JP2000099267A - Mouse cable storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mouse cable storage device which can store a cable without applying any excessive force thereto. SOLUTION: A lower case 11 and an upper case 12 are provided. A mouse cable winding spring 14, a mouse cable take-up body 15, a connector connection part 16, and a flexible cable 17 which is wound in a spring shape are stacked and supported in order on a support column 13 provided upright in the center of the lower case 11. The upper case 12 is placed over them to constitute the mouse cable storage device 4 on the whole.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a mouse cable storage device for storing a mouse cable used in a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mouse cable connected from a mouse, which is an input device used to give a certain instruction to a computer by moving a mark displayed on a screen and connected to the computer, is connected to the computer. Various mouse cable storage devices have been proposed. For example, JP-A-5-303469, JP-A-8-36
463, JP-A-8-110834, JP-A-9-204271, and the like show a technique for accommodating a mouse cable in a mouse body.

However, according to this technique, the mouse cable cannot be accommodated in the current general mouse size, and if the mouse cable is stored in a size that can accommodate the mouse cable, the current mouse size is increased by adding a cable storage section. Therefore, there is a problem in practical use.

[0004]

An example in which a cable storage device is provided in the middle of a mouse cable separately from a mouse is also shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 of JP-A-8-30386. However, in this example, the cable is fixed while being bent at a sharp angle, and in the worst case, a disconnection inside the cable may be considered.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and is premised on being separate from a mouse.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse cable storage device that can store a cable without applying excessive force to the cable.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is connected to a computer,
It is provided in the middle of the mouse cable to store the mouse cable connected from the mouse, which is an input device used to give a certain instruction to the computer by moving the mark displayed on the screen, to the computer body The mouse cable storage device includes a connector connection portion for connecting and holding a mouse connector provided on the mouse cable for connection with the computer main body, and connects a mouse cable extending from the mouse to the storage device main body via the connector connection portion. It is characterized by the following.

[0007] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a second aspect.
The invention described in claim 1 is characterized in that a flexible cable is provided at an end of the mouse cable connecting the computer main body and the main body of the storage device on the side of the storage device main body and wound in a spiral manner. Things.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a computer main body and a mouse are connected by a mouse cable, centering on a mouse cable storage device. The computer main body 1 and the mouse 2 are connected by a mouse cable 3, and a mouse cable storage device 4 provided separately from the mouse 2 is provided in the mouse cable 3.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the mouse cable storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention. A lower case 11 and an upper case 12 are provided. A support post 13 provided upright at the center of the lower case 11 is provided with a mouse cable winding spring 1.
4, mouse cable take-up body 15, connector connector 1
6. A flexible cable 17 wound in a spiral form is sequentially supported by lamination. Then, the upper case 12 is covered from the upper part, and the mouse cable storage device 4 shown in FIG.

The mainspring 14 is locked to a mouse cable take-up body 15, and as will be described later, when the mouse cable wound around the mouse cable take-up body 15 is pulled out, the mouse cable take-up body 15 is pulled out. By rotating, the mainspring 14 is wound to store the urging force.

The winding body 15 has a winding portion 15a of the mouse cable 3, a holding portion 15b of the mouse cable 3, and a reverse rotation preventing groove 15c for preventing the winding body 15 from rotating in the reverse direction. The connector connection part 16 is integrated with the flexible cable 17,
Are wound in the same winding direction as the mainspring 14.

The mouse cable 3 is attached to the end of the flexible cable 17 opposite to the connector connection section 16.
Is connected to the end of the computer body side cable 3a.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the connector connection portion. The mouse cable 3 originally has the computer body 1
A connector 18 is provided for connection to the power supply. In the present embodiment, the mouse cable 3 to which the connector 18 is attached is used as the mouse-side cable 3b by connecting the connector 18 to the connector connection section 16. The connector-side end of the mouse-side cable 3b is locked by a groove-shaped holding portion 15b.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mouse side cable 3b
Is wound around the winding portion 15a of the winding body 15. Arrow A indicates the winding direction. Also, in FIG.
1 is a mouse-side cable 3 of the mouse cable 3
A winding switch 19 is provided for winding b by rotating the winding body 15 by the urging force of the mainspring 14. The lower case 11 has a lead-out groove 11a for the computer-side cable 3a and a lead-out groove 11b for the mouse-side cable 3b. A similar groove is formed in the upper case 12.

Next, the operation will be described. When moving the mouse 2, if the user tries to pull out the mouse-side cable 3 b wound around the winding body 15 by a required length, the winding body 15 rotates and the mainspring 14 is wound. At this time, since the flexible cable 17 is also wound, the distance between the mouse cable storage device 4 and the computer main body 1 is kept constant, and the movement of the mouse cable storage device 4 is prevented. Even if the mouse-side cable 3b is pulled out to the end, it does not come off because the connector 18 is fixed to the connector connection portion 16.

To rewind the pulled-out mouse-side cable 3b, the rewind switch 19 is pressed. When the winding switch 19 is pressed, the engagement with the reverse rotation preventing groove 15c is released, and the winding body 15 is rotated in the direction opposite to the cable pull-out direction by the biasing force of the mainspring 14, to wind the mouse-side cable 3b. . At this time, the flexible cable 17 operates in the opening direction like the mainspring 14. The mechanism of the take-up switch 19 is known by using a power cable of a vacuum cleaner or the like, and thus details thereof are omitted.

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the cable on the mouse side is connected to the storage device by the connector, no excessive force is applied to the cable, and as a result, the disconnection of the cable is prevented. Can be.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the cable is pulled out, the flexible cable wound on the main body of the computer is wound up, so that the cable length on the computer side can be made constant. In addition, the cable storage device can be fixed and used at any place.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a computer main body and a mouse are connected by a mouse cable, centering on a mouse cable storage device.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the mouse cable storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view near a connector connection portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Computer main body 2 Mouse 3 Mouse cable 3a Computer main body side cable 3b Mouse side cable 4 Mouse cable storage device 11 Lower case 12 Upper case 13 Support pillar 14 Mouse cable winding mainspring 15 Mouse cable winding body 15a Winding part 15b Holding Part 15c Reverse rotation prevention groove 16 Connector connection part 17 Flexible cable 18 Connector 19 Rewind switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mouse cable connected from a mouse, which is an input device used to give a certain instruction to a computer by moving a mark displayed on a screen and connected to the computer, which is connected to the computer and housed therein. In the mouse cable storage device provided in the middle of the mouse cable, a connector connecting portion for connecting and holding a mouse connector provided on the mouse cable is provided for connecting to a computer main body. A mouse cable storage device, which is connected to the storage device body via a section. 2. A flexible cable, which is provided at an end of a mouse cable connecting the computer main body and the main body of the storage device on the side of the main body of the storage device and is wound in a spiral manner. Mouse cable storage device.