JP2001019079A - Disk storage case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a disk-shaped medium from being damaged when the same is stored and the stored disk-shaped medium from obstructing a cover when the cover is opened and closed. SOLUTION: A disk storing case is provided with a disk-shaped medium storage main body 20 on which a front wall 22, a rear wall 25 and side walls are stood on a bottom wall 21 and a cover 30 set to be opened and closed on the upper section of the main body 20, and the depth of the main body 20 is formed smaller than the diameter of the stored disk-shaped medium, and a parting wall 27 extending to the left and right on the bottom wall 21 of the main body 20 is disposed in upright, and the height of the parting wall 27 is set as the height whereon the disk-shaped medium D3 is not brought into contact with the front wall 32 of the cover 30 to be opened and closed when the disk-shaped medium is stored in the state of inclining forward between the parting wall 27 and the rear wall 25 of the main body 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a disk-shaped medium,
More particularly, the present invention relates to a disk storage case for storing a disk-shaped medium such as a CD (compact disk) not stored in a cartridge.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among conventional disk-shaped media, those which are not housed in a cartridge or the like but are mounted alone in an information recording / reproducing apparatus include CDs and CDs.
-Recordable CDs (CD-R, CD-RW, etc.) in addition to those in which some data is recorded in advance such as ROM
Is mentioned. When storing these disc-shaped media,
Although it is stored in some case, for example, it may be stored in a storage case called a dual case (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-1014).

[0003] However, in the dual case, since the disk-shaped media are stored one by one, when a large number of disks are stored, the thickness becomes large, which is inconvenient for storage and the cost of the case is increased. There is. Therefore, as a disk storage case for storing a large number of disk-shaped media, a substantially box-shaped disk storage case including a main body and a lid is known. As this kind of storage case,
For example, one described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-59290 is cited. In this storage case, a fall prevention portion is provided upright on the inner surface side of the bottom wall of the main body.

Further, this storage case is provided with a rib-shaped protruding portion on the inner side of the front wall of the main body. Thereby, when the magnetic disk stored in the main body is tilted forward,
Since the magnetic disk is received by the protruding portion, the magnetic disk does not incline further forward, so that the magnetic disk does not hinder the opening and closing of the lid.

[0005]

However, in the storage case described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-59290, the magnetic disk is received by the fall-down portion and the protection portion.
For this reason, when a disk cartridge such as a magnetic disk (FD) in which a disk-shaped medium is stored in a cartridge in advance is stored, there is no fear that the disk-shaped medium may be damaged even if it is received by a protruding material such as a protection portion. But for example CD
There is a problem that a disc-shaped medium not stored in a cartridge, such as -R, may be damaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a disk-shaped medium which is not stored in a cartridge and which supports the disk-shaped medium so as not to be damaged when stored. The purpose is to prevent the medium from obstructing the opening and closing of the lid.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention is to provide a disk-shaped medium storage main body having a front wall, a rear wall, and a side wall standing from a bottom wall, and an upper part of the main body. A cover which is openably and closably attached to the main body, wherein the partition wall is formed so that the depth of the main body is smaller than the diameter of the disk-shaped medium to be stored, and extends left and right from the bottom wall of the main body. When the disk-shaped medium is stored in a state where it is inclined forward between the partition wall and the rear wall of the main body, the height of the partition wall is opened and closed with the disk-shaped medium. And a height that does not make contact with the front wall of the lid.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the disk storage case according to the first aspect, a disk-shaped medium of a specific size can be stored between the partition wall and the rear wall of the main body. A regulating rib is provided between the partition wall and the front wall of the main body to regulate the storage of the disc medium having the specific size. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the disk storage case according to the second aspect, the restricting rib includes two ribs provided at a predetermined interval between the partition wall and the front wall. The interval between the ribs of the book is shorter than the diameter of the disk medium of the specific size.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the disk-shaped medium is stored in the space between the partition wall and the rear wall of the main body. Here, since the depth of the main body is formed smaller than the diameter of the disk-shaped medium, the stored disk-shaped medium can be easily taken out. Further, even if the disk-shaped medium is inclined, the disk-shaped medium does not fall by a predetermined amount or more by the partition wall, so that there is no hindrance when opening and closing the lid.
Therefore, the stored disk-shaped medium is not damaged when the lid is opened and closed. According to the second or third aspect of the present invention, a disc-shaped medium of a specific size cannot be stored between the partition wall and the front wall of the main body due to the restriction rib. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a disc-shaped medium of a specific size from being erroneously stored in this space and being damaged when the lid is opened and closed.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a first embodiment of a disk storage case according to the present invention, and shows a state where a lid is partially opened. This disk storage case 10
Comprises a disk-shaped medium storage main body 20 for storing a disk-shaped medium, and a lid 30 attached to the upper part of the main body 20 so as to be openable and closable (rotatable). The disk storage case 10 stores 20 disk-shaped media such as CD-Rs having a specific size (diameter: 12 cm). In the following description, the term "disk-shaped medium" refers to a disk-shaped medium of this specific size unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the main body 20 of FIG.
(A) is a plan view showing the inner surface side, (b) is AA of (a)
It is sectional drawing which shows a cross section. 1 and 2, the main body 20 has a substantially rectangular bottom wall 21 having a front wall 22, a rear wall 25, and side walls 23 and 24, respectively, erected at four outer edges of the bottom wall 21 and only the upper side is opened. It is formed in a box shape. The depth of the main body 20 is formed smaller than the diameter (12 cm) of the disk-shaped medium in order to facilitate taking out the disk-shaped medium to be stored.

The heights of the side walls 23 and 24 are lower at the front. Further, a step portion 23 extending in the vertical direction is provided at a substantially central position on the inner surface side of the side walls 23 and 24.
a and 24a are formed, and correspondingly, step portions 23b and 24b are formed near the upper end near the rear wall 25 on the outer surface side of the side walls 23 and 24. A hollow cylindrical support shaft 26 is provided upright in the area of the steps 23b and 24b. The support shaft 26 is for mounting the lid 30.

A partition wall 27 extending left and right is provided upright at a substantially central portion of the bottom wall 21. In addition, this partition 2
7 is not connected to the side walls 23 and 24. A disk-shaped medium is stored between the partition wall 27 and the rear wall 25. Furthermore, when storing a disk-shaped medium such as a CD-R, it is necessary to take care not to damage the information recording surface of the disk-shaped medium more than a CD-ROM or the like. In this case, it is desirable that the area for receiving the information recording surface of the disk-shaped medium is large, so that the height of the partition wall 27 is slightly longer than the radius (about 6 cm) of the disk-shaped medium.
Similarly, the width of the partition wall 27 is set to be about 80% of the diameter (about 12 cm) of the disk-shaped medium.

A pair of regulating ribs 28 are provided on the inner surface of the front wall 22 so as to be connected to the bottom wall 21 and extend toward the partition wall 27. The height of the regulating rib 28 is formed slightly lower than the height of the partition wall 27. The rear outer edge of the regulating rib 28 is spaced from the partition wall 27 at an appropriate distance. Furthermore, the pair of regulating ribs 28 are provided at predetermined intervals. The regulating rib 28 is provided between the partition wall 27 and the front wall 2.
2 is provided to regulate the storage of the disk-shaped medium between them. Therefore, the regulating rib 2
The interval 8 may be set to less than 12 cm so that the disk-shaped medium cannot be stored.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a state where the disk-shaped medium D is stored in the disk storage case 10.
In FIGS. 1 and 3, the lid 30 has a front wall 32, a rear wall 35, and side walls 33 and 34 erected at four sides of a substantially rectangular top wall 31, and only the lower side is opened. It is formed in a substantially box shape. In the vicinity of the rear wall 35 side of the side walls 33 and 34, protruding portions 33a and 34a protruding in an arc shape are formed, and circular holes 33b and 34b are formed substantially in the center of the protruding portions 33a and 34a. . These holes 3
3b and 34b are fitted to the support shaft 26 on the main body 20 side.

When attaching the lid 30 to the main body 20,
What is necessary is just to fit the support shaft 26 of the main body 20 and the holes 33b, 34b of the lid 30. Here, the side walls 33 and 3 of the lid 30
4 is formed slightly longer than the length between the outer surfaces of the step portions 23b and 24b formed on the side walls 23 and 24 of the main body 20, respectively. Then, the protrusions 33a, 34a of the side walls 33, 34 of the lid 30 are elastically bent outward so that the protrusions 33a, 34a
The shaft 33 gets over the zero support shaft 26 and the holes 33b and 34b enter the support shaft 26. After this fitting, the side wall 23 of the main body 20,
The projecting portions 33a, 34a of the lid 30 overlap the step portions 23b, 24b formed in the projecting portion 24, and these projecting portions 33a, 3a
4 and the outer surfaces of the side walls 23 and 24 of the main body 20 are substantially flush with each other. The lid 30 is connected to the support shaft 2 of the main body 20.
6 can be rotated (opened and closed) freely.

When the lid 30 is closed, the bottom wall 21 of the main body 20 and the top wall 31 of the lid 30 are arranged so as to be substantially parallel, and the front wall 32, the side wall 33, 3
4 and the lower edge of the rear wall 35 respectively correspond to the front wall 22, the side walls 23 and 24, and the rear wall 25 of the main body 20.
Adjacent to each upper edge.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the disk-shaped medium D stored in the disk storage case 10. The disk-shaped medium D is stored in the bag 1 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
And in the space between the rear wall 25. 3, various positions of the disk-shaped medium D when stored in the main body 20 are indicated by D1, D2 and D3, respectively. Since the upper end of the disk-shaped medium D1 in the upright state is below the inner surface position of the top wall 31 of the lid 30, the lid 30 and the disk-shaped medium D1 do not interfere with each other. Further, like the disk-shaped medium D2, the upper end is formed on the rear wall 35 of the lid 30.
The same is true when leaning on the inside of the.

On the other hand, when the upper end of the stored disk-shaped medium D is positioned at the maximum forward position, like the disk-shaped medium D3, the lower end is formed at the corner between the bottom wall 21 and the rear wall 25 of the main body 20. And leaning against the partition wall 27. When the lid 30 is opened in this state, the inner surface of the front wall 32 of the lid 30 does not come into contact with the disk-shaped medium D3. When setting in this way, first, it is determined how many disk-shaped media D can be stored between the partition wall 27 and the rear wall 25, and the rear wall 25 of the partition wall 27 is determined.
Determine the distance from. In the present embodiment, as described above, the partition wall 27 is arranged so as to accommodate up to 20 disk-shaped media D. Then, the height of the partition wall 27 at this position may be determined. That is, in FIG.
When at the position of the disk-shaped medium D3, the partition wall 2 is arranged so that the lid 30 does not contact the upper end of the disk-shaped medium D3.
The height of 7 may be determined.

As a result, the disk-shaped medium D does not hinder the opening and closing of the lid 30. In particular, if the front wall 32 of the lid 30 contacts the disk-shaped medium D when the lid 30 is closed, the disk-shaped medium D may be damaged. However, the disk-shaped medium D is formed as described above. This can be prevented.

In the space between the front wall 21 and the partition wall 27 of the main body 20, a label and other small items to be attached to the disk-shaped medium D can be stored between the regulating ribs 28. Also having a diameter of less than 12 cm,
For example, a single CD (8 cm in diameter) or a 3.5-inch MO or FD which is a disk cartridge in which a disk-shaped medium is stored in a cartridge can be stored.
Thereby, handleability is improved and storage efficiency can be improved.

(Second Embodiment) FIGS. 5A and 5B are views showing a main body 20A of a second embodiment, wherein FIG. 5A is a plan view seen from the inside, and FIG. FIG. Since the lid 30 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, illustration and description are omitted. In FIG. 5, the partition wall 27A is connected to the side walls 23 and 24 in the first position.
This is different from the partition wall 27 of the embodiment. Also, this partition wall 27
A regulating rib 28A is provided substantially at the center of A and connected to the partition wall 27A and the front wall 22. By forming in this manner, the disk-shaped medium D cannot be stored between the partition wall 27A and the front wall 22, and, for example, the user mistakenly inserts the space between the partition wall 27A and the front wall 22. This is more preferable because the storage of the disk-shaped medium D can be prevented beforehand. Further, by connecting the partition wall 27A and the side walls 23 and 24, and the restricting rib 28A to the partition wall 27A and the front wall 22, the strength of the main body 20A can be further increased.

(Third Embodiment) FIGS. 6A and 6B are views showing a main body 20B of a third embodiment, wherein FIG. 6A is a plan view as viewed from the inside, and FIG. FIG. Since the lid 30 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, illustration and description are omitted. In FIG. 6, a partition wall 27 is the same as in the first embodiment. Further, similarly to the second embodiment, a regulating rib 28A is provided so as to connect the partition wall 27 and the front wall 22. Control rib 28
A is provided two at a predetermined interval as in the first embodiment. With such a configuration, the space surrounded by the partition wall 27 and the pair of regulating ribs 28A includes:
Since the disk-shaped medium D cannot be stored, as in the second embodiment, it is possible to prevent a user from accidentally storing the disk-shaped medium D in this space, and to store the space in a small disk cartridge. It can be effectively used as a space.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the disk-shaped medium is stored in the main body, the disk-shaped medium can be easily taken out, and the lid can be opened and closed without the disk-shaped medium obstructing. It is possible to prevent the disk-shaped medium from being damaged. Also,
According to the second or third aspect of the invention, it is possible to prevent the disk-shaped medium from being accidentally stored between the partition wall and the front wall.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a first embodiment of a disk storage case according to the present invention, showing a state in which a lid is partially opened.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing a main body of FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 2A is a plan view showing an inner surface side, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view showing an AA cross section of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a state where a disk-shaped medium is stored in a disk storage case.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a disk-shaped medium stored in a disk storage case.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing a main body of the second embodiment, in which FIG. 5A is a plan view seen from an inner surface side, and FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view showing a BB cross section of FIG.

6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating a main body according to a third embodiment, in which FIG. 6A is a plan view as viewed from an inner surface side, and FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view illustrating a CC cross section of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 bag 10 disk storage case 20, 20A, 20B main body 21 bottom wall 22 front wall 23, 24 side wall 25 rear wall 26 support shaft 27, 27A partition wall 28, 28A regulating rib 30 lid body 31 top wall 32 front wall 33, 34 Side wall 33b, 34b Hole 35 Rear wall D (D1, D2, D3) Disk-shaped medium

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A disk storage case comprising: a disk-shaped medium storage main body having a front wall, a rear wall, and a side wall erected from a bottom wall; and a lid openably and closably mounted on an upper portion of the main body. The depth of the main body is formed to be smaller than the diameter of the disk-shaped medium to be stored, and a partition wall extending left and right is erected on the bottom wall of the main body, and the height of the partition wall is set to the partition wall of the main body. A height at which the disc-shaped medium and the front wall of the lid that is opened and closed do not come into contact with each other when the disc-shaped medium is stored in a state inclined forward between the rear wall and the rear wall. Disk storage case. 2. The disk storage case according to claim 1, wherein a disk-shaped medium of a specific size is formed between the partition wall and the rear wall of the main body so as to be stored therein, and the partition of the main body is formed. A disk storage case, wherein a restriction rib for restricting storage of the disk medium of the specific size is provided between a wall and the front wall. 3. The disk storage case according to claim 2, wherein said regulating rib comprises two ribs provided at a predetermined interval between said partition wall and said front wall. The space between the ribs is shorter than the diameter of the disk medium of the specific size.