JP2005071980A - Housing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a housing apparatus which allows various objects to be attached to a prescribed position, easily put on and taken off an object and has a simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: A housing apparatus 10 includes a housing chamber 25 to which a battery having three kinds of thicknesses H is inserted and a lid for covering an opening 34 of the housing chamber 25. In the housing chamber 25, a position regulation plate 70 for leaning the battery is provided on a top plane 32, and an unloading energizing portion 50, a thickness decision portion and a contact portion 40 are provided on an edge plane 33 at the inner side. The position regulation plate portion 70 includes three rotatable position regulation plates 71, 72 and 73. The position regulation plate 71, 72 and 73 are energized by regulation springs 81, 82 and 83 to project perpendicular to the housing chamber 25. When the battery A is inserted, the one through three position regulation plates 71, 72 and 73 guides the battery A so as to push it to a bottom plane 31 of the storage chamber 25. The position regulation plates 71, 72 and 73 not abutting on the battery A perpendicularly confronts the battery A to prevent the movement of the battery A in the thickness direction. The battery A is located at the predetermined position for attachment by closing the lid. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage device that is provided in, for example, a digital still camera and can store a plurality of types of batteries.

  Conventionally, a storage device that is detachably mounted in a state in which a box-shaped object such as a battery or an IC card is stored is known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 6).

  The battery storage device of Patent Document 1 can store two types of batteries, a lithium battery pack and an S-006P type battery having an outer dimension smaller than that of the lithium battery pack, in a battery storage chamber. That is, the S-006P type battery inserted into the battery storage chamber formed so as to be fitted to the outer shape of the lithium battery pack is regulated by the side pressing member that is elastically deformed, and the upper portion provided on the lid body. The pressure member is pressed and fixed.

  However, in the configuration of Patent Document 1, the configuration for discharging the battery is not shown, but it is considered that the battery is discharged by simply opening the lid and taking a free-falling posture due to the weight of the battery. Improvement in performance is required. In addition, when positioning the battery with a member that is simply elastically deformed, when an impact is applied to the device or when a load is applied to the battery, the elastically deformable member is easily plastically deformed, while the member that is elastically deformed When the rigidity is increased, a large force is required when the battery is mounted, which causes a problem that workability is deteriorated.

  The connector device of Patent Document 2 can connect a plurality of types of cards to a housing. For example, connector pins of a plurality of IC cards having different thickness shapes such as one row, two rows, and three rows of contact holes are housings. It is connected to a connector device provided inside. The IC card is provided with a plurality of grooves, and the housing is provided with a plurality of protrusions that fit into the grooves, and an elastically deformed curved surface that presses the IC card in a direction crossing the insertion direction. The movable plate portion is provided to prevent erroneous insertion during insertion.

  However, even in the configuration of Patent Document 2, a configuration for removing the card is not shown, and improvement in workability is required. Moreover, it is necessary to form a groove part of a predetermined shape in the object, which has a problem of low versatility.

  In the battery storage device of Patent Document 3, a groove is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the battery, and a lock lever provided with a lock piece that engages with the groove is provided in the battery storage chamber. . When the battery is mounted, when the battery is inserted into the storage chamber, the urged lock lever rotates and the lock piece engages with the groove. In this state, when the insertion pressing force is removed, the tip of the battery is pressed by the spring provided in the storage chamber and receives a force in the direction opposite to the insertion direction, so that the lock piece is engaged with the groove and locked. Thus, the battery is held in a locked state. On the other hand, for the battery detachment operation, a takeout button is provided, but since an elastic member is disposed between the takeout button and the lock lever, the lock piece is engaged with the groove and locked. Even if the eject button is pressed, the elastic member is deformed and the lock is not released. Therefore, by simultaneously performing the two operations of pushing the battery in the insertion direction and simultaneously pressing the eject button, the lock piece is released from the groove and the lock is released.

  The configuration of Patent Document 3 shows a configuration in which the battery is detached, but does not show a structure for holding the battery in a state where the battery is discharged by a certain amount, and the operator points to the unlocked battery. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the workability, etc., and improvement in workability is required. Further, in this configuration, a configuration for mounting a plurality of batteries having different shapes is not shown.

  In addition, the battery fixing structure of Patent Document 4 is intended to prevent the battery cover of the mobile phone from being detached. The battery is provided with a hooking rib and a battery recess, and the battery storage portion of the rear case of the mobile phone is provided. Are provided with a rear case recess and a battery retainer. Then, the battery is attached to the battery housing portion with the hook rib fitted into the recess of the rear case, and when the battery cover is attached to the rear case, the battery retainer fixing rib provided on the battery cover presses the battery retainer. The battery presser engages with the battery recess and fixes the battery. On the other hand, regarding the battery detachment operation, when the push button is pushed in, the battery cover is detached from the rear case, the engagement between the battery presser and the battery recess is released, and the battery can be removed.

  However, the configuration of Patent Document 4 does not show a structure for discharging the battery by a certain amount and holding the discharged battery. Also, a configuration for mounting a plurality of batteries having different shapes is not shown.

  Moreover, in the electric vacuum cleaner of patent document 5, a pair of battery protrusion part is protrudingly provided in the side surface of a battery, and a pair of battery holding rib extended along the storage direction of a battery is provided in the battery storage part of a main body. In addition, each battery holding rib is provided with a plurality of protrusions at predetermined intervals in the battery storage direction. When the battery is attached, the battery lid is removed, and then the battery pressing rib is positioned and pushed between the battery protrusions. At this time, the protrusion comes into contact with the battery protruding portion, and the battery holding rib is elastically deformed. On the other hand, regarding the battery detachment operation, after removing the battery lid, the main body is tilted and the battery is moved in the direction of dropping due to its own weight. Then, since the battery stops in a state where the battery protruding portion is in contact with the protrusion, the battery is pulled out from this state.

  However, the configuration of Patent Document 5 has a problem that the load resistance at the time of insertion increases because the load resistance accompanying the elastic deformation of the battery holding rib provided in a fixed manner is used to prevent the battery from dropping. . In addition, since the battery is not moved in the direction of discharging the battery and is moved by dropping, it is necessary to incline the main body at the time of removal, resulting in poor workability. In addition, a configuration for mounting a plurality of batteries having different shapes is not shown, and the present invention can be applied only to a battery provided with a battery protrusion that is aligned with the battery pressing rib.

  Further, the battery attaching / detaching mechanism of Patent Document 6 is for attaching / detaching a battery pack to / from a battery charger. The battery pack housing part has a battery frame that comes into contact with the front end surface of the battery inserted from the opening, and a battery protruding from the opening. And a slide lever that contacts the rear end surface. Further, the battery frame is biased by a spring to discharge the battery. Further, a knob is connected to the slide lever, and the slide lever is urged in a direction protruding from the opening by a spring attached to the knob. Further, the opening is provided with a cover that is pushed by the battery and is rotatably provided inside the battery pack housing portion so as to cover the opening when the battery is not attached. When the battery is mounted, the knob is operated against the biasing force of the spring, and the battery is mounted together with the battery frame against the biasing force of the spring from the opening with the slide lever retracted from the opening. Push in. When the battery is stored in the battery pack storage part up to the rear end surface, the slide lever protrudes into the opening, the rear end surface of the battery is locked, and the battery is held in a locked state. On the other hand, when removing the battery, if the knob is operated against the biasing force of the spring and the slide lever is retracted from the opening, the battery is discharged together with the battery frame by the biasing force of the spring. It has become.

However, the configuration of Patent Document 6 does not show a configuration for mounting a plurality of batteries having different shapes. When the battery is mounted, it is necessary to operate the knob to retract the slide lever from the opening, which causes a problem that the operation becomes complicated. Further, when removing the battery, there is no configuration for holding the battery discharged from the battery frame by a certain amount, and the battery tends to pop out when the opening is directed in a direction other than the upward direction.
No. 03-34048 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 02-260379 Japanese Patent Publication No. 06-32393 Japanese Patent No. 3088349 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 64-6763 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 06-44023

  In the configuration in which a plurality of types of objects can be mounted and the object is guided by an elastically deformable guide member as in the conventional case, if the guide member has low rigidity, the guide member If it is easy to plastically deform, it is difficult to hold the object stably, and the rigidity of the guide member is high, a large force is required for the mounting work, and the workability deteriorates. In addition, there is a need for a configuration that can mount multiple types of objects and that can be attached and detached with good workability. When combined with the structure, the structure becomes complicated, the manufacturing cost increases, and the apparatus becomes large.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a storage device that can mount a plurality of types of objects at predetermined positions, can attach and detach objects with good workability, and can simplify the structure. The purpose is to do.

  The storage device according to claim 1 is a storage chamber for storing an object, a reference receiving portion provided in the storage chamber, a pivotally supported shaft, and toward the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber. A plurality of restricting bodies biased in a direction that protrudes substantially vertically, and at least one of the restricting bodies is pushed by the object inserted into the storage chamber and attached. While rotating against the force, the object is pushed toward the reference receiving part, and the other restricting body is held in a state of facing substantially perpendicular to the reference receiving part and the object. It is what is done.

  In this configuration, the object inserted into the storage chamber can be guided by the contacting restricting body, pressed against the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber, and the position can be regulated. Further, for a restricting body that does not press the object against the reference receiving part of the storage chamber, a restricting body that is opposed substantially perpendicularly to each object is provided, and this restricting body abuts without depending on the urging force. The position of the object can be firmly regulated. In this way, the mounting operation can be facilitated and the object can be reliably held at a predetermined position in the storage chamber.

  The storage device according to claim 2 is the storage device according to claim 1, wherein the urging force of the restricting body that pushes the object is set to be larger as the outer shape of the object is larger.

  In this configuration, an object having a large outer shape can be reliably guided and pressed against the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber, and the position can be regulated.

  The storage device according to claim 3 is the storage device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the object is biased in a direction of discharging the object from the storage chamber and the biasing force of the discharge means. And a lock means for holding at a predetermined position of the storage chamber.

  In this configuration, by locking the locking means, the object can be stably held at a predetermined position by the urging force of the discharging means, and the object is stored by the urging force of the discharging means by releasing the lock. It can be discharged from the chamber, and the workability of attachment / detachment can be improved.

  The storage device according to claim 4 is the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a load in the anti-discharge direction due to the mass of the object is applied to the friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction in which the regulating body abuts the object. The load in the discharge direction by the discharge means is set larger than the applied load.

  In this configuration, the object can be reliably discharged against the load in the anti-discharge direction, and the workability of the discharge operation can be improved.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage device for storing a target object, a reference receiving portion provided in the storage chamber, pivotally supported, and facing the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber. And a regulating body provided with a contact portion that comes into contact with the object, a discharge means for biasing the object in a direction of discharging from the storage chamber, and a biasing force of the discharge means Locking means for holding the object at a predetermined position in the storage chamber against the urging force, and the restricting body rotates against the urging force by being pushed by the object inserted into the storage chamber. And the object is pushed toward the reference receiving part, and the contact part abuts on the object to apply a predetermined friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction.

  In this configuration, the object inserted into the storage chamber can be guided by the contacting restricting body, pressed against the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber, and the position can be regulated. Furthermore, by locking the locking means, the object can be stably held at a predetermined position by the biasing force of the discharging means, and the object can be held at a predetermined position in the storage chamber. Further, by releasing the lock, the object can be discharged from the storage chamber by a predetermined amount by the biasing force of the discharging means, and the object can be prevented from falling due to the frictional resistance load of the contact portion. When the object is inserted, the restricting body provided with the contact portion rotates in the escape direction, so that the force required for the insertion work can be reduced, and when the object is discharged, the contact portion provided on the restricting body slides in the biting direction. The object can be reliably prevented from falling and the workability of attachment / detachment can be improved.

  The storage device according to claim 6 is the storage device according to claim 5, wherein a load in an anti-discharge direction due to a mass of the object is added to a friction resistance load in an anti-discharge direction in which the contact portion of the regulating body abuts on the object. The load in the discharge direction by the discharging means is set to be larger than the load in the discharge direction, and the friction in the anti-discharge direction in which the contact portion of the regulator is in contact with the object than the load in the discharge direction due to the mass of the object. The resistance load is set large.

  And in this structure, it can hold | maintain in the state which discharged | emitted only the fixed amount by releasing lock | rock irrespective of the attitude | position direction of a storage apparatus.

  The storage device according to claim 7 is the storage device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the load in the discharge direction of the discharge means is set to be larger as the outer shape of the object is larger.

  And in this structure, according to the external shape of a target object, a target object can be discharged | emitted with appropriate discharge force.

  The storage device according to claim 8 is the storage device according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the frictional resistance load in the anti-discharge direction in which the contact portion of the regulating body abuts on the object has a large outer shape of the object. The larger it is set.

  In this configuration, the larger the outer shape of the object, the easier it is to fall due to its own weight, and the outer shape of the object is set according to the fact that the load in the discharge direction of the discharging means is set to be larger as the outer shape of the object is larger. Depending on the shape, the object can be held in a state where a certain amount is discharged by an appropriate frictional resistance load.

  The storage device according to claim 9 is the storage device according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber is a friction resistance member that abuts against the object and generates a friction resistance load in an anti-discharge direction. Is provided.

  In this configuration, the load due to the frictional resistance member acts as an auxiliary force for the frictional resistance load in the anti-discharging direction by the contact portion provided on the restriction body, and the object falls without increasing the biasing force of the restriction body. Can be effectively prevented.

  A storage device according to a tenth aspect is the storage device according to any one of the fifth to ninth aspects, wherein a restricting body is attached to the object side when the object having the maximum shape is mounted in the storage chamber. An urging portion that urges and presses the contact portion against the object is provided.

  In this configuration, since the urging portion that increases the urging force that presses the contact portion against the object having the largest shape is provided, the angle at which the contact portion abuts on the object becomes shallow, and the action in the biting direction is small. Even when the mass of the maximum-shaped object is particularly large, the maximum-shaped object can be effectively prevented from falling without increasing the biasing force of the regulating body.

  A storage device according to an eleventh aspect is the storage device according to any one of the first to tenth aspects, further comprising an urging force adjusting means for adjusting an urging force for urging the regulating body.

  In this configuration, the biasing force that biases the regulating body is adjusted at the time of initial setting, a change with time, or a change in the specification of the target object, so that the target object is placed in the storage chamber at the time of insertion. It is possible to easily secure the characteristics of holding and holding at a position where a certain amount is discharged during discharging.

  A storage device according to a twelfth aspect is the storage device according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects, further comprising a connection receiving portion connected to a connection portion provided on the object.

  And in this structure, since a target object can be reliably hold | maintained in the predetermined position of a storage chamber, a terminal part and a contact part can be connected reliably.

  The storage device according to claim 13 is the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the connection receiving portion connected to the connection portion provided on the object and a thickness for detecting the thickness dimension of the object. A determination unit is provided, and the connection receiving unit and the thickness determination unit apply a load in the discharge direction to the object.

  In this configuration, the connection receiving portion and the thickness determining portion also function as the discharge means, and an appropriate discharge force for discharging the object can be easily realized.

  The storage device according to claim 14 is the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein a connection receiving portion connected to a connection portion provided on the object and a thickness for detecting a thickness dimension of the object. A determination unit is provided, and the connection receiving unit and the thickness determination unit apply a load in the anti-discharge direction to the object.

  In this configuration, the connection receiving portion and the thickness determining portion also function as an auxiliary to the regulating body that generates a load in the anti-discharge direction, and provide an appropriate frictional resistance load that holds the object so as not to fall. It can be easily realized.

  The storage device according to claim 15 is the storage device according to claim 14, wherein the storage chamber includes an opening into which an object is inserted, and a discharge unit is disposed on an end surface facing the opening, A surface that intersects the end surface is provided with a connection receiving portion and a thickness determining portion.

  In this configuration, the connection receiving unit and the thickness determination unit easily apply a load in the anti-discharge direction to the target object and function as an assist for the regulating body that generates the load in the anti-discharge direction.

  A storage device according to a sixteenth aspect is the storage device according to the fourteenth or fifteenth aspect, wherein the thickness determining unit is provided with a contact portion having a frictional resistance load at a portion contacting the object.

  And in this structure, the structure which functions as an auxiliary | assistant of the regulation body which a thickness determination part applies the load of an anti-discharge direction to a target object and produces the load of an anti-discharge direction is implement | achieved easily.

  A storage device according to a seventeenth aspect is the storage device according to any one of the fourteenth to sixteenth aspects, wherein the connection receiving portion and the thickness determining portion generate a frictional resistance load in the anti-discharge direction in which the regulating body abuts on the object. The load in the discharge direction by the discharge means is set larger than the load in which the friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction and the load in the anti-discharge direction due to the mass of the object are added, and the discharge direction by the mass of the object is set. The friction resistance load is set to be larger than the friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction in which the restricting body abuts on the object, and the anti-discharge direction friction resistance load generated by the connection receiving portion and the thickness determination unit than the load. It is a thing.

  And in this structure, it can hold | maintain in the state which discharged | emitted only the fixed amount by releasing lock | rock irrespective of the attitude | position direction of a storage apparatus.

  The storage device according to claim 18 is the storage device according to claim 17, wherein the load in the discharge direction of the discharge means is set larger as the outer shape of the object is larger.

  And in this structure, according to the external shape of a target object, a target object can be discharged | emitted with appropriate discharge force.

  The storage device according to claim 19 is the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein at least one of the discharge biasing portion and the thickness determining portion that detects the thickness dimension of the object inserted into the storage chamber. And at least one of the discharge urging unit and the thickness determining unit includes a plurality of members arranged along a predetermined direction in which the dimension of the object changes. The members that do not contact each other face the predetermined direction of the target object with a space therebetween, and regulate the position of the target object in the predetermined direction.

  In this configuration, by restricting the position of the object at a plurality of locations in addition to the restricting body, the position of the object can be reliably regulated, and the load can be dispersed to improve durability. In addition, since the discharge urging unit or the thickness determining unit also has a function of regulating the position of the object, the number of parts can be reduced, the configuration can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the apparatus can be downsized. .

  A storage device according to claim 20 is the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 19, comprising a discharge urging portion and a regulating body, and at least one of the discharge urging portion and the regulating body is inserted into the storage chamber. It functions as a thickness determination unit that detects the thickness dimension of the target object.

  In this configuration, since the discharge urging unit or the regulating body functions as the thickness determining unit, the number of parts can be reduced, the configuration can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the apparatus can be downsized.

  A storage device according to a twenty-first aspect is the storage device according to any one of the first to twentieth aspects, comprising a plurality of regulating bodies facing the object from a plurality of directions.

  In this configuration, it is possible to configure a storage device that can store objects whose dimensions in a plurality of directions are different from each other with the restriction body.

  A storage device according to a twenty-second aspect is the storage device according to any one of the first to twenty-first aspects, wherein the object and the storage chamber are provided with fitting portions that are fitted to each other to prevent erroneous insertion. is there.

  In this configuration, coupled with the position restriction by the restricting portion, the fitting portion prevents erroneous insertion, and the object can be reliably positioned and held in the storage device.

  The storage device according to claim 23 is the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 22, wherein the object is a battery.

  In this configuration, batteries of a plurality of sizes can be attached and detached with good workability, and reliable connection is possible.

  The storage device according to claim 24 is the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 22, wherein the object is an IC card.

  In this configuration, IC cards of a plurality of sizes can be attached and detached with good workability, and reliable connection is possible.

  According to the storage device of the present invention, a plurality of types of objects can be positioned and mounted at predetermined positions, can be attached and detached with good workability, and the structure can be simplified.

  Hereinafter, first to fourth embodiments of a storage device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  Each of the following embodiments is, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a storage device 10 for a battery A provided in a digital still camera as a device, which is a nickel metal hydride battery, an alkaline battery, a manganese battery, a lithium battery, a nickel hydride battery. Different types of batteries, such as batteries, or even the same type of batteries have different capacities, so that a plurality of types of batteries A having different shapes can be used to supply power to the device.

  In each of the following embodiments, for simplification of description, the battery A that is a box as an object will be described using the first to third batteries A1, A2, and A3. These three types of batteries A have a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, a reference surface 11 as a reference portion, an opposing surface 12 that is an opposite surface of the reference surface 11 and is a position regulating surface, a tip surface 13, and an opposite of the tip surface 13 The base end surface 14 which is a side, and both side surfaces 15 and 15 are provided. The battery A is shown in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is prevented from being inserted erroneously by fitting it into a receiving shape provided on the storage device 10 side except for the notch 16 provided on one side corner of the tip surface 13. The outer shape to be omitted is omitted in the drawing. The batteries A1, A2, and A3 have thickness dimensions H1, H2, and H3 (H1 <H2 <H3) and masses (self-weights) different from W1, W2, and W3 (W1 <W2 <W3), respectively. However, the three terminals 21, 22, and 23 of the terminal portion 20 provided on the tip surface 13 are formed at the same position and the same shape with respect to the reference surface 11.

  The storage device 10 provided in a portable device such as a digital still camera is used in various posture directions. In the following description, the direction is the coordinate (X, Y, Z) in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the reference plane 11 of the battery A will be described with the -Y side as the lower side, the Y side as the upper side, the Y and -Y directions as the vertical direction and the thickness direction of the battery A. The -X and X directions are described as the horizontal direction and the width direction of the battery A. The Z direction is the insertion direction of the battery A, the -Z direction is the discharge (detachment) direction of the battery A, and the -Z and Z directions are the front-rear direction and the length direction of the battery A.

  The storage device 10 includes a device main body 24 formed in a substantially box shape with a synthetic resin or the like, and inside the device main body 24, three types of thicknesses H1, H2, and H3 batteries A1, A2, A storage chamber 25 into which A3 can be inserted is provided. That is, the storage chamber 25 includes a bottom surface portion 31 that is a reference receiving portion, a top surface portion 32 that faces the bottom surface portion 31, an end surface 33 on the back side, and a battery insertion that opens in a rectangular shape facing the end surface 33. Opening 34 and side portions 35, 35 on both sides. Further, the storage chamber 25 of the storage device 10 is also formed with a shape that fits into the battery A to prevent erroneous insertion, but is formed at the corner between the end face 33 on the back side and the side part 35 on one side. Except for the receiving shape 36 that comes into contact with the formed notch 16, it is omitted in the drawing. A substantially vertical wall 37 is provided around the opening 34.

  The opening 34 is covered with an openable / closable lid 38 that constitutes a lid as a locking means, and the lid 38 is opened and closed to lock and unlock when the battery is mounted. The lid 38 is supported by the apparatus main body 24 so as to be rotatable by a shaft 38a having the horizontal direction as an axial direction and to be slightly slidable in the vertical direction. That is, the shaft 38a is sandwiched between a wall portion 37 projecting above the opening 34 of the apparatus main body 24 and a holding member (not shown) so as to be vertically movable. Further, a hook portion 38b is provided at the lower end portion of the lid body 38, and can be engaged with and disengaged from a hook receiving portion 34a provided below the opening portion 34 of the apparatus main body 24. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the lid 38 is connected to a lid spring 39 as an urging means, the lid 38 is opened (-Z direction), and the hook portion 38b is a hook receiving portion. The lid 38 is urged in the direction (Y) to engage with 34a. That is, in a state where the hook portion 38b is not engaged with the hook receiving portion 34a, the lid body 38 is rotated in the clockwise direction t shown in FIG. With the urging force, the battery A is held in an open state opened by 90 ° or more with respect to the surface constituting the opening 34, and the battery A can be inserted.

  The back end face 33 is provided with a contact portion 40 as a connection receiving portion corresponding to the terminal portion 20 of the attached battery A. That is, the first to third contacts 41, 42, 43 are connected to the contact portion 40 so as to be in contact with and electrically connected to the terminals 21, 22, 23 of the battery A mounted at a predetermined position. Is provided. Each of the contacts 41, 42, 43 has a pin-like contact pin 45 that protrudes and retracts into the storage chamber 25, and biasing means that biases and protrudes each contact pin 45 toward the storage chamber 25. In this embodiment, the contact portion 40 constitutes a discharging means. Each of the contacts 41, 42, 43 is connected to a power supply device of the device via a wiring (not shown).

  In the first embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, three types of batteries A1, A2, and A3 can be mounted at predetermined positions in the storage chamber 25 shown in FIG. The attached state can be securely held, and when the batteries A1, A2, and A3 are detached, they can be discharged outward from the opening 34 of the storage chamber 25 by a certain amount.

  In addition to the contact portion 40, a discharge urging portion 50 constituting discharge means is provided on the end surface 33 on the back side of the storage chamber 25. The discharge urging unit 50 is for discharging a stored battery A from the storage chamber 25 by a certain amount, and corresponds to each of the batteries A1, A2, and A3, and includes three discharge springs 51, which are urging means. 52 and 53 are provided. These discharge springs 51, 52, 53 are leaf springs that are elastically deformable members arranged side by side, and have a predetermined urging force so as to correspond to a plurality of batteries A1, A2, A3 having different shapes. Are disposed on the end surface 33 of the storage chamber 25. That is, only the first discharge spring 51 is in contact with the first battery A1, the first discharge spring 51 and the second discharge spring 52 are in contact with the second battery A2, and the third battery A3 is in contact with the first battery A1. Is arranged so that the first to third discharge springs 51, 52, 53 are in contact with each other, and each battery A1, A2, A3 of the storage chamber 25 is fixed from the opening 34 by a certain amount by each urging force (elastic deformation load). Energize only to discharge outward. Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the lower edge of each discharge spring 51, 52, 53 protrudes above the non-biased battery A, that is, the second discharge spring 52 is the second discharge spring 52. The position of the opposing surface 12 that is the upper surface of the battery A1 is regulated, and the third discharge spring 53 regulates the position of the opposing surface 12 that is the upper surface of the second battery A2, and is positioned between the bottom surface 31 of the storage chamber 25. In this way, vertical position control is performed. Further, as the thickness dimensions H1, H2, and H3 of the batteries A1, A2, and A3 are increased, the discharge force by the discharge urging unit 50, that is, the loads F51, F1 of the first to third discharge springs 51, 52, and 53, The combined urging force of F52 and F53 is also set to be large, that is, the load F50 is F51 for the first battery A1, and the load F50 is F51 + F52 for the second battery A2. For the third battery A3, the load F50 is F51 + F52 + F53, and is set so as to satisfy the conditional expression 1 or 1-1 shown below.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a thickness determination unit 60 is provided on the end surface 33 on the back side of the storage chamber 25. The thickness determination unit 60 is for determining the inserted battery A by the thickness dimension H, and includes first to third thickness determination switches 61, 62, and 63. Each thickness determination switch 61, 62, 63 includes an action pin 65, a spring 66 as an urging means, and a switch body 67 connected to a control means (not shown). The thickness 66 is biased by the spring 66 and protrudes from the storage chamber 25 by a predetermined amount. In this embodiment, the thickness determination unit 60 constitutes a discharge means. When the batteries A1, A2, and A3 are attached, the action pins 65 are pushed according to the thickness dimensions H1, H2, and H3 of the batteries A1, A2, and A3, and the switch body 67 is turned on. In this embodiment, the thickness determination switches 61, 62, and 63 are arranged in alignment with the rear sides of the discharge springs 51, 52, and 53, and the discharge springs 51, 52, and 53 are interposed through the discharge springs 51, 52, and 53, respectively. The action pin 65 is pushed.

  In addition, an opening 32a is formed in the top surface portion 32 of the apparatus main body 24 along the insertion direction of the battery A, and the movement of the battery A in the thickness direction, that is, the vertical direction is regulated at the portion of the opening 32a. A position restricting portion 69 as a restricting means is provided. A plurality of the position restricting portions 69 are provided along the insertion direction of the battery A, two in the front and rear in this embodiment, and are provided with position restricting plate portions 70, respectively. In each of the position restricting plate portions 70, a plurality of first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 as restrictors according to the type of the battery A in the present embodiment are rotatable. Is provided. These position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 are plate-like restricting plate main body portions 71a, 72a, 73a and cylindrical bearing portions 71b provided at one end portions of these restricting plate main body portions 71a, 72a, 73a. , 72b, 73b, and hooking portions 71c, 72c, 73c which are urging means connecting portions further projecting from the bearing portions 71b, 72b, 73b, and the bearing portions 71b, 72b, 73b are arranged in both directions. The shaft portion 75 is axially supported so as to be rotatable coaxially. The restricting plate main body portions 71a, 72a, 73a are formed symmetrically about the center line in the width direction, and the first restricting plate main body portion 71a projects from the vicinity of both end portions of the shaft portion 75. The second restriction plate main body portion 72a is connected to the front end portions of the portions, and the second restriction plate main body portion 72a is substantially U-shaped along the inner side of the first restriction plate main body portion 71a. The portion 73a has a rectangular plate shape surrounded by the second restriction plate main body portion 72a. The restriction plate main body portions 71a, 72a, 73a are accommodated in the opening 32a from a state in which the restriction plate main body portions 71a, 72a, 73a abut against the stopper portion 32b formed at the edge of the opening 32a of the apparatus main body 24 and project substantially vertically into the storage chamber 25 Thus, it can be rotated to a substantially horizontal state.

  The position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 are urged by restricting springs 81, 82, 83 which are urging means constituting the position restricting urging portion 80, respectively. That is, each regulating spring 81, 82, 83 has one end connected to the hooking portions 71c, 72c, 73c of the position regulating plates 71, 72, 73, etc., and the other end connected to the apparatus main body 24, etc. It is connected to the fixed portion 85 provided by locking or the like. Then, due to the urging force of these regulating springs 81, 82, 83, the respective position regulating plates 71, 72, 73 are in the direction in which the respective regulating plate main bodies 71a, 72a, 73a protrude into the storage chamber 25 (FIGS. 2 and 3). In a state in which the control plate main body portions 71a, 72a, and 73a protrude substantially vertically into the storage chamber 25 in a state in which they are urged in the clockwise direction in FIG. It is locked with.

  In this state, the tip of the first restricting plate body 71a is substantially at the same height as the lower edge of the first discharge spring 51, and the tip of the second restricting plate body 72a is The tip of the third restricting plate main body 73a is substantially at the same height as the lower edge of the third discharge spring 53. is there. That is, the second restriction plate main body 72a protrudes larger into the storage chamber 25 than the third restriction plate main body 73a, and further, the first restriction plate main body 71a protrudes larger into the storage chamber 25. ing.

  Then, the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 urged by the restricting springs 81, 82, 83 of the position restricting plate portion 70 are in pressure contact with the opposing surface of the inserted battery A and are about to move. For each, frictional resistance loads F71, F72, and F73 are generated. Then, only the first position restricting plate 71 is pressed against the first battery A1 mounted at a predetermined position, and the first and second batteries A2 mounted at the predetermined position are pressed against each other. The second position restricting plates 71, 72 are in pressure contact, and the first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 are in pressure contact with the third battery A3 mounted at a predetermined position. Thus, as the thickness dimensions H1, H2, and H3 of the batteries A1, A2, and A3 are increased, the frictional resistance load F70 of the position restricting plate portion 70, that is, the first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, The total load of 73 loads F71, F72, and F73 is set to be large. That is, the load F70 is F71 for the first battery A1, the load F70 is F71 + F72 for the second battery A2, and the load F70 is F71 + F72 + for the third battery A3. F73. The frictional resistance load F70 of the position restricting plate portion 70 is the same in the case of the load (F101) in which the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 are provided with the contact portions 101 in the second embodiment to be described later. .

  Next, the operation of mounting the battery A in the storage device 10 will be described.

  First, an operation for opening the lid 38 will be described.

  In the state shown in FIG. 2, the lid 38 is engaged with the hook receiving portion 34a by the upward biasing force (Y direction) of the lid spring 39 shown in FIG. 4, and the lid 38 is closed. It is in a state.

  Here, the operator slides the lid 38 downward (−Y direction) against the urging force of the lid spring 39 to release the engagement between the hook portion 38b and the hook receiving portion 34a. When the operator releases his / her hand, the cover 38 rotates in the direction of opening the opening 34 (the clockwise direction in FIGS. 2 and 4) by the biasing force of the cover spring 39, and further the cover spring. The battery 39 can be inserted by being rotated by 90 ° or more by the urging force of 39 and held in a state where the opening 34 is opened.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3 (a), an operation for mounting the first battery A1 having the smallest thickness dimension H1 will be described.

  When the first battery A1 is inserted in the predetermined insertion direction (Z direction) from the opening 34 opened as described above, first, the tip surface 13 of the first battery A1 is close to the opening 34. The position regulating plate portion 70 on the side is reached. At this time, the three position restricting plates 71, 72, and 73 constituting the position restricting plate portion 70 are in contact with the stopper portion 32b and are in an urgingly locked state. When the first battery A1 is further inserted, the front end surface 13 of the first battery A1 comes into contact with one or three of the three position restricting plates 71, 72, 73, and these position restricting plates 71, 72 and 73 are rotated rearwardly upward (counterclockwise in FIG. 3) against the urging force of the regulating springs 81, 82 and 83. Further, the first battery A1 is inserted, and any one of the position regulating plates 71, 72, 73 is on the upper edge of the front end surface 13 of the first battery A1 (intersection line between the front end surface 13 and the facing surface 12). When the abutting and further abutting against the opposing surface 12 which is the upper surface of the first battery A1, the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 cause the first battery A1 to be brought into contact with the urging force of the restricting springs 81, 82, 83. It is guided by being pressed downward, and is pressed onto the bottom surface portion 31 that is the reference surface of the storage chamber 25. In the state in which the reference surface 11 of the first battery A1 is in pressure contact with the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25, only the first position regulating plate 71 having a large projecting dimension is in pressure contact with the first battery A1. The second and third position restricting plates 72 and 73 having a projecting size smaller than that of the first position restricting plate 71 do not contact the first battery A1 with a space therebetween and are accommodated by the biasing force of the restricting springs 82 and 83. The state of being biased and locked at the initial position protruding vertically into the chamber 25 is maintained. When the first battery A1 is further pushed in, the second position restricting plate portion 70 operates in the same manner, and the first battery A1 is guided. In this state, the first battery A1 is held in pressure contact with the bottom portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 by the two position restricting plates 71, 71, and the second position restricting plate 72 is further in contact with the first position restricting plate 72. The position of the first battery A1 is regulated so as to face the facing surface 12 of the battery A1 perpendicularly. When the first battery A1 is further pushed in, the tip surface 13 of the first battery A1 comes into contact with one discharge spring 51 and one thickness determination switch 61, and the first battery A1 is controlled by the control means. And the contacts 41, 42, 43 abut on the terminals 21, 22, 23, respectively.

  In addition, the operation of mounting the second battery A2 shown in FIG. 3B is performed in the same manner as the first battery A1 from the state where the lid 38 is opened as shown in FIG. A2 is inserted from the opening 34 into the storage chamber 25 in a predetermined insertion direction (Z direction), and the tip surface 13 of the second battery A2 reaches the first position regulating plate 70. Then, the front end surface 13 of the second battery A2 comes into contact with two (71, 72) to three (71, 72, 73) of the three position restricting plates 71, 72, 73, and these position restricting plates. 71, 72, 73 are rotated rearwardly upward (counterclockwise in FIG. 3) against the urging force of the regulating springs 81, 82, 83. Further, the second battery A2 is inserted, and any one of the position regulation plates 71, 72, 73 is on the upper edge of the tip surface 13 of the second battery A2 (intersection line between the tip surface 13 and the facing surface 12). When the abutting and further abutting against the opposing surface 12 which is the upper surface of the second battery A2, the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 cause the second battery A2 to be brought into contact with the urging force of the restricting springs 81, 82, 83. Finally, the first and second position restricting plates 71 and 72 press the second battery A2 downward, and the reference surface 11 of the second battery A2 is the reference surface of the storage chamber 25. It is pressed on a certain bottom surface portion 31. In the state where the reference surface 11 of the second battery A2 is in pressure contact with the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25, only the first and second position regulating plates 71 and 72 are in pressure contact with the second battery A2. The third position restricting plate 73 having a projecting dimension smaller than those of the first and second position restricting plates 71 and 72 does not contact the second battery A2 through the interval, and is accommodated by the biasing force of the restricting spring 83. The state of being biased and locked at the initial position protruding vertically in 25 is maintained. When the second battery A2 is further pushed in, the second position restricting plate portion 70 operates in the same manner, and the second battery A2 is guided. In this state, the second battery A2 is held in pressure contact with the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 by the four position restricting plates 71, 71, 72, 72, and further the third position restricting plate. 73 vertically faces the facing surface 12 of the second battery A2, and the position of the second battery A2 is restricted. When the second battery A2 is further pushed in, the front end surface 13 of the second battery A2 comes into contact with the two discharge springs 51 and 52 and the two thickness determination switches 61 and 62, and is controlled by the control means. 2 and the contacts 41, 42, 43 are brought into contact with the terminals 21, 22, 23, respectively.

  Furthermore, the operation of mounting the third battery A3 shown in FIG. 3C is performed in the same manner as the first battery A1 from the state where the lid 38 is opened as shown in FIG. A3 is inserted into the storage chamber 25 through the opening 34 in a predetermined insertion direction (Z direction), and the tip surface 13 of the third battery A3 reaches the first position regulating plate 70. Then, the front end surface 13 of the third battery A3 comes into contact with all three position restricting plates 71, 72, 73, and these position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 are urged by the restricting springs 81, 82, 83. Against this, the rear side is turned upward (counterclockwise in FIG. 3). Further, the third battery A3 is inserted, and the position regulating plates 71, 72, 73 are in contact with the upper edge of the tip surface 13 of the third battery A3 (intersection line between the tip surface 13 and the facing surface 12). Further, when contacting the opposing surface 12 which is the upper surface of the third battery A3, these position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 press the third battery A3 downward by the urging force of the restricting springs 81, 82, 83. Then, the third battery A3 is pressed downward, and the reference surface 11 of the third battery A3 is pressed onto the bottom surface portion 31 that is the reference surface of the storage chamber 25. Here, the sectional shape of the storage chamber 25, that is, the vertical dimension of the opening 34 is set to be slightly larger than the thickness H3 of the third battery A3. Therefore, the position is regulated so as not to move up and down. When the third battery A3 is further pushed in, the front end surface 13 of the third battery A3 comes into contact with the three discharge springs 51, 52, 53 and the three thickness judgment switches 61, 62, 63, and the control means. Is determined to be the third battery A3, and the contacts 41, 42, 43 abut on the terminals 21, 22, 23, respectively.

  Here, the operational relationship between the insertion of each battery A1, A2, A3 and the two position restricting plate portions 70, 70 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (a) and the like, in the present embodiment, the battery A is guided by the two position restricting plate portions 70, 70. Therefore, at least these two position restricting plate portions 70, 70 are provided. The total pressing force of the first position restricting plates 71 and 71 of 70 is set to be a slightly larger amount of force than the amount of force for holding the own weight W1 of the first battery A1. The combined pressing force can not only hold the own weight WA of the battery A, but also the pressing force of the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 for each of the position restricting plate portions 70, 70 holds the own weight WA of the battery A. It is desirable to set the force slightly larger than the force. For example, for the first battery A1, the first position restricting plates 71 and 71 of the respective position restricting plate portions 70 and 70 are set to have a slightly larger force than the force capable of holding the own weight W1 of the first battery A1. It is desirable.

  Similarly, the press contact with the second battery A2 is performed by the pressing force of the first and second position restricting plates 71 and 72 as shown in FIG. 3 (b), so that the position restricting provided at least at two places. The total pressing force of both the plate portions 70 and 70 is set so as to be a slightly larger force than the force capable of holding the own weight W2 of the second battery A2. Only the first and second position restricting plates 71 and 72 are set to a force slightly larger than the force capable of holding the own weight W2 of the second battery A2, and the first and second position restricting portions of the other position restricting plate portion 70 are set. It is desirable to set the force to be slightly larger than the force that can hold the weight W2 of the second battery A2 by the plates 71 and 72 alone.

  Similarly, the press contact with the third battery A3 is performed by the pressing force of the first to third position regulating plates 71, 72, 73 as shown in FIG. Although the pressing force obtained by adding both the position restricting plate portions 70 and 70 is set to be slightly larger than the force amount capable of holding the own weight W3 of the third battery A3, one position restricting plate portion 70 is set. Only the first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 are set to a force that is slightly larger than the force capable of holding the own weight W3 of the third battery A3. It is desirable to set the force amount to be slightly larger than the force amount capable of holding the own weight W3 of the third battery A3 with only the third position regulating plates 71, 72, 73.

  And by such a force relationship, regardless of the orientation direction of the storage device 10, the bottom surface portion serving as the reference surface 11 of the storage chamber 25 is used as the bottom surface serving as the reference surface 11 of each battery A1, A2, A3. It can be positioned in pressure contact with 31.

  In the configuration of the first embodiment, when each battery A1, A2, A3 is in the gravity drop direction, that is, when the opening 34 is directed downward, each battery A1, A2, A3 is opened. Therefore, when the battery A is inserted, the orientation direction of the storage device 10 is set so that the battery A does not fall freely.

  Next, a locking operation (locking operation) for mounting and holding the batteries A1, A2, and A3 in the storage chamber 25 will be described.

  In FIG. 4, a third battery A3 is inserted into the storage chamber 25, and the third battery A3 is connected to each discharge spring 51, 52, 53, each contact 41, 42, 43, and each thickness determination switch. Although the contact state is shown with 61, 62, 63, the contact relationship between these members and the pressing relationship between the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 are also applied to the other first and second batteries A1, A2. The only difference is the same, and the battery A will be generally described. 4 shows the same state as the state where the lid 38 is opened and the battery A is discharged from the storage chamber 25 by a certain amount when the battery A is mounted in the storage chamber 25. .

  First, in the state where the battery A is inserted up to the state shown in FIG. Then, from this battery insertion state, the lid 38 is rotated in a direction (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 4) to close the opening 34 against the urging force of the lid spring 39. Then, the lid 38 comes into contact with the base end surface 14 of the battery A and starts to push the battery A into the storage chamber 25. Furthermore, the discharge springs 51, 52, 53 that abut against the tip surfaces 13 of the batteries A1, A2, A3, the springs 46 of the contacts 41, 42, 43, and the thickness determination switches 61, 62, 63 The battery A is pushed to the surface of the opening 34 of the storage chamber 25 against the load of the spring 66. Then, after the lid 38 is once slid downward (-Y direction) against the biasing force of the lid spring 39, the lid 38 is further pushed in the insertion direction to the unlocking position, and this time When it is slid in the opposite upper direction (Y direction), the hook portion 38b and the hook receiving portion 34a are engaged and the hand is released, the urging force of the lid spring 39 causes the hook portion 38b to move as shown in FIG. The engagement with the hook receiving portion 34a is held, the battery A is held at a predetermined position in the storage chamber 25, and the operation of mounting the battery A in the storage device 10 is completed.

  The latching operation for mounting and holding the battery A in the storage chamber 25 is to close and lock the lid 38 for the first and second batteries A1 and A2 (not shown). For the first battery A1, the load is applied by contacting the tip surface 13 in addition to the first discharge spring 51 corresponding to the first battery A1, in addition to the spring 46 of each contact 41, 42, 43, 1 is a spring 66 of the thickness determination switch 61. For the second battery A2, the tip surface 13 abuts and the load is applied to the second battery in addition to the spring 46 of each contact 41, 42, 43. The first and second discharge springs 51 and 52 corresponding to A2, and the spring 66 of the first and second thickness determination switches 61 and 62, and the thickness dimensions H1 and H2 of the batteries A1, A2 and A3 , The load applied in the discharge direction differs depending on H3.

  Then, with the lid 38 closed in this manner, the reference surface 11 of the battery A and the bottom surface portion 31 that is the reference surface of the storage chamber 25 are in close contact with each other, and are respectively connected to the terminals 21, 22, 23 of the battery A. The battery A is held at a predetermined position where the contacts 41, 42, 43 are pressed and electrically connected in a state where they are slightly pushed in. Further, in this state, the action pin 65 of the corresponding thickness determination switch 61, 62, 63 is reliably pushed in, the switch body 67 is turned on, and the thickness is determined by the control means.

  And about 1st and 2nd battery A1, A2, the bottom part 31 of the storage chamber 25 is urged | biased by the urging | biasing force of one or two position control board 71,72 of two position control board parts 70,70. Pressed. Further, the position restricting plates 72 and 73 that do not urge the batteries A1 and A2 are urged by the position restricting springs 82 and 83, abut against the stopper portion 32b, and are in a vertical state from the shaft portion 75 toward the batteries A1 and A2. Even when an impact force is applied to the storage device 10 or an acceleration is applied to the battery A so that the batteries A1, A2 are pressed against the position restricting plates 72, 73, the regulating springs 81, The batteries 82 and 83 are not overloaded, and the batteries A1 and A2 can be held in pressure contact with the bottom surface 31 of the storage chamber 25.

  Further, the position of the batteries A1, A2 in the thickness direction is regulated by the discharge springs 52, 53 for the first and second batteries A1, A2.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), for the first battery A1, the first discharge spring 51 is pressed in the insertion direction by the first battery A1 in the mounted state in the storage chamber 25, and the storage chamber The second discharge spring 52 is arranged to be spaced apart from the facing surface 12 of the first battery A1 by a predetermined dimension, and is close to the end face 33 on the far side of the first battery A1. It is in a state of protruding upward. Further, the second discharge spring 52 formed of a metal plate leaf spring is elastically deformed in the insertion direction, but hardly elastically deforms in the vertical direction, which is the width direction of the metal plate, so Has rigidity against WA. Therefore, the lower edge of the second discharge spring 52 abuts against the facing surface 12 of the first battery A1, thereby also serving as a position restricting means for firmly restricting the position of the first battery A1.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), for the second battery A2, the first and second discharge springs 51 and 52 are inserted in the insertion direction by the second battery A2 in the mounted state in the storage chamber 25. The third discharge spring 53 is pressed and spaced apart by a predetermined dimension from the facing surface 12 of the second battery A2, although it is in a state close to the end surface 33 on the back side of the storage chamber 25. The second battery A2 protrudes upward. Further, the third discharge spring 53 formed of a metal plate leaf spring is elastically deformed in the insertion direction, but is hardly elastically deformed in the vertical direction, which is the width direction of the metal plate. Has rigidity against WA. Therefore, the lower edge of the third discharge spring 53 abuts against the facing surface 12 of the second battery A2, thereby also serving as a position restricting means for firmly restricting the position of the second battery A2.

  As described above, in addition to the position restriction by the position restriction plates 72 and 73, the position is also restricted by the discharge springs 52 and 53, and the battery A is restricted at a plurality of positions, whereby an impact force is applied to the storage device 10. Alternatively, the load such as when acceleration is applied to the battery A is dispersed, and the strength durability of each member is easily improved.

  On the other hand, for the third battery A3, the position of the entire circumference can be restricted by the entire shape of the storage chamber 25, and all the position restriction plates 71, 72, 73 of the two position restriction plate portions 70, 70 are the third ones. The battery A3 is elastically pressed and stably supported.

  Note that when the lid 38 is closed in a state where the battery A is not stored in the storage chamber 25, the above operation is different in that there is no load for pushing the battery A when the lid 38 is closed. That is, with the battery A removed, the lid 38 is rotated in the direction of closing the opening 34 (counterclockwise in FIG. 4) against the urging force of the lid spring 39, and the periphery of the opening 34 Abut. Then, the lid 38 is once slid downward (-Y direction) against the urging force of the lid spring 39, and further pushed in the insertion direction of the lid 38 to the unlocking position. When the hand is released by engaging the hook portion 38b and the hook receiving portion 34a, the urging force of the lid spring 39 causes the hook portion 38b and the hook to move as shown in FIG. The engagement with the receiving portion 34a is maintained and the operation of closing the lid 38 is completed.

  Next, the removal operation of the battery A will be described.

  First, the removal operation of the first battery A1 will be described.

  The operation of opening the lid 38 is the same as the operation of opening the lid 38 that does not contain the battery A. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), from the state in which the first battery A1 is mounted, the lid spring 39 The lid spring 39 is slid downward (in the −Y direction) against the urging force, and the engagement between the hook portion 38b and the hook receiving portion 34a is released. When the operator releases his / her hand, the cover body 38 is rotated in the direction of opening the opening 34 (clockwise direction t in FIGS. 2 and 4) by the biasing force of the cover spring 39, and further for the cover. By the urging force of the spring 39, the battery 34 is inserted by being rotated 90 ° or more and held in an open state.

  Then, the inserted first battery A1 is, as will be described later, the first discharge spring 51 against the mass W1 of the battery A1 and the frictional resistance load F71 of the position restricting plate 71 of the position restricting plate 70. The discharge load F51 of the contact point 40, that is, the discharge load F40 of each contact 41, 42, 43, and the discharge load F61 (= F60) of the first thickness determination switch 61 of the thickness determination unit 60 are combined. Due to the discharge load, it is discharged to the contact position shown in FIG. Therefore, the operator can hold the portion where the first battery A1 protrudes from the storage chamber 25 by hand and take out the first battery A1 from the storage chamber 25.

  Further, the detaching operation of the second battery A2 is the same as the detaching operation of the first battery A1, but the battery mass W2 of the second battery A2 and the friction between the position restricting plates 71 and 72 of the position restricting plate portion 70. Corresponding to the resistance load F71 + F72, the discharge load F51 + F52 of the first and second discharge springs 51, 52, the contact portion 40, that is, the discharge load F40 of each contact 41, 42, 43, and the first of the thickness determination unit 60 And the first battery A1 in that the second battery A2 is discharged with a larger appropriate discharge load (discharge force) that is the sum of the discharge loads F61 + F62 (= F60) of the second thickness determination switches 61, 62. This is different from the withdrawal operation.

  Further, the detaching operation of the third battery A3 is the same as the detaching operation of the first battery A1, but the battery mass W3 of the third battery A3 and the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 of the position restricting plate portion 70. Corresponding to the frictional resistance loads F71 + F72 + F73, the discharge loads F51 + F52 + F53 of the first to third discharge springs 51, 52, 53, the contact portion 40, that is, the discharge loads F40 of the respective contacts 41, 42, 43, and the thickness determination portion 60 The third battery A3 is discharged with a larger appropriate discharge load (discharge force) obtained by adding the discharge loads F61 + F62 + F63 (= F60) of the first to third thickness determination switches 61, 62, 63. This is different from the detaching operation of the first and second batteries A1, A2.

Here, the discharge load during the detachment operation of the battery A will be described using a general formula. The mass of the battery A is WA, and the friction resistance load of the position restricting plate portion 70 corresponding to each battery A1, A2, A3 is expressed as follows. If F70, the load of the discharge biasing part 50 is F50, the load of the contact part 40 is F40, and the load of the thickness judgment part 60 is F60,
(Formula 1) F50 + (F40 + F60)> (F70 + WA)
By satisfying the conditional expression of the battery A, even in the posture of the battery A in the gravitational load direction, that is, in the state where the opening 34 is facing upward, in all the posture directions of the storage device 10 due to the combined discharge load, the battery A can be discharged to a position where it can be easily taken out.

further,
(Formula 1-1) F50> (F70 + WA)
When the above conditional expression is satisfied, the battery A can be discharged only by the load of the discharge springs 51, 52, 53 of the discharge urging unit 50.

  Thus, the storage device 10 has a discharge force corresponding to the masses W1, W2, and W3 of the batteries A1, A2, and A3, and the batteries A1, A2, A3 is discharged from the opening 34 of the storage chamber 25 by a certain amount, and the battery A can be taken out with good workability.

  As described above, according to the storage device 10 of the present embodiment, the lid 38 is opened, the batteries A1, A2, A3 are inserted into the storage chamber 25 from the opening 34, and the lid 38 is closed again. Thus, batteries A1, A2, A3 of different shapes can be stored at predetermined positions, and the terminals 21, 22, 23 of these batteries A1, A2, A3 can be securely connected to the contacts 41, 42, 43. Can be improved.

  That is, the batteries A1, A2, A3 having different thickness dimensions H1, H2, H3 are stored by opening the lid 38 and inserting the batteries A1, A2, A3 into the storage chamber 25 through the opening 34. The position restricting plates 71, 72, and 73 of the position restricting plate 70 that is rotatably disposed in the chamber 25 so as to protrude in the thickness direction are brought into contact with the position restricting plates 71, 72, and 73. It can guide and contact | abut to the bottom face part 31 of the storage chamber 25, and can align it up and down.

  During this mounting operation, the position restricting plate portion 70 is provided with position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 corresponding to the respective batteries A1, A2, A3, and the thickness dimensions H1, H2 of the respective batteries A1, A2, A3. , H3 is set so that the pressing force by the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 urged by the restricting springs 81, 82, 83 increases as the H3 increases, so that each battery A1, A2, A3 is stored in the storage chamber 25. It is possible to reliably press the bottom surface portion 31 with an appropriate pressure.

  Further, in a state where the batteries A1, A2, A3 are mounted at predetermined positions, the position regulating plates 72, 73 that do not bias the batteries A1, A2 are substantially perpendicular to the facing surface 12 of the batteries A1, A2. The position regulating plate is held substantially perpendicularly to the facing surface 12 of each battery A1, A2 and the tip is opposed to the battery through a slight predetermined interval, corresponding to each battery A1, A2. Since 72 and 73 are provided corresponding to each battery A1 and A2, these position restricting plates 72 and 73 function as position restricting means for preventing movement of each battery A1 and A2 in the thickness direction, and therefore are housed. Even when an impact force is applied to the device 10 or an acceleration is applied to the battery A, no overload is applied to the regulation springs 81, 82, 83, and each battery A1, A2, A3 is placed on the bottom surface of the storage chamber 25. Can be positioned and held in pressure contact with 31.

  Similarly, the discharge springs 52 and 53 that are not in contact with the batteries A1, A2 and A3 in the elastically deforming direction function as position restricting means for preventing movement in the thickness direction, and thus are dispersed at a plurality of locations. It can receive power and can improve durability.

  Since the position restricting plates 72, 73 and the discharge springs 52, 53 perform position restriction in this way, the amount of spring force of the restricting springs 81, 82, 83 of the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 is the maximum. However, it is sufficient that the battery A has a mass to hold the mass WA, and a large spring force that can withstand the impact force is not necessary, so that the apparatus can be miniaturized and the battery A can be easily inserted.

  As described above, the position regulating plates 72 and 73 and the discharge springs 52 and 53 also serve as members having a plurality of functions, so that the number of parts can be reduced, the structure can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  When the lid 38 is opened, the battery A is discharged by a certain amount by the urging forces of the discharge springs 51, 52, 53, the thickness determining unit 60 and the contact point 40 of the discharge urging unit 50, and the battery has good workability. A can be taken out. Further, the discharging force by these members is set so that the discharging force increases as the outer shape of each battery A1, A2, A3, that is, the thickness dimension H1, H2, H3 increases, and the above formula 1 or Since it is set to satisfy Formula 1-1, all the batteries A can be reliably discharged regardless of the orientation direction of the storage device 10, that is, in all orientation directions.

  Further, since an appropriate discharge force can be set for each of the batteries A1, A2, and A3, and it is possible to prevent the battery A from being applied with an excessive discharge force, the lid 38, the hook portion 38b, and the hook constituting the lock means The durability of the receiving portion 34a can be improved.

  Further, the first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 of the position restricting plate portion 70 of the position restricting portion 69 rotate while sliding in the escape direction when the battery A is inserted, and when the battery A is discharged, Since the sliding contact is made in the biting direction, the force required when the battery A is inserted can be reduced to improve workability, and the sliding resistance can be increased when the battery A is discharged, thereby preventing the battery A from being discharged more than a certain amount. .

  Further, the position restricting plate portion 70 of the position restricting portion 69 has a plurality of position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 that are urged by the restricting springs 81, 82, 83 and are provided on the outer shape of the battery A. Accordingly, the position of the battery A whose outer shape is flat can be reliably regulated. For this reason, the battery A and the storage chamber 25 do not need to form a concave portion or a convex portion for regulating and holding the position, and the outer shape can be configured as a plane.

  Therefore, it is not necessary to form small irregularities in the battery A and the storage chamber 25, and the strength can be improved and handling can be facilitated. For example, when the battery A and the concave portion or convex portion of the storage chamber 25 are formed by plastic molding, it is necessary to replace the whole when the damage occurs, and the repairability is not good. In this case, it is possible to easily improve the durability by reducing the portion that is easily damaged.

  Furthermore, since the position restricting plate portion 70 of the position restricting portion 69 can be configured as a unit structure, repair is easy even when damage occurs, and maintenance costs can be reduced.

  Further, even when the external dimensions of the battery A as the object is changed or a battery A having a different shape is added, the position restriction plates 71, 72, 73 of the position restriction plate portion 70 are changed or added. Therefore, it can be easily handled.

  In each of the above embodiments, the thickness determination unit 60 includes the thickness determination switches 61, 62, and 63 that are independent of the position restricting plate unit 70 and the discharge urging unit 50. 60 may be configured integrally with the position restricting plate portion 70 or the discharge urging portion 50, that is, the position determining plate portion 70 or the discharge urging portion 50 may be used as the thickness determining portion 60.

  For example, when it is configured integrally with the discharge urging unit 50, as shown in FIG. 5, the discharge spring 51 of the discharge urging unit 50 that is pressed against the battery A inserted into the storage chamber 25, 52 and 53 are formed of a member such as a conductive metal plate, the discharge springs 51, 52, and 53 are used as movable contacts, and the thickness is simply provided by providing a contact 90 that faces the discharge springs 51, 52, and 53. The determination unit 60 can be configured, the configuration can be simplified, the number of parts can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. In this configuration, since the load F60 of the thickness determination unit 60 described in (Equation 1.1) is eliminated, another discharge load, for example, the discharge load of the discharge urging unit 50 is set large.

  In addition, when the thickness determining unit 60 is configured integrally with the position restricting plate 70, although not shown in the drawings, it is connected to the bearings 71b, 72b, 73b or the shaft 75 of each position restricting plate 71, 72, 73. A conductive pattern portion corresponding to the movement position is provided, and the member that rotates relative to the bearing portions 71b, 72b, 73b or the shaft portion 75 as the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 rotate is electrically connected. A brush switch can be configured by providing a conductive brush in contact with the pattern portion. Then, by detecting the conduction state between the conduction pattern portion and the brush, that is, the conduction state of the brush switch, each position regulating plate 71, 72, 73 can function as a switch. Also in this configuration, the configuration can be simplified, the number of parts can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the second embodiment, when the battery A which is a box body is detached, the battery A is kept in a discharged state, for example, regardless of the orientation direction of the storage device 10, for example, the orientation direction of the storage device 10 Even if the battery A is in a posture direction in which the battery A falls by gravity, the battery A has a fall prevention structure that can hold the battery A discharged from the storage chamber 25 so as not to fall.

  6 to 8 show a state in which the cover 38 is opened and the battery A is discharged from the storage chamber 25 by a certain amount, or a state in which the battery 38 is inserted into the storage chamber 25 and before the cover 38 is closed. When the storage device 10 is in a posture direction in which the battery A falls by gravity, the battery A is held by frictional resistance. 6 and 7 show the case where the second battery A2 is inserted, and FIG. 8 shows the case where the third battery A3 having the maximum thickness H3 is inserted.

  In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment, the batteries of the first to third position restriction plates 71, 72, 73 of each position restriction plate portion 70 are used. Contact portions 101 each having a predetermined friction resistance load are provided at the portions that contact A, and as shown in FIG. 7, a friction resistance member having a predetermined friction resistance load on the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25. As shown in FIG. 8, the top surface 32 of the storage chamber 25 is urged to press the contact portion 101 of the position regulating plate 73 against the third battery A3 having the maximum thickness H3. The structure of the other contact part 40, the discharge | emission urging | biasing part 50, the thickness determination part 60, etc. is the same as that of 1st Embodiment.

  That is, the facing surfaces of the batteries A1, A2, and A3 of the position restricting plates 71, 72, and 73 that bias the reference surface 11 of the battery A to the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 by the urging force of the restricting springs 81, 82, and 83. Since the contact portion 101 is provided in the portion in contact with the contact portion 101, a frictional resistance load in the direction of biting is generated between the contact portion 101 and the facing surface 12, and the free fall of the battery A can be easily prevented. Yes. Here, the first to third position restriction plates 71, 72, 73 urged by the restriction springs 81, 82, 83 press the opposing surface 12 of the battery A against the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 and urge it. Since the pressing load increases as the outer shape of the battery A increases, the frictional resistance load also increases in proportion. The contact portion 101 is formed by adhering a member having higher frictional resistance to the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 than the members constituting the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73. It can also be formed by coating a member or by fitting a so-called snap fit. In this configuration, the member that regulates the position of the battery A is also used as a fall prevention member at the time of discharge, and an increase in the number of parts is suppressed.

  Further, the frictional resistance member 102 of the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 is provided as needed to assist the load in the fall prevention direction by the contact portion 101, and increases the urging force of the regulation springs 81, 82, 83. Without increasing the frictional resistance load in the fall prevention direction. The friction resistance member 102 is also formed by bonding or coating of another member.

  Further, the urging portion 103 contacts the third position restricting plate 73 that comes into contact with the facing surface 12 of the third battery A3 when the third battery A3 having the maximum thickness H3 is inserted. Part 101 is pressed to press the third battery A3 against the frictional resistance member 102 of the bottom part 31. In addition to the contact part 101, the biasing part 103 and the frictional resistance member 102 hold the battery A3 to The frictional resistance load in the fall prevention direction can be increased without increasing the urging force of the springs 81, 82, 83. Further, the urging portion 103 is configured by an urging means such as a leaf spring that is an elastic member attached to the top surface portion 32 of the storage chamber 25.

  In this configuration, even when the battery A is inserted, between the facing surface 12 of the battery A and the contact portion 101 and the urging portion 103, and between the reference surface 11 of the battery A and the frictional resistance member 102. A frictional resistance load is generated, and the amount of insertion force increases. However, since the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate portion 70 operates in the escape direction, it only acts partly as load resistance in the insertion direction and operates in the biting direction in the discharge direction, so that all of the load resistance acts. be able to.

  Next, the mounting operation and the detaching operation of the battery A will be described.

  First, a configuration in which the contact portion 101 is provided and the friction resistance member 102 and the biasing portion 103 are not provided will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 6, the operation until the battery A2 is inserted and brought into contact with the discharge springs 51, 52, 53, the thickness determination switches 61, 62, 63, and the contacts 41, 42, 43 is the first implementation. The reference surface 11 of the battery A2 is pressed against the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 by a load of regulating springs 81, 82, 83 (not shown) and is in a state of being biased.

  Then, after inserting the second battery A2 in this way and contacting each discharge spring 51, 52, 53, each thickness determination switch 61, 62, 63, and each contact 41, 42, 43, Even when the second battery A2 is in the posture of dropping in the gravitational drop before the lid 38 is closed, it is biased by the facing surface 12 of the second battery A2 and the regulating springs 81 and 82. By the frictional resistance load in the biting direction generated between the position restricting plates 71 and 72 and the contact portion 101, the second battery A2 can be held at the same position as the discharge position in a state of being locked in a so-called locked state.

  That is, the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 act as a member for preventing the fall at the same time as the position restricting means.

  Although the second battery A2 has been described here, the same applies to the first battery A1 and the third battery A3, and the first battery A1 is biased by the regulating spring 81. The third battery A3 is held by the frictional resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate 71. For the third battery A3, the first to third position restricting plates 71 urged by the restricting springs 81, 82, 83 are provided. , 72, and 73 differ only in that they are held by the frictional resistance load of the contact portion 101.

Therefore, the load-related conditional expression that satisfies the conditions for holding the battery A at the discharge position and preventing the battery A from dropping is a position regulating plate corresponding to each battery A1, A2, A3, where the weight of the battery A is WA. If the friction resistance load of the contact part 101 of the part 70 is F101, the load of the discharge biasing part 50 is F50, the load of the contact part 40 is F40, and the load of the thickness judgment part 60 is F60,
(Formula 2-1) F50 + F40 + F60> F101 + WA
And
(Formula 2-2) F101> WA
Furthermore, instead of Formula 2-1,
(Formula 2-11) F50> F101 + WA
When satisfy | filling, discharge | emission becomes possible only by the load F50 of the discharge | emission urging | biasing part 50. FIG.

  Here, the pressure load that the position restriction plates 71, 72, 73 urged by the restriction springs 81, 82, 83 press the reference surface 11 of the battery A against the bottom surface 31 of the storage chamber 25 and shift it to the side is: Since the outer shape of the battery A increases, the frictional resistance load F101 of the contact portion 101 also increases in proportion.

  Further, not only when the battery A is inserted but also when the battery A is inserted, a frictional resistance load is generated between the facing surface 12 of the battery A and each contact portion 101 of each position regulating plate 71, 72, 73, and the amount of insertion force is increased. . However, since the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate portion 70 operates in the escape direction, it only increases slightly as the load resistance in the insertion direction, and operates in the biting direction in the discharge direction. The battery A can be prevented from dropping efficiently.

  Next, a configuration in which the contact portion 101 and the frictional resistance member 102 are provided and the biasing portion 103 is not provided will be described with reference to FIG.

  In this configuration, in addition to the configuration of FIG. 6, a friction resistance member 102 having a friction resistance load is formed on the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 by bonding or coating, and an auxiliary force for load in the fall prevention direction is added. Thus, the regulation springs 81, 82, 83 and the contact portion 101 are reduced in size and improved in durability.

In this configuration, each operation is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 6 described above, but the load relational expression for preventing the drop is different, and the conditions for the battery A to be held at the discharge position and further to be prevented from falling are as follows. The satisfied load-related conditional expression is that the mass of the battery A is WA, the friction resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate portion 70 corresponding to each of the batteries A1, A2, and A3 is F101, and the friction resistance member 102 of the storage chamber 25 F102 is the friction resistance load, F50 is the load of the discharge urging unit 50, F40 is the load of the contact 40, and F60 is the load of the thickness judgment unit 60.
(Formula 2-3) F50 + F40 + F60> F101 + F102 + WA
And
(Formula 2-4) F101 + F102> WA
Furthermore, instead of Formula 2-3,
(Formula 2-31) F50> F101 + F102 + WA
When satisfy | filling, discharge | emission becomes possible only by the load F50 of the discharge | emission urging | biasing part 50. FIG.

  Also in this configuration, not only when discharging, but also when inserting the battery A, the gap between the facing surface 12 of the battery A and each contact portion 101 of each position regulating plate 71, 72, 73 and the reference surface 11 of the battery A And a frictional resistance load between the frictional resistance member 102 of the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 and the amount of insertion force increases. However, since the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate portion 70 operates in the escape direction, it only increases partly as load resistance in the insertion direction, and operates in the biting direction in the discharge direction. The battery A can be efficiently prevented from falling.

  Next, a configuration in which an urging portion 103 is provided in addition to the contact portion 101 and the frictional resistance member 102 will be described with reference to FIG.

  6 and 7, when the third battery A3 having the maximum thickness H3 is mounted, if the mass W3 of the third battery A3 is considerably larger than that of the other batteries, the position regulating spring 83 is used. It is necessary to increase the frictional resistance proportionally, for example, by increasing the urging force and enlarging the contact portion 101 provided on the position restricting plate 73.

  Therefore, an urging portion 103 is provided on the top surface portion 32 of the storage chamber 25 so that the frictional resistance load in the fall preventing direction is increased only when the third battery A3 is mounted, and the third battery A3 is inserted. And the contact portion 101 of the third position restricting plate 73 in contact with the facing surface 12 of the third battery A3 is pressed, so to speak between the facing surface 12 of the third battery A3 and the biasing portion 103. By sandwiching the contact portion 101 of the third position restricting plate 73 and pressing the contact portion 101 against the facing surface 12 of the third battery A3, a pressure load caused by the restricting spring 83 of the third position restricting plate 73 is applied. Since the pressure contact load of the urging portion 103 is added, the frictional resistance load in the fall prevention direction can be increased without increasing the urging force of the regulating springs 81, 82, 83.

  Further, in the configuration of FIG. 8, in the case of the first and second batteries A1 and A2, the operation is the same as the configuration shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and the load relational expressions are also expressed by Formulas 2-1 to 2-4. Will be the same.

Therefore, the load relational conditional expression satisfying the condition for holding the third battery A3 at the discharge position and preventing the third battery A3 from dropping is the position restriction corresponding to the third battery A3, where the mass of the battery A is WA. The friction resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the plate portion 70 is F101, the friction resistance load of the friction resistance member 102 of the storage chamber 25 is F102, the friction resistance load increase portion by the biasing portion 103 is F103, the load of the discharge biasing portion 50 Is F50, the load of the contact part 40 is F40, and the load of the thickness judgment part 60 is F60.
(Formula 2-5) F50 + F40 + F60> F101 + F102 + F103 + WA
And
(Formula 2-6) F101 + F102 + F103> WA
Furthermore, instead of Formula 2-3,
(Formula 2-51) F50> F101 + F102 + F103 + WA
When satisfy | filling, discharge | emission becomes possible only by the load F50 of the discharge | emission urging | biasing part 50. FIG.

  Also in this configuration, the insertion force amount of the third battery A3 increases, and an insertion force amount substantially equal to the fall prevention load (F101 + F102 + F103) is generated. On the other hand, the first and second batteries A1 and A2 have the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 7, and the facing surface 12 and each position of the battery A are not only discharged but also inserted when the battery A is inserted. A frictional resistance load is generated between the contact portions 101 of the regulation plates 71, 72, 73 and between the reference surface 11 of the battery A and the frictional resistance member 102 of the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25, and the amount of insertion force is increased. However, since the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate portion 70 operates in the escape direction, it only increases partly as load resistance in the insertion direction, and operates in the biting direction in the discharge direction. The battery A can be efficiently prevented from falling.

  Then, from the state shown in FIG. 6 to FIG. 8, the battery A can be mounted and held at a predetermined position by closing the lid 38 as in the first embodiment.

  Next, the removal operation of the battery A will be described.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 6, when the lid 38 is opened in the same manner as in the first embodiment after the battery A is mounted, for example, for the second battery A2, the discharge springs 51 and 52 ( The battery A is discharged by the combined discharge load of the load F50 = F51 + F52), the contacts 41, 42, 43 (load F40), and the thickness determination switches 61, 62 (F60 = F61 + F62).

  At this time, the contact portion 101 (load F101) of the first and second position restricting plates 71 and 72 is in pressure contact with the facing surface 12 of the battery A in the biting direction, and generates a frictional resistance load for preventing the drop. .

  The combined discharge load discharges the battery A to the contact position with the discharge springs 51, 52, 53, etc. against the frictional resistance load for preventing the fall, so the battery A is held by hand. It can be taken out from the storage room 25 with good workability.

  The load-related conditional expression at this time is such that the battery A can be discharged to the contact position (discharge position) in all the orientation directions of the storage device 10, and the storage device 10 has the gravity of the battery A at this contact position. Even if the posture in the dropping direction is taken, it is necessary to satisfy that the battery A does not fall.

  The discharge load of the first battery A1 is the sum of the first discharge spring 51 (load F50 = F51), the contacts 41, 42, 43 (load F40), and the thickness determination switch 61 (F60 = F61). The friction resistance load is generated by the contact portion 101 (load F101) of the first position restricting plate 71 of each position restricting plate 70. The discharge load of the third battery A3 includes the first to third discharge springs 51, 52, 53 (load F50 = F51 + F52 + F53), the contacts 41, 42, 43 (load F40), and the thickness. The summed discharge load of the judgment switches 61, 62, 63 (F60 = F61 + F62 + F63) is obtained, and the frictional resistance load is the first to third position restriction plates 71, 72, 73 of each position restriction plate portion 70. This is caused by the contact portion 101 (load F101).

Therefore, when a load relational expression is expressed using a representative value for each load, the mass of the battery A is WA, and the frictional resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the position regulating plate portion 70 corresponding to each battery A1, A2, A3 is F101. If the load of the discharge urging unit 50 is F50, the load of the contact unit 40 is F40, and the load of the thickness judgment unit 60 is F60,
(Formula 3-1) F50 + (F40 + F60)> F101 + WA
And,
(Formula 3-2) F50 + (F40 + F60)>F101> WA
By satisfying the conditional expression, all the orientation directions of the storage device 10, for example, the orientation of the battery A in the gravitational load direction, that is, the state where the opening portion 34 is facing upward, are all caused by the combined discharge load. The battery A can be discharged to a position where it can be easily taken out, and even when the opening 34 faces downward, all the batteries A can be prevented from falling in the direction of gravity due to their own weight WA.

further,
(Formula 3-11) F50> F101 + WA
And,
(Formula 3-21) F50>F101> WA
Is satisfied, the battery A can be discharged only by the load of the discharge springs 51, 52, 53 of the discharge urging unit 50.

  The load F50 of the discharge urging unit 50 of the storage device 10 increases as the thickness dimension H of the battery A increases so as to satisfy the conditional expressions shown in these expressions 3-1 to 3-21. Since each battery A1, A2, A3 has a discharge force corresponding to the mass W1, W2, W3 of each battery A1, each battery A1, A2, A3 is opened in the storage chamber 25 in all orientation directions of the storage device 10. A certain amount is discharged from 34, and the battery A can be taken out with good workability. Furthermore, the total load of the regulating springs 81, 82, 83 that urge the contact portion 101 of each position regulating plate portion 70 increases as the thickness dimension H of the battery A increases, and the friction resistance load for preventing the fall also increases. Since the size can be increased, it is possible to prevent all batteries A from falling in the direction of gravity due to their own weight WA in all orientation directions of the storage device 10.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the separation operation of the configuration in which the contact portion 101 and the frictional resistance member 102 are provided and the urging portion 103 is not provided will be described.

  In this configuration, in addition to the configuration of FIG. 6, a friction resistance member 102 having a friction resistance load is formed on the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 by bonding or coating, and the friction resistance load F102 is increased.

Therefore, when a load relational expression is expressed using a representative value for each load, the mass of the battery A is WA, and the frictional resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the position regulating plate portion 70 corresponding to each battery A1, A2, A3 is F101. When the friction resistance load of the friction resistance member 102 of the storage chamber 25 is F102, the load of the discharge biasing portion 50 is F50, the load of the contact portion 40 is F40, and the load of the thickness determination portion 60 is F60,
(Formula 4-1) F50 + (F40 + F60)> F101 + F102 + WA
And,
(Formula 4-2) F50 + (F40 + F60)> F101 + F102> WA
By satisfying the conditional expression of the battery A, even in the posture of the battery A in the gravitational load direction, that is, in the state where the opening 34 is facing upward, in all the posture directions of the storage device 10 due to the combined discharge load, the battery A can be discharged to a position where it can be easily taken out, and the battery A can be prevented from dropping in the direction of gravity due to its own weight WA.

further,
(Formula 4-11) F50> F101 + F102 + WA
And,
(Formula 4-21) F50> F101 + F102> WA
Is satisfied, the battery A can be discharged only by the load of the discharge springs 51, 52, 53 of the discharge urging unit 50.

  As described above, by providing the friction resistance member 102 having the friction resistance load on the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25, it is possible to provide an auxiliary force in the fall prevention direction by the contact portion 101 of the position restriction plate portion 70, and the restriction spring. Even if the urging force of 81, 82, 83 is reduced, a sufficient load can be secured in the direction of dropping prevention, so that all batteries A can be reliably prevented from falling.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the detachment | moving operation | movement of the structure which provided the urging | biasing part 103 in addition to the contact part 101 and the frictional resistance member 102 is demonstrated.

  In the configuration of FIG. 8, in the case of the first and second batteries A1 and A2, the operation is the same as the configuration shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and the load relational expressions are also the same as those of Formulas 4-1 to 4-21. become.

  On the other hand, in a state where the third battery A3 having the maximum thickness dimension H3 is mounted, the urging portion 103 presses the contact portion 101 of the third position restricting plate 73, so to speak, the third battery A3. By holding the contact portion 101 of the third position restricting plate 73 between the facing surface 12 and the urging portion 103, the pressing load of the restricting spring 83 of the third position restricting plate 73 is applied to the urging portion 103. A pressure contact load has been added.

Therefore, when a load relational expression is expressed using representative values for each load, the mass of the battery A is WA, and the frictional resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the position regulating plate portion 70 corresponding to each battery A1, A2, A3 is F101. The friction resistance load of the friction resistance member 102 of the storage chamber 25 is F102, the friction resistance load increasing portion by the biasing portion 103 is F103, the load of the discharge biasing portion 50 is F50, the load of the contact portion 40 is F40, the thickness If the load of the judgment unit 60 is F60,
(Formula 4-1) F50 + (F40 + F60)> F101 + F102 + F103 + WA
And,
(Formula 4-2) F50 + (F40 + F60)> F101 + F102 + F103> WA
By satisfying the above conditional expression, the battery discharge A in all the orientation directions of the storage device 10 due to the combined discharge load, for example, even when the orientation of the battery A in the gravitational load direction, that is, the opening 34 is facing upward, A can be discharged to a position where it can be easily taken out, and even when the third battery A3 is considerably heavier than the other batteries A1 and A2, it is possible to prevent the weight A from dropping in the direction of gravity.

further,
(Formula 4-11) F50> F101 + F102 + F103 + WA
And,
(Formula 4-21) F50> F101 + F102 + F103> WA
Is satisfied, the battery A can be discharged only by the load of the discharge springs 51, 52, 53 of the discharge urging unit 50, and all the batteries A including the third battery A3 are discharged more reliably. it can.

  That is, when the third battery A3 having the maximum shape is mounted, the contact portion 101 of each position restricting plate 70 abuts against the facing surface 12 of the third battery A3 at a shallow angle and acts in the direction of engagement. In this embodiment, when the third battery A3 having the maximum shape is mounted, the opposing surface 12 of the third battery A3 and the urging portion 103 may be reduced. The contact portion 101 is sandwiched between and the contact portion 101 is pressed against the third battery A3, thereby increasing the frictional resistance load and reliably preventing all the batteries A including the third battery A3 from falling. It can be carried out.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, as the outer shape increases, the discharging force is increased, and in addition to the effect of the first embodiment in which all the batteries A can be discharged by a certain amount, At the time of discharging operation, the contact portion 101 provided on the position regulating plates 71, 72, 73 acts in the direction of biting, so that load resistance can be effectively applied, and the fall prevention force increases as the outer shape increases, so the battery A The battery A can be held in a certain amount of discharged state, and the battery A can be reliably prevented from dropping due to its own weight WA.

  Further, the contact portion 101 for preventing the fall is provided on the position restricting plates 71, 72, and 73 for restricting the position at the time of insertion and after the insertion. Miniaturization can be easily realized.

  Further, when the battery A is inserted, the position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 rotate in the escape direction, so that the resistance during insertion can be reduced and workability can be improved.

  In addition, in order to hold the battery A efficiently by applying a force in the biting direction, and to improve workability and durability by reducing the insertion load, a friction resistance member is attached to the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25. It is desirable not only to provide 102 but also to provide the contact portion 101 on the position regulating plates 71, 72, 73.

  Note that the urging portion 103 can be configured not to contact the contact portion 101 of the third position restricting plate 73 but also the contact portion 101 of the other position restricting plates 71 and 72 to the third battery A3. .

  Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the third embodiment, the first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 of the position restricting plate portion 70 that contacts the facing surface 12 of the battery A are rotated in the configuration of each of the above embodiments. The pressing load of the regulating springs 81, 82, 83 that are urged to move is adjustable. That is, in the first and second embodiments, in addition to the initial setting, even if the outer shape is the same due to the limit of the durability performance and the change of the friction coefficient due to the change over time, or the specification change of the battery A, the mass is the same. Even in the case of a change, as shown in the first embodiment, the battery A is pressed and held in contact with the bottom surface 31 of the storage chamber 25, and as shown in the second embodiment. In addition, the battery A can be discharged by a certain amount to ensure the function of preventing the drop due to gravity.

  In this configuration, in addition to the configurations of the first and second embodiments, urging force adjusting means 111, 112, and 113 are provided for the regulating springs 81, 82, and 83, respectively. 111, 112, 113 are each provided with a spring adjustment locking member 115, an adjustment lever 116, a lock mechanism (not shown), and the like. The spring adjustment locking member 115 is provided on a holding member (not shown), is provided so as to be able to advance and retreat along the insertion direction (Z, −Z direction) of the battery A, and each of the regulating springs 81, 82 instead of the fixing portion 85. , 83 are connected to spring connecting portions 118 and 118, and an engaging portion 119 connected to the adjusting lever 116 is provided. In addition, the adjustment lever 116 is provided so as to be independently rotatable about the shaft 120, and an operation unit 121 extending from the shaft 120 and a working shaft 122 extending from the shaft 120 in the other direction. And. The distal end portion of each action shaft 122 is rotatably connected to the engaging portion 119 of the spring adjustment locking member 115. Therefore, by rotating the operation portion 121, the spring adjustment locking member 115 slides, and the regulating springs 81, 82, 83 are expanded and contracted to adjust the urging force. The lock mechanism locks or allows the movement of the adjustment lever 116, that is, the spring adjustment locking member 115.

  Next, the adjustment operation will be described.

  This adjustment operation is performed in the order of the first restriction spring 81, the second restriction spring 82, and the third restriction spring 83.

  First, with respect to the urging force adjusting means 111 corresponding to the first restricting spring 81 that urges the first position restricting plate 71 in contact with the first battery A1 in the clockwise direction t, the lock mechanism is operated to lock it. The adjustment lever 116 is released, the adjustment locking member 115 is slid, the regulating spring 81 is expanded and contracted to adjust the load, and the attitude of the storage device 10 is set to the direction in which the battery of the first battery A1 falls. The first battery A1 is adjusted so that it does not fall freely even if the lid 38 is opened. Then, after the adjustment is completed, the adjustment lever 116 and the adjustment locking member 115 are fixed by the lock mechanism.

  Next, the adjustment of the second battery A2 is performed in a state where the load adjustment of the first battery A1 is completed. That is, the urging force adjusting means 112 corresponding to the second restricting spring 82 that urges the second position restricting plate 72 in contact with the second battery A2 in the clockwise direction t is operated by locking the lock mechanism. The adjustment lever 116 is released, the adjustment locking member 115 is slid, the regulating spring 82 is expanded and contracted to adjust the load, and the attitude of the storage device 10 is changed to the gravity drop direction of the battery A of the second battery A2. Then, even if the lid 38 is opened, the attached second battery A2 is adjusted so as not to fall freely. Then, after the adjustment is completed, the adjustment lever 116 and the adjustment locking member 115 are fixed by the lock mechanism.

  Next, the third battery A3 is adjusted in a state where the load adjustment of the second battery A2 is completed. That is, for the urging force adjusting means 113 corresponding to the third regulating spring 83 that urges the third position regulating plate 73 in contact with the third battery A3 in the clockwise direction t, the lock mechanism is operated to lock the urging force adjusting means 113. The adjustment lever 116 is released, the adjustment locking member 115 is slid, the regulating spring 83 is expanded and contracted to adjust the load, and the attitude of the storage device 10 is changed to the gravity falling direction of the battery A of the third battery A3. Then, even if the lid 38 is opened, the attached third battery A3 is adjusted so that it does not fall freely. Then, after the adjustment is completed, the adjustment lever 116 and the adjustment locking member 115 are fixed by the lock mechanism.

  In order to satisfy the conditional expression for discharging a certain amount of battery A, the load F50 of the discharge urging unit 50 should be set to a value that assumes the maximum value of the mass WA of the battery A in the initial setting. Therefore, it is possible to cope without providing an adjustment mechanism.

  Next, the readjustment operation of the urging force in the use state will be described.

  That is, as shown in the first embodiment, when the mass is changed even when the outer shape is the same due to a change in the friction coefficient due to the limit of durability performance and a change with time, or a change in the specifications of the battery A, as shown in the first embodiment. Each load that prevents the battery A from being pressed and held against the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25, and prevents the drop due to gravity by discharging the battery A by a certain amount as shown in the second embodiment. There is a possibility that the conditional expression of the relationship may not be satisfied, but as a solution in such a case, the pressing load of the regulating springs 81, 82, 83 of the position regulating urging unit 80 is adjusted to ensure the function. It is.

  Here, the first battery A1 is stored in the storage chamber 25, and the contact portion 101 of the first position restricting plate 71 of each position restricting plate 70 abuts against the facing surface 12 of the first battery A1, and the first In the configuration in which the reference surface 11 of the battery A1 is held in pressure contact with the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25, the posture of the storage device 10 is changed to the first battery A1 when the mass increases even if the battery shape is the same. When the reference surface 11 of the first battery A1 cannot be held in pressure contact with the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25 in a posture direction in which all the mass W1 is loaded on the position restricting plate portion 70, the load of the restricting spring 81 is increased. An adjustment method for maintaining pressure contact will be described.

  First, the lid 38 is opened, the first battery A1 is set to the same position as in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment, and the mass direction W1 of the first battery A1 is all positioned in the orientation direction of the storage device 10. The posture direction is loaded on the restriction plate 70. When the lock mechanism (not shown) is released, the adjustment lever 116 of the urging force adjusting means 111 can be rotated about the shaft 120, so that the operation portion 121 of the adjustment lever 116 is rotated counterclockwise. . Then, the adjustment locking member 115 connected to the adjustment lever 116 by the engagement portion 119 slides to the back side (Z direction) of the storage chamber 25, extends the restriction spring 81, increases the load, and the amount of pressing force Is adjusted so as to exceed the mass of the first battery A1 and become (W1 + α). Then, after confirming that the reference surface 11 of the first battery A1 is held in pressure contact with the bottom surface 31 of the storage chamber 25 by some method such as visual observation, the adjustment lever 116 is fixed by a lock mechanism.

  Similarly, for the second and third batteries A2 and A3, the regulating springs 82 and 83 are moved by rotating the adjusting levers 116 of the corresponding biasing force adjusting means 112 and 113 counterclockwise, respectively. The load can be increased by stretching, and the amount of pressing force can be adjusted so as to exceed the mass of each battery A2, A3 and become (W2 + α, W3 + α).

  However, the adjustment of the urging force adjusting means 112 for the second battery A2 is performed after the adjustment of the urging force adjusting means 111 of the first battery A1, and the adjustment of the urging force adjusting means 113 of the third battery A3 is the first adjustment. And it is necessary to carry out after adjusting the biasing force adjusting means 111, 112 of the second batteries A1, A2.

  For the second and third batteries A2 and A3, after confirming that the reference surface 11 is pressed against the bottom surface 31 of the storage chamber 25 by some method such as visual observation, the adjustment lever 116 is fixed by a lock mechanism. To do.

  Next, also in FIG. 9, the first battery A1 is stored in the storage chamber 25, and the contact portion 101 of the first position restricting plate 71 of each position restricting plate 70 is located on the facing surface 12 of the first battery A1. In the configuration in which the reference surface 11 of the first battery A1 is in contact with and held in pressure contact with the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25, the battery A of the second embodiment is discharged by a certain amount and free-falling in the gravity direction is performed. An adjustment method for increasing the load of the regulating spring 81, discharging the battery A by a certain amount, and preventing free fall in the direction of gravity when the conditional expressions for each load to be prevented cannot be satisfied will be described. .

  Here, in order to satisfy the conditional expression for discharging a certain amount of the battery A, the load F50 of the discharge urging unit 50 is set to a value assuming the maximum value of the mass WA of the battery A in the initial setting. Therefore, the conditional expression (Equation 3-1) relating to each load is not adjusted.

  First, the orientation direction of the storage device 10 is the orientation direction in which the first battery A1 drops by gravity, the lid 38 is opened, and the first battery A1 is located at the same position as in FIG. 6 of the second embodiment. . Then, in order to satisfy the conditional expression (Equation 3-2) of each load relation described in the second embodiment, and to prevent the first battery A1 from dropping freely when a certain amount is discharged, the same as above. The adjustment lever 116 of the urging force adjusting means 111 is operated and adjusted, and the regulating spring 81 is extended to increase the load.

At this time, the load of the battery A is WA, the friction resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate 70 corresponding to each of the batteries A1, A2, and A3 is F101, the load of the discharge urging portion 50 is F50, When the load of the contact part 40 is F40 and the load of the thickness judgment part 60 is F60,
(Formula 3-2) F50 + (F40 + F60)>F101> WA
The conditional expression of is satisfied. Furthermore, when discharging the battery A only with the load of the discharge springs 51, 52, 53 of the discharge urging unit 50,
(Formula 3-21) F50>F101> WA
The conditional expression of is satisfied.

  By satisfying this load-related conditional expression, it is possible to prevent the battery A from falling in the direction of gravity due to its own weight WA in all the orientation directions, and to act in the biting direction when a certain amount is discharged. The battery A can be held at a position where the battery A can be easily taken out by the frictional resistance load F101 of the contact portion 101.

  Then, after confirming by some method such as visual observation that the first battery A1 does not fall freely in the direction of gravity, the adjustment lever 116 is fixed by a lock mechanism.

  Similarly, for the second and third batteries A2 and A3, the adjusting levers 116 of the corresponding urging force adjusting means 112 and 113 are rotated counterclockwise to extend the regulating springs 82 and 83, respectively. By adjusting so that the load is increased and the conditional expression of load relation (Formula 3-2) can be satisfied, the second and third batteries A2 and A3 do not fall freely in the direction of gravity, It can be held at a position where it can be easily taken out by the frictional resistance load F101 of the contact portion 101 acting in the biting direction in a state where only a certain amount is discharged.

  However, the adjustment of the urging force adjusting means 112 for the second battery A2 is performed after the adjustment of the urging force adjusting means 111 of the first battery A1, and the adjustment of the urging force adjusting means 113 of the third battery A3 is the first adjustment. And it is necessary to carry out after adjusting the biasing force adjusting means 111, 112 of the second batteries A1, A2.

  The second and third batteries A2 and A3 are also confirmed by some method such as visual observation that they do not fall freely in the direction of gravity, and then the adjustment lever 116 is fixed by a lock mechanism.

  In this adjustment work, in order to satisfy the conditional expression for discharging a certain amount of battery A, the load F50 of the discharge urging unit 50 assumes a maximum value of the mass WA of the battery A in the initial setting. By setting this to, the load adjustment condition formula (Equation 3-1) is not adjusted, but the regulation springs 81, 82, and 83 have a structure that can adjust the load load. You can also.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, the adjustment mechanism for adjusting the pressing load of the restriction springs 81, 82, 83 of the position restriction urging portion 80 is provided. Even when the change in the outer shape and the outer shape are the same, even when the mass is changed, the fall prevention can be reliably realized.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 9, the adjustment lever 116 rotates about the shaft 120, and the adjustment locking member 115 is slid to expand and contract each of the regulation springs 81, 82, 83, which are tension coil springs. Although the configuration for adjusting the load has been described, the configuration is not limited to this configuration, and the urging force adjusting means can be configured by combining a rotary dial, a lead screw, and the like.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the tension springs are used for the regulation springs 81, 82, 83. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and biasing means such as a torsion coil spring or a leaf spring is used. An urging force adjusting means corresponding to the urging means can also be configured.

  Next, a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the fourth embodiment, in each of the above-described embodiments, only the discharge urging portion 50 is provided on the end surface 33 on the back side of the storage chamber 25, and the contact portion 40 which is a contact member having other pressure contact force and A method for regulating the position of each battery A1, A2, A3 and a method for preventing the drop when the thickness determining unit 60 is provided on a surface other than the end surface 33 on the back side of the storage chamber 25 will be described.

  FIG. 10 shows a case where the thickness determining unit 60 is provided on one (X side) side surface part 35 of the storage chamber 25 and the contact part 40 is provided on the other (−X side) side surface part 35. 2 is a perspective view when the first battery A1 is mounted in the storage chamber 25. FIG. The storage chamber 25 has a pair of position restricting plate portions 70 of the position restricting portion 69, that is, first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 and a restricting spring 81, as in the above embodiments. , 82, 83, a lid 38, etc. are provided, but for the sake of simplification of description, the description is omitted in the drawing.

  And in this structure, the discharge | emission urging | biasing part 50 differs in the shape of three discharge springs 51,52,53 which are the elastic deformation members for discharging | emitting the battery A similarly to said each embodiment. Corresponding to a plurality of batteries, the inner end surface 33 of the storage chamber 25 is provided with elastic deformation. The discharge force of the discharge urging unit 50, which is the sum of the urging forces of the discharge springs 51, 52, 53, is determined by the batteries A1, A2, A3 so that the following conditional expressions 7-1 and 7-2 are satisfied. The discharge force is increased as the thickness dimensions H1, H2, and H3 are increased, and the lower end surfaces of the discharge springs 52 and 53 that are not in contact with the battery A are in contact with the facing surface 12 of the battery A. Thus, the position of the battery A in the thickness direction can be regulated.

  Further, the first to third thickness determination switches 61, 62, 63 of the thickness determination unit 60 are respectively accommodated so as to contact the side surface 15 of the battery A corresponding to the respective batteries A1, A2, A3. An action lever 131 that can project from the side surface 35 of the chamber 25 into the storage room 25 and is rotatable, a spring 132 that is an urging means for urging each action lever 131, and the action lever 131 is turned. And a switch body 133 that is turned on / off. Further, a contact portion 131b is provided by a member having a frictional resistance load at a portion where each action lever 131 contacts the side surface 15 of the battery A. When the battery A is inserted, the contact portion 131b of the action lever 131 of the thickness determination switch 61, 62, 63 in pressure contact with the side surface 15 of the battery A is directed from the inside to the outside of the storage chamber 25 and centered on the shaft 131a. The switch body 133 is turned on, that is, in a conductive state.

  Also, the frictional resistance load on each battery A1, A2, A3 of the contact portion 131b of each thickness judgment switch 61, 62, 63 is the same as the thickness of each battery A1, A2, A3, as with the position restricting plate 70. The friction resistance load is increased as the dimensions H1, H2, and H3 are increased. Further, among the action levers 131 of the thickness determination switches 61, 62, and 63, those that do not contact the side surface 15 of the battery A are provided. Similarly to the discharge springs 51, 52, 53 of the first embodiment, the lower edge faces the facing surface 12 of the battery A at a predetermined interval, and the position of the battery A in the thickness direction is regulated. .

  That is, for the first battery A1, the action lever 131 of the first thickness judgment switch 61 rotates to turn on the corresponding switch body 133 and the action of the second thickness judgment switch 62. The edge of the lower end of the lever 131 is opposed to the facing surface 12 of the first battery A1 at a predetermined interval, thereby restricting the position of the first battery A1 in the thickness direction.

  For the second battery A2, the action lever 131 of the first and second thickness determination switches 61 and 62 is rotated to turn on the corresponding two switch bodies 133, and the third battery A2 is turned on. The edge of the lower end of the action lever 131 of the thickness determination switch 63 is opposed to the facing surface 12 of the second battery A2 at a predetermined interval, thereby restricting the position of the second battery A2 in the thickness direction.

  In addition, for the third battery A3, the action levers 131 of the first to third thickness determination switches 61, 62, and 63 rotate, and the corresponding three switch bodies 133 are turned on.

  When the battery A is inserted, the member having a frictional resistance load is slidably contacted with the contact portion 131b to generate a slight frictional resistance load. However, the insertion load is set to be slightly increased and does not cause an insertion failure. .

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the position restriction in the thickness direction of the battery A is performed by the position restriction plate portions 70 and 70 and the discharge urging portion 50 of the position restriction portion 69 shown in each of the above embodiments. In addition, the thickness determination unit 60 is performed at a total of three locations.

  Further, in this embodiment, the three terminals 21, 22, 23 of the terminal portion 20 of the battery A are provided at the common position of the other side face 15, and correspond to the positions of these terminals 21, 22, 23. The first to third contacts 41, 42, 43 are provided so as to protrude from the other side surface 35 of the storage chamber 25. That is, each of the first to third contacts 41, 42, and 43 includes a plate-shaped contact member 141 that is elastically deformable and conductive, and is attached to a holding member (not shown). Abutting on the terminals 21, 22, and 23, the pressure contact conduction state is established.

  When the lid 38 is closed when the inserted battery A comes into contact with the discharge urging portion 50, the discharge springs 51, 52, 53 corresponding to the batteries A1, A2, A3 are pushed in and attached at predetermined positions. Held.

  In addition, a frictional resistance load in the direction opposite to the discharge direction is generated in the contact portion 131b of the action lever 131 of each thickness determination switch 61, 62, 63 and the contact member 141 in pressure contact with the terminal portion 20 of the battery A, It acts as an auxiliary force for the fall prevention load by the position restricting plate portions 70, 70 of the position restricting portion 69.

  Therefore, after the battery A is inserted and the battery A comes into contact with the discharge urging portion 50, the thickness determining portion 60, the contact portion 40, etc., the battery A is in a state before the lid body 38 is closed. The engagement direction in which the contact portions 101 of the first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 urged by the restricting springs 81, 82, 83 come into contact with the facing surface 12 of the battery A even when the posture in the gravity drop direction is taken. The friction resistance load of the thickness determination unit 60 and the contact unit 40 is added to the frictional resistance load, and the battery A is held at a position where a certain amount is discharged from the storage chamber 25.

  Next, the attaching / detaching operation of the battery A according to the fourth embodiment to the storage chamber 25 will be described. Note that the position restricting plate portions 70 and 70 of the position restricting portion 69 performing the same operation as in the above embodiments, that is, the first to third position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 and the restricting springs 81, 82, 83, A description of the discharge urging unit 50, the lid 38, and the like is omitted.

  First, the mounting operation of the battery A will be described.

  When the first battery A1 is inserted into the storage chamber 25 through the opening 34 where the lid 38 is opened, the first battery A1 is biased by the restriction springs 81, 82, 83 of the position restriction plate portions 70, 70 of the position restriction portion 69. Abutting on the rotatable position restricting plates 71, 72, 73 projecting into the storage chamber 25. Then, the facing surface 12 of the first battery A1 is pressed, and the reference surface 11 of the first battery A1 is pressed against the bottom surface portion 31 of the storage chamber 25.

  Further, the first thickness determination switch among the contact portions 131b of the action lever 131 of the thickness determination switches 61, 62, 63 which are urged by the spring 132 and project from the one side surface portion 35 of the storage chamber 25. The operating lever 131 is rotated from the inside to the outside of the storage chamber 25 about the shaft 131a, and the switch body 133 is brought into a conducting state.

  At this time, the edge of the lower end of the action lever 131 of the second thickness determination switch 62 faces the facing surface 12 of the first battery A1 at a predetermined interval, and the position in the thickness direction of the first battery A1. Regulate.

  Further, the contact members 141 attached to the holding members (not shown) of the first to third contacts 41, 42, 43 are brought into contact with the terminals 21, 22, 23 provided at the common positions of the battery A, respectively, and are brought into pressure contact conduction. It becomes a state.

  Then, when the first battery A1 comes into contact with the discharge spring 51, when the hand is released and the lid body 38 is closed, the discharge spring 51 is pushed into an elastically deformed state, and the lid body 38 is locked. Thus, the first battery A1 is attached and held in a predetermined position.

  Further, even during this insertion, a frictional resistance load in a direction opposite to the discharge direction is generated in the contact member 131b of the action lever 131 of the thickness determination switch 61 and the contact member 141 pressed against the terminal unit 20 of the battery A, Insertion force increases.

  The conduction timing of the three terminals 21, 22, 23 of the terminal portion 20 of the battery A and the first to third contacts 41, 42, 43 is determined by the discharge springs 51, It is also possible to have a positional relationship such that conduction occurs after contacting 52, 53.

  In addition, a member that increases the frictional resistance load is provided on the contact portion 131b of the action lever 131 of the thickness determination unit 60 that contacts the one side surface 15 of the battery A to increase the auxiliary force of the fall prevention load. You can also.

  In this mounting operation, after the battery A is inserted and brought into contact with the discharge urging unit 50, the thickness determining unit 60, the contact unit 40, etc., even in a state before the lid 38 is closed. When the battery A is in the gravitational drop direction, between the facing surface 12 of the battery A and the contact portion 101 that is a frictional resistance member of the position restricting plate portion 70 pressed by the restricting springs 81, 82, 83. By adding the load F40 of the contact part 40 and the load F60 of the thickness judgment part 60 to the friction resistance load F101 in the direction of engagement, the battery A is held at a position where a certain amount is discharged from the storage chamber 25. The

The fall prevention load relational expressions (Formula 2-1) and (Formula 2-2) in the second embodiment at this time are the friction resistance load by the contact member, the load F40 of the contact portion 40, and the thickness determining portion 60 Assuming that the load of the battery A is WA, the friction resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate 70 corresponding to each of the batteries A1, A2, and A3 is F101, and the load of the discharge biasing portion 50 is F50.
(Formula 6-1) F50> (F101 + F40 + F60) + WA
And
(Formula 6-2) F101 + F40 + F60> WA
When all the batteries A are satisfied, the battery A is prevented from dropping in the direction of gravity drop due to its own weight WA when the battery A is discharged in a certain amount.

  Next, the removal operation of the battery A will be described.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 10, when the lid 38 is opened, the battery A is discharged by a fixed amount with the discharge force amount of the discharge biasing portion 50, and the friction resistance acting in the biting direction of the contact portion 101 of the position regulating plate portion 70. It is held so as not to fall by the load F101. The difference from the first to third embodiments described above is that when the cover 38 is opened in the state where the battery A is mounted, the battery A is discharged only by the discharge force amount of the discharge urging portion 50; The load F40 of the contact portion 40 where the terminals 21, 22, 23 of the terminal portion 20 and the contacts 41, 42, 43 of the contact portion 40 are pressed against each other, and the contact portion 131b of the action lever 131 press the side surface 15 of the battery A. The load F60 of the thickness determination unit 60 is a frictional resistance load in the direction opposite to the discharge direction, and acts as an auxiliary force for the fall prevention load by the frictional resistance load F101 of the contact part 101 of the position regulating plate part 70. .

Then, the fall prevention load conditional expressions (Equation 3-1) and (Equation 3-2) in the second embodiment at this time are the friction resistance load by the contact member, the load F40 of the contact part 40, the thickness judgment part The load F60 is 60, the mass of the battery A is WA, the friction resistance load of the contact portion 101 of the position restricting plate 70 corresponding to each battery A1, A2, and A3 is F101, and the load of the discharge biasing portion 50 is F50. Then
(Formula 7-1) F50> (F101 + F40 + F60) + WA
And,
(Formula 7-2) F50> F101 + F40 + F60> WA
By satisfying these conditional expressions, for example, the position of the battery A in the gravitational load direction, that is, the position where the battery A can be easily taken out even in the state where the opening 34 faces upward in all the posture directions of the storage device 10 The battery A can be prevented from dropping in the direction of gravity due to its own weight WA.

  Accordingly, the battery A in a state where a certain amount has been discharged is taken out by hand and the lid 38 is closed, whereby the detachment operation is completed.

  The second and third batteries A2 and A3 are discharged by the same operation, but the second battery A2 is discharged by the first and second discharge springs 51 and 52, and the third battery A3. Is discharged by the first to third discharge springs 51, 52, 53. The discharge force of the discharge biasing portion 50, which is the sum of the biasing forces of the discharge springs 51, 52, 53, is expressed by the conditional expression 7 above. -1 and 7-2 are provided so that the discharge power increases as the thickness dimensions H1, H2, and H3 of the batteries A1, A2, and A3 increase, and the battery A does not contact the battery A. Since the lower end surfaces of the discharge springs 52 and 53 are opposed to the facing surface 12 of the battery A at a predetermined interval, the position of the battery A in the thickness direction can be regulated.

  In addition, the frictional resistance load of the contact portion 131b of the action lever 131 of the thickness determining unit 60 for the second and third batteries A2 and A3 is the first and second thicknesses for the second battery A2. The contact portion 131b of the determination switches 61 and 62 becomes a friction resistance load, and the contact portion 131b of the first to third thickness determination switches 61, 62, and 63 is a friction resistance load for the third battery A3. Therefore, like the frictional resistance load of the position restricting plate portion 70, the frictional resistance load increases as the thickness dimensions H1, H2, H3 of the batteries A1, A2, A3 increase. Further, the lower edges of the thickness determination switches 62 and 63 that are not in contact with the battery A are opposed to the facing surface 12 of the battery A at a predetermined interval, and position regulation in the thickness direction of the battery A is performed. Can do.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the battery A as an object has three types of shapes, but is not limited to this configuration, and may be two types or a plurality of four types or more.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the position restricting plate portions 70 are provided in two places of the storage chamber 25. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and one place is provided depending on the size or mass of the battery A that is a countermeasure. Or, it can be provided at a plurality of three or more places.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, although omitted from the drawings, an uneven shape that fits between the battery A and the storage chamber 25 is provided, and an erroneous insertion prevention shape that restricts the insertion direction of the battery A, etc. is provided. Can do.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the lid body 38 is supported so as to be rotatable and slidable, and is biased in the opening direction and the slide lock direction. By sliding the body 38 and releasing the lock, the lid 38 rotates in the rotational direction, and the battery A is taken out from the opening 34 of the storage chamber 25. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. In addition to the above configuration, the lid 38 is once pushed in the insertion direction, that is, the back side of the storage chamber 25, and the lid 38 can be slid to release the lock, so that the lock is not easily released unexpectedly. You can also.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the lid 38 is rotated by the lid spring 39 and held in a state of being opened 90 ° or more. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. What is necessary is just to rotate to the position which does not become an obstacle at the time of insertion. For example, it may be about 90 ° open, or less than 90 ° if the shaft 38a is spaced from the opening 34.

  Further, the lid body 38 can be configured to perform only a locking action for holding the engagement between the hook portion 38b and the hook receiving portion 34a by an urging means such as a spring, and the rotation can be manually performed. .

  Furthermore, the lid 38 is not necessarily limited to the one that opens and closes the opening 34 by rotation, and the biasing means such as a spring can be used for the lock. For example, the lid 38 may be opened and closed by sliding, and a lock member that is a separate member from the lid may be used for locking.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, with respect to a plurality of objects and storage devices having different shapes, the restriction means for restricting the position in the thickness direction using three types of batteries A having only the thickness dimension H as objects. As described above, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and by providing the restricting means on one or more surfaces of the storage chamber, the width direction, the length direction, etc., instead of the thickness direction, or together with the thickness direction, etc. The position of a box-shaped object such as a plurality of batteries having different shapes at a plurality of locations can be similarly regulated.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the configuration including the terminal portion 20 and the contact portion 40 that are in direct contact with each other and electrically connected to each other is described for the connection portion and the connection receiving portion. However, it is also possible to employ a configuration in which power is supplied or signals are transmitted and received using an appropriate connection unit and connection receiving unit. In addition, the connection unit and the connection receiving unit are not limited to those that are in direct contact with each other, and the battery as a target is also used for a charging device that charges a battery by a so-called contactless method, a non-contact type IC card reading device, and the like. In addition, the IC card can be positioned and stored accurately to achieve efficient charging and accurate signal transmission / reception.

  The present invention can be applied to a storage device for storing a plurality of shapes of cards such as a memory card in addition to a storage device for a plurality of shapes of batteries. The present invention can also be applied to a storage device for transporting a packing box such as a plastic box or a cardboard box that does not have a connection portion and a connection receiving portion at a predetermined position.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the storage apparatus of this invention, and the battery which is a target object. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which is not storing the battery of a storage apparatus same as the above. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which accommodates the battery of a storage apparatus same as the above, (a) is a 1st battery, (b) is a 2nd battery, (c) is the state which inserted the 3rd battery. . It is sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the 3rd battery of the storage apparatus same as the above and opened the cover body. It is a partial cross section figure showing other embodiments of the thickness judgment part of a storage device same as the above. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the 2nd battery which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, opened the cover body, and faced the opening part below. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the 2nd battery which shows the other structure of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, opened a cover body, and faced the opening part below. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the 3rd battery which shows the further another structure of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, opened a cover body, and faced the opening part below. It is sectional drawing of the state which accommodated the 1st battery which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a partial perspective view of the state which accommodated the 1st battery which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Storage device
20 Terminal section as connection
25 storage room
31 Bottom part as reference receiving part
33 End face
34 opening
38 Lid as a locking means
40 Contact section as connection receiving section
50 Discharge urging section that constitutes the discharge means
60 Thickness judgment part
71 First position regulating plate as a regulating body
72 Second position regulating plate as regulating body
73 Third position regulating plate as regulating body
101 Contact area
102 Friction resistant member
103 Energizing part
111, 112, 113 Biasing force adjusting means
131b Abutting part A Battery as an object

Claims (24)

A storage room for storing objects;
A reference receiving portion provided in the storage room;
A plurality of restrictors that are pivotally supported and urged in a direction that protrudes substantially vertically toward the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber,
Among these restricting bodies, at least one restricting body is pushed by the object inserted into the storage chamber and rotates against an urging force, and the object is moved toward the reference receiving portion. The storage device that is pushed and is held in a state of facing the reference receiving portion and the object substantially perpendicularly to the reference receiving portion. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the urging force of the regulating body that pushes the object is set to be larger as the outer shape of the object is larger. Discharging means for urging the object in a direction to discharge the object from the storage chamber;
The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: a lock unit that holds the object in a predetermined position of the storage chamber against the urging force of the discharge unit. The load in the discharge direction by the discharge means is set to be larger than the load obtained by adding the load in the anti-discharge direction due to the mass of the object to the friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction in which the regulating body abuts the object. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A storage room for storing objects;
A reference receiving portion provided in the storage room;
A regulating body pivotally supported and biased in a direction protruding toward the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber, and provided with a contact portion that contacts the object;
Discharging means for biasing the object in a direction of discharging from the storage chamber;
Lock means for holding the object in a predetermined position of the storage chamber against the urging force of the discharge means;
The restricting body is pushed by the object inserted into the storage chamber and rotates against an urging force to push the object toward the reference receiving portion, and the contact portion is A storage device that abuts on the object and applies a predetermined frictional resistance load in the anti-discharge direction. The load in the discharge direction by the discharge means is set larger than the load obtained by adding the load in the anti-discharge direction due to the mass of the object to the friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction in which the contact portion of the regulating body abuts on the object. ,
The storage device according to claim 5, wherein a friction resistance load in an anti-discharge direction in which the contact portion of the regulating body abuts on the object is set larger than a load in the discharge direction due to the mass of the object. . The storage device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the load in the discharge direction of the discharge means is set to be larger as the outer shape of the object is larger. The storage device according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the frictional resistance load in the anti-discharge direction in which the contact portion of the regulating body abuts on the object is set to be larger as the outer shape of the object is larger. . The storage device according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the reference receiving portion of the storage chamber is provided with a friction resistance member that abuts on the object and generates a friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction. The storage chamber is provided with a biasing portion that biases the regulating body toward the target and presses the contact portion against the target when the maximum-shaped target is mounted. The storage device according to any one of claims 5 to 9. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising an urging force adjusting unit that adjusts an urging force that urges the restricting body. The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a connection receiving portion connected to a connection portion provided on the object. A connection receiving portion connected to a connection portion provided on the object, and a thickness determining portion for detecting a thickness dimension of the object, and the connection receiving portion and the thickness determining portion are connected to the object in a discharge direction. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein a load is applied. A connection receiving portion connected to a connection portion provided on the object, and a thickness determining portion for detecting a thickness dimension of the object, and the connection receiving portion and the thickness determining portion are opposite to the object in a discharge direction. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the load is applied. The storage chamber includes an opening into which an object is inserted, and a discharge unit is disposed on an end surface facing the opening, and a connection receiving unit and a thickness determination unit are provided on a surface intersecting the end surface. The storage device according to claim 14. The storage device according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the thickness determination unit includes a contact portion having a frictional resistance load at a portion that contacts the object. The anti-discharge direction friction resistance load generated by the connection receiving portion and the thickness determination unit and the anti-discharge direction load due to the mass of the target object are added to the anti-discharge direction friction resistance load in which the regulating body abuts the target object. The load in the discharge direction by the discharge means is set larger than the load,
Rather than the load in the discharge direction due to the mass of the object, the friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction generated by the connection receiving portion and the thickness determination unit is applied to the friction resistance load in the anti-discharge direction in which the regulating body abuts the object. The storage device according to any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein the applied frictional resistance load is set to be large. The storage device according to claim 17, wherein the load in the discharge direction of the discharge unit is set to be larger as the outer shape of the object is larger. At least one of a discharge urging unit and a thickness determining unit that detects a thickness dimension of an object inserted into the storage chamber is provided, and at least one of the discharge urging unit and the thickness determining unit is the object A plurality of members are arranged along a predetermined direction in which the dimension of the object changes, and among these members, a member that does not contact the object is opposed to the object in the predetermined direction with an interval therebetween, and the object The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the position in the predetermined direction is restricted. A discharge urging unit and a regulating body are provided, and at least one of the discharge urging unit and the regulating body functions as a thickness determining unit that detects a thickness dimension of an object inserted into the storage chamber. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 19. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 20, further comprising a plurality of regulating bodies facing the object from a plurality of directions. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein the object and the storage chamber are provided with a fitting portion that is fitted to each other to prevent erroneous insertion. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 22, wherein the object is a battery. The storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 22, wherein the object is an IC card.

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