JP2775227B2 - Video game console shelves - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a shelf for a video game machine,
In particular, the present invention relates to a shelf for a video game machine which is useful for eliminating overheating of a power adapter and wasteful consumption of power when the video game machine is not used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 shows a use state of a conventional shelf A for a video game machine. The shelf A for a video game machine is configured such that the top plate 120 of the shelf body 100 provided with the drawer 110 is connected to the video game machine main body 210 and the controllers 220 and 2.
20 and the like, and can be stored under a TV stand (not shown) or taken out from under the TV stand by the action of the casters 130 provided on the shelf body 100. It has become. And
When starting a game, a power adapter 240 connected to the video game machine main body 210 via a cord 230
Is plugged into the power outlet 310, and the power switch attached to the video game machine main body 210 is turned on. When the game is over, an operation of turning off the power switch and disconnecting the power adapter 240 from the power outlet 310 is performed.

[0003]

In the conventional video game machine as described above, even if the power switch is turned off after the game has been completed, the power adapter 2 is turned off.
If 40 is left plugged into power outlet 310, power will be wasted and power adapter 240 will overheat and shorten its useful life. However, since it is troublesome to pull out the power adapter 240 from the power outlet 310 after each game, it is often troublesome to connect the power adapter 240 to the power outlet 310.
It may be left inserted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. An intermediate outlet connected to a power outlet and a changeover switch for the intermediate outlet are provided on a television game machine shelf. It is an object of the present invention to provide a shelf for a video game machine capable of interrupting the current to the power adapter simply by switching the changeover switch to the off side.

[0005]

A shelf for a video game machine according to the present invention is provided on a shelf body on which the body of the video game machine can be mounted, and is provided at a predetermined position of the shelf body and connected to the game machine body via a cord. Power supply adapter inserted and connected, a plug for the power outlet provided in the electric cord derived from the intermediate outlet, and a switch provided on the shelf body to open and close the current to the intermediate outlet And a switch.

[0006]

[Function] With the above configuration, switching is performed with the power adapter of the TV game machine main body placed on the shelf main body plugged into the intermediate outlet and connected, and the plug for the power outlet plugged into the power outlet and connected. When the switch is turned to the open (on) side, current flows from the intermediate outlet to the power adapter, and the game can be started. Also, even if the power adapter is connected to the middle outlet and the plug is still connected to the power outlet, switching the selector switch to the closed (off) side shuts off the current to the middle outlet. Is also cut off.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view for explaining a use state of a television game machine shelf A according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is partially omitted along the line II-II in FIG. FIG. 3 is a partially omitted enlarged sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view showing the upper shelf 2 of the shelf body 1,
FIG. 5 is a partially omitted enlarged sectional view of a portion V in FIG.

The shelf A for a video game machine comprises a shelf body 1 having casters 10 and a cover body 8. The shelf body 1 includes an upper shelf 2 and a shelf frame 3 provided with a drawer 31.

The upper shelf 2 has a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and has a peripheral wall 21 raised up over the entire outer edge, a television game machine main body 210, a cassette 211 for game software, and a controller 220 on which a controller 220 is placed. And a plate portion 22. Then, the cassette 211 and the controller 220 are inserted into the recessed grooves 23 and 24 provided at predetermined positions of the top plate portion 22 so that the cassette 211 and the controller 220 are supported in an upright posture that does not take up a place as shown in FIG. Has become.

The peripheral wall 21 of the upper shelf 2 has an inner wall 25 and an outer wall 2.
The peripheral wall 21 is fitted on the shelf frame 3 and fixed at a predetermined position with screws. At a predetermined position on the rear side of the peripheral wall 21, a horizontally long opening 27 is opened as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, and a connection cord extending from the video game machine main body 210 using the opening 27. 212 is pulled out and this connection cord 21
2 is connected to an image reproducing device such as a television receiver (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shelf frame 3 has a box shape with an open front surface and an upper surface. It is shorter than. Therefore, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, even when the entire drawer 31 is pushed into the shelf frame 3, a surplus space S is generated in the shelf frame 3. In this embodiment, the intermediate outlet 4 to which the power supply adapter 240 is inserted and connected is fixed to the bottom surface 32 of the shelf frame 3 using the surplus space S of the shelf frame 3. The electric cord 41 derived from the intermediate outlet 4
Are drawn around using the surplus space S of the shelf frame 3 and the internal space of the peripheral wall 21, and are drawn out through holes 11 formed at predetermined locations in the shelf body 1. When the routing of the electric cord 41 is determined in this manner, the electric cord 41 does not interfere when the cassette 211 is attached to or detached from the TV game machine main body 210 or the shelf A is moved. A plug 42 for a power outlet (not shown) is provided at an end of the electric cord 41, and the plug 42 can be inserted into the power outlet and connected. When the drawer 31 is pulled out, the stopper 37 provided on the shelf frame 3 side contacts the rear wall 31a of the drawer 31 as shown by a virtual line in FIG. 3 to prevent the drawer 31 from being pulled out.

A changeover switch 5 is fixed to a position near the right side of the top plate 22 of the upper shelf 2.
The changeover switch 5 is a switch for opening and closing a current to an intermediate outlet, and is interposed in an intermediate portion of the electric cord 41 in the embodiment. The changeover switch 5 is provided with an indicator (for example, a lamp that lights up when turned on) 51 for identifying the changeover state.

As shown in detail in FIG. 5, a receiving seat 28 is provided in a stepped shape on the inner peripheral portion of the peripheral wall 21 of the upper shelf 2. Then, the cover body 8 is attached to and detached from the upper shelf 2 by fitting and removing a fitting portion 81 formed by the lower peripheral edge of the cover body 8 into the receiving seat 28. Therefore, by attaching the cover body 8 to the upper shelf 2, the TV game machine main body 210, the controller 220, the cassette 211 and the like placed on the top plate 22 of the upper shelf 2 are covered with the cover body 8. be able to. As a result, the connector terminal and the cassette 2 provided on the video game machine
In addition to protecting the connector terminals provided on the device 11 from dust, even if an object such as a book accidentally falls from the top, the object collides with the video game machine main body 210, the controller 220, the cassette 211, etc. There is no such thing as broken. Also, by making the cover body 8 transparent or translucent, or by providing a viewing window in the cover body 8, the on / off state of the indicator 51 of the changeover switch 5 can be easily checked by visual observation. Can be.

A code 230 is attached to the main body 210 of the video game machine.
The power supply adapter 240 connected via is connected to the intermediate outlet 4 by being inserted. In this case, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the cord 230 is transferred from the opening 27 to the internal space of the peripheral wall 21 of the upper shelf 2 and the extra space S of the shelf frame 3.
If you use the video game machine body 21
When the cassette 211 is attached to / detached from / to the shelf A or the shelf A is moved, the cord 230 does not obstruct
0 and the electric cord 41 are not entangled.

In the above configuration, the top plate 2 of the upper shelf 2
2, the power adapter 240 of the video game machine main body 210 side is inserted into the intermediate outlet, and the insertion plug 42 is inserted into a power outlet (not shown).
When the changeover switch 5 is switched to the ON side, it indicates that the indicator 51 is in the ON state, and current flows to the TV game machine main body 210 via the intermediate outlet 4 and the power adapter 240, so that the game can be started.
When the changeover switch 5 is turned off after the game, the indicator 51 is turned off, and the current to the intermediate outlet 4 is cut off, so that the current to the power adapter 240 is also cut off. For this reason, even if the power adapter 240 is left inserted in the intermediate outlet 4, power is not wasted and the power adapter 240 is not overheated. Also, when the video game machine is not used, the cover body 8 is attached to the upper shelf 2,
Even if the connector terminals are protected from dust, the indicator 51 of the changeover switch 5 can be visually recognized by the transparent or translucent cover body 8 or by the provision of the viewing window in the cover body 8. The on / off state can be easily confirmed by looking.

When using the video game machine again, it is only necessary to switch the changeover switch 5 to the ON state.

In this embodiment, the changeover switch 5
Is fixed to the top plate portion 22 of the upper shelf 2, so that it is easy to use when switching it. The changeover switch 5 is fixed to the peripheral wall 21 of the upper shelf 2,
Or on the side or front of the shelf frame 3. Also,
The changeover switch 5 may not be provided on the electric cord 41, and the intermediate outlet 4 may be provided with the changeover switch 5 integrally. The electric cord 41 may be routed to the outside of the shelf main body 1, but this makes the electric cord 41 more conspicuous or easily damaged. It is desirable to use an internal space or the like to route around a place that cannot be seen from the outside. Further, the electric cord 41 can be pulled out from the front of the shelf frame 3 or the upper shelf 2.

If the changeover switch 5 is appropriately switched, the power adapter 240 may be left inserted in the intermediate outlet 4 and left.
Even if the intermediate outlet 4 and the power adapter 240 are arranged in the surplus space S of the shelf frame 3 as in the embodiment, no trouble occurs. You won't accidentally collide with them or get in the way when using a video game console. Since the power adapter 240 is heavy, it is desirable to insert the power adapter 240 into the intermediate outlet 4 from above in order to avoid accidental detachment from the intermediate outlet 4 as shown in the illustrated example.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which the installation location of the intermediate outlet 4 is changed to another location. In this case, a recess 35 is formed on the rear surface of the shelf body 3, and the intermediate outlet 4 is fixed upward on the bottom surface of the recess 35. A power adapter (not shown) on the TV game machine main body side is inserted into the intermediate outlet 4 from above and connected thereto. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the installation location of the intermediate outlet 4 is further different. In the example shown in the figure, the intermediate outlet 4 is fixed upward on the top plate portion 22 of the upper shelf 2 and behind the cassette recessed groove 23. According to FIGS. 6 and 7, the intermediate outlet 4 and the power adapter 240 inserted therein do not obstruct the use of the video game machine. 6 and 7
Are the same as those described in the above embodiment except for the location of the intermediate outlet 4.

The TV game machine shelf A of the present invention is only required to be able to mount the TV game machine main body on the shelf main body.
Therefore, the drawer 31 as described in the embodiment is not always necessary.

[0021]

According to the shelf for a video game machine of the present invention,
Even if the power adapter is connected to the middle outlet and the plug is still connected to the power outlet, the simple operation of switching the switch provided on the shelf body to the closed (off) side can be used to connect to the power adapter. Since the current is cut off, you do not need to pull out the adapter from the power outlet each time you finish the game as before, eliminating the wasteful consumption of power and preventing the service life from shortening due to overheating of the power adapter. There is an effect that can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view illustrating a use state of a television game machine shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially omitted enlarged sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially omitted enlarged sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view showing an upper shelf of the shelf main body.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view in which a part V in FIG. 4 is partially omitted.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a modification.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part of another modification.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view showing a use state of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Video Game Machine Shelf 1 Shelf Main Body 4 Intermediate Outlet 5 Changeover Switch 41 Electric Cord 42 Insertion Plug (Connector) 210 Video Game Machine Main Body 230 Cord 240 Power Adapter

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] And 1. A video game machine main body can be placed shelf body, and an intermediate outlet power adapter that is connected via a cord provided at a predetermined position in the video game machine main body of the shelf body is plug connection, A plug for a power outlet provided on an electric cord derived from the intermediate outlet, a switch provided on the shelf body for opening and closing current to the intermediate outlet, and a switch for this switch
An indicator for checking the on / off state
And a shelf for a video game machine.