JP2002293392A - Disk storage case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disk storage / holding case capable of easily taking out a disk-shaped recording medium and preventing peeling of the disk-shaped recording medium at a bonding surface despite repeated attachment / detachment. The purpose is to do. SOLUTION: The disk storage and holding case 40 stores and holds a disk-shaped recording medium having a center hole,
Three elastically deformable portions are formed, each of which protrudes from the bottom surface portion 44 in the case 40 and has a disk engaging portion 50, 50, 50 formed at the front end on the center side to engage the inner peripheral edge of the center hole of the disk-shaped recording medium. Support arms 46, 46, 46, 3
A triangular button 48 supported by two supporting arms 46, 46, 46, and between the supporting arms 46, 46, 46 and the triangular button 48 when the triangular button 48 is pressed. Grooves 52, 52, 52 to be reduced are formed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a case for storing and holding a disk-shaped recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Disc-shaped recording media include CD-ROM, CD-R and CD.
-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW,
There is a DVD-RAM. These disk-shaped recording media have their recording surfaces exposed to the outside, and are stored in a disk storage holding case when not in use in order to prevent dust and scratches.

FIGS. 5 and 6 (a) to 6 (d) show a conventional disk storage and holding case 1 (hereinafter referred to as "case"). The case 1 includes a lid (not shown) and a bottom 1a, two support arms 6, 6 protruding from the bottom 4 of the bottom 1a toward the center, and the support arm. Two button parts 8, each formed at the tip of the part,
8 is provided. The button portions 8, 8 have disk contact portions 14, 14 which abut on an inner end surface 12 forming the center hole 10 of the disk-shaped recording medium D on the outer peripheral surface, and a disk-shaped portion from above the disk contact portions 14, 14. Claw portions 16, 16 protruding outward in the radial direction of the recording medium D are provided. Further, in the case 1, a disk outer peripheral edge support portion 20 that holds the outer peripheral edge of the disk-shaped recording medium D is disposed so as to surround the two support arms 6. A circular step portion 22 positioned at a fixed height from the bottom surface portion 4 is formed inside the disk outer peripheral edge support portion 20,
When the disk-shaped recording medium D is stored, the disk-shaped recording medium D is formed to be supported from the lower surface side.

A case where the disk-shaped recording medium D is stored in such a conventional disk storage and holding case 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (c). FIG. 6 (a)
As shown in FIG.
The disk-shaped recording medium D is arranged on the claws 16, 16 in accordance with the claws 16, 16 of the two buttons 8, 8. Subsequently, when a force is applied to the disk-shaped recording medium D from above, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the buttons 8, 8 bend toward each other, and the claws 16, 16 become disk-shaped. The recording medium D enters the inner end surface 12. Further, when a force is applied to the disk-shaped recording medium D, as shown in FIG. 6C, the inner end surface 12 of the disk-shaped recording medium D comes into contact with each of the disk abutting portions 14, 14 and each of the claw portions 16. , 16 engage the inner peripheral edge of the center hole 10 of the disc-shaped recording medium D from above, so that the disc-shaped recording medium D
Attached to.

A case where the disk-shaped recording medium D is taken out of the case 1 will be described. In the state of FIG.
When a force is applied to each of the buttons 8 from above, the buttons 8 and 8 begin to bend toward each other toward the center. At this time, the inner peripheral edge of the center hole 10 of the disc-shaped recording medium D is pushed down by the claw portions 16 of the buttons 8.
Incidentally, since the outer peripheral edge of the disk-shaped recording medium D is held at a constant height from the bottom surface portion 4 by the step portion 22 of the disk outer peripheral edge support portion 20, the inner peripheral edge of the center hole 10 is
It resists the downward pressing force of each button 8, 8 (see FIG. 6D). For this reason, the claw portions 16, 16
Is removed from the upper surface of the disk-shaped recording medium D, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6 (a), the inner end face 12 is reached.
As shown in FIG.
8, the disk-shaped recording medium D is taken out of the case 1.

In the case 1, when one of the two buttons 8 is biased, one of the claws 8 is detached from the disk-shaped recording medium D, while the other is disengaged. 8 does not come off while being engaged with the disk-shaped recording medium D, so that there is a problem that the disk-shaped recording medium D cannot be taken out.

Further, when the two buttons 8 and 8 are pressed with one finger in order to apply force evenly to the two buttons 8 and 8, the finger is inserted into the gap between the buttons 8 and 8. There is a problem that the finger is hurt by the pinch.

Further, in the case 1, when the disk-shaped recording medium D is taken out, as shown in FIG. In order to release the engagement with the claw portions 16 while pulling the inner peripheral edge of the center hole 10 of the medium D, the DV
In the case of using a disc-shaped recording medium composed of two sheets such as D, there is a problem that if the recording medium is repeatedly attached and detached many times, it is peeled off at the adhered surface.

FIG. 7 shows another conventional case 30. The case 30 also includes a lid (not shown) and a bottom 30a. The bottom 30a has three support arms 36, 36, 36 protruding from the bottom 34 toward the center, and a support arm. 36, 36, 36, three button portions 38, 38, 38 respectively formed at the tips. A gap is formed between the button parts through the bottom part 30a.

However, in case 30 described above,
Since a gap is formed between the buttons 38, 38, 38, there is a risk that a finger may be pinched in the gap between the buttons 38, 38, 38 when the disk-shaped recording medium D is taken out of the case 30. There is.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and enables a disk-shaped recording medium to be easily taken out without damaging a finger. To provide a disk storage and holding case capable of dispersing a force acting on an inner peripheral edge of a center hole of a disk-shaped recording medium when the disk-shaped recording medium is taken out of the case and preventing peeling of the disk-shaped recording medium at a bonding surface. It is an object.

[0012]

As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a disk storage / holding case having the following structure is employed. That is, the disk storage / holding case according to claim 1 of the present invention is a disk storage / holding case that stores and holds a disk-shaped recording medium having a center hole, and is formed to protrude from a bottom portion in the case, respectively. Three elastically deformable support arms each having a disk engaging portion for engaging the inner peripheral edge of the center hole of the disk-shaped recording medium at the center end portion, and a triangular button supported by the three support arms Wherein a groove is formed between the support arm and the triangular button, the groove contracting when the triangular button is pressed.

In this disk storage holding case,
By pressing the triangular button, the three grooves respectively formed between the triangular button and each support arm are reduced, so that each disk engaging portion approaches the triangular button and The button and the disc engaging portion pass through the center hole of the disc-shaped recording medium, and the disc-shaped recording medium is taken out of the disc storage and holding case.

Therefore, the disk-shaped recording medium can be removed from the disk storage and holding case only by pressing the triangular button, so that the handling is very easy. In addition, since the triangular button has no groove, there is no danger of pinching a finger when taking out the disk-shaped recording medium. Furthermore, the force acting on the triangular button is 3
Since it is dispersed by the two disk engaging portions and engaged with the disk-shaped recording medium, the force acting on the inner peripheral edge of the center hole of the disk-shaped recording medium can be dispersed. Therefore, when removing a disc-shaped recording medium such as a DVD, which is formed by laminating, from the case, it is possible to prevent separation at the laminating surface and to safely remove the laminating surface.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention, and reference numeral 40 denotes a disk storage and holding case (hereinafter, referred to as “case”). The case 40 includes a lid 40a and a bottom 40b,
Three support arms 46, 46, 46, 46, 46, 46.
46, a triangular button 48 supported by three support arms 46, 46, 46, and three support arms 46, 4
And a disc outer peripheral edge support portion 20 disposed on the bottom surface portion 44 so as to surround the outer peripheral edges of the disc-shaped recording medium D from outside. Each support arm 46, 4
The disk engaging portions 50 and 5 which engage the inner peripheral edge of the center hole 10 of the disk-shaped recording medium D are provided at the front end portions on the center side of the disk-shaped recording medium D.
0,50 are formed. Each support arm 46, 46, 4
6 and the triangular button 48, the triangular button 4
8 are formed with grooves 52, 52, 52 facing each other. The bottoms of the grooves 52, 52, 52 are formed by elastically deformable substantially V-shaped thin members 54, 54, 54 for connecting the triangular button 48 and the disc engaging portions 50, 50, 50.
Are formed (see FIG. 3A).

The disk engaging portions 50, 50, 50 are shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the center hole 1 of the disc-shaped recording medium D
0, which is in contact with the inner end surface 12 forming the
6, 56, 56, and claw portions 58, which are formed to protrude radially outward of the disk-shaped recording medium D from the upper portions of the disk contact portions 56, 56, 56 and engage and hold the upper surface of the inner peripheral edge of the center hole 10. 58, 58 and disk contact portions 56, 56, 5
6 is formed to protrude radially outward from the lower portion of the support arm 4.
6, 46, 46, and supporting portions 60, 60,. . . , 60. The lower surface of the claw portion 58 and the upper surface of the support portion 60 are formed substantially in parallel.

The support arm 46 has a through-hole 62 at a position below the claw 58 between the support portions 60 and 60.

As shown in FIG. 2, a circular step positioned at a fixed height from the bottom 54 to support the outer periphery of the disk-shaped recording medium D is provided inside the outer periphery support 20 of the disk. A part 22 is formed.

FIG. 4 shows the bottom 40b of the case 40 of the present invention.
FIG. Each of the support arms 46, 46, 46 includes a first thin portion 64, 64, 64 formed on the base end side,
Second thin portions 66, 6 formed on the center side of thin portion 64
6,66. The first thin portion 64 is formed thinner than the second thin portion 66. Further, each support 4
In order to increase the rigidity of 6, the ribs 68 are formed so as to protrude in the longitudinal direction.

Next, the operation of the case 40 having the above configuration will be described. When the disk-shaped recording medium D is stored in the case 40, as shown in FIG.
The disc-shaped recording medium D is placed so that the inner peripheral edge of the center hole 10 of the disc-shaped recording medium D evenly contacts the three disc engaging portions 50, 50, 50. Next, by applying a force from above to the upper surface of the disk-shaped recording medium D,
As shown in FIG. 3B, the claws 58, 58, 58 slide upward along the inner end surface 12 of the disk-shaped recording medium D. By further pushing in the disc-shaped recording medium D, the disc-shaped recording medium D is held in the case 40 as shown in FIG. 3 (c). Recording medium D
Is stored.

From the case 40, the disk-shaped recording medium D
The case of taking out is described. Lid 4 of case 40
FIG. 3C shows the state when 0a is expanded. In this state, when the triangular button 48 is pressed downward, the three grooves 52, 52, 52 formed between the triangular button 48 and the supporting arms 46, 46, 46 are reduced, and The disc engaging portions 50, 50, 50 approach the triangular button 48 side, and the claws 58, 58, 58 are disengaged from the upper surface of the disc-shaped recording medium D, and the inner end face 12 of the disc-shaped recording medium D faces downward. Sliding (Fig. 3 (b)
reference). At this time, since the outer peripheral surface of the disk-shaped recording medium D is held at a constant height by the step portion 22 of the disk outer peripheral edge supporting portion 20, the inner peripheral edge of the center hole 10 of the disk-shaped recording medium D is It does not fall with the claws 58, 58, 58. As a result, the triangular button 48 and the disk engaging portions 50, 50, 50 pass through the center hole 10 to the state shown in FIG. 3A, and the disk-shaped recording medium D is taken out of the case 40.

According to the case 40 described above, since no gap is formed in the triangular button 48, there is no danger of pinching a finger when operating the triangular button 48. Further, when the triangular button 48 is pressed, the force acting on the button is dispersed by the three claw portions 58, 58, 58 and acts on the disk-shaped recording medium D. Distortion occurring at the inner peripheral edge of the inner peripheral edge of the inner peripheral edge of the inner peripheral edge can be dispersed throughout the inner peripheral edge. For this reason, even in the case of taking out the disc-shaped recording medium D such as a DVD, which is formed by bonding, it is possible to prevent the separation on the bonding surface and to take out safely, despite repeated attachment and detachment. Further, since the lower surface of the claw portion 58 and the upper surface of the support portion 60 are formed substantially in parallel, it is possible to stably hold the disk-shaped recording medium D during storage.

Further, the support portions 60, 60 and the support arm portion 46
Are formed thin by the second thin portion 66, so that the bending is easy even between the support portions 60, 60 and the support arm portion 46. Furthermore, since the first thin portion 64 and the rib 68 are formed at the connection portion of the support arm portion 46 with the base end side, the bending of the support arm portion 76 in the first thin portion 64 is easy. At the same time, the rigidity of the support arm 46 can be maintained. For this reason, even if the pressing force of the triangular button 48 is weak, it is possible to take out the disk-shaped recording medium D.

[0024]

As described above, according to the disk storage and holding case according to the first aspect of the present invention, the disk-shaped recording medium can be removed from the disk storage and holding case only by pressing the triangular button. Very easy to handle. Moreover, since no gap is formed in the triangular button, there is no danger of pinching a finger when taking out the disk-shaped recording medium.

According to the disk storage and holding case according to the second aspect of the present invention, the force acting on the triangular button is:
Since the claws disperse and act on the disc-shaped recording medium, the distortion generated at the inner periphery of the center hole of the disc-shaped recording medium can be dispersed over the entire inner periphery. For this reason, D
Even in the case of taking out a disk-shaped recording medium such as VD which is formed by bonding, it is possible to prevent separation on the bonding surface and to take out safely, despite repeated attachment and detachment.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the supporting portion and the supporting arm are formed thin by the second thin portion, the distance between the supporting portion and the supporting arm is reduced. But it is easy to bend. Further, since the first thin portion and the rib are formed at the connection portion of the support arm portion with the base end side, the support arm portion in the first thin portion can be easily bent, and the support arm portion can be easily bent. Rigidity can be maintained. For this reason, even if the force to press the triangular button is weak,
It is possible to take out the disk-shaped recording medium.

According to the disk storage / holding case of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the groove is formed at the center end of the disk engaging portion so as to face each side of the triangular button.
When the triangular button is depressed, the disk engaging portion is drawn to the triangular button side, and the claw formed on the triangular button is appropriately removed from the inner peripheral edge formed in the center hole of the disc-shaped recording medium. Is possible.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the lower surface of the claw portion and the upper surface of the support portion are formed substantially parallel to each other, the disk-shaped recording medium can be stored when the disk-shaped recording medium is stored. It is possible to stably hold the recording medium.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a disk storage and holding case according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the case of FIG. 1 as viewed from above the case with a lid portion opened.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2;
(A) shows a state before mounting the disk-shaped recording medium,
(B) shows a state in which the disk-shaped recording medium is being mounted,
(C) is a diagram showing a state where the disk-shaped recording medium has been mounted on the case.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a back surface of the case of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a conventional case having two button portions.

6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 5, and FIG.
Shows a state before the disk-shaped recording medium is mounted, (b) shows a state during the mounting of the disk-shaped recording medium, (c) shows a state where the disk-shaped recording medium is completely mounted on the case, and (d) FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state immediately before the claw portion is removed from the disk-shaped recording medium when the disk-shaped recording medium is taken out.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing another conventional case having three button portions.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Center hole 40 Disk storage holding case 44 Bottom part 46 Support arm part 48 Triangular button 50 Disk engaging part 52 Groove 56 Disk contact part 58 Claw part 60 Support part 64 First thin part 66 Second thin part 68 Rib D Disk-shaped recording medium

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A disk storage and holding case (40) for storing and holding a disk-shaped recording medium (D) having a center hole (10), wherein each of the cases is formed so as to protrude from a bottom portion (44) in the case. And three elastically deformable support arms (46, 46, 46) having a disk engaging portion (50, 50, 50) formed at the center end thereof for engaging the inner peripheral edge of the center hole of the disk-shaped recording medium.
46), and a triangular button (48) supported by the three support arms, between the support arm and the triangular button when the triangular button is pressed. Groove to shrink (52, 5
(2, 52), wherein the disk storage and holding case is formed. 2. A disk contact portion (56, 56, 56) contacting an inner end surface forming a center hole of a disk-shaped recording medium, and a disk-shaped portion from above the disk contact portion. Claw portions (58, 58, 58) that protrude outward in the radial direction of the recording medium and engage and hold the upper surface of the inner peripheral edge of the center hole.
And support portions (60, 6) for supporting the lower surface of the inner peripheral edge of the center hole.
0, 60). The disk storage and holding case according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The support arm portion has ribs (68, 68) protruding in the longitudinal direction on a surface opposite to the side on which the disk-shaped recording medium is held, and is formed on a base end side. A first thin portion (64), and a second thin portion (66) formed on the center side of the first thin portion, wherein the first thin portion is thinner than the second thin portion. 2. The disc storage and holding case according to claim 1, wherein the case is formed. 4. The disc storage and holding case according to claim 1, wherein the groove is formed by making each side of the triangular button face a center side end of the disc engaging portion. 5. The disk storage and holding case according to claim 2, wherein a lower surface of the claw portion and an upper surface of the support portion are formed substantially in parallel.