JP4788418B2 - Drainage device for portable information processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information processing apparatus, and more particularly to a drainage device for a portable information processing apparatus having a built-in disk drive.

  In recent years, portable information processing apparatuses such as notebook personal computers (hereinafter referred to as notebook personal computers) have been reduced in size and weight, and there are increasing cases of taking them not only indoors but also outdoors. When using indoors such as in offices, you can prevent electrical problems when you accidentally spill liquids such as coffee, or if you are exposed to rainwater, such as outdoors, into a laptop computer. By taking measures such as preventing flooding, it is possible to use a laptop computer in any environment.

  A waterproof mechanism that prevents liquid from entering the conventional notebook computer will be described below.

  As a waterproof mechanism for a portable information processing apparatus, particularly a countermeasure against liquid intrusion from the upper part of a notebook personal computer main body, one described in Patent Document 1 is known.

  FIG. 4 is a view showing a waterproof mechanism of a conventional portable information processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1. In FIG.

  In FIG. 4, 1 is a keyboard unit, 2 is an upper housing, 3 is a lower housing, and 4 is a water absorbing member.

In the portable information processing apparatus, the liquid spilled on the keyboard unit 1 is guided to the lower part of the keyboard unit 1 from the gap between the key tops of the keyboard unit 1 and the gap between the keyboard unit 1 and the upper housing 2. As a result, it reaches the water absorbing member 4 and is absorbed by the water absorbing member 4. In this way, by preventing the liquid from entering the portable information processing apparatus, an electrical trouble such as a short circuit due to the liquid can be prevented.
JP 2001-228950 A

  However, in the above conventional configuration, the material cost, the number of assembly steps, and the weight increase due to the addition of the water absorbing member. Further, when the water absorbing member absorbs moisture due to the use of the portable information processing apparatus for many years, the water absorbing performance is lowered, which leads to a failure of the device.

The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and supports both sides of the disk cover that covers the disk drive device built in the main body so as to be able to open and close in order to prevent liquid from entering the main body of the portable information processing apparatus. the inclined grooves provided in the body portion casing and the disc cover surface shape of an arch, whereby, in the indoor use, such as offices, erroneous liquid such as coffee spilled on the disk cover disk cover surface The liquid flows along the groove, and the liquid is discharged out of the apparatus through the groove. Similarly, when used outdoors, liquid such as rain water on the disk cover flows into the groove along the arch-shaped surface, so that it can be prevented from entering the portable information processing apparatus.

The present invention comprises a portable information processing apparatus of the detachable disk recording medium to the main body portion and capable disk drive disc cover that covers the disk drive can be opened and closed, at least the right and left sides of the front SL disc cover corresponding Grooves that are inclined in the longitudinal direction are formed at the positions of the main body casing, and a waterproof cushion is provided around the back surface of the disc cover so that the waterproof cushion abuts when the disc cover is closed. A wall is provided on the main body casing, and the surface of the disk cover is formed in an arch shape that is convex upward in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the groove provided on the main body casing. the dropped liquid that flows through the surface of the arch-shaped disc cover enters the groove, the portable information by a longitudinal inclination of the groove It is characterized in that it has to be discharged out of the management device. As a result, the liquid spilled on the disk cover is effectively discharged out of the portable information processing apparatus through the groove formed in the casing along the surface of the arch-shaped cover .

In the present invention, the liquid that has entered the groove flows by the inclination in the longitudinal direction.

  In the present invention, when the disc cover is closed, the waterproof cushion provided around the back surface of the disc cover abuts against the wall provided on the main body housing, thereby further improving the waterproof property. It is.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the disc cover is closed, the liquid spilled on the disc cover of the portable information processing apparatus or the liquid such as rain water when used outdoors is the length of the groove provided in the main body housing. The liquid on the disc cover flows by flowing along the surface of the cover formed in a convex arch shape in the direction perpendicular to the direction, and is collected in an inclined groove provided in the housing of the main body and discharged outside. is effectively discharged out of mobile type information processing apparatus, since the penetration of the liquid into the device can be prevented, electrical troubles such as short circuit due to liquid can be prevented. Further, the waterproof cushion provided in the periphery of the back of the cover is brought into contact with the wall provided in the main body housing, thereby further improving the waterproofness in a state where the disc cover is closed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the portable information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

1, 11 is a portable information processor, 12 display unit of the portable information processing apparatus, 13 main body portion of a portable information processing apparatus, 14 of the disk drive unit 19, which is a built in the main body portion 13 A disk cover 15 that covers the upper part so as to be openable and closable, 15 is a groove for collecting and discharging liquid spilled on the disk cover 14 to the outside of the apparatus, 17 is a spindle, and 18 is a pickup. The grooves 15 are integrally formed at the positions of the housings of the main body 13 corresponding to the left and right sides of the disc cover 14, and each of the grooves 15 is formed to be inclined in the longitudinal direction, that is, forward in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the disc cover is opened in the main body of the portable information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 2, the display portion is omitted.

  3 is a cross-sectional view taken along A-A ′ of FIG. 2 in the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 3, 16 is a disk recording medium (not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2), and 20 is a waterproof cushion (not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2).

  The operation of the portable information processing apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

  In a state where the disc cover 14 of the portable information processing apparatus 11 is closed, first, liquid that has been accidentally spilled on the disc cover 14 travels along the surface and is collected in the groove 15. The liquid guided and collected in the groove 15 is discharged to the outside of the portable information processing apparatus 11 through the groove 15 inclined forward. As a result, it is possible to prevent moisture and water accidentally spilled into the disk drive device 19 from causing electrical failures in the electrical components and electrical circuits, and to prevent the spindle 17 and spindle motor constituting the disk drive device 19 from entering the disk drive device 19. In addition, it is possible to prevent failure of electrical components such as the pickup 18 and electrical circuits.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the groove for collecting and discharging the liquid spilled on the disc cover of the portable information processing apparatus on both sides of the disc cover with the disc cover closed is provided in the housing of the main body. By providing it in the liquid, the liquid can be guided to the groove and discharged out of the portable information processing apparatus.

In the above, the surface of the disc cover 14, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the grooves 15 respective longitudinal direction and is convex arched above.

  2, grooves corresponding to the front and rear of the disk cover 14 may be provided in the main body housing, and the surface of the disk cover 14 may have an arch shape that is convex upward in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of each groove.

  Furthermore, it goes without saying that grooves corresponding to the front, rear, left and right sides of the disc cover 14 may be provided in the main body housing, and the surface of the disc cover 14 may have a convex dome shape.

In addition, the spilled liquid is discharged to the outside of the portable information processing apparatus through the groove 15 which is inclined forward, that is, in the longitudinal direction, but from the groove at the end of the inclination to the bottom of the portable information processing apparatus main body. A through hole may be provided, and liquid may be discharged out of the portable information processing device through the hole. Also, the V-shaped and U-shaped bottoms are formed with a V-shaped and U-shaped inclined groove. Further, a hole penetrating through the bottom of the portable information processing apparatus main body may be provided, and the liquid may be discharged out of the portable information processing apparatus through the hole.
In the present embodiment, the groove 15 has a U-shape with a flat bottom as shown in FIG. 3, but it may be U-shaped or V-shaped.

  In the above description, the disk cover 14 has a rotation axis parallel to the keyboard as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but the disk cover 14 may have a rotation axis perpendicular to the keyboard.

  Further, by attaching a waterproof cushion 20 to the periphery of the back surface of the disc cover so that it comes into contact with the standing wall of the main body around the disc drive device 19, waterproofness is achieved when the disc cover 14 is closed. Can be increased.

  The drainage device of the portable information processing apparatus according to the present invention is capable of effectively discharging the liquid that causes an electrical failure for the portable information processing apparatus against the intrusion from the upper part of the disk drive device. And is useful as a portable information processing apparatus with a built-in disk drive.

The perspective view which shows the use condition of the portable information processing apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention The perspective view which shows the state which opened the disc cover in the main-body part of the portable information processing apparatus in Embodiment 1. Sectional view along A-A 'in FIG. 2 in the first embodiment The figure which showed the waterproof structure in the conventional portable information processor

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Keyboard unit 2 Upper housing | casing 3 Lower housing | casing 4 Water absorbing member 11 Portable information processing apparatus 12 Display part of portable information processing apparatus 13 Main body part of portable information processing apparatus 14 Disc cover 15 Groove 16 Disc recording medium 17 Spindle 18 Pickup 19 Disk drive 20 Waterproof cushion

Claims (1)

A portable information processing apparatus drainage device comprising a disk drive device capable of attaching and detaching a disk recording medium to a main body of the portable information processing device and a disk cover that covers the disk drive device in an openable and closable manner ,
Before Symbol a groove in which at least the right and left sides of the disc cover is inclined respectively in the longitudinal direction at the position of the corresponding said body section housing,
A waterproof cushion is provided around the back of the disc cover, and a wall is provided on the main body housing so that the waterproof cushion comes into contact with the disc cover in a closed state.
And, the surface of the disk cover is formed in an arch shape having a convex top in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the groove provided in the main body housing,
The liquid dropped on the surface of the disk cover flows through the arch-shaped surface of the disk cover, enters the groove, and is discharged out of the portable information processing apparatus by the inclination of the groove in the longitudinal direction. A drainage device for a portable information processing device.

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