JPH0121533Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention is applied when a slide operation member such as a slide volume or a slide switch is mounted on a panel. This relates to improvements related to the installation of a decorative plate that is mounted across the board.

Conventionally, for example, with the above-mentioned slide volume, an opening is formed on the surface of the panel, a knob of a slide operation member (hereinafter simply referred to as a slide knob) is attached so as to be able to slide along the opening, and the opening is closed on the back of the knob. A plaque was attached to block it.

However, although this plaque is exposed on the surface of the panel, the surface is only painted or printed with a scale indicating the sliding amount of the slide knob, and this is not actively done. It was not used to change the appearance of the panel, and it had the disadvantage of poor space utilization in today's age of multifunctionality.

This project was proposed in consideration of these points, and provides a slide knob that allows the decorative plate to be attached and removed from the panel surface, allowing the slide knob to actively change the appearance of the panel. do.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, showing a receiver 10 equipped with a cassette tape recording/playback device. Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the application area of Figure 1, and Figure 3 is the auxiliary decorative plate 1, which is the second decorative plate for attachment and replacement.
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2.

The receiver 10 includes a housing section 13 on a front panel 12 of the cabinet, into which a tape cassette can be attached and removed, a tape control knob section 14 for controlling means for recording and reproducing the tape cassette inserted into the housing section, and a recording/reproducing device. a function control knob 15 for switching the source such as a receiver or a player, a power control knob 16, and a lid 1 that includes a knob for selecting a reception channel of the receiver.
7. It includes an output control section 18 that increases or decreases the output (audio signal) of the receiver 10.

The present invention is applied to the final output control section 18, and will be described in detail. The output control unit 18 mainly includes a slide knob 19, a first decorative plate 20, and a second decorative plate 1.
1. Slide volume 21, slide knob 19
and a member 23 for connecting the slide piece 22 of the slide volume 21, and a printed board 24 attached to the slide volume 21.

The part of the panel 12 to which the output control unit 18 is attached has a long opening 27 extending across the front surface 25 and the top surface 26, and the front surface 25 is printed along the longitudinal direction of the opening 27. It has a scale 28, numbers 29, letters 30 indicating that the controlled quantity is volume, and the like. Also, on the inner surface 35 of the panel 12 is a decorative plate 20.
Bosses 31 and 3 for attaching slide volume 21
2 and 33, and a wall surface 34 that protrudes inward by a predetermined amount at the lower end of the opening 27. This wall surface 34 is panel 1
The amount protruding from the inner surface 35 of the slide knob 2 is slightly larger than the thickness of the pair of arm portions 36 of the slide knob 19.
In the center of the wall surface 34, there is a recess 49 that communicates with the opening 27. Of the three bosses 31 to 33, two bosses 31 and 32 are located close to the upper end of the opening 27, on both sides of the opening 27, and one boss 33 is located near the wall surface 34, and there are has a screw hole communicating with the inner end.

The decorative plate 20 has an L-shape similar to the opening 27, and consists of a vertical part 37 and a horizontal part 38, and a pair of elongated holes 39 are provided at both ends of the vertical part 37, with an inner distance larger than the width of the opening 27 in the width direction. and a pair of mounting holes 40 near the top end. Also, the vertical part 37
has a protruding piece 41 at the lower end, and a mounting hole 42 in this
and a mounting piece 43 cut into the inner surface at the upper end.
and a screw hole 44 formed in the mounting piece 43. The decorative plate 20 is made up of two layers: a surface plate 45 made of a material with good decorativeness and printability, and a substrate 46 that mechanically reinforces the surface plate 45; however, this is composed of a single plate. It is possible to do so.
The surface of the surface plate 45 is painted, for example, in red, and a scale 47 is formed in the center. The scale 47 corresponds to the scale 28 on the panel 12, and extends across the pair of elongated holes 39.

The slide knob 19 is composed of a knob part 48 and a pair of arm parts 36 protruding from the back side thereof on both sides.The knob part 48 has a width slightly smaller than the width of the opening 27 in the lateral direction, and the knob part It has a display 50 marking the position of 48 and an anti-slip uneven part 51. The arm portion 36 has a pair of attachment holes 52 that are equal to the distance between the centers of the elongated holes 39 of the decorative plate 20.

The connecting member 23 has elongated holes 39 in the decorative plate 20 at both ends.
It has a pair of boss parts 53 which can be inserted into the elongated hole 39 and has a shaft part 54 in the center. The boss portion 53 has a screw hole 55 on its surface side,
The shaft portion 54 has a hole on its inner surface into which the slide piece 22 of the slide volume 21 is inserted.

The slide volume 21 has a printed board 2 on the inner side.
4 is soldered, and a long groove 56 is formed in the vertical direction on the surface side.
It has a slide piece 22 that can slide along the
A pair of upper and lower mounting shafts 57 protrude toward the front side.

Slide knob 19, decorative plate 20, and connecting member 2
3 and the slide volume 23 are assembled as follows. The connecting member 23 is inserted into the slide piece 22 of the slide volume 23 as shown by the dotted line arrow 58 in FIG. A pair of mounting shafts 57 of the slide volume 23
are attached to the attachment holes 42, 44 from the inner surface of the decorative plate 20 as shown by the dotted line arrow 59 in FIG. Then,
The boss portion 53 of the connecting member 23 is connected to the elongated hole 3 of the decorative plate 20.
9 is inserted. Then, the mounting hole 5 of the slide knob 19 is inserted into the boss portion 53 from the surface of the decorative plate 20.
2 as shown by the dotted line arrow 60 in FIG. This attachment can be done from the surface of the attachment hole 52 using screws or the like. Then, the slide knob 19 moves the surface of the decorative plate 20 vertically through the elongated hole 39.
It is installed so that it can be slid along. Together with the slide knob 19, the connecting member 23 and the slide piece 2
2 is slid, and the resistance of the slide volume 21 is varied as is well known. What is important here is that a predetermined distance is maintained between the inner surface 61 of the slide knob 19 and the surface 62 of the decorative plate 20. This interval is determined by considering the length of the boss portion 53 of the connecting member 23, the length of the mounting shaft 57 of the slide volume 21, the length of the slide piece 22, etc. It needs to be slightly larger than the thickness.

The decorative plate 20 and the like assembled in this manner are attached to the inner surface of the panel 12 so that the slide knob 19 is fitted into the opening 27 of the panel. In this installation, the mounting hole 40 of the decorative plate 20 is connected to the boss 3 of the panel 12.
1 and 32, and by attaching the attachment hole 42 to the boss 33, respectively, using screws or the like. Then, in the decorative plate 20, the surface of the vertical portion 37 is aligned with the inner surface of the bosses 31, 32, 33, and the horizontal portion 38
are attached with their respective surfaces abutting the inner surface 63 of the top surface 26 of the panel. In this case, slide knob 1
9 is attached so as to be slidable up and down along the opening 27. This can be achieved by designing the lengths of the bosses 31 to 33 accordingly. The vertical surface of the decorative plate 20 is designed to abut against the wall surface 34.

In this way, the slide knob 19 etc. are inserted into the opening 27.
However, there may be cases where it is desired to change the appearance of the receiver 10 depending on the installation location or preference by changing the color scheme, design, etc. of the decorative plate 20.

In such a case, use the auxiliary decorative plate 11, which is the second decorative plate shown in FIG.
As shown, it is inserted onto the surface of the decorative plate 20.

The auxiliary decorative plate 11 is made of decorative material such as an aluminum plate,
It is made of a material with good printability, and corresponds to the front plate 45 of the decorative plate 20, and has a size and shape corresponding to the center part of the front plate 45. The auxiliary decorative plate 11 is L-shaped and consists of a vertical part 65 and a horizontal part 66, and corresponds to the part where the surface plate 45 of the decorative plate 20 is just exposed from the opening 27 when it is attached to the panel 12. It has a surface shape that A wall surface 34 is provided at the lower end of the vertical portion 65.
It has a projecting piece 67 that fits into the recess 49 of. Further, the surface of the auxiliary decorative plate 11 is coated with a color different from the color of the surface of the decorative plate 20, such as blue or green, and has a scale corresponding to the scale 47 of the decorative plate 20 or a different scale. printed.

When the auxiliary decorative plate 11 is inserted in the direction of the dotted line arrow 64 in FIG. , and the horizontal portion 66 is brought into close contact with the horizontal portion of the decorative plate 20. Therefore, it is securely held between the slide knob 19 and the decorative plate 20 on the surface of the opening 27. In this case, in order to ensure that the horizontal end 68 of the auxiliary decorative plate 11 is in close contact with the horizontal part 38 of the decorative plate 20, a gap 69 into which the leading end 68 fits is created between the inner surface 63 of the panel. It may be formed.

By attaching a predetermined number of these auxiliary decorative plates 11 as accessories, the color of the output control unit 18 and the scale 4 can be changed.
7 can be provided in a wide variety of shapes.

As described above, according to the present invention, the decorative plate 20 disposed on the surface on which the slide member 19 such as the knob of the slide volume is attached is attached to the auxiliary decorative plate 11
It is possible to easily replace the panel 12 from the surface using the slide member 19, and by using the mounting portion of the slide member 19, a variety of panels 10 can be provided.

Although the present invention has been described with respect to a slide volume, the present invention is not limited to this, and can also be applied to, for example, a slide switch. In addition, the front plate 45 of the decorative plate 20 has a different shape from the auxiliary decorative plate 11,
This is made into the same shape as the auxiliary decorative plate 11, and the surface plate 4
Similarly to the auxiliary decorative plate 11, the front plate 45 can also be made removable from the surface of the substrate 46. In this case, the board 46 has a shape in which the board 46 and the front plate 45 are commonly integrated, and when the decorative board is replaced, it is completely replaced.
In this case, the surface plate 45 and the auxiliary decorative plate 11 are shared, and there is an advantage that only one mold is required.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 2 is a perspective view of the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the decorative plate 11 that can be attached and removed, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2, also showing the internal structure. 12 is a panel, 19 is a slide operation member, 2
0,11 indicates a plaque.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A panel, an opening continuously provided between the front surface of the panel and one surface perpendicular to the front surface, and a slide operation mounted on the front surface of the opening so that it can be slid. a first decorative plate attached to cover the opening with a predetermined distance between the back surface of the slide operating member and the edge of the opening; 1 of the decorative plate, and has a tip portion that fits between the edge of the opening and the first decorative plate, and is configured to cover the surface of the first decorative plate. A decoration plate attachment device for a slide operation member comprising a second decoration plate detachably attached to an opening.