JPH10124179A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a layout for an information processor which brings about efficiently cooling effect through a cooling fan. SOLUTION: A FDD(floppy disk drive) 1 and CD-ROM 2 are provided on an operational plane of the front part of a body in two-horizontal level state and they are located on a slightly right upper side from the center of a control panel 5, and a switch knob 8 which operates the ON-OFF of power is arranged on the right side of the FDD 1. A HDD(hard disk drive) 3 which is a storage device is placed at a side part of the FDD 1 and CD-ROM 2 and also to the center of a body and it is vertically arranged in long sideways and lengthways to the longitudinal direction of the body against the horizontal position of the FDD 1 and CD-ROM 2. Furthermore, a power device 4 is installed at an appropriate empty area at the rear of the FDD 1, CD-ROM 2 and HDD 3, and a rear discharge type cooling fan is installed at an internal back of the device 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus such as a word processor and a personal computer, and more particularly to an internal layout of an FDD, a CD-ROM, an HDD, and a power supply in a main body, and considers a cooling effect of a main body internal apparatus. To an information processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a display device, an input device, and an internal layout structure of a main body in an information processing apparatus having a separate main body, and an FDD, a CD-ROM,
In the type in which the power switch is provided, the HDD is provided at the rear of the main body or as shown in FIG. 6, the HDD is provided near the right front wall of the main body. However, in the former case, a large occupied space cannot be secured in the width direction of the power supply device.

In the former and the latter, ventilation holes are provided in the side wall and the bottom surface of the main body on the HDD side in order to cool the HDD.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above prior art, HD
For an example where D is deployed behind the main unit, the HDD
Due to the space required for the mounting structure, a certain limitation is imposed on the space occupied by the power supply device, so that the external dimensions of the power supply device cannot be increased, and the cooling provided in the power supply device in terms of cooling the HDD. Fan and the HD
Since the positional relationship with D is vertical, and the distance between the chassis of the power supply unit and the HDD and between the HDD and the ventilation hole provided on the side of the case is too short, the outside air from the ventilation hole provided on the side of the case is There is a problem that the cooling of the HDD cannot be efficiently reflected.

In the case where the HDD is provided near the right side wall of the front part of the main body, the same can be said for the above-mentioned configuration. In addition, it is necessary to provide a ventilation hole on the bottom surface, and there is a factor that dust and the like flow into the ventilation hole.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances.
By placing it vertically on the side part of the
It is possible to provide a space margin around the power supply unit at the rear of the main body, and also to provide a high-efficiency cooling effect on the HDD and the control board, etc., while reducing the ventilation holes. It is another object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive information processing device.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an FDD and a CD-ROM near the center in front of the main body.
This can be achieved by adopting a configuration in which the HDD is arranged vertically in the side portion of the ROM.

In this configuration, in particular, the FDD and the CD-ROM are arranged in two rows in a horizontal state on the operation surface of the front part of the main body, and a switch knob is disposed on the right side of the FDD and the CD-ROM.
And a side portion of the CD-ROM and near the center of the main body, the HDD is arranged vertically in the horizontal direction of the FDD and the CD-ROM, and in the vertically long state in the front-rear direction inside the main body. doing.

With this arrangement, the FDD and the CD inside the main body are
-The rear space of the ROM and the HDD can be effectively used, and the layout is suitable for cooling each device.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main body of an information processing apparatus such as a word processor and a personal computer according to an embodiment of the present invention in a horizontal state, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically illustrating a flow path from the front side of the left side of the main body, which has an appropriate ventilation hole for taking in outside air, and takes in outside air from the ventilation hole and discharges it from the power supply device. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the display device 16 is placed on the top surface of the main body and the input device 17 is set, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a set state, FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which the FDD 1, the CD-ROM 2, the switch knob 8 and the like are removed, and FIGS.
8 is an example of the prior art, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the HDD is installed near the side wall of the main body, FIG. 7 is a state diagram having a ventilation hole on the right side of the upper case in FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the lower case of FIG. 4 has ventilation holes.

Next, the layout configuration inside the main body according to the present embodiment, and the effects such as the cooling effect of the HDD 3 will be described in detail.

First, an FDD which is a storage device as shown in FIG.
1, a CD-ROM 2 is installed in a two-stage horizontal state on the operation surface on the front of the main body and slightly above and to the right of the center of the front panel 5, and a power ON-O is provided on the right side of the FDD 1 by a PUSH method.
A switch knob 8 for operating the FF is provided.

The FDD 1 and the CD-RO inside the main body are
At the side of M2 and near the center of the main body, the FDD1
And the CD-ROM 2 is placed in a horizontal state, and the HDD 3 which is a large-capacity storage device is provided vertically and horizontally and vertically in the front-rear direction of the main body. Furthermore, the above-mentioned FDD1, CD-ROM2, HDD
A power supply device 4 is installed at an appropriate distance from a rear portion of the power supply device 3, and a cooling fan that discharges air inside the device to the rear is provided inside the power supply device 4.

A switch bar 9 is provided between the FDD 1 and the HDD 3 and in an area surrounded by the upper portion of the CD-ROM 2, and the switch bar 9 slides in the front-rear direction of the main body. If the tip of the switch bar 9 slides in the front-rear direction in contact with the ON-OFF operation of the switch knob 8 when the tip of the switch bar 9 slides in the front-rear direction, the switch bar 9 engages with the switch provided inside the front upper right of the power supply device 4. Since the connecting member 10 is also fitted to the rear portion of the switch bar 9,
At the same time, it is linked to the ON-OFF operation.

In the area on the left side of the main body, an image scanner substrate 12 and an ISA
This is a space in which the bus board 13 and the like can be installed. Here, the internal structural components are a front panel 5, an upper case 6,
The lower case 7 has a main body structure that covers the exterior with a molded product.

According to this embodiment having the above configuration, the F
By arranging the DD1, the CD-ROM2, and the HDD3 at the front portion of the main body, the power supply device 4 at the rear portion of the main body can be made particularly larger than the width of the CD-ROM2, so that the space can be used effectively. The device can be deployed.

Also, an appropriate spatial distance is provided between the power supply device 4 and the FDD 1 fixed at the front position of the main body, the CD-ROM 2 and the HDD 3 so as not to hinder the cable wiring work. The structure is designed in consideration of the workability during disassembly, assembly and maintenance.

As shown by arrows A in FIGS. 2 and 5,
A high-heat-generating member on the control board 11 disposed at the bottom after the outside air is sucked from a ventilation hole 20 provided at a front portion on the left side of the main body by a cooling fan provided at the rear inside the power supply device 4. After inducing the radiant heat of the HDD 3 and appropriately cooling it while inducing the rising heat of the CPU and other ICs and the like, the inside of the power supply device 4 itself is cooled and discharged to the outside by the cooling fan. It is configured to form a series of flow paths.

Due to the above structure, the internal layout is different from the prior art shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 in that the right side ventilation hole of the upper case 6 and the bottom ventilation hole of the lower case 7 have a total of three places. By using only one ventilation hole on the left side ventilation hole 20 instead of the one that has taken in the outside air, the control board 11, HD
D3, the power supply device 4 can be cooled very efficiently.

Here, since the HDD 3 is located near the center of the main body and the ventilation holes are reduced, it is not necessarily comfortable that the HDD 3 itself is generated during the initial processing at the time of turning on the power of the main body and at the time of reading / writing. By making it difficult to hear the operation sound that cannot be said, there is also an effect that it is possible to concentrate on the work and to improve the work efficiency.

It is needless to say that the same effect can be obtained with this configuration when the main body is placed vertically. Further, as compared with the prior art shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, a slide die on one side is not required in the die structure, so that an inexpensive die can be obtained.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the FDD, CD-ROM, HDD, and other unit parts are arranged so as to be held in the metal fittings installed on the right front side inside the main body, and the CD-ROM is mounted in the rear space. A power supply unit having an external size larger than the width can be installed. The CPU, the HDD, the external air sucked from one vent hole form a series of flow paths.
The power supply device can be efficiently cooled.

Further, since the HDD is arranged near the center of the main body, the HDD is located near the ventilation hole on the side wall of the main body as in the prior art.
It is said that the operator can concentrate on the work more efficiently because the operation sound generated from the HDD itself is hard to be heard during the initial processing at the time of turning on the power and at the time of reading / writing as compared with the case where the HDD is provided. effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically showing a cooling channel of the information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the information processing apparatus main body according to the embodiment of the present invention in a horizontal state.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary perspective view of the information processing apparatus main body according to the embodiment of the present invention in a vertically installed state;

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the related art.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary perspective view of an information processing apparatus main body according to an embodiment of the related art in a horizontal state.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an information processing apparatus main body according to a related art example in a vertically installed state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Floppy disk device, 2. CD-ROM device,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Hard disk drive, 4 ... Power supply device, 5 ... Front panel, 6 ... Upper case, 7 ... Lower case, 8 ... Switch knob, 9 ... Switch bar, 10 ... Connecting member, 11 ... Control board, 12 ... For image scanner Substrate, 13 ... ISA
Bus board, 14 ... frame, 15 ... rear panel, 16 ...
Display device, 17 input device, 18 upper case ventilation hole, 1
9: lower case ventilation hole, 20: left side ventilation hole, 21: CP
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 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takashi Ishibashi 1-1-1 Higashitaga-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture Inside the Taga Headquarters, Hitachi, Ltd.Electrical Equipment Division 4-6, Surugadai, Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] A hard disk device (hereinafter referred to as HDD), a floppy disk device (hereinafter referred to as FDD),
A storage device such as a CD-ROM device (hereinafter referred to as a CD-ROM), a power supply device for supplying power, and turning on the power supply
A switch mechanism for operating / OFF, a board for controlling, and a main body of the information processing apparatus having a space for mounting a board for an option, the main body can be installed both horizontally and vertically. , When the main body is placed horizontally, FDD, C
The D-ROMs are arranged in two rows in a horizontal state, and knobs for operating switches are disposed on the right side of the D-ROMs. Inside the main body, the FDD and the CD-ROM are located at side portions of the FDD and the CD-ROM and near the center of the main body. The HDD is disposed vertically in the vertical direction with respect to the horizontal state of the ROM and in the vertically long state with respect to the front-rear direction of the main body, and the FDD and the CD-ROM inside the main body;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a power supply device having a width equal to or larger than that of a CD-ROM, provided in an area which can be occupied to the maximum extent within the external dimensions of a main body provided at a rear portion of an HDD. 2. The power supply device according to claim 1, further comprising a cooling fan inside the power supply device, wherein the cooling fan discharges internal warm air from the rear of the main body to the outside, and the HDD is provided in a central part of the main body. And a ventilation hole for taking in outside air is provided at a front portion of the left side wall of the main body. The outside air enters through the ventilation hole and is on a control board provided at the bottom. An information processing apparatus having an internal layout that forms a flow path for cooling at least the HDD and the power supply device while inducing a rising warm air of a central processor unit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU).