JPH0644015Y2 - Battery support device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a battery supporting device provided in an electronic still camera or the like.

[Prior Art] A battery supporting device provided in a device driven by a battery power source such as an electronic still camera is provided with a battery accommodating portion having an opening in the device body, and the battery accommodating portion is provided inside the battery accommodating portion with respect to the battery. A spring that applies a spring force toward the discharging direction is provided, and a lid body that moves between a position that covers the opening of the battery housing portion and a position that opens the battery housing portion is provided. The lid body is inserted into the battery housing portion. A structure in which a pressing member for pressing and holding the battery is integrally provided is used.

When the battery is to be stored in the battery supporting device of this configuration, the battery is inserted into the battery storing section through the opening and abuts against the spring, and the lid is moved to a position covering the opening of the battery storing section and pressed. The member presses the battery to lock the lid to the device body. As a result, the pressing member of the lid receives the battery pressed by the spring, so that the battery can be securely held so as not to vibrate and contact failure can be prevented. On the other hand, the closed state can be maintained by securely locking.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional battery supporting device is widely used in devices driven by a battery power source because it can reliably support a battery, but has the following problems. .

That is, when closing the lid after inserting the battery into the battery housing, the lid is pressed by the spring that applies force to the battery in the discharging direction while pressing the battery inserted into the battery housing. Against this, the battery is moved to a position where the opening of the battery storage section is closed, and the lid is locked to the main body of the device. For this reason, since the opening of the battery storage unit must be closed against the biasing force of the spring in the battery storage unit, a large force that resists the biasing force of the spring is required to close the lid, and the operation is difficult to perform. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a battery supporting device that can easily close the lid without requiring a force against the urging force of the urging means in the battery housing. And

[Means for Solving the Problem] The present invention has taken the following means in order to solve the above problems and achieve the object. That is, when the lid that opens and closes the opening of the battery storage portion is in the range of the open position, while holding the battery inserted in the battery storage portion against the biasing force of the biasing means in the storage portion, The holding means is provided so as to release the holding when the lid is moved to the closed position.

[Operation] By taking such means, the following operation is exhibited. That is, when the lid closes the opening of the battery housing, the battery inserted in the battery housing is held by the holding means, so the lid is closed without resisting the biasing force of the biasing means. Further, when the lid is closed, the holding of the battery by the holding means can be released to surely hold the battery by the pressing member of the lid.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 5 show an embodiment in which the battery supporting device of the present invention is applied to an electronic still camera.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a main body of an electronic still camera, and inside thereof, a battery housing 2 made of synthetic resin is provided at a position near one side of the camera main body 1. This battery compartment 2
Has a box shape for accommodating the battery 30, an opening 3 for inserting and removing the battery is formed in the lower surface, and a spring 4 composed of a compression coil spring as an urging means is mounted inside the upper surface. ing. An open portion 5 is formed on a bottom surface portion of the camera body 1 which faces the battery storage portion 2, and the battery storage portion 2
The opening 3 faces the opening 5. This open part 5
Is provided with a lid 6 made of synthetic resin. This lid 6
Is an L-shape that is a combination of a bottom surface portion 6a that covers the opening portion 5 of the camera body 1 and a side surface portion 6b that covers the side surface portion of the camera body 1 that continuously rises from the opening portion 5. It is provided on the camera body 1 so as to be openable and closable by means described below. A pair of mounting pieces 7, 7 are formed at a side edge portion of the lid body 6 opposite to the side surface portion 6b with a space therebetween, and these mounting pieces 7, 7 have hinge portions 8, 8 and The long holes 9 and 9 are formed, respectively. On the bottom surface of the camera body 1, a pair of grooves 10, corresponding to the mounting pieces 7, 7 of the lid 6 at the side edge of the opening 5,
10 are formed at intervals, and frames 11, 11 straddling each groove 10, 10 and projections 12, 12 located in each groove 10, 10 are formed. Then, the attachment pieces 7, 7 of the lid 6 are the frame 11,
Insert it movably into the grooves 10 and 10 through 11 and project into the long holes 9 and 9.
12 and 12 are engaged. C-shaped grip rings 13 and 13 are attached to the tips of the protrusions 12 and 12 to attach the mounting pieces 7 and 7 to the frames 11 and 1.
Holds with 1. Therefore, the mounting pieces 7, 7 can be slid along the grooves 10, 10 by the guides of the long holes 9, 9 and the projections 12, 12. In this way, the lid body 6 covers the opening portion 5 of the camera body 1 by the hinge portion 10.10 formed on the attachment piece 9.9 and the horizontal first position for covering the opening portion 3 of the battery housing portion 2, and this opening portion 5. Is provided on the lid camera main body 1 so that the lid camera body 1 can be pivoted to and from a second vertical position where the opening 3 of the battery storage portion 2 is opened. In addition, a pair of pressing members 14, 14 that press-contact the battery 30 are formed at a predetermined height on the inner side of the bottom surface portion 6a of the lid body 6 at a predetermined height, and on the inner side of the side surface portion 6b. A pair of locking pieces 15 and 15 are formed so as to project at intervals. The locking pieces 15 and 15 are locked to the long-hole-shaped locking holes 16 and 16 formed on the side surface of the camera body 1 when the lid 6 is at the closed position.

Next, a holding means for holding the battery 30 inserted in the battery storage portion 2 will be described. Reference numeral 17 in the drawing denotes a rod-shaped holding member, which is provided inside the camera body 1 to accommodate the battery storage unit 2
Is arranged along the up-down direction at a position close to, and the upper end is held by a pivot 18 provided horizontally on the camera body 1 and can be rotated about the pivot 18 in a direction toward and away from the battery storage unit 2. It is like this. In addition, a claw 19 is formed on the middle portion of the holding member 17 so as to project laterally toward the battery storage portion 2. The claw 19 is inserted / removed into / from the long hole 20 formed in the battery storage portion 2 in accordance with the rotation of the holding member 17, and has an upper edge portion formed in a straight line, which will be described later in the battery storage portion 2. It is a portion that holds the battery 30 by being locked to the convex portion of the inserted battery 30. The holding member 17 has an upper end to which a tension coil spring 21 attached to the camera body 1 is connected so that the holding member 17 approaches the battery storage portion 2, that is, the holding claw 19 is a long hole of the battery storage portion 2.
A biasing force is constantly applied in the direction of inserting into 20. Further, a release member 22 is formed on the bottom surface 6a of the lid 6 at a position corresponding to the holding member 17 so as to project. The release member 22 moves the holding member 17 to release the engagement between the claw 19 and the convex portion of the battery 30, and when the lid 6 is in the first position, the engagement pieces 15 and 15 are engaged with the camera body 1. The holding member 17 is moved in the process of sliding for inserting and locking in the stop holes 16, 16. Specifically, the release member 22 is the holding member 17
It is designed to move by touching the lower end of. The elongated hole 20 formed in the battery housing 2 is opened at the opening 3 of the battery housing 2 so that the convex portion of the battery 30 can be inserted.

A case where the battery 3 is taken in and out of the battery supporting device configured as described above will be described.

It should be noted that the battery 30 is provided at its side portion with a convex portion 31 which can be inserted into the elongated hole 20 of the battery housing portion 2 so as to be held by the holding member 17, as described later.

First, when the battery 30 is to be stored in the battery storage section 2, the lid 6 is moved so that the mounting pieces 7 and 7 are attached to the groove 12 of the camera body 1.
The hinge portions 8, 8 drawn out from 12 are located outside the frames 11, 11. As a result, the lid body 6 moves away from the opening portion 5 of the camera body 1 and pivots downward about the hinge portions 8 and 8 to the second position as shown in FIG. As a result, the opening 5 of the camera body 1 and the opening 3 of the battery storage 2 are opened. In this state, the battery 30 is inserted into the battery housing 2 from the opening 3 through the opening 5 of the camera body 1. In this case, the stroke for inserting the battery 30 into the battery housing 2 is slightly larger than that in the normal case (for example, 1 m
m) is set, and the holding member 17 holds the battery 30 when the battery 30 is inserted into the battery housing 2 with this stroke, and the battery 30 presses the spring 4 of the battery housing 2. That is, when the battery 30 is inserted into the battery storage portion 2 through the opening 3, the convex portion 31 of the battery 30 is simultaneously inserted into the long hole 20 of the battery storage portion 2, and the convex portion 31 is inserted into the long hole 20 as the battery 30 is moved. Move along. Here, the holding member 17 is displaced toward the battery housing portion 2 by the urging force of the spring 21, and the claw 19 is inserted into the elongated hole 20. Therefore, the convex portion 31 of the battery 30 comes into contact with the claw 19 of the holding member 17 during the movement along the elongated hole 20, and the convex portion 30 pushes the claw 19 outward as the battery 30 moves, so that the holding member 17 is removed. The spring 21 is rotated against the biasing force of the spring 21 in a direction away from the battery storage unit 2. Then, when the convex portion 31 gets over the tip of the claw 19, the holding member 17 is rotated again toward the battery storage portion 2 by the urging force of the spring 21, and the claw 19 is moved to the battery 30.
It enters the lower side of the convex portion 31 and is locked to the convex portion 31. Here, the battery 30 is inserted into the battery accommodating portion 2 with an overstroke, and the spring 4 is pressed and compressed according to this overstroke, and the battery 30 is held by the holding member 17 in this state. . Next, the lid body 2 is rotated upward about the hinge portions 8 of the attachment pieces 7 to move to the first position, and the open portion 5 of the camera body 1 is assembled. At this stage, the pressing members 14, 14 of the lid 6 and the battery 30 housed in the battery housing 2 are separated. Then, the lid 6 is pushed in to move the mounting pieces 7, 7 backward along the grooves 10, 10, and the locking pieces 15, 15 of the lid 6 are inserted and locked in the locking holes 16, 16 of the camera body 1. To do. Here, the releasing member 22 of the lid 6 collides with the lower end of the holding member 17 in the process of moving the lid 2, and the holding member 17 resists the urging force of the spring 21 around the pivot 18 to accommodate the battery. By rotating in a direction away from the portion 2, the claw 19 of the holding member 17 is removed from the convex portion 31 and the holding of the battery 30 is released. Therefore, the battery 30 is pushed by the spring 4 and moved in the discharging direction by an amount corresponding to the overstroke to move the lid 6
Abutting against the pressing members 14, 14. As a result, the lid 6 is held at the first position of the camera body 1 and the pressing member 1
4, 14 are pressed by the spring 4 to press the battery 30 and securely fix it so that vibration does not occur. When the lid 6 is closed as described above, since the battery 30 is held by the holding member 17 inside the battery housing portion 2, the battery 6 is placed at the first position. There is no need to move while pressing. Therefore, the lid body 6 can be closed without applying a force against the biasing force of the spring 4.

Further, in order to open the lid body 6, the lid pieces 6 are pulled out forward, the locking pieces 15, 15 are pulled out from the locking holes 16, 16, and the holding of the lid body 6 is released. By the movement of the lid body 6, the attachment pieces 7,7 are pulled out from the grooves 10,10, and as described above, the lid body 6 rotates downward about the hinge portions 8,8. Therefore, the holding of the battery 30 by the lid 6 is released, and the battery 30 is withdrawn from the battery storage 2 and discharged to the outside through the opening 5 of the camera body 1.

The configurations of the lid, the holding means, the pressing member, and the holding member are not limited to those in the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made.

The battery supporting device of the present invention is not limited to the electronic still camera, but can be widely used in devices using a battery as a power source.

In the present invention, batteries refer to both rechargeable batteries and dry batteries.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, according to the battery supporting device of the present invention, when the battery is stored in the battery storage portion of the device main body, the biasing means for pressing the battery provided inside the battery storage portion is provided. It is possible to easily close the lid without applying a force to the biasing force to the lid.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment in which the battery supporting device of the present invention is applied to an electronic still camera. FIGS. 1 and 2 are sectional views showing the battery supporting device of the electronic still camera, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a holding means. , FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the lid body, FIG.
The figure is a perspective view showing an electronic still camera. 1 ... Camera body, 2 ... Battery storage part, 6 ... Lid, 14 ... Pressing member, 17 ... Holding member, 22 ... Release member, 30 ... Battery.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A lid body movable between a first position for covering an opening of a battery accommodating portion of a device body and a second position for opening the opening, and the lid body being at the second position. When the battery is in the range, the battery is held against the urging force of the urging means provided in the battery storing portion, and when the lid is moved to the first position, A holding means adapted to release the holding of the battery,
A battery supporting device comprising: a pressing member integrally provided with the lid so as to press and hold the battery when the lid is in the first position.