CN2223518Y

CN2223518Y - Container for flexible disc with holding slot

Info

Publication number: CN2223518Y
Application number: CN94207436U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 松本义典
Original assignee: Sony Corp
Current assignee: Sony Corp
Priority date: 1993-02-09
Filing date: 1994-02-09
Publication date: 1996-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 2004-02-09
Also published as: JPH06295552A; IT233090Y1; BR9400459A; GB9402337D0; GB2274939B; ITRM940026V0; ITRM940026U1; MXPA94000965A; KR940020403A; GB2274939A

Abstract

The utility model discloses a disk container for storing the optical disk, etc. A basically quadrate upper casing is used to form the top face, a basically quadrate lower casing is used to form the lower face, and the lower casing is combined with the upper casing. The approximate central point of the lower casing is provided with a window, which is used for allowing that a recording and replaying head can be contacted with the disk, and a clamping head can clamped the lower casing. The edges of the upper and the lower casings have respective holding slots.

Description

Container for flexible disc with holding slot

The present invention relates to a kind of tray salver, be used to deposit for example disc-shape recoding medium of disk, CD or magneto-optic disk.

The dish or the dielectric disc that leave in the tray salver comprise 3.5 inches flexible plastic discs, 5 inches magneto-optics (MO) dish and 3.5 inches MO dishes, and they are widely used.

These dishes are stored in the shell of tray salver preventing owing to scratch and to refer to that trace destroys data, and can antidetonation.

The tray salver of in Fig. 1 of accompanying drawing, having represented a kind of prior art, as shown in Figure 1, this tray salver has a non skid matting 1, and it is made up of one group of narrow groove on the A end.When the user inserted a disk drive with tray salver, the user was with pointing the non skid matting 1 of holding tray salver, owing to the friction force between non skid matting 1 and finger increases, so that tray salver can not deviate from from user's hand.

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 have represented another kind disclosed known tray salver in Japanese publication NO.63-46670.At one end going up at Fig. 2 and tray salver shown in Figure 3 also has a non skid matting 2, and also has a pair of groove 3 on the relative both sides 8 of tray salver, and each limit 8 is trapezoid cross sections.

As shown in Figure 3, groove 3 is used to accept a pair of dop 5 pin 6 separately, and the pin 6 by dop 5 is contained in separately the groove 3, tray salver can be taken out from a tray salver.This tray salver also has a pair of groove 4, and it is firmly fixed at disk drive with tray salver to be used for when tray salver inserts disk drive.

When the user with a non skid matting 1 that holds this existing tray salver or the very short distance of 2 walkings, when for example walking in office, tray salver may fall down from hand when meeting some thing.If tray salver falls on the floor, then leave the dish in the tray salver in and the data that are recorded in wherein reduce its reliability owing to producing this dish to damage.

Particularly, generally the hand than the user is big owing to the tray salver of depositing 5 inches dishes, thus need be improved these dishes, so that the user also operates tray salver easily safely.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of tray salver, when the user carries tray salver, can reduce tray salver and come off from user's hand and be damaged, therefore increased the reliability that leaves the tray salver mid-game in, this tray salver in use is easy to carry very much.

According to the present invention, a kind of tray salver that is used for tray is provided, it comprises that a square basically last shell is with above constituting, with a square basically lower casing that combines with last shell below constituting, lower casing has the window device that is positioned at the center substantially, so that make record and reproducing head by the window device contact disc, and allow dop to clamp lower casing, upper and lower shell has the groove of grabbing separately on the edge.

Each is grabbed groove and can be limited by a curved surface.

Grabbing groove can be limited on the opposed edges separately of upper and lower shell.

According to the present invention, a kind of tray salver that is used to deposit a disc cartridge also is provided, it comprises a casing assembly that wherein constitutes the space, be used to deposit a rotatable therein indicator, casing assembly has at least a curved surface to grab groove on an one edge, is used to accept one of them finger tip.

This curved surface is grabbed groove and can be limited by an arched surface at the edge.

The curved surface that casing assembly can have on a pair of opposite edges that is limited to is separately grabbed groove, is used to accept finger tip wherein.Each grabs groove can be limited to an arched surface on the opposite edges.

Its above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage will be by becoming clearer below in conjunction with accompanying drawing to the description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is the planimetric map of an existing tray salver;

Fig. 2 is the planimetric map of another existing tray salver;

Fig. 3 is that the part parts of existing tray salver shown in Figure 2 are showed skeleton view,

Fig. 4 is a planimetric map of going up shell of dish dish according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 is the planimetric map of a lower casing of a tray salver shown in Figure 4;

Fig. 6 is a planimetric map of the last shell of tray salver in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the planimetric map of the lower casing of tray salver shown in Figure 6;

Fig. 8 is the detailed facial planes figure of an amplification of Fig. 4 and tray salver shown in Figure 5;

Fig. 9 is the detailed facial planes figure of the amplification of a tray salver according to still another embodiment of the invention;

Figure 10 is a planimetric map with the last shell of a non skid matting;

Figure 11 is a planimetric map with the lower casing of a non skid matting.

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 schematic representation a tray salver according to an embodiment of the invention.This tray salver has a last shell that front (label surface) as shown in Figure 4 is provided and one that the lower casing of reverse side (surface of contact) as shown in Figure 5 is provided.

In Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, generally come the tray salver of mark preferably to deposit a high-density optical disk 12 with reference number 10.CD 12 follows a light beam with short wavelength with high density recording and replay data.Because this CD 12 has a less spacing and short orbit interval, it prevents dust and bits grain and refers to that the data security limit of trace is lower than the CD of the common recording density of storage music information, for example compact disk (CDS).Therefore, the CD of high record density 12 damages the accurate protection that needs height for preventing, and it need be left always in this tray salver 10, and it is such to be different from the CD of common recording density.

CD 10 comprises a casing assembly, and it is to be made of a square basically last shell 14 and a square basically as shown in Figure 5 lower casing 16 as shown in Figure 4, and last shell 14 and lower casing 16 are welded together.CD 12 is the spaces that rotatably place shell 14 and lower casing 16 to be limited.

As shown in Figure 4, tag 18 can be attached on the shell 14.Can required information be write on the tag 18 by the user of CD 12.

As shown in Figure 5, a cover plate 20 is installed on the lower casing 16, is used to move by the direction shown in the arrow X, can open and close the window 22 that is located substantially on lower casing 16 cores when the guide rail 24 of cover plate 20 on lower casing 16 moves.

Cover plate 20 is used to prevent that dust or dirt from entering window 22 and being stained with CD 12, can prevent from also to refer to that trace is added on the CD 12 that exposes to the open air in window 22.Window 22 is used for allowing the record at the disk drive (not shown) to contact CD 12 with reproducing head writing down and replay data, and also allows the dop in disk drive to block tray salver 10 in driver.Yet tray salver 10 can have the purpose that independent window is used for contact head and chucking.

As shown in Figure 4, last shell 14 has a pair of hole 26 of living surely at its corresponding rear portion Jiao Chu, be used for when tray salver 10 is written into disk drive, tray salver 10 being positioned, also have a pair of automatic loading groove 28 that is positioned at half position of opposite edges 40, be used for connecting tray salver 10 automatically tray salver 10 is loaded into disk drive.Pilot hole 26 should be as far as possible away from the CD 12 that leaves in the tray salver 10, so that elimination is to the influence of CD 12 in the tray salver 10.

As shown in Figure 5, lower casing 16 also has a pair of pilot hole 30 and half the locational a pair of automatic loading groove 32 that is positioned at opposite edges 60 at its corresponding rear portion Jiao Chu.When upper and

lower shell

14,16 mutually combined,

pilot hole

26,30 alignd mutually, and loading chute 28,32 aligns mutually automatically.When tray salver 10 manually is inserted into the certain position of driver, it automatically is loaded into position farther in the disk drive by an autoloading structure that cooperates with automatic loading groove 28,32.

As shown in Figure 4, last shell 14 has a pair of being positioned to grab groove 50 near opposite edges 40 second half positions of rear end, grab that groove 50 can be suitable for the palm of various sizes or the arched surface separately of finger limits, so that various users can operate tray salver 10 safely.

Equally, as shown in Figure 5, lower casing 16 also have a pair of be positioned at second half position of opposite edges 60 and have separately an arched surface grab groove 70.When upper and

lower shell

14,16 mutually combines, grab groove 50 and 70 and align mutually, and the CD 12 in the tray salver 10 to be avoided influencing in its location.

Edge 40 and 60 directions of representing by arrow Y extend in parallel, and wherein tray salver 10 is loaded into disk drive by this direction.

As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, last shell 14 can have and is positioned at a plurality of of each opposite edges 40 and grabs groove 50, and lower casing 16 also has a plurality of grooves 70 of grabbing that are positioned at each opposite edges 60.These grab the radian that is adapted to point that is shaped as of groove 50,70, so that the user can carry tray salver 10 easily, safely, thereby have avoided coming off from user's hand and the damage that causes.

Fig. 8 has quite at length illustrated the tray salver 10 shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5.

As shown in Figure 8, by on depositing in the tray salver 10 formed of shell 14 and lower casing 16 and CD 12 that existing CDS size is substantially the same.For example, tray salver 10 has 137mm length and 125mm is wide.

What tray salver 10 had a ogive curve on opposite edges 40,60 separately grabs groove 50 and 70, with keep to the side 40 and 60

pilot hole

26,30, and 40,60 the automatic loading groove 28,32 of keeping to the side, also have a pair of close wedge shape or the skewed surface 100 of tray salver 10 front ends on edge 40,60 separately, so that easily tray salver 10 is inserted in the disk drives.

As shown in Figure 8, each radius-of-curvature and depth capacity of grabbing that groove 50,70 has a 30mm is 2.5mm.The

pilot hole

26,30 at an edge of close tray salver 10, the diameter in each hole is 4mm.The pilot hole at another edge of close tray salver 10 can be described as oblong (ellipse) hole 27,31, and its major axis is that 5mm, minor axis are 4mm.Oblong pilot hole 27,31 makes the location of tray salver 10 be easy to.

In Fig. 8, wedge shape or skewed surface 100 are positioned at place, the corresponding angle of front end with respect to direction Y, and tray salver 10 is loaded in the disk drive by the Y direction.Yet as shown in Figure 9, tray salver 10 also can only have a wedge shape or skewed surface 100 on an angle of its front end.A wedge shape or skewed surface 100 are only arranged on an angle, can make the autoloading structure determine whether tray salver 10 normal insertions or upset are entered disk drive automatically effectively.Owing on the front end angle separately of tray salver 10, wedge shape or skewed surface 100 are arranged, make whether the electronic circuit decision in disk drive enters disk drive with tray salver 10 normal insertions or upset.

Later see Fig. 8 again, cover plate 20 normally makes it move on to the left side by 72 drivings of a spring and closes window, so that protection CD 12 is avoided damaging.

Last shell 14 has a non skid matting 80 in the rear end near tray salver 10, and non skid matting 80 is made up of one group of narrow groove.The user can hold non skid matting 80 with a finger and catch and carry tray salver 10.Because user's finger is stoped by non skid matting 80 frictions, the user can hold tray salver 10 steadily and can not come off when carrying tray salver 10.As shown in Figure 10 and Figure 11, last shell 14 and lower casing 16 all can have corresponding non skid matting 80,90.Because the user can hold corresponding non skid matting 80,90 and catches tray salver 10 by being used for finger,, make tray salver 10 more difficult user's of skidding off when the user carries hand with change as shown in Figure 10 and Figure 11.

The tray salver 10 that the band arc curve is grabbed groove 50,70 will use as follows:

The user places corresponding groove 50,70 places of grabbing as shown in Figure 8 to catch tray salver 10 with a sharp or thumb and a forefinger tip of a thumb and a middle finger.Owing to grab groove the 50, the 70th, arc curve is so that be fit to user's palm or finger, and the user can hold tray salver 10 steadily.The user can be by with thumb and middle finger or hold tray salver with thumb and forefinger and carry tray salver 10.

When carrying tray salver 10 with aforesaid way, the user places with finger tip and grabs the edge 40,60 of holding tray salver 10 in the groove 50,70.Therefore, the user is more difficult when carrying tray salver 10 to deviate from, and makes CD 12 avoid damaging and keeping higher security.

Ogive curve in the opposite edges of dish dish 10 is grabbed shape less oblique line and the straight line on its edge that groove 50,70 can make tray salver 10 effectively, for the also easier man-machine control of better manual operation.Because grabbing groove 50,70 can be the shape of any required curve, so tray salver 10 can be considered to design more attractive in appearancely.

According to existing tray salver as shown in Figures 2 and 3, when tray salver shifted out by dop 5 tray salver storage boxes, groove 3 meshed with the pin 6 of dop 5.Groove 3 only is used for the purpose with pin 6 engagements.Groove 3 is on the limit 8 that is positioned at separately, and limit 8 is a trapezoid cross section.

Yet according to the present invention, the ogive curve on tray salver 10 opposite edges is grabbed groove the 50, the 70th, is directly used in to accept user finger.Like this, when user's manual operation tray salver 10, grab groove the 50, the 70th, be fit to the curve of user's finger or palm.Ogive curve is grabbed the manually operated effectively purpose of man-machine control that groove 50,70 also is used to make tray salver 10, and also making then has better design outline by tray salver 10 less oblique line and direct on the edge.

Be positioned on the edge 40,60 that loading direction Y in the illustrated embodiment extends though grab groove 50,70, grab mouthful or grab groove also can be only on the one side at the edge 40,60 of tray salver 10.

Principle of the present invention also is applicable to deposits CD other recording medium in addition in tray salver, as deposit magneto-optic disk and disk in tray salver.

Grab groove 50,70 and can be added at an easy rate in the existing tray salver, and its location does not spatially influence pilot hole and load groove automatically.

Though illustrated and described preferred embodiments more of the present invention, clearly under the situation that does not break away from accessory claim, can do various modification.

Claims

1. tray salver that is used to deposit a dish is characterized in that it comprises:

Basically above a square last shell constitutes one; With

Below a square basically lower casing that combines with last shell constitutes one, described lower casing has the window device at the center of being located substantially on, be used to allow a record and reproducing head by the window device contact disc, and allow a dop to clamp lower casing by this window device;

Described upper and lower shell has the groove of grabbing separately on its edge.

2. a tray salver as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that each described groove of grabbing is limited by a curved surface.

3. the tray salver of a claim 1 is characterized in that the described groove of grabbing is positioned on the opposite edges separately of upper and lower shell.

4. tray salver as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that the described groove of grabbing is positioned on half position at two edges of upper and lower shell.

5. tray salver as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that having a pair of automatic loading groove on second half position at two edges of described upper and lower shell.

6. the dish dish of a claim 4, it is characterized in that described upper and lower shell does not have a pair of pilot hole on it does not influence described half position of the shell edge that leaves CD wherein in, its position of described pilot hole is than described bight of grabbing the more close upper and lower shell of groove.

7. a tray salver as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that the described groove of grabbing is limited on the edge that does not influence the upper and lower shell that leaves the CD between the upper and lower shell in.

8. tray salver as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described upper and lower shell is away from having a skewed surface at least on described at least one bight of grabbing groove.

9. a tray salver as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described upper and lower shell has corresponding non skid matting.

10. a tray salver as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described window device comprises a single window.

11. a tray salver as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that the described groove of grabbing comprises that one group on the edge that is limited to the upper and lower part shell is grabbed groove.

12. a tray salver as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that describedly grabbing one group that groove is limited on each limit of described upper and lower shell and grabbing groove.

13. a tray salver of depositing an indicator is characterized in that comprising:

One has the casing assembly of depositing a space that rotatable indicator limited therein:

Described casing assembly has at least a curve that is used to accept finger tip to grab groove on an one edge.

14. the tray salver as claim 13 is characterized in that it is an ogive curve surface on described edge that described curve is grabbed groove.

15. the tray salver as claim 13 is characterized in that described casing assembly has a pair of curve that is used to accept finger tip to grab groove on its corresponding opposite edges.

16. the tray salver as claim 15 is characterized in that it is an ogive curve surface on described opposite edges that each described curve is grabbed groove.