JPH11334781A - Recording medium case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording medium case having a small number of parts and easy to be set and removed. SOLUTION: A case 1 is formed integrally of a flexible member, and frames 12 of the outer periphery and an engaging section 14 of a central section are formed integrally, and a connecting projection 13 is formed on the frame 12 and a connecting recess 17 is formed on the back of the frame. As the case 1 is formed of the flexible member, an edge of the outer periphery and an edge of a center hole can be deformed easily and engaged with the inner face of the frame 12 and the outer peripheral face of the engaging section 14 of the case 1 of a disk 2 respectively. Also one connecting projection 13 of one case is fitted on a connecting recess 17 of another case to connect a plurality of cases together.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a compact disk (CD), a CD-ROM, and a laser disk (LD).
And the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a case made of a relatively hard resin has been used as a case for storing a recording medium such as a compact disk. FIG. 6 shows a typical recording medium case 100 of a conventionally used compact disk. FIG. 6A shows the recording medium case 100.
As shown in FIG. 1, a transparent resin case body 101 and a lid 102 which can be opened and closed freely are provided. A locking member 103 for locking the compact disc 110 is attached to the case body 101. The locking member 103 is a member in which a circular base portion 104 and a cylindrical protruding engaging portion 105 are integrally formed as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. The structure is fixed by such as. The outer diameter of the cylindrical engaging portion 105 is slightly larger than the diameter of the center hole 111 of the compact disc 110, and is formed to have a slit so as to be elastically bent. Compact disk 110 in case 10
0, the center hole 111 of the compact disk 110 is engaged with the engaging portion 105 of the locking member 103 by using a slight bending of the engaging portion 105 and locked. It is stored with the main body 101 fixed.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional recording medium case, the lid 1 attached to the case body 101 is provided.
02 is an indispensable member, and the locking member 103 for locking the compact disc is formed as a separate member from the case main body 101. is there. In addition, since a case with a lid is used to store one compact disk, there is a problem that a large volume is occupied when a large number of stacked disks are stacked. Furthermore, in order to impart elasticity to the locking member, it is necessary to form a complicated shape such as forming a slit, and it is not always easy to attach and detach the compact disk to and from the locking member. In addition, the locking member 10
3 could be broken, making it impossible to lock the compact disc.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is easy to manufacture, a recording medium can be easily mounted, and a recording apparatus capable of reducing the size of a case. It is intended to provide a media case. Further, the present invention enables a plurality of cases to be connected by providing an engagement portion for connection in a recording medium case, and further enables locking to a recording / reproducing device or the like used by mounting a recording medium. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium case.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a flat portion for covering the recording medium and a rising portion for locking the edge of the recording medium are integrally formed by a flexible member. It is characterized by having been formed. According to the invention of claim 1, the recording medium case can be molded as one part,
In addition, since the recording medium is formed of a flexible member, it can be easily deformed when the recording medium is attached and detached, and attachment and detachment are facilitated.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium case according to the first aspect, an engaging portion and an engaged portion are formed, and the engaging portion is engaged with the engaged portion. Thus, it is possible to connect to another recording medium case. According to the invention of claim 2, the recording medium case can be used by being connected to another recording medium case, and a plurality of connected use states can be achieved in a small space state.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium case according to the first aspect, the recording medium case is detachable from a recording medium reproducing apparatus that reads information from and / or writes information to the recording medium. The configuration is as follows. According to the third aspect of the invention, the recording medium case can be detachably locked to the recording medium reproducing device, and can be carried and stored together with the reproducing device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a recording medium reproducing apparatus comprises:
A flat portion that covers the recording medium and a rising portion that locks the edge of the recording medium are integrally formed with a flexible member, and engage with the engaging portion of the recording medium case in which the engaging portion is formed. The recording medium case is detachable. According to the invention of claim 4, it becomes possible to lock and carry or store the recording medium case in which the engaging portion is formed.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a compact disk (CD) as a recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1 shows a case 1 for accommodating. 1A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a rear view, FIG. 1C is a left side view, FIG. 1D is a right side view, FIG. 1E is a front view, and FIG. Also,
FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional structure in a state where a disk is stored in a recording medium case. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which the cases of the present embodiment are connected and used.

The disk storage case 1 of this embodiment is
It is made of flexible silicone resin and has a circular shape as a whole as shown in FIG. The case 1 has a circular disk storage surface 11 on the upper surface, and a frame portion 12 is raised from the disk storage surface 11 on the outer periphery so as to be slightly higher than the disk storage surface 11 than the thickness of the disk. It is formed so as to be integrally formed throughout. At the center of the disk storage surface 12, a circular engaging portion 14 is formed at the same height as the frame portion 12 with which the center hole of the disk engages, and is raised from the disk storage surface 11 in a plan view. It is projected. As shown in FIG.
The inner peripheral surface 12a of 2 is a tapered surface which is inclined outward from the upper part to the lower part. Similarly, the outer peripheral surface 14a of the central engaging portion 14 is also a tapered surface that is inclined in the center direction from the upper portion to the lower portion. The size of the disk storage surface 11 is made according to the size of a recording medium such as a disk to be stored. In this case, the inner diameter of the uppermost part of the frame 12 is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the disk.

The outer diameter of the engaging portion 14 is also determined according to the size of the center hole of the disk. The diameter of the upper end surface of the engaging portion 14 is slightly larger than the diameter of the center hole of the disk. . Notch portions 13a are formed at three locations in the surrounding frame portion 12 at predetermined intervals, and connection protrusions 13b serving as connection engagement portions protruding upward into the cutout portions 13a. Is formed. As shown in FIGS. 1F and 2, ribs 16 are integrally formed on the back surface 15 of the case 1 so as to protrude from the back surface 15, whereby the case 1 made of a flexible material is formed. To give some strength. In the present embodiment, the rib 16 is formed by a tapered arm 16a extending in three directions in the circumferential direction from the central portion and reaching the circumferential portion, and the distal end portion is formed by the connecting convex portion 13b of the frame portion 12. The position corresponds to the position that has been set. In addition, a coupling concave portion 17 which is a coupling engaged portion into which the coupling convex portion 13 is fitted is formed at the distal end portion. Further, a concave portion 18 is formed in the center of the back surface at a position corresponding to the position of the engaging portion 14 of the disk storage surface 11.

Next, a method of storing a disk in the case 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. Disc 2
The center hole 21 is fitted to the engaging portion 14 of the case 1 and placed on the disk storage surface 11 for storage.
The outer diameter of the disk 2 is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the upper end surface of the frame portion 12, but the frame portion 12 itself has flexibility, and can easily climb over the upper end surface of the frame portion to easily store the disk 2 on the storage surface. Can be mounted. The outer diameter of the end surface of the engaging portion 14 is larger than the center hole 21 of the disc 2,
4 itself has flexibility and can easily fit into the center hole 21 beyond the end face of the engaging portion 14.

The disk 2 once placed on the disk storage surface 11 has an edge portion of the center hole 21 and a tapered outer peripheral surface of the engaging portion 14 of the case 1, and a frame portion of the case 1 at the outer peripheral edge. The tapered inner peripheral surface 12a does not come out of engagement. FIG. 3A shows a state in which the stored disk 2 is taken out of the case 1. When the disk 2 is taken out, the frame portion 12 is pulled down by hand as shown by an arrow in the drawing, so that the flexibility of the case 1 is increased. The edge of the disk 2 and the frame 12 can be easily separated from each other due to the nature. In addition, the center hole 21 of the disk 2 and the engaging portion 15 of the case 1 can be easily separated.

FIG. 3B shows an example in which a plurality of cases 1 are connected and used. The connecting projection 13b formed on the frame 12 of the case 1 is connected to the connecting recess 17 of the other case 1.
It is possible to connect the two cases 1 and 1 by fitting them into the case. Similarly, it is possible to sequentially connect a large number of cases 1 to one another. In this case, the bottom of one case will serve as the lid of the other case,
There is no need to provide a lid for each case, and the space can be reduced even when connected. Since the concave portion 18 is formed at the center of the rear surface 15 of the case 1 in correspondence with the engaging portion 14, the end surface of the engaging portion 15 contacts the rear surface of the case 1 and the connecting convex portion 13 is formed.
There is no hindrance to the fitting of the connection recess 17 with b.

As shown in FIG. 3B, a lid 3 separate from the case 1 can be used. In this case, the lid 3 is formed of a flexible silicone resin similarly to the case 1, and on the back surface thereof, there is formed a connecting concave portion which can be fitted with the connecting convex portion 13 b formed on the frame portion 12. Use what was done. FIG. 3C shows an example in which the case 1 of this embodiment is used while being locked to the portable CD player 4. On one side surface 42 of the case 41 of the portable CD player 4, there is provided a connecting concave portion 43 into which the connecting convex portion 13b of the case 1 is fitted. As a result, the case 1 containing the disk 2 is connected to the portable C
The D player 4 can be fitted and connected to the connecting recess 43. In this manner, the case 1 containing the disc is detachably locked to the portable CD player 4, so that the case 1 can be carried or stored together with the portable CD player 4.

As described above, the case for the recording medium according to the present embodiment has the following effects. (A) Since the case has an engaging member for locking the recording medium integrally formed with the case, the number of parts is small, the case does not need to be assembled, and the case can be manufactured at low cost. it can. (B) Since the case is entirely formed of a flexible member, it is easy to attach and detach the recording medium. (C) Since the recording medium storage surface is a flexible member, the recording surface of the recording medium facing the recording medium storage surface is not damaged. (D) Since the entire case is formed of a flexible member, the recording medium can be easily removed by deforming the frame portion and the disk housing surface. The structure or shape can be simplified without requiring any special processing. Also, it is possible to reduce the size of the case. (E) Since the case has the engaging portion and the engaged portion, a plurality of cases can be connected, and storage and transfer of the plurality of cases are facilitated. (F) When the two cases are connected, one of the cases can function as a lid for covering the opening of the other case, which is advantageous for cost reduction of the case and space saving of the housing space. (G) Since the case is configured to be detachable from the recording medium reproducing apparatus, for example, a spare recording medium can be carried together with the reproducing apparatus, and the case of the recording medium set in the reproducing apparatus can be carried together with the reproducing apparatus. (H) Since the case is formed of a flexible member, the case also functions as a buffer member, and can protect the recording medium against falling or vibration. In addition, even when the case is locked to the playback device, the case functions as an anti-vibration member.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 shows a case 5 for storing a compact disk as a recording medium according to the second embodiment.
(A) is a plan view, (B) is X1-X in FIG.
1 (C) is a sectional view taken along line X2-X2 of FIG.
Is a rear view. The case 5 for accommodating a recording medium according to the present embodiment has a square shape as a whole, and is formed of a flexible silicone resin similarly to the case 1 described above. In the case 5, a circular disk storage space 51 having the same size as the disk to be stored is formed. At the center, an engaging member 52 for engaging with the edge of the center hole of the disk is formed integrally with the case 5. The disk accommodating space 51 has a depth slightly larger than the thickness of the disk to be accommodated, and its outer peripheral portion is formed with a ring-shaped step portion 53 on which the disk is placed, and is directed upward from below the step portion 53. An outer peripheral rising portion 54 having a tapered surface inclined inwardly is formed. Similarly, the central engaging member 5
On the side surface of the disk 2, there is formed a step portion 55 on which the disk is placed and a rising portion 56 having a tapered surface inclined outward from the step portion 55. At four corners of the square case 5 on the side where the disk storage surface is formed, connecting projections 57 are formed.

On the back surface of the case 5, a square recess 60 serving as a space for accommodating a card is formed, and card holding claws 63 are formed inward from a pair of opposing sides of the recess 60. . In addition, at the four corners on the back surface of the square case 5, the connecting concave portions 64 corresponding to the front connecting convex portions 57 are provided.
Are formed. FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams for explaining a use state of the case 5 of the present embodiment. FIG. 5A shows a state in which a disk and a card are stored in the case 5, and FIG. 5B shows a case where a plurality of cases are connected. 4 illustrates a state of a connecting portion.

The disk 2 is accommodated in the disk accommodating space 51 of the case 5 with its outer peripheral edge placed on a step 53 of an outer peripheral portion of the disk accommodating space 51 and a step 55 of the engaging portion 52. When the disc is placed in the disk storage space 51,
The case 5 is a member having flexibility, and the edge of the center hole 21 and the edge of the outer periphery of the disk 2 are formed by the upper end surface of the engaging portion 52 of the case 5 and the upper end surface of the outer periphery of the disk accommodation space, respectively. It can be easily deformed and overcome. In the case 5 of the present embodiment, the disk 2 is provided with a stepped portion 53 and an engagement portion 5 on the outer peripheral portion of the disk accommodation space 51.
Since the disc 2 is placed on the step portion 55, the disc 2 is accommodated with a gap between the disc 2 and the bottom surface of the disc accommodation space 51 except for the outer peripheral portion and the central portion. Note that the disk 2 stored in the disk storage space does not come off by engaging with the tapered surface of the engaging portion 52 and the tapered surface of the outer peripheral rising portion 54.

The case 5 also has a recess 60 for accommodating a card formed on the back surface thereof.
For example, a card 7 for displaying or explaining the contents of the disk can be housed by engaging with the card holding claws 63. As shown in FIG. 5 (B), even in the case 5 of the present embodiment, the connecting projection 57 serving as the engaging portion for connection is provided.
The connection concave portion 64 serving as the engagement portion for connection can be fitted and connected to each other. Thereby, the plurality of cases 5 can be integrally carried or stored.

As described above, even in the case 5 of this embodiment, the same effect as in the case 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 can be obtained. In the case 5 of the present embodiment, since a card storage space is formed in addition to the case 1, it is possible to store an instruction manual, a contents list, a lyrics card, etc. of the disk together with the recording medium. In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which a silicone resin is used as the flexible member forming the case. However, the present invention is not limited to the silicone resin, and may be, for example, rubber.

[0022]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the recording medium case can be formed as one part, and since it is formed of a flexible member, it can be easily deformed when the recording medium is attached or detached. It becomes easy to attach and detach. According to the invention of claim 2, the recording medium case can be used by being connected to another recording medium case, and a plurality of connected use states can be achieved in a small space state.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the recording medium case can be detachably locked to the recording medium reproducing apparatus, and can be carried and stored together with the reproducing apparatus. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide the recording medium reproducing apparatus with a function of locking the recording medium case in which the engaging portion is formed so that the recording medium case can be carried or stored.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a case for accommodating a compact disc according to an embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a plan view,
(B) is a rear view, (C) is a left side view, (D) is a right side view, (E) is a front view, and (F) is a back view.

FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional structure in a state where a disk is stored in a case.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which cases are used by being connected to each other.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show a case for storing a compact disk as a recording medium according to a second embodiment, FIG.
(B) is a sectional view taken along line X1-X1 in FIG. (A), (C) is a sectional view taken along line X2-X2 in FIG. (A), and (D is a back view.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a use state of the case according to the second embodiment. (A) shows a state in which a disk and a card are stored, and (B) explains a state of a connecting portion when a plurality of cases are connected.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a case of a conventional recording medium.
(A) is the whole structure, (B) is the elements on larger scale of an engagement part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 5 Case 2 Disk 3 Lid 4 Portable CD player 11 Disk accommodation surface 12 Frame part 13b, 57 Connection convex part 14, 52 Engagement part 16 Rib 17, 64 Connection concave part 60 Card holding space 63 Card holding claw

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Keiji Tsunoda 3-7-3 Nakamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo Inside Tiac Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A recording medium case, wherein a flat portion that covers a recording medium and a rising portion that locks an edge of the recording medium are formed integrally with a flexible member. 2. The recording medium case according to claim 1, further comprising: an engaging portion and an engaged portion, wherein the engaging portion is engaged with the engaged portion to perform another recording. A recording medium case capable of being connected to a medium case. 3. The recording medium case according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium case is detachable from a recording medium reproducing apparatus that reads information from and / or writes information to the recording medium. . 4. A locking member of a recording medium case in which a flat portion covering a recording medium and a rising portion for locking an edge of the recording medium are integrally formed with a flexible member and an engaging portion is formed. A recording medium reproducing device, wherein an engaged member that engages with the joining portion is formed, and the recording medium case is detachable.