JP4681627B2 - Storage case for portable devices - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage case for a portable device capable of storing information, and more particularly to storing information of a mobile communication service terminal such as a mobile phone, a portable digital music player, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and the like. The present invention relates to a storage case that can simultaneously store a plurality of portable devices that can be used.

  This type of mobile device is owned by most people, and its functions are multifunctional and highly functional. For this reason, in various workplaces, for example, there is a concern about taking out or leaking in-house information using a camera function or an Internet function in addition to an information storage function of a mobile phone. Actually, when company information is stored in such a mobile device and transferred to a personal computer at home, the company information is leaked to the outside by file exchange or file sharing software installed on the personal computer, and the Internet. Has been reported to be floating in the world.

  The inventor of the present invention has proposed a countermeasure product as disclosed in Patent Document 1 in view of the above situation. In other words, a mobile device that can store information, such as a private mobile phone, is temporarily stored and stored when an employee visits the office or when a visitor enters (enters a room). The storage case that can prevent outside leakage of company information by returning it when doing so is a countermeasure.

  As an example of a portable device capable of storing information, the storage case previously proposed by the inventor as the above countermeasure product is a holder that can store one mobile phone and a bottom portion of the holder that is located under the mobile phone. When the casing is housed in the casing body, the casing body that is held up so that the holder can be pulled out in an inclined posture on the front side for each holder in a state where a plurality of holders are arranged in parallel The holder is constituted by locking means for mooring the holder to the casing body so that it cannot be pulled out.

  In some cases, the storage case is formed in a form in which the holder can be stored with the thickness direction in front, in addition to the form in which the holder can store the mobile phone in front.

  Some of the storage cases include display means for indicating the presence / absence of a mobile phone in the holder, or display means for displaying signs of different colors in conjunction with locking and unlocking of the locking means.

  The storage case with the above configuration is used when an employee leaves a mobile phone that can store information, or when the employee leaves the company and keeps the phone, and when the employee leaves or leaves the company. By returning it, it is possible to prevent external leakage of in-house information via a mobile phone.

  That is, the owner does not store his / her mobile phone in his / her locker, but keeps his / her mobile phone in a unified place, so that information can be prevented from being taken outside through the mobile phone. Since multiple holders that store telephones are arranged in parallel to the casing body, a large number of mobile phones can be stored in a space-efficient manner. Since it could not be taken out, various effects were obtained that each person's mobile phone could be prevented from being lost, damaged or stolen.

However, although the above-mentioned storage case can obtain the above-mentioned effects, it has been found that there are still points to be improved or improved when actually installed and used.
For example, because the storage case proposed earlier is made of metal, for example steel, both the holder and the casing body are made of steel. Whether the mobile phone is in the holder is difficult to determine if it is away from the storage case, and moreover, the locking mechanism is complicated and the number of parts increases, so there is no risk of failure. The fact that there was no such thing is a point that should be improved.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-240759

  Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide a storage case that has been solved by the inventors of the present application and that has solved the problems of the storage case of mobile devices such as mobile phones.

  The structure of the storage case improved by the present invention for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems is a horizontally long box-shaped casing main body having a substantially U-shaped side section with the front surface opened almost entirely. A casing body having an upper edge wall hanging from the upper front of the main body and a lower edge wall in the form of a standing wall at the lower part of the front surface, and at least the front wall is a translucent standing wall and the upper surface is opened, and a mobile phone or the like is inside. A container-like holder capable of storing a device from above, wherein the near side of the bottom wall of the holder is pivotally supported by the casing body so as to be able to rotate in and out by a support shaft parallel to the length direction of the casing body. In addition, a latch receiver is formed on the back side of the bottom wall, and a holding claw portion that is locked to the upper edge wall of the casing body is provided on the upper portion of the rear wall. And a lock means by a lock having a latch provided on the inner side of the lower edge wall of the casing body, the lock means for moving the latch into and out of the latch receiver by the operation of the lock. It is what.

  In the storage case of the present invention, the casing body is made of metal, and at least the front surface of the holder is made of transparent plastic that allows the inside to be seen through. Preferably, the holder is formed of a strong and translucent plastic material such as polycarbonate. A plurality of the holders are housed side by side in the casing body, and the plurality of holders are pivotally mounted by a single support shaft penetrating each holder so that each holder can be rotated in and out of the casing body. ing.

  The present invention is a horizontally long box-shaped casing body having a substantially U-shaped side cross section with the front surface opened almost entirely, and has an upper edge wall hanging from the front upper portion of the casing body and a standing wall-shaped lower portion of the front surface. A casing main body having a lower edge wall, and a container-like holder having a translucent standing wall at least on the front wall and an open top surface, and a portable device such as a mobile phone can be accommodated from above inside the bottom wall of the holder The front side of the casing body is pivotally supported so as to be rotatable in and out of the casing body by a support shaft parallel to the length direction of the casing body, and a latch receiver is formed on the back side of the bottom wall, and By means of a lock having a holder provided with a locking claw portion to be locked to the upper edge wall of the casing body at the upper part of the back wall, and a latch provided on the inner side of the lower edge wall of the casing body A storage case for a portable device such as a mobile phone, comprising a lock means for moving the latch into and out of the latch receiver by the operation of the lock. The point that the weight increases, the point that the stored item is difficult to visually recognize, the point that the structure is complicated, and the like can be solved.

  1 is a front view of an example of the storage case of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of an example in which a stand is attached to the storage case of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a side view of the storage case of FIG. 5 is an enlarged side sectional view of the case, FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the holder of FIG. 4 rotated forward, FIG. 6 is a front sectional view of the main part of the storage case of FIG. 4, and FIG. It is sectional drawing of the principal part of the example which connected these by the vertical direction.

  The storage case described below as an embodiment includes a mobile communication system terminal, that is, a plurality of mobile phone devices (also referred to as mobile phones) and PHS phone devices (also referred to as PHS) among various mobile devices. It is for storage at a place.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the storage case of the present invention has a holder 1 formed so as to store the mobile phone M, and a plurality of the holders 1 arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction and rotated forward. A casing main body 2 that holds the upper half side so that it can be pulled out, and a lock means 3 that locks the holders 1 to the casing main body 2 when the holders 1 are arranged and stored in the main body 2 are provided.

  The casing body 2 is formed in a rectangular frame shape by arranging a pair of side panels 23 and 24 at the left and right ends of the upper panel 21 and the lower panel 22 arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction, and the back panel 25 on the back surface thereof. The panels are fixed to each other by welding, screw fastening, or the like, and are formed in a horizontally long box shape whose front surface is fully open. As an example, the panels 21 to 25 of the respective portions are formed in a cross-sectional shape shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 by spot welding or the like by bending a steel plate with a press machine.

With the above-described configuration of each panel 21 to 25, an upper edge wall 21a obtained by bending the upper panel 21 is formed on the upper edge of the front surface of the casing body. Reference numeral 21b denotes a reinforcing portion of the upper panel 21.
The lower panel 22 is formed so that the bottom panel 22a is attached to form a hollow cross section with a hollow cross section, and the back surface thereof is fixed to the back panel 25, and the front surface is a cylinder as an example of the locking means 3. It is formed in the lower edge wall 22b which becomes an attaching part of the lock 31.
FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show an example of the casing body 2 in the storage case according to the present invention by the respective configurations provided in the upper and lower panels 21 and 22, the side panels 23 and 24, and the back panel 25. It is formed in a form having a substantially U-shaped side section.

  A plurality of holders 1 are arranged inside the casing body 2. The holder 1 is formed of a plastic molded product, for example, polycarbonate, and has an open upper surface. In addition, the illustrated holder 1 is formed so as to exhibit a vertically long box shape that is slightly tapered as a whole (the open side on the upper side is widened and the lower side is narrowed) in order to facilitate loading and unloading of the contained articles. Yes. The taper is also convenient for mold production and molding work of the holder 1. The holder 1 is an integrally molded product including left and right side plates 13 and 14, a front plate 11 and a back plate 12 that are narrower than these, and a bottom plate 15. In the present invention, it goes without saying that the holder 1 may not be tapered.

  In the present invention, as long as at least the front plate 11 of the holder 1 is translucent, the other portions may be opaque. This is because the inside of the holder 1 only needs to be seen through from the front. In this sense, the front plate 11 may be formed of a transparent plastic, and other portions may be formed of an opaque plastic or metal material. Note that U-shaped notches 13 a and 14 a are formed on the upper portions of both side plates 13 and 14 of the holder 1, and a small U-shaped groove 11 a is formed on the upper portion of the front plate 11. The groove 11a may be provided in the rear plate 12. The notches 13a and 14a are notches for grasping the mobile phone M accommodated in the holder 1 from both sides, and the U-shaped groove 11a is provided as a hook portion for a strap (not shown). It is.

  Each holder 1 having the above-described configuration is rotatably held on a shaft 16 as a support shaft that penetrates the bearing 15a of each holder 1 on a bearing 15a formed by projecting to the lower surface on the front side of the bottom plate 15. Yes. At least the middle and both ends of the shaft 16 are held by a bearing bracket 17 erected on the upper surface of the lower panel 22 of the casing body 2. Thus, each holder 1 is mounted on the casing body 2 so as to turn around the shaft 16 so that the upper surface opening can be exposed outside the upper panel 21 of the casing body 2. In addition, the shaft 16 may be joined in the middle of one through type, or may be independent for each holder 1.

  The turning angle of each holder 1 is limited by locking an L-shaped stopper 18 projecting rearward from the upper end of the back plate 12 of the holder 1 to the upper edge wall 21 a of the casing body 2.

  The locking means 3 in the storage case of the present invention includes a cylinder lock 31 and a later-described latch 33 which are arranged from the front surface of the lower edge wall 22b of the lower panel 22 toward the inside. That is, the cylinder lock 31 is incorporated inside the cross section of the lower panel 22 with the key insertion slot 32 exposed to the front. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the cylinder lock 31 is inserted into a slot 32 and rotated 90 degrees clockwise by inserting a key (not shown) into a latch 33, which will be described later. Pull out from the receptacle 19 to unlock the locked state of FIG. Therefore, when the unlocked key is rotated in the opposite direction by 90 °, the latch 33 attached to the rear end of the rotating inner cylinder 31a of the cylinder lock 31 via the rotating body 34 rises to the state shown in FIG. Then, it enters the latch receiver 19 and enters the locked state.

  The locking / unlocking operating angle of the cylinder lock 31 used in the locking means 3 of the present invention is not limited to the above example, and it is arbitrary how many operating angles are used. Further, as the lock of the lock means 3, a lock other than the cylinder lock 31, for example, a tumbler lock or a so-called Hachiman lock may be used. Furthermore, it is also possible to use a locking means that allows the locking means 3 of the storage case of the present invention to perform the locking / unlocking operation of the lock such as the cylinder lock 31 with a card key or a numeric keypad.

  A rotating metal fitting 34 that is integrally provided with a latch 33 is coupled to the rear end 31 a of the inner cylinder of the cylinder lock 31. On the other hand, a latch receiver 19 in which the latch 33 is projected and retracted is formed on the back side of the bottom surface plate 15 of the holder 1.

  In the storage case of the present invention, whether the latch 33 is in the latch receptacle 19 (during locking) or out (during unlocking), the display tongue piece 4 (see phantom line in FIG. 4), the structure in which the application and unlocking state of the holder 2 can be visually recognized even from a distance can be adopted. The display tongue 4 must be provided so as to stand above the lower edge wall 22b as shown in FIG. 4 when locked, and to be immersed in the lower panel when unlocked. In FIG. 4, for convenience of display, the tongue piece 4 is shown in front of the front surface of the lower edge wall 22b. However, in the actual product, the front surface of the edge wall 22b is on the left side of the example shown in FIG. Must be out to.

  The locking / unlocking display as described above is a switch inserted in a power supply circuit that connects a power source and an indicator lamp, and a power source such as a battery, an indicator lamp such as an LED that is lit by the power source, although not shown. It can also be formed by a switch that is opened and closed by the operation of any one of the latch 33, the rotating bracket 34, and the inner cylinder that the cylinder lock 31 rotates. In this case, the indicator lamps of the holders 1 may be arranged at positions where they can be easily seen, such as the front surfaces of the lower edge walls 22b corresponding to the holders 1 or the front surfaces of the upper edge walls 21a.

  The storage case of the present invention having the above-described configuration includes a wall-mounted type shown in FIG. 1 or a stand type as exemplified in FIGS. The wall-mounted type is locked or fixed to the wall surface by a screw hole or a latch hole (not shown) provided in the back panel 25, or a hooking claw provided on the back surface of the panel 25. Install.

  On the other hand, in the stand type shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bottom of the casing body 2 is mounted on the stand 5 and fixed, and installed in a reception window of a company or the like. The stand 5 here is formed by a flat base 5a and a leg 5b standing on the base 5a. However, the stand 5 in the present invention is not limited to the illustrated example, and the holder 5 If the casing main body 2 provided with 1 can be arrange | positioned with the attitude | position illustrated in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, the structure and form are arbitrary.

  The storage case of the present invention is installed in such a manner that a plurality of cases illustrated in FIG. 1 are joined in a stacked manner in the up-down direction, or the cases adjacent to each other arranged in the left-right direction in FIG. Can do.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view for explaining an example of the stacked connection type. In this case, the upper panel 21 of the lower storage case and the lower panel 22 of the upper storage case are connected by a connector 6 of screws 6a and nuts 6b. By doing so, the upper and lower storage cases are joined and integrated.
Although the example which installs a storage case continuously in the horizontal direction is not illustrated, the facing side panels 23 and 24 of adjacent storage cases may be coupled by the same connector 6 as in the above example.

  The above-described storage case of the present invention is installed, for example, in the vicinity of an entrance / exit of a workplace so that the owner can easily deposit a mobile phone.

  That is, for example, when entering a workplace, a person entering the office unlocks the cylinder lock 31 with the key K, pulls out the holder 1, puts the mobile phone M through the upper opening, returns the holder 1 to its original position, The cylinder lock 31 is locked. When locked, the display means 4 protrudes in front of the lower edge wall 22b. Note that whether the key K is attached to the cylinder lock 31 or held by an administrator when not in use is a matter of operation of the storage case of the present invention. is there.

  When leaving, the cylinder lock 31 is unlocked with the key K owned, the holder 1 is pulled out while rotating around the shaft 16, the mobile phone M is taken out, the holder 1 is returned to the original position, and the cylinder lock 31 is locked. When locked, the display means 4 is hidden in the lower edge wall 22b and the key K is also attached, so that it can be seen that the holder 1 is empty.

  As described above, when all the mobile phones M are stored and locked in the respective holders 1 of the storage case of the present invention, all the display means 4 are arranged in front of the lower edge wall 22b. Can be confirmed that there is a person who does not keep the mobile phone M. In addition, people who entrust the mobile phone M are hermetically stored by the holder 1 and the casing body 2 and the holder 1 is locked by a key K that the mobile phone M holds or is kept by an administrator. Therefore, it is safe for a third party not to take out and to be protected from damage.

  In the above embodiment, the display means indicating whether or not the mobile phone M is in the holder 1, that is, the application and unlocking of the holder 1, has been described as being interlocked with the lock means 3. However, in the present invention, the holder 1 Since the front plate is translucent, whether or not the mobile phone M is inside the holder 1 can be visually recognized from the surface.

  The present invention is as described above, and as a part of eliminating external leakage of information in a company or the like, a holder for storing a mobile device such as a mobile phone, a plurality of holders arranged in parallel, and individual holders A storage case is formed with a main body that can be rotatably pulled out on the front side, and a lock means that locks the holder to the casing body when the holder is housed in the casing body. It is possible to effectively and effectively prevent the leakage and leakage of used information.

The front view of an example of this invention storage case. The front view of the example which attached the stand to the storage case of FIG. The side view of the storage case of FIG. FIG. 2 is an enlarged side sectional view of the storage case of FIG. 1. The sectional side view of the state which rotated the holder of FIG. 4 to the near side. FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of a main part of the storage case of FIG. 4. Sectional drawing of the principal part of the example which connected this invention storage case in the vertical direction.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holder 11 Front plate 12 Back plate 13,14 Side plate 15 Bearing 16 Shaft 17 Bearing bracket 18 Stopper 19 Latch receiver 2 Casing body 21 Upper panel 22 Lower panel 23, 24 Side panel 25 Back panel 3 Lock member 31 Cylinder lock 32 Key Insertion slot 33 Latch 34 Rotating bracket K Key M Mobile phone

Claims (6)

  A horizontally long box-shaped casing body having a substantially U-shaped side cross-section with a substantially open front surface, and an upper edge wall that hangs down from the upper front surface of the casing body and a vertical wall-shaped lower edge wall at the lower part of the front surface A casing-shaped holder including at least a front wall of a translucent standing wall and an upper surface opened, and a portable device such as a mobile phone can be accommodated from above in a container-like holder, the front side of the bottom wall of the holder being The casing body is pivotally supported by a support shaft parallel to the length direction of the casing body so as to be able to rotate in and out, a latch receiver is formed on the back side of the bottom wall, and an upper part of the back wall A lock means having a lock provided with a holder provided with a locking claw portion to be locked to the upper edge wall of the casing body, and a latch provided on the inner side of the lower edge wall of the casing body Storage case for a portable device characterized by comprising comprises a locking means for creating out taking into receiving latching the latched by the operation of the lock there.   The storage case according to claim 1, wherein the casing body is made of metal, and the holder is made of a transparent plastic having at least a front surface seen through.   A plurality of the holders are arranged side by side in the casing main body, and the plurality of holders can be rotated in and out of the casing main body by one support shaft penetrating through the bottom wall portion of the casing main body. The storage case according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage case is pivotally attached to the housing.   The storage case according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display is performed in conjunction with locking or unlocking by the locking means.   The storage case according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the holder is formed so that the thickness direction of the portable device is stored in front.   The casing main body provided with the holder is arranged such that a plurality of the main bodies have their front openings aligned and laminated, or joined in series in the left-right direction. Storage case.

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