JP2004231203A - Information recording medium cartridge storage case and index card - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To open a U-shaped index card in an interlocking manner with the opening/closing operation of a lid part. <P>SOLUTION: In an information recording medium storage case 1, a case body part 2 and a lid part 3 are connected to each other by a hinge 4 in a turnably opening/closing manner. A positioning rib 41 to position a stored information recording medium cartridge 100 is provided on an inner surface of a side wall of the case body part 2 and the lid part 3. A card holding space part 44 with a peripheral edge portion of an index card 101 inserted therein and held thereby is provided between the positioning ribs 41, the case body part 2 and an inner bottom face of the lid part 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information recording medium storage case for storing an information recording medium such as a disk cartridge and an index card used by being stored in the information recording medium storage case.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As an information recording medium storage case and an index card stored and used in the information recording medium storage case, for example, the one shown in FIG. 13 is known. The information recording medium storage case 201 has a lid 204 that can be opened and closed by a hinge (not shown) in a case body 203 into which a tray 202 formed into a shape adapted to a compact disk (not shown) to be stored is inserted. Mounted on.
[0003]
A protrusion 207 for inserting and holding an index and an instruction card 301 is provided inside the side walls 205 and 206 of the lid 204.
[0004]
On the other hand, the index and instruction manual card 301 include an insertion sheet portion 302 having substantially the same shape as the compact disk to be stored, and a tongue piece portion 303.
[0005]
The index and the instruction card 301 are inserted into the gap between the upper surface of the lid 204 and the projection 207 from the opposite side of the tongue piece 303, and are held on the upper surface of the lid 204. The tongue piece 303 projects out of the case body 203. (For example, Patent Document 1)
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-315878 A (Claims, Paragraph Nos. 0004, 0008, 0012)
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, the conventional information recording medium storage case 201, the index and the instruction card 301 have the following problems.
(1) The information recording medium storage case 201 uses a tray 202 and stores a so-called bare compact disc not stored in a cartridge in a concave portion 202a provided in the tray 202. Discs, ie, disc cartridges, cannot be stored.
[0008]
It is conceivable to remove the tray 202 and store the disk cartridge in the case main body 203, but the stored disk cartridge cannot be positioned, so that the disk cartridge rattles in the case main body 203.
(2) The protrusions 207 provided inside the side walls 205 and 206 of the lid 204 are only for inserting and holding the index and the instruction card 301, and the discs housed in the case body 203 by the protrusions 207. Cartridge positioning cannot be performed.
(3) The index and the instruction card 301 are composed of an insertion sheet portion 302 and a tongue piece 303 having substantially the same shape as the compact disk to be stored, and are arranged only on the lid 204 side. In addition, it cannot be arranged over the case body 203 side. In order to dispose it on the case body 203 side, another index or instruction manual card 301 must be prepared.
[0009]
An object of the present invention is to allow an information recording medium cartridge housed in a cartridge such as a disk cartridge to be housed in a state where it is positioned by a positioning rib, and that an index and an instruction manual card be mounted on a case body and a lid by the positioning rib. An object of the present invention is to provide an information recording medium storage case that can be inserted and held.
[0010]
Another object of the present invention is to provide an index and an instruction card that can be arranged over both the case body and the lid.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 is an information recording medium cartridge storage case in which a case body and a lid are rotatably opened and closed by a hinge,
A positioning rib for positioning the stored information recording medium cartridge is provided on the inner surface of the side wall of the case body and the lid, and an index card for the index card is provided between the positioning rib and the inner bottom surface of the case body and the lid. By providing a card holding space for inserting and holding the peripheral edge,
The positioning rib has a function of positioning the information recording medium cartridge and a function of inserting and holding the index card so that the stored information recording medium cartridge does not rattle in the case and has an index bent into a substantially U-shape. The card can be inserted and held in both the case body and the lid.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an index card used by being stored in the information recording medium cartridge storage case according to the first aspect,
A first card portion superposed on an inner bottom surface of the case main body portion of the information recording medium cartridge storage case and inserted and held in a card holding space between the inner bottom surface and the positioning rib; A second card portion which is connected to one end of the portion via a first bent portion and is superimposed on the inner surface of the side wall of the case body portion; and a second bent portion is provided at one end portion of the second card portion. And a third card portion which is continuously stacked on the inner bottom surface of the lid portion and is inserted and held in a card holding space portion between the inner bottom surface and the positioning rib,
The first card portion is held on the inner bottom surface of the case body by positioning ribs, the second card portion is arranged along the inner surface of the side wall of the case body portion, and the third card portion is placed on the inner bottom surface of the lid portion. It can be held by positioning ribs.
[0013]
The invention according to claim 3 is the index card according to claim 2,
By providing the second card portion with third and fourth bent portions that are bent along the side wall of the case main body portion and the side wall of the lid portion when the lid portion is opened,
Even when the lid is opened in an information recording medium storage case of the type in which the side wall of the case main body and the side wall of the lid are connected by a hinge, the side wall of the case main body and the side wall of the lid follow the bending of the hinge even when the lid is opened. The second card portion is bent along the inner surface of the second card portion.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
1 to 9 show a first embodiment. In this embodiment, an information recording medium cartridge storage case (hereinafter, simply referred to as a cartridge storage case) of a type in which the front end surfaces of the case main body and the side wall of the lid abut against each other when the lid is closed. Shows a case where the present invention is applied.
[0015]
1 is a perspective view of the cartridge storage case 1 in a fully opened state, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cartridge storage case 1 in a fully closed state, FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a positioning rib portion, and FIG. 5A is a plan view of the index card, and FIG. 5B is a side view of the index card.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 1, the cartridge storage case 1 is configured as a case for storing a one-reel data cartridge 100.
[0017]
In the cartridge storage case 1, a lid (upper half) 3 is connected to a case body (lower half) 2 by a hinge 4 so as to be rotatable and openable.
[0018]
The case body 2 includes a substantially square bottom plate 21, front and rear side walls 22 and 23, and left and right side walls 24 and 25 erected on four sides of the bottom plate 21.
[0019]
The bottom plate 21 is formed slightly larger than the area of the upper and lower main surfaces of the one-reel data cartridge 100 to be stored. The height H of the front, rear, left, and right side walls 22 to 25 is slightly larger than half the thickness T of the one-reel data cartridge 100.
[0020]
On both sides on the inner peripheral surface side of the front side wall 22, there are provided tongue inserts 26 into which elastic tongues 36 provided on the lid 3 described below are inserted, and a lower end of the tongue insert 26. Is provided with an engagement concave portion 27 with which an engagement convex portion 37 provided on the elastic tongue piece 36 is engaged. Further, at the corners of the left and right side walls 24, 25 and the front side wall 22, a convex portion 28 for positioning with the lid 3 is provided.
[0021]
The lid portion 3 includes a bottom plate 31 having a substantially rectangular shape like the case body portion 2, front and rear side walls 32 and 33 erected on four sides of the bottom plate 31, and left and right 34 and 35. I have.
[0022]
Elastic tongues 36 to be inserted into tongue inserts 26 provided in the case main body 2 are provided on both sides on the inner peripheral surface side of the front side wall 32, and the tip of the elastic tongues 36 is provided. The portion is provided with an engagement protrusion 37 that fits into the fitting portion 27.
[0023]
The case main body 2 and the lid 3 are connected to each other at the upper ends of the side walls 23 and 33 behind each other by a thin hinge 4. When the cover 3 is rotated in the closing direction from the fully opened state shown in FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. 2, the front end surfaces of the front, rear, left and right side walls 32 to 35 of the cover 3 and the case The front and rear sides of the main body 2 and the front end surfaces of the left and right side walls 22 to 25 abut against each other, so that the case main body 2 and the lid 3 are closed. At this time, the positioning projection 28 provided at the corner between the left and right side walls 24 and 25 of the case body 2 and the front side wall 22 is connected to the left and right side walls 34 and 35 of the lid 3 and the front side. The case body 2 and the lid 3 are positioned by engaging with the corner 38 with the side wall 32 of the main body, and the engaging projection 37 at the tip end of the elastic tongue piece 36 provided on the lid 3 is formed. The lid 3 is locked to the case main body 2 side by engaging with the engaging concave portion 27 provided at the lower end of the tongue piece insertion portion 26 of the case main body 2, and the lid is maintained in the closed state.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 1, the case body 2 and the lid 3 are provided with a plurality of positioning ribs 41 for positioning the stored one-reel data cartridge 100 on the inner surfaces of the left and right side walls 24, 25, 34, 35. I have.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 3 in an enlarged manner, the positioning rib 41 has an inclined surface 42 and a vertical surface 43 continuous with the inclined surface 42, and the one-reel data cartridge 100 is inserted into the inclined surface 42. It guides and positions one reel data cartridge 100 on the vertical surface 43.
[0026]
The positioning ribs 41 are provided separately from the bottom plates 21 and 31 of the case body 2 and the lid 3, and the lower ends of the positioning ribs 41 and the bottom plates 21 and 31 of the case body 2 and the lid 3 are provided. A card holding space (gap) 44 for inserting and holding a peripheral portion of the index card 101 described below is provided between the bottom surface and the bottom surface.
[0027]
The cartridge storage case 1 is formed by injection molding integrally with a transparent thermoplastic resin such as polypropylene (PP) or polyethylene (PE) having excellent flexibility and high tensile elongation. Can be seen through from the outside. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 45 denotes a hole for forming a card holding space 44 below the positioning rib 41.
[0028]
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a main part of an example of a molding device of the cartridge storage case 1. The molding apparatus 301 includes a fixed mold 302 and a movable mold 303, and a cartridge is accommodated by injecting a molten resin into a cavity 304 formed between the fixed mold 302 and the movable mold 303. Case 1 is molded. The fixed mold 302 has a projection 305 projecting into the cavity 304, and the projection 305 forms a hole 45 and a card holding space 44 in the cartridge storage case 1.
[0029]
As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the first index card 101 is superimposed on the inner surface of the bottom plate 21 of the case main body 2 and the peripheral edge is inserted and held in the card holding space 44. A card portion 102, an inner surface of a rear side wall 23 of the case main body portion 2 and a rear side wall of the lid portion 3 which are continuous with one end portion of the first card portion 102 via a first bent portion 103; A second card portion 104 superposed on the inner surface of the bottom portion 33; and an inner surface of the bottom plate 31 of the lid portion 3, which is connected to one end of the second card portion 104 via a second bent portion 105. A third card section 106 having a third card section 106 which is superposed thereon and whose peripheral edge is inserted and held in the card holding space section 44, following the hinge 4 of the cartridge storage case 1. 3rd and 4th bent parts which can be bent 07,108 is provided. The third card section 106 is provided with a fifth bent section 109 along the second bent section 105. As shown in FIG. 8, the fifth bent portion 109 compensates for the displacement of the second bent portion 105 toward the rear side wall 33 of the lid portion 3 when the lid portion 3 is opened, The third card portion 106 is easily bent at a corner between the side wall 33 and the bottom plate 31.
[0030]
The first card portion 102 is formed to have substantially the same size as the inner surface of the bottom plate 21 of the case main body 2. The second card portion 104 is formed to have a size in which the inner surface of the rear side wall 23 of the case main body 2 and the inner surface of the rear side wall 33 of the lid portion 3 are combined. The third card section 106 is formed to have substantially the same size as the inner surface of the bottom plate 31 of the lid section 3.
[0031]
The index card 101 is made of cardboard or the like, and can be easily bent at the first bent portion 103, the second bent portion 105, and the third to fifth bent portions 107 to 109. It has become.
[0032]
Next, the operation of the cartridge storage case 1 and the index card 101 will be described.
[0033]
The attachment of the index card 101 to the cartridge storage case 1 is performed, for example, in the following procedure. First, as shown in FIG. 6, the index card 101 is bent in a substantially U-shape at the first bent portion 103 and the second bent portion 105.
[0034]
Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the first card portion 102 of the index card 101 is overlaid on the inner surface of the bottom plate 21 of the case main body 2, and the peripheral portion of the first card portion 102 is It is inserted and held in the card holding space 44 between the lower end of the positioning rib 41 provided on the section 2 and the bottom plate 21 of the case body 2.
[0035]
After aligning the second card portion 104 of the index card 101 along the inner surface of the rear side wall 23 of the case main body 2, a third folding is performed at the upper end of the side wall 23 as shown by a two-dot chain line. After being bent at substantially a right angle in the horizontal direction at the bent portion 107, it is bent at a substantially right angle in the vertical direction at the fourth bent portion 108, and along the inner surface of the side wall 33 behind the lid portion 3, The third card portion 106 is bent at the bent portion 109 to overlap the inner surface of the bottom plate 31 of the lid portion 3. Then, the peripheral portion of the third card portion 106 is inserted and held in the card holding space 44 between the lower end of the positioning rib 41 provided on the case body 3 and the bottom plate 31 of the case body 3. When the lid 3 is changed from the closed state to the open state, the fifth bent portion 109 is located at the corner between the rear side wall 33 and the bottom plate 31 of the lid 3. When the lid 3 is opened, the second card portion 104 is bent by the third and fourth bent portions 107 and 108 so as to cover the hinge 4, and the second card portion 104 is pulled. is there.
[0036]
As described above, after the index card 101 is attached to the cartridge storage case 1 and the one-reel data cartridge 100 is inserted into the case main body 2, the one-reel data cartridge 100 is guided by the inclined surface 42 of the positioning rib 41. It is inserted into the case body 2 while being moved, and is positioned on the vertical surface 43.
[0037]
After the one-reel data cartridge 100 is inserted into the case body 2 and the lid 3 is rotated in the closing direction with the hinge 4 as a fulcrum, as shown in FIG. 25 and the end faces of the side walls 32 to 35 of the lid 3 abut against each other, and the elastic tongue 36 provided on the lid 3 is inserted into the tongue insertion part 26 provided on the case main body 2, and the elastic tongue The engaging projection 37 at the distal end of the engaging portion 36 engages with the engaging concave portion 27 provided in the tongue piece inserting portion 26 of the case main body 2, and the lid 3 is locked to the case main body 2 side. The state is maintained.
[0038]
When the lid 3 is opened, a toe or the like is inserted into the opening / closing operation section 51 between the front side wall 22 of the case body 2 and the front side wall 32 of the lid 3 so that both parts are opened. In this case, the engaging projection 37 at the tip of the elastic tongue 36 comes out of the engaging recess 27 provided in the tongue piece insertion portion 26 of the case main body 2, and the lock of the lid 3 is released. The part 3 rotates about the hinge 4 in the opening direction.
[0039]
When the lid 3 rotates in the opening direction, the third card portion 106 of the index card 101 held on the inner bottom surface of the lid 3 by the positioning rib 41 automatically follows the opening and closing of the lid 3. Since it is opened, the one-reel data cartridge 100 can be easily removed from the case main body 2.
[0040]
10 to 12 show a second embodiment. In the cartridge storage case 1 of the second embodiment, when the lid is closed, the left and right side walls 34, 35 of the lid 3 overlap the inside of the left and right side walls 24, 25 of the case body 2. Show the case.
[0041]
In the cartridge storage case 1 of the second embodiment, the case main body 2 includes a substantially square bottom plate 21, a rear side wall 23 erected on three sides of the bottom plate 21, and left and right side walls 24. 25.
[0042]
The bottom plate 21 is formed slightly larger than the area of the upper and lower surfaces of the one-reel data cartridge 100 to be stored. The height H of the left and right side walls 23 to 25 is slightly larger than the thickness T of the one-reel data cartridge 100.
[0043]
On the other hand, the lid 3 includes a bottom plate 31 having substantially the same size as the bottom plate 21 of the case main body 2, a front side wall 32 erected on three sides of the bottom plate 31, and left and right side walls 34 and 35. Have. The front side wall 32 of the lid 3 is formed to have substantially the same height H as the side walls 23 to 25 of the case body 2, and the left and right side walls 34 and 35 are formed of the side wall 23 of the case body 2. The height H is about 1/2 of the height H of about 25.
[0044]
The case main body 2 and the lid 3 are connected by the thin hinge 4 at the upper end of the rear side wall 23 of the case main body 2 and one side of the bottom plate 31 of the lid 3, and the lid 3 is closed. In this state, the left and right side walls 34 and 35 of the lid 3 overlap the inside of the left and right side walls 24 and 25 of the case body 2, and the front end of the side wall 32 in front of the lid 3. The engaging portions 61 provided on both sides are engaged with the engaged portions 62 on both sides of one side 21 a of the bottom plate 21 of the case main body 2, and the lid 3 is maintained in a state of being locked to the case main body 2. It has become so. A concave portion 63 is provided at the center of the front end of the side wall 32 in front of the lid portion 3. When the lid portion 3 is closed, the concave portion 63 is located at the center of one side 21 a of one side 21 a of the bottom plate 21 of the case body 2. The convex portion 64 provided on the portion is fitted so that the lid portion 3 is positioned with respect to the case main body portion 2.
[0045]
The case main body 2 and the lid 3 are provided with a plurality of positioning ribs 41 on the inner surfaces of the left and right side walls 24, 25, 34, 35 for positioning the one-reel data cartridge 100 to be stored.
[0046]
Since the configuration, operation, and effect of the positioning rib 41 are the same as those of the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.
[0047]
In the embodiment, the case where the recording medium storage case 1 of the present invention is configured as a case for storing the one-reel data cartridge 101 is shown, but the cartridge to be stored is not limited to the one-reel data cartridge. It may be a reel data cartridge or another information recording medium cartridge.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention has the following effects.
(1) The information recording medium cartridge storage case according to claim 1, wherein positioning ribs for positioning the stored information recording medium cartridge are provided on the inner surface of the side wall of the case main body and the lid, and the positioning rib and the case main body are provided. By providing a card holding space for inserting and holding the peripheral portion of the index card between the inner surface of the cover and the inner bottom surface of the cover, the positioning rib has a function of positioning the information recording medium cartridge and a function of inserting and holding the index card. To prevent the stored information recording medium cartridge from rattling in the case, insert and hold the index card in both the case body and the lid, and follow the opening and closing of the lid to open and close the index card be able to.
(2) The index card according to the second aspect is overlapped on the inner bottom surface of the case body of the information recording medium cartridge storage case according to the first aspect, and is provided in a card holding space between the inner bottom surface and the positioning rib. A first card portion inserted and held, and a second card portion continuous with one end of the first card portion via a first bent portion and superimposed on the inner surface of the side wall of the upper and case body portions And one end of the second card portion is continuous with a second bent portion via a second bent portion, is superposed on the inner bottom surface of the case main body portion, and is inserted into a card holding space portion between the inner bottom surface and the positioning rib. And a third card portion to be inserted and held, so that the first card portion is held on the inner bottom surface of the case body by a positioning rib, and the first card portion is inserted through the second card portion. Cover the third card part formed integrally with the card part By holding on to the inner bottom surface in the positioning ribs can be arranged in a state in which span both the case body and the lid portion of the information recording medium cartridge storage case in one piece.
(3) The index card according to the third aspect is the index card according to the second aspect, wherein the second card portion is provided with the third and fourth bent portions. In the information recording medium storage case of the type in which the side wall of the cover and the side wall of the lid are bent at the hinge portion, the second card portion can be easily bent by following the bending of the side wall.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cartridge storage case according to a first embodiment (with a lid opened).
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cartridge storage case according to the first embodiment (with a lid closed).
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a positioning rib portion.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of the molding apparatus.
5A is a plan view of an index card, and FIG. 5B is a side view of the index card.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the index card is bent in a U-shape.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing attachment of an index card.
FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a main part in a state where an index card is attached and a cover is fully opened.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in a state where a cartridge is stored and a lid is closed.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the cartridge storage case according to the first embodiment (with the lid open).
FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state where an index card is attached and a cartridge is stored.
FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a main part in a state where a lid is closed.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information recording medium storage case, 2 ... case main body part, 3 ... lid part, 4 ... hinge part, 21 ... bottom plate of case main body part, 22-25 ... side wall of case main body part, 31 ... bottom plate of lid part, 32 -35: Side wall of lid, 41: Positioning rib, 44: Card holding space, 101: Index card, 102: First card, 103: First bent part, 104: Second card, 105 .., A second bent portion, 106, a third card portion, 107, a third bent portion, 108, a fourth bent portion, 109, a fifth bent portion.

Claims (3)

In an information recording medium cartridge storage case in which the case body and the lid are rotatably opened and closed by a hinge,
Positioning ribs for positioning the stored recording medium cartridge are provided on the inner surface of the side wall of the case body and the case body,
An information recording medium cartridge storage case, wherein a card holding space for inserting and holding a peripheral portion of an index card is provided between the positioning rib and the inner bottom surface of the case body and the lid. An index card used by being stored in the information recording medium cartridge storage case according to claim 1,
A first card portion superposed on an inner bottom surface of the case main body portion of the information recording medium cartridge storage case and inserted and held in a card holding space between the inner bottom surface and the positioning rib; A second card portion which is connected to one end of the portion via a first bent portion and is superimposed on the inner surface of the side wall of the case body portion; and a second bent portion is provided at one end portion of the second card portion. A third card portion which is continuously superposed on the inner bottom surface of the lid portion and is inserted and held in a card holding space portion between the inner bottom surface and the positioning rib. Index card to do. The said 2nd card part is provided with the 3rd, 4th bent part bent along the side wall of a case main-body part, and the side wall of a lid part when a lid part is opened, The said card | curd. 2. The index card according to 2.

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