JPH07812Y2 - Remote control transmitter storage case - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a storage case for a remote control transmitter of an air conditioner, and more specifically, for storing the remote control transmitter in the main body of the air conditioner. The present invention relates to a storage case that is preferably used.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a remote control transmitter (hereinafter referred to as a remote control) of an air conditioner (hereinafter referred to as an air conditioner)
In many cases, the main body of the air conditioner does not have a storage unit, and therefore the remote controller is often lost.

On the other hand, as a storage case for the remote controller that can be installed in the air conditioner body, insert the remote controller into the case from the doorway to engage the carrier in the case, and then push the remote controller further to move the carrier. At the same time, the remote controller is stored in the case by engaging the carrier with the latch provided at the back of the case, and when the remote controller is taken out, the remote controller is pushed again to press the carrier and release the engagement between the latch and the carrier. In addition, there has been proposed a device in which the remote control can be taken out from the case by pushing the remote control out of the case by using the pressing force of a spring or the like.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

However, the conventional storage case has a drawback that the remote control is pushed out of the case by utilizing the pressing force of the spring or the like as described above, so that the structure becomes complicated and the cost becomes high. In this case, it has been proposed that the pressing force of the spring is relaxed by using a damper so that the remote control slowly comes out of the case to give a high-class feel, but this structure becomes more complicated in structure.

Also, if the above-mentioned storage case is installed so that the remote control can be taken in and out from the lower end of the storage case, and the remote control is inserted into the case from the bottom to the top, when the remote control is taken out, the remote control comes off the case and falls. There were times when it happened.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a storage case for a remote controller which has a simple structure and is advantageous in terms of cost, and in which an object to be stored such as a remote controller does not drop from the case due to its own weight. With the goal.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention includes a case body of a substantially rectangular box shape having a remote control transmitter / receiver port formed at its lower end, and a case body housed in the case body so as to be movable in the vertical direction. A carrier that includes an engaging portion that engages with a recess or protrusion formed on the control transmitter, and that holds the remote control transmitter by engaging the recess or protrusion with the engaging portion; It is composed of a pair of members provided inside the case main body and the carrier, respectively, and both members are engaged with each other to hold the carrier on the upper end side inside the case main body, and by pressing the carrier upward, the space between both members is increased. The engaging means for releasing the engaged state, and the at least one pair of protrusions provided on the vertical intermediate portion in the case body and the carrier, respectively. By protrusion are engaged with each other,
Temporary fixing means for temporarily stopping the carrier moving from the upper side to the lower side in the case main body by the weight and the weight of the engaged and held remote control transmitter, and the lower end in the case main body And a carrier stop projection for engaging the carrier and locking the carrier at the lower part of the case body, the storage case of the remote control transmitter is provided.

[Action]

Since the storage case of the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, when the remote controller is inserted into the case body through the entrance at the lower end of the case body, the engaging portion formed on the carrier in the case body and the recess provided on the remote controller. Alternatively, the remote control is engaged with and held by the carrier by engaging with the protrusion, and the remote control is pushed upward to raise the carrier, thereby forming a pair of engaging means provided in the case body and the carrier. The remote controller can be housed in the case body by engaging these members with each other and holding the carrier on the upper end side in the case body. Further, when the stored remote controller is pushed upward, the carrier is pushed upward to release the engaged state between the pair of members constituting the engaging means, and the carrier together with the remote controller is moved by its own weight in the case body. The carrier is stopped at the intermediate portion in the up-down direction of the case body by descending and engaging both projecting portions constituting the temporary fixing means provided in the case body and the carrier at the intermediate portion in the up-down direction of the case body with each other. The lower part of the remote controller held by the carrier is in a state of protruding outside from the entrance of the case body. Then, by pulling the lower part of the remote controller protruding from the case body, the remote controller can be removed from the carrier and the remote controller can be taken out from the storage case. In this case, according to the present invention, the weight of the remote controller is used to push the remote controller out of the case body, so that the structure of the case can be simplified as compared with the case where the pressing force of the spring is used. Also,
Since the carrier is stopped at the middle part in the case body by the temporary fixing means and the remote controller is pulled out from the carrier in this state, the remote controller does not fall off from the case. Further, when the remote controller is pulled out, the carrier stop projection provided at the lower end of the case body engages with the carrier to lock the carrier, so that the carrier does not fall off from the case body. .

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

〔Example〕

1 and 2 show an example of a storage case of the present invention, in which 1 is a plastic storage case comprising a case body 2 and a carrier 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention, 4
Is a remote controller for an air conditioner housed in the housing case 1.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the case main body 2 has an entrance / exit 5 for the remote controller 4 at the lower end and is in the shape of a substantially rectangular box with an open front surface. 7,
The right side wall portion 8 and the upper wall portion 9 are provided.

In the figure, 10 is a substantially U provided in the center of the front surface of the rear wall portion 6.
A rib, 11 is a rectangular window formed at the lower end of the rear wall 6, 12 is a rectangular protruding plate provided at the lower end of the rear wall 6, 13, 13
Are carrier guide holes formed in the rear portions of both side wall portions 7 and 8 so as to face each other in the vertical direction, 14, 14, 1
4,14 are provided at the upper and lower two places of both side wall parts 7,8,
Mounting plates used when mounting the case main body 2 to the air conditioner main body, 15,15,15,15 are screw holes formed in the above-mentioned mounting plates 14,14,14,14, 16 and 16 are both side wall portions 7, 8 is provided at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction, and both side wall portions 7 and 8 of the case main body 2 are inserted into the air conditioner main body to prevent the side walls 7 and 8 from being inwardly bent due to molding shrinkage or the like, or the front surface of the case main body 2 is inserted. A square groove used when covering with a decorative plate or the like, 17 is a square bone plate provided between the lower ends of both side wall portions 7 and 8, and 18 is a bone plate 1
A square flocked sheet for protecting the remote controller attached to the rear surface of the reference numeral 7, and 19 indicates a bulging portion having a lateral U-shaped cross section formed in the central portion of the upper wall portion 9 along the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 11, the carrier 3 is integrally provided with an arch plate 21 having a U-shaped cross section at a lower portion of the front surface of a square substrate 20. A remote control insertion port 22 is formed in the base plate 20, and a trapezoidal upper wall body 23 is provided so as to project from the upper end of the front surface of the substrate 20.

Numerals 24, 24, 24, 24 in FIGS. 7 to 11 are provided respectively at upper and lower positions on both side surfaces of the substrate 20 and are inserted into the guide holes 13 of the case body 2 to travel inside the guide holes 13. Columnar guide pins, 25 and 25 are square protrusions projecting on both upper edges of the rear surface of the substrate 20, and 26 and 26 are columnar protrusions projecting from two upper intermediate portions on the rear surface of the substrate 20, respectively. , 27,27
Are guide ribs, which are respectively provided on the inner surface of the side plate of the arch plate 21 and are inserted into the grooves (see FIG. 17) on the side surface of the remote controller 4, 28
Is a square flocked sheet for protecting the remote controller, which is attached to the rear surface of the front plate of the arch plate 21, 29 and 29 are L-shaped ribs projecting from the upper surface of the upper wall body 23 in a mutually opposing state, and 30 is these L V-shaped rib 29,2
It is a base plate provided between the upper ends of 9.

Here, in the upper front portion of the rear wall portion 6 of the case body 2,
A heart-shaped groove portion 31 is provided on the upper portion, and a heart cam portion 33 having a linear groove portion 32 communicating with the heart-shaped groove portion 31 along the up-down direction is provided on the lower portion. As shown in FIG. 12, the heart-shaped groove portion 31 of the heart cam portion 33 has a first groove portion 31a having the same depth as the linear groove portion 32, a second groove portion 31b which inclines upward as it goes downward, and a second groove portion 31b. A third groove 31c having the same depth as the lower end of 31b is sequentially formed. A prism body 34 is provided between the upper wall body 23 of the carrier 3 and the base plate 30. A pin insertion hole 35 is formed in the prism body 34, and a spring is formed in the upper wall body 23. The presser piece 36 is projected. Further, as shown in FIG. 13, a crank pin 38 having a torsion spring 37 attached thereto is attached to the pin insertion hole 35.
The base end portion 38a of the crankpin 38 is rotatably inserted, and one end of the torsion spring 37 is held between the prismatic body 34 and the spring pressing piece 36.
38b is inserted into the groove portions 31 and 32 of the heart cam portion 33 while being biased rearward and rightward in FIG. 1 by the action of the torsion spring 37 (note that in FIGS. 7 to 11, 9 and 11). Only the figure shows the state where the crank pin 38 is attached). Further, on the upper surface of the base plate 30, a protrusion 39 for attaching a coil spring having a substantially U-shaped cross section is provided in a protruding manner.
39 is inserted into the proximal end portion of the coil spring 40 shown in FIG. 14, whereby the coil spring 40 is attached to the protrusion 39 (note that the coil spring 40 is attached only to FIG. 7 in FIGS. 7 to 11). Is shown). And
When the carrier 3 is raised in the case main body 2, the tip 38b of the crank pin 38 rises in the linear groove 32 of the heart cam portion 33 and enters the first groove 31a of the heart-shaped groove 31, and the heart-shaped groove 31 The carrier 3 is held in the upper part of the case body 2 by being locked in the recess 31d in the upper part, and when the carrier 3 is pushed upward again in this state, the crank pin
The tip 38a of the 38 exits the recess 31d, and the second groove 31b and the third groove
The straight groove 32 is passed through the groove 31c to enter the straight groove 32. Therefore, in the case 1, the heart cam 33, the crank pin 38, and the coil spring 40 constitute an engaging means.

Further, in the middle portion in the height direction of the rear wall portion 6 of the case body 2,
As shown in FIG. 15, temporary fixing projections 41, 41 are formed on both sides of the heart cam 33 and bulge forward, and the temporary fixing projections are formed on the rear surface of the substrate 20 of the carrier 3. 41,4
Square protrusions 42, 42 contacting 1 are provided. And
When the carrier 3 descends inside the main body 2, the square protrusions 42, 4
The lower end of 2 hits the temporary fixing projections 41, 41, and the carrier 3 is temporarily fixed. When the carrier 3 is pressed downward in this state, the square projections 42, 42 get over the temporary fixing projections 41, 41. The carrier 3 is further moved downward. Therefore, in the main body case 1, the temporary fixing projections 41, 41 and the square projections 42, 42 constitute a temporary fixing means.

Further, a substantially trapezoidal carrier stopping protrusion 43 is formed in the lower portion of the rear wall portion 6 of the case main body 2, and is present on both sides of the protrusion 43, as shown in FIG. The trapezoidal locking protrusions 44, 44 are respectively provided to project, and the carrier 3
On both sides of the lower end of the base plate 20 of the locking plate 4 bent slightly backward
5,45 are projected. Then, when the carrier 3 descends, the lower end intermediate portion of the substrate 20 contacts the carrier stopping projection 43, and the lower ends of the locking plates 45, 45 contact the locking protrusions 44, 44, so that the carrier 3 moves. Stop and case body 2
Therefore, in the present case 1, the carrier stopping projection 43, the locking projections 44, 44, and the locking plates 45, 45 constitute a stopping means. As shown in FIG. 16, the locking protrusions 44, 44 are
Has a function of abutting the locking plates 45, 45 and preventing rattling between the case body 2 and the carrier 3 due to a slight vibration of the motor during operation of the air conditioner when the remote controller 4 is not housed. .

Further, the substrate 20 of the carrier 3 has a U-shaped hole 46 and a square hole 47.
Is formed, and an elastic plate 48 is formed between these holes 46 and 47, and a triangular projection 49 is projected on the front surface of the elastic plate 48. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 17, a recess 50 into which the protrusion 49 is inserted is formed on the rear surface of the remote controller 4, and when the remote controller 4 is inserted into the carrier 3 through the remote controller insertion opening 22 of the carrier 3. The protrusion 49 is the recess 50.
The carrier 3 and the remote controller 4 are engaged with each other, and when the remote controller 4 is pulled downward, the protrusion 49 comes out of the recess 50, so that the carrier 3 and the remote controller 4 are disengaged. Has become. Reference numeral 51 in FIG. 17 is a guide rib 2 of the carrier 3 formed on both sides of the remote controller 4.
It is a groove into which 7,27 is inserted.

The case 1 of this embodiment is arranged in the main body of the air conditioner (FIG. 20), but when the remote controller 4 is housed in the case 1, first, the case 3 with the carrier 3 in the lowermost part is installed. The remote controller 4 is inserted into the carrier 3 from the doorway 5 and the triangular protrusion 49 is inserted into the recess 50 to engage the remote controller 4 with the carrier 3 (FIG. 18). Next, when the remote controller 4 is pushed upward, the square protrusions 42, 42 get over the temporary fixing protrusions 41, 41 and the carrier 3 rises, and the tip end 38a of the crank pin 38 is moved to the linear groove 32 of the heart cam 33. The carrier 3 is held on the upper part of the case main body 2 by sequentially running through the heart-shaped groove 31 and being locked in the recess 31d, and the remote controller 4 is housed in the case 1 (FIG. 1).

When the remote controller 4 is taken out, if the lower end of the remote controller 4 is pushed upward from the state shown in FIG. 1, the crank pin 38
The tip 38a of the
The carrier 3 descends due to its own weight of the remote controller 4 while the 38a sequentially travels in the heart-shaped groove portion 31 and the linear groove portion 32, and further the square protrusions 42, 42 hit the temporary fixing protrusions 41, 41 to lower the remote controller 4. The carrier 3 is tentatively fixed in a state in which is projected from the main body 2 (Fig. 19). Next, by pulling the lower part of the remote controller 4 downward, the square protrusions 42, 42 get over the temporary fixing protrusions 41, 41, the carrier 3 returns to the state shown in FIG. The protrusion 49 is pulled out and the remote controller 4 is detached from the carrier 3, whereby the remote controller 4 can be taken out from the case 1.

Therefore, according to the storage structure of the present embodiment, the remote controller 4 can be easily stored in the case 1 by inserting the remote controller 4 into the case body 2 from below and pushing the remote controller 4 upward, and the remote controller 4 can be stored again. The remote controller 4 can be easily taken out from the case 1 by pushing upward to release the engagement between the case body 2 and the carrier 3, lowering the carrier 3, and then pulling out the remote controller 4 from the carrier 3. In this case, in this embodiment, since the carrier 3 is lowered by the weight of the remote controller, the structure of the case 1 can be simplified as compared with pushing out the remote controller by using a spring or the like, and the carrier 3 is temporarily fixed. Since the remote controller 4 is temporarily fixed and the remote controller 4 is pulled out in this state, the remote controller 4 does not drop from the case 1. Further, in this embodiment, since the heart cam latch mechanism is adopted as the engaging means, the dimension of the case 1 in the thickness direction can be made small, and the case 1 as a whole can be miniaturized.

Although the heart cam latch mechanism is used as the engaging means in this embodiment, another mechanism may be adopted. Further, the configurations of the temporary fixing means and the stopping means, the case body, the shape of the carrier, etc. are not limited to those in the above embodiment, and other configurations may be variously modified without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[Effect of device]

As described above, in the storage case of the present invention, when the remote controller is taken out, the remote controller is lowered by its own weight, so that the spring for pushing out the remote controller is unnecessary, thus reducing the number of parts, simplifying the mechanism, and assembling. Since the work can be simplified and the cost can be significantly reduced, the descending carrier is stopped by the temporary fixing means, and the stored object is pulled out from the carrier in this state, so the remote control can be removed from the storage case. It is possible to surely prevent it from falling off.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which a remote controller is stored in a storage case, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 to 6 show a case body of the storage case. FIG. 3 is a front view, FIG. 4 is a rear view, FIG. 5 is a right side view, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 3, and FIGS. FIG. 7 shows a carrier of the storage case. FIG. 7 is a front view, FIG. 8 is a rear view, FIG. 9 is a plan view, FIG. 10 is a right side view, and FIG. 11 is FIG. 7 XI-XI line. FIG. 12 is an enlarged view showing the heart cam portion of the case body, FIG. 13 is an enlarged view showing the crank pin and the torsion spring of the carrier, and FIG. 14 is a partially omitted enlarged view showing the coil spring of the carrier. Fig. 15 and Fig. 15 are partially omitted enlarged sectional views showing a state where the square protrusion of the carrier is in contact with the temporary fixing protrusion of the case body, and Fig. 16 is the locking protrusion of the case body. FIG. 17 is a right side view showing the remote controller, and FIG. 18 is a sectional view showing the remote controller engaged with the carrier of the storage case. FIG. 19 is a sectional view showing a state where the carrier is temporarily fixed, and FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a state where a storage case is arranged in the air conditioner body. 1 ... Storage case, 2 ... Case body 3 ... Carrier, 4 ... Remote control 5 ... Door, 31 ... Heart-shaped groove 32 ... Linear groove, 33 ... Heart cam 37 ... Torsion spring 38 ... … Crank pin, 40 …… Coil spring 41 …… Temporary fixing projection, 42 …… Square projection 43 …… Carrier stopping projection 44 …… Locking projection, 45 …… Locking plate 49 …… Projection , 50 …… Recess

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A case body (2) of a substantially rectangular box shape having an entrance (5) of a remote control transmitter (4) formed at its lower end, and a vertically movable body inside the case body (2). An engaging portion (49) that is accommodated and that engages with a recess (50) or a protrusion formed in the remote control transmitter (4).
And a remote control transmitter (4) by engaging the concave portion (50) or the protrusion with the engaging portion (49).
And a pair of members (33, 38) provided in the case body (2) and in the carrier (3), respectively. Engagement to hold the carrier (3) on the upper end side in the case body (2) and press the carrier (3) upward to release the engaged state between both members (33, 38). And a pair of protrusions (41, 42) provided on the carrier (3) and the intermediate portion in the vertical direction in the case body (2), respectively. These protrusions (41, 42) Are engaged with each other, so that the carrier (3) moving from the upper side to the lower side in the case main body (2) by the weight and the self-weight of the remote control transmitter (4) held in the case main body (2). A temporary stopping means for temporarily stopping at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the A carrier stop projection (43) provided at the lower end of the main body (2) for engaging the carrier (3) and locking the carrier (3) at the lower part of the case body (2). Storage case for remote control transmitter characterized by the following: