JPH0490183A - Floppy disk device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to simply check an accessing period also from the side of this floppy disk device in addition to the check from the front of the device by constituting the device so that the head part of an eject button lights up during the period of accessing. CONSTITUTION:The floppy disk is constituted so that the head part 31a of the eject button 31 projected from the through hole 33a of a front panel 33 to the outside lights up only in the writing and reading operation (accessing) of data in/from a floppy disk. Thereby, whether the floppy disk device is in accessing or not can be simply checked by observation also from the side in addition to the check from the front of the device. Thereby, the generation of a trouble such as the ejection of a floppy disk from the floppy disk device in accessing and the destruction of data stored in the floppy disk can be removed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a floppy disk device and a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) and a word processor (hereinafter referred to as a word processor) equipped with the floppy disk device as an auxiliary storage device, data can be stored on a floppy disk. A floppy disk device that allows you to easily visually confirm whether a floppy disk is being written to or read data from the floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as being accessed) from the front where the floppy disk is inserted or removed, and from the side orthogonal to the front. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a personal computer and a word processor that allow users to easily check visually from the front, which is the operation side where the keyboard is located, that the floppy disk device installed on the side of the device as an auxiliary storage device is being accessed. In a floppy disk drive including an eject button whose head protrudes outward from an insertion hole provided in a front plate and which moves the installed floppy disk to a position where it can be removed, the head of the eject button is pressed during access. Configure the Frembie disk device to turn on.

A personal computer is constructed by equipping the above floppy disk device as an auxiliary storage device.

Further, a word processor is constructed by equipping the floppy disk device as an auxiliary storage device.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a floppy disk device, a personal computer and a word processor equipped with the floppy disk device, and particularly a floppy disk device that can easily visually confirm that it is being accessed from the front, which is the operating surface, and from the side orthogonal to the front, and a device main body. To provide a personal computer and a word processor in which it is possible to easily confirm visually whether a floppy disk device equipped on the side as an auxiliary storage device is being accessed even from the front side, which is the operating side where a keyboard is arranged.

The front plate of a floor disk drive, that is, the front plate of the floppy disk drive on the side from which the floppy disk is inserted and taken out, is usually equipped with an access indicator lamp that informs the operator that the floppy disk drive is being accessed.

This ensures that the operator is informed that the floppy disk drive is currently being accessed, prevents the operator from removing the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive during access, and prevents the data stored on the floppy disk from being destroyed. This equipment is designed to avoid problems such as accidents.

[Conventional technology]

Next, a conventional floppy disk device will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a conventional floppy disk device. FIG. 2(a) is a schematic front view of the floppy disk device, FIG. 2(b) is a schematic side view of the floppy disk device, and FIG. ) is a perspective view of a conventional word processor.

Note that the same symbols are given to the same parts and materials throughout the drawings.

A conventional floppy disk device includes an eject button 11, an access indicator lamp 12, and the like, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

The eject button 11 is used to eject the floppy disk 10 installed in the floppy disk device from the floppy insertion slot 13a provided in the front plate 13 of the floppy disk device.

That is, the eject button 1 protrudes outward from the insertion hole 13b provided in the front plate 13 of the floppy disk device.
When the head 11a of the floppy disk 10 is pushed in the direction of the arrow A, the floppy disk 10 is moved to a position where it can be removed from the floppy disk device.

Further, the access indicator lamp 12 is configured to light up only when the floppy disk device is being accessed.
This serves as an alarm lamp to prevent the floppy disk 10 from being removed from the floppy disk device during access.

The access indicator lamp 12 did not protrude from the surface of the front plate 13, as shown in FIG. 2(b).

Therefore, whether the access indicator lamp 12 is lit or not,
Or, it is necessary to visually confirm whether the light is off or not from the position facing the front plate 13, that is, from the front of the floppy disk device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, when using the conventional floppy disk device 14 as an auxiliary storage device for a word processor, personal computer, etc.
As shown in FIG. 2C, the front of the Frembie disk device is often installed so that it is substantially perpendicular to the front on which the keyboard 21 and display section 22 of a word processor or personal computer are disposed.

Therefore, when a floppy disk device is installed on the side of a word processor or personal computer, you can check whether the access indicator lamp 12 of the floppy disk device is on or off by checking the front of the word processor or personal computer. There was a problem that it could not be confirmed visually.

Then, the access indicator lamp 12 will be lit.
Or, because it is not possible to easily check whether the light is off or not, in some cases, even though the access indicator lamp 12 is on, the floppy disk 14 from the floppy disk drive 14 installed in the word processor or personal computer may be disconnected.
This also caused troubles such as extracting 0's and destroying the data stored on the floppy disk 10.

The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and its purpose is to provide a Fronbie disk device that can easily confirm visually whether it is being accessed from the front or from the side (object 1); The purpose is to provide word processors equipped with this technology (objective 2) and personal computers (objective 3).

Note that the external appearance of the personal computer is almost the same as that of a word processor, so the illustration of the personal computer is omitted.

[Means to solve the problem]

The purpose 1 is to install the front plate 3 as shown in FIG. 1(a).
The head 31a protrudes to the outside from the insertion hole 33a provided in 3.
In a floppy disk drive including an eject button 31 that moves the mounted floppy disk 10 to a position where it can be ejected when pressed, the eject button 31 moves the attached floppy disk 10 to a position where it can be removed. (middle) only, the head 3 of the eject button 31
This is achieved by a floppy disk device characterized in that the light 1a is turned on.

Moreover, the above-mentioned objectives 2 and 3 are achieved by respectively equipping the above-mentioned floppy disk device as an auxiliary storage device as shown in FIG. 1(d).

[For production]

The floppy disk device of the present invention is configured so that the head 31a of the eject button 31, which projects outward from the insertion hole 33a of the front plate 33, lights up only when the device is being accessed.

Therefore, whether or not the floppy disk drive is being accessed can be easily checked visually from the front of the floppy disk drive or from the side.

Furthermore, by installing the floppy disk device of the present invention in word processors and personal computers that require a floppy disk device to be installed on the side of the device body as an auxiliary storage device, it is possible to determine whether the floppy disk device is being accessed or not. The front of each can be easily confirmed visually even from the side.

〔Example〕

A floppy disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a floppy disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1(a) is a schematic front view of the floppy disk device, and FIG. 1(b) is a schematic side view of the floppy disk device. FIG. 2C is an enlarged side sectional view of the main parts of the eject button and its surroundings, and FIG. 1D is a perspective view of a word processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A floppy disk drive according to an embodiment of the present invention has a function similar to that of the eject button 11 explained with reference to FIG. 33 (see FIGS. 3(a) to 3(c)).

Therefore, whether or not the floppy disk drive is being accessed can be easily checked visually from the front of the floppy disk drive or from the side.

Furthermore, a word processor or a personal computer which must be equipped with a floppy disk device as an auxiliary storage device on the side of the main body of the device is equipped with the floppy disk device 34 of the present invention as shown in FIG. 2(d). In the personal computer and the word processor according to claim 3, whether or not the floppy disk device is being accessed can be easily checked visually from the front side of the computer or from the side.

As shown in FIG. 3C, this eject button 31 has one end of a square rod made of translucent plastic resin mixed with a fluorescent colorant that scatters light, such as a red fluorescent colorant. A button 31b having a head 31a formed by cutting the outer periphery in the circumferential direction, and a light emitting element such as a light emitting diode 31c that emits light by being supplied with current from a power source (not shown) only when the floppy disk device is being accessed. It is composed of

The button 31b is biased in the direction of arrow B by the eject mechanism rond 30 with the head 31a protruding outward from the insertion hole 33a provided in the front plate 33.

Further, the light emitting diode 31c is disposed directly above and in the vicinity of the button 31b located on the back side of the front plate 33, and the emitted light illuminates the button 31b.

The flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above.

The light emitting diode 31c of the B disk device lights up only when the B disk device is accessing the button 31.
Since the head 31a protrudes from the front plate 33 to the outside, it also shines red and can be easily confirmed visually from the front of the floppy disk device as well as from the side.

Note that the external appearance of the personal computer is similar to that of a word processor, so an illustration of the personal computer is omitted.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a floppy disk device in which access status can be easily confirmed visually from the front side of the device as well as from the front side of the device; It becomes possible to provide word processors and personal computers as auxiliary storage devices.

Therefore, it is possible to solve the problem that the data stored on the floppy disk may be destroyed if the floppy disk is removed from the floppy disk device during access.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

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Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Eject button (31) whose head (31a) protruding outward from the insertion hole (33a) provided in the front plate (33) is pressed to move the installed floppy disk (10) to a position where it can be extracted. In the floppy disk device, the head (31a) of the eject button (31) lights up only during the operation of writing data to the floppy disk (10) and during the operation of reading data from the floppy disk (10). A floppy disk device characterized in that it is configured to. (2) A personal computer equipped with the floppy disk device according to claim 1 as an auxiliary storage device. (3) A word processor equipped with the floppy disk device according to claim 1 as an auxiliary storage device.