EP0081535A1 - Dispositif d'ouverture d'une boite de stockage contenant une cassette - Google Patents

Dispositif d'ouverture d'une boite de stockage contenant une cassette

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Publication number
EP0081535A1
EP0081535A1 EP82901868A EP82901868A EP0081535A1 EP 0081535 A1 EP0081535 A1 EP 0081535A1 EP 82901868 A EP82901868 A EP 82901868A EP 82901868 A EP82901868 A EP 82901868A EP 0081535 A1 EP0081535 A1 EP 0081535A1
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Prior art keywords
base plate
lid
receptacle
wedge
lug
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EP82901868A
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Kent Roland Börje LÖFGREN
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02—Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/023—Containers for magazines or cassettes
    • G11B23/0233—Containers for a single cassette

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a device for open ⁇ ing a storage receptacle containing a cassette, such as a tape cassette, said receptacle consisting of two parts, one of which has a front and a rear wall and a bottom wall joining these walls to form a cassette • chamber, while the other part forms a lid for closing the receptacle, said parts being hingedly interconnected at said bottom wall.
  • Tape cassette storage receptacles are so designed that both hands are required for opening the receptacle and removing the cassette. Opening the receptacle and - removing the cassette with one hand is difficult.
  • the increased use of cassette players in vehicles has made the handling of the cassette storage receptacle a danger to traffic when the driver of a moving vehicle removes the cassette from its receptacle and then, as is fre ⁇ quently the case, takes his eyes off the road.
  • U.S. 3,743,374 discloses a cassette storage re ⁇ ceptacle consisting of two telescoping parts. By com ⁇ pressing the parts, a lid hingedly mounted on one part can be swung out for removal of the cassette. This com ⁇ pression can be made with one hand, but the two tele ⁇ scoping parts are not interconnected and may come apart if the. receptacle is put aside.
  • the present invention has for its object to pro- vide a device of the above-mentioned type for opening the storage receptacle containing a cassette, which device firmly retains -the receptacle in open position after removal of the cassette, and whose distinctive
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a device. of the said type, which may be used for all present-day storage receptacles for standard tape cas ⁇ settes.
  • the base plate of the device according to the inven ⁇ tion can be screwed to, for example, the dashboard of a motor vehicle to facilitate the handling of tape cas- settes by the driver.
  • the device according to the invention may be used as an aid to disabled per ⁇ sons which merely have the use of one hand.
  • Fig. 1 is a ' perspective front view of a device according to the invention, a cassette storage receptacle being shown in open position with dash-dot lines;
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective rear view of the device shown in Fig. lj in which Fig. 3 is a section along line III-III in Fig. 1, the cassette storage receptacle having been removed in Figs. 2 and 3j and in which Fig. 4 shows a modified embodiment of the device shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 1 shows with dash-dot lines a cassette stor- age receptacle which is inserted in the device accord ⁇ ing to the invention.
  • the receptacle consists of a first part 2 comprising a front wall 4 and a rear wall 5. These walls are interconnected by a bottom wall 6 and side walls 22.
  • the walls of the first receptacle part form a chamber in which a cassette is inserted.
  • the other receptacle parts 3 forms a lid for closing the first receptacle part 2 and is hingedly connected to said first part at the side walls 22.
  • the second part has an edge 23 which, when the receptacle is closed, connects onto the rear wall 5 of the first part.
  • the cassette storage receptacle is of conventional type and therefore constitutes no part of this inven ⁇ tion.
  • the device as shown in Fig. 1 consists of a sub ⁇ stantially triangular base plate 7 which may be secur ⁇ ed, for instance by means of screws, to a vertical sup ⁇ porting surface in, for example, a vehicle.
  • the lower end of the base plate has a protruding inclined sup ⁇ porting flange 12 on wich the bottom wall 6 of the re ⁇ ceptacle is placed for opening the receptacle.
  • a wedge 8, the tapered side of which is facing downwardly, is provided above the supporting flange on the base plate.
  • the front surface 10 of the wedge is approximately per ⁇ pendicular to the supporting flange.
  • the outer end of the supporting flange is folded upwardly to retain the receptacle, and the width of the supporting flange cor ⁇ responds substantially to the thickness of the recep- tacle, whereby the rear wall 5 engages the front surface 10 of the wedge 8.
  • the front and rear walls 4 , 5 of the first re ⁇ ceptacle part are parallel to the front surface of the wedge.
  • the end surface 11 of the wedge 8 which faces away from the tapered side of the wedge, has a notch 15 formed adjacent the base plate 7 and extending along the entire length of the wedge.
  • the upper end of the base plate 7 has a holder flange 24 extending at right angles from the base plate.
  • the underside of the holder flange is provided with a guide lug 13 engaging with the upper longitudinal side edge surface 16 of the second receptacle part 3 and pressing the lower longitudinal side edge 23 of the lid down into the notch 15 in order to retain the receptacle against the base plate.
  • a catch and release mechanism 17 is mounted on the hol ⁇ der flange 24.
  • the catch and release mechanism compris ⁇ es an elongate arm, one of end of which has a catch lug 19 for retaining the receptacle, while the other end of said arm has a release lug 20 for releasing the receptacle from the base plate.
  • the arm is hingedly mounted in its central portion on the other side of the ' holder flange 24 by means of two lugs 26 protrud- ing from the holder flange and a hinge pin 27 extend ⁇ ing between said lugs.
  • the arm is spring-biased by means of a spring 21 (Figs.
  • the catch lug 19 which is wedge-shaped, permits - the lid 3 to snap behind the catch lug against the ac ⁇ tion of the spring 21.
  • the end of the arm which car ⁇ ries the catch lug also has a guide rib 14 which is shown in Fig. 3 and which, via a recess 28 provided in the holder flange, assists in pressing down the lower longitudinal side edge 23 of the lid into the notch 15 in the wedge 8, after the lid has snapped behind the catch lug.
  • the end of the arm which carries the release lug is pressed downwardly against the holder flange against the action of the spring 21, whereby the release lug is moved, via a recess 29 in the holder flange, in between the base plate 7 and the lid 3, while at the same time the catch lug is lifted out of the range of movement of the lid.
  • the release lug By further depressing the release lug, the receptacle is pushed away from the base plate.
  • the rear wall 5 of the first receptacle part may be of varying height in different receptacle types, and it may therefore be useful to make the wedge ver ⁇ tically movable on the base plate.
  • light- emitting diodes 30 can be mounted in the end surface 11 of the wedge 8. These diodes give two parallel light beams on the base plate to facilitate the said align- ment.
  • Fig. 4 shows a second embodiment of the device according to the invention.
  • This device comprises a rectangular base plate 31 and a supporting flange 32 protruding therefrom.
  • a wedge 33 is mounted on the base plate 31.
  • the wedge is screwed to the base plate by means of screws 43, 44.
  • the wedge has a recess 45 for accommodating a bar 34 formed in one piece with the base plate 31.
  • the rod may have any desired cross- sectional shape, for instance circular or polygonal shape.
  • the bar 34 must not, however, extend beyond the front wedge surface 35 of the wedge 33.
  • the wedge may be omitted, in which case the bar 34 preferably is made longer.
  • the wedge may be in one piece with the base plate.
  • the part 46 of the base plate which lies between the wedge and the supporting flange has a bevelled sur- face lying in the same plane as the front wedge surface 35 of the wedge 33.
  • Guide pins 36, 37 are provided on the part 46 of the base plate on either side of the supporting flange 32 and form a guide for the receptacle when this is placed on the supporting flange.
  • Locking of the receptacle in the longitudinal di ⁇ rection of the supporting flange is effected by swinging the lid 3 inwardly towards the base plate 31 by engage ⁇ ment between the lid and the supporting flange edges 47, 48 protruding from said base plate.
  • Guide and catch flanges 38 and 39 are provided on the base plate 31 to guide the inward movement of the lid towards the base plate. These guide and catch flanges are provided with pins or beads 40 (only one is shown in Fig. 4) frictionally engaging with the lid when this is swung inwardly towards the base plate.
  • the guide and catch flanges 38 and 40 are provided each with one fixing flange 41 and 42, respectively, facing one another.
  • the supporting flange 32, the guide pins 36, 37, the guide and catch flanges 38, 39 and the fixing flanges 41, 42 form an edging which surrounds and firmly re ⁇ tains the receptacle in open position.

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Abstract

Dispositif d'ouverture de boite de stockage contenant une cassette, telle qu'une cassette a bande magnetique, cette boite (1) consistant en deux parties, dont l'une (2) possede une paroi anterieure et une paroi posterieure (4, 5) et un fond (6) joignant ces parois pour former une chambre de cassette, tandis que l'autre partie (3) forme un couvercle de fermeture de la boite, ces parties etant reliees entre elles de maniere articulee au niveau de la paroi de fond. Le dispositif comprend une plaque de base (31), une bride de support (32) se projetant depuis cette plaque de base, et au moins une oreille (33, 34) se projetant depuis cette plaque de base et ayant une etendue telle que le plan qui est normal a la bride de support et s'etend au travers de la ligne de connexion entre la plaque de base et la bride de support soit tangent a ces moyens d'oreilles.
EP82901868A 1981-06-10 1982-06-09 Dispositif d'ouverture d'une boite de stockage contenant une cassette Withdrawn EP0081535A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SE8103621A SE426755B (sv) 1981-06-10 1981-06-10 Anordning for oppning av ett etui innehallande en kassett
SE8103621 1981-06-10

Publications (1)

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EP0081535A1 true EP0081535A1 (fr) 1983-06-22

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SE (1) SE426755B (fr)
WO (1) WO1982004494A1 (fr)

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EP1176596A1 (fr) * 2000-06-27 2002-01-30 Matthew Edward Thomas White Support de boítier

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FR2313735A1 (fr) * 1975-06-06 1976-12-31 Radiotechnique Dispositif distributeur de cassettes de bandes magnetiques
US4054344A (en) * 1976-04-05 1977-10-18 Sony Corporation Storage receptacle for magnetic tape cassette

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SE8103621L (sv) 1982-12-11
WO1982004494A1 (fr) 1982-12-23
SE426755B (sv) 1983-02-07

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