JPH0520713Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention is a disk body that has become rapidly popular as a storage medium in storage devices such as computers in recent years, such as a donut-shaped aluminum substrate in which a magnetic film is formed on the surface. As a storage container for transportation, storage, and cleaning of hard disks made of hard disks, optical disks and magneto-optical disks (hereinafter collectively referred to as disks) made of donut-shaped resin substrates with a metal coating formed on the surface, and for computers, etc. The present invention relates to a disk body storage container (hereinafter simply referred to as a disk container) that can be used as a process carrier in the manufacturing process.

[Prior Art] A disc container commonly used in the past has a main body with a sliding groove for storing a large number of donut-shaped discs, and a bottom cover and disc support pieces that come into elastic contact with both shoulders of the discs are integrated into the inner surface. It was made by combining a top cover with a protruding surface.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In the conventional disk container described above, the disk piece is integrally joined to the top lid, and when the disk is stored and subjected to ultrasonic cleaning, the disk piece is attached to the outer edge of the disk. Because they are in contact with each other, it is not possible to clean the disc evenly, and if the disc branches become sagging or plastically deformed after long-term use, the disc cannot be supported reliably, so we decided to replace the top lid or the entire disc container. In addition, continuing to apply force from the disk supports for a long period of time can cause plastic deformation of the disk, where slight deformation or damage can cause serious errors, so these methods are expensive. A solution was awaited.

This invention was developed to solve the above-mentioned problems.The disk can be securely fixed during transportation and storage, cleaning can be done evenly, and even if the disk branch is deformed, it can be replaced at a minimum cost. To provide a disk body storage container which can hold the disk without applying force so that there is no risk of deformation when the disk is stored for a long period of time.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above-mentioned problem is that the box-shaped body has an open top and bottom surface, and one of the opposite sides has a surrounding area, as shown in the embodiments of FIGS. Notch groove 2
1 is formed in a substantially U-shaped notch 27, and a lower end convex portion 2 formed on both sides of the lower end of the outer wall on both sides thereof.
2 and the other opposing both side surfaces, in which upper end recesses 29 are formed on both sides of the upper ends of the inner walls of the both sides, and the lower end concave portions 29 are loosely fitted into the lower end convex portions 22, and the lower surfaces are narrowed into a substantially arc shape along the shape of the disk. A slide groove 23 consisting of a plurality of vertical grooves is provided inside the slide groove 23.
The container body 2 has a rounded lower end 24, and a box-like body with an open bottom surface, and the upper surface has a convex base 31 formed approximately at the center of the outer wall of the upper surface and an inner wall of the upper surface. A pair of disk support pieces 37 are arranged in a row in resilient contact with both shoulder portions of the disk facing downwardly from each other, and one disk support piece 37 is provided on both opposing sides of the disk and is fitted vertically into the groove 21 of the container body 2. The tongue-shaped piece 32 is inserted into the container and has a locking protrusion 39 inwardly provided at the lower end thereof, and a fitting groove is provided on the inner wall of the lower end of the side surface to be removably and closely fitted to the upper edge 26 of the side surface of the container body 2. 38 is formed, and a box-like body with an open top surface, and a recessed base 41 is formed on the lower surface approximately at the center of the outer wall of the lower surface into which the convex base 31 of the upper lid is loosely fitted,
Moreover, on the inner wall of the upper end of the side surface, there is a lower edge portion 2 of the side surface of the container body.
In the disk body storage container structure consisting of the bottom cover 4 formed with a fitting groove 42 that is removably and tightly fitted to the bottom cover 5, the disk branch 37 hangs down to the top cover 3 via the branch base 36 to which it is connected. The problem is solved by a disk body storage container which is characterized in that it can be detachably separated and joined using the provided hooking piece 43.

[Example] An example of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the outline of a disk body storage container 1 according to the present invention, in which the container body 2 and the upper lid 3 are shown.
and a bottom lid 4 are the main constituent members, and the top lid 3 and the bottom lid 4 are detachable from the container body 2.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the container body 2 is formed into a box shape with open top and bottom surfaces, and one of the opposite sides has a tool (not shown) for inserting and removing the stored disk H. The abbreviation U required for
A notch 27 is formed in the shape of a letter, and a notch groove 21 is formed in the notch 27, into which a tongue-shaped piece 32, which will be described later, is inserted, as shown in FIG. A predetermined number of slide grooves 23 are arranged at regular intervals in the vertical direction on the inner walls of the other opposing sides of the container body 2, for accommodating disks H formed in a donut shape in an almost vertically erected manner. , the lower portions 28 of both side surfaces including the slide groove 23 are narrowed into a substantially circular arc shape along the shape of the disk H, and the lower end portion 24 of the slide groove 23
is formed with sufficient roundness.

The upper lid 3 is a box-shaped body with an open bottom surface, and has a plurality of hanging pieces 43 hanging downwardly on the bottom surface, and a pair of disk support pieces 37 that come into elastic contact with both shoulders of the disk. A latching recess 44 that engages with the latching piece 43
They are removably connected via a branch base 36 having a. This hooking piece 43 is made of a slightly flexible material with restoring elasticity, and can be easily attached and detached by tilting as in the shape of 43a shown in FIG. 6 when attaching and detaching the support base 36. . For example, the disk support piece 37 may have a recess 37a formed in the center to ensure reliable contact with the shoulder of the disk. 3 is fitted into the container body 2, it expands slightly outward and assumes the shape shown in FIG. 37b, firmly contacting and holding the disk H in an elastically biased state. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the container body 2
A pair of tongue-shaped pieces 32 are vertically vertically fit into the U-shaped notch groove 21 of the U-shaped cutout groove 21, and a pair of tongue-shaped pieces 32 are vertically disposed substantially downwardly. 39
is provided to engage with the lower edge of the notch 27 of the container body 2. Furthermore, an upper lid protrusion 31 is formed approximately in the center of the upper surface of the upper lid 3, and is removably fitted in a close state to the upper edge 26 of the side surface of the container body 2 over almost the entire circumference on the inner wall at the lower end of the side surface. A fitting groove 38 is formed for fitting.

A concave base 41 that fits with the convex base 31 of the top lid 3 with a slight play is formed approximately in the center of the box-shaped bottom lid 4 with an open top surface, and the top lid 3 and bottom lid 4 are connected to the container body. 2, it can be easily stacked vertically in multiple stages, making it convenient for storage and transportation. Furthermore, a fitting groove 42 is formed on the inner wall at the upper end of the side surface of the bottom lid 4 over the entire circumference so as to be removably fitted in a close state with the lower side edge 25 of the container body 2.

When removing the top lid 3 from the container body 2, open the latching protrusion 39 of the top lid 3 (this part also serves as a handle when removing) outward so that it meets the lower edge of the notch 27 of the container body 2. This is done by sliding the tongue-like piece 32 of the top lid 3 upward along the cutout groove 21 of the container body 2 in the unlatched state.

In addition, a pair of upper lid convex walls 35 provided on the upper lid 2
When the upper lid convex base 31 and the bottom lid concave base 41 are fitted, the disc contacts the side outer wall of the bottom lid 4 with play, thereby adding further stability to the stacking of the disk containers 1.

[Operations and Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, in the disk body storage container according to the present invention, the top cover 3 and the branch base 36 having the disk branches 37 can be freely attached and detached by the latching mechanism. By separating the support piece base 36 from the upper lid 3, when the disk is housed in the disk storage container and ultrasonic cleaning is performed, there is no disk support piece to hold the disk, and the disk does not move slightly due to the ultrasonic waves. In order to achieve this, the outer edge of the disk that contacts the slide groove 23 of the container body 2 can also be cleaned evenly. Furthermore, in the event that the disk support pieces become bent or plastically deformed due to long-term use, there is no need to replace the entire top cover, and only the support base with the disk support pieces can be separated and replaced, reducing the expense burden. It can be reduced. Furthermore, elastic biasing of the disk support pieces when the disk is stored may cause plastic deformation to the disk, where slight deformation or damage may cause a serious computer error, which is undesirable for long-term storage. However, by separating the disk branches, the possibility of disk deformation is eliminated, and the problems of the conventional example are completely solved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a disk body storage container according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 2. figure,
FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper lid from below, and FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view of the upper lid. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Disk body storage container of the present invention, 2... Container body, 3... Upper lid, 4... Bottom cover, 21... Notch groove, 22... Lower end protrusion, 23... Slide groove,
24... lower end of slide groove, 25... lower end, 2
6...Top edge, 27...Notch, 29...Top end recess, 31...Top lid convex base, 36...Spin base, 37
... Disc branch piece, 38 ... Fitting groove, 39 ... Latching protrusion, 43 ... Latching piece, 44 ... Latching recess.

Claims (1)

[Utility Model Claims] A box-shaped body with open top and bottom faces, and a generally U-shaped notch 27 with a notch groove 21 formed around the periphery on both opposing side faces, lower end protrusions 22 formed on both sides of the lower end of the outer walls of both side faces, and the lower end protrusions 22 formed on both sides of the upper end of the inner walls of both side faces.
a container body 2 having an upper end recess 29 that fits loosely into the disk, a lower surface of which is narrowed in a substantially arcuate shape along the shape of the disk, and a slide groove 23 consisting of a plurality of vertical grooves formed on both opposing side surfaces, the lower end 24 of which is rounded;
a top cover 3 having a top lid 3 which is a box-like body with an open top, a protruding base 31 formed on the top surface at approximately the center of the outer wall of the top cover, a pair of disk supports 37 which face each other downward from the inner wall of the top cover and are in elastic contact with both shoulders of the disk, a tongue-like piece 32 on one of the opposing side surfaces which is inserted vertically into the groove 21 of the container body 2 and has a hook protrusion 39 on the inner side at the lower end, and a fitting groove 38 formed on the inner wall at the lower end of the side surface which is detachably and closely fitted with the upper edge 26 of the container body 2; and a bottom cover 4 having a box-like body with an open top, a recess 41 formed on the bottom surface at approximately the center of the outer wall of the bottom cover for loosely fitting the protruding base 31 of the top cover, and a fitting groove 42 formed on the inner wall at the upper end of the side surface which is detachably and closely fitted with the lower edge 25 of the container body. The disk support piece 37 can be detachably separated and joined by a hook piece 43 suspended from the upper cover 3 via a support base 36 to which the disk support piece 37 is joined.