thereby moves corresponding to the slip of insertion section 66.Operating portion 67 is disposed at sense switch 64 on the moving area by pushing, thus operation detection switch 64.
Sense switch 64 like that, has the detection lever 64a that differentiates the kind of cell apparatus 2 corresponding to the revolution amount shown in Figure 15 B, this detection lever 64a disposes in the face of the moving area of the operating portion 67 of lever switch 61.
The such occasion of lever switch 61 in cell apparatus 2 is not contained in battery container portion 20, by by biasing member 65 bias voltages, it is distolateral that insertion section 66 slides into the opening that engages teat 54.At this moment, be in not detection lever 64a position contacting with sense switch 64 with the integrally formed operating portion 67 in insertion section 66.
When cell apparatus 2 was accommodated battery container portion 20, the pushing portion 68 of lever switch 61 was pushed to the identification part 26 of the front end face 25a that is formed at junction surface 25, slided towards the depths that engages teat 54 in insertion section 66.At this moment, the slippage of lever switch 61 with the shape of identification part 26 difference.That is, 26 is the occasion of convex in the identification part, further slides towards the depths that engages teat 54 in insertion section 66,26 is the occasion of flat shape in the identification part, occasion than convex slides into more front, and 26 is the occasion of spill in the identification part, slides into more front than the occasion of flat shape.Therefore, the slippage of operating portion 67 is difference with the slippage of insertion section 66, so the revolution amount of detection lever 64a of sense switch 64 of being carried out bulldozing operation by operating portion 67 is also different.In addition, as described above, flash-over characteristic etc. is put corresponding to discharge capacity or charging voltage, the charging current etc. of cell apparatus 2 in identification part 26, form convex, even shape or spill, so the revolution amount of detection lever 64a is difference with the difference of identification part 26, so, by detecting this revolution amount, can differentiate the kind of the cell apparatus 2 of insertion.In addition, can carry out best operations such as charging corresponding to the kind of this cell apparatus 2.
In addition, when when battery container portion 20 takes out cell apparatus 2, under the effect of biasing member 65, slide towards the open end side that engages teat 54 by the insertion section 66 of the lever switch 61 of junction surface 25 pushings.Therefore, operating portion 67 slides towards the open end side of battery container portion 20 with insertion section 66, removes the pushing to sense switch 64.
In the front of this lever switch 61, be provided with the 3rd electrode 62 that contacts with the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 that is located at DC adapter 3.1st resettlement section 51 and 2nd resettlement section 52 of the 3rd electrode 62 by being located at battery container portion 20, thus reach on the moving area of the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 of the 2nd slot part 40 that is formed at DC adapter 3.In addition, in the time of in DC adapter 3 is inserted into battery container portion 20, with before the 2nd electrode 52a that is formed at the 2nd resettlement section 52 contacts, the 3rd electrode 62 contacts with the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 in the 1st electrode terminal section 44 of the 2nd cylindrical portion 38 that is formed at DC adapter 3.In addition, because the 2nd electrode terminal section 45 forms negative pole,, can carry out electric power movably by DC adapter 3 and supply with so DC adapter 3 contact behind the contact negative pole is anodal.
In addition, digital still camera 1 can be differentiated the DC adapter 3 of using the special use that is suitable for digital still camera 1 in digital still camera 1 side in the occasion of the 2nd electrode 52a that is located at the 2nd resettlement section 52 and 62 conductings of the 3rd electrode.Therefore, only also can make and to make digital still camera 1 carry out possible special operation in the occasion of using special-purpose DC adapter 3.
Under the state that cell apparatus 2 is contained in the battery container portion 20, digital still camera 1 mounting as inciting somebody to action is to the camera pedestal (not shown) that is connected with household AC power, then AC power is transformed into after the DC power supply to its power supply, thereby can charges cell apparatus 2.In addition, cell apparatus 2 or secondary cell 5 also can charge by being installed on charger shown below 70.
The dual-purpose charger of this charger 70 for charging to the secondary cell 5 of cell apparatus 2 and monomer, as shown in Figure 16, top 2 battery container portions 72,72 with main part 71 of the semi-circular cross-section be located at, the partition wall 73 that separates 72,72 in each battery container portion, be located at the sidewall 74,74 of foreign side's side of each battery container portion 72,72 along its length, reach the electrode support 75 that each electrode terminal of being located at cell apparatus 2 or secondary cell 5 is supported.
Battery container portion 72 has and is suitable for accommodating the size that forms with the secondary cell 5 of the nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 of the cell apparatus 2 of No. 5 dry cell same sizes or monomer, and the cross section roughly forms circular-arc.This battery container portion 72 forms 2 along the direction with the length direction quadrature in abutting connection with ground, is separated by 72,72 in 73 pairs of each battery container portions of partition wall.Each battery container portion 72 forms sidewall 74 in foreign side's side.These partition walls 73 and sidewall 74 are as shown in Figure 17, all form circular-arc continuously with battery container portion 72, simultaneously, form lowlyer than the position of the central shaft of the secondary cell 5 of the nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 of the cell apparatus 2 that is contained in battery container portion 72 or monomer.In addition, sidewall 74 forms lowlyer than partition wall 73, simultaneously, also forms the rake 76 that descends towards the side 71a of main part 71.Therefore, battery container portion 72 can be at the downside of cell apparatus 2 of accommodating or secondary cell 5 from sidewall 74 hook finger 82 easily, so, can successfully dismantle.
Both ends of the surface 72a, 72b at the length direction of this battery container portion 72 form electrode support 75.Electrode support 75 forms like this, promptly, both ends of the surface 72a, the 72b of battery container portion 72 are cut into the essentially rectangular shape, form the 1st, the 2nd notch 77,78, constitute the 1st, the 2nd conductive plate 79,80 by having flexible metallic plate, the the 1st, the 2nd conductive plate 79,80 is stretched out from the 1st, the 2nd notch 77,78, thereby form electrode support 75.The 1st conductive plate 79 is used for the positive terminal of cell apparatus 2 or secondary cell 5 is supported, and the 1st notch 77 that the 1st conductive plate 79 stretches out is established abutment wall 81 at the peripheral process of otch, and 81 pairs of this abutment wall form roughly that the positive terminal of convex supports.In addition, the 2nd conductive plate 80 is used to support the negative terminal of cell apparatus 2 or secondary cell 5, and the 2nd conductive plate 80 is oblique from the upper end inclination down of the 2nd notch 78, the centre towards below crooked, be formed into battery container portion 72 sides thereby stretch out.Should be in cell apparatus 2, the positive terminal portion 22a and the 22b of negative terminal portion that are formed at nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 dispose towards rightabout ground mutually, corresponding with cell apparatus 2, in electrode support 75, the 1st notch 77 of adjacent battery container portion 72 and the 1st conductive plate 79 and the 2nd notch 78 and the 2nd conductive plate 80 form towards rightabout ground mutually.When cell apparatus 2 or secondary cell 5 are contained in battery container portion 72, such electrode support 75 is by the positive terminal of the abutment wall 81 supporting convexs of being located at the 1st notch 77, simultaneously, by the negative terminal that stretches out the 2nd conductive plate 80 supporting general planar shapes that are formed at battery container portion 72 sides, thereby cell apparatus 2 or secondary cell 5 are remained in the battery container portion 72.
Cell apparatus 2 or secondary cell 5 are prevented to accommodate by the state that tilts by the partition wall 73 of being located at 72 in adjacent battery container portion by forming 74 pairs of channeling conducts of accommodating in battery container portion 72 of circular-arc partition wall 73 and sidewall.
In addition, cell apparatus 2 as Figure 16 and as shown in Figure 17, when positive terminal portion 22a towards the 1st notch 77 and the 1st conductive plate 79 sides, the 22b of negative terminal portion during towards the 2nd notch 78 and the 2nd conductive plate 80 sides, the recess 2b that does not form junction surface 25 is towards partition wall 73.Therefore, in charger 70, by cell apparatus 2 being contained in battery container portion 72, thereby make the recess 2b of cell apparatus 2 join partition wall 73 to by correct polarity.On the other hand, when cell apparatus 2 being contained in the battery container portion 72 of charger 70, because recess 2a is relative with partition wall 73 by opposite polarity, so, the junction surface 25 that is formed at recess 2a contacts with partition wall 73, and accommodating of cell apparatus 2 is restricted, can prevent cell apparatus 2 misplug into.
In addition, when secondary cell 5 is contained in battery container portion 72 by correct polarity, as described above, around the positive terminal portion of the abutment wall 81 supporting convexs of the 1st notch 77 that is formed at charger 70.On the other hand, when secondary cell 5 is contained in battery container portion 72 by opposite polarity, by the inclined plane of stretching out the 2nd conductive plate 80 in the battery container portion 72 that is formed at charger 70 towards the positive terminal portion bias voltage of upper face side to convex, so, accommodating of secondary cell 5 is restricted, can prevent secondary cell 5 misplug into.
This charger 70 has detecting unit 83, and when cell apparatus 2 was installed, detecting unit 83 detected whether 2 nickel-hydrogen secondary cells 21 all have been installed to battery container portion 72.Be installed to the occasion of battery container portion 72 at cell apparatus 2, control charger 70 is suitable for the charging of this cell apparatus 2.That is, charger 70 forms the secondary cell 5 of monomer and the dual-purpose charger of the cell apparatus 2 that a plurality of secondary cells of combination form.In addition, for different producers, differences such as charge characteristics such as the charging voltage of secondary cell 5, capacity, quality, on the other hand, cell apparatus 2 has pre-determined charge characteristic mostly, and quality is also stable.Therefore, charger 70 by the charging method from known charge characteristic selection the best, thereby for example can carry out quick charge in the occasion that cell apparatus 2 has been installed, and improves for user's ease of use.Therefore, the charger 70 that carries out the charging of cell apparatus 2 is provided with detecting unit 83, it is that cell apparatus 2 has been installed that this detecting unit 83 is differentiated, the secondary cell 5 of monomer still has been installed, simultaneously, detect 2 nickel-hydrogen secondary cells 21 whether cell apparatus 2 has been installed in battery container portion 72,, carry out quick charge etc. the charging ground of these cell apparatus 2 the bests is controlled in the occasion that the nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 of cell apparatus 2 has all been installed.
This detecting unit 83 is differentiated the secondary cell 5 of monomers and in the cell apparatus 2 which is installed on battery container portion 72, simultaneously, in the occasion that cell apparatus 2 has been installed, detects nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 and all installs.Then, charger 70 is in the occasion of the secondary cell 5 that monomer has been installed, as is installed to 1 of battery container portion 72, then begins charging, in the occasion that cell apparatus 2 has been installed, when whole battery container portions 72 has been installed, begins charging.
This detecting unit 83 constitutes like this,, for example is projected into the teat of recess 2b side insulating element 23 setting of cell apparatus 2 that is, simultaneously, at the partition wall 73 of charger 70 the insertion mouth that inserts this teat is set, and in this insertions mouth sense switch is set.According to this detecting unit 83, when 2 nickel-hydrogen secondary cells 21 of cell apparatus 2 all are contained in battery container portion 72 by correct polarity, recess 2b engages with partition wall 73, and the teat that is formed at insulating element 23 is inserted into the insertion mouth of being located at partition wall 73, and sense switch is depressed.Like this, can detect the cell apparatus 2 that digital still camera 1 special use has been installed at charger 70, and 2 nickel-hydrogen secondary cells 21 have been installed.On the other hand, in the occasion that charger 70 has been installed the secondary cell 5 of 1 or 2 monomer, teat is not inserted in the insertion mouth that is formed at partition wall 73, so sense switch is not depressed.Therefore, charger 70 can be differentiated the secondary cell 5 whether monomer has been installed.
In addition,, for example also can IC tag be set, simultaneously, the reading device of this IC tag be installed in charger 70 sides at cell apparatus 2 as detecting unit 83.IC tag is located at nickel-hydrogen secondary cell 21 respectively, and in addition, the reading device of IC tag also is located at each battery container portion 72.By this detecting unit 83, by reading IC tag, thereby can detect the cell apparatus 2 that digital still camera 1 special use has been installed, and 2 nickel-hydrogen secondary cells 21 are installed all.
In addition, as charge-discharge characteristic information such as the charging voltage that in IC tag, adds cell apparatus 2 and capacity, read this charge-discharge characteristic information in charger 70 sides, then can judge whether quickly-chargeable, can select the charging method of the cell apparatus 2 that is suitable for installing most in charger 70 sides.
When charger 70 is installed special-purpose cell apparatus 2 like this, carry out quick charge etc. corresponding to its charge-discharge characteristic, and in the occasion of the secondary cell 5 that monomer has been installed, imagination has been installed rated voltage or different various secondary cells such as capacity or quality, no matter the secondary cell of quality has been installed and so on, has all been charged by the specified voltage and the capacity that do not have an accident.
At charger 70 as shown in Figure 18, with the end face that inlet 84 is formed at the length direction of main part 71, this inlet 84 is connected with the terminal of feed cable, and this feed cable is connected with household AC power, and is provided with AC/DC converter.As the alternative formation of inlet 84, charger 70 also can interiorly be adorned AC/DC converter, and as shown in Figure 19 the connector 85 that is connected with household AC power is set.In addition, outside the zone of the formation battery container portion 72 on charger 70, form display part 86 by the states such as demonstration charging beginning, charging end such as lighting, extinguish of light.
In above-mentioned charger 70, be provided with 2 battery container portions 72, but also can be provided with more than or equal to 3.In this occasion, also can tackle and arrange the cell apparatus that constitutes more than or equal to 3 secondary cell.
The invention is not restricted to the foregoing description, one skilled in the art will understand that not break away from claim and purport thereof, can carry out various changes, displacement or equivalents with reference to description of drawings.

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1. a DC adapter is connected with AC/DC converter, is inserted in the battery container portion of electronic equipment direct-current power supply to this electronic equipment; It is characterized in that:
On the adapter main body of drum, form and insert restrictions, when inserting above-mentioned DC adapter by correct polarity, by the guiding of the insertion guide part in the above-mentioned battery container portion, when pressing the opposite polarity insertion, by the distolateral sidewall of the insertion of above-mentioned battery container portion the insertion in above-mentioned battery container portion is limited
This insert restrictions along the length direction of above-mentioned adapter main body in the part of periphery with square outstanding formation, setting is extended from the part of the above-mentioned periphery of above-mentioned DC adapter in 2 limits that constitute above-mentioned insertion restrictions, the central angle of circular arc that interconnects these 2 base end parts of limit on above-mentioned adapter main body is less than 90 °
Above-mentioned adapter main body is by constituting along arranging a plurality of cylinders with the direction of length direction quadrature, and the recess between above-mentioned cylinder forms electrode terminal section.
2. DC adapter according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the summit of above-mentioned insertion restrictions is chamfered to be circular-arc.
3. DC adapter according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned electrode terminal section is a negative terminal, in the time of in above-mentioned adapter main body is inserted into above-mentioned battery container portion, before the plus end of the distolateral end face of the insertion that is formed at above-mentioned cylinder, contact with negative electrode in being formed at above-mentioned battery container portion.
4. DC adapter according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the height of above-mentioned electrode terminal section is not higher than and the tangent line segment of above-mentioned a plurality of cylinders.
5. DC adapter according to claim 1 is characterized in that: above-mentioned insertion restrictions forms like this, that is, the either party in adjacent the 1st and the 2nd of above-mentioned outstanding formation extends along the tangential direction of the base end part on the above-mentioned adapter main body.
6. an electronic equipment has the primary cell of insertion drum or the battery container portion of secondary cell or DC adapter, and this DC adapter is connected with AC/DC converter, supplies with DC power supply; It is characterized in that:
Corresponding to the part of the periphery of above-mentioned DC adapter with the square outstanding and insertion restrictions that forms, above-mentioned battery container portion is cut into the part of the internal perisporium of circle square, form and insert guide part, when above-mentioned DC adapter being inserted by correct polarity, this inserts guide part and engages with above-mentioned insertion restrictions, insertion channeling conduct to this DC adapter
For constituting 2 limits that this inserts guide part, interconnect these 2 limits on the inner peripheral surface of battery container portion base end part and the central angle of the circular arc that obtains less than 90 °,
When pressing opposite polarity above-mentioned DC adapter is inserted, above-mentioned insertion restrictions is run into the distolateral sidewall of insertion of above-mentioned battery container portion, thus the insertion of restriction DC adapter,
And above-mentioned battery container portion has a plurality of resettlement sections, the 1st electrode, and the 2nd electrode,
A plurality of above-mentioned primary cells or secondary cell are accommodated in above-mentioned a plurality of resettlement section, or along arranging a plurality of above-mentioned secondary cells it is integrated and battery pack of obtaining with the direction of length direction quadrature,
The 1st electrode is formed at each bottom surface of above-mentioned resettlement section,
The 2nd electrode contacts with the 2nd electrode terminal section that is formed at DC adapter, this DC adapter is arranged a plurality of cylindrical portion corresponding to edge, above-mentioned resettlement section with the direction of length direction quadrature, in above-mentioned cylindrical portion any forms the 1st electrode terminal section, simultaneously, between each cylindrical portion, form recess, the 2nd electrode terminal section is formed at this recess
Above-mentioned the 2nd electrode is by being formed between above-mentioned resettlement section, thereby in the face of the motion track of above-mentioned electrode terminal section.
7. electronic equipment according to claim 6, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned the 1st electrode is a plus end, above-mentioned the 2nd electrode is a negative terminal, in the time of in above-mentioned DC adapter is inserted into above-mentioned battery container portion, with before the 1st electrode terminal section that is formed at above-mentioned cylindrical portion contacts, above-mentioned the 2nd electrode contacts with above-mentioned the 2nd electrode terminal section at above-mentioned the 1st electrode.
8. electronic equipment according to claim 6 is characterized in that: above-mentioned the 1st electrode terminal section is the plus end that forms convex, and the distolateral end face of insertion that does not form the cylindrical portion of the 1st electrode terminal section forms than the low planar portions of above-mentioned the 1st electrode terminal section,
Above-mentioned planar portions is supported by the elastic component of the negative electrode of above-mentioned primary cell of supporting or secondary cell in above-mentioned resettlement section.
9. electronic equipment according to claim 6 is characterized in that: above-mentioned insertion guide part forms like this, that is, above-mentioned either party of being cut in square the 1st and the 2nd extends along the tangential direction of the base end part on the interior week of above-mentioned battery container portion.
10. electronic equipment according to claim 6 is characterized in that: the summit chamfering of above-mentioned insertion guide part becomes circular-arc.
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