JPS62259896A - Housing for information record medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Objective of the Invention 1 (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a storage body for a cart-shaped information recording medium (eg, an IC card).

(Prior Art) With the development of the information society and advances in electronic technology in recent years, card-shaped information recording media such as IC cards have come to be used frequently when conducting various commercial transactions such as financial transactions. ing.

Such a card-shaped information recording medium 30 usually includes an information recording section formed as an integrated circuit (IC) in a base 20 formed in a card shape as shown in FIG.
In order to electrically connect this information recording section to an external device, a contact section 21 consisting of a large number of contacts arranged in a row is often provided in an exposed position at one end of the base body 20.

In such an information recording medium 30, in order to prevent damage to the exposed contact portion 21, the information recording medium 30 is placed in a storage body 22 having an internal storage space 23, as shown in FIG. The information recording medium 30 is stored or carried around, and the information recording medium 30 is taken out from the storage body 22 as necessary for use in commercial transactions.

However, the conventional storage body 22 described above has the main purpose of simply preventing damage to the contacts 21 or the base 20 itself, and if the information recording medium 30 is left in a charged space or comes into contact with a charged human body, textiles, etc. This makes it impossible to prevent static electricity from being generated at the contacts 21.

The voltage of static electricity generated at such a contact 21 is, for example, 5K.
It is known that R
<Since this has an impact that is hard to see on the information recording medium 30, some kind of countermeasure is required.

Furthermore, since the material forming the storage space for the information recording medium in the storage body 22 shown in FIG. It is impossible to read the display section 20a that displays the contents from the outside, and therefore the information recording medium 30 is removed from the storage body 22 each time it is used.
There was the complication of having to decipher 0a.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in the conventional container, it is possible to prevent static electricity from being generated at the contacts of the information recording medium.
Another problem is that the recorded contents cannot be confirmed from the outside.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an information storage medium storage body that can prevent static electricity from being generated at the contact points of the information storage medium, improve safety, and eliminate the complication during use. (Means for solving the problem) The present invention houses an integrated information recording section and has a contact section in an exposed position for electrically connecting the information recording section to an external device. and a conductive container capable of storing a card-shaped information recording medium, which has a display section showing recorded contents of the information recording section, and a wall surface of the container in which a contact portion of the information recording medium is stored. A group of conductive hair-like bodies abutting the contact portion is provided in the storage body, and a wall portion of the storage body corresponding to the display portion is formed of a light-transmitting member.

(Function) When an information recording medium having an exposed contact portion and a display portion showing recorded contents is stored in the information recording medium storage body having the above configuration, the contact portion of this information recording medium is stored. Since it comes into contact with a group of conductive hairs provided on the body wall surface, and the storage body itself is also conductive, the contact portion is short-circuited, thereby preventing static electricity from being generated at the contact portion.

Furthermore, when the information recording medium is stored in the storage body, the wall portion of the storage body corresponding to the display section is formed of a light-transmitting member, so that the display section can be visually recognized from outside the storage body. .

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the following description, it is assumed that the information recording medium 30 has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 7 described above.

The storage body 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is formed into an overall shape or a rectangular parallelepiped shape using a conductive material 1 such as a lightweight metal, and is also a rectangular parallelepiped in which an information recording medium 30 can be stored. It has a storage space 2 of the shape.

That is, this storage body 1 has a rectangular upper wall portion 3a,
The lower wall surface portion 3b and both wall surface portions 3a.

Both side wall portions 3c, 3 connect both side edges of 3b with an interval slightly larger than the thickness of the information recording medium 30, respectively.
d, and each of these wall surfaces 3a and 3b.

A storage space 2 is formed by the rear wall portion 3e that closes the rear end faces of the storage body 1 and the information recording medium 30 from the front end face 4. It is configured so that it can be inserted and stored at any time.

On the storage space 2 side walls of the upper and lower wall portions 3a and 3b, there are the front end surface 4 side and the rear wall portion 3e.
Located on each side, the storage space 2 is made of stainless steel towards the side.

Conductive hair-like bodies Y5 made of a material such as carbone are implanted in a dense arrangement.

In addition, a rectangular hole is formed in the center of each of the upper and lower wall portions 3a and 3b, and each hole is made of, for example, a synthetic resin material and has a light transmitting property (for example, transparent). Light-transmissive member 6a.

6b is fitted. This double-light transparent member 6a.

6b are both the upper and lower wall portions 3a.

3b, and has a size that allows the entire display section 20a of the information recording medium 30 to be visually recognized from the outside.

A portion of the both side wall surfaces 3G and 3d, for example, the front end surface 4
Operation notches 7a and 7b are provided in the vicinity of the information recording medium 30, and are large enough to accommodate the fingers of the owner of the information recording medium 30.

Next, the operation of the five-channel storage body 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

When storing the information recording medium 30 in this storage body 1,
As shown in FIG. 3, for example, the information recording medium 30 is inserted into the storage space 2 with the contact portion 21 facing the front end surface 4 side of the storage body 1 and the display portion 20a facing upward. As shown in the figure, the information recording medium 30 is completely stored in the storage space 2.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the contact portion 21 of the information recording medium 30 is located near the IZ of the rear wall portion 3e, and the conductive hair group 5 provided on the upper wall portion 3a is located at this point. It comes into contact with the contact portion 21 . Therefore, a large number of contacts of the contact portion 21 are short-circuited, thereby preventing static electricity from being generated in the contact portion 21.

Further, in this state, the display section 20a is visible from the outside through the light-transmitting member 6a provided on the lower wall surface section 3a, so that the recorded contents of the information recording medium 30 can be easily determined while it is stored in the storage body 1.

After storing the information recording medium 30 in the storage body 1 in this manner, when taking out the information recording medium 30, the information recording medium 30 is exposed through the operating notches 7a and 7b provided in the storage body 1 as shown in FIG. All you have to do is push both sides of the information recording medium 30 toward the front end surface 4 side with your fingers. As a result, the insertion rear end side of the information recording medium 30 is exposed to the outside of the front end surface 4, so that the information recording medium 3O can be easily taken out from the storage body 1.

Although not shown, even when the information recording medium 30 is housed in the storage body 1 with the display section 20a facing the lower wall section 3b, light can be transmitted through the light transmitting member 6b provided on the lower wall section 3b. The conductive hair-like body group 5 can be visually recognized and, in this case, the contact portion 21 is provided on the lower wall surface portion 3b.
Since it comes into contact with the holder, it is possible to prevent the generation of static electricity as in the case described above.

Further, even if the information recording medium 30 is stored in the storage body 1 with the contact portion 21 located on the front end surface 4 side, contrary to the case shown in FIG.
Or, regardless of which side of the lower wall surface portion 3b it faces, the same actions and effects as in the case described above can be exhibited.

Fig. 6 shows a modification of the present invention, and in the figure, parts having the same functions as those shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are given the same reference numerals, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted. .

The difference between the storage body 1a and the storage body 1, which is not shown in FIG.
Moreover, the hair-like body group 5A is also implanted on each outer surface of the rear wall surface portion 3e. This hair-like body AT 5Δ can be formed from the above-mentioned fibers such as stainless steel or carbon, and by having such a structure, this storage body 1a
can give a sense of high quality.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

For example, the light-transmitting member may not be formed of a transparent material, but may also be formed of a 41-color transparent material that is lightly colored, such as blue or yellow.

Further, the present invention can be applied not only to card-shaped information recording media but also to various types of PC boards and IC boards in which a large number of contacts are arranged in rows and twos, for example.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, it is possible to eliminate the influence of static electricity on the contact portions of the information recording medium, and the recorded contents of the information recording medium B can be easily read, thereby reducing the hassle [ An object of the present invention is to provide an information recording medium storage body that can eliminate the feeling of discomfort.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line II in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the information recording medium stored in the storage body, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 shows a modification of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which an information recording medium is inserted into a conventional storage body. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Storage body, 5... Conductive hair-like body group, 5a, 5b
...Light-transmitting member. 30... Information recording medium. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Contains an integrated information recording section, has an exposed contact section for electrically connecting the information recording section to an external device, and displays the information recorded in the information recording section. An electrically conductive storage body capable of storing a card-shaped information recording medium with a part attached thereto, the electrically conductive hair-like body group being in contact with the contact part on the wall surface of the storage body in which the contact part of the information recording medium is stored. What is claimed is: 1. A storage body for an information recording medium, characterized in that a wall portion of the storage body corresponding to the display portion is formed of a light-transmitting member. (2) The information recording medium storage body according to claim 1, wherein the information recording medium is an IC card.