JP3001410U - Data processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a data processing device capable of preventing damage due to dropping of a card slot when it is ejected. In a data processing device 1 having a card slot 4 capable of ejecting a card-type storage medium 3 by operating an eject knob 2, a card-type storage medium 3 is provided inside a slot cover 5 provided in the card slot 4. The fall prevention member 6 for preventing the fall of the paper when it is discharged is erected upright.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a data processing device suitable for a pen input personal computer or the like.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In a conventional data processing device, for example, like a pen input personal computer 31 shown in FIG. 9, by opening a slot cover 32 and pushing an eject knob 33, an IC card 34 which is a card type storage medium can be ejected. The IC card 34 is equipped with a slot 35 so that the IC card 34 that pops out can be received and taken out by hand, and the connection between the IC card 34 and the card slot 35 is held only by the contact pressure of the connector pin. The card slot 35 has a structure in which two IC cards 34 can be loaded.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in conventional data processing devices, the card-type storage medium pops out when the eject knob is pressed. There was the inconvenience that the card-type storage medium was damaged if it jumped out vigorously, and if it was not received by the hand at this time. Further, the contact between the card-type storage medium and the card slot is held only by the contact pressure of the connector pin, so the number of times the card-type storage medium is attached and detached increases and the holding force weakens, making it impossible to contact due to a slight vibration or impulse. There was a problem. Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a novel data processing device capable of preventing damage due to dropping of a card type storage medium when it is ejected, and preventing contact failure due to vibration, shock, etc., and preventing occurrence of a data error. To do.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the data processing device of the present invention is a data processing device having a card slot capable of ejecting a card type storage medium by operating an eject knob. The feature is that a fall-prevention member that prevents the card-type storage medium from falling when it is ejected is installed inside so that it can fall over. Further, in a data processing device having a card slot capable of ejecting a card-type storage medium by operating an eject knob, a guide portion provided on a side portion of the card slot is prevented from dropping when the card-type storage medium is ejected. The fall prevention member is provided so as to be movable between a loading position and a discharging position of the card type storage medium, and can be detached at the discharging position of the card type storage medium. It is a thing.

[0005]

[Action]

 According to the present invention, even if the eject knob is operated, the card-type storage medium stops at a fixed position and is prevented from jumping out and dropping. Further, even if the eject knob is operated, the card-type storage medium stops at the ejecting position and is prevented from jumping out and dropping.

[0006]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are a perspective view and a side sectional view of a main part of a data processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The data processing apparatus 1 such as a pen input personal computer has a built-in card slot 4 for ejecting the card type storage medium 3 such as an IC card by pushing the eject knob 2 and ejecting the card slot 4. Can be closed by an openable / closable slot cover 5 pivotally attached to the lower part thereof, and a fall prevention member 6 for preventing the ejection of the card type storage medium 3 from falling inside the slot cover 5 can be laid down. Have been set up. The card slot 4 has a structure in which two storage media 3 can be loaded. The fall prevention member 6 is provided in the shape of a rectangular plate having a length appropriately shorter than the width of the card-type storage medium 3, and is card-type supported by bearing brackets 7 and 8 attached to the inside of the slot cover 5. The lower edge portion is pivotally supported by a shaft 9 in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the storage medium 3 is taken in and out, and is movable along the longitudinal direction of the shaft 9. Further, the fall prevention member 6 is laid down on one end of the shaft 9 by the torsion spring 10 so as to fall outward with the slot cover 5 shown in FIG. 1 open and to move to the other end side of the shaft 9. The slot cover 5 is biased and is held upright by the slot cover 5 by contact with a stopper 11 formed integrally with the bearing bracket 8 at the other end. In FIG. 1, when the left eject knob 2 is operated, the upper storage medium 3 pops out, and when the right eject knob 2 is operated, the following storage medium 3 pops out. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 12 is a connector arranged at the back of the card slot 4.

In the data processing device 1 having the above-mentioned configuration, when the card type storage medium 3 is taken out, when the appropriate eject knob 2 is operated, the card type storage medium 3 pops out from the card slot 4, but is prevented from falling on the slot cover 5. It hits the member 6 and is prevented from falling. Then, as shown by an arrow A in FIG. 1, the fall prevention member 6 is pushed against one end of the shaft 9 against the bias of the torsion spring 10 to release the engagement with the stopper 11, and then the fall prevention member 6 is dropped. When the prevention member 6 is laid down outward, the card type storage medium 3 can be taken out from the data processing device 1. On the other hand, when the card-type storage medium 3 is loaded, the slot cover 5 may be opened and the card-type storage medium 3 may be inserted while pushing the fall prevention member 6 so as to lie down. When the loading of the card-type storage medium 3 into the card slot 4 is completed, the fall prevention member 6 stands up by the urging force of the torsion spring 10 and contacts the stopper 11 to be held upright. Then, the slot cover 5 may be closed in this state, that is, in the state in which the fall prevention member 6 stands upright on the slot cover 5.

Therefore, according to the data processing device 1 of the first embodiment, when the eject type knob 2 is operated to detach the card type storage medium 3, the card type storage medium 3 is stopped by the fall prevention member 6. Even if the card-type storage medium 3 jumps out vigorously, it will not drop and be damaged.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an essential part showing a second embodiment of the data processor of the present invention. The data processing device 13 such as a pen input personal computer has a built-in card slot 16 for ejecting the card type storage medium 15 such as an IC card by pushing out the eject knob 14, and the opening of the card slot 16 Is provided so that it can be closed by an openable / closable slot cover 17 pivotally attached to the lower portion thereof. Then, drop preventing members 19 for preventing the card type storage medium 15 from dropping when ejected are provided on the guide portions 18 provided on both sides of the card slot 16 between the loading position and the ejecting position of the card type storage medium 15. The card-type storage medium 15 is provided so as to be movable, and can be detached at the ejection position of the card-type storage medium 15 and fixed at the loading position of the card-type storage medium 15.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, a rectangular tubular guide portion 18 is provided on a side portion of the card slot 16, and a side wall 18 b of the guide portion 18 has a card type storage medium. A long hole 20 having a length corresponding to the stroke of 15 is provided in the side wall 18b. The guide portion 18 is formed by bending a strip plate-shaped base portion 19a having a shaft 21 slidably engaged with the elongated hole 20 and an outer end portion of the base portion 19a into a substantially L shape. The drop-preventing member 19 including a stopper portion 19b capable of locking the card type storage medium 15 is provided. The shaft 21 of the fall prevention member 19 is located between the loading position and the discharging position of the card type storage medium 15, that is, the position where the card type storage medium 15 is connected to a connector (not shown) and the card type storage. The medium 15 is mounted so as to be movable between a position where it can be detached from the device. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, one end of the guide portion 18 is engaged with both ends of the shaft 21 of the fall prevention member 19 to lock the movement of the shaft 21 of the fall prevention member 19, as shown in FIGS. Spring-shaped segments 22 and 23, which are fixed in shape, are provided at the ejection position and the loading position of the card-type storage medium 15.

In the data processing device 13 having the above configuration, when the card type storage medium 15 is taken out, when the appropriate eject knob 14 is operated, the card type storage medium 15 pops out from the card slot 16 and, at the same time, drops by this popping The prevention member 19 is also unlocked by the biasing force of the spring segment 23 at the loading position, jumps out to the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIGS. Both are temporarily stopped, and the card type storage medium 15 is prevented from falling. Then, after the fall prevention member 19 is further pulled out against the urging force of the spring piece 22 and then rotated upward or downward about the shaft 21 as shown in FIG. 8, the data processing of the card-type storage medium 15 is performed. It can be removed from the device 13. On the other hand, when loading the card-type storage medium 15, the card-type storage medium 15 is inserted by pushing the fall prevention member 19 horizontally while pushing it in reverse to the above procedure, and the fall-prevention member 19 is placed in the spring at the loading position. The card-type storage medium 15 is fixed by being locked by the section 23, and contact failure does not occur even if vibration or shock is applied.

Therefore, according to the data processing device 13 of the second embodiment, even if the eject knob 14 is operated, the card type storage medium 13 can be stopped before the ejection position, so that the card type storage medium 13 is kept. It will not fall or be damaged even if it jumps out vigorously. Further, since the card-type storage medium 15 is fixed to the loading position by the fall prevention member 19 and contact failure due to vibration, impact, etc. is prevented, the occurrence of data error can be prevented.

In addition, in the second embodiment, the case where the spring segment 23 is provided also in the loading position has been described, but it may not be provided in the card type storage medium 15 that is not frequently attached and detached.

[0014]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the first data processing device of the present invention, when the eject knob is operated, the card-type storage medium stops at a fixed position and prevents the card-type storage medium from jumping out and falling. You can surely prevent damage. In particular, the effect of card-type storage media such as IC cards and card-type hard disks that are expensive and vulnerable to impact is great. Further, according to the second data processing device, even if the eject knob is operated, the card-type storage medium stops at the ejection position and is prevented from jumping out and dropping, so that the same effect as the first one can be obtained. .

[Submission date] March 4, 1994

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0006

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0006]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are a perspective view and a side sectional view of a main part of a data processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The data processing apparatus 1 such as a pen input personal computer has a built-in card slot 4 for ejecting the card type storage medium 3 such as an IC card by pushing the eject knob 2 and ejecting the card slot 4. Can be closed by an openable / closable slot cover 5 pivotally attached to the lower part thereof, and a fall prevention member 6 for preventing the ejection of the card type storage medium 3 from falling inside the slot cover 5 can be laid down. Have been set up. The card slot 4 has a structure in which two storage media 3 can be loaded. The fall prevention member 6 is provided in the shape of a rectangular plate having a length appropriately shorter than the width of the card-type storage medium 3, and is card-type supported by bearing brackets 7 and 8 attached to the inside of the slot cover 5. The lower edge portion is pivotally supported by a shaft 9 in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the storage medium 3 is taken in and out, and is movable along the longitudinal direction of the shaft 9. Further, the fall prevention member 6 is laid down on one end of the shaft 9 by the torsion spring 10 so as to fall outward with the slot cover 5 shown in FIG. 1 open and to move to the other end side of the shaft 9. The slot cover 5 is biased and is held upright by the slot cover 5 by contact with a stopper 11 formed integrally with the bearing bracket 8 at the other end. In FIG. 1, when the left eject knob 2 is operated, the lower storage medium 3 pops out, and when the right eject knob 2 is operated, the upper storage medium 3 pops out. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 12 is a connector arranged at the back of the card slot 4.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a first embodiment of a data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a main part of the data processing device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an essential part showing a second embodiment of the data processing device of the present invention.

4 is a perspective view of a main part of the data processing apparatus of FIG. 3 excluding a cabinet.

5 is a plan view of a main part of the data processing apparatus of FIG. 3 excluding a cabinet.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of FIG.

7 is a side view of a main part of the data processing device of FIG. 3 excluding a cabinet.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing the operation of the data processing device of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional data processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 eject knob 3 card type storage medium 4 card slot 5 slot cover 6 fall prevention member 9 shaft 10 torsion spring 11 stopper 14 eject knob 15 card type storage medium 16 card slot 18 guide portion 19 fall prevention member 19a base portion 19b stopper portion 20 long Hole 21 axis 22 spring section 23 spring section

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A data processing device having a card slot capable of ejecting a card-type storage medium by operating an eject knob, wherein a card-type storage medium is ejected inside a slot cover provided in the card slot. A data processing device characterized in that a fall prevention member for preventing fall is erected so as to be able to fall. 2. A data processing device having a card slot capable of ejecting a card-type storage medium by operating an eject knob, wherein a guide portion provided on a side portion of the card slot is dropped when the card-type storage medium is ejected. A fall prevention member for preventing the above is provided so as to be movable between a loading position and a discharging position of the card type storage medium, and the card type storage medium can be detached at the discharging position of the card type storage medium. Data processing device.