JP2005309694A - Order input device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an order input device capable of reducing the influence on a control board mounted within a casing of impact, bending or the like from the outside of the casing. <P>SOLUTION: The control board 22 comprises a boss 23 for perfectly fixing the place of a frame 21 receiving the control board 22 by a screw, which is provided in the center of one side of the square control board, and cushioning materials 25 having cushioning property, which are applied to two corner parts of the side opposed thereto in a form as a corner pad so as to be fitted to a semi-box type recessed part molded in frame. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention comprises an electronic component-mounted board, a frame for holding and fixing the board, and an exterior part, and an order for inputting and transferring order contents from a customer in a restaurant (restaurant, pub, fast food, etc.) The present invention relates to an input device and a substrate holding structure that is used in an order input device and holds a substrate mounted with electronic components on a frame and an exterior component.

  Traditionally, order data management devices have been used in restaurants, taverns, hotels, fast food, etc., and the customer service representative inputs the order details from the customer as the device that constitutes the order data management device. There is an order input device that transfers data to a data management device that performs batch management.

This order input device has a two-page spread structure in which a main body and a lid are connected to each other via a hinge so as to be openable and closable, and a key input unit for inputting order contents from a customer is provided on the lid. Some have. In an order input device of the type described above in which a key input unit is provided on the lid, a control board for processing the input order data and transferring the data to the data management device is housed in the main unit. Yes. On the other hand, the key input unit includes both those provided on the lid and those provided on the main body. (For example, see Non-Patent Document 1)
The order input device having such a structure is not installed and used, but is carried in the store uniform, apron pocket, etc. in the restaurant, tavern, hotel or fast food store, and is taken out when used. The key input operation is performed. A control board that processes the input signal and performs data transfer processing to a data management apparatus that collectively manages the order contents is fixed in a resin casing. These are fixed by screws and fixed at four corners and two at the center.
Aida Kunihiro and Asakawa Akira "Order system changes the restaurant industry", Izumibundo, February 20, 1999, P17

  A conventional order input device with a control board mounting structure is used by customer service representatives such as waitress and waiters at all times. The order entry device may be used in a relatively poor environment, such as squatting, sitting in the back pocket of the pants with a waiter, or falling to the floor due to carelessness while using the customer service representative. Many. With use in such a poor environment as described above, the case itself is deformed by bending from the outside of the case and external pressure, and it is transmitted to the control board fixed inside. In other words, when the frame to which the control board is attached is deformed by bending or the like, the control board is also bent in that direction. When the control board is bent, a solder crack or the like is generated between the components mounted on the control board, and the control board cannot function normally.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, a resin frame as a separate part is provided inside the housing, and the control board is supported at three points, and the frame and the control board are fixed so as to always maintain a stable state. Two of the three points are fixed with cushioning cushioning material, so the order input device is sandwiched between the impact force of the case itself and the table or chair when it falls to the floor, and the case itself It is an object of the present invention to provide an order input device in which durability due to deformation of a casing is improved electrically and mechanically by adopting a structure in which deformation due to bending is not directly transmitted to a control board.

  In order to achieve the above object, as a housing structure of the present invention, a boss for completely fixing a frame receiving the control board with a screw is provided at one center of one side of the square control board, and each corner on the opposite side. The two places have a structure in which a cushioning cushioning material is applied to the corner of the control board in the shape of a corner pad, and is fitted into a half-box shaped recess formed on the frame. As a result, even if deformation due to pressure from the outside of the housing is transmitted to the frame to which the control board is attached, in order to directly deform the control board, the cushioning cushioning material receiving the two corners of the control board It has a structure that is deformed to reduce the deformation stress to the control board.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the deformation of the control board caused by the deformation of the shock caused by the drop of the casing of the order entry device or the deformation caused by the bending between the person and the table or the chair while being placed in the pocket or the like. . In other words, it is possible to eliminate the occurrence of cracks and complete peeling of the solder parts of the mounted components mounted on the control board. On the other hand, it improves significantly.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an order input device according to the present invention. This order input device is used in restaurants, pubs, hotels, fast foods, etc., and is a device that constitutes a part of the order data management device. First, the overall configuration of this order data management apparatus and an example of its use will be outlined.

  Taking a wireless order data management device as an example, an example of its use will be described. When the customer service representative receives a food order from a customer, each of the ordered menus is input to the portable order input device together with the table number and the like. The input order data is wirelessly transmitted from the order input device. The wirelessly transmitted order data is received by a control device installed at each corner or the like in the store, and output to a data management device that performs various data processing, centralized management, and the like. In the data management device, information such as the order data, the time when the order data is received, and a number for identifying a customer service representative are stored in a storage device.

  Then, a voucher for cooking instructions is printed out from a restaurant printer installed in the kitchen, and a cooking instruction is sent to the person in charge of cooking. An accounting slip is printed out from the restaurant printer and handed over to the customer by the customer service representative. The person in charge of cooking starts cooking according to the cooking instruction slip, and notifies the customer service representative when cooking is completed. Thereby, the customer service representative carries the cooking to the customer who has received the order and distributes it. In addition to the wireless method described above, there is an electromagnetic induction type order input device that transmits and receives order data using an electromagnetic induction coil.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the present order input device 10 used as described above displays the input order contents and can visually recognize the display unit 11 and the input order data. The main body 12 includes a control board (not shown) for transmitting and receiving data and a lid 13, and the lid 13 can be opened and closed by rotating around two hinges 16 a and 16 b. It is configured as follows.

  A touch panel 15 for inputting order contents from the customer is provided on the display section 11 of the main body section 12, and a membrane switch 14 constituting a key input section for inputting the order contents from the customer is provided on the lid section 13. Is provided so that it can be attached to a predetermined position. The membrane switch 14 has a thin plate shape (sheet shape), and has a structure in which a contact portion embedded therein is brought into contact with the surface portion by pressing the surface portion and is turned on.

  Next, the frame 21 in the main body 12 and the control board 22 fixed thereto will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. The main body 12 is configured by tying an upper case and a lower case (not shown). A frame 21 is contained in the upper and lower cases. The frame 21 is made of resin and has a certain degree of flexibility. The frame 21 itself is fixed to the case with screws or the like, but is a separate part from the exterior part. Therefore, even if a part of the housing is momentarily deformed due to falling, the deformation stress is not transmitted to the frame 21 but transmitted with one cushion. Further, since the frame 21 is made of resin as described above, the frame 21 itself can withstand deformation with some flexibility.

  The control board 22 is attached to the frame 21, and the control board 22 is fixed to the boss 23 with screws 24. The other fixing of the control board 22 is supported by the frame 21 at two corners of the opposite side to be fixed by screws. The supporting method is to insert cushioning material 25 having cushioning properties into the two corners of the control board to be fixed. The cushioning material 25 has a function of absorbing the impact caused by dropping and mitigating the impact on the control board 22, and also mitigating torsion and bending deformation stress as a static load.

Thus, the support part is modeled by the resin frame 21 so as to wrap the cushioning material 25 having cushioning properties. Since only one screw is fixed, it is necessary to stop the movement in the rotation direction around the screw. This is stopped by the wall 26 of the modeling part. Moreover, in the case of reverse rotation, it is stopped by the wall 27 of the modeling part. In addition, the movement in the vertical direction is first restricted by the molding portion 28 in the lower direction and restricted by the wall 29 in the shaping portion. In this way, each direction is regulated by the wall of the modeling part. In addition, since it is not directly fixed by the resin portion, the exterior part of the housing is deformed and transmitted to the internal frame 21, which is transmitted to the cushioning cushioning material 25, and then transmitted to the control board 22. It has a structure in which impact stress and deformation stress are transmitted after being attenuated.
For this reason, in the present invention, a rubber-based material is mainly used as the material of the buffer material 25, but any material that does not undergo plastic deformation can be used as long as it is a cushioning material.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the order input device which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the control board attachment structure of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Order input apparatus 11 Display part 12 Main body part 13 Cover part 14 Membrane switch 15 Touch panel 16a Hinge 16b Hinge 21 Frame 22 Control board 23 Boss 24 Screw 25 Buffer material 26 Wall of frame shaping part (for rotation prevention)
27 Wall of frame forming part (for rotation stop)
28 Wall of the frame forming part (for downward stop)
29 Wall of the frame forming part (for stopping upward)

Claims (6)

An order input device having a substrate on which a mounting component is mounted on a substrate on which a wiring pattern made of a conductor is printed, and a resin casing,
The case is an order input device having a fixing portion for fixing three portions of the substrate as a substrate holding mechanism for attaching the substrate.   The three fixing parts are one screw fixing part and a fixing part through a cushioning cushioning material that wraps around two board corners. The order input device according to claim 1, wherein the order input device has a shape for wrapping a cushioning cushioning material.   The order input device according to claim 1, wherein a cushioning cushioning material that holds corner portions of the two substrates is integrally formed. The ordering device has a frame formed of resin inside the casing and having the substrate holding mechanism inside,
The order input device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the frame fixes the substrate by the three fixing portions. A substrate holding structure for fixing a substrate on which a mounting component is mounted on a substrate on which a wiring pattern made of a conductor is printed, to a resin casing with three fixing portions,
The three fixed portions are fixed portions through a cushioning cushioning material having a shape that wraps around one screw fixing portion and two substrate corners,
2. The substrate holding structure according to claim 1, wherein the casing has a shape that wraps the cushioning cushioning material at two locations. The housing further has a frame made of resin,
The frame has a shape for wrapping the cushioning cushioning material at the two locations,
The substrate holding structure according to claim 5, wherein the frame fixes the substrate at the three fixing portions.

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