JP2001031171A - Disk cartridge housing case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily take out a printed matter housed in a housing case body. SOLUTION: A finger hold 50 is formed at a hinge part 47 which connects a case main body 11 and a cover body 12. A notched part 51 is formed approximately at the middle of a backside wall 15, and thereby a space is formed between a printed matter 7 and the backside wall 15. Thereby, a finger can be hung on the printed matter 7 which is housed closely stuck to a bottom board 13 and the backside wall 15, and the printed matter 7 can be taken out easily without being damaged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage case for a disk cartridge storing a disk such as an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a magnetic disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A disk cartridge in which a disk-shaped recording medium such as an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a magnetic disk is housed in a cartridge body has a shutter which is inadvertently opened when not in use, such as during storage without being loaded into a recording and / or reproducing apparatus. When moved, the opening for recording and / or playback is opened to prevent foreign matter such as dust from entering inside, and the shutter is damaged and used when a large impact is applied, such as when dropped. It is stored in a storage case to prevent it from being disabled. The storage case also stores an index card in which information related to the content recorded on the disk is described in addition to the disk cartridge.

As a storage case for such a disk cartridge, a storage case configured as shown in FIG. 22 is used. The storage case 101 shown in FIG. 22 is formed in a size enough to store a disk cartridge.
Upper half 102 and lower half 103 formed in a substantially flat plate shape
And a disk cartridge insertion / removal opening 104 is provided on the front side. And the upper half 1
02, rail portions 10 formed on rising walls 102a, 102b parallel to the direction of insertion and removal of the disk cartridge.
5, 105 are formed, and in the lower half 103, grooves 107, 107 are formed in rising walls 103a, 103b provided corresponding to the rising walls 102a, 102b of the upper half. Half 103
The upper half 102 from the front side to the rail 10
5 and 105 are engaged by sliding them rearward while engaging the grooves 107 and 107.

In the storage case 101, an index card 1 is provided on the inner side of the main surface of the lower half 103.
A storage recess 106 for storing therein 10 is formed. The storage recess 106 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape over substantially the entire area of the main surface of the lower half 103, and has a depth corresponding to the thickness of the index card 110. Also, in the storage recess 106,
A locking portion 111 for locking the index card 110 stored in the storage recess 106 is formed in a central portion on the front side. The storage position of the index card 110 is regulated by being stored in the storage recess 106, and the index card 110 is stored in the storage recess 106 while being locked by the locking portion 111. Therefore, even when the disk cartridge is taken out from the insertion opening formed in the front surface of the storage case 101,
The index card 110 is not taken out together with the disk cartridge, and is kept in the storage recess.

[0005]

By the way, in the index card 110 in which information related to the content recorded on the disc is described, the description items are changed according to the change in the content recorded in the disc cartridge, or The index card 110 itself may be replaced with a new one.

When replacing the index card 110 stored in the storage case 101, first, the upper half 102 is slid toward the front side of the lower half 103 to separate the upper and lower halves 102 and 103. Then, the index card 110 is bent and deformed, so that the locked state with the locking portion 111 is released,
It is taken out from the storage recess 106 of the lower half 103.

However, when removing the index card 110, the index card 110 is
Since it is stored in close contact with the bottom plate and the rear wall of the storage recess 106, the finger cannot be hooked on the index card 110, and it may be difficult to take out the storage recess 106 from the storage recess 106. For this reason, the index card 110 may be bent when being taken out, and the index card 110 may be damaged. Also, in order to remove the index card 110, the storage case 101 may be deformed by forcibly distorting the storage case 101, or the storage case 10 may be deformed using a tool having a sharp tip.
Sometimes it hurt one. Further, since the finger is repeatedly touched to remove the index card 110, the written matter may be worn out due to friction between the finger and the index card 110.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage case for a disk cartridge in which printed matter stored in the storage case body can be easily taken out.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a storage case for a disk cartridge according to the present invention has a storage recess in which a disk cartridge is mounted and a printed material is stored. A bottom plate, a pair of side walls provided opposite to each other on both sides of the bottom plate, and a back wall provided on the back side of the bottom plate, a case body having an upper surface side and a front side opened, and a case body A top plate for closing the upper surface side, and provided on both sides of the top plate so as to be substantially parallel to the pair of side walls of the case body when the top plate closes the upper surface side of the case body. A lid having a pair of side walls and a lid rotatably supported by a hinge on the back side of the case main body, wherein the case main body is housed in the storage recess at a position along the hinge; The above printed Finger hook for taking out are formed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A storage case for a disk cartridge to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the storage case 10 stores a disk cartridge 1 storing a disk such as an optical disk or a magneto-optical disk.
The storage case 10 is used for storing the disc cartridge 1.
By integrally forming a case main body for storing the case and a lid for closing the front side and the top side of the case main body, the number of components is reduced as compared with the conventional storage case 101.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a disk cartridge 1 housed in a storage case 10 has a substantially rectangular cartridge body 2 and a disk 3 serving as a recording medium such as an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a magnetic disk. Is rotatably stored. The cartridge body 2 has one side surface 2 serving as an insertion end into a recording and / or reproducing apparatus for performing recording and / or reproduction of the disc 3 from a substantially central portion on upper and lower surfaces.
recording and / or not shown over the front surface 2b side orthogonal to
Alternatively, an opening 8 for reproduction is provided. A part of the signal recording area of the disk 3 is exposed from the recording and / or reproducing opening 8 in the radial direction. On the front surface 2b side of the cartridge body 2, a shutter 4 for closing the recording and / or reproducing opening 8 is movably attached. The shutter 4 opens the recording and / or reproducing opening 8 only when the disc cartridge 1 is loaded in the recording and / or reproducing apparatus, and when the disc cartridge 1 is not used, the foreign matter such as dust is contained in the cartridge main body 2. Is prevented from entering. On the lower surface side of the cartridge main body 2, a front surface 2b and a rear surface 2c orthogonal to one side surface 2a which is an insertion end to a recording and / or reproducing device are provided.
Engaging recesses 5 and 5 are provided for engaging a part of the loading mechanism on the recording and / or reproducing apparatus. On the upper surface of the cartridge body 2, an insertion direction display section 6 for displaying the direction of insertion into the recording and / or reproducing apparatus is provided on one side 2a.

The disk cartridge 1 constructed as described above has a side surface 2a perpendicular to the front surface 2b side of the cartridge body 2 to which the shutter 4 is mounted, that is, one side surface 2a perpendicular to the direction of movement of the shutter 4, for recording and recording. And / or inserted into the playback device. Disk cartridge 1
Means recording and / or recording on the disk 3 of the recording and / or reproducing apparatus.
Or, when mounted on a recording / reproducing unit that performs reproduction, the shutter 4
Is moved along the front surface 2b, and the recording and / or reproducing opening 8 is opened. Then, recording and / or reproduction is performed on the disk 3 stored in the cartridge body 2 by recording and / or reproducing means such as an optical pickup and a magnetic head.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a storage case 10 for storing the disk cartridge 1 has a case body 11 for storing the disk cartridge 1 and a cover for closing an open portion of the case body 11. A case body 11 and a lid body 12 are integrally formed,
The lid 12 is rotatably supported on the back side of the case body 11. The storage case 10 contains the disc cartridge 1
It is transparent or translucent and flexible so that the printed matter 7 which is formed to be almost the same size as the above and which can describe information related to the stored disk cartridge 1 and the disk 3 can be visually recognized. It is formed of a synthetic resin material such as polypropylene. As shown in FIG. 1, the disk cartridge 1 can be stored in the case main body 11 from the upper surface side of the case main body 11 with the lid 12 opened, and as shown in FIG.
With the lid 12 closing the top side of the case body 11,
It can be stored in the case body 11 from the front side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the case main body 11 is formed to have substantially the same size as the main surface of the disk cartridge 1 and a pair of opposite sides of a bottom plate 13 on which the disk cartridge 1 is mounted. Side walls 14, 14 are formed upright, and a back wall 15 is formed upright on the back side orthogonal to both sides where these side walls 14, 14 are provided. The case body 11 includes a bottom plate 13 and side walls 14,
14 and the rear wall 15 constitute a storage unit 20 for storing the disk cartridge 1 whose top and front sides are open. Then, the disk cartridge 1 is inserted into the case body 11 from one side 2a as an insertion end from a place extending from the front side to the upper side.

As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 3, the bottom plate 13 of the case main body 11 has a disk cartridge inserted into the inner side of the side walls 14, 14 from the front side of the case main body 11 substantially in parallel with the bottom plate 13. Guide walls 16, 16 for guiding 1
Are integrally formed. The guide walls 16, 16 are formed substantially parallel to the side walls 14, 14 with gaps 17, 17 into which the side walls 14, 14 and the side walls 62, 62 of the lid 12 can be inserted. It is provided from the side to the vicinity of holding portions 31 for holding a disk cartridge 1 described later on the back side at the storage position. Guide wall 1
When the upper surface of the case body 11 is closed by the lid 12, the guides 6 and 16 guide the disk cartridge 1 inserted with the one side surface 2a as an insertion end.
When the disk cartridge 1 is stored in the storage unit 20, the front surface 2b and the rear surface 2c of the disk cartridge 1 are abutted, and function as a restricting unit that restricts the storage position of the disk cartridge 1.

The guide walls 16, 16 are connected to the side walls 14, 14 via a connecting portion 18 on the front surface of the case body 11. That is, the side walls 14, 14 and the guide wall 1
The gaps 17, 17 formed by the side walls 1, 6 are
The guide walls 16, 16 are connected to each other via a connecting portion 18 to form a substantially bag shape. Therefore, as shown in FIGS.
When the side wall of the lid 12 is inserted into the case 7 and 17, even if the position of the lid 12 is shifted, the side wall of the lid 12 projects from the front surface of the case body 11 toward the front side of the case body 11. And improves the feel of the front of the case body 11.

Further, the side walls 14, 14 and the guide walls 16, 1
The side wall of the lid body 12 is inserted into the gap 17 formed between the lid body 6 and the base body 6. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the guide walls 16, 16 have cut-away portions on the front side of the case body 11 that face the side walls 14, 14 to form thin portions 16 a, 16 a. The gap 17 is formed between the thin portions 16a, 16a.
Side wall 1 on the front side of case main body 11 formed with
The space C ₁ formed by the guide walls 16, 16 is formed to be larger than the space C ₂ between the side walls 14, 14 on the rear side of the case body 11 and the guide walls 16, 16. As a result, the lid 1 inserted into the gap 17
Second sidewall 62, 62, when it is turning operation in FIG. 1 to open the upper surface of the case body 11 in the arrow D ₁ direction, the thin portion 1
6a, the 16a are formed region, it is possible to increase the amount of elastic displacement of the side wall of the lid 12, in Figure 1 the lid 12 so it is possible to easily pivot the operation of the arrow D ₁ direction can do.

Further, the case body 1 of the guide walls 16, 16
As shown in FIG. 6, chamfers 19, 19 for smoothly inserting and removing the disc cartridge 1 are formed at the rear side end of the disk cartridge 1. Chamfer 19,1
9 is formed by chamfering the inner side of the rear end of the guide body 16, 16 on the back side of the case body 11 into a substantially arc shape. Thus, when the disk cartridge 1 is taken out of the storage section 20, the side edges of the shutter 4 are guided by the guide walls 16, 16.
Is not caught on the rear end of the case body 11 and is smoothly taken out of the storage section 20.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the bottom plate 13 has guide rails 2 for guiding the insertion and removal of the disc cartridge 1 along the base ends of the guide walls 16, 16. As shown in FIG.
2, 22 are formed. Guide rail portions 22, 22
As shown in FIG. 5, the upper surface of the disk cartridge 1 constitutes a support reference plane P for supporting the disk cartridge 1 stored in the storage section 20, and the lower surface side edges of the front surface 2b and the rear surface 2c of the disk cartridge 1 are in contact with each other. You. That is, the guide rail portion 2
When the disk cartridge 1 is stored in the disk storage unit 20, the storage units 2 and 22 function as support portions for the disk cartridge 1. The guide rail portions 22, 22 are formed at the rear end of the case body 11 with inclined surface portions 22a, 22a inclined downward. Inclined surface 2
2a and 22a prevent the end of the shutter 4 from being caught on the ends of the guide rails 22 and 22 when the disk cartridge 1 stored in the storage section 20 is taken out. So that it can be done smoothly.

The bottom plate 13 between the guide walls 16, 16 has
A storage recess 23 in which the printed matter 7 is stored is formed.
The storage recess 23 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and stores printed matter 7 such as an index card. The storage recess 23 is constituted by a recess formed in the bottom plate 13,
Side wall 1 formed by guide rails 22
4 and 14 and substantially parallel side edges.

Here, the printed matter 7 may be an index card on which information related to the contents recorded on the disk 3 can be described, or a booklet on which the title of the information recorded on the disk 3 or the lyrics of songs are printed. And so on. As shown in FIG. 10, the printed matter 7 includes a bottom plate 13 and a rear wall 15.
One end is bent at approximately 90 ° so as to conform to the above.

On the front side of the case main body 11, a plurality of locking portions for locking the printed matter 7 stored in the storage recess 23 are provided. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the bottom plate 13 is provided at the center of the front side edge of the storage recess 23,
A first locking portion 24 is provided, and second locking portions 25, 25 are provided at both front corners of the storage recess 23. These first and second locking portions 24, 25, 25
As shown in FIG. 7, a locking piece 26 for locking the printed matter 7,
And a slit 27 into which the printed matter 7 is inserted. The locking piece 26 is formed in a semicircular arc shape, and constitutes a support reference plane P of the disk cartridge 1 as shown in FIG. The slit 27 is formed between the bottom surface of the storage recess 23 and the locking piece 26.
It is composed of The printed matter 7 is housed in the housing recess 23 and has side edges of the first and second locking portions 24, 25, 2.
By being locked to 5, storage is performed in a state where the storage position is regulated.

The printed matter 7 is stored in the storage recess 23 regardless of whether the disk cartridge 1 is inserted or removed. Print 7
Is provided below the support reference plane P of the disk cartridge 1 so that it does not come into contact with the main surface of the disk cartridge 1 even when the disk cartridge 1 is inserted or removed. Can be prevented from being damaged. Also, the storage recess 23
, Second locking portions 25, 25 are formed at both ends on the front side. Therefore, even if the printed matter 7 is warped in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the disc cartridge 1, both ends of the printed matter 7 are prevented from contacting the disc cartridge 1, and the insertion direction of the printed matter 7 into the disc cartridge 1 is prevented. The side edge substantially parallel to the above is prevented from being deformed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the printed material 7 may be formed by chamfering a corner in an arc shape.
For this reason, the second locking portions 25, 25 for locking the corners of the printed matter 7 are formed larger than the first locking portions 24. Further, the first and second locking portions 2 are provided on the bottom plate 13.
At positions corresponding to 4, 25, and 25, a first through hole 28 is formed in a semicircular shape to allow air in the storage section 20 to escape when the disk cartridge 1 is stored in the storage section 20.

FIGS. 1, 3 and 6 show side plates 14 and 14, respectively.
As shown in (1), holding portions 31, 31 for holding the disk cartridge 1 mounted on the bottom plate 13 at the storage position are provided. The holding portions 31, 31 are provided on the rear side of the case main body 11 on the side walls 14, 14, so as to be elastically displaceable, and are provided so as to protrude inward of the case main body 11 from the guide walls 16, 16. Specifically, the holding units 31, 31
Are integrally provided on the side walls 14, 14 and are engaged with the engaging recesses 5, 5 of the disc cartridge 1.
32, and elastic displacement parts 33, 33 provided integrally with the side walls 14, 14, and provided with engaging parts 32, 32 on the distal end side. The engaging portions 32, 32 are formed in a semicircular shape so as to be able to engage with the engaging concave portions 5, 5 of the disk cartridge 1, and one ends thereof are connected to the elastic displacement portions 33, 33. The elastic displacement portions 33, 33 support the engaging portions 32, 32 in a cantilever manner, and elastically displace the engaging portions 32, 3,
3 and FIG.
Moving the middle arrow D ₂ direction and opposite to the arrow D _2. That is,
The elastic displacement portions 33, 33 are elastically displaced when the engaging portions 32, 32 are pressed against the one side surface 2a on the insertion end side of the disk cartridge 1, and the engaging portions 32, 32 are moved by arrows in FIGS. moving the D ₂ direction.

As shown in FIG. 8, the holding portions 31, 31 are provided with a predetermined gap 34 between the holding portions 31, 31 and the bottom plate 13. This gap 34 is, in addition to the printed matter 7 described above,
Further, it is formed at an interval at which a booklet or the like on which information related to the information signal recorded on the disk 3 such as a lyrics card is printed can be inserted. That is, by holding the disc cartridge 1 in the recesses 5, 5, the holding portions 31, 31 can hold the printed matter 7 and other printed matter while holding the disc cartridge 1 in the storage portion 20. .

As shown in FIG. 3, when the disc cartridge 1 is stored in the storage case 10 at a position corresponding to the holding portions 31 of the bottom plate 13,
Second through holes 35, 35 for letting out the air inside are provided. The second through holes 35, 35 are formed in a semicircular shape from the side walls 14, 14 toward the inside of the bottom plate 13.

Then, the holding portions 31, 31 as described above
As shown in FIG. 6, is protected by protection portions 37, 37 formed on the guide walls 16, 16 near the holding portions 31, 31. Further, the holding portions 31, 31 are protected by protection walls 38, 38 erected on the bottom plate 13 on the rear wall 15 side. The protection walls 38, 38 are provided in the direction in which the guide walls 16, 16 extend. The protection portions 37 and 37 and the protection walls 38 and 38 prevent the disc cartridge 1 stored in the storage portion 20 from being displaced, and prevent the holding portions 31 and 31 from being disengaged from the engagement recesses 5 and 5 of the disk cartridge 1. To prevent the disc cartridge 1 from being held.
To prevent it from being maintained in a state of being elastically displaced by being pressed.

As shown in FIG. 6, chamfered portions 40, 4 for smoothly inserting the disc cartridge 1 are provided at inner ends of the protection walls 38, 38 on the holding portions 31, 31 side.
0 is formed. The chamfered parts 40, 40
8, 38 are formed by chamfering the inner ends of the holding portions 31, 31 in a substantially arc shape. Thus, when the disc cartridge 1 is inserted into the storage section 20, the side edge of the shutter 4 is smoothly stored in the storage section 20 without being caught by the protection walls 38, 38.

As shown in FIG. 6, the disk cartridge 1 housed in the housing 20 is
Butting portions 39, 39 against which a corner portion on one side surface 2a, which is an insertion end, is provided. The abutting portions 39, 39 are provided near the corners formed by the side walls 14, 14, and the back wall 15, and are formed in a substantially arc shape corresponding to the shape of the corner on the insertion end side of the disk cartridge 1. ing. The abutting portions 39, 39 are formed such that the base end of the bottom plate 13 is thicker than the distal end in order to secure mechanical strength. The butting portions 39, 39 are, for example, the storage case 1 in which the disk cartridge 1 is stored.
Even when a strong impact is applied, such as when the 0 is dropped, the storage position of the disk cartridge 1 is prevented from shifting.

Also, the side walls 14, 14 are shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of first engagement projections 41, 41 are provided on the inner surface side facing the guide walls 16, 16 to hold the lid 12 in a state where the upper surface of the case body 11 is closed. When the lid 12 closes the upper surface side of the case body 11, the first engagement protrusions 41, 41 engage with second engagement protrusions 63, 63 on the lid 12 described later.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the bottom plate 13 has a notch for pull-out operation on the front side of the case body 11 so that a part of the side facing the one side surface 2a of the disk cartridge 1 faces outward. A part 42 is provided. Storage unit 20
The disc cartridge 1 stored in the storage portion 2 is gripped by the portion facing outward from the pullout operation notch 42 and the pullout operation notch 67 on the lid 12 side.
Pulled from zero. Also, the case body 11 of the bottom plate 13
As shown in FIG. 9, an inclined surface portion 43 is formed so as to gradually become thinner toward the side edge in a region where the notch 42 for pull-out operation is not provided on the front side. The case body 11 forms an insertion opening 44 for the disk cartridge 1 together with the lid 12 on the front side. Inclined surface part 4
3 is formed to be thinner toward the side edge, so that the insertion / removal opening 44 is enlarged and the storage portion 2 of the disc cartridge 1 is formed.
0 can be easily inserted. Further, on the outer surface of the bottom plate 13, as shown in FIG. 3, a seal sticking portion 45 for sticking a seal body on which a display related to an information signal recorded on the disc 3 is displayed is provided. . The seal sticking portion 45 is formed large on the outer surface of the bottom plate 13 by forming the cutout portion for pullout operation 42 smaller than the cutout portion for pullout operation of the top plate 61 described later.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the case body 11 locks the guide rails 22 and 22 for guiding the insertion and removal of the disk cartridge 1 and the printed matter 7 stored in the storage recess 23 as shown in FIGS. First and second locking portions 2
The support reference surface P of the disk cartridge 1 is constituted by the locking pieces 26 constituting the disc cartridges 4, 25, 25 and the base end side of the inclined surface portion 43. When the disc cartridge 1 is stored in the storage section 20, it is supported by the guide rails 22, 22 and the locking pieces 26. Since the disc cartridge 1 stored in the storage section 20 is supported and stored at a position one step higher than the printed material 7 stored in the storage recess 23, the disk cartridge 1 may come into contact with the printed material 7 stored in the storage recess 23. Absent. Therefore, the disc cartridge 1 and the printed matter 7 are prevented from contacting each other and being damaged when the disc cartridge 1 is inserted or removed. Further, when performing the insertion / removal operation of the disk cartridge 1, it is possible to prevent the side edge of the shutter member 4 from being caught by the step formed by the storage recess 23 for storing the printed matter 7,
The operation of inserting and removing the disk cartridge 1 can be performed smoothly.

On the back wall 15 of the case body 11,
At a position along a hinge portion 47 that rotatably supports the lid 12 to be described later with respect to the case main body 11, a finger hook portion 50 for taking out the printed matter 7 stored in the storage recess 23 is provided.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 16, for example, the finger hook 50 comprises a notch 51 formed at a substantially central portion on the inner surface side of the rear wall 15. The cutout portion 51 is formed by cutting out the inner surface side of the rear wall 15 so as to have a width and depth such that a user can put a finger on a side edge of the printed matter 7. Further, the notch portion 51 is formed by being cut out in a substantially arc shape, thereby facilitating engagement of a finger. The printed material 7 is stored in the storage recess 2 so that it does not rattle during storage.
3, the user can easily take out the printed matter 7 by inserting his / her finger into the notch 51 and locking the fingertip to the side edge of the printed matter 7.
That is, as shown in FIG. 10, by locking a finger on the side edge of the printed matter 7, the printed matter 7
3 and the rear wall 15,
The printed matter 7 is divided into a first locking portion 24 and a second locking portion 25,2.
5, the case main body 11 can be removed while being warped from the front side to the rear side.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 11, the lid 12 is integrally formed on the rear wall 15 of the case body 11, and is rotatably supported via a hinge 47. You. As shown in FIG. 11, the hinge portion 47 that rotatably supports the lid body 12 on the rear wall 15 has a substantially 45 ° inclined surface formed by chamfering an inner corner portion at the tip of the rear wall 15. A substantially 45 ° inclined surface is formed by chamfering the inner corner at the base end of the top plate 61 on the side of the lid 12, so that when the lid 12 closes the upper surface of the case body 11, The distal end of the back wall of the main body 11 and the base end of the top plate 61 of the lid 12 are formed so as to be able to abut each other. Then, the back wall 15 of the case body 11
Of the lid 12 rotatably supports the lid 12 via a linear thin portion 48 provided between the lid 12 and the base end of the top plate 61. The thin portion 48 has such a thickness that the lid 12 can be rotatably supported with respect to the case body 11. The case body 11 and the lid 12
And are integrally formed by a molding die.

As shown in FIG. 12, both ends of the thin portion 48 are formed through notches 48a so that the rear wall 15 of the case body 11 and the side walls 62, 62 of the top plate 61 are slightly separated from each other. Have been. The notch portion 48a is provided to secure the mechanical strength of a molding die forming the hinge portion 47 when the storage case 10 is formed. The thin portions 48 forming the cutouts 48a are provided at both ends of the thin portions 48.
An inclined surface portion 49 inclined toward the side wall of the lid 12,
49 are formed.

The hinge portion 47 supports the lid 12 rotatably with respect to the case body 11 by the thin portion 48. As shown in FIG. 13, the lid 12 is
When the upper surface is closed, the hinge portion 47 includes the inclined surface portion 4.
Because of the provision of 9, 49, both ends of the thin portion 48 are formed with smooth inclined surfaces. Therefore, even when a finger or the like comes into contact with the hinge portion 47, the finger is not caught and the usability can be improved.

The lid 12 rotatably supported on the case body 11 by the hinge 47 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG.
Side walls 62, 62 are formed integrally so as to hang down slightly inward from both ends of 1. The side walls 62, 62
2 closes the upper surface of the case body 11, the case body 1
1 between the side walls 14, 14 and the guide walls 16, 16
7 is inserted.

The side walls 62, 62 are shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 4, on the outer surface side, the lid 12 is
Are provided with a plurality of second engagement projections 63 for maintaining a state in which the upper surface is closed. Second engagement projection 6
When the upper surface of the case body 11 is closed, the first engagement protrusions 41, 4 provided on the inner surfaces of the side walls 14, 14 are provided.
1 is engaged. Even when the side walls 62, 62 are deformed by heat or the like, when they are inserted into the gap 17 between the side walls 14, 14 of the case main body 11 and the guide walls 16, 16,
It is regulated by the guide walls 16,16. Therefore, the second engagement protrusions 63 are securely engaged with the first engagement protrusions 41 on the case body 11 side. The length of the second engaging projections 63, 63 is variable, so that the first
Can be adjusted with the engaging projections 41, 41.

Also, the side walls 62, 62 are shown in FIGS.
As shown in (2), when the lid 12 is rotated between the second engagement projections 63 and 63 in a direction to open the upper surface side of the case main body 11, the inclination is prevented from being excessively inclined. Protrusions 64, 64 are provided. Tilt preventing projections 64, 64
As shown in FIG. 8, in the height direction of the side walls 62, 62,
Provided from the base end of the side walls 62, 62 to the front end,
The projections are formed so as to have the same amount of protrusion from the side walls 62. As shown in FIG. 8, each of the inclination preventing protrusions 64 has a substantially arc-shaped distal end, and the inclined portion 64 has a smaller protrusion amount toward the distal end.
a, 64a. Tilt preventing projections 64, 64
Since the front end is formed in a substantially arc shape and the inclined portions 64a, 64a are formed on the front end side, the lid 1
When the second member 2 is rotated in a direction to close the storage portion 20, the side walls 62, 62 easily enter the gap 17 formed by the side walls 14, 14 on the case body 11 side and the guide walls 16, 16. .

The tilt preventing projections 64, 64 as described above are
As shown in FIG. 15, when the lid 12 is rotated in a direction to open the upper surface side of the case main body 11, the case main body 11 is rotated.
By contacting the side walls 14, 14, the side walls 62, 62 of the lid 12 are prevented from tilting, and the opening operation of the lid 12 can be performed smoothly. When the cover 12 is opened, the inclination preventing projections 64 are slightly inclined.
3, so that the second engagement protrusions 63, 63 are formed on the side walls 14, 63 of the case body 11,
14 is prevented from engaging with the inside corner portion of the cover body 12.
Can be smoothly rotated.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the top plate 61 is formed with guide rail portions 65, 65 for guiding the insertion and removal of the disk cartridge 1 along the side walls 62, 62. The guide rail portions 65, 65 are formed thicker than other regions of the top plate 61, and the case main body 11 described above is formed.
It is provided at a position facing the guide rail portions 22 provided on the side. In the guide rail portions 65, 65,
The disc cartridge 1 is in contact with side edges of the front surface 2b and the rear surface 2c.

As shown in FIG. 1, the side walls 62, 62
Notches 66, 66 are provided on the hinge 47 side.
The notches 66, 66 serve as escape portions for preventing the holding portions 31, 31 from colliding with the side walls 62, 62 when the lid 12 closes the upper surface of the case body 11. Further, on the front side of the top plate 61, a notch 67 for pull-out operation is provided so that a part of the side facing the one side surface 2a of the disk cartridge 1 faces outward. This drawer operation notch 67
Is formed larger than the notch 42 for pull-out operation provided in the bottom plate 13. When the disk cartridge 1 is taken out of the storage case 10, a part of the side facing the one side surface 2a of the disk cartridge 1 facing outward from the pullout operation notches 42 and 67 is gripped, and Pulled out from 20.

On the front side of the top plate 61, as shown in FIG. 2, a display section 68 for displaying the insertion direction of the disk cartridge 1 is provided. For example, when the storage case 10 is formed, the display unit 68 stamps an indication such as an arrow indicating the insertion direction of the disc cartridge 1 and prints an indication such as an arrow indicating the insertion direction of the disc cartridge 1. Provided. The storage case 10 is provided with the display unit 68 so that the user can easily recognize the insertion direction of the disk cartridge 1. Further, the storage case 10 can easily perform the insertion operation of the disc cartridge 1 by matching the directions indicated by the insertion direction display section 6 and the display section 68 of the disc cartridge 1.

The storage case 10 thus configured is
Using one molding die, the case body 11 and the lid 12 are integrally molded. This molding die is used for the case body 11.
, A lid forming part for forming the lid, and a hinge forming part for forming the hinge part 47 thinner than the case body 11 and the lid 12 so as to form one cavity. Is done. The storage case 10 is formed with the bottom plate 13 of the case body 11 and the top plate 61 of the lid 12 being substantially parallel. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage case 10 formed with the lid 12 having the upper surface of the case main body 11 opened is used to close the lid 12 on the upper surface of the case main body 11 in the direction of arrow D _{1 in} FIG. 1. To rotate the lid 1
The two side walls 62, 62 are connected to the side walls 14, 14 of the case body 11.
14 into the gap 17 between the guide walls 16 and 16 and
As shown in (1), the first engagement protrusions 41, 41 are assembled by engaging the second engagement protrusions 63, 63. Then, the insertion case 44 of the disk cartridge 1 is formed on the front side of the assembled storage case 10.

Next, the storage case 1 thus configured
How to use 0 will be described. This storage case 10
As shown in FIG. 1, the disk cartridge 1 can be stored in the storage section 20 with the upper surface side of the case main body 11 opened by the lid 12, and as shown in FIG. The disk cartridge 1 can be stored in the storage section 20 from the front side of the case main body 11 with the upper surface of the case main body 11 closed.

First, the upper surface of the case body 11 is
A method of storing the disk cartridge 1 in the storage section 20 in a state where the disk cartridge 1 is opened by the following will be described. As shown in FIG.
The disc cartridge 1 is inserted from a place extending from the upper surface side to the front side so as to abut against the abutting portion 39 provided on the rear wall 15 side of the bottom plate 13 of the case main body 11 from the place extending from the top side to the front side. Is placed. At this time, the holding recesses 3 and 5 of the disc cartridge 1
1, 31 are engaged.

[0049] When the disc cartridge 1 is placed on the bottom plate 13, then the lid 12 is operated to rotate in FIG. 1 for closing the upper surface of the case body 11 opposite to the arrow D ₁ direction. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the side walls 62 of the lid body 12 enter the gap 17 between the side walls 14, 14 of the case body 11 and the guide walls 16, 16, and the first engagement member on the case body 11 side. The mating projections 41, 41 and the second engagement projections 63,
The upper surface of the case main body 11 is closed by the top plate 61 of the lid body 12 by the engagement with the upper surface 63. Thus, the disk cartridge 1 is stored in the storage case 10, as shown in FIG.

The printed matter 7 can be stored in the storage recess 23 with the lid 12 opening the upper surface of the case body 11. That is, before the disc cartridge 1 is placed on the bottom plate 13 of the case main body 11, the printed matter 7 is placed in the storage recess 23 and locked by the first and second locking portions 24, 25, 25. In addition, one end is bent at approximately 90 ° along the bottom plate 13 and the back wall 15, and is stored in the storage recess 23. At this time, even if the printed matter 7 is warped in a natural state, the first locking portion 24 is located at the center of the front side edge of the storage recess 23.
Are provided, and second locking portions 25, 25 are provided in both front side corner portions of the storage recess 23, and are locked by the first and second locking portions 24, 25, 25, It will be stored in the storage recess 23 with the warpage corrected,
The corner portion is prevented from contacting the disk cartridge 1 and being damaged.

Change the description of the printed matter 7 or
When removing the printed matter 7 from the storage recess 23, for example, when replacing the printed matter 7 with a new one,
0, the notch 51 is formed by being cut out in a substantially arc shape, and as shown in FIG.
The fingertip can easily enter the notch 51 and the fingertip can be hooked on the side edge of the printed matter 7. For this reason, the locking portion 2
4, 25, 25, and the printed matter 7 housed in close contact with the bottom plate 13 and the back wall 15 is warped from the front side to the back side of the housing case 10.
3 can be removed.

A method for storing the disk cartridge 1 in the storage section 20 from the front side of the case main body 11 with the lid 12 closing the upper surface side of the case main body 11 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, in the storage case 10 in which the upper surface of the case body 11 is closed by the lid 12, the same side surface 2 a as the insertion end of the disk cartridge 1 into the recording and / or playback device is used as an insertion end. Disk cartridge 1
There is an insert operation in FIG. 2 arrow D ₃ direction from the insertion slot 44. Then, the engaging portions 32 constituting the holding portions 31, 31,
When the disc 32 is pressed against the one side surface 2a of the disc cartridge 1, the elastic displacement parts 33, 33 are elastically deformed, and the engaging parts 32, 32 are engaged with the engaging concave parts 5, 5. Thus, the disk cartridge 1 is held in a state of being stored in the storage section 20, as shown in FIG. At the same time, both corners on one side 2a of the disc cartridge 1 are abutted against the abutting portions 39, 39.

The disk cartridge 1 is positioned at the arrow D _{3 in} FIG.
When the disc cartridge 1 is inserted in the
Is inserted into the storage section 20 while being guided by the guide rails 22 and 22 on the case body 11 side and the guide rails 65 and 65 on the lid 12 side. Further, in the storage case 10, since the lid 12 closes the upper surface of the case body 11, the storage portion 20 is configured as a closed space portion.
Since the first and second through holes 28 and 35 are formed, compressed air when the disk cartridge 1 is stored in the storage unit 20 is compressed by the first and second through holes 28 and 35.
The disc cartridge 1 can be easily inserted when the disc cartridge 1 is released.

Further, chamfered portions 40, 40 are provided at inner ends of the protection walls 38, 38 of the bottom plate 13 on the holding portions 31, 31 side.
Is provided. Therefore, when the disk cartridge 1 is taken out of the storage section 20, the side edge of the shutter 4 is caught, and the disk cartridge 1 can be stored in the storage section 20 without hindering the operation of taking out the disk cartridge 1. Furthermore, the case body 1 that the insertion / removal opening 44 comprises
As shown in FIG. 9, the front surface side of the disk drive 1 has an inclined surface portion 43 formed so as to gradually become thinner toward the side edge side, so that the insertion / removal opening 44 becomes large, so that the insertion operation of the disk cartridge 1 can be performed. It can be done easily.

[0055] disk cartridge 1 housed in the housing case 10 as described above, FIG. 1 in position regulation of the arrow D ₁ direction is an insertion direction of the disk cartridge 1 is, the corner portion of one side surface 2a of the disk cartridge 1 Is the bottom plate 1
The position of the disc cartridge 1 in the direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion is regulated by the front walls 2 b and the rear surface 2 c of the guide walls 16, 16. It is stored by being brought into contact with the. Therefore, even if the storage case 10 is dropped and the impact is applied, for example, the storage position of the disk cartridge 1 is prevented from being shifted.

The case body has holding portions 31 and 31.
Are provided with protective portions 37 and 37 and protective walls 38 and 38 for protecting the power supply. Therefore, the disc cartridge 1 stored in the storage section 20 is prevented from being shifted in the storage position by the protection sections 37, 37 and the protection walls 38, 38, and the holding section 3
1 and 31 are prevented from being disengaged from the engaging concave portions 5 and 5 of the disk cartridge 1. The protection portions 37, 37 and the protection walls 38, 38 prevent the holding portions 31, 31 from being maintained in a state of being elastically displaced by being pressed by the disk cartridge 1.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, when the upper surface of the case main body 11 is closed, the side walls 62, 62 of the lid 12 are connected to the side walls 14, 14 of the case main body 11 and the guide wall, as shown in FIG. Since the gap 17 is formed in a bag shape by the connecting portion 18, even if the lid 12 is displaced, the side walls 62, 62 of the lid 12 are inserted. Is the case body 11
Of the case main body 11 is improved. Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the hinge portion 47 of the storage case 10 has an inclined surface portion 49,
Because of the provision of 49, even when a finger or the like comes into contact, the finger is not caught and the feeling of use is improved.

When taking out the disk cartridge 1 from the storage case 10, as shown in FIG. 2, one side of the disk cartridge 1 facing the side surface 2a of the disk cartridge 1 facing the notch portions 42, 67 for pull-out operation. part gripped and can be taken out by a drawer operated opposite to the arrow D ₃ direction in FIG. At this time, the holding parts 31, 31
The elastic displacement portions 33, 33 are elastically displaced by being pressed against the side edges of the engagement recesses 5, 5, and the engagement recesses 5, 5 and the engagement portions 3
The engaged state of the disc cartridges 2 and 32 is released, and the disc cartridge 1 is pulled out of the storage case 10. Also at this time, the disk cartridge 1 is guided by the guide rails 22, 22 on the case body 11 side and the guide rails 65, 65 on the lid 12, and is taken out of the storage section 20.

As shown in FIG. 6, the end of the guide walls 14 and 14 on the back side of the case body 11 is
9 and 19 are formed. Therefore, when the disk cartridge 1 is taken out of the storage unit 20, the side edge of the shutter 4 does not catch on the rear end of the guide wall 16, 16 on the back side of the case body 11, and the disk cartridge 1 can be taken out of the storage unit 20 smoothly. it can.

Further, the disk cartridge 1 has a cover 1
2 is rotated in a direction away from the case main body 11 to open the upper surface side of the case main body 11, whereby the storage case 1 is opened.
It can be taken out from 0. That is, as shown in FIG. 14, the lid 12 is separated from the case body 11 in FIG.
The middle arrow D ₁ direction is rotational operation. At this time, the lid 12
Is rotated from the vicinity of the side walls 62, 62. Then, the engagement state between the second engagement protrusions 63 on the lid 12 side and the first engagement protrusions 41 on the case body 11 is released.

At this time, the side walls 62 of the lid 12 are
As shown in FIG. 15, it is slightly bent inward.
On the side walls 62, 62 of the lid 12, tilt preventing projections 64, 6 are provided.
4, the second engagement projections 63, 6
3 is prevented from being engaged with the inner corners of the side walls 14 and 14 of the case body 11, and the lid 12 can be smoothly rotated. Further, as shown in FIG.
The side wall of the lid body 12 inserted into the thin section 16a, 16a, 16
In the region where a is formed, the amount of elastic displacement of the side wall of the lid 12 can be increased, and the arrow D in FIG.
A rotation operation in _one direction can be easily performed.

In the storage case 10 of the disk cartridge 1 configured as described above, the lid 12 is
When the upper surface of the disk cartridge 1 is closed, the disk cartridge 1 can be inserted / removed from the insertion / removal opening 44 on the front side of the case main body 11, and the lid 12 is
When the upper surface of the disk cartridge 1 is opened, the disk cartridge 1 can be inserted and removed from a position extending from the front surface to the upper surface of the case main body 11, so that the usability can be improved. In addition, the storage case 10 can be easily formed and assembled because the case body 11 and the lid 12 are integrally formed by using one molding die and the number of parts is one. The assembly device can be simplified. Furthermore, since the storage case 10 has the same side 2a as the insertion end of the disk cartridge 1 inserted into the recording and / or reproducing device, the insertion end is prevented from being mistaken when the disk cartridge 1 is stored. it can.

Next, another example of the finger hook 50 formed in the storage case 10 of the disk cartridge to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 17, the finger hook 50 is formed of a notch 52 formed by cutting a substantially central portion on the inner surface side of the back wall 15 into a substantially rectangular shape. The notch 52 is formed to have a width and a depth such that a user can put a fingertip on a side edge of the printed matter 7. The printed matter 7 is stored in the storage recess 23 in close contact with the bottom plate 13 and the rear wall 15 so as not to rattle during storage. However, as shown in FIG. And the printed matter 7 locked by the locking portions 24, 25, 25 is warped from the front side to the back side of the storage case 10 by locking the fingertip to the side edge of the printed matter 7. Thus, the printed matter 7 can be easily removed.

The storage case 10 to which the present invention is applied
Can be formed as follows.
As shown in FIG.
A substantially arc-shaped notch 53 as shown in FIG. 16 or a substantially rectangular notch 53 as shown in FIG. 17 is provided substantially in the center of the inner surface of the notch 53, and the notch 53 is inclined to a side surface substantially parallel to the inner surface of the rear wall 15. The surface portion 53a is provided. The notch 53 is formed to have a width such that a user can hook a fingertip on a side edge of the printed matter 7. The inclined surface portion 53a is formed so as to be inclined from the base end side of the rear wall 15 toward the distal end side toward the outer surface side, so that the fingertip can be easily hooked on the side edge of the printed matter 7 stored in the storage recessed portion 23. I have.

Further, the storage case 1 to which the present invention is applied
The zero finger portion 50 can also be formed as follows. As shown in FIG. 19, the finger hook 50 has a substantially arc-shaped notch 54 as shown in FIG. 16 or a substantially rectangular notch 54 as shown in FIG. Through hole 55 having the same width as the width of the portion 54
Are formed in the rear wall 15 side so as to be continuous with the cutout portion 54. The through hole 55 is formed in such a size that a user can insert a finger from the outside of the storage case 10 and push up the printed matter 7 from the storage recess 23. Further, the width of the through hole 55 and the width of the cutout portion 54 are the same, and the width is formed such that a user can hook a fingertip on a side edge of the printed matter 7. Therefore, the bottom plate 13 and the back wall 1
5 is pushed up by a finger or the like from the through-hole 55 to lift the printed matter 7 out of the storage recess 23, and easily put the printed matter 7 on the printed matter 7 from the notch 54. Can be taken out.

The finger hook 50 can also be formed as follows. As shown in FIG. 20, the finger hook 50 has a rectangular notch 56 as shown in FIG.
An inclined surface portion 56a is provided on a side surface substantially parallel to the inner surface of No. 5, and a through-hole 57 having the same width as the notch portion 56 as shown in FIG. Be done. As described above, the user inserts his / her finger from the outside of the storage case 10 into the
Is formed in such a size that it can be pushed up from the storage recess 23. Also, the width of the through hole 57 and the notch 5
The width of the print 6 is the same, and the width is formed so that a user can hook a fingertip on a side edge of the printed matter 7. Therefore, the printed matter 7 stored in close contact with the bottom plate 13 and the back wall 15 is pushed up from the through hole 57 by a finger or the like,
While the printed matter 7 is lifted from the storage recess 23,
The printed material 7 can be easily taken out by putting a finger on the printed material 7 from the cutout portion 56 provided with the inclined surface portion 56a.

The finger hook 50 can also be formed as follows. As shown in FIG. 21, the finger hook 50 has a through hole 58 formed in the bottom plate 13 so as to be continuous with the rear wall 15. As described above, the through hole 58 is formed in such a size that the user can insert a finger from the outside of the storage case 10 and push up the printed matter 7 from the storage recess 23. Therefore, the printed matter 7 housed in close contact with the bottom plate 13 and the back wall 15 is pushed up from the through hole 58 by a finger or the like and floats out of the housing recess 23, so that the printed matter 7 can be easily taken out.

The storage case 10 of the disk cartridge 1 to which the present invention is applied has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Can be applied to a storage case of a disk cartridge used as a recording medium. The storage case 10 described here is
Although the guide walls 16 for guiding the insertion and removal of the disk cartridge 1 are provided in the case body 11, the guide walls 16 are not necessarily provided in the present invention. If the guide walls 16 are not provided, the lid 12
The side walls 62, 62 may have the function of the guide walls 16, 16. Further, the storage case 10 described here includes the side walls 14 and 14 of the case body 11 and the lid 12.
The first and second engagement projections 41 and 6 are provided on side walls 62 and 62 of
By providing 3, the lid 12 holds the upper surface side of the case main body 11 in a closed state, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the side wall 1 of the case body 11
By providing an engagement recess or an engagement protrusion on each of the four or fourteen, and providing an engagement protrusion or an engagement recess on each of the side walls 62 and 62 of the lid 12, and engaging the engagement protrusion with the engagement recess. The lid 12 may close the upper surface of the case body 11. Lid 1
The case 2 and the case body 11 are separate bodies, and the lid 12 may be rotatably supported on the case body 11 via the hinge portion 47.

[0070]

According to the disk cartridge storage case of the present invention, since the finger hook for taking out the printed material stored in the storage recess is formed at a position along the hinge, the bottom plate and the back wall are formed. The printed matter stored in close contact can be easily removed. Therefore, when taking out the printed matter placed in the storage recess, it is possible to prevent the storage case from being deformed by forcibly distorting the storage case or using a sharp object to damage the storage case. Can be. Further, since the printed matter is not touched with the finger many times, the friction between the finger and the printed matter can prevent the described items from being worn and the printed matter from being damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a storage case of a disc cartridge in a state where a lid body has an upper surface side of a case body opened.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the storage case in a state where a lid closes an upper surface side of a case main body.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the storage case in a state in which a lid opens an upper surface of a case main body.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the storage case in which a lid closes an upper surface of a case main body.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the storage case in a state where a lid closes an upper surface of a case main body.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a main part in the vicinity of a holding portion of the case main body.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line II of the storage case shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the storage case in a state in which a lid closes an upper surface side of the case main body.

9 is a sectional view of the storage case shown in FIG. 3, taken along the line II-II.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state where a printed material is removed from a storage recess.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a main part near a hinge portion of the storage case.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a main part in the vicinity of a hinge portion of the storage case in a state where a lid body has opened an upper surface side of a case main body.

FIG. 13 is a main part plan view showing the vicinity of a hinge portion of the storage case in a state where a lid closes an upper surface side of a case main body.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of a storage case in which a disk cartridge is stored in a storage section of the disk cartridge.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the storage case when the lid is rotated in a direction away from the case body.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a main part of a finger hook having a cutout surface formed in an arc shape;

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a main part of a finger hook formed by forming a cutout surface of the cutout into a rectangular shape.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a main part of a finger hook having a cutout surface inclined.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a main part of a finger hook formed with a notch and a through hole connected to the notch;

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of a main part of a finger hook formed by forming a cutout portion having a cutout surface with an inclination and a through hole connected to the cutout portion.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view of a main part of a finger hook formed by forming a continuous through hole in a rear wall of a case main body.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional storage case for a disk cartridge.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disc cartridge, 4 shutters, 5 engagement recesses, 10 storage cases, 11 case bodies, 12 lids, 13 bottom plates, 14 side walls, 15 back walls, 16 guide walls, 17 gaps, 22 guide rails, 41 first
Engaging projection, 47 hinge portion, 50 finger hook portion, 51 notch portion, 52 through hole, 61 top plate, 62 side plate, 63 second engaging projection

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bottom plate on which a disc cartridge is mounted and a storage recess for storing printed matter is formed, a pair of side walls provided on both sides of the bottom plate, and a back side of the bottom plate. A case body having a rear wall provided, an upper surface side and a front surface side being open; a top plate closing the upper surface side of the case body; and a top plate closing the upper surface side of the case body, A pair of side walls provided on opposite sides of the top plate so as to be substantially parallel to the pair of side walls of the case body, and rotatably supported by hinges on the back side of the case body. A cover for the disk cartridge, wherein the case main body is formed with a finger hook for taking out the printed material stored in the storage recess at a position along the hinge portion. . 2. The disk cartridge storage case according to claim 1, wherein said finger hook portion is formed by a notch formed on an inner surface side of said rear wall. 3. The disk according to claim 2, wherein the notch has an inclined surface portion inclined outward from a base end to a tip end of the rear wall. Cartridge storage case. 4. The storage case for a disk cartridge according to claim 2, wherein a through hole is formed in the bottom plate of the case body so as to be continuous with the notch. 5. The storage case for a disk cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the finger hook portion is formed of a through hole formed in the bottom plate so as to be continuous with a rear wall of the case body.