JP3144403U - Disc tray - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a disc tray that can smoothly insert and remove discs.
A tray main body 12 having a disc receiving recess 14 and a take-out recess 16; a pressed member 20 disposed in a central portion of the tray main body 12; and the pressed member 20 are connected to the tray main body 12. Each of the plurality of connecting members 22, the plurality of holding members 24 on which the disk is placed in a state of being floated from the bottom surface of the disk accommodating recess 14, and each of the connecting members 22 and the holding member 24 facing the peripheral edge of the pressed member 20. Provided at each of the front end portions is a central protrusion 26 that locks the inner peripheral edge of the central hole of the disk, and a latching claw that locks the peripheral edge of the disk floating from the bottom surface of the disk housing recess 14. .
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Description

  The present invention relates to a disc tray that accommodates a disc-like disc (hereinafter simply referred to as a disc) such as a DVD (digital video disc), a CD (compact disc), a CD-ROM or the like.

This type of disc is standardized in size and shape. Conventionally, there is a disk tray (case) formed so as to be able to accommodate a disk using this. Some conventional disc trays have a protrusion that can be closely fitted in the center hole of the disk, and a plurality of cuts or the like are provided in the protrusion so that the protrusion can be pressed and compressed (patent document). 1).
JP 2005-203068 A

The known prior art has the following problems to be solved.
Conventional disk trays (cases) often do not have a smooth diameter reduction even when the protrusion is pressed to remove the disk. For this reason, the disk cannot be easily detached from the protrusion. At this time, the disk may be damaged in order to forcibly pull out the disk.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a disc tray capable of smoothly attaching and detaching a disc.

The following configurations are means for solving the above-described problems.
<Configuration 1>
A tray main body having a disc receiving recess recessed into a disk shape having a diameter slightly larger than the disc to be received, and a takeout recess provided so that the disc receiving recess is expanded outward. And a member to be pressed disposed in a state of floating from the bottom surface of the concave portion for accommodating the disc at the center of the tray main body, and a plurality of portions that connect the tray main body with several places around the peripheral edge of the member to be pressed And a plurality of holding members that are disposed adjacent to the plurality of connecting members and spaced from the pressed member, and for placing the disk in a state of floating from the bottom surface of the disk housing recess. A member, a central projecting portion that is provided at each of the tip portions of the coupling member and the holding member facing the peripheral edge of the pressed member, and engages the inner peripheral edge of the central hole of the disk; and the coupling member Provided in the central projecting portion, the disc tray, characterized in that a latching pawl for locking the peripheral edge of the disk in a state of floating from the bottom face of the disk accommodating recess.

  When the disc is accommodated in the disc-accommodating recess, the center hole is automatically positioned by fitting the central hole into the central protrusion provided in each of the connecting member and the holding member. By pressing the member to be pressed in a state where the disc is accommodated in the disc accommodating recess and the inner peripheral edge of the center hole is latched by the latching claw, the latching by the latching claw is easily released and the disc is released. Since it is in a free state, it can be easily removed.

<Configuration 2>
The disc tray according to Configuration 1, wherein the member to be pressed has a short cylindrical shape and is lifted by the plurality of connecting members connected to several places around the peripheral edge thereof. .

  The pressed member and the plurality of connecting members are integrally connected to the tray main body, and the pressed member is stably supported by the elastic force of the plurality of connecting members so as to be able to reciprocate in the thickness direction of the tray main body.

<Configuration 3>
In the disc tray according to Configuration 1 or 2, each of the plurality of connecting members has a rectangular plane, and is arranged radially around the pressed member at an appropriate interval from each other. A disc tray characterized in that a latching claw is provided at the top.

  The latching claw provided in the central projecting portion of the connecting member repeats an inclined surface state and a planar state by the reciprocating motion of the pressed member, and slightly toward the radial direction of the pressed member. Reciprocates. Thus, the latching pawl is engaged with or released from the inner peripheral edge of the central hole of the disk.

<Configuration 4>
In the disc tray according to any one of Configurations 1 to 3, each of the plurality of holding members is flat so that a flat surface forms a fan shape, and a tip portion toward the pressed member is inclined, and an intermediate portion includes: A disc tray, comprising: a support protrusion for placing the disc in a state of being floated from the bottom surface of the disc accommodating recess.

  The plurality of holding members are respectively integrally connected to the tray body, and the disc accommodated in the disc accommodating recess is stably supported.

<Configuration 5>
5. The disk tray according to any one of Structures 1 to 4, wherein the entire structure is formed of a transparent synthetic resin.

  The storage status of the discs in the tray body can be distinguished well.

<Configuration 6>
6. The disc tray according to any one of configurations 1 to 5, wherein the disc tray is covered with a mount made of a pair of paper surfaces that are openably and closably connected via a folding portion.

  The mount is used to display information on electronic media stored on the disc, and to serve as a lid for the tray body.

<Configuration 7>
In the disc tray according to any one of Configurations 1 to 6, the take-out concave portion is formed in a semicircular shape with the disc-receiving concave portion facing outward, and a circular concave portion is formed on the bottom surface of the take-out concave portion. A disc tray characterized by being provided.

  After the disc tray is glued to the mount, when seen through from the top of the transparent disc tray, the spread glue is separated into circular recesses and is extremely thinly colored, which can be seen clearly There is an effect. That is, it can be expected that the appearance is not impaired by gluing.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on examples.

  FIG. 1A is a plan view showing the disc tray 10 of the first embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a front view thereof. FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing how the disc tray 10 is used.

  The disc tray 10 connects a tray main body 12 having a disc accommodating recess 14 and a take-out recess 16, a pressed member 20 disposed in the center of the tray main body 12, and the pressed member 20 to the tray main body 12. Three connecting members 22, three holding members 24 for placing the disk 32 (FIG. 4) in a floating state, and a central protrusion that locks the inner periphery of the central hole 34 (FIG. 4) of the disk 32. 26 and 27, and a latching claw 30 for locking the disk 32 accommodated in a floating state, and the entire configuration is formed in a substantially square plane with a transparent synthetic resin.

  The disc housing recess 14 of the tray body 12 has a shape that is recessed into a disk shape having a diameter slightly larger than the disc 32 to be housed. Steps 15 on which the outer edge of the disk 32 is placed are provided at four locations around the disk housing recess 14. The take-out recess 16 has a shape in which the disc-receiving recess 14 is expanded outward, and a circular recess 18 is provided on the bottom surface of the take-out recess 16.

  The pressed member 20 is disposed in the center of the tray main body 12 in a state of floating from the bottom surface 14 </ b> A of the disc accommodating recess 14. The pressed member 20 has a short cylindrical shape, and is lifted by three connecting members 22 connected to three places around the periphery. The pressed member 20 and the three connecting members 22 are integrally connected to the tray body 12, and the pressed member 20 is supported by the elasticity of the three connecting members 22 so as to reciprocate in the thickness direction of the tray body 12. ing.

  The three connecting members 22 connect the peripheral portion of the pressed member 20 to the tray main body 12, and each of the connecting members 22 is inclined so that the flat surface has a rectangular shape and the leading end toward the pressed member 20 floats. Yes. A cushion groove 23 is provided in a connecting portion between the three connecting members 22 and the tray body 12. The cushion groove 23 has a role of allowing the connecting member 22 to smoothly tilt with the connecting portion with the tray body 12 as a fulcrum.

  The three connecting members 22 are arranged radially around the pressed member 20 at an appropriate interval, and a through hole 36 is provided in the vicinity of the central protruding portion 26. A groove 25 is provided between the pressed member 20 and the central protrusion 26.

  A latching claw 30 for locking the inner peripheral edge of the central hole 34 of the disk 32 is provided on the top of the central protrusion 26. The latching claw 30 slightly reciprocates toward the pressed member 20 when the pressed member 20 reciprocates up and down and the connecting member 22 enters the inclined surface state and the planar state. Thus, the latching claw 30 is engaged with or released from the inner peripheral edge of the central hole 34 of the disk 32.

  The three holding members 24 are disposed adjacent to the three connecting members 22 and spaced from the pressed member 20, and the disk 32 is lifted from the bottom surface 14 </ b> A of the disk housing recess 14. Place. The three holding members 24 are each integrally connected to the tray body 12 in a state in which the flat surface has a fan shape and is inclined so that the leading end toward the pressed member 20 is floated. The intermediate portion is provided with a support protrusion 28 on which the disk 32 is placed in a state of being floated from the bottom surface 14A of the disk accommodating recess 14.

  A central protruding portion 26 is provided at each of the tip portions of the three connecting members 22 facing the peripheral edge of the pressed member 20. Moreover, the center protrusion part 27 is provided in each front-end | tip part which opposes the periphery of the to-be-pressed member 20 of the three holding members 24, respectively. These central protrusions 26 and 27 are arranged in a circle so as to surround the periphery of the pressed member 20, and have a role of locking the inner peripheral edge of the central hole 34 of the disk 32. A latching claw 30 is provided on the central projecting portion 26 of the connecting member 22 to lock the periphery of the disk 32 in a state of floating from the bottom surface 14 </ b> A of the disk housing recess 14.

Next, the usage state of the disc tray 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the disc 32 to be accommodated is placed on the disc tray 10 and pushed from above, and the central hole 34 is fitted into the central projecting portions 26 and 27, so that FIG. As shown in FIG. 5B, the disc is accommodated in the disc accommodating recess 14.

  When the disk 32 is taken out from the disk tray from the state shown in FIG. 4B, the pressed member 20 of the disk tray is pressed to form the bottom surface 14A of the disk accommodating recess 14 as shown in FIG. Make contact. In the process of movement of the pressed member 20 against the bottom surface 14A of the disc housing recess 14, the latching claw 30 of the central protrusion 26 moves backward toward the pressed member 20 to release the locking of the disc 32, and The pressing member 20 passes through the central hole 34 of the disk 32 and is positioned on the lower surface of the disk 32 as shown in FIG.

  Next, by releasing the pressing of the pressed member 20, the connecting member 22 is restored by its elasticity, and the disk 32 is pushed up by the upper surface of the latching claw 30, as shown in FIG. 4 (d). In the state shown in FIG. 4D, the latching claw 30 is released and the disk 32 is in a free state, so that it can be easily taken up from the disk tray 10.

  For example, the disc tray 10 is used by being covered with a mount 38 as shown in FIG. The mount 38 is formed from a pair of paper surfaces 40 that are openably and closably connected via a folding portion, and is glued to the disc tray 10. The mount 38 displays information on the electronic medium stored on the disk 32 and serves as a lid for the tray body 12. As shown in FIG. 6, the disc body 10 may have a tray body 12 formed in a plane rectangle, and may be covered with a mount 38.

  When the disc tray 10 is glued to the mount 38, an appropriate amount of semi-liquid glue is dropped on the back of the take-out recess 16 and corresponding to the center of the shallow circular recess 18 (FIG. 3) and pressed against the mount 38. The glue spreads uniformly, and the outer ring substantially coincides with the outline 19 of the circular recess 18 and dries in this state.

  For this reason, after pasting the backing paper 38, when seen through the top surface of the transparent disc tray 10, the spread glue is separated into circular recesses 18 and is in an extremely thin colored state. This has the effect that it can be seen clearly. That is, the effect that the external appearance is not impaired by gluing can be expected.

(A) is a top view which shows the disc tray of Example 1, (b) is the same front view. It is an expanded sectional view which follows the AA line of FIG. It is an expanded sectional view which follows the BB line of FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a usage state of the disc tray, where (a) is a cross-sectional view showing a state immediately before the disc is accommodated in the disc tray, and (b) is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the disc is accommodated in the disc tray; (c) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the pressed member of the disk tray is pressed in order to take out the disk from the disc tray, and (d) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the pressed member is released. It is a perspective view which shows the state which covered the disk tray with the mount which consists of a pair of paper surface connected so that opening and closing is possible via a folding part. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the disk tray of the first embodiment is covered with a mount made of a pair of paper surfaces that are connected to each other through a folding portion so as to be opened and closed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Disc tray 12 Tray main body 14 Disc accommodation recessed part 15 Step part 16 Extraction recessed part 18 Circular recessed part 19 Circular recessed part outline 20 Pressed member 22 Connection member 23 Cushion groove 24 Holding member 25 Groove 26, 27 Center protrusion part 28 Support protrusion Part 30 Hanging claw 32 Disk 34 Central hole 36 Through hole 38 Mount 40 Paper surface

Claims (7)

A tray main body having a disc receiving recess recessed into a disk shape having a diameter slightly larger than the disc to be received, and a takeout recess provided so that the disc receiving recess is expanded outward. When,
A pressed member disposed in a state of floating from the bottom surface of the disc housing recess at the center of the tray body;
A plurality of connecting members for connecting the peripheral portion of the pressed member and the tray body;
A plurality of holding members disposed adjacent to the plurality of connecting members and spaced from the pressed member, and placing the disk in a state of being floated from a bottom surface of the disk housing recess;
A central protrusion that is provided at each tip of the coupling member and the holding member facing the peripheral edge of the pressed member, and that locks the inner peripheral edge of the central hole of the disk;
A disc tray provided with a latching claw that is provided at a central projecting portion of the connecting member and latches a peripheral edge of the disc in a state of floating from a bottom surface of the disc housing recess. The disc tray according to claim 1,
The disc tray is characterized in that the member to be pressed has a short cylindrical shape and is lifted by the plurality of connecting members connected to several places around the peripheral edge thereof. The disc tray according to claim 1 or 2,
Each of the plurality of connecting members has a rectangular plane, is disposed radially around the pressed member at an appropriate interval, and a hooking claw is provided on the top of the central protrusion. Disc tray characterized by. The disc tray according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Each of the plurality of holding members has a fan-shaped flat surface, and is inclined so that a tip portion toward the pressed member is floated, and the disk is levitated from the bottom surface of the disk housing recess in the intermediate portion. A disc tray, characterized by having a support protrusion to be mounted on the disc. The disc tray according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A disc tray characterized in that the entire structure is formed of a transparent synthetic resin. The disc tray according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A disc tray characterized in that it is covered with a mount made of a pair of paper surfaces that are connected via a folding portion so as to be opened and closed. The disc tray according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The disc tray, wherein the take-out recess has a semicircular shape with the disc-receiving recess extending outward, and a circular recess is provided on the bottom surface of the take-out recess.

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