JP2001139081A - Display element storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display element storage container which is highly efficient in storage and not bulky. SOLUTION: The inside of a peripheral frame 4 of the storage container 1 is a mounting region 2 which is opened upward. The region 2 includes a first slope 5 where a body of a display element 11 (envelope 13) is placed on an upper surface and a second slope 6 where an external lead 12 is placed on an upper surface. The first slope 15 is formed with first holding protrusions each two of which hold the right and left of the envelope, a second holding protrusion 8 for holding a lower rim of the body of the element 11, and a third holding protrusion 9 for holding an upper rim of the element 11 placed under it. Another display element storage container 1 is overlaid on the first storage container 1 with the display element mounted. Since the elements 11 can be stacked in multiple stages while being slantly mounted, numerous elements 11 can be stored inside a plurality of the stacked storage containers 1 with good storage efficiency. In addition, since the elements 11 are reliably pressed by the holding protrusions 7, 8, 9 from multiple directions, they do not rattle inside.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fluorescent display,
The present invention relates to a display element storage container capable of storing flat and thin display elements such as P and organic EL.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Here, a fluorescent display tube will be described as an example of a thin display device, and a container for storing the fluorescent display tube for shipping and transportation will be described. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional structure of such a storage container 100 for a display element.
A fluorescent display tube 101 is housed therein. This container 1
In the box-shaped main body 102, hollow portions 105 and support portions 106 are alternately provided inside the box-shaped main body 102, on which the fluorescent display tube 1 is placed.
The external lead 107 is placed in the cavity 105 with the envelope 01 mounted thereon. The upper surface opening of the main body is closed by the cover plate 103, and at the same time, the upper surface side of the envelope of the fluorescent display tube 101 is pressed.

[0003]

Generally, a display element such as a fluorescent display tube has a thin box-shaped main body having a display surface, and external leads protruding from the main body.
The external lead is a connection terminal for connecting an external drive circuit or drive power supply to an internal electrode and the like, and is usually led out from a side surface of the thin box-shaped main body and bent in a direction orthogonal to the display surface. . This is because the display surface is on the front (or rear) side of the thin box-shaped main body, and when this is mounted on a display unit such as an electronic device, the flat main body is parallel to the circuit board. It is because it is attached like. That is, switches which are directly operated by the user are arranged on the circuit board. Therefore, the surface of the circuit board is often arranged in the housing in close proximity to the front panel of the device and in parallel with the front panel. If the display element is mounted on the circuit board such that the display surface is parallel to the circuit board disposed in the housing, the display surface of the display element can be arranged on the front panel of the device. In order to make such a configuration, as described above, the external leads derived from the side surfaces of the thin box-shaped main body of the display element are bent in a direction perpendicular to the display surface so that they can be directly connected to the circuit board. There is a need to.

It is conceivable that the external leads may be extended without being bent at the time of shipment from the manufacturer, and the user may bend as necessary. The portion projecting through the casing) often has an airtight structure. For example, a fluorescent display tube is a sealing portion using a glass sealing material.
For this reason, careless bending of the external lead breaks the penetrating portion of the lead, and the airtightness of the envelope may be lost so that the envelope may not function as a display element. Therefore, it is not common to bend the external leads on the user side, and in the case of display devices such as fluorescent display tubes, manufacturers must bend the external leads and ship them in this state. There is.

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5, the conventional display element storage container 100 requires a large internal space to safely store both the envelope and the external leads. Conventionally, styrene foam is used as a material, and the thickness of the storage container must be increased in order to obtain sufficient strength. That is, the conventional display element storage container is
The box was thick and the whole that housed the product was big.
Therefore, there is a problem in that the storage efficiency is poor, so that many products cannot be stored in spite of being bulky, and the burden of transportation costs is large. Further, in the case of a bulky storage container made of polystyrene foam, there is a problem that it is difficult to return the container to the manufacturer (shipping source) in consideration of cost and labor, and it is difficult to dispose of the container.

[0006] The present invention has a high storage efficiency, that is, the volume when storing the product can be smaller than before, thereby lowering the freight cost, and since it is not bulky, it can be returned and reused, and no disposal is required. An object of the present invention is to provide a storage container for a display element.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display element storage container, comprising: a main body having a display surface; and a direction protruding from the main body and intersecting the display surface. A display element storage container for storing a display element having an external lead (12) bent to
A first inclined surface on which a main body of the display element is arranged;
And a second inclined surface (6) on which the external lead of the display element is arranged has a holding surface (3) which is continuous in a mountain shape.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display element container (1) having a main body (envelope 13) having a display surface and external leads protruding from the main body and bent in a direction intersecting the display surface. (12) A storage container for a display element in which the display elements are stored in multiple levels by placing and stacking the display elements having (1) and (2), a first inclined surface (5) on which a main body of the display element is arranged on an upper surface. And a second inclined surface (6) on which an external lead of the display element is arranged on an upper surface, and a holding surface (3) continuous in a chevron and an upper surface of the first inclined surface. Holding projections (5, 6, 7) for holding the main body of the display element, and a second display on a first display element storage container having the display element mounted on the holding surface. The display element is placed on the second display element by stacking element storage containers. And it is configured to be held by the lower surface of the holding surface of the use container.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display element storage container according to the second aspect, wherein the upper and lower two display element storage containers are fitted to each other when they are stacked. The formed peripheral frame portion (4) is formed integrally with the holding surface around the holding surface (3).

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display element storage container according to the third aspect, wherein a thin plate-shaped resin material is formed by molding.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, the display device storage container 1 of this example is a dish-shaped container, and a saw-tooth shape in which a large number of mountain-shaped holding surfaces 3 are arranged vertically and horizontally on an open upper surface. Is formed. Multiple display elements 1 having bent external leads 12
1 are placed on the mounting area 2 and stacked as shown in FIG.
1 and is reliably held in a narrow gap.

Details will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the display element storage container 1 is a dish-shaped container having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, which is formed by integrally molding a resin plate of polystyrene or the like by vacuum molding or the like. The outer edge is a peripheral frame portion 4 that is continuously formed in a peripheral shape. The peripheral frame portion 4 has a substantially rectangular or trapezoidal cross section, and its lower surface is open. Therefore, if two display element storage containers 1 are stacked,
They fit tightly as shown in FIG.

The inside of the peripheral frame 4 is the mounting area 2 which is opened upward. In the mounting area 2, a large number of holding surfaces 3 that are continuous in a chevron are formed regularly and vertically.
In the present example shown in FIG. 1, a total of 27 holding surfaces 3 are formed in 3 rows and 9 columns, so that 27 display elements 11 can be stored.

Each holding surface 3 has a first inclined surface 5 on which the main body (enclosure 13) of the display element 11 is disposed on the upper surface and a second inclined surface 5 on which the external lead 12 of the display element 11 is disposed on the upper surface. Surface 6 In this example, the angle formed by the bending direction of the external lead 12 with respect to the display surface of the display element 11 is substantially 90 degrees, and the apex angle of the two inclined surfaces is set to 90 degrees. That is, as shown in FIG.
When the envelope 13 of the display element 11 is placed on the first inclined surface 5 with the side facing upward, the external leads 12 are arranged along the second inclined surface 6 at a predetermined interval from the second inclined surface 6. Will be arranged.

On the upper surface of each first inclined surface 5, two first holding projections 7 are provided. As shown in FIG.
When the display element 11 is placed on the first inclined surface 5, the two first
The holding projection 7 holds the envelope 13 of the display element 11 from left and right.

On the upper surface of each first inclined surface 5, one second holding projection 8 is provided. As shown in FIG.
When the display element 11 is placed on the first inclined surface 5, the second holding projection 8 holds the lower edge of the main body of the display element 11.

Further, on the lower surface of the first inclined surface 5, one third holding projection 9 continuous in the left-right direction is formed.
As shown in FIG. 4, the display element 1 on which the display element 11 is mounted
When the other storage container 1 for display element 11 is stacked on the storage container 1 for one, the third holding projection 9 of the storage container 1 for upper display element 11 holds the upper edge of the display element 11 below. I do.

Next, a method of using the display element storage container 1 having the above configuration will be described. The storage container 1 for a display element of this example can be used to store even a single display element 11, but two or more sheets are required to store a large number of display elements 11 in a space-efficient and safe manner. It is preferable to use them repeatedly.

The display element 11 is placed on each holding surface 3 on the upper surface of the first display element storage container 1 in the above-described posture. In this example, 27 display elements 1 are stored in one display element storage container 1.
1 can be placed. The mounted display element 11 has the first inclined surface 5.
The left and right edges are held by the two first holding projections 7, and the lower edge is held by the second holding projections 8.

Next, the second display element storage container 1 is stacked from above. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower surface of the first inclined surface 5 of the upper display element storage container 1 presses the surface of the lower display element 11, and the third protrusion 9 of the upper display element storage container 1.
Hold the upper edge of the display element 11 below. Since the peripheral frame portion 4 surrounding the mounting area 2 is closely fitted up and down, the upper and lower display element storage containers 1 are integrated together with the display element 11 to such an extent that they can be handled stably. Thus, the display element 11 is stably held and stored in the display element storage container 1 without any gap. If the display element 11 is further placed on the display element storage container 1 above, and the third display element storage container 1 is further stacked thereon, the display element 11 can be stored similarly. it can. Some display element storage containers 1 in which the display elements 11 are arranged in advance may be sequentially stacked, or each time the display element storage containers 1 are sequentially stacked, the display element 11 is placed on the top container in each case. They may be arranged. The last display element storage container 1 is used as a lid, and the display element 11 is not placed.

The display element 11 of this embodiment has an external lead 12 which is bent to protrude to the outside, and a large storage space is required in the conventional storage structure. Since the elements 11 are stacked in multiple stages while being mounted in an inclined manner, a large number of display elements 11 can be stored with good storage efficiency in the plurality of stacked display element storage containers 1. Further, the display element 11 is provided with the holding projections 7,
Since it is securely pressed from multiple directions at 8, 9, it is stable without rattling inside.

[0022]

According to the present invention, the containers on which the display elements are mounted at an angle can be stacked in multiple stages, so that a large number of display elements can be stored in a plurality of stacked containers with good storage efficiency. it can. Because of this, the volume when storing the product can be smaller than before, which lowers the fare, and if it is piled up after use, it is not bulky, so it is not necessary to return it and the cost is reduced, it can be reused and disposed Becomes unnecessary. Further, since the display element is securely pressed from multiple directions by the holding projections, the display element does not rattle inside, is stable, and has little risk of breakage during transportation. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along section line (A) of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along section line (b) of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a conventional display element storage container.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Storage container for display elements, 2 ... Mounting area, 3 ... Holding surface,
Reference numeral 4: peripheral frame portion, 5: first inclined surface, 6: second inclined surface, 7: first holding projection, 8: second holding projection, 9: third holding projection, 1
1 ... display element, 12 ... external lead, 13 ... envelope.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display element storage container for storing a display element having a main body having a display surface and an external lead protruding from the main body and bent in a direction intersecting the display surface, wherein: A first inclined surface on which the main body is disposed and a second inclined surface on which the external leads of the display element are disposed;
A storage container for a display element having a holding surface continuous in a chevron. 2. A display element having a main body having a display surface and an external lead projecting from the main body and bent in a direction intersecting with the display surface is placed and stacked to store the display elements in multiple stages. In the display device container, a first inclined surface on which a main body of the display element is disposed on an upper surface, and a second inclined surface on which an external lead of the display element is disposed on an upper surface
And a holding surface that is continuous in a mountain shape, and a holding protrusion that is provided on an upper surface of the first inclined surface and holds the main body of the display element. The display element is held by the lower surface of the holding surface of the second display element storage container by stacking the second display element storage container on the first display element storage container on which the elements are mounted. Storage container for a display element configured to be operated. 3. A peripheral frame portion formed so as to be fitted to each other when two upper and lower display element storage containers are overlapped, and formed integrally with said holding surface around said holding surface.
The storage container for a display element as described in the above. 4. The storage container for a display element according to claim 3, wherein a thin plate-shaped resin material is formed by molding.