JPS6220945Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to the improvement of a portable cassette tape player, and in particular, it utilizes the handle used when carrying the player to form a tape cassette storage section, thereby enhancing the functionality of the player. This relates to things that are intended to be improved without increasing the number of parts.

Conventionally, the above-mentioned players can be carried and used at any desired location, and are very useful and popular.

However, since a plurality of tape cassettes are used interchangeably when the player is used, a place may be required to temporarily store the replaced tape cassettes.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and is characterized in that the handle is used to form a storage section for the tape cassette.

The present invention will be explained below along with illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, which is a perspective view of a portable cassette tape player 10 viewed from the back. The player 10 is made of synthetic resin or the like, and has a front surface 11 and both left and right sides 12 and 13 (only 13 is shown in FIG. 1. 12 is the opposite side of 13).
It consists of a hexagonal cabinet 16 having a rectangular shape long in the direction and a short rectangular shape in the direction of the front surface 11 and the back surface 15 on the top surface 16, and a handle 17 rotatably attached to the cabinet 16. .

The handle 17 has an intermediate portion 18 and both end portions 19 and 20 protruding from both ends of the intermediate portion 18 in the same direction.
(Only 20 is shown in Figure 1. 19 is 20
It protrudes from the other end of the intermediate portion 18 opposite to. )
The tips of both end portions 19 and 20 are connected to shafts 21 and 2.
2 to the left and right side surfaces 12 and 13 of the cabinet so as to be rotatable between the solid line position and the two-dot chain line position.

When the handle 17 is rotated in the direction of the back surface 15,
The cabinet side 23 of the intermediate section 18 abuts the back surface 15 or is stopped close to the back surface 15.
When the handle 17 is rotated toward the top surface 14, the intermediate portion 18 is stopped at a predetermined distance from the top surface 14. This stop position, that is, the rotation angle of the handle 17 can be achieved by providing a known limiting means such as a stopper for limiting the rotation angle of the shaft 22.

The side surface 24 of the intermediate portion 18, which becomes the upper surface when the handle 17 is rotated toward the back surface 15, has a recess 25 that opens in the side surface 24. In the case of the embodiment, the recesses 25 are formed at both ends of the intermediate portion 18, but they may be formed throughout the entire portion if necessary. The size of this recess 25 is the same as that of the tape cassette 26.
can be inserted in the position indicated by the two-dot chain line or rotated 90 degrees. In either case, it is preferable that the upper end portion of the tape cassette 26 protrude slightly above the upper surface 17 so that it can be seen from the front surface 11.
A door 27 is provided on the opening surface of this recess 25 as required. One end of the door 27 is rotatably supported around a shaft 28, and the other end 29 is biased against the inner surface of the recess 25 by a spring 30. Therefore door 2
7 is attached so as to always close the opening surface of the recess 25, and the tape cassette 26 is mounted so as to rotate the door 27 inward of the recess 25 around a shaft 28 against the bias of the spring 30. It is inserted by pressing it. recess 25
The tape cassette 26 inserted therein is pressed against the inner surface of the recess 25 by the door 27 and is held without wobbling. Therefore, even when the handle 17 is rotated to the position shown by the two-dot chain line and the player 10 is carried, the tape cassette 26 inserted into the recess 25 can be supported without falling. When the tape cassette 26 is inserted into the recess 25 of the handle 17 rotated on the back surface 15, when it moves from the front surface 11 through the top surface 14 and along the back surface 15 from above to below, the lower end of the tape cassette 26 Since it abuts against the surface 24 of the handle 17, it is sufficient to move the tape cassette 26 slightly away from the back surface 15 in this state and then move it further downward.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals, and their explanation will be omitted. Second
In the figure, the difference from Figure 1 is that the middle part 1 of the handle 17
8 is rotatably connected to both ends 19 and 20 about shafts 31 and 32. When the intermediate portion 18 is grasped by hand and rotated from the solid line position to the two-dot chain line position, the opening surface of the recess 25 is directed upward in either case. In this case, the shafts 31 and 32 may be provided with known braking means that stop them at the solid line position and the two-dot chain line position. According to this example, there is no risk that the tape cassette inserted into the recess 25 will fall even if the door 27 of FIG. 1 is not provided.

FIG. 3 shows yet another embodiment of the present invention. 3 differs from FIG. 1 in that the recess 25 is formed between the back surface 15 and the side surface 23 of the handle 17. In this case, the upper part of the back surface 15 is slightly cut out. In this case, the handle 17 should be
When moving in four directions, it is necessary to remove the tape cassette inserted into the recess 25.

As is well known, the front face 11 has an insertion/removal portion for inserting and removing a speaker or a tape cassette into an operational position for recording, playback, etc.

As described above, according to the present invention, the tape cassette 26 is attached to the back side of the cabinet 16 using the handle 17.
The housing part 25 can be formed at a low cost without increasing the number of parts.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1, 2, and 3 are partial perspective views of different embodiments of the present invention. 16 is a cabinet, 17 is a handle, 24 is a tape cassette insertion/removal section, and 26 is a tape cassette.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It consists of a hexagonal cabinet, an intermediate part having approximately the same length as the left and right sides of the cabinet, and both end parts extending in the same direction perpendicularly from both ends of the intermediate part, with the tips of the two end parts being connected to the cabinet. rotatably supported on the top of both the left and right sides of the cabinet, or near the left and right sides on the top surface of the cabinet,
The intermediate portion includes a handle that can be rotated at least on the top and back surfaces of the cabinet, and an insertion/removal portion that is provided on the front, top, and one of the left and right side surfaces of the cabinet and allows the tape cassette to be inserted and removed to an operating position. In a portable cassette tape player equipped with
When the intermediate portion of the handle is rotated to the back surface of the cabinet, a tape cassette insertion/removal portion that allows the front tape cassette to be inserted and removed from above the back surface of the cabinet is attached to the handle or the handle. and the back surface of the cabinet.