JP2012066854A - Equipment protection case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform shock absorbing protection, and to perform simple, easy and ready handling.SOLUTION: An equipment protection case is provided with a case body, a case lid, an equipment body, a first stopper member and a second stopper member. The case body is equipped internally with an equipment shock absorbing portion formed with a shock absorbing material having a concave equipment receiving portion. The case lid is an item for blockading an opening by being adhered to the case body of the case body and the equipment shock absorbing portion formed with the shock absorbing material is equipped internally opposite to the equipment receiving portion of the case body. While the equipment body is inserted into the equipment receiving portion of the case body, it is positioned by abutting against the equipment shock absorbing portion of the case lid. The first stopper member is prepared in the opening of the case body. The second stopper member is disposed in the equipment body, and an engaging portion to which a spring force is imparted in the direction of an attachment surface to the equipment body is prepared so as to be freely deformable opposite to the first stopper member.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a device protection case used to protect a device body such as a precision device.

  Conventionally, when a precision instrument is accommodated in a case and moved or transported, it has been an important issue to protect the instrument body from vibrations or shocks applied from the outside. As this protection method, there is a method in which a precision device is covered with a cushioning material, and the precision device covered with the cushioning material is housed in a case to be protected from external vibration or impact.

JP 2009-003611 A

  However, conventional protection methods can effectively protect against external vibrations and shocks. For example, if the case falls over and the case lid opens, the stored precision There is a risk that the device may be damaged by jumping out or falling out of the case.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a device protection case capable of realizing reliable impact protection and capable of realizing simple and easy handling.

  According to the embodiment, the device protection case includes a case main body, a case lid, a device main body, a first stopper member, and a second stopper member. The case body is internally provided with a device buffer portion formed of a buffer material having a concave device housing portion. The case lid is attached to the case main body of the case main body to close the opening, and a device buffer portion formed of a cushioning material is provided facing the device housing portion of the case main body. The device main body is inserted into the device accommodating portion of the case main body, and is positioned by contacting the device buffering portion of the case lid. The first stopper member is provided in the opening of the case body. The second stopper member is disposed on the device main body, and a locking portion to which a spring force is applied in the direction of the mounting surface to the device main body is provided so as to be elastically deformable so as to face the first stopper member.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the apparatus protection case which concerns on this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line AA in FIG. 1. It is sectional drawing which showed the state which adhered the case cover of FIG. It is sectional drawing which showed an example which attaches the stopper member of FIG. 1 to an apparatus main body. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which an impact is applied in the vertical direction in the storage state of FIG. 3. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which an impact is applied in the left-right direction in the storage state of FIG. 3. It is sectional drawing which showed the state which removed the case cover of FIG. 1 from the case main body. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view for explaining that the apparatus main body is prevented from falling off the case main body even when the case lid of FIG. 1 is detached.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an apparatus protection case according to the embodiment, and the case body 10 is formed in a concave shape by a resin material, for example. Then, a concave case lid 11 made of, for example, a resin material is attached to the opening side of the case body 10 and closed. For example, the case lid 11 is positioned at the closed position by a lock mechanism (not shown) while being attached to the opening of the case body 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the case body 10 is internally provided with a device buffering portion 12 formed of a foaming material, for example, a cushioning material such as foamed sponge rubber, with a gap on the opening side. A concave device accommodating portion 121 is provided on the upper surface of the device buffering portion 12, and the bottom surface side of the device main body 13 such as a precision device is fitted into the device accommodating portion 121 for positioning and accommodation. In the case body 10, for example, two stopper members 14 constituting the first stopper member are formed on the inner wall of the opening sandwiching the device accommodating portion 121 with a predetermined interval and an arrow through the shaft 141. It is provided so as to be rotatable in the direction. The stopper member 14 is urged to a locking position shown in FIG. 2 by a spring member (not shown), and is rotatably provided at a folding position shown in FIG. 3 against the spring force of the spring member (not shown). It has been.

  In addition, you may comprise the stopper member 14 so that rotation may be stopped via a rotation stop mechanism in the state rotated to the latching position shown in FIG.

  In addition, the case lid 11 is internally provided with a device buffer portion 15 formed of a buffer material with a gap on the opening side, for example, and the device buffer portion 15 is provided with, for example, a concave device housing portion 151. The upper surface side of the device main body 13 inserted into the device storage portion 121 of the case main body 10 is inserted into the device storage portion 151 in a state where the case lid 11 is attached to the opening side of the case main body 10.

  On the opening side of the case lid 11, two protrusions 16 for releasing the stopper are provided so as to face the stopper member 14 of the case body 10. The protrusion 16 is a folded position shown in FIG. 3 against the spring force of the spring member (not shown) against the stopper member 14 of the case body 11 in a state where the case lid 11 is attached to the case body 10. Rotating force is applied.

  The device main body 13 is provided with two stopper members 17 constituting the second stopper member so as to face the stopper member 14 of the case main body 10 with a predetermined interval. The stopper member 17 is elastically deformable, for example, a locking portion 172 is provided at one end portion of the mounting portion 171 so as to be rotatable via a shaft 173. Of these, the mounting portion 171 is a device body as shown in FIG. It is detachably attached to the side surface of this through a screw member 18.

  The other locking portion 172 is rotatably supported at one end of the mounting portion 171 via a shaft 173 and is given a spring force in an arrow direction away from the mounting portion 171 via a spring member (not shown). ing. As a result, the stopper member 17 is configured so that the stopper 172 of the case main body 10 is moved and urged to the locking position by the spring member (not shown) as shown in FIG. It is spaced from the stopper member 14 of the main body 10 and is disposed oppositely.

  In the above configuration, when the device main body 13 is inserted into the device accommodating portion 121 of the case main body 10 and the case lid 11 is attached, the protrusion 16 attaches the stopper member 14 of the case main body 10 to the spring member (FIG. The upper surface side of the device main body 13 is inserted into the device housing 151. In this state, the case main body 10 and the case lid 11 are closed as shown in FIG. 3 by the lock mechanism (not shown). In this state, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, when an impact is applied in the vertical direction, the device main body 13 receives a force in the same direction, but the device buffer portions 12 and 15 of the case main body 10 and the case lid 11 are deformed in the same direction. Then, it is protected by absorbing the impact.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when an impact is applied in the left-right direction, the device body 13 receives a force in the same direction, but the device buffer 12 of the case body 10 and the device buffer 15 of the case lid 11 are the same. It is protected by deforming in the direction and absorbing the impact. At this time, the stopper member 17 of the device main body 13 has its locking portion 172 rotated against the spring force of the spring member (not shown), allowing deformation of the device buffer portions 12 and 15 and impact. To absorb.

  When the device main body 13 is detached from the case main body 10, the case lid 11 is detached from the case main body 10, and then the stopper member 17 facing the stopper member 14 of the case main body 10 is attached to the device main body 13. The screw member 18 being attached is loosened and removed from the attachment portion 171. Here, the device main body 13 can be detached from the device accommodating portion 121 of the device buffering portion 12 of the case main body 10 without contacting the stopper member 14 of the case main body 10.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, even when the device body 13 is detached from the device housing portion 121 of the case body 10 with the case lid 11 detached from the case body 10, the case body 10 is turned upside down. As shown in FIG. 8, the stopper members 14 and 17 are engaged with each other. Thereby, the device main body 13 inserted into the device accommodating portion 121 of the device buffering portion 12 of the case main body 10 is prevented from jumping out or dropping from the case main body 10. In this locked state, the impact from the outside is absorbed by the action of the stopper member 17.

  As described above, the device protection case is formed of the cushioning material having the device housing portion 121 provided in the case body 10 with the device cushioning portion 12 formed of the cushioning material having the device housing portion 121 and the case lid 11 having the device housing portion 151. The device buffer 15 is provided to face the device storage 121 of the device buffer 12 of the case body 10, and the device storage 121 of the device buffer 12 of the case body 10 and the device buffer 15 of the case lid 11 are provided. The device main body 13 is fitted and accommodated in the accommodating portion 151, the stopper member 14 is provided on the opening side of the case main body 10, and a spring force is applied to the device housing 13 in the mounting surface direction. The stopper member 17 having an appropriate locking portion is provided so as to face the stopper member 14 of the case body 10.

  According to this, the apparatus main body 13 is positioned on the apparatus buffer parts 12 and 15 by the stopper member 14 and the stopper member 17 in a state where the apparatus main body 13 is accommodated in the case main body 10 and the case lid 11. When an impact is applied in the state, the equipment buffering portions 12 and 15 of the case body 10 and the case lid 11 are deformed to absorb the impact and protect the equipment body 13 from the impact. Even when the device body 13 is detached from the device housing part 121 of the case body 11 in a state where the case lid 11 is detached from the case body 10, the mutual stopper members 14 and 17 are locked, The device main body 13 is prevented from jumping out and dropping from the case main body 11 to be protected.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the stopper member 17 is detachably disposed from the device main body 13 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the stopper member 14 is detachably disposed on the case main body 10. The stopper member 14 may be detached from the case main body 10 so that the device main body 13 is taken out from the device accommodating portion 121 of the device buffering portion 12 of the case main body 10.

  Further, when the device main body 13 is detached from the device accommodating portion 121 of the device buffering portion 12 of the case main body 10, the stopper member 17 is detached from the device main body 13 as in the above embodiment, or the stopper disposed on the case main body 10. The member 14 is not configured to be detached from the case body 10, and for example, the locking portion 172 of the stopper member 17 is inverted against the spring force of the spring member (not shown), for example, so that the case body 10 The device body 13 may be configured to be taken out from the device housing portion 121 of the device buffer portion 12 of the case body 10 while being separated from the stopper member 14.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the stopper member 17 is configured so that the mounting portion 171 and the locking portion 172 are rotatably disposed via the shaft 173 and the spring member (not shown), but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, it may be configured to be elastically deformable by pressing using a leaf spring material.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the projection part 16 was provided in the case lid | cover 11, and it comprised so that the stopper member 14 might be rotatably arrange | positioned via the axis | shaft 141 in the case main body 10, it does not restrict to this but others For example, you may comprise so that the stopper member 14 of the case main body 10 may be fixedly arranged in the locking position without rotating. In this case, the protrusion 16 may not be provided on the case lid 11.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the device buffer 151 provided in the case lid 11 is provided with the concave device housing 151, and the device main body 13 is positioned and accommodated by inserting the upper surface side of the device main body 13 into the device housing 151. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices that are inserted into the device housing portion 121 of the case body 10 without providing the device housing portion 151 having a concave shape in the device buffering portion 15 of the case lid 11. You may comprise so that the upper surface side of the main body 13 may contact | abut to the upper surface of the apparatus buffer part 15 of the case cover 11, and may be positioned and accommodated.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are shown by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof are included in the scope.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Case main body, 11 ... Case lid, 12 ... Equipment buffer part, 121 ... Equipment accommodating part, 13 ... Equipment main body, 14 ... Stopper member, 141 ... Shaft, 15 ... Equipment buffer part, 151 ... Equipment accommodating part, 16 ... Projection part, 17 ... stopper member, 171 ... mounting part, 172 ... locking part, 173 ... shaft, 18 ... screw member.

Claims (5)

A case body in which a device buffer portion formed of a buffer material having a concave device housing portion is installed;
A case lid that is attached to the case body and closes the opening, and the device buffer portion formed of a cushioning material is installed facing the device housing portion of the device buffer portion of the case body,
A device main body inserted into the device storage portion of the device buffer portion of the case main body and held in contact with the device buffer portion of the case lid; and
A first stopper member provided in the opening of the case body;
A second stopper member disposed on the device main body and provided with a latching portion that is elastically deformable facing the first stopper member and is provided with a spring force in the direction of the mounting surface to the device main body;
A device protective case comprising:   The apparatus protection case according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second stopper members is detachably provided.   The device protection case according to claim 1, wherein a concave device storage portion is provided in the device buffer portion of the case lid so as to face the device storage portion of the device buffer portion of the case body.   The first stopper member is rotatably arranged on the case main body, and is rotated in conjunction with the attachment / detachment of the case lid to / from the case main body, and is engaged with the second stopper member. The device protection case according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the device protection case controls a locking position locked to the stop portion.   5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second stopper member absorbs an impact in a state in which a locking portion is in contact with the first stopper member or an inner wall of the case main body. Protective case.

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