JPH0542060Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a container for magnetic tape cassette guard panels in which a plurality of guard panels for protecting the tapes of magnetic tape cassettes are housed and transported side by side.

(Prior Art) In the manufacturing process of video tape cassettes, guard panels for magnetic tape cassettes are sometimes transported in large quantities from a guard panel manufacturing department to a cassette assembly department, for example. As a container for transporting the guard panel in such a case, a container made of foamed resin that can tightly accommodate the guard panel has conventionally been used.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, with the above-mentioned foamed resin container, it is difficult to finish the space that accommodates the guard panel with highly accurate dimensions, and the dimensions of this space change over time. In some cases, it is difficult to enter and exit the container, and the front surface of the guard panel is often scratched by the wall surface of the container during transportation and access.
In particular, the guard panel of a video cassette has been a problem because if the part that forms the face of the product is scratched as described above, the product value is almost completely lost.

The present invention was developed to solve these problems, and is designed for use with magnetic tape cassette guard panels, where the guard panel can always be easily taken in and out, and there is no risk of the front surface of the guard panel being scratched by the container wall. Its purpose is to provide containers.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The magnetic tape cassette guard panel container of the present invention is a container for storing and transporting a plurality of guard panels with the top facing upward in parallel,
a bottom wall that supports the bottoms of the juxtaposed guard panels and has an opening that exposes a portion of the bottoms; a pair of opposing side walls that rise upward from the bottom wall on both sides of the juxtaposed guard panels; It consists of multiple pairs of ribs that protrude oppositely from both side walls to partition the guard panels that stand side by side, and the surface of the ribs facing the front of the card panel is The feature is that the surface of the rib and the front surface of the guard panel are sloped away from each other.

Furthermore, it is preferable that the bottom wall, side walls, and ribs are made of a material having a lower hardness than the material forming the guard panel.

(Function) When the guard panels are placed at predetermined positions in the magnetic tape cassette guard panel container configured as described above, both sides of each guard panel are placed in the space formed by the bottom wall, side walls, and ribs of the container. The guard panel is securely accommodated, and the guard panel is securely positioned and held within the container. In addition, the rib has a tapered shape, and the wall surface of the rib that faces the front surface of the guard panel is sloped away from the front surface of the guard panel toward the tip of the rib. The front surface of the guard panel will not rub against the wall surface of the rib and be scratched during transportation or work in and out. Furthermore, an opening is formed in the bottom wall of the container to expose the bottom of the guard panel, and a guard panel removal jig can be inserted into the container through this opening. A plurality of guard panels can be taken out at the same time in a horizontal state using an automatic take-out machine or the like, and scratches on the guard panel surface can be reduced.

Furthermore, if the bottom wall, side walls, and ribs are made of a material having a lower hardness than the material forming the guard panel, the guard panel surface is less likely to be damaged even when the guard panel rubs against the container wall surface.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a part of a magnetic tape cassette guard panel container according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is mainly used for storing and transporting video tape cassette guard panels. The container includes a front wall 1, a rear wall (not shown), made of a non-foaming material such as acrylic resin.
It is formed into a substantially box-like shape by the left and right side walls 3, 4 and the bottom wall 5, and the interior is divided into two left and right housing parts 7, 8 by a central side wall 6 formed between the left and right side walls 3, 4. Furthermore, in each of the housing sections 7 and 8, a plurality of pairs of ribs 1 are provided that partition the guard panels 9 housed therein.
0 is formed so as to extend vertically from the side walls 3, 4, 6, and the left side of each housing section 7, 8 is formed so as to extend vertically from the side walls 3, 4, 6.
An accommodation guide plate 11 rising from the bottom wall 5 is formed near the bottom wall 5 and between the adjacent ribs 10 so as to face the side walls 3 and 6.

Further, the bottom wall 5 is provided with large openings 12, 13 extending along the side walls 3, 4, 6 at the center of each of the housing portions 7, 8. It is formed so that it becomes a downward slope toward 12 and 13. Because the bottom wall 5 is sloped in this way, the housed guard panel 9 only meets the bottom wall 5 at the flat portions 16 slightly formed along the side walls 3, 4, 6 of the bottom wall 5. Contact. Furthermore, both side walls of each of the side walls 3, 4, and 6 are sloped so that they become slightly thinner toward the top, so that the side surface 14 of the housed guard panel is at the lower side edge. Only the above-mentioned side wall portions 3,
It is designed to come into contact with the sides of numbers 4 and 6.

Further, each of the ribs 10 has a front surface (the surface facing the front wall 1) 10a and a rear surface (the surface facing the rear wall) as shown in FIG. 3a (plan view, view from the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2). Both opposing surfaces 10b have an inclination such that the thickness of the rib 10 becomes thinner as it goes upward. Furthermore, each rib 10 has a third
As shown in FIG. b (front view, view from the direction of arrow B in FIG. 2), the front surface 10a has no slope in the lateral direction of the storage sections 7 and 8, whereas the rear surface 10b has no slope in the lateral direction of the storage sections 7 and 8. The ribs 10 have an inclination such that the thickness of the ribs 10 becomes thinner toward the center of the portions 7 and 8. Since the rear surface 10b of each rib 10, which is the surface facing the front surface 15 of the guard panel 9, has such an inclination, the front surface 15 of the guard panel 9 housed in the state shown in FIG. There is no surface contact with this rib 10.

Furthermore, in each housing section 7, 8, the left side wall portion 17 of the housed guard panel 9 is formed by two front and rear ribs 10, side walls 3, 6, and a housing guide plate 11, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. It is arranged in the formed space and held in this position. This accommodation guide plate 11 has an inclined surface that becomes thinner upwardly so as to be able to guide the left side wall portion 17 of the guard panel 9. Furthermore, the guard panel 9 is designed to be housed in the housing sections 7 and 8 with the top surface 19 facing upward.
The side wall portions 17 and 18 of this guard panel 9 are formed to have approximately the same length in the front-rear direction and the height direction, and are extremely unstable when the top surface 19 is facing upward, so when transporting a container, There is a risk that the guard panel 9 will bounce up and down due to vibrations and the like, causing the guard panel 9 to turn sideways or upside down in the accommodating parts 7 and 8, thereby damaging the top surface 19. Therefore, in this embodiment, the height of the accommodation guide plate 11 is adjusted by the guard panel 9 to prevent such a situation from occurring.
It is made to be more than half the height of the In addition,
The thickness of the accommodation guide plate 11 is preferably thicker than the thickness of the side wall portion 17 of the guard panel 9.

In addition, in the accommodating parts 7 and 8, the side wall portion 18 on the right side of the accommodated guard panel 9 has two front and rear ribs 10 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 (view from the direction of arrow C in FIG. 2). and the U-shaped space formed by the side walls 4 and 6, and is held in this position. In this space, the front surface 10 of each rib 10
A guide plate 20 that narrows this space below is formed at a, thereby ensuring that the right side wall portion 18 of the guard panel 9 having the shape shown in FIG. 5 is accommodated in this space. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the guard panel 9 from overturning or reversing.

Since the guard panel container of this embodiment is constructed as described above, the guard panel 9
By dropping it from directly above the predetermined position of the accommodating parts 7, 8 with the top surface 19 facing upward, it becomes possible to reliably accommodate the holder in the predetermined position of the accommodating parts 7, 8 in a predetermined state.

Furthermore, as described above, the surfaces of the container bottom wall 5, side walls 3, 4, 6, ribs 10, and storage guide plate 11 that contact the guard panel 9 are formed with a predetermined slope, so that the guard panel 9,
It becomes possible to minimize the contact area with each member constituting the accommodating portions 7 and 8. In particular, the front surface 15 of the guard panel 9, where the presence or absence of scratches greatly affects the commercial value, has a predetermined inclination of the rear surface 10b of each rib 10, so that the rib 10 or the side walls 3, 4, 6, so there is no risk of scratches on the front surface 15 even if the container is subjected to some vibration during transportation.

In addition, since the bottom wall has openings 12 and 13 as shown in FIG. All guard panels 9
Since it becomes possible to take out the guard panel 9 smoothly at the same time, it is possible to speed up the automatic removal of the guard panel 9, and also to take out the guard panel 9 without damaging its surface.

Although the above-described embodiment is mainly for accommodating guard panels for video tape cassettes, it can also be used for accommodating guard panels (including lids) for other tape cassettes.

In addition, the bottom wall 5, the side walls 3, 4, 6 and the ribs 10
The members forming the walls are not limited to those of the above-mentioned embodiments, and may be made of various other materials such as plastic resins. It is preferable to form it with a soft member that is hard to damage, and it is more preferable to form it with a member whose hardness is lower than that of the guard panel forming member.

Note that the number of the housing sections is not limited to that of the above embodiment, and the number of guard panels that can be accommodated can be selected as appropriate depending on the situation.

(Effect of the invention) According to the magnetic tape cassette guard panel container of the invention, as described above, the ribs that partition the guard panels are sloped to prevent the front surface of the guard panel from coming into contact with the ribs. Therefore, there is no risk of scratches on this front surface during container transportation or when entering and exiting the guard panel. Furthermore, since the guard panel can be smoothly taken out using the protrusion jig through the opening in the bottom wall of the container, there is no risk of scratches on the surface of the guard panel when the guard panel is taken out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a part of a container for a magnetic tape cassette guard panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the container of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 a and b. FIGS. 4 and 5 are enlarged plan views and front views showing the ribs shown in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are schematic views showing enlarged storage portions of the guard panel side wall portions shown in FIG. 1. 3, 4, 6... Side wall, 5... Bottom wall, 9... Guard panel, 10... Rib, 11... Accommodation guide plate,
12, 13...opening, 15...front of guard panel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) A container for storing and transporting a plurality of guard panels for magnetic tape cassettes with their tops facing upward, arranged side by side in the front and back direction of the panels, the said side-by-side guard panels a bottom wall having a support part that supports the bottom of the panel and an opening that exposes the bottom; a pair of opposing side walls that rise upward from the bottom wall on both sides of the guard panels that are arranged side by side; A plurality of pairs of ribs protrude substantially perpendicularly to the side walls from mutually opposing positions of the pair of side walls for partitioning, and the surfaces of the ribs facing the front surface of the card panel face toward the tips. A container for a magnetic tape cassette guard panel, characterized in that the container is formed obliquely so as to gradually move away from the surface. (2) The magnetic tape cassette guard panel container according to claim 1, wherein the ribs of the bottom wall and the side walls are made of a material having a lower hardness than the material forming the guard panel.