JPH0751514Y2 - Presence / Absence Display Case for Video Cassettes - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a case for a video cassette in which it can be visually confirmed from the outside whether or not the video cassette is housed, and in particular, it is used in a video software rental shop. The present invention relates to a video cassette material presence / absence display case capable of easily determining whether or not software is rented.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a video software rental shop or the like, a jacket when the video software is sold is displayed on a display shelf as it is, and the user hands the jacket to the salesperson so that the software is sold. Was indicating that he wanted to borrow. However, since the jacket is closed when it is placed on the display shelf, the user must check whether the video software is rented unless the jacket is taken out of the display shelf and opened. However, there is a problem that it takes time to select the video software to be borrowed.

As a conventional method for solving this, for example, a jacket can be rented out by attaching a plate indicating that it is rented with a rubber band, or placing only the soft jacket being rented on another shelf. The method of distinguishing it from the naive one was adopted. However, in the method of attaching the plate to the jacket for rent, there is a problem that it takes time to attach the plate one by one, and in the method of putting the jacket for rent on another shelf, the user has a problem. However, there was a problem that it was difficult to know whether the software you wanted to borrow was not originally placed in the store, or whether it was just being rented out.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose thereof is that the video software can be rented out at a glance without the trouble of attaching the plate to the jacket. An object of the present invention is to provide a presence / absence display case for a video cassette, which can easily determine whether or not there is.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the object, the presence / absence display case for a video cassette of the present invention is a presence / absence display case for a video cassette in which it can be visually confirmed from the outside whether or not the video cassette is housed inside. A case main body having an opening into which the video cassette can be inserted, and a substantially rectangular parallelepiped space for storing the video cassette formed immediately below the opening; and a side wall of the case main body And a translucent part arranged in the case main body, which is arranged in the lower part of the case main body, and is inserted into the case main body of the video cassette,
A first display member that moves to a first position that is visible from the outside of the case body and a second position that is not visible from the outside through the translucent portion; and the first display member is the first display member. In the state of being located at the position, it is hidden by the first display member and cannot be seen, and when the first display member moves to the second position, the outside of the case main body is passed through the transparent portion. A second display member visible from above, and a biasing means for biasing the first display member upward so as to position the first display member at the second position. It has a feature.

Further, in the video cassette presence / absence display case according to the present invention, the first display member is pushed to a lower portion of the video cassette in accordance with an inserting operation of the video cassette into the case body, It is characterized by moving from the second position to the first position.

Further, in the video cassette presence / absence display case according to the present invention, the first display member has a function of visually indicating that the video cassette is in the case body, and The second display member is characterized by having a function of visually indicating that the video cassette is not in the case body.

[0008]

As described above, since the presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to the present invention is constructed, the case of the video cassette inside the case body and the case where the video cassette is not inside the case body are external to the case body. Since the display member visible through the translucent portion changes from the first display member to the second display member, the user can see whether the visible display member is the first display member or the second display member. By identifying whether the video cassette is a display member or not, it can be easily determined whether or not the video cassette is inside the case body.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a side sectional view showing a structure of a presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG. 1 seen from the left side. 3A and 3B are side views of a video cassette presence / absence display case according to an embodiment, and FIGS. 4A and 4B are FIGS. 3A and 3B, respectively. It is the front view which looked at b) from the left side.

The structure of the presence / absence display case for a video cassette of one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, a case body 12 that constitutes an outer shell of the presence / absence display case 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped space 14 for accommodating a video tape cassette 100 therein. Further, the case main body 12 is formed in a shape that is opened upward, and the video cassette 100 as shown by a two-dot chain line from above the case main body 12 into the space 14 through the upper opening 16. Is inserted.

On the front wall and the lower part of the side wall of the case body 12,
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, through holes 12a and 12b are formed, and the inside of the case body 12 can be seen from the outside of the case body 12 through the through holes 12a and 12b. A second display member 18 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape is fixed on the floor surface inside the case body 12, and a front wall and a side wall of the second display member 18 have, for example,
Characters such as "rental" are formed by a method such as printing. The characters such as “rented” are visible from the outside of the case body 12 through the through holes 12a and 12b, respectively.

On the other hand, a rotary support shaft 20 is laid between both side walls below the case body 12, and the rotary support shaft 2
At 0, one end of the first display member 22 extending along the front-rear direction of the case body 12 is rotatably supported. The first display member 22 is formed by bending a plate-shaped member, and as shown in FIG. 2, side surface portions 22b and 22c each having a through hole 22a that fits into the rotary support shaft 20 are formed.
And an upper surface portion 22d that connects the upper portions of the both side surface portions 22b and 22c, and a front surface portion 22e that is bent so as to fall from the front end portion of the upper surface portion 22d. The side surface portion 22b and the front surface portion 22 on the front side in FIG.
On the surface of e, for example, characters such as "rental OK" are formed by a method such as printing.

A projecting portion 12c is formed at a position in the case main body 12 which is slightly away in the horizontal direction from the position where the rotary support shaft 20 is arranged. The protrusion 12c is formed in the long hole 22 formed in the side surface portion 22b of the first display member 22.
The tip portion is inserted into b1. The amount of rotation of the first display member 22 around the rotation support shaft 20 is restricted by the inner peripheral end surface of the elongated hole 22b1 and the protrusion 12c contacting each other. A torsion spring 24 is arranged around the rotary support shaft 20. One end of the torsion spring 24 is
The small hole 22b2 formed in the side surface portion 22b of the first display member 22 is hooked on the upper end surface of the projection 12c, and the other end is bent in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG.
Has been inserted into. The first display member 22 is always urged upward by the torsion spring 24. In a normal state, the lower end of the slot 22b1 abuts the lower surface of the protrusion 12c, and the first display member 22 is shown in FIG. It is positioned in the state.

Next, the operation of the video cassette presence / absence display case 10 thus constructed will be described. First, in a state before the video cassette 100 is inserted into the case main body 12, the first display member 22 is shown in FIG.
The second display member 18 can be seen from the outside of the case body 12 through the through holes 12a and 12b. Therefore, from the outside of the case main body 12, FIG.
As shown in (a) and FIG. 4 (a), characters such as "rental" displayed on the second display member 18 can be seen, and the user can see the video software inside the case body 12. You can easily judge that there is not.

Next, when the video cassette 100 is inserted from the opening 16 of the case body 12, the video cassette 100 falls by its own weight and abuts on the front end 22f of the first display member 22. At this time, the biasing force of the torsion spring 24 is set to a value sufficiently smaller than the weight of the video cassette 100, so that the first display member 22 is pushed by the video cassette 100 and is indicated by the arrow A. Rotate counterclockwise. Thereby, the first display member 22
Covers the second display member 18, and the first display member 22 can be seen from the outside of the case body 12 through the through holes 12a and 12b. Therefore, the user can perform the operation shown in FIG. 3 (b) and FIG. 4 through the through holes 12a and 12b.
As shown in (b), the characters such as “Rental OK” displayed on the first display member 22 can be seen, and it can be easily determined that the video software is inside the case body 12. it can.

As described above, according to the presence / absence display case for a video cassette of one embodiment, it is possible to easily determine from the outside whether or not the video software is stored inside. The present invention can be applied to modifications and variations of the above embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention.

For example, not only by printing characters on the first display member and the second display member, but also by coloring each of them with a different color, it is possible to visually confirm whether or not the video software is rented. , It becomes possible to judge more easily. Specifically, if the first display member is colored yellow and the second display member is colored red, red is displayed when the video software is rented, and yellow is displayed when the rental is OK. Therefore, it is very easy to understand visually.

Further, in the above embodiment, the first display member is described to move to the position visible through the through hole of the case main body when the video cassette is inserted, but conversely, the video cassette is inserted. In the state that is not done,
As you can see from the through hole, when the video cassette is inserted,
You may make it evacuate to the invisible position. in this case,
Characters such as "rental" and the like may be described on the first display member, and characters such as "rental OK" may be described on the second display member.

In the above embodiment, the through hole is formed in the lower portion of the case main body, but it is sufficient if the first and second display members inside the case main body can be seen, and the lower portion of the case is transparent. It does not matter even if it uses a method such as.

[0020]

As described above, according to the presence / absence display case for a video cassette of the present invention, depending on whether the video cassette is inside the case body or not.
The display member visible from the outside of the case body through the translucent portion is changed to the first display member and the second display member, so that the user can see the display member as the first display member. By identifying whether it is the second display member or
It is possible to easily determine whether or not the video cassette is inside the case body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a structure of a presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG. 1 viewed from the left side.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 3 viewed from the left side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Presence / Absence Display Case 12 Case Body 14 Space 16 Opening 18 Second Display Member 20 Rotating Spindle 22 First Display Member 24 Torsion Spring 100 Video Cassette

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A video cassette presence / absence display case capable of visually recognizing whether or not a video cassette is housed inside, wherein the upper end surface has an opening through which the video cassette can be inserted. A case body in which a substantially rectangular parallelepiped space for accommodating the video cassette is formed immediately below the opening, a transparent portion arranged below a side wall of the case body, and inside the case body A first position, which is arranged at a lower portion, is visible from the outside of the case main body through the translucent portion, and a second position is invisible from the outside, with the insertion operation of the video cassette into the case main body. In the moving first display member and the state in which the first display member is located at the first position, the first display member is hidden behind the first display member and cannot be seen.
The second display member visible from the outside of the case main body through the light transmitting portion when the display member of the first display member is moved to the second position, and the first display member is located at the second position. In order to make the first display member urged upward, a urging means for urging the first display member upward is provided. 2. The first display member is pushed by the lower portion of the video cassette in accordance with the inserting operation of the video cassette into the case body, and moves from the second position to the first position. The presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to claim 1, wherein 3. The first display member has a function of visually indicating that the video cassette is inside the case body, and the second display member is a case where the video cassette is the case body. The presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to claim 1, wherein the presence / absence display case for a video cassette has a function of visually displaying that there is no such item.