JPH07187273A - Floppy disk case - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily take out a floppy disk when necessary while keeping the stored floppy disk firmly. CONSTITUTION:On a pair of lids 12 which are opened in the right and left both directions, an inner 16 being equipped with a recessed part 18 for the storage of a disk is respectively fitted in, to constitute a floppy disk case. At this time, a fastening claw 22 is provided at the edge of one side surface which forms the recessed part 18. At the same time, on a side surface which is confronted with the first side surface, a knob member 32 which can be advanced or retracted, and is energized by a pressing member into a condition wherein the tastening claw 22 protrudes in the recessed part 18 is provided, and a disk is fastend by the fastening claw 22 and knob member 32. Also, on the side of the stored fastening claw 22, an elastic member 24 is provided, and by the elastic member 24, a stored disk is energized toward the knob member 32 side. At the same time, a spring member 20 is provided on the bottom surface of the recessed part 18, and a stored disk is pushed upward by the spring member 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floppy disk case for accommodating a floppy disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of personal computers, word processors, etc., the demand for a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as a disk) as a data storage means has been soaring, and recently, the mainstream is extremely compact with a 3.5 inch size. The size is convenient and portable. Therefore, as the number of occasions for carrying discs has increased, a floppy disc case (hereinafter referred to as a disc case) that can accommodate and carry a plurality of discs is desired. A plurality of rectangular recesses for storing discs are formed, and a plurality of latching claws are provided on a pair of opposing side faces forming the recesses, so that the discs stored in the recesses are latched. A disk case has been proposed in which the disk is held by a claw so as to hold the disk in the recess (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-30271).

Further, a plurality of recesses are formed in a pair of lids which are opened to the left and right, and an edge portion 1 on the side surface forming these recesses.
The latching pawls are provided only at the positions, and the swinging member that can lift a part of the bottom surface of the recess is provided on the side surface portion facing the hooking pawl, and the stored discs are further provided on the remaining two side surfaces forming the recessed portion. Disc cases have also been proposed in which urging members for urging the disk case are provided respectively. According to this, the disc in the recess is held while being held by the urging force of the urging member, and at the time of taking out, the oscillating member is oscillated to cause the disc to properly bounce out of the recess. It is designed so that it can be raised and taken out.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned disc case, when the disc is housed in the recess, the disc is firmly held so as not to be easily detached from the recess, and is required. In this case, it is preferable that the disc can be easily taken out.

However, the former (actual fair 3-3027) in which the discs housed in the recesses are held by the hooking pawls provided facing each other so as to be retained in the recesses.
In the disk case of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1), while the disk can be securely held in the concave portion, it is necessary to take out the disk while expanding the hooking claws, which makes it relatively difficult to take out the disk.

On the other hand, in the latter disc case in which the disc housed in the concave portion can be properly flipped up and taken out by the swinging member, the disc can be easily taken out, but the disc is urged by the urging member. Since it is held in the recess while being held, for example, if an impact force greater than the urging force of the urging member acts due to the fall of the case, etc., the stored disc will detach from the recess and damage the disc. There is a risk of Therefore, if the urging force of the urging member is increased in order to avoid this, when the disk is taken out by the oscillating member, the disk greatly jumps up and the disk falls from the disk case.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a floppy disk case in which a stored floppy disk can be firmly held and easily taken out as needed. Has an aim.

[0008]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a floppy disk case having a concave portion for accommodating a floppy disk, which is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and is projected at an edge portion of any one side surface forming the concave portion. A latching claw provided for latching the stored floppy disk and a side surface of the recess facing the latching claw are provided, and can be moved back and forth between a position protruding into the recess and a position retracted from the recess, A knob member for locking the stored floppy disk in a state of projecting into the recess, a pressing member for pressing the knob member so as to project into the recess, and a hook for locking the stored floppy disk are provided. First disk urging means for elastically urging from the open side toward the side on which the knob member is provided, and the floppy disk housed in the bottom portion of the recess and elastically retracted. In it is provided with a second disc biasing means for biasing upward.

Further, in the floppy disk case according to the first aspect of the present invention, a recess for inserting a fingertip is continuously provided in the recess.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the floppy disk housed in the recess is hooked at the opposite edges by the hooking claw and the knob member, and is biased toward the knob member by the first disk biasing means. It is held in the recess while being urged upward by the second disc urging means. When the floppy disk is taken out, the knob member is retracted toward the outside of the concave portion so that the floppy disk is lifted upward by the second disk urging means while the first disk is attached. The urging means pushes the knob member toward the upper part, whereby the floppy disk is taken out (claim 1).

Further, by providing a recess for inserting a fingertip in the recess, it is possible to take out the floppy disk pushed upward of the knob member by pinching it with the fingertip (claim 2).

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A floppy disk case according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a floppy disk case of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one half of the floppy disk case (left half of FIG. 1).

As shown in these figures, the floppy disk case 10 according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as disk case 1
0 is abbreviated as 0), a pair of left and right lids 12a and 12b connected via a joint member 14, and an inner 16 attached to each of these lids 12a and 12b.
It consists of and.

Each of the lids 12a and 12b is formed in a box shape, and an inner 16 is fitted inside each of the lids 12a and 12b. The lids 12a and 12b basically have the same structure, but one lid 12b (the right lid in FIG. 1) holds the disc case 10 in a closed state. The structure is different from the other lid 12a (the left lid in FIG. 1) only in that the hook member 20a is integrally formed.

The inner member 16 has the lid 12a12.
Each of the recesses 18 is rotationally symmetrically fitted into the b, and a plurality of recesses 18 for accommodating floppy disks (hereinafter referred to as disks) are formed on the surface thereof.
And a member for holding the disc stored in the. In the illustrated embodiment, two recesses 18 are provided in the inner 16 so that the entire disc case can accommodate four discs.

As shown in FIG. 2, a spring member 20 (second disc urging means) for pushing up the stored disc is integrally formed on the bottom surface of the recess 18 as described above. In the illustrated embodiment, each recess 18 has two
The individual spring members 20 are provided.

In addition, a plate-like latching claw 22 that horizontally projects toward the inside of the recess 18 is integrally formed at the upper edge of the side surface of each recess 18 on the side of the joint member 14. At the same time, a pair of elastic members 24 (first disc urging means) for urging the accommodated disc in the horizontal direction are integrally formed on both sides (upper and lower sides in FIG. 1) of the hook 22. Is formed in. These elastic members 24
Includes an arm 24a extending from a lower portion of the hook 22 and a cylindrical action portion 24b provided at the tip of the arm 24a and appropriately protruding into the recess 18. When the disc is stored in the recess 18, the acting portion 24b is pressed toward the joint member 14 side (the right side in FIG. 2) by the storage disc, whereby the arm 24a bends to a certain extent, The storage disk is in the recess 18 (left side in FIG. 2)
It is designed to be elastically urged toward.

On the other hand, in the concave portion 18, notched portions 31 are formed respectively on the side surface portions facing the latching claws 22 as shown in FIG. 2, and the knob members 32 are fitted into the notched portions 31. Has been. Knob member 3
Reference numeral 2 denotes, for example, a substantially plate-shaped member which is formed of polyacetal resin and has a protrusion 32b on its upper surface. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, its longitudinal ends (vertical end in FIG. A pair of protrusions 34 are formed. Each of these projecting pieces 34 is adapted to project between the guide projection 36 and the inner 16 which are erected on the lid body 12, whereby the knob member 32 is fitted into the cutout portion 31. This notch part 3 is supported in the state
1, a hooking position (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 3) where the tip 32a projects into the recess 18, and a retracting position (the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line) where the tip 32a retracts from the recess 18 to the outside It is possible to move back and forth.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lower surface of the knob member 32 is provided with a belt-shaped pressing member 35 extending in the longitudinal direction of the knob member 32 and having both ends bent back in a curved shape. The pressing member 35 is connected to the lower surface of the knob member 32 at a substantially middle portion in the longitudinal direction. As shown in the figure, both end portions of the pressing member 35 come into contact with a pair of shaft bodies 38 which are erected on the lid body 12, whereby the knob member 32 is hooked in a normal state. It is designed to be held in the stop position. That is, the knob member 32
When an external force is applied to the moving member to move it to the retracted position, the pressing member 3
In FIG. 5, both curved end portions are pressed against the shaft body 38 to be deformed, and when the external force is cut off under this deformed state, the force of the pressing member 35 returning to push the knob member 32 back to the hooking position. To hold the knob member 32 in the hooked position.

Engagement holes 20b are formed between the knob members 32 in the inner member 16, and the inner member 16 fitted in the lid member 12b is formed in the lid member 12b as shown in FIG. The hook member 20a is adapted to project through the engagement hole 20b. further,
As shown in FIG. 2, a positioning hole 28 and a positioning protrusion 30 are formed in the corner portion of the inner 16 respectively. That is, in the disk case 10, when the case is closed, the positioning holes 28 and the positioning projections 30 of the inner 16 fitted into the lid 12a and the inner 16 fitted into the lid 12b are fitted together. , The hook member 20 of the lid 12b
a is an engagement hole 2 formed in the inner 16 of the lid 12a
By engaging with the edge of 0b, the disk case 10
Is kept closed.

Further, fingertip insertion recesses 26 are provided in series with the recesses 18 at the outer side (upper and lower outer sides in FIG. 1) of each knob member 32 in the inner member 16. At the time of taking out the disc, the disc can be picked up and taken out by utilizing the fingertip insertion concave portion 26.

When the disc is housed in the disc case 10 constructed as described above, first, the disc case 10 is opened and the one side edge of the disc F is hooked as shown in FIG. The lower edge of the disk F is inserted into the recess 18 while being pushed in the lower side of the retaining pawl 22 and pressed in the right direction (right direction in FIG. 5), and the other side edge portion of the disk F is the tip portion 32 of the knob member 32.
It is placed below a. Thereby, the concave portion 1 of the disc F
Storage in 8 is completed.

In the disk F housed in the recess 18 as described above, as shown in FIG. 6, the opposite edges of the disk F are located below the tip 32a of the knob member 32 and the hook 22. These members are engaged with each other to be locked by the members, and the disc F is urged by the urging force of the spring member 20.
The edge portion of is pressed against the lower surfaces of the tip portion 32a and the hook 22 and the elastic member 24 is appropriately bent,
It is in a state of being urged in the leftward direction (leftward in FIG. 5) by the urging force.

Therefore, with respect to the disc F housed in the recess 18 as described above, the state in which the opposite edges of the disc F are locked is firmly maintained, whereby the disc F is set in the recess 18. Since the disc F is securely held, the disc F does not easily come off from the disc case 10 even if the disc case 10 is dropped.

On the other hand, the disk F stored as described above
When taking out from the recess 18, as shown in FIG. 7, the knob member 32 is moved from the hooked position shown by the solid line to the retracted position (moved to the left side in FIG. 7) while pressing the protrusion 32b with a finger. As a result, the disc F can be taken out very easily. That is, when the knob member 32 is moved from the hooking position to the retracted position, the disc F is lifted by the urging force of the spring member 20 and the disc F is urged toward the knob member 32 by the elastic member 24. As a result, as shown in the figure, one edge portion of the disc F is pushed out to the upper portion of the knob member 32, and the disc F can be easily taken out. Particularly, in the disc case 10, since the fingertip insertion recesses 26 are provided corresponding to the respective recesses 18 as described above, the fingertip insertion recesses 26 are used to place the fingertips below the disc F. By inserting, the edge portion of the disc F pushed to the upper portion of the knob member 32 as described above can be pinched, whereby the disc F can be taken out very easily.

As described above, according to the disk case 10 having the above structure, the stored floppy disk can be firmly held and can be taken out very easily when necessary. Therefore, as compared with the floppy disk case of the conventional example, both the holding performance and the take-out performance of the floppy disk are preferably ensured.

The floppy disk case 10 of the above embodiment is an example of an embodiment showing the floppy disk case according to the present invention, and its specific configuration can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. is there. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the spring member 20 and the hook 2 are provided on the pair of lids 12a and 12b that can be opened to the left and right, respectively.
2, the disk case 10 is configured by fitting the inner 16 integrally formed with the elastic member 24 and the like, but it is not always necessary to adopt a structure in which the inner 16 is fitted into the lids 12a and 12b. Without spring member 2
It is also possible to directly provide the lids 12a and 12b with members constituting the characteristic portions according to the present invention, such as 0, the hook 22 and the elastic member 24. In addition, the spring member 20 and the hook 2
2, the specific number, shape, etc. of the elastic members 24 are not limited by the present invention, and may be appropriately set so that the object of the present invention can be achieved more suitably.

In the above embodiment, the knob member 3 is used.
2 is depressed by the pressing member 35 continuously provided on the lower surface thereof.
8 is pressed toward the inside, but of course, a spring member such as a spring may be used for pressing.

Further, in the above embodiment, two floppy disks are housed in each of the substantially rectangular lids 12a and 12b, so that the entire disk case 10 can house four floppy disks. But
The shape of the disk case 10 is not limited to the above embodiment, and the number of floppy disks that can be stored is
Needless to say, it may be less than or equal to the above-mentioned embodiment or more.

In the above embodiment, the inner 1
The pair of lids 12a and 12b in which 6 is fitted are attached to the joint member 1
Left-right double-sided disc case 1 connected by 4
Although the example in which 0 is configured has been described, in addition to this, for example, by preparing a large number of members in which the inner 16 is turned upside down and fitted, and connecting these in a book shape,
A book type disc case may be configured.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a floppy disk case including a concave portion for accommodating a floppy disk formed in a substantially rectangular shape, an edge portion on any one side forming the concave portion. And a latching claw projectingly provided to latch the stored floppy disk and a side face of the recess facing the latching claw that can be moved forward and backward to a position protruding into the recess and a position retracted from the recess. The knob member that allows the stored floppy disk to be hooked while protruding into the recess, the pressing member that presses the knob member so that the knob member protrudes into the recess, and the hook claw that holds the stored floppy disk First disk urging means for elastically urging from the side where the knob member is provided to the side where the knob member is provided, and a floppy disk provided at the bottom of the recess and accommodated therein. It is provided with the second disc biasing means for resiliently urged upwardly, while firmly holding the accommodated floppy disks, can be easily removed if necessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a floppy disk case according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a lid body on one side of a floppy disk case according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a structure of a knob member.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a floppy disk is stored in a floppy disk case.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a floppy disk case showing a stored state of a floppy disk.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a floppy disk case showing a state in which a floppy disk is taken out.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Disc Cases 12a, 12b Lid 14 Joint Member 16 Inner 18 Recess 20 Spring Member 22 Latching Claw 24 Elastic Member 26 Finger Tip Inserting Recess 28 Positioning Hole 30 Positioning Protrusion 32 Knob Member 34 Projecting Piece 35 Pressing Member 36 Guide Protrusion 38 Shaft body

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A floppy disk case comprising a recess for accommodating a floppy disk formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and a floppy disk projectingly provided on an edge of one of the side surfaces forming said recess. Is provided on a side surface of the concave portion facing the latching claw that locks the
A knob member capable of advancing and retracting between a position protruding into the recess and a position retracted from the recess, and capable of locking the storage floppy disk in a state of protruding into the recess, and the knob member protruding into the recess. And a first disk urging means for elastically urging the accommodated floppy disk from the side provided with the hooks toward the side provided with the knob member. A floppy disk case, comprising: a second disk urging means which is provided on a bottom surface of the recess and elastically urges the stored floppy disk upward. 2. The floppy disk case according to claim 1, wherein a recess for inserting a fingertip is continuously provided in the recess.