JPH08235826A - Information storage main body - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily detach the closing cover member attached detachably to the open end of the information storage main body and then to smoothly insert a head cylinder body into the body. CONSTITUTION: Optical information is stored through a head cylinder body into a recording medium installed on the inner wall surface of an optical information storage main body 10. One end of the body 10 is made open and another end is closed. A flange section 18 is provided at the open end facing toward the inside of the main body. A shaft section 15 is extended from the center section of a closed end 13. Threads 16 and 17 are provided at the upper and lower ends of the section 15. A closing cover member 12, which has a threaded opening 19 at its center section, is engaged with the thread 17 of the section 15 and seals off the body 10. Moreover, in the periphery of the opening 19 of the member 12, plural mainpulating pieces 20 are provided. When the member 12 is released, closing cover member mainpulators 22 are engaged with the pieces 20, rotate the member 12 so as to disengage the thread 17 of the section 15 and the opening 19 of the member 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to an information storage device, and more specifically, the present invention relates to an optical input / output system capable of writing information, particularly personal information, or reading the written information as needed. The present invention relates to an information storage device which is advantageous for inputting / outputting information by utilizing a device or a magnetic input / output system device, particularly an optical input / output system device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Up to now, many input / output devices using a magnetic input / output system device or an optical input / output system device have been announced, and various devices are widely used in industry. For example, as a magnetic input / output system device, a device using a magnetic tape, a magnetic card, and a magnetic head is well known. Further, as an optical system device, a laser beam emitted from a laser light source is irradiated onto a reflecting mirror, and a laser beam refracted by the mirror is irradiated onto a photosensitive drum, which is wound and moved on the drum. BACKGROUND ART Nowadays, such as a film that exposes a sheet surface is widely known in the real world. Furthermore, for example, a focus servo mechanism used in a compact disk is also known.

Further, the same applicant as the applicant of the present invention has previously made the size of the entire apparatus small, and made it possible to apply it to a portable device, made it inexpensive, and made input / output operation possible. Disclosed is an excellent input / output device capable of performing point input in micron units, for example, without causing a malfunction due to the tape swinging while the tape is stationary (Japanese Patent Application No. 5-333177, Japanese Patent Application No. 5-333177). Wishhei 6-2204
Japanese Patent Application No. 6-2205, Japanese Patent Application No. 6-2207
issue,).

However, in order to prevent phytotoxicity due to the combined action of drugs caused by large doses of drugs caused by so-called ladders of patients in medical institutions, which are becoming a big social problem recently, patients themselves must It is necessary to accurately disclose the medicines you are taking to medical institutions. However, it is almost impossible at present to make such demands on the patient. To solve this problem,
It is necessary for the patient to present his / her medical history, the medicines he is taking, and other relevant personal information to the medical institution each time. And it is necessary for the medical institution to easily read the information and, if necessary, simply enter the information of the newly administered drug or the like therein so that it can be used as a reference thereafter. Such a device is required not only in medical relations but also in financial relations, government relations, and the like.

Although IC cards and optical cards have been studied as measures for satisfying such demands, there remain technical problems to be solved including cost and durable environment. In particular, the optical card has advantages including cost, but has the following problems to be solved. That is, since it is necessary to maintain flatness and is card-shaped,
The track has a start point and an end point, and it is necessary to make a linear reciprocating motion of the card when reading information from the card or writing information to the card. However, in the case of such a card-shaped object, it is difficult to obtain constant velocity during reciprocating linear movement, it is difficult to use a high-density signal modulation method that requires high detection accuracy, and it is difficult to further increase the speed. In addition, vibration occurs at the time of reversal, and it is difficult to secure the flatness of the card and the like, and the load on the automatic control system such as focus control and tracking control increases.

In order to solve such various problems, the applicant has previously provided an information recording medium for stocking information on the inner peripheral surface 1 as shown in FIG. 8, and one end thereof is in a released state. -Shaped information accommodating cylinder 2, a closing lid member 3 that releasably closes one end in the released state, and pushes the closing lid member 3 into the information accommodating cylinder 2 and provides it from the outside of the cylinder 2. Head cylinder having a reflection mirror 5 and a lens 6 for writing the information 4 to be written on an information recording medium on the inner peripheral surface of the information containing cylinder 2 or for reading the information written on the information recording medium. 7 has been disclosed (Japanese Patent Application No. 6-2807).
91).

[0007]

This new information storage body completely eliminates most of the drawbacks of conventional recording media. However, in the above new information storage body, the work of removing the closing lid member detachably attached to the open end of the tubular body is somewhat complicated. Furthermore, it was necessary to pay some attention to the operation of inserting the head cylinder into the information storage cylinder after removing the closing lid member. The present invention solves this problem.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the information storing main body 10 of the present invention, one end of the main body is opened and the other end is closed, and the shaft portion 15 extends from the central portion of the closed end 13. The shaft 15 has threads 16 and 17 at its upper and lower ends. A closing lid member 12 having a threaded opening 19 is engaged with a lower end screw 17 of the shaft portion 15 to seal the main body 10. The open end of the main body has a flange portion 1 directed inward of the main body.
8 is provided. A closing lid member 12 having a threaded opening 19 is engaged with a lower end screw 17 of the shaft portion 15 to seal the main body 10. Further, the closing lid member 12 is provided with a plurality of operating pieces 20 around the opening 19.
When the closing lid member 12 is released, the closing lid member operating instrument 22 engages with the operating piece 20 to rotate the closing lid member 12, and the lower end screw 17 of the shaft portion 15 and the threaded opening 19 of the closing lid member 12 are released. Disengage from. While the information writing / reading operation is being performed, the closing lid member 12 is provided with a shaft portion 15.
, And the closing lid member operating device 22 is engaged with the operating piece 20 of the closing lid member 12. After the predetermined work is completed, the closing lid member operating instrument 22 operates in the opposite manner to the above. From this, the closure lid member 12 is released from the upper end screw 16 of the shaft portion 15 and then screwed into the lower end screw 17 of the shaft portion 15 to reseal the main body 10.

[0009]

In the information storage body 10 of the present invention, the other end in the released state is closed by the closing lid member 12. The closure lid member 12 having the threaded opening 19 in the center is prevented from coming out of the main body by the flange portion 18 extending from the open end of the main body toward the inside of the main body, and The lower end screw 17 of the extending shaft portion 15
To which the threaded opening 19 engages. The closing lid member 12 has a plurality of operating pieces 20 around the opening 19. When the closing lid member 12 is released, the closing lid member operating instrument 22 engages with the operating piece 20 to rotate the closing lid member 12 so that the lower end screw 17 of the shaft portion 15 and the closing lid member 12 are threaded. Disengage from the opening 19. Closing lid member operation instrument 22
Has a hollow portion 25 having a fitting portion 28 that engages with the operation piece 20 at the tip portion, and an internal screw 26 at the lower portion of the hollow portion 25. The entire closing lid member operating device 22 is rotatable, and after the fitting portion 28 of the closing lid member operating device 22 is locked to the operation piece 20, the entire closing lid member operating device 22 is rotated to rotate the closing lid member 12. After releasing the shaft lid 15 from the shaft portion 15, the closing lid member 12 is attached to the upper end screw 16 of the shaft portion 15.
And hold it there. After the predetermined work, the closure lid member 12 is released from the upper end screw 16 of the shaft portion 15,
The closing lid member 12 is engaged with the lower end screw 17 of the shaft 15 and held there again.

[0010]

1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of an information accommodating main body suitable for accommodating information according to the present invention, particularly information concerning an individual. In the present invention, writing and reading of information can be performed in the same manner by a device using light and a device using magnetism, but for the sake of simplicity of explanation, the head device mainly using light will be mainly described below. . However, as is apparent to those skilled in the art, it is possible to easily change the magnetic recording medium to the magnetic recording medium and to change the optical head unit to the magnetic head unit to easily use the magnetic recording medium. Further, similar members will be described with the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is an optical information accommodating main body having a cylindrical shape, which is actually preferably about the size of a cap of a fountain pen. This body 10
Is preferably formed of a rigid plastic, aluminum or other lightweight material that does not have a weight that is inconvenient to carry. This body 10
It is composed of a tubular member 11 which is closed at one end and a closing lid member 12 which is movable in the axial direction in the tubular member 11, and is inserted into a predetermined position of an information writing / reading device (not shown). Has become.

The tubular member 11 has a relatively thick upper bottom portion 13 (for example, a circular or polygonal shape (a circular example will be described below for ease of drawing)), and the upper bottom portion 13.
A cylindrical wall portion 14 extending from the peripheral portion thereof in a tubular shape, and a cylindrical wall portion 14 extending from the central portion of the upper bottom portion 13 in the longitudinal axial direction of the cylindrical wall portion 14, for example, a circular cross section or a polygonal cross section (see the drawings. For the sake of simplicity, a thin shaft portion 15 having a circular cross section will be described below). The shaft portion 15 is provided with screws 16 and 17 having substantially the same pitch and the same length at the upper end and the lower end thereof. Further, as shown clearly in FIG. 2, for example, three flange portions 18 are provided around the lower end portion of the cylindrical wall portion 14 at equal angular intervals (for example, 120 °). Further, means (not shown) such as a groove is provided on the outer surface of the cylindrical wall portion 14 of the main body 10.

The closing lid member 12 has the shaft portion 1 at the center thereof.
5 has a circular opening 19 for receiving 5, and the outer diameter of the member 12 has a diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the cylindrical wall portion 14. The central opening 19 is threaded so that it can be screwed into the screw 17 at the lower end and the screw 16 at the upper end of the shaft 15. Usually, the lid member 12 is screwed into the screw 17 and is held in a state of being in close contact with the flange portion 18, which protects the inside of the tubular member 11 from the outside and prevents dust and the like from entering the inside of the tubular member 11. Prevents entry.

In order to improve the sealing performance of the closing lid member 12, one of the magnetic poles (for example, S pole or N pole) is directly biased to the flange portion 18 or one of the magnetic poles (for example, S pole) is directly applied to the flange portion 18, if necessary. Or a north pole) is secured by a suitable means. On the other hand, the closing lid member 12 facing the flange portion 18 has the other magnetic pole (for example, N pole or S pole).
The pole is directly energized, or the other of the poles (eg N pole or S)
The members are biased by means of suitable means. As a result, in the normal state, the closing lid member 12 is in close contact with the flange portion 18 of the tubular member 11.

Around the central opening 19 of the closing lid member 12, as shown in FIG. 2, operating pieces 20 such as four small recesses are provided. When the operating piece 20 is recessed, as shown in FIG. 1, the recess extends to a depth which is half the thickness of the closing lid member 12 or slightly smaller than that.

On the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical member 11, a photo-sensitive recording medium known per se (not shown) is adhered and formed by vapor deposition, pasting or other method. This recording medium is preferably a non-rewritable recording medium. This is because the main body 10 is particularly convenient for recording personal information, and it is for preventing the recorded information from being overwritten by another person and ensuring the evidence ability. However, when it is used for another purpose, it goes without saying that the recording medium can be a rewritable recording medium.

FIG. 3 shows a closing lid member for releasing the closing lid member 12 in the position shown in FIG. 1 or for returning the closing lid member to the position shown in FIG. 1 after a predetermined writing / reading operation. The operation tool 22 is shown. The lower end of the device 22 is attached to a well-known starting means 23 such as a motor for providing a rotational movement. The device 22 has a lower solid part 2
4 and a hollow portion 25 above it.
The hollow portion 25 has a size obtained by subtracting the thickness dimension of the closing lid member 12 from the length of the shaft portion 15, and a screw 26 is formed at the lower end portion of the hollow portion 25. The screw 26 has a shape to be screwed with the lower screw 17 provided on the shaft portion 15 of the housing body 10. Also, the device 22
The number of arm portions 27 (for example, four) equal to the number of the operation pieces 20 such as the recesses of the closing lid member 12 project from the tip of the upper portion of the. A fitting portion 28 that fits into the operation piece 20 of the closing lid member 12 is provided at the distal end portion of these arm portions 27.

This instrument 22 is usually a hole 3 in the center of a head cylinder 30 (FIGS. 4 and 5) which is fixed by a holder 31 to a predetermined position of the information writing / reading device.
It extends through 2.

A procedure for releasing the closing lid member 12 will be described. First, the optical information accommodating main body 10 is set to a predetermined main body insertion position of an information writing / reading device (not shown), that is, a position above the head cylinder 30 as shown in FIG. At this time, the main body 10 is operated by the guide device (not shown) such as a groove provided on the outer surface of the cylindrical wall portion 14 of the operation device 2.
The operation piece 20 of the lid member 12 is set to a predetermined relational position where the operation piece 20 of the lid member 12 is fitted to the fitting portion 28 provided on the second arm portion 27,
It is held there unrotatably. Of course, instead of using the guide means, when the fitting portion 28 of the operating device 22 comes into contact with a surface other than the operating piece 20 of the lid member 12, the operating device 22 is pressed downward. /
It is also possible to adjust so that the operating device 22 is rotated by sensing with a sensor and the fitting portion 28 is slightly rotated in advance so as to be fitted into the operating piece 20. After the optical information accommodating main body 10 is held at the predetermined position and the fitting portion 28 is fitted to the operation piece 20, the operation instrument 22 is given a rotational force by the activation means 23. When the operation tool 22 starts to rotate, the main body 1
0 starts to descend further in the linear direction while its rotation is suppressed. Therefore, the lid member 12 has the screw 17 of the shaft portion 15.
Released from. The rotation of the operating instrument 22 is stopped when the lid member 12 is released from the screw 17, but the lowering of the main body 10 in the linear direction continues. Therefore, the main body 10 moves so as to surround the stationary head cylinder 30. At this time, the shaft portion 15 of the main body 10 is housed in the hollow portion 25 of the operating tool 22, while the lid member 12 is attached to the main body 10
The state of being held in the space inside the cylinder is maintained.
The main body 10 further descends linearly, the screw 17 below the shaft portion 15 of the main body 10 comes into contact with the screw 26 below the hollow portion 25 of the operating tool 22, and the lid member 1 held by the operating tool 22.
When 2 comes into contact with the screw 16 above the shaft portion 15, the activation means 23 is activated again and imparts a rotational movement to the operating instrument 22. Therefore, the screw 17 below the shaft portion 15 of the main body 10 is screwed into the screw 26 below the hollow portion 25 of the operating device 22, and at the same time, the lid member 12 is screwed into the screw 16 above the shaft portion 15, Take 6 position. At this position, the downward movement of the main body 10 is stopped. In this state, the lid member 12 is fixed to the upper bottom portion 13 of the main body 10, and the lower end of the shaft portion 15 is screwed into the operating tool 22 to integrate the main body 10 and the operating tool 22.
Further, the head cylinder 30 is completely housed inside the hollow of the main body 10.

When the head cylinder 30 is housed in the main body 10, the head cylinder 30 does not come into contact with the flange portion 18 at the open end of the main body 10 in the vicinity thereof as shown in FIG.
A groove portion 33 extending in the longitudinal direction is provided as shown in FIG. The number and position of the groove portions 33 correspond to the number and position of the flange portions 18 of the main body 10. The shape and size of the groove 33 are substantially equal to or slightly smaller than the shape and size of the flange 18 of the main body 10. As a result, the head cylinder 30 becomes the tubular member 1
The head cylinder 30 does not come into contact with the flange portion 18 of the main body 10 when the head cylinder 30 is housed inside.

As clearly shown in FIG. 6, the head cylinder 30 is arranged so as to be inclined downward at 45 degrees, as shown in FIG. 8 described above, and is sent from the information transmission device 36 below. A reflection mirror 34 that refracts and reflects light information outward in the radial direction at a right angle, and a lens 35 having a function of focusing the light information reflected by the reflection mirror 34 onto the recording medium on the inner surface of the cylindrical wall portion 14 of the main body 10. And are placed. A path for passing optical information may be provided in the head cylindrical body 30, or, as shown in FIG. 8, only a reflecting mirror is provided on the stepped portion of the stepped member and the lens is provided. It can also be arranged between the step member and the inner wall surface of the main body.

FIG. 7 shows the internal structure 1 of the optical information transmitter 36.
A schematic of an example is shown. That is, a part of the information transmitted from the information transmission device 38 such as a diode is a half mirror 3.
After passing through 9, the light is reflected by the total reflection mirror 40 and sent to the reflection mirror 34 in the head cylinder 30. Further, a part of the information transmitted from the information transmission device 38 and reflected by the half mirror 39 is detected by the first light receiving section 41 and can be stored therein as input information. On the other hand, the optical information reflected from the surface of the recording medium is reflected by the total reflection mirror 40 and then by the half mirror 39, and is then reflected by the second mirror.
Light is detected by the light receiving unit 42 and can be stored there as output information. Accordingly, the accuracy of the work can be confirmed by comparing the input information of the first light receiving unit 41 and the output information of the second light receiving unit 42 with each other.

When writing information to the recording medium on the inner surface of the cylinder wall of the main body 10, the information transmitting device 36 below the main body.
The information transmitted from the mirror is reflected outward in the radial direction by the mirror 34, and the reflected information is focused and written on the recording medium by the lens 35. When writing continuously,
The main body 10 is moved in the longitudinal direction via the operation tool 22 (see FIG.
At the position (1), the spiral print track is formed on the recording medium by rotating while rotating back. Also, the same continuous recording can be performed by rotating the head cylinder 30 on the holder 31 in synchronization with the information transmitting device 36 and moving the main body 10 in the longitudinal direction. The amount of movement of the body 10 in the longitudinal direction will be in the range of the longitudinal dimension between the lenses 35.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that when reading the information recorded on the recording medium, the flow of information will take the opposite course to that described above.

After the predetermined writing / reading work is completed,
In order to return the closing lid member 12 from the position shown in FIG. 6 to the position shown in FIG. 1, a reliable lid-covering work can be achieved by the work process opposite to the above-mentioned work for releasing the closing lid member 12.

In the above description, it is described that the operation piece 20 such as a recess is provided around the central threaded opening 19 of the closing lid member 12. However, the operation piece 20 may be a protrusion other than the depression. And, in that case, it is obvious that the tip of the closing lid member operating instrument 22 is provided with a recess for receiving the projection.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the closing lid member which is screw-engaged with the main body is simply and surely released by the closing lid member operating device, and further, during the writing / reading of information. Secures the closure lid member to the upper bottom of the body. For this reason, the work of removing the closing lid member attached to the open end of the tubular body becomes very easy. Furthermore, the main body remains stationary with respect to the head cylinder until it is inserted into the head cylinder. Therefore, the inserting operation of the head cylinder into the information storage body can be achieved very smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an optical information accommodating main body of the present invention in which an open end is closed by a closing lid member.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a closing lid member operating instrument of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state immediately before the head cylinder of the present invention is inserted into the optical information accommodating main body.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a head cylinder of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a state in which the closing lid member is inserted into the optical information accommodating main body and the head cylinder is inserted into the optical information accommodating main body.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an information transmission device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the principle of the optical information accommodating main body presented in the previous application by the same applicant.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Optical information accommodating main body 11: Cylindrical member 12: Closing lid member 13: Upper bottom portion 14: Cylindrical wall portion 15: Shaft portion 16, 17: Screw 18: Flange portion 19: Opening 20: Operation piece 22: Closing lid member Operation tool 23: Start-up means 24: Solid part 25: Hollow part 26: Screw 27: Arm part 28: Fitting part 30: Head cylinder 31: Holding body 32: Hole 33: Groove 34: Reflecting mirror 35: Lens 36 : Information transmitter 38: Information transmitter 39: Half mirror 40: Total reflection mirror 41: First light receiving part 42: Second light receiving part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An optical information accommodating main body (10) for accommodating optical information into a recording medium provided on an inner wall surface through a head cylinder (30), one end of which is open and the other end is closed. A flange portion 18 is provided toward the inside of the shaft, and a shaft portion 15 extends from the central portion of the closed end 13. The shaft portion 15 has screws 16 and 17 at its upper end and lower end. The lower end screw 17 of the shaft portion 15 is engaged with a closing lid member 12 having a threaded opening 19 in the center thereof to seal the main body 10. A plurality of operation pieces 20 are provided around the opening 19, and when the closing lid member 12 is released, the closing lid member operating device 2
2 engages with the operation piece 20 to rotate the closing lid member 12 to release the engagement between the lower end screw 17 of the shaft portion 15 and the threaded opening 19 of the closing lid member 12; Body 10. 2. The closing lid member operating instrument 22 has a hollow portion 25 having a fitting portion 28 at the tip portion for fitting with the operating piece 20, and an internal screw 26 at the lower portion of the hollow portion 25. , And the entire closing lid member operating instrument 22 is rotatable, and the fitting portion 28 of the closing lid member operating instrument 22 is locked to the operating piece 20 and the entire closing lid member operating instrument 22. 2. The information storage device according to claim 1, wherein after the closing lid member 12 is released from the shaft portion 15 by rotating, the closing lid member 12 is engaged with the upper end screw 16 of the shaft portion 15 and held there. Body 10. 3. The closing lid member operating instrument 22 passes through a hole 32 penetrating in the longitudinal direction of the central portion of the head cylinder 30,
The information storage body 1 according to claim 2, wherein the fitting portion 28 projects from an end portion of the head cylindrical body 30.
0. 4. The head cylindrical body 30 comprises an optical information accommodating main body 1.
4. The information storage body 10 according to claim 1, further comprising a groove portion 33 extending in the longitudinal direction so as not to abut the flange portion 18 provided at the open end of 0. 5. The closing lid member 12 is moved to the open end of the main body 10 by performing a predetermined operation after releasing the closing lid member 12 and then performing an operation opposite to the releasing operation of the closing lid member operating instrument 22. Appropriately applying a lid.
Any one of the information storage body 10 of.