JPH0452715A - Electronic information equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the loading/unloading operation by forming a forward tilting slot for a floppy disk in the lengthwise direction on the basis of the front-back direction of an electronic information equipment. CONSTITUTION:A personal computer 1 consists of a main body 3 containing a keyboard 2 attached onto the front upper surface of the body 3 and a cover body 5 containing a liquid crystal display 4 attached onto the inner surface of the body 5. A slot 7 for a floppy disk 6 has a forward tilting form in the lengthwise direction on the slot 7 against the side surface 3a of the body 3. Thus an operator can holds the disk 6 and load/unload it in a natural and smooth forward tilting state. Then it is possible to obtain an electronic information equipment 1 with which a medium (disk) 6 can be easily loaded and unloaded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to electronic information equipment, and particularly to an improvement in an insertion slot for media such as a floppy disk formed therein.

[Conventional technology]

Electronic information devices such as personal computers and word processors have floppy disk drives (
An external storage device such as rFDDJ (hereinafter referred to as rFDDJ) is incorporated, and an insertion slot for inserting and removing a floppy disk is formed in the main body of the device. The insertion opening is generally vertical or horizontal in its longitudinal direction, and the operator inserts or pulls out the floppy disk into or from the FDD through the insertion opening while holding the floppy disk vertically or horizontally.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In personal computers, etc., where the insertion slot is vertically or horizontally formed, when inserting or removing a floppy disk vertically or horizontally, the operator is forced to make unnatural movements such as twisting the wrist or adjusting the angle with the fingertips. This made it difficult to insert/remove. In addition, if the insertion slot is vertical to the front of the device or horizontal to the rear side of the device, the angle between the surface of the floppy disk and the operator's line of sight becomes small, so In some cases, the index of the floppy disk could not be checked immediately afterward, resulting in a lack of smooth operation. Furthermore, in the case of thin personal computers, such as notebook-type computers, where the insertion slot is formed horizontally on the rear side of the device, when inserting or removing a floppy disk,
The fingertips of the operator who grips the floppy disk come into contact with the surface of the desk on which the device is placed, making it difficult to insert and remove the disk, making the device inconvenient to use.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances,
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic information device in which media can be easily inserted and removed.

[Means to solve the problem]

In an electronic information device that has an insertion slot on its side for inserting and removing media into an external storage device, the insertion slot is formed diagonally downward in the front with the longitudinal direction of the electronic information device as a reference. It is characterized by

[Effect]

The operator grasps the media with his fingertips and begins to insert the media into the insertion slot with the media in a natural state with the media tilted forward and downward. Then, the insertion starts and ends while checking the index on the surface of the medium. To pull out the media, the procedure is reversed: start pulling out the media, and finish pulling out while checking the index on the surface of the media. In this case as well, the media is maintained in a diagonally downwardly downward state, and the operator performs the pull-out operation while keeping the media in a natural gripping state.

〔Example〕

A so-called notebook personal computer, which is an embodiment of the electronic information device according to the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 shows the personal computer viewed diagonally from the front, and FIG. 2 shows the personal computer viewed from the side.

As shown in FIG. 1, this personal computer 1 has a main body 3 with a keyboard 2 attached to the upper front surface.
and a lid 5 having a liquid crystal display 4 attached to its inner surface. The lid body 5 is attached to the device main body 3 by its hinge portion 5a so as to be openable and closable, and also serves as a protective lid for the keyboard 2. When the lid 5 is closed, the entire computer 1 becomes a thin box-like shape, resembling a thick notebook.

In addition, an insertion slot 7 for a floppy disk 6 as a medium is formed on the side surface 3a (in the illustrated example, the right side) of the device main body 3, and along this insertion lower, the right rear part ( In the illustrated example, an FDD 8, which is an external storage device, is incorporated in the rear right half. On the other hand, parts such as a power supply unit (not shown) are housed in the left rear half, and these constitute the main parts of the device main body 3, including the main circuit board 9 at the bottom of the keyboard 2. Main circuit board 9
As shown in FIG. 2, it is incorporated in the lower part of the keyboard 2, that is, in the narrow space between the keyboard 2, which is formed into a thin unit, and the bottom plate of the case of the main body 3 of the device.

The insertion lower of the floppy disk 6 is formed so that its longitudinal direction is diagonally downward to the side surface 3a of the device main body 3, and the operator can insert and remove the floppy disk 6 while holding it in a diagonally downward downward position. The operation is now possible. Further, this state is an angle where the index 6a on the surface of the floppy disk 6 can be clearly seen by the operator, and the index 6a can be confirmed immediately before or after the insertion/removal operation of the floppy disk 6. Furthermore, although there is almost no lower space at the front of the insertion lower, the lower space at the rear is wide, so even if the device body 3 is placed on a desk, the operator can easily insert or remove the floppy disk 6. The fingertips S do not get stuck on the surface of the desk and the operability is not deteriorated. In this way, the floppy disk 6
Since the insertion lower of the FDD is formed diagonally downward toward the front, the FDD must be accessed by rotating the floppy disk 6.
8 is also disposed obliquely with its longitudinal direction falling forward inside the device main body 3.

Here, for reference, the structure around this FDD 8 will be briefly explained.

The front end of this FDD 8 faces the rear end of the main circuit board 9,
The front part of the DD8 is arranged so as to be hidden under the rear part of the keyboard 2. Therefore, the front part of the FDD 8 and the rear part of the keyboard 2 overlap in the front-rear direction, and compared to the conventional case where the front end of the FDD 8 and the rear end of the keyboard 2 face each other, the overlap is greater. The dimensions of the device main body 1 in the front-rear direction are shortened.

The loading mechanism 10 of the FDD 8 has a support shaft 10a at the front end.
The holder 11 of the floppy disk 6 rotates around the holder 11 between an insertion/removal position where the floppy disk 6 is inserted and removed, and a set position where the floppy disk 6 abuts against a drive unit 12 and a pickup head (not shown). It has a structure. Therefore, the floppy disk 6 inserted obliquely from the insertion lower is temporarily accommodated in the holder 11 within the FDDg (insertion/removal position), and then the floppy disk 6 is transferred to the holder 11 by the loading mechanism 10.
After being rotated to the set position, the drive state is shifted to the driving state. Conversely, when ejecting the floppy disk 6, press the eject button 13 provided on the side of the device body 3.
By the pressing operation, the floppy disk 6 is moved from the set position to the insertion/removal position so as to pop out to the outside.

With the above structure, the insertion and removal operation of the floppy disk 6 can be performed extremely easily, reliably and smoothly, and the insertion and removal operation is improved.

In this embodiment, a floppy disk was explained as an example of the storage medium, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the medium may be an optical disk or an IC.
It may also be a card or the like.

Further, although the insertion port is formed at the rear right side of the main body of the device, it goes without saying that it may be formed at any position within the side surface as well as the left side.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the media insertion slot is formed on the side surface of the electronic information device in a diagonal front curve,
The operator can insert and remove the media while holding the media in a natural state, that is, with the media tilted. Furthermore, in this state, the surface of the media faces the operator, and the angle between the media surface and the line of sight becomes large, so the index on the media surface can be directly checked immediately before or after inserting or removing the media.

Furthermore, although there is not enough height space between the front of the insertion slot and the surface of the desk where the equipment is placed, there is sufficient height space at the rear, and this rear space is used for inserting and removing media. It can be used as a space for other purposes, and has the effect of making insertion and removal operations extremely easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a personal computer in which the present invention is implemented, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. 1...Personal computer, 3...Device body,
6... Floppy disk, 6a... Index,
7...Insertion port, 8...FDD0

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an electronic information device that has an insertion slot on its side for inserting and removing media into an external storage device, the insertion slot is formed so that its longitudinal direction is diagonally downward with respect to the front-rear direction of the electronic information device. An electronic information device characterized by: