JPH07169369A - Handy terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To carry out transparent cover attachment to an apparatus main body extremely easily by installing a cover holding system in the part except a flat key board on the surface of the apparatus main body wherein the cover holding system fixes one end part of the transparent cover in such a way as it can be opened or closed freely and hold the cover in closed state. CONSTITUTION:Regarding a handy terminal 14, the right end part 17 of the surface 6 of an apparatus main body 15 and the right end part of a transparent cover 16 are fixed by an adhesive 18 in the way they can be opened and closed freely, wherein the right end part 17 is to form a part under a flat board 8 on the surface of the apparatus main body 15. Projected parts 12 and slits 13 to compose a cover holding system are formed only the left end parts of the transparent cover 16 and the apparatus main body 15. Consequently, the transparent cover 16 can be easily attached to the surface 6 of the apparatus main body 15 only by inserting the projected parts 12 into the slits 13 after a menu sheet 10 is exchanged.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a handy terminal having a structure in which a menu sheet is placed on the surface of a flat keyboard of an apparatus body and held by a transparent cover.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A restaurant system or the like, which is one of POS (Point Of Sales) systems, has, for example, a large number of handy terminals that store employees carry and operate to input menu data of customer orders, and reception from these handy terminals. It has a structure in which a plurality of kitchen printers that print out the selected menu data and one electronic cash register that registers and processes the menu data received from the handy terminal are combined. A handy terminal used in such a restaurant system generally has a display and a flat keyboard formed on the surface of the main body of the device, and in order to simplify the operation of inputting menu data, the operation of the flat keyboard is performed. It is practiced to individually set menu data in the key.

Therefore, in such a handy terminal, when one operation key of the flat keyboard is pressed, one menu data is input correspondingly. Therefore, in such a handy terminal, it is desirable to write the menu name etc. on the surface of each of the many operation keys in order to prevent erroneous operation, but such menu data corresponds to the season etc. Change accordingly. Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, in the current handy terminal, one of a plurality of types of menu sheets in which the menu name is indicated corresponding to the position of the operation key is attached to the surface of the flat keyboard in a replaceable manner. It is like this.

A conventional example of such a handy terminal will be described below with reference to FIG. First, in the handy terminal 1, for example, an LCD (Liquid) in which a large number of display pixels (not shown) are arranged in a dot matrix on the upper surface 3 of the flat box-shaped device body 2 is used.
A rectangular display 4 such as a d crystal display) is formed, and a large number of operation keys 7 such as pressure sensitive switches are provided on the surface 6 of the device body 2 formed as the bottom surface of the recess 5 in front of the display 4. A rectangular flat keyboard 8 is formed vertically and horizontally.

And, such a handy terminal 1
On the surface of the flat keyboard 8, one of a rectangular menu sheet 10 in which a menu name is written in advance at a position 9 corresponding to each of the operation keys 7 is replaceably mounted, This menu sheet 10
Is a substantially rectangular transparent cover 11 made of plastic or the like.
Is held on the surface of the flat keyboard 8.

Therefore, in this handy terminal 1,
A predetermined number of protrusions 12 are formed on the outer edge of the transparent cover 11, and a slit 13 into which the protrusions 12 of the transparent cover 11 elastically engage serves as one edge of the flat keyboard 8. It is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the recess 5 of the apparatus body 2.

In such a configuration, in the handy terminal 1, the menu data individually set in the operation keys 7 of the flat keyboard 8 can be freely updated, and the menu sheet corresponding to the update of the menu data. 10 is also exchanged.

Therefore, in such a case, the slit 13
The transparent cover 11 is removed from the surface 6 of the apparatus main body 2 by pulling out the convex portion 12 from the menu sheet 10 held on the surface of the flat keyboard 8 by the transparent cover 11.
Then, the transparent cover 11 is attached to the surface 6 of the apparatus body 2 by inserting the convex portion 12 into the slit 13. By doing so, the transparent cover 11 is attached to the slit 13 of the device body 2 by its own resilience, so that the menu sheet 10 attached to the surface of the flat keyboard 8 of the slit 13 is transparent. It will be held at 11.

[0009]

In the handy terminal 1 as described above, the menu sheet 1 is attached to the surface of the flat keyboard 8 by the transparent cover 11 which is detachably attached to the apparatus body 2.
It is designed to hold 0 interchangeably.

However, in this handy terminal 1,
For example, when the transparent cover 11 is attached to the apparatus body 2, it is necessary to insert each of the large number of protrusions 12 protruding from the four sides of the transparent cover 11 into the slits 13 of the apparatus body 2 individually. Therefore, this operation is extremely complicated and the work load is increased.

Further, in the handy terminal 1, the inner peripheral shape of the concave portion 5 of the device body 2 which is the outer peripheral shape of the flat keyboard 8 is substantially rectangular, but in reality, the two upper corners are right angles and the lower ones are lower. Since the two corners are curved,
The transparent cover 11 cannot be mounted in the concave portion 5 of the apparatus body 2 if the vertical direction is wrong. Therefore, in this handy terminal 1, the number of the convex portions 12 of the transparent cover 11 is two at the upper edge portion and one at the lower edge portion, but since the vertical direction of the transparent cover 11 is unclear at this level, When the transparent cover 11 is mounted in the recess 5 of the apparatus main body 2 in the wrong vertical direction, the projection 12 or the like may be damaged.

Further, in this handy terminal 1,
The menu sheet 10 can be freely created by a user using normal printing paper, etc. However, since the transparent cover 11 needs to be formed of a transparent elastic sheet and has a special shape, this can be freely created by the user. Is difficult to do. However, in this handy terminal 1, the transparent cover 11 is attachable to and detachable from the main body 2 of the apparatus, and therefore, for example, the transparent cover 11 curved to be attached to and detached from the main body 2 of the apparatus flies by elastic force. Often lost.

[0013]

A flat keyboard is formed by connecting a plurality of operation keys on a surface of a main body of the apparatus, and a menu sheet in which a menu is written corresponding to each of the operation keys is provided on the flat keyboard. In a handy terminal equipped with a transparent cover that is exchangeably held on the surface, one edge of the transparent cover is openably and closably fixed to a portion other than the flat keyboard on the surface of the apparatus body, and the transparent cover is attached to the apparatus body. A cover holding mechanism for holding the cover in a closed state is provided on the apparatus body.

[0014]

The transparent cover, which is fixed to the surface of the device body at one edge so as to be freely opened and closed, is held by the cover holding mechanism in a closed state on the surface of the device body. The menu sheet can be held by the transparent cover closed on the surface of the apparatus main body by the cover holding mechanism without the cover flying away due to elastic force and being lost.

[0015]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. Regarding the handy terminal 14 illustrated in this embodiment, the same parts as those of the handy terminal 1 described above as a conventional example use the same names and reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this handy terminal 14, a right edge portion 17 of the surface 6 of the device body 15 other than the flat keyboard 8 and a right edge portion of the transparent cover 16 are fixed with an adhesive 18 so as to be openable and closable. A protrusion 12 and a slit 13 serving as a cover holding mechanism are formed only on the left edge of the transparent cover 16 and the recess 5 of the apparatus body 2.

In such a configuration, in the handy terminal 14, the menu data individually set in the operation keys 7 of the flat keyboard 8 can be freely updated, and the menu sheet corresponding to the update of the menu data. 10 is also exchanged.

Therefore, in such a case, the slit 13
The protrusion 12 is pulled out from the device main body 15 to open the transparent cover 16 from the surface 6, and the transparent cover 16 replaces the menu sheet 10 held on the surface of the flat keyboard 8. The transparent cover 16 is arranged on the surface 6 of the apparatus body 15 by inserting 12. By doing so, the transparent cover 16 is arranged in the slit 13 of the device body 15 by its own resilience, so that the menu sheet 10 mounted on the surface of the flat keyboard 8 of the slit 13 is transparent. Will be held at 16.

In the handy terminal 14, the device body 15 is used to replace the menu sheet 10.
Even when the transparent cover 16 opened from above is closed, the transparent cover 1 can be opened and closed with the right edge fixed to the device body 15.
Since the protrusion 12 on the left edge of 6 is simply inserted into the slit 13 of the apparatus body 15, this operation is extremely simple and the work load is reduced.

Also, in this handy terminal 14,
Since the transparent cover 16 is always fixed to the apparatus body 15 so as to be openable and closable, for example, when the detachable transparent cover 16 is mounted on the apparatus body 15 in the wrong direction,
Also, the transparent cover 16 which is curved to be attached to and detached from the apparatus body 15 will not be lost by being blown by elastic force.

The directions such as front and rear and up and down in this embodiment are defined for the sake of simplicity to simplify the description, and this does not limit the actual installation or use direction of the device. Absent.

[0021] The term "menu" here means a large number of data sets that can be selected in advance, and does not mean only the meal menu of a restaurant.

The handy terminal 14 is
In addition to inputting meal menus at restaurants, it can also be used for data input for inventory management at various stores.

[0023]

As described above, the present invention forms a flat keyboard by connecting a plurality of operation keys on the surface of the main body of the apparatus, and provides a menu sheet in which a menu is written corresponding to each operation key. In a handy terminal equipped with a transparent cover that is exchangeably held on the surface of the flat keyboard, one edge of the transparent cover is openably and closably fixed to the surface of the apparatus body other than the flat keyboard. By providing a cover holding mechanism for keeping the device closed on the surface of the device body, even if the transparent cover opened from the device body to replace the menu sheet is closed, the cover is opened and closed on the device body. Since the free transparent cover is only held by the cover holding mechanism, this operation is extremely easy and contributes to reducing the work load. In addition, the transparent cover is fixed to the main body of the device so that it can be opened and closed at all times. This has the effect that the transparent cover that is curved in the direction will not be lost due to flying force.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a handy terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a conventional handy terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3, 6 surface 7 operation keys 8 flat keyboard 10 menu sheet 13 cover holding mechanism 14 handy terminal 15 device body 16 transparent cover

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A flat keyboard is formed by arranging a plurality of operation keys on a surface of a main body of the apparatus, and a menu sheet in which menus are written corresponding to the operation keys is replaceable on the surface of the flat keyboard. In a handy terminal equipped with a transparent cover that holds the device, the edge of the transparent cover is fixed to the surface of the device body other than the flat keyboard so that the transparent cover can be closed on the surface of the device body. A handy terminal characterized in that a cover holding mechanism for holding the above state is provided on the main body of the apparatus.