JPS6052148A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of a telephone set by arranging freely foldably a phate of hinge structure to a cover under a telephone set main body to vary the fitting angle when a telephone set is used as desk top mounting. CONSTITUTION:A plate 13 is accommodated in a concaved part 12 formed to a bottom face of a lower cover 11b of a telephone set main body 11 of a telephone set 10 in common to desk top mounting and wall mounting. A shaft part of cylindrical form is formed at four corners of the plate 13, a thin part 13a is formed nearly at the center of the plate in parallel with the axial direction of the shaft parts 14, and the thin part 13a is used as a folding line so that the plate is folded to an optional angle. In using the telephone set 10 as desk top mount, the shaft parts 14 of the plate 13 are inserted and supported to bearing parts 16 and 18 formed on the surface of the main body 11 respectively. The plate is supported by the bearing parts 16 and 18 by using the thin part 13a of the plate 13 as the folding line to fold the plate by a prescribed angle theta1 in this case. Further, a fitting angle theta2 between the desk top face 20 and the main body 11 is made variable to improve the operability of the telephone set 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an improvement in a telephone set for use on a desk or on a wall.

[Technical background of the invention]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of a conventional telephone 1, especially when used as a desk phone.

This telephone 1 has a high heel 3 made of a wedge-shaped box on the bottom surface K of the telephone main body 2 and a side surface shown in a perspective view in FIG. 2, which is removably arranged. It is mounted so as to be higher than the tabletop and used as a tabletop as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when using this telephone 1 as a wall-mounted device, the height heel 3 should be placed so that the rear 2b of the telephone main body 2 is higher with respect to the wall 4, as shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. At the same time, this no-heel 3 is fixed to the wall 4 with a mounting screw 5 inserted through a mounting hole 3b formed in the bottom surface 3&, and then the telephone main body 2 is attached to this no-heel 3. FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view showing the telephone 1 used as a wall-hanger. Note that the Noihee Jv3 is molded from synthetic resin like the upper and lower cases 2C12d of the phone main body 2, and its opposing side walls 3C13d
A claw 6 and a hooking piece 7 are each integrally formed at the opening end (Fig. 2), and the claw 6 and the hooking piece 7 are connected to a hole 8.9 formed in the lower case 2d of the electric H&A main body 2. (Fig. 1, Fig. 4) and is attached so as to be detachable.

[Problems with Background Art] By the way, especially when used as a desk phone, the optimum operating angle of the operation panel surface varies depending on the position of the tabletop surface, that is, the position far from the operator, the position close to the operator, etc. However, according to the conventional telephone 1 described above, since the wedge-shaped heel 3 with a constant mounting angle θ is attached to the main body 2, when used as a tabletop, the mounting angle of the telephone main body 2 with respect to the tabletop surface is However, depending on the installation location, the operability of 'ML Phone 1 may have been beneficial.

Furthermore, the conventional telephone 1 has a disadvantage in that the overall shape is increased by the height of the heel 3, which increases the amount of dedicated space required for storing and transporting the telephone 1.

[Purpose of the invention]

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention improves operability by changing the mounting angle of the telephone body when used on a tabletop, and reduces the space occupied during storage and transportation. The purpose is to provide TLti machines.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention arranges a bendable plate having a hinge structure on the lower cover of the phone main body, and changes the bending angle of this plate to use the phone main body as a tabletop. In this case, the mounting angle can be adjusted and the plate can be expanded and housed in the lower cover of the phone body.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 5 shows a desk-top and wall-mounted telephone 10 as a telephone according to the present invention.

This tabletop/wall-mounted telephone (hereinafter referred to as the telephone) 1
0 phone main body 11 has a lower cover 1xb H1
A plate body 13 is accommodated in a recess 12 formed in the surface. This plate body 13 is formed by injection molding, and as shown in the enlarged perspective view of FIG. 6, cylindrical shaft portions 14 are formed at each of its four corners. Further, a thin portion 13a is formed approximately in the center of the plate body 13 in parallel to the axial direction of the shaft portion 14. Therefore, when the plate 13 is formed of a polypropylene resin molding material, the plate 13 can be bent at any angle using the thin portion 13a as a bend line.

In addition, the reference numeral 11a in FIG. 5 is the upper cover of the telephone main body 11, and the reference numeral 15 in FIG. The boss 30 formed with is an elastic body made of anti-slip rubber attached to the back surface of the plate body 13.

On the other hand, the lower cover 11b of the telephone main body 11 that accommodates the plate 13 has a recess 12 formed on its surface, as shown in the bottom perspective view of the telephone main body 11 shown in FIG. Peripheral area 12m.

12b, each pair of bearing parts 16, 17, 18, 19 of the shaft part 14 formed in the plate body 13 are formed facing each other.

The bearing parts 16, 17, 18, and 19 have openings 16a and 17a, respectively, as shown in the enlarged sectional view of the main parts in FIG.
, 19a is formed into a substantially U-shaped cross section, and its ceiling surfaces 16b, 171), 1
9b is provided with a protrusion 16 to prevent the shaft portion 14 from easily coming off when the shaft portion 14 is inserted from the direction of the arrow ASB.
b', 17b', and 19b' are formed. Furthermore, the 8th
In the figure, the bearing part 18 is omitted because it has the same structure as the bearing part 17. Among the openings, an opening 16a and an opening 19a are formed in the same direction, and an opening 17a and an opening 18a are formed opposite to this direction. In FIG. 7, reference numerals 32 and 33 are housing holes for the boss 15 and the elastic body 30, respectively.

Next, a case will be described in which the plate 13 is arranged on the bottom surface of the telephone main body 11 and used as a tabletop or wall-mounted device, respectively.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the telephone 10 illustrating an example of use on a desk. In this figure, the shaft 14 (sixth
Figure 1) is fitted and supported by bearings 16 and 18 formed on the bottom surface of the main body 11 of the product-forming machine, respectively. The bearing portion 16 is bent by an angle (θ1).
It is supported by 18. Therefore, when the telephone 10 is placed on the tabletop 20 after the plate 13 is attached to the telephone main body 11, the elastic body 30 attached to the thin part 13m of the plate 13 and a part of the telephone main body 11 are attached to the tabletop surface 20. They are in contact with each other, and the telephone 10 is placed at a predetermined mounting angle (θ2) with respect to the tabletop surface 2o. On the other hand, in order to change this mounting angle (0,), as shown in FIG. When the plate body 13 is fitted and supported by the thin part 17, the plate body 13
Using 3a as the bending line, make an even more acute angle θ*(0g<('□
), the phone 10 will be bent in this state.
When placed on the tabletop surface 20, the telephone 10 is placed at a wider mounting angle 04 (θ4>θ,) with respect to the tabletop surface 20. In addition, since the shaft portion 14 of the plate body 13 has openings formed at opposite positions, the bearing portion 16 and the bearing portion 18 and the bearing portion 16 and the bearing portion 17, which are lower layers, respectively, are 10 operation surface 11c (Fig. 9, 10
Even if the plate 13 is pressed, the plate 13 will not fall off from the telephone main body 11.

Next, a case where the above-mentioned telephone 1O is used as a wall-hanging device will be described.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the telephone 10 when it is used as a wall-hanger.

When using the telephone 10 as a wall-mounted device, the boss portion 15
The plate body 13 is moved such that the protruding portion of the plate body 13 is brought into contact with the wall body 22.
is expanded into a planar shape, and the mounting screw 21 is inserted into the boss portion 15 formed on the plate body 13.
The plate body 13 is fixed to the wall 22 by. Thereafter, the shaft portion 14 formed on the plate body 13 may be fitted into the bearing portions 16 and 19 (FIG. 7) formed on the lower cover iib of the telephone main body 11, respectively.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the telephone 10 showing the telephone 10 used as a wall-mounted telephone.

In the above embodiment, when the telephone 0 is used as a tabletop device, one of the shaft portions 14 formed on the plate body 13 is
The telephone 1 is fitted into the bearings 17 and 18 formed on the lower cover Jlb of the telephone main body 11, respectively, in two steps.
Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but a large number of bearing parts are formed on the lower cup (-11b) of the tti '6 & main body 11, and the mounting angle of the main body 11 is changed. It is also possible that the mounting angle of the telephone IO can be adjusted.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The present invention provides a telephone with a foldable plate removably attached to the lower cover of the telephone main body, and the angle at which the telephone is mounted can be adjusted by adjusting the bending angle of the plate. When used for commercial purposes, it is possible to obtain a receiving angle according to the installation conditions of the telephone, and d)
It is possible to dramatically improve the operability of the telephone.

Furthermore, since the plate can be housed within the telephone body, the space occupied by the telephone can be reduced when storing and transporting the telephone.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a side view of a conventional telephone, Figure 2 is a perspective view of a high-heeled phone, and Figure 8A3 is a side view of a conventional telephone.
4th exploded perspective view of the telephone. The figure shows a side view of the phone when it is used as a wall mount.
5 is a side view of the telephone according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the plate, FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing the bottom of the telephone body, and FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-section of the main part of FIG. 7. Figures 9 and 10 are respectively side views of the telephone when the telephone is used as a desk phone; Figure 11 is an exploded perspective view of the telephone when the telephone is used as a wall-mounter; FIG. 2 is a side view of the telephone in a used state. 10...Telephone, 11...Telephone body, llb...
・Lower cover, 12... recess, 12a... periphery, 13
... Plate body, 13a... Thin wall part, 14... Shaft part, 1
6.17.18.19... Bearing part, 20... Tabletop surface, 22... Wall body. Figure 2 Figure 4 Figure 5 0 Continued from page 1 0 Inventor: Ikuko Tani = 1 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. Branch Office, 1-2-2 Hata-5, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] fIJ Shafts are formed protruding from each of the four corners of the plate body, and a bent part is formed in the center of the shaft in the axial direction of the shaft, and the shaft is formed on the bottom surface of the lower cover of the telephone main body. By forming a plurality of bearing parts to which parts are detachably attached, and by fitting the shaft part to a required bearing part among the plurality of bearing parts, the plate body can be made into a flat plate shape or bent at an appropriate angle. A telephone characterized in that it is attached to the telephone body. (2) The telephone according to claim (1), wherein the bent portion is formed by a thin portion of the plate. (3) Claim No. (1) characterized in that the shaft portion consists of a cylindrical projection formed integrally with the plate body.
) Telephones listed in section. (4) A patent characterized in that the bearing portion is also a chamber body having a U-shaped cross section and formed in pairs facing each other at the periphery of a recess formed on the bottom surface of the lower cover of the telephone main body. A telephone according to claim (1).