JP2005022728A - Disc storage case - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention eliminates the need for a plurality of conventional covers and plates for holding a CD and is excellent in productivity, and the thickness of a disk storage case can be made thinner than before, which is convenient for storage.
A disk storage case 1 made of an elastic material. It has a disc-shaped disc storage case main body 1 on which one side of the disc is disposed, and an engagement portion 12 formed around the main body 10 and capable of engaging with the peripheral end of the disc. The disc housing case main body 10 is formed from an elastic material by integral molding.
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Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a disc storage case used in various fields such as music recording media and computer recording media, and more particularly to a disc storage case that can store a disc compactly.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A case for accommodating a conventional compact disc (hereinafter referred to as a CD) is shown in FIG.
[0003]
This CD case has a first cover 80 and a second cover 81 pivotally attached to the first cover 80. The second cover 81 is configured to receive the plate 82 on the inner surface side thereof. The plate 82 has a recess 83, and a circular projection 84 is formed at the center thereof. The CD has a through hole at the center thereof, and the CD is deformed and passes through the CD through hole by placing the center portion of the CD on the protrusion 84 and pressing the CD. Thus, CD is hold | maintained at the plate 82 because a protrusion fits in a through-hole.
[0004]
As described above, such a conventional CD case requires the first cover 80, the second cover 81, and the plate 82 disposed in the second cover 81, which increases the number of parts and increases the manufacturing cost. I am letting. Further, since the covers 80 and 81 are relatively hard, they may be damaged during handling. Furthermore, the CD case is thick and inconvenient for storage.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the object of the present invention is to reduce the thickness compared to the conventional disk storage case, and to reduce the number of parts and to be excellent in productivity. An object of the present invention is to provide a disc housing case that is not damaged.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The disk storage case of the present invention is a disk storage case formed of an elastic material, and is formed around a disk storage case main body in which the disk is arranged on one side and the peripheral edge of the disk. And the above-mentioned object is achieved.
[0007]
In one embodiment, the disc housing case main body is formed from an elastic material by integral molding.
[0008]
In one embodiment, the disc housing case main body has a disk shape.
[0009]
In one embodiment, the disc housing case main body further includes a central engaging portion that is formed at a central portion of the disc housing case main body and can engage with a hole formed in the center of the disc.
[0010]
In one embodiment, a locking portion for suspending the main body is formed around the disc housing case main body.
[0011]
The disk storage case of the present invention is a disk storage case formed of an elastic material, and is formed in a disk storage case main body in which the disk is arranged on one side, a peripheral end portion of the disk and / or a central portion of the disk. And the disc housing case body is formed of an elastic material by integral molding, thereby achieving the above object.
[0012]
The operation of the present invention is as follows.
[0013]
Since the disc storage case is made of an elastic material, when the disc is arranged on one side of the main body, the recording surface of the disc is protected by the elastic main body and is prevented from being damaged. In addition, a plurality of conventional covers are not required, the manufacturing can be simplified, and the thickness of the disk storage case can be reduced.
[0014]
In addition, since the engaging portion that can engage with the peripheral end portion of the disc is formed around the main body, the disc is accommodated and stored in the case with the peripheral end portion of the disc engaged with the engaging portion. be able to.
[0015]
If the disc housing case main body is formed of an elastic material by integral molding, the productivity of the case is further improved.
[0016]
If a central engaging portion that can engage with a hole formed in the center of the disc is formed in the central portion of the main body, the disc can be more securely held in the case together with the engaging portions around the main body.
[0017]
By forming a locking portion for hanging the main body around the main body, the case can be hung on a wall or the like and stored.
[0018]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0019]
The disc storage case 1 of the present invention is made of an elastic material, and as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a disc-shaped disc storage case main body 10 in which the disc is arranged on one side, and around the main body 10. And an engaging portion 12 that can be engaged with the peripheral end portion of the disk.
[0020]
Any elastic material may be used as long as it has an elasticity that does not damage the recording surface of the disk. For example, rubber or elastomer can be used.
Examples of rubber include synthetic rubber such as natural rubber or silicone rubber. Examples of elastomer include styrene thermoplastic elastomer, polyolefin thermoplastic elastomer, polyurethane thermoplastic elastomer, polyester thermoplastic elastomer, and the like. Styrenic thermoplastic elastomer.
[0021]
The disc housing case main body 10 is formed in a disk shape in plan view, and a ridge 14 is formed around the entire circumference. Further, a plurality of engaging portions 12 that are engaged with the peripheral end portion of the disk are formed at appropriate positions around the main body 10 at the position of the protrusion 14 (FIG. 5). The engaging portion 12 is formed by extending a piece extending from the protrusion 14 toward the center of the main body 10 and elastically sandwiching a plurality of locations around the disc toward the main body 10 by the plurality of engaging portions 12. Thus, the disk is securely attached to the main body 10. In the illustrated embodiment, five engaging portions 12 are formed at regular intervals, but three, four, or six or more engaging portions 12 may be formed. The shape of the engaging portion 12 is an elongated oval when viewed from the front, but is not limited to a circle or a triangle.
[0022]
At the center of the main body 10, a center engaging portion 16 that can be inserted into or engaged with a hole formed at the center of the disk is provided. As shown in FIG. 7, the central engaging portion 16 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a large-diameter portion 18 having a slightly larger outer diameter than the base portion is formed at the distal end portion of the cylindrical portion, and is engaged in the hole of the disk. By combining, the disc is held together with the engaging portion 12.
[0023]
In addition, a locking portion 20 for suspending the disc storage case 1 is formed around the main body 10. The locking portion 20 is formed in a ring shape and protrudes outward from the disc housing case main body 10. The locking portion 20 is formed with a thin portion 22 that can be easily cut. The disc storage case 1 can be suspended from the wall by fitting the locking hole 24 of the locking portion 20 into a support pin fixed to the wall. Alternatively, the thin portion 22 may be cut so that the locking portion 20 is locked from the thin portion 22 to a string or a bar fixed to the wall.
[0024]
Since the disk housing case body 10 described above is integrally formed from an elastic material such as a thermoplastic elastomer, it is easy to manufacture.
[0025]
In order to store the disk in the disk storage case 1, as described above, the disk is disposed in the disk storage portion 15 surrounded by the protrusion 14, and the central engagement portion 16 is engaged through the hole of the disk. The disk can be reliably accommodated in the main body 10 by elastically deforming the engaging portion 12 formed around the main body 10 and engaging with the peripheral edge of the disk. Here, since the recording surface of the disc is in contact with the side surface of the elastic main body 10, the recording surface is not damaged. Further, even when a plurality of cases 1 are stacked, the case main body 10 having good cushioning properties is disposed between the disks, so that the disks are not cracked or damaged. Further, since the periphery of the disk is protected by the protrusion 14, the periphery of the disk is not damaged.
[0026]
Further, the disk may be stored by being suspended on a wall support pin or the like using the locking portion 20. The locking portion 20 may be cut and the case 1 may be stored in a file or the like.
[0027]
In order to take out the disk from the disk storage case 1, the disk can be easily detached from the disk storage case 1 by elastically deforming the engaging portion 12 and removing it from the end of the disk.
[0028]
In the above embodiment, the disk is stored on one side of the disk storage case 1, but the disk may be stored on both sides of the case 1. In that case, the protrusions 14 and the engaging portions 12 are formed on both sides of the periphery of the disc housing case body 10, and the disc housing portions 15 are formed on both sides of the body 10, respectively.
[0029]
In the above embodiment, the locking portion 20 for suspension is provided, but the locking portion 20 may not be provided.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, a plurality of conventional covers and plates for holding a CD or the like are not required, which is excellent in productivity, and the thickness of the disk storage case can be made thinner than before, which is convenient for storage. . Furthermore, the case is not damaged.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of a disk storage case of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the case shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the case shown in FIG. 1;
4 is a side view of the case shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV ′ of the case shown in FIG.
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI ′ of the case shown in FIG.
7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the case shown in FIG.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional disk storage case.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disc storage case 10 Disc storage case main body 12 Engagement part 14 Projection 15 Disc storage part 16 Center engagement part 20 Locking part

Claims (6)

A disc storage case formed of an elastic material,
A disc housing case body in which the disc is arranged on one side;
A disc storage case having an engaging portion formed around the main body and capable of engaging with a peripheral end portion of the disc. The disk storage case according to claim 1, wherein the disk storage case main body is formed of an elastic material by integral molding. The disk storage case according to claim 1, wherein the disk storage case main body has a disk shape. 2. The disc storage case according to claim 1, further comprising a central engaging portion that is formed at a central portion of the disc storage case main body and that can be engaged with a hole formed in the center of the disc. The disk storage case according to claim 1, wherein a locking portion for suspending the main body is formed around the disk storage case main body. A disc storage case formed of an elastic material,
A disc housing case main body that disposes the disc on one side, and an engagement portion that can engage with a hole formed in a peripheral end portion of the disc and / or a central portion of the disc, A disc storage case made of elastic material by integral molding.

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