JPH09319515A - Mouse for computer input and cover for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the sanitary nuisance feeling of an operator. SOLUTION: A cover 2 is molded into transparent synthetic resin having light transmissivity while being sterilized with an antibacterial agent such as an inorganic silver antibacterial agent on the market. Since the cover 2 is used while being adhered through an adhesive agent 3 such as a double coated adhesive tape onto a mouse 1, the cover 2 to be touched with the hand of the operator has bacteria resistance and is made sanitary.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer input mouse and its cover.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers have become quite popular, but in the company, it is rare that one personal computer is allocated to one person, and one personal computer per floor and one common computer per group are common.

[0003]

However, it is undeniable that young people these days feel the mouse touched by others unclean.

Therefore, the present invention is intended to provide a computer input mouse and its cover capable of reducing the hygienic resistance.

[0005]

A computer input mouse having a button for instructing an operation of inputting an electric signal according to a rotation amount of a ball, which is provided on the lower surface of claim 1, to a computer. It is characterized in that the upper mouse case, which is held by a human hand, is formed of an antibacterial synthetic resin. According to this configuration, since the upper mouse case of the mouse is made of the antibacterial synthetic resin, when the mouse is used to perform a predetermined input operation on the computer, the operator holds the palm up. Place it on the top surface of the mouse case, grasp the side of the upper mouse case with your thumb, ring finger, or little finger, and touch the mouse when you hold the mouse with your hand.The upper mouse case has antibacterial properties. In addition to being hygienic, it is possible to reduce the hygienic resistance of the operator. The cover of the computer input mouse provided with a button provided on the lower surface of claim 2 for instructing an operation of inputting an electric signal to the computer according to the rotation amount of the ball is operated by an antibacterial synthetic resin. It is characterized in that it is formed in a convex shape so as to be covered and attached to the upper mouth case that can be grasped by the hand of a person who wears it. According to the configuration of claim 2, since the cover attached to the mouse is formed of antibacterial synthetic resin, when performing a predetermined input operation on the computer using the mouse with the cover attached, When the operator places his palm on the top surface of the cover, grasps the side of the cover with his thumb, ring finger, or little finger, and touches the mouse with his hand, the cover that the operator's hand touches has antibacterial properties. In addition to being hygienic, it is possible to reduce the hygienic resistance of the operator. By attaching the cover to the mouse with an adhesive, the cover can be dedicated to the operator,
It is hygienic. If the cover is made of a light-transmissive synthetic resin and a pattern is printed on its back surface, there is an advantage that the pattern cannot be peeled off even if the cover is used every day. or,
If a surface layer made of wood, natural or artificial leather, rubber or the like is formed on the surface of the cover that the operator touches, or if a buffer layer such as urethane or sponge is provided on the back surface of the cover, it fits It can give a feeling.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment in which a commercially available 2-button type mouse 1 is covered with an antibacterial cover 2. The mouse 1 has a lower mouse case 1a and an upper case 1b attached thereto. The lower mouse case 1a has a ball (not shown) on its lower surface. The upper mouse case 1b has a plurality of buttons 1c, 1 on the front side of the front surface for instructing an operation of inputting an electric signal corresponding to the rotation amount of the ball to a computer (not shown).
d. The cover 2 is formed by injection molding or vacuum molding using a synthetic resin having a light-transmitting property such as transparency into a predetermined shape that can be covered and mounted on a mouse, and then has a wood grain pattern, a stone pattern, or a floral pattern on its back surface. , Patterns such as pop patterns are printed. Cover 2 has multiple windows 2
The a and 2b are formed so as to correspond to the buttons 1c and 1d of the mouse 1, respectively.

In this embodiment, the molding material of the cover 2 is PET (polyethylene terephthalate tetron), acrylic, ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer), vinyl chloride, PS (polystyrene), PP (polypropylene). ), PC (polycarbonate), or other synthetic resin is used.

For the antibacterial treatment of the cover 2, is it possible to knead a commercially available kneading type antibacterial agent into the molding material of the cover 2 and mold the cover 2 using the molding material in which the antibacterial agent is kneaded. Alternatively, a commercially available spray-type antibacterial agent is applied to the surface of the cover 2 after molding.

When the cover 2 is made by injection molding, a pellet as a molding material in which an inorganic silver antibacterial agent such as silver zeolite is kneaded is used as a molding die.
It is molded by injection in a state of being melted by heat of about 0 ° C.

When the cover 2 is made by vacuum molding, an aerosol type antibacterial agent in which fine particles of an inorganic silver antibacterial agent having finer particles than those used in injection molding are dispersed in alcohol is sprayed on a synthetic resin sheet. ,
By carrying out the usual heat treatment at about 120 ° C to 170 ° C during vacuum forming, the coupling agent contained in the antibacterial agent serves to fix the antibacterial agent on the surface of the synthetic resin sheet, and then the synthetic resin. The sheet is placed on a mold and vacuum-molded.

As the antibacterial agent, antibacterial ceramics, antibacterial cera aerosol, and antibacterial cera coat manufactured by Shinto V Ceramics Co., Ltd., which has an address at 3-1, Honohara, Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture, were used.

Since these antibacterial agents have an effective heat resistance temperature characteristic that the antibacterial performance is effectively exhibited up to a temperature of 850 ° C., even if the cover 2 is molded by injection molding or vacuum molding, the cover 2 is antibacterial. The performance can be fully demonstrated.

Further, since the commercially available mouse 1 has various shapes, the predetermined shape of the cover 2 is a shape that bulges upward in conformity with the commercially available mouse 1 to be covered with the cover 2. Is formed in.

The thickness of the cover 2 is the same as that of the button 1 of the mouse 1.
c and 1d are formed to have a size that is substantially the same as or smaller than the size of the mouse 1 protruding from the surface of the mouse 1.

To attach the cover 2 to the mouse 1, an adhesive 3 such as a double-sided adhesive tape is attached to either the back surface of the cover 2 or the upper surface of the mouse 1 as shown in FIG.
The cover 2 is adhered to the mouse 1 with the adhesive 3 by pressing and covering the mouse 1 so that the back surface of the cover 2 is superposed on the upper surface of the mouse 1. In this state, each button 1 of mouse 1
c and 1d are housed inside the windows 2a and 2b of the cover 2.

When performing a predetermined input operation on a computer (not shown) using the mouse 1 to which the cover 2 is attached, the operator puts his palm on the upper surface of the cover 2 of the mouse 1 and the thumb of the hand, The side surface of the cover 2 of the mouse 1 is grasped with the ring finger and the little finger, and the mouse 1 is grasped with the hand. In this case, the cover 2 touched by the operator's hand has antibacterial properties and is hygienic. It is possible to reduce the hygienic resistance of the operator.

Further, since the cover 2 is attached to the mouse 1 with the adhesive 3 such as a double-sided adhesive tape, the cover 2 can be used exclusively for each operator, which is more hygienic.

Further, since the pattern is printed on the back surface of the cover 2, there is an advantage that the pattern is not peeled off even if it is used every day.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment, which is a commercially available 1
This is a mode in which a button-type mouse 10 is covered and attached with a cover 20 that has been subjected to the same antibacterial treatment as in the first embodiment. The mouse 10 has a lower mouse case 10a and an upper case 10b attached thereto. Lower mouse case 10
A has a ball (not shown) on its lower surface. The upper mouse case 10b is provided with one button 10c on the front side of its front surface for instructing an operation of inputting an electric signal corresponding to the rotation amount of the ball to a computer (not shown). The cover 20 is formed by injection molding or vacuum molding using a synthetic resin having a light-transmitting property such as transparency into a predetermined shape that can be covered and mounted on a mouse, and then a wood grain pattern is formed on the back surface of the cover 20.
Patterns such as stone patterns, floral patterns, pop patterns, etc. are printed.

Since the commercially available mouse 10 has various shapes, the cover 20 has a predetermined shape.
Button 1 of a commercially available mouse 10 to be covered with 0
It is formed in a shape that bulges upward to match the rear portion from 0c.

To attach the cover 20 to the mouse 10, as shown in FIG. 2B, an adhesive 30 such as a double-sided adhesive tape is attached to either the back surface of the cover 20 or the upper surface of the mouse 10. , The cover 20 is pressed against the mouse 10 so that the back surface of the cover 20 is superposed on the upper surface of the mouse 10.
To the mouse 10 with the adhesive 30. In this state, the button 10c of the mouse 10 is located in front of the cover 20.

Mouse 1 to which this cover 20 is attached
When performing a predetermined input operation on a computer (not shown) using 0, the operator places the palm of the hand on the upper surface of the cover 20 of the mouse 10, and uses the thumb, ring finger, and little finger of the hand to side the cover 20 of the mouse 10. Grab and hold mouse 10 with your hand,
In this case, since the cover 20 touched by the operator's hand has antibacterial properties, it is hygienic and the operator's hygienic resistance can be reduced.

Further, since the pattern is printed on the back surface of the cover 20, there is an advantage that the pattern is not peeled off even if it is used every day.

In each of the embodiments, a surface layer made of wood, natural or artificial leather, rubber or the like is provided on the surface of the cover 2 or 20 that the operator's hand touches when the cover 2 or 20 is attached to the mouse 1 or 10. If it is formed or a buffer layer such as urethane or sponge is provided on the back surface of the surface layer, a fit feeling can be given.

In each of the embodiments, the case where the covers 2 and 20 are attached to the mice 1 and 10 is illustrated and described, but in the mouse 1 and 10 shown in FIG. 1 or 2, the lower mouse cases 1a and 10a are used. Since the upper mouth cases 1b and 10b are molded and attached separately, the same action can be obtained even if the upper mouth cases 1b and 10b are formed of the synthetic resin that is treated with antibacterial treatment like the covers 2 and 20. effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment, FIG. 1A is an exploded perspective view, and FIG.
The figure is a cross-sectional side view of the cover assembled to the mouse.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment, FIG. 2A is an exploded perspective view, and FIG.
The figure is a cross-sectional side view of the cover assembled to the mouse.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1,10 mouse, 1a, 10a lower mouse case 1b, 10b upper mouse case, 1c, 1d, 10c
Button 2,20 Cover, 2a, 2b Window, 3 Adhesive

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A computer input mouse provided with a button provided on a lower surface for instructing an operation of inputting an electric signal according to a rotation amount of a ball to a computer,
A computer input mouse, characterized in that an upper mouse case, which can be held by a person who operates a button, is made of an antibacterial synthetic resin. 2. A cover of a computer input mouse having a button for instructing an operation of inputting an electric signal according to a rotation amount of a ball provided on a lower surface to a computer, the cover being made of an antibacterial synthetic resin. A cover for a computer input mouse, which is formed in a convex shape to be covered and attached to an upper mouse case that can be grasped by a person who operates a button.