JPH0963226A - Housing case for information recording medium utilizing cartridge system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the housing case for an information recording medium utilizing a cartridge system capable of preventing the information recording medium from damaging due to the impact from outside. SOLUTION: Positioning parts 25 are provided, which are arranged separately from outside wall parts 24 of a holder, and the cartridge is abutted thereon at the time of housing the cartridge and held in the state away from the outside wall parts 24. By buffering spaces 26 formed with the positioning parts 26 and the outside wall parts 24 around the cartridge, the information recording medium is prevented from damaging due to the impact from outside.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cartridge type information recording medium storage case for storing a cartridge type information recording medium in which an information recording medium such as a floppy disk or MO disk is stored in a cartridge.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An information recording medium represented by a floppy disk or an MO disk has an information recording medium on the disk stored in a cartridge for protection of a recording surface. Further, in the case of an optical disc such as a CD-ROM, the disc may be loaded in an information reading device in a cartridge called a caddy.

These cartridge type information recording media are easy to handle due to the presence of the cartridge and are extremely portable.

Usually, these cartridge type information recording media are stored in a transparent case, which is often made of plastic, as a mere package.

[0005]

However, when the cartridge type information recording medium is housed in the conventional case,
The cartridge comes into contact with the inner wall of the member forming the outer wall of the case. Therefore, when a shock is applied from the outside of the case, the shock is transmitted to the cartridge as it is, and the information recording medium may be damaged.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a storage case for a cartridge type information recording medium capable of preventing the information recording medium from being damaged by an external impact. Is.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a cartridge type information recording medium storage case for storing an information recording medium stored in a cartridge, wherein a holder for holding the cartridge is separated from an outer wall of the holder. The cartridge has a positioning portion for holding the cartridge and has a buffer space around the thickness portion of the cartridge.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a storage case for a cartridge type information recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a base body which is a main component of the storage case,
Reference numeral 2 is a holder for holding a cartridge type information recording medium (the cartridge) such as a floppy disk or MO disk, and 3 is a cover provided to face the substrate 1.

A rotating shaft 11 for rotating the holder 2 and a plurality of locking portions 12 for locking the cover 3 are provided on the base body 1.
A plurality of height adjusting pieces 13 (see FIG. 2) that come into contact with the cover 3 or another base when the engaging portion 12 engages with the engaging hole, and the opposite side corresponding to the engaging portion 12. On the (back side), there are provided a plurality of locking holes 14 for locking the locking portions of another base body, and further, a stop piece 15 for press-contacting a holder locking portion described later. In this embodiment, one of the height adjusting pieces 13 also serves as the stop piece 15.

The holder 2 has a base 1 as shown in FIG.
The insertion hole 21 through which the rotation shaft 11 is inserted, the elastic portion 22 arranged in the width direction of the cartridge so as to urge the cartridge from the width direction of the cartridge, and the maximum cartridge (for example, MO (A cartridge of a disk) and a holding portion 23 (see FIG. 4) arranged in the thickness direction of the cartridge for urging the cartridge from the thickness direction of the cartridge and an outer wall portion 24 of the holder 2 are separately provided. A positioning portion 25 is provided for holding the cartridge in a state where the cartridge abuts against the outer wall portion 24 at a time. The positioning portion 25 allows the buffer space 2 to be formed around the thickness portion of the cartridge.
6 are formed.

Further, the holder 2 has a notch 27 corresponding to the thickness of the thinner one of the accommodable cartridges (for example, a floppy disk cartridge).
When the cartridge is housed, the shutter-side thick portion of the cartridge faces and contacts the opposing piece 28 (see FIG. 5), and the holder 2 is pressed into contact with the stop piece 15 when the holder 2 rotates into the base body 1 to rotate the holder 2. A holder locking portion 29 for suppressing is provided.

The cover 3 is provided with a locking hole 31 for locking the locking portion 12 in correspondence with each of the plurality of locking portions 12.

The base 1, the holder 2 and the cover 3 are all formed of polypropylene, ABS resin, nylon resin or the like.

Now, the rotation shaft 11 of the base body 1 is inserted into the insertion hole 21 of the holder 2 and the holder 2 is sandwiched between the base body 1 and the cover 3, and the locking portions 12 corresponding to the respective locking holes 31.
Is locked (see FIG. 6) to form a cartridge type information recording medium storage case according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the locking portion 12 is locked in the locking hole 31, the height adjusting piece 13 contacts the cover 3, so that the base 1
The distance between the cover and the cover 3 is kept constant. As a result, even if the cover surface near the locking hole 31 of the cover 3 is distorted due to defective molding, for example, the contact portion between the base body 1 and the cover 3 is in a state in which the distortion is corrected and a neat appearance is obtained, and the appearance is beautiful. Will be things.

The holder 2 is held between the base body 1 and the cover 3 and is rotated about the rotation shaft 11 along the surface of the cover 3. When the information recording medium is put in or taken out of such a storage case, a force is applied to the holder 2 in the vicinity of the rotation shaft 11 to rotate the holder 2 and the holder 2 is taken out of the base body 1. The information recording medium is loaded into or removed from the holder 2.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the rotating state of the holder 2, with the cover 3 removed. The holder 2 has a rotating shaft 11
Is rotatably supported around the surface of the cover 3 (the surface of the base body 1). Then, when the holder 2 is rotated inside the base body 1, the holder locking portion 29 is pressed against the stop piece 15 by its elasticity, and the holder 2 is prevented from rotating outside the base body 1. However, since the pressure contact force between the holder locking portion 29 and the stop piece 15 is not so large, the rotation of the holder 2 is normally suppressed, but the holder 2 is rotated to the outside of the base body 1 with a light force. Can be made.

Next, the state of the cartridge accommodated in the holder 2 will be described.

When the largest cartridge (for example, an MO disk) that can be stored in the holder 2 is stored in the holder 2,
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the cartridge is provided with a holding portion 2
3 is urged from the thickness direction of the cartridge, and the elastic portion 22 is urged from the width direction of the cartridge so that the thickness portion on the shutter side of the cartridge faces the facing piece 28.
The holder 2 is held in the holder 2 in a state where it abuts and the thickness portions on both sides abut the positioning portion 25.

When the holder 2 accommodates the thinner one of the storable cartridges such as the floppy disk, as shown in FIG. 28 cutouts 27
And is biased by the elastic portion 22 from the width direction of the cartridge, and is held in the holder 2 in a state where the thickness portions on both sides of the shutter are in contact with the positioning portion 25. When the second sheet is further stored, the thickness portion on the shutter side of the cartridge faces and abuts the facing piece 28, is urged by the elastic portion 22 in the width direction of the cartridge, and the pressing portion 23
The cartridge is urged in the thickness direction of the cartridge to be held in the holder 2 in a state where the thickness portions on both sides of the shutter are in contact with the positioning portion 25.

When any of the cartridges is stored, the cartridge comes into contact with the positioning portion 25,
The positioning portion 2 is held while being separated from the outer wall portion 24.
The buffer space 26 formed by 5 and the outer wall portion 24 always exists around the thickness of the cartridge. The buffer space 26 absorbs the shock to some extent when the shock is applied from the outside by dropping the storage case or the like, so that the information recording medium housed in the case can be prevented from being damaged.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 8, a set of the base 1 and the holder 2 is continuously provided in the configuration of the base 1, the holder 2 and the cover 3 of FIG. 1 (the cover 3 is not shown). That is, with the respective bases 1 supporting the holder 2 by the rotating shaft 11, the locking holes 14 provided on the back surface side of the locking parts 12 of one base are fitted with the locking parts 12 of the other bases. The rotating shafts 11 are locked, and the respective rotating shafts 11 are fitted into shaft holes (not shown) provided on the back side of the rotating shafts to connect the plurality of bases to each other (see FIG. 2).

At this time, when the locking portion 12 of the other base is locked in the locking hole 14, the height adjusting piece 13 abuts on the back surface of the one base, as described above. And other substrates are kept at a constant distance. As a result, even if the surface of the base body near the locking hole 14 is distorted due to defective molding, for example, the contact portion between the one base body and the other base body is rectified and is in a neat state, and the appearance is beautiful. Become.

Also in the other embodiments, when the information recording medium is taken in and out, a force is applied to the vicinity of the desired rotation axis 11 of the holder 2 to rotate the holder 2 and the holder 2 is used as a base. When the information recording medium is mounted on the holder 2, the information recording medium is mounted on the holder 2 or the information recording medium is taken out from the holder 2.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when the cartridge is housed, the cartridge abuts the positioning portion 25, and thus the cartridge is held in a state of being separated from the outer wall portion 24. A buffer space 26 formed with the portion 24 always exists around the thickness of the cartridge. When an impact is applied from the outside by dropping the storage case or the like, the buffer space 26 can absorb the impact to some extent and prevent the information recording medium stored in the case from being damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a storage case for a cartridge-type information recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a connected state of base bodies according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a usage pattern of a holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of another usage pattern of the holder according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a locked state of a locking piece and a locking hole according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a rotating state of the holder according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a storage case for a cartridge type information recording medium according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base 2 Holder 3 Cover 11 Rotating shaft 12 Locking part 13 Height adjusting piece 14 Locking hole 15 Stopping piece 21 Insertion hole 22 Elastic part 23 Pressing part 24 Outer wall part 25 Positioning part 26 Buffer space 27 Notch 28 Opposing piece 29 Holder locking part 31 Locking hole

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage case for a cartridge type information recording medium for storing an information recording medium stored in a cartridge, wherein a holder for holding the cartridge comprises a positioning portion for holding the cartridge apart from an outer side wall of the holder. A cartridge-type information recording medium storage case having a buffer space around the thickness portion of the cartridge.