JPH0234856Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to an electronic device such as a keyboard that uses a curl cord as a connection cord to other devices or a power source.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in electronic devices that use such curl cords, the curl cord is exposed outside the device body from the beginning, or even if the device body has a curl cord storage section, the curl cord is removed during use. Most of the devices were used with the entire device exposed outside the device itself. In the former case, the curl cord hangs around outside the device, so there is a risk that the curl cord will be damaged during transportation.
To solve this problem, it is necessary to pack the curl cord separately from the main body of the device using a protective material such as a cushion material. This takes time and effort to pack and reduces work efficiency. In addition, the latter is equipped with a curl cord storage section, so there is no packaging problem like the former, but the entire curl cord is exposed outside the device body, so the curl cord is unnecessary. Because of the long length, there was a high risk that the user could accidentally hang it on and damage it.

[Purpose] The purpose of the present invention is to improve the drawbacks of the prior art,
Not only does it not require any special effort when packing,
To provide an electronic device capable of pulling out a curled cord of arbitrary length outside the device body and locking it at that length when in use.

[Solution Means] The electronic device according to the present invention includes a storage section having a horizontal groove on the side wall with the curl cord open on the drawer side.
The curl cord is stored in a drawable manner, and when the device is used, the curl cord is extended and pulled out from the storage section, and the extension section is inserted into the horizontal groove from the open side, and the elastic restoring force of the extension section is used to pull the curl cord out. It has a structure that allows it to be locked in the horizontal groove at the curled part.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail by taking as an example a keyboard which is commonly used as an input device for personal computers and the like.

In FIG. 1, 1 is the keyboard body;
A plurality of information input keys 2 are arranged on the top surface. At the rear of the keyboard body 1, a curl cord storage part 4 having an opening 3 on the side is formed, and one end of this storage part 4 is connected to the device main body 1, and the other end stores information entered from the keys 2. A curled cord 6 connected to a connector 5 for sending data to a CPU (not shown) is stored in a curled state. Further, the rear side wall of the storage section 4 has an opening 7 that is open on the opening 3 side, and a lateral groove 8 that is bored along the longitudinal direction of the storage section 4.

Next, a method of using the curl cord 6 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. To use the curl cord 6, first, as shown in FIG. 1, the curl cord 6 stored in the storage section 4 is stretched and pulled out to an arbitrary length from the opening 3. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 2, the proximal end 10 of the pull-out portion 9 of the curl cord 6 pulled out from the opening 7 is inserted into the lateral groove 8.
Here, since the curl cord 6 has an elastic restoring force, when the stretched state is released, the stretched curl cord 6 naturally returns to its original curl shape, and the third
As shown in the figure, a desired length of the keyboard body 1 is pulled out of the keyboard body 1 and is locked in the horizontal groove 8. on the other hand,
On the other hand, when storing the curl cord 6 in the storage section 4, the curl cord 6 is stored in the storage state shown in FIG. 1 by performing an operation completely opposite to the above-mentioned operation.

As explained in detail above, in this embodiment, the storage section 4
The curl cord 6 is stored inside the keyboard, and the stored curl cord 6 can be pulled out to an arbitrary length outside the keyboard body 1 and locked in the horizontal groove 8 at that length, which simplifies packaging during transportation. Furthermore, it is possible to avoid the curl cord 6 from becoming unnecessarily long during use, and there is therefore no risk of it being damaged by a user or the like as in the conventional example. In addition, in this embodiment, the portion of the curl cord 6 that engages with the horizontal groove 8 is made to be movable within the horizontal groove 8, so when connecting the connector 5 to the connection terminal of the CPU, the connection terminal is located at which position. The curl cord 6 can be connected flexibly without damaging it even if the curl cord 6 is bent.

In the case of this embodiment, since a keyboard was used as an example, the connector 5 was connected to one end of the curl cord 6, but in other electronic devices, a plug for connecting to the power supply terminal could be connected instead of the connector 5. It is clear that the same effect as described above can be obtained even if the above-mentioned method is used.

[Effects] As described above, the present invention can be easily packed, and also provides an electronic device in which a curled cord of any length can be pulled out of the device body and locked at that length. It's large.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the curl cord stored in the storage section, and FIG.
The figure shows a perspective view of the curl cord pulled out from the storage section, and FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the curl cord locked in the horizontal groove. In the figure, 1 is a keyboard body, 3 is an opening, 4 is a curl cord storage section, 5 is a connector, 6 is a curl cord, 7 is an opening, 8 is a horizontal groove, and 9 is an extension section.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A curl cord having one end connected to an electronic device body and a connector or plug connected to the other end; and a curl cord provided in the device body so as to be able to be drawn out from the body. a storage part; and a lateral groove formed in a side wall of the storage part and opened on the drawer side of the curl cord, and the curl cord is pulled out from the storage part while being stretched, and the proximal end of the drawer part is inserted into the lateral groove. An electronic device characterized in that the curled cord can be inserted from the open side and locked in the horizontal groove at the curled portion by using the elastic restoring force of the curled cord.