JP4780687B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing equipment.

  Some digital copying machines have a hard disk (hard disk unit) with a built-in magnetic disk as a disk. This hard disk is used to store and use image data once, such as an electronic sort function and an image registration function. ing.

  Here, the electronic sort function reads a document, stores it on a hard disk, reads all images, stores them on the hard disk, reads these images from the hard disk in page order, and prints them out. As a result, even without a sorter device having a plurality of bins, the copy sheets can be discharged in a sorted state.

  In addition, the image registration function stores a plurality of form images in the hard disk as registered images in advance, so that it can be printed out as many times as necessary without being read by the scanner again.

  By the way, the magnetic disk built in the hard disk is vulnerable to shock, and once a strong shock is applied, there is a risk of causing a failure that is difficult to recover.

  Conventionally, a measure using a rubber bush as shown in Patent Document 1 has been taken in order to cut off vibrations to the structure (for example, vibrations generated from the motor itself).

  However, although the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is effective as a countermeasure against vibration, no countermeasure is taken against an impact on a disk unit such as a hard disk.

The present invention makes it possible to reduce as much as possible that the disk unit attached to the device is affected by the impact even if an impact is applied to the device, and to reduce the frequency of failure of the disk unit including the disk is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing equipment.

In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is an information processing apparatus provided with a disk unit in which a disk is built, wherein the casing of the apparatus is roughly rectangular parallelepiped and horizontally installed. When the paper feed tray that operates horizontally is installed on one side of the apparatus, the disk surface of the disk unit is parallel to the side surface of the housing located on the left and right of the installed surface. The disk unit is attached as described above, and the disk unit is attached at a predetermined distance from the side surface.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, an accessory can be installed on the side surface of the casing .

Further, an invention according to claim 3, wherein the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the disk unit is characterized in that the attachment is to be received in the housing.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the disk unit is attached to a rear surface of the housing with respect to an operation direction of the paper feed tray. as the projection surface and the disk unit it does not intersect, and wherein the attached.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the disk unit is a hard disk unit including a magnetic disk as a disk. It is said.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the disk unit is a disk unit in which a CD-R / W is incorporated as a disk. It is characterized by that.

The invention according to claim 7 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the disk unit is a disk unit in which a DVD is built in as a disk. Yes.
The invention according to claim 8 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the disk unit is detachable from the apparatus.

The ninth aspect of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to the fifth aspect , wherein the hard disk unit has a rectangular parallelepiped shape whose rough outer shape is a predetermined length, width, and thickness. the shape of the surface length and width has a rectangular shape, as long sides of the plane of the length and width of the rectangular shape is vertical direction of the apparatus is characterized in that the hard disk unit is installed .

According to the first to ninth aspects of the present invention, the information processing apparatus includes a disk unit in which a disk is built, and the housing of the apparatus is substantially rectangular parallelepiped and horizontally installed. When the horizontal feed tray is installed on one side of the device, the disk surface of the disk unit is parallel to the side surface of the housing located on the left and right of the installed surface. Since the disk unit is mounted and the disk unit is mounted at a predetermined distance from the side surface, even if an impact is applied to the device, the disk unit attached to the device is affected by the impact. This can be reduced as much as possible, and the failure frequency of the disk unit including the disk can be reduced.

In particular, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the disk unit, since the mounted so as to be the case housed in the body, the disk unit There is no need to protrude outside.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the disk unit is a rear surface of the housing with respect to the operating direction of the paper feed tray. Since the projection unit and the disk unit are mounted so that they do not cross each other, even if an impact is applied when the paper feed tray is operated (the paper feed tray is put in and out (opened and closed)), the paper is fed. It is possible to avoid the impact of the tray being put in and out (opening and closing) from being transmitted directly to the disk unit.
Further, according to the invention described in claim 8, in the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the disk unit is detachable from the own apparatus. When the apparatus is transported or transported, the disk unit is not attached to the apparatus, and the disk unit can be attached to the apparatus when the apparatus is actually used (when the apparatus is operated).

Further, according to the invention of claim 9 , in the information processing device of claim 5 , the hard disk unit has a rectangular parallelepiped shape whose outline outer shape has a predetermined length, width, and thickness, shape of the surface of a given length and width has a rectangular shape, as in the long sides of the plane of the length and width of the rectangular shape is vertical direction of the apparatus, since the hard disk unit is installed, the disk The storage efficiency of the unit in the apparatus can be increased.

It is a figure which shows an example of the hard disk unit in which the magnetic disk was incorporated. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information processing apparatus (digital copying machine) when the information processing apparatus is a digital copying machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the conventional method of attaching the disk unit to an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the conventional method of attaching the disk unit to an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the attachment method by this invention of the disk unit to an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the attachment method by this invention of the disk unit to an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the case where an accessory is provided in the side surface of the housing | casing of information processing apparatus. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a disk unit is mounted such that a projection surface of a paper feed tray on a rear surface of a housing of the information processing apparatus intersects with a disk unit surface. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a disk unit is attached so that a projection surface of a paper feed tray on the rear surface of a housing of the information processing apparatus does not intersect with a disk unit surface. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a disk unit is attached so that a projection surface of a paper feed tray on the rear surface of a housing of the information processing apparatus does not intersect with a disk unit surface. It is a figure which shows the case where a hard-disk unit is attached so that the short side of a rectangular-shaped length and width surface may turn into an apparatus up-down direction. It is a figure which shows the case where a hard-disk unit is attached so that the long side of a rectangular-shaped length and width surface may become an apparatus up-down direction.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a hard disk unit with a built-in magnetic disk. The hard disk unit as shown in FIG. 1 is vulnerable to an impact, and particularly vulnerable to an impact in the direction 3 (perpendicular to the disk surface) as shown in FIG. This is because, when an impact is applied in direction 3 (perpendicular to the disk surface), the magnetic head collides with the magnetic disk, so that the magnetic disk surface is damaged.

  The inventors of the present application have found that if the impact on the magnetic disk surface is in the horizontal direction with respect to the magnetic disk surface, the magnetic disk surface is less likely to be scratched than in the case perpendicular to the magnetic disk surface. The present invention has been completed.

  That is, the present invention is characterized in that in an information processing apparatus including a disk unit in which a disk is built, the disk unit is mounted in a direction in which the influence of the impact direction is small.

  More specifically, the disk unit is mounted in such a direction that the influence of the impact direction of the disk unit is small and the disk surface of the disk built in the disk unit is in the horizontal direction in the impact direction.

  Here, the disk built in the disk unit is a recording medium, and the type of the disk includes a magnetic disk, a CD-R / W, a DVD, and the like. When a magnetic disk is used as the disk, the disk unit is a hard disk unit.

  The information processing apparatus is, for example, a digital copying machine. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information processing apparatus (digital copying machine) when the information processing apparatus is a digital copying machine.

  In FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus (digital copying machine) is provided with a paper feed unit for storing a paper feed tray on the front surface and an ADF (automatic document feeding mechanism) on the upper surface. Further, although not shown, a roller for moving the device is provided on the bottom surface. Further, although not shown, a finisher may be provided as an accessory on the side surface (right side surface and / or left side surface). In FIG. 2, the surface opposite to the front surface (surface facing the front surface) is referred to as a rear surface. Here, the front surface, rear surface, right side surface, left side surface, top surface, and bottom surface are a rectangular parallelepiped front surface, rear surface, right side surface, left side surface, It means the top and bottom.

As an impact factor in digital copiers,
First, impact in the loading / unloading direction (operating direction) when loading / unloading (opening / closing) the paper feed tray,
Second, the impact in the opening / closing direction (up / down direction of the apparatus) of the ADF (automatic document feeding mechanism),
Thirdly, there is an impact in the vertical direction of the apparatus when it is raised and lowered during transportation or when it is pushed (when the ground is not flat when pushed).

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an information processing apparatus (digital copying machine) as shown in FIG. 2, a disk unit is attached as shown in FIG. That is, in the example of FIG. 3, the disk surface of the disk of the disk unit is parallel to the rear surface of the housing, and is therefore perpendicular to the operation direction of the paper feed tray. In the example of FIG. 4, the disk surface of the disk of the disk unit is parallel to the upper surface of the housing, and is therefore perpendicular to the vertical direction of the apparatus. In the mounting method as shown in FIG. 3, the disk surface of the disk of the disk unit is perpendicular to the operation direction of the paper feed tray. Impact is applied perpendicular to the disk surface. In addition, in the mounting method as shown in FIG. 4, the disk surface of the disk of the disk unit is perpendicular to the vertical direction of the apparatus. Therefore, the impact in the vertical direction of the apparatus when the ADF is opened and closed, In addition, an impact in the vertical direction of the device during pushing and pushing is applied perpendicular to the disk surface.

  As described above, in the mounting method as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, since the impact may be applied perpendicularly to the disk surface, the disk unit is likely to fail as described above. That is, for example, when the disk unit is a hard disk unit, the magnetic disk and the magnetic head are easily damaged. For example, when the disk unit is a DVD disk unit, the disk and the pickup are easily damaged.

  The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and in an information processing apparatus having a disk unit with a built-in disk, the disk unit is mounted in a direction with less influence of the impact direction. (More specifically, as the direction in which the impact direction of the disc unit is less affected, the disc unit is mounted in a direction in which the disc surface of the disc built in the disc unit is horizontal to the impact direction) Even if an impact is applied to the device, the disk unit attached to the device is reduced as much as possible from the impact, and the frequency of failure of the disk unit including the disk can be reduced.

  More specifically, in the present invention, in the information processing apparatus (digital copying machine) as shown in FIG. 2, the disk unit is attached as shown in FIG. That is, in the example of FIG. 5, the disk surface of the disk of the disk unit is parallel to the side surface (right side surface, left side surface) of the housing, and therefore parallel to the operation direction of the paper feed tray. It is also parallel in the vertical direction.

  That is, in the present invention, as shown in the example of FIG. 5, the disk surface of the disk of the disk unit is placed in the feed tray so that the disk surface of the disk built in the disk unit is oriented horizontally to the impact direction. The disk unit is mounted in a direction that is horizontal to the operating direction of the disk, and the disk unit is mounted so that the disk surface of the disk of the disk unit is in the horizontal direction in the vertical direction of the device (disc disk The disk unit is mounted in such a direction that the surface is horizontal with the ADF unit opening / closing direction).

  In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the disk unit may be attached along the side surface of the housing. However, as shown in FIG. 7, an accessory such as a finisher may be provided on the side surface (left side surface and / or right side surface) of the casing of the apparatus (in the example of FIG. 7, a finisher or the like is provided on the left side surface of the apparatus). In this case, in the method of attaching the disk unit along the side surface of the housing, the disk unit cannot be easily attached or exchanged (detached). FIG. 7 is a front view.

  Therefore, in the present invention, as in the example of FIG. 5, the disk unit is preferably attached to the center of the rear surface of the housing of the information processing apparatus.

  Thus, when the disk unit is attached to the center of the rear surface of the housing of the information processing device, for example, when an accessory such as a finisher is provided on the side surface (left side surface and / or right side surface) of the device housing However, it can be easily attached and detached without being affected by this.

  In the present invention, the disk unit is preferably mounted so as to be housed in the housing of the information processing apparatus.

  As described above, when the disk unit is mounted so as to be housed in the housing of the information processing apparatus, the disk unit does not protrude outside.

  In the present invention, the disk unit may be detachably attached to the housing of the information processing apparatus.

  Here, as a specific example of attaching the disk unit to the housing of the information processing device in a detachable manner, the disk unit is screwed to the rear surface of the housing, or a sliding member is provided on the rear surface of the housing. A known method such as mounting the disk unit by sliding (sliding) on the rear surface of the housing can be used.

  Thus, when the disk unit is detachably attached to the housing of the information processing apparatus, for example, when the apparatus is actually used without attaching the disk unit to the apparatus during transportation or transportation of the apparatus ( When the device is in operation, the disk unit can be attached to the device.

  Further, in the present invention, when the information processing apparatus includes a paper feed tray, the disk unit is configured so that the projection surface of the paper feed tray on the rear surface of the housing of the information processing apparatus does not intersect the disk unit surface. Good to be attached.

  That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the projection surface of the paper feed tray on the rear surface of the housing of the information processing apparatus intersects with the disk unit surface, the impact due to the loading / unloading of the paper feed tray is directly applied to the disk unit. It is transmitted.

  In contrast, for example, as shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. 10, when the disk unit is mounted so that the projection surface of the paper feed tray on the rear surface of the housing of the information processing apparatus does not intersect the disk unit surface. Even if an impact is applied when the paper feed tray is operated (the paper feed tray is taken in and out), it is possible to avoid the impact caused by the paper tray being taken in and out directly to the disk unit. 8, 9, and 10 are side sectional views.

  Further, in the present invention, the hard disk unit has a rectangular parallelepiped shape whose outline outer shape has a predetermined length, width and thickness, and the shape of the surface of the predetermined length and width is a rectangular shape. In this case, it is preferable that the hard disk unit is attached so that the long sides of the rectangular length and width are in the vertical direction of the apparatus.

  That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, when the hard disk unit is installed so that the short sides of the rectangular length and width are in the vertical direction of the device, a storage space is taken in the depth direction of the housing. End up.

  On the other hand, when the hard disk unit is mounted so that the long side of the rectangular length and width faces in the vertical direction of the apparatus as in the example of FIG. 12, for example, the storage efficiency of the disk unit in the apparatus is reduced. Can be increased. 11 and 12 are side sectional views.

  According to the present invention, in the method of using the information processing apparatus including the disk unit in which the disk is built, the hard disk unit is attached to the information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus is actually used and operated. it can.

  Here, the disk unit is mounted in a direction that is less affected by the impact direction.

  As described above, when the information processing apparatus is actually used and operated, if the hard disk unit is attached, for example, when the apparatus is transported or transported, the hard disk unit is not attached. Even if an impact is applied during transportation or transportation, there is no need to consider the impact on the hard disk unit, reducing the frequency of hard disk unit failures (specifically, failures such as magnetic disks and magnetic heads). can do.

  In the above description, the information processing apparatus is a digital copying machine. However, the present invention is not limited to a digital copying machine but can be applied to any information processing apparatus including a disk unit.

JP 2001-228659 A

Claims (9)

An information processing apparatus having a disk unit with a built-in disk, and when the casing of the apparatus is considered to be roughly rectangular parallelepiped and horizontally installed, When installed on one surface, the disk unit is mounted so that the disk surface of the disk unit is parallel to the side surface of the housing located on the left and right with respect to the installed surface , and the disk unit is An information processing apparatus, which is attached at a predetermined distance from a side surface. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an accessory can be installed on a side surface of the casing. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the disk unit, an information processing apparatus which is characterized in that the attachment is to be received in the housing. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a projection surface of the disk unit on a rear surface of the housing with respect to an operation direction of the paper feed tray does not intersect the disk unit. 5. As described above, the information processing apparatus is attached. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the disk unit is a hard disk unit including a magnetic disk as a disk. 6. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the disk unit is a disk unit in which a CD-R / W is incorporated as a disk. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the disk unit is a disk unit in which a DVD is incorporated as a disk. 6. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the disk unit, an information processing apparatus which is a detachable for the own apparatus. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the hard disk unit has a rectangular parallelepiped shape whose outline outer shape has a predetermined length, width, and thickness, and a shape of a surface having the predetermined length and width is rectangular. An information processing apparatus, characterized in that the hard disk unit is attached so that the long sides of a rectangular shape having a length and a width are in the vertical direction of the apparatus.

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