JP4230748B2 - Camera outer case - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an exterior structure of an electronic device in which different types of products such as shape, model name, decorative printing, painting, and the like can be easily formed in the exterior case of the electronic device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when manufacturing different types of exterior structures, different types of exterior structures have been manufactured by changing cabinet molds, clothes, and printing. Therefore, it is necessary to take a long lead time for designing and manufacturing.
[0003]
Installed on the fixed side of the injection molding machine and has a molten resin injection hole to mold the back surface shape of the molded product, and installed on the moving side of the injection molding machine and fitted with the convex mold to shape the surface shape of the molded product Using the concave mold to be formed and the sheet pressing mold held between the convex mold and the concave mold, the decorative sheet is inserted between the convex mold and the sheet pressing mold, the mold is clamped, and then the molten resin is injected. There is a technique of cooling after forming integrally, performing mold opening, taking out a molded product, trimming an excess portion of the decorative sheet, and molding a sheet insert having an exterior structure (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).
[0004]
According to this molding die and molding method, since the decorative sheet wraps around to the edge back side of the resin molded body and a coated product is obtained, the appearance of the periphery of the molded product can be improved. .
[0005]
Further, since the unnecessary sheet portion wraps around the back side of the molded product after molding, it is not necessary to perform trimming accurately according to the shape of the final product, and cost can be reduced. Furthermore, when the sheet is pressed by the sheet pressing mold with the sheet pressing mold, the sheet can be prevented from being folded and the generation of wrinkles can be suppressed. Further, by providing a stepped portion that can be fitted between the concave mold and the sheet pressing mold, the sheet can be cut along the peripheral shape of the molded product simultaneously with the mold clamping, and the trimming step can be omitted. Can be obtained at low cost.
[0006]
Further, the sheet pressing mold has an annular hollow shape along the periphery of the molded product, and the inner edge of the pressing mold protrudes inward from the inner edge of the concave mold. The decorative sheet can be reliably wound to the (inner edge), and the appearance of the final product can be remarkably improved.
[0007]
In addition, the resin used here can be used regardless of the type as long as it is a resin that can be injection-molded. Furthermore, a decorative sheet that improves the design decoration can be insert-molded, and injection molding is possible. Any kind of resin can be used as long as it can be stretched at high temperature and high pressure.
[0008]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-225960 (page 3-4, FIG. 1)
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the exterior of electronic devices, it is necessary to produce each cabinet with a delivery date that changes the printing contents according to the destinations around the world, and make it separately on the production line, with each country's destinations with a certain amount of inventory Each had to be made.
[0010]
The present invention makes it possible to manufacture different types of products by using the sheet insert technology or the like of the above-described exterior structure and to provide different types of products by providing different types of exteriors to a common cabinet. The purpose is to provide a technology that streamlines the manufacturing process and eliminates the need to store individual wasteful stock.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention provides an exterior structure of an electronic device, wherein an outer case of the electronic device is formed by attaching a sheet-like costume having a different shape to a cabinet before exterior decoration. The present invention is an exterior case of an electronic device, which has no exterior decoration and is formed into a base shape by using a rough cabinet without a model name or the like, and a sheet in which the outer shape of an irregularly shaped model is formed on this base shape is retrofitted. In addition, the present invention provides an exterior structure that can easily create an external appearance of a different type of different shape by sticking a costume formed into a squeezed sheet shape in the final step of the manufacturing process.
[0012]
According to the present invention, a dissimilar model can be easily produced by retrofitting a dressed outfit and printed sheet-shaped decorative parts to the base cabinet using a W face or the like in the final process of the production line. it can. In addition, by attaching another base shape member added to give a different shape to the base shape cabinet and pasting a decorative sheet squeezed accordingly, a plurality of types of products having different outer shapes can be easily manufactured. It can have design and manufacturing lead time and model freedom, which contributes to improved production efficiency.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an exterior structure of a camera 10 for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. The camera 10 forms an exterior cabinet by combining a front cabinet 11 and a rear cabinet 12 in the front-rear direction. For example, the front cabinet 11 is a rough cabinet without a costume and a base-shaped cabinet. The front cabinet 11 exposes a non-exterior surface 17 formed with a lens 13, a finder 14, a strobe 15, a lens hood attachment hole 16, an exterior member 24 attachment hole 18 and the like on the front surface. For example, as another base shape member to be added to the front cabinet 11 necessary as the outer shape of a certain model of camera, a lens hood 21 is attached and attached to the position of the lens 13 as indicated by an arrow 23, and the leg 22 is attached to the hood mounting hole. Insert into 16 and fix. Similarly, an exterior member 24 to be added to give a different shape is also attached to the front surface of the front cabinet 11 as indicated by an arrow 26. At this time, the leg 5 is inserted into the mounting hole 18 and positioned.
[0014]
Thereafter, a costume 31 made of a transparent sheet is attached to the front surface of the front cabinet 11 of the camera 10 by a W face as indicated by an arrow 38. The costume 31 includes a diaphragm shape 32 that covers the lens hood 21, a finder window 33, a strobe window 34, and a convex portion 35 that covers the exterior member 24. A longitudinal sectional view of the lens portion of the costume 31 is illustrated in FIG. The aperture shape 32 is elastically formed so as to be in close contact with the outer shape of the lens hood 21. Further, for example, individual printing and design such as a camera model name 36 and a destination model name 37 are performed. These camera model name 36, destination model name 37, decorative printing, exterior coating, and the like are applied to the inner surface side of the costume 31 which is a transparent sheet. As a result, since these prints, paints, and the like are not applied to the surface of the camera, they are not peeled off, discolored or damaged during use of the camera. Moreover, the transparent clothes 31 which gave these to the inner surface raises the high-class feeling of a camera.
[0015]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, a dissimilar model can be easily produced by retrofitting a dressed outfit and printed sheet-like decorative parts to a base cabinet using a W face or the like in the final process of the production line. it can. That is, for example, by sticking a base shape added to make a different shape into a base shape cabinet, and sticking a decorative sheet squeezed according to it, a different shape product can be easily manufactured, designed, The manufacturing lead time can be shortened, the model can be freely given, and the production efficiency can be improved.
[0016]
In particular, it is possible to easily produce a spec-down and a spec-up product of a large number of specifications whose shapes have been changed on the basis of a certain model without changing the mold of the cabinet.
[0017]
According to the present invention, it is possible to mass-produce base machines for all over the world with different destinations. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the setup and the efficiency can be improved.
[0018]
In addition, since the sheet to be retrofitted uses a transparent sheet and is printed and painted on the back side, it keeps a beautiful appearance forever without peeling off the printing or painting when used by the user. Since it is applied to the back side, the transparent coating becomes the exterior surface, and there is an effect that the appearance is high-class.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a sheet-like costume according to an embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Camera 11 Front cabinet 12 Rear cabinet 13 Lens 14 Finder 15 Strobe 16 Hood mounting hole 17 Non-appearance surface 18 Mounting hole 21 Hood 22 Leg 23 Arrow 24 Exterior member 25 Leg 26 Arrow 31 Costume (transparent sheet)
32 Aperture shape 33 Finder window 34 Strobe window 35 Convex part 36 Model name 37

Claims (2)

In the exterior case of the camera consisting of a base cabinet consisting of a front cabinet and a rear cabinet, and a transparent sheet-like decorative part attached to the outer surface of the front cabinet,
The decorative part is printed or painted on the inside of the decorative part , and covers the lens hood attached to the front cabinet, and is elastically formed so as to adhere to the outer shape of the lens hood. The exterior case of the camera characterized by having a part . The decorative parts, the front cabinet on the added cameras outer case according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a protruding portion that covers the outer member.

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