JPH0512840Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] The present invention utilizes a microcomputer to replace various types of forms with memory cards to streamline the handling of forms. This invention relates to insertion guide display means.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, purchasing documents such as quotations, order forms, order confirmations, delivery notes, and invoices have been used in various product transactions, but handling a wide variety of documents and large amounts of documents is extremely difficult. It's complicated. From this perspective, in recent years, methods have been developed to streamline form management by filling in forms manually or using a word processor, etc., while automatically reading the forms using an optical character reader (OCR). has been developed, but it has drawbacks in reading accuracy and processing time. In particular, there is a drawback that the larger the number of product items handled, the larger the form becomes. To overcome these drawbacks, it is extremely effective to use a memory card with a built-in IC chip such as RAM.

[Problem that the invention aims to solve]

However, when introducing a system that uses a memory card, a dedicated memory card input device is installed, the memory card is inserted into the insertion mechanism of this device, and the required information is entered by operating a keyboard provided on a part of the device. data must be entered into the memory card. This kind of memory card has a thickness of approx.
It is made from a plastic card approximately 3.8mm in size, and can be attached to and removed from the device at will, and is used as a substitute for various forms. Therefore, for memory card users,
Inserting and removing memory cards from dedicated input devices;
In particular, the ease of inserting a memory card has an important impact on the evaluation of the usability of a system that uses this type of memory card.

Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to set up a memory card insertion part in a minimum space for a dedicated input device configured as compactly as possible, and to improve the relative relationship with electronic circuit components adjacent to the memory card insertion space. To provide a memory card insertion guide display means provided in a memory card dedicated input device, which can always achieve proper positioning and smooth attachment/detachment operations so as not to damage each other.

[Means for solving problems]

The memory card insertion guide display means according to the present invention is equipped with a keyboard, necessary electronic circuits, and a card connector, and has a dedicated memory card input device configured to removably insert a memory card for exchanging information into the card connector. In the device, an opening for inserting a memory card is provided in a part of the casing of the memory card dedicated input device, and a memory card insertion space is formed on one side of the printed circuit board constituting the electronic circuit. A card connector is connected and arranged on one side facing the opening, and a guide display for positioning the memory card at approximately the same width as the memory card is displayed on the surface of the printed circuit board extending from the card connector portion toward the opening. We have established a department.
This guide display section is characterized by being configured by a sheet attached to the printed circuit board and/or printing applied to the printed circuit board.

[Effect]

According to the memory card insertion guide display means of the present invention, when a memory card is detachably attached to a card connector provided in a dedicated input device, a memory card is placed on one side of a printed circuit board forming an insertion space for the memory card. By providing a guide display section with approximately the same width as the card, when inserting the memory card into the card connector, it is possible to easily and properly position the memory card so that it matches the guide display section and proceed straight in a predetermined direction. Moreover, this can be achieved without damaging the card or printed circuit board.

〔Example〕

Next, an embodiment of the memory card insertion guide display means according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 show the main structure of a dedicated memory card input device equipped with a memory card insertion guide display means according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view, and FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view. A plan view is shown. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numerals 10 and 12 indicate interfitting casing halves, respectively. Further, 14 is a memory card, 16 is a card connector, 18 is a printed circuit board, and 20 is a guide display section. In this embodiment, an opening 22 is provided at one end of the one casing half 10, and an opening/closing lid (not shown) is detachably attached thereto, and the memory card 14 is inserted and removed. do. In this case, the memory card 14 inside the casing
The insertion space is configured on the printed circuit side of the printed circuit board 18, and the card connector 1 is arranged on one side of the printed circuit board 18.
6 is fixedly arranged. Therefore, electronic circuit components necessary as a memory card dedicated input device are mounted on the back side of the printed circuit board 18 in the illustrated example. Thereby, the memory card 14 can be inserted into the card connector 16 parallel to the front side of the illustrated printed circuit board 18.

However, in the present invention, the memory card 1
A guide display section 20 is formed by pasting an insulating sheet having approximately the same width as the width W of the memory card 14 on the printed circuit board 18 on the side where the memory card 4 is inserted, or by performing silk printing on the printed circuit board 18.

As described above, by providing the guide display section 20 in the insertion section of the memory card 14 of the memory card dedicated input device, when inserting the memory card 14 through the opening 22 of the casing, the guide display section 20
If you position the memory card 14 with respect to 0 and insert it straight into the casing,
The memory card 14 can be properly and smoothly connected and fixed to the card connector 16.

[Effect of idea]

As is clear from the embodiments described above, according to the present invention, when inserting a memory card into a dedicated input device, the memory card is positioned so as to be aligned with the guide display section having the same width as the memory card. Once inserted, the card can be inserted reliably and correctly into the card connector. Furthermore, if an insulating sheet is used as the guide display means, it is possible to maintain the insulation of the printed circuit board and to protect the jumper wire. Furthermore, if silk printing is applied to the printed circuit board as the guide display means, the process can be performed during the manufacturing process of the printed circuit board, so that manufacturing costs can be reduced.

The memory card insertion guide display means according to the present invention has a simple configuration and can be manufactured at low cost.
It protects both the memory card dedicated input device and the memory card, and its practical effects are extremely large.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it goes without saying that various improvements and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a cutaway perspective view of a main part of a memory card dedicated input device showing an embodiment of a memory card insertion guide display means according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of the device shown in FIG. . DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10, 12... Casing half body, 14... Memory card, 16... Card connector, 18... Printed circuit board, 20... Guide display part, 22... Opening part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A part of the casing of the memory card input device, which is equipped with a keyboard, necessary electronic circuits, and a card connector, and configured so that a memory card for exchanging information can be inserted into the card connector in a detachable manner. An opening for inserting a memory card is provided in the board, and a memory card insertion space is formed on one side of a printed circuit board constituting the electronic circuit, and a card connector is oriented toward the opening on one side of the printed circuit board. a guide display section for positioning the memory card at approximately the same width as the memory card is provided on the surface of the printed circuit board extending from the card connector portion toward the opening side;
A memory card insertion guide display means, characterized in that the guide display section is constituted by a sheet attached to a printed circuit board and/or printing applied to the printed circuit board.