JP2002019872A - Disk storing case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drawable disk storing case which is capable of simply storing two disks and easily taking the stored disks out of it and which is different from a conventional openable disk storing case. SOLUTION: The disk storing case comprises a tray 2 for storing disks and a casing 3 for containing the tray 2 in a drawable manner. A folding part 7 is provided on the tray 2 so that the tray 2 can be folded in two when the tray 2 is drawn from the casing 3. A first disk storing portion 5 for storing the first disk is provided on the rear side of the tray 2, and a second disk storing portion 6 for storing the second disk is provided on the front side of the tray 2, respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a digital video disk (DVD), a compact disk (CD), and a CD.
-It concerns a case for storing a disk such as a ROM.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An optical disk is widely used as a record carrier for various kinds of information because of its small outer shape in addition to its large storage capacity. Conventionally, as a container for accommodating the optical disk, a box-shaped openable / closable case made of hard plastic, called a jewel box, has been widely used.

[0003] Such a case has a button-shaped member that engages with the center hole of the disk, and stores the disk by fitting the center hole of the disk into the button-shaped member. When removing the disc stored in the case, usually, the button-shaped member is pressed downward to disengage the center hole of the disc and lift the disc upward. Also, a two-pack case in which a disk is stored in each of the opened left and right cases is already known.

[0004]

However, the conventional openable / closable storage case is difficult to disengage when the center hole of the disk is fitted in the button-like member exactly.
In many cases, the outer peripheral portion of the disk was grasped by hand and lifted off. Further, there is a problem that if the disk is loosely engaged, the disk is likely to come off. In particular, in the case of a two-piece case, the disks are engaged with the left and right cases, respectively, so removing and storing the disks is troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a drawer-type disk storage case which can easily store two disks and can easily take out the stored disks, which is different from the conventional openable type. Is to do.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a disk storage case according to the present invention is configured as follows. That is, a case for accommodating a disk, comprising a tray for accommodating the disk, and a housing for accommodating the tray so that the tray can be pulled out, so that the tray can be folded in two when pulled out of the housing. A bent portion is provided on the tray, a first storage portion for storing the first disk is provided on the back side of the tray, and a second storage portion for storing the second disk is provided on the near side of the tray. Each is provided. Further, the first storage section is located above and the second storage section is located below. Further, the whole second disk is stored in the tray at the front side of the bent portion. Also,
The first storage section holds and stores the outer peripheral portion of the disk. Further, there is provided means for preventing the tray from being pulled out when the tray is drawn out to a position where the bent portion of the tray faces the outside of the housing. With such a configuration,
The tray can be pulled out of the housing to easily store and take out the two disks. Further, the tray does not need to be completely pulled out of the housing when storing and removing the disk.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a plan view of a tray according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a disk storage case showing a state where the tray is pulled out of a housing, and FIG. The perspective view shows the state where the tray was stored. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a housing, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a disk storage case, in which a tray is pulled out of the housing and folded in two to store or take out a disk. Further FIG.
2 shows a state in which the disk is stored in the tray in the sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

[0008] The disk storage case 1 of the present invention comprises a DV
A case for accommodating a disk such as D, CD, CD-ROM, etc., comprising a tray 2 for accommodating the disk, and a housing 3 for accommodating the tray 2 so that it can be pulled out.

The tray 2 is formed in a rectangular shape as a whole, and has a bent portion 7 in the width direction slightly deeper than the center of the tray 2 so that the tray 2 can be folded in two when the tray 2 is pulled out from the housing 3. Is provided. A first disk storage unit 5 for storing the first disk 4A is located on the back side of the tray 2, and a second disk storage unit 6 for storing the second disk 4B is located on the front side of the tray 2. Are provided. Here, a step 8 extending in the width direction is provided at a position slightly deeper than the bent part 7 in the first disk storage part 5,
The first disk storage section 5 is located above, and the second disk storage section 6 is located below. In other words, the first disk storage section 5 and the second disk storage section 6 form a structure like a two-story building. Then, the second disk storage unit 6 is arranged so that the rear end of the second disk 4B is located closer to the front of the bent portion 7 of the tray 2 and the entire disk 4B is positioned closer to the front of the bent portion 7. It is configured to be stored.
Thus, when the tray 2 is pulled out and bent, it is possible to prevent the disk 4B on the front side from hitting the disk 4A on the rear side and jumping up.

Further, the first disk storage section 5 holds and stores the outer peripheral portion of the disk. In other words, the disk holding projection 9 is provided at the innermost peripheral portion of the disk storage portion 5, and the entire outer periphery of the disk 4A is sandwiched between the disk holding projection 9 and the tray bottom surface, so that the entire disk 4A is Hold the cantilever on the half side. At this time, if the bottom surface of the disk storage portion 5 on the back side of the step portion 8 is formed in a slightly mortar shape so that the center is lower, the recording surface of the disk 4A is held in a state of not contacting the bottom surface. The second disk storage section 6 on the front side has a disk holding claw 11 which is engaged with the center hole of the disk at the center thereof to hold and store the center of the disk. The disk holding claw 11
Is not particularly limited in the present invention. For example, it may be a button-shaped member having an engaging projection at the tip, a plurality of claw plates arranged in a cylindrical shape, or a pair of elastic tongue pieces arranged with the tips facing each other. May be.

Also, on the tray 2, the disk storage units 5, 6
Booklet storage steps 12, 13 are provided at a higher position,
Two discs 4A and 4B are accommodated, and a booklet explaining the contents of the discs and the like can be accommodated thereon using the steps 12 and 13. Further, a long hole 10 is formed in the bottom surface of the first disk storage portion 5, and an end surface on the front side of the tray 2 is formed as an inclined surface 15 for improving design, and the tray 2 is placed thereon. It has a holding portion 14 for hooking a fingertip when pulled out from the housing 3.

On the other hand, the housing 3 is formed in a thin box shape, one end of which is open.
Is housed so that it can be pulled out. Then, two stoppers 17, 17 on the left and right sides are located at positions near the open sides (front side in the direction in which the tray 2 is pulled out) of the inner slide surfaces 3 a, 3 a of the housing 3.
(See FIG. 5). When the tray 2 is pulled out to a position where the bent portion 7 of the tray 2 faces the outside of the housing 3 in a state where the tray 2 is stored in the housing 3, the side wall slightly deeper than the bent portion 7 of the tray 2 The locking portions 16, 16 on the end faces 2 a, 2 a abut against the stoppers 16, 16 of the housing 3 to prevent further pulling out of the tray 2. It is preferable that the housing 3 be formed of a transparent material because the booklet inside can be seen from the outside.

As described above, the disk storage case 1 of the present invention can be folded in two when the tray 2 is pulled out of the housing 3, and in this state, the first disk 4A is inserted into the back side and The disk 4 </ b> A is stored in the first disk storage part 5 by being held by the disk holding protrusion 9. Further, the second disk 4B is inserted into the disk holding claw 11
And stored in the second disk storage section 6. Then, in order to take out the stored disk 4B on the near side, the tray 2 is pulled out toward the user, and the disk 4B is lifted upward by releasing the engagement of the center hole of the disk 4B while pressing the disk holding claw 11 downward. To Further, in order to remove the disc 4A on the back side, the tray 2 may be pulled out toward the front side and folded in two, and the fingers may be put on the outer circumference and the center hole of the disc 4A and pulled out toward the front side (see FIGS. 3 and 6). . At this time, it is also possible to take out only the back disk 4A while keeping the front disk 4B housed.

Even if the tray 2 is bent while the front disk 4B is stored, the front disk 4B does not hit the rear disk 4A, and the front disk 4B is not bent.
However, there is no inconvenience that the disk is disengaged from the disk holding claw 11 and slides down. In this manner, the two discs 4A and 4B can be easily and reliably stored and taken out by the drawer type case. In addition, when taking out the discs, it is of course possible to take out both discs, but it is also possible to take out only one of the desired discs, and to take out the back disc 4A without taking out the front disc 4B. I can do it.

When the tray 2 is pulled out to the position where the bent portion 7 of the tray 2 faces the outside of the housing 3, the tray 2 is locked on the tray 2 side so as to prevent the tray 2 from being pulled out further. Since the portions 16 and 16 are provided with the stoppers 17 and 17 on the housing 3 side, respectively, the disks 4A and
The tray 2 does not have to be completely pulled out of the housing 3 when storing and removing the 4B, so that the tray 2 is completely removed from the housing 3 by mistake and the tray 2 is inserted into the housing 3 again. I don't need In addition, the booklet storage step 1 is placed in the tray 2.
By providing the booklets 2 and 13, the booklet can be placed in the tray 2 and used in the drawer-type case as in the case of the conventional openable / closable case.

[0016]

As described in detail above, the disk storage case of the present invention can be folded in two when the tray is pulled out of the housing, and can easily store two disks.
Moreover, the two stored disks can be easily taken out. Then, it is also possible to take out only one of the discs without hitting the discs when taking out the disc.

Further, by providing a means for preventing the tray from being pulled out when the tray is pulled out to a position where the bent portion of the tray faces the outside of the housing, the tray can be taken out of the housing when storing and removing the disk. Since the tray does not have to be completely pulled out, there is no need to insert the tray into the housing again.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tray according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a disk storage case, showing a state where a tray is pulled out of a housing;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the tray is stored, similarly to FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a housing.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a disk storage case, showing a state in which a tray is pulled out from a housing, folded in two, and a disk is stored or taken out.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, similar to FIG. 2, showing a state in which a disc is stored in a tray.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 disk storage case 2 tray 3 housing 4A, 4B disk 5 first disk storage section 6 second disk storage section 7 bent section 8 stepped section 9 disk holding projection 11 disk holding claw 12, 13 booklet storage step 14 Tray drawer holding part 16 Locking part 17 Stopper

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A case for accommodating a disk, comprising: a tray for accommodating the disk; and a housing for accommodating the tray so that the tray can be pulled out. The tray is folded in two when the tray is pulled out from the housing. A bent portion is provided on the tray so that a first disk can be stored at the back of the tray, and a second disk can be stored at the near side of the tray. A case for storing a disc, wherein a storage section is provided. 2. The disk storage case according to claim 1, wherein said first storage section is located above and said second storage section is located below. 3. A front side of the bent portion of the tray,
3. The disk storage case according to claim 1, wherein the whole of the first disk is stored. 4. The disk storage case according to claim 1, wherein the first storage section holds and stores an outer peripheral portion of the disk. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for preventing the tray from being pulled out when the tray is pulled out to a position where the bent portion of the tray faces the outside of the housing. The disk storage case according to any one of the above.