JPH10143086A - Electronic device tilt device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a tilt device of an electronic device capable of improving operability of operation equipment and visibility of a display unit. SOLUTION: A tilt leg member 13 provided on the device main body 1 and abutting on an installation surface, and a tilt stay 14 supporting the device main body 1 at a predetermined inclination angle in cooperation with the tilt leg member 13.
And a locking tooth row 17, in which a plurality of locking teeth 19-1 to 19-6 with which the tilt stay 14 is selectively removably engaged are arranged.
A torsion spring 77 for urging the tilt stay 14 toward the locking portion 10, and non-slip means provided on the side of the device body 1 and the installation surface of the tilt support leg 12. And a grounding block 80 provided on the side contacting the mounting surface of the tilt support leg 12 and having a friction coefficient larger than the friction coefficient of the grounding portion 80. did.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tilt device for tilting an electronic device having a display section and a display operation section for operating a display on the display section in a stepwise manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus main body of an electronic apparatus including a device having a display function and an operation function has a box-shaped housing 120 as shown in FIG. Has a display 121,
Various operation buttons 122 and the like are mounted, and the housing 120 is provided with a tilt arm 123 to enhance the operability. Also, the device body of the electronic device is:
A foot member 125 is provided for preventing slippage in contact with the installation surface.

When the tilt angle of the operation surface is changed by operating the tilt arm 123, the buttons 1 on both sides are used.
The tilt arm 123 is rotated while pressing 24.

[0004]

However, in the case of the tilt arm 123 described above, the tilt arm 1
In order to change the inclination angle of the operation surface by operating the button 23, the buttons 124 on both sides must be simultaneously operated so as to rotate the tilt arm 123 while pressing the buttons 124 on both sides. It was bad. Also, when the electronic device is installed on the installation surface, the rear portion of the installation surface is in contact with the tilt stay 123, and the front portion is in contact with the foot member 125 at the bottom of the device body.
The tilt stay 123 has a problem that the friction coefficient is smaller than that of the foot member 125 and the operability is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to be applicable to all operators, to provide operability of operation devices and visibility of a display unit. Another object of the present invention is to provide a tilt device of an electronic device that can improve the tilt.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tilt device for an electronic device, wherein the tilt device is pivotally attached to an apparatus main body and abuts on an installation surface. And a tilt stay having a tilt stay that cooperates with the tilt leg member to support the apparatus main body at a predetermined inclination angle, and a plurality of locking teeth with which the tilt stay of the tilt support leg selectively engages and disengages. A locking portion having a row of locking teeth, a biasing means for biasing a tilt stay of the tilt support leg toward the locking portion, and a biasing device provided on a side contacting the installation surface of the device body and the tilt support leg. And provided anti-slip means.

With this configuration, the tilt stay is slid on the plurality of locking teeth of the locking teeth row of the locking portion by the forward tilting operation (raising operation) of the apparatus main body, and the forward tilting operation is stopped. The tilt stay is selectively and detachably locked to one of the plurality of locking teeth to hold the apparatus body at a certain angle. In this manner, the device main body can be selectively held at a predetermined angle only by operating the device main body forward and backward without touching the tilt support leg with a hand. Then, as the inclination angle of the apparatus main body increases, the lower end of the tilt leg member necessarily moves to the contact surface side of the apparatus main body. Further, when the inclination angle of the device main body is reduced, the contact surface of the device main body moves in a direction away from the lower end surface of the tip end of the tilt leg member, so that the inclination angle of the device main body can be easily changed. . In this case, the presence of the anti-slip means makes it possible to stabilize operability, make it possible to correspond to all operators, and improve operability of operating devices and visibility of the display unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a tilt device for an electronic device according to the present invention is provided.
The tilt device of an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the non-slip means is provided on a side contacting a mounting surface of the device main body, and a grounding portion provided on a side contacting a mounting surface of the tilt support leg. And a ground contact block having a friction coefficient larger than the friction coefficient.

With this configuration, not only can the same effect as the above-described invention of claim 1 be obtained, but also when the inclination angle of the device main body is increased, the device can be moved with the ground portion of the device main body as a base point, When the inclination angle of the apparatus main body is reduced, the inclination angle can be easily adjusted since the apparatus main body is movable with the grounding block of the tilt support leg as a base point.

Further, since the coefficient of friction of the grounding block is larger than that of the grounding portion, the electronic device can be stably held and operability can be improved even when the inclination angle of the device main body is large.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a tilt device for an electronic device according to the present invention is provided.
The tilt device for an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the grounding unit includes:
A plurality of vertical slits are formed at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction on the back side of the lower portion of the housing of the apparatus main body.

With this configuration, not only can the same operation as the above-mentioned invention of claim 1 or 2 be achieved, but also the structure of the grounding section is simple and can be easily manufactured.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system configuration installed on a leading board of an electronic device including a tilt device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of an electronic device including a tilt device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view from the back side of an electronic device provided with the tilt device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an apparatus main body 1 of an electronic apparatus A used by being installed on an installation surface F of a dealing desk B
As shown in FIG. 2, a display (for example, a display with a pressure-sensitive touch panel) 2 is provided in a rectangular frame-shaped housing A1, and three side buttons are provided on the left and right portions of the housing A1 in the vertical direction. 3 and a lamp 4 are provided. In the upper part of the housing A1, left and right speakers 5, a plurality of upper buttons 6 and a lamp 7 are provided, and in the lower part of the housing A1, left and right positions are provided. Then, an embedded microphone 9 is provided at the center of the handset connection connector 8.

Further, a plurality of vertical slits 81 are formed in the left and right corners on the back side of the lower portion of the housing A1 at predetermined intervals in the left and right direction as shown in FIGS. A grounded portion 80 is formed.

A tilt device T is provided on the back surface A2 of the electronic device A. The tilt device T includes a locking portion 10 provided on the left and right sides of the back surface A2, and a tilt support leg provided on the left and right sides of the back surface A2 and positioned below the locking portion 10 and above the ground portion 80. The pivot 11 and the tilt leg 1
1 and a tilt support leg 12 detachably connected to the tilt support leg 1. The tilt leg 12 includes a tilt leg member 13.
A tilt stay 1 which is provided on the tilt leg member 13 so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction and which is detachably engaged with the engaging portion 10.
4.

The left and right locking portions 10 have the same configuration. These locking portions 10 are used when the housing A1 is molded with resin.
It is formed integrally with the housing A1. The locking portion 10 has a vertically extending groove 15 formed on the back surface of the housing A1.
A partition wall portion 16 and a first locking tooth row 17
And the second locking tooth row 18 are formed parallel to the axial direction of the groove 15.

The partition wall 16 is located at a position distant from the one side wall 15A of the groove 15, and the first slide groove 20A as a return path between the partition wall 16 and the one side wall 15A. Is formed. Further, the first locking tooth row 17 is formed integrally with a side portion of the partition wall portion 16,
The second locking tooth row 18 is provided on the other side wall 15B of the groove 15.
The first locking tooth row 17 and the second locking tooth row 18 are separated from each other at a predetermined interval, and are formed between the first and second locking tooth rows 17 and 18. Is formed with a second slide groove 20B as a return path.

Then, the first and second locking tooth rows 17 and 18
Has a plurality of locking teeth 19-1, 19-2, 19-3, 19
-4, 19-5, and 19-6, and the pitches P1, P2, P3, and P of the locking teeth 19-1 to 19-6 are formed.
4, P5 are different from each other. Locking teeth 19-1 to 19
The upper surface of -6 is an inclined surface portion 21A, and the lower surface is a locking surface portion 21B substantially perpendicular to the tooth end surface 21.

The first and second slide grooves 20
An upper switching guide section 22 as one switching guide section is provided at the upper end sides of A and 20B, and a lower switching guide section 23 as the other switching guide section is provided at the lower end side. As shown in FIG. 8, the upper switching guide portion 22 includes a concave portion 24 that forms an inclined surface portion 21 </ b> A of the locking tooth 19-1 at the upper end of the first locking tooth row 17.
And an upper end wall portion 25 of the groove 15 and an inclined wall portion 26 provided between the one side wall 15A and the upper end wall portion 25 of the groove 15 and located on the upper end side of the first slide groove 20A.
And a first slide groove located at the upper end of the first slide groove 20A.
And a second riding surface portion 28 located at the upper end of the second slide groove portion 20B. The first riding surface portion 27 has a first sliding groove portion 20A side. A slope portion 29 that slopes and a slope portion 30 that slopes toward the concave portion 24 are formed. A slope portion 31 that slopes toward the second slide groove portion 20B is formed on the second climbing surface portion 28.
And a slope portion 32 inclined toward the concave portion 24 forming the inclined surface portion 21A of the locking tooth 19-1 at the upper end of the second locking tooth row 18.
Are formed.

As shown in FIG. 9, the lower switching guide 23 is provided at a notch 33 formed at the lower end of the partition wall 16 and at the lower end of the first slide groove 20A. The slope 34 inclined toward the first slide groove 20A and the slope 3 positioned at the lower end of the second slide groove 20B and inclined toward the second slide groove 20B.
5 and a concave portion 36 forming a locking surface portion 21B of the locking tooth 19-6 at the lower end of the first locking tooth row 17 and the slope portion 3
4 and a concave portion 3 forming a locking surface portion 21B of a locking tooth 19-6 at a lower end of the second locking tooth row 18.
8 and a slope portion 39 inclined toward the slope portion 35 side.

As shown in FIG. 10, the tilt support leg pivot 11 is formed integrally with the housing A1 when the housing A1 is molded with resin. Further, the tilt leg pivot support portion 11 includes a rectangular recess 40 formed on the back surface 1B of the housing A1, and the upper side of the bottom portion 40B of the recess 40 is open (opened). The recess 40 has two slits 41 extending from the lower end surface 40A of the recess 40 to the bottom surface 40B of the recess 40, and the tongue-like lower stay shaft holding portion faces upward. An arc-shaped stay shaft fitting portion 43 is formed in the lower stay shaft holding portion.

On the left and right of the upper part of the concave portion 40, an upper stay shaft holding portion 44 having an inverted L-shaped side surface is protrudingly provided.
An arc-shaped stay shaft fitting portion 45 is formed on the inner surface of the upper stay shaft holding portion 44, and the stay shaft fitting portion 45 is a stay shaft fitting portion of the lower stay shaft holding portion 42. 4
3. Also, the left and right upper stay shaft holding portions 4
Between the four stays, there is formed a stay rotation stopping portion 46 having a slope inclined toward the lower stay shaft holding portion 42 side.

As shown in FIG. 11, the tilt support leg 12 is provided with a tilt leg member 13 and a tilt stay which is provided on the tilt leg member 13 so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction and which is engaged with the engaging portion 10 in a detachable manner. 14. The tilt leg member 13 includes a member main body 47 whose base side is bent upward, and a tilt stay shaft 48 is provided at a base end of the member main body 47. A tilt stay mounting portion 49 is provided at an intermediate portion of the member main body 47, and a level adjustment mechanism mounting portion 50 is provided at a distal end portion of the member main body 47.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the tilt stay mounting portion 49 has a flat rectangular hole 51 extending from the upper surface 47A of the member body 47 to the lower surface 47B. The wall portions 51A and 51B are the hole-shaped portions 5.
1 is formed on an inclined surface inclined toward the center side,
The rib portion 52 provided on the back side of the wall surface portion 51B has a slit-shaped spring locking portion 53 formed therein. Further, pin holes 5 are formed in the left and right side wall surface portions 51C and 51D of the hole portion 51.
4 and 55 are provided, and a washer insertion groove 56 is formed in the left side wall surface 51C. On the back side of the member main body 47, mounting bosses 85 and 86 are provided before and after the hole 51.

The level adjustment mechanism mounting portion 50 has a flat rectangular recess 57 which extends from the upper surface 47A of the member main body 47 to the end surface 47C, and a rib 58 is formed in the recess 57. A hole 59 is formed in the bottom 57A of the recess 57, and a boss 60 is formed near the tip. A nut member 61 is press-fitted into the boss 60. The cover 62 is inserted into the recess 57. That is, the cover 62 has a bent portion 63 bent in a U-shape on the upper side thereof.
A screw hole 64 is provided in the end face portion 63A of the first embodiment.

Then, the bent portion 63 is inserted into the recessed portion 57 so that the end surface portion 63A of the bent portion 63 is inserted into the bottom portion 57A of the recessed portion 57.
A truss screw 66 is screwed into the screw hole 64 from the hole 65a provided in the plate spring 65 through the hole 59 along with a strip-shaped plate spring 65 on the back side of the bottom portion 57A. Then, the leaf spring 65 and the cover 62 are fastened together so that the leaf spring 65 and the cover 62 are fixed to the member main body 47. A grounding block 68 made of an elastic material is attached to the back surface on the front side of the leaf spring 65 by a screw 67.
9 is screwed, and the end of the adjusting screw 69 is in contact with the upper surface of the end of the leaf spring 65, and these constitute the level adjusting mechanism H.

The tilt stay 14 includes a rod-shaped stay body 70 having a U-shaped cross section.
A pin hole 71 is provided in a support portion 74 at the base end of both side wall portions 70A.
Is formed. An engaging portion 72 is formed at the upper end of the stay body 70. The locking portion 72 is formed by processing the ends of both side wall portions 70A of the stay body 70 into an arc shape and forming a groove 73 at the tip of the upper surface portion 70B of the stay body 70, and is separated from each other. It has first and second locking pieces 72A, 72B.

The tilt stay 14 is mounted on the support portion 74 of the tilt stay mounting portion 4 of the member main body 47.
9 using the pin holes 54, 55 of the left and right wall portions 51 C, 51 D of the hole portion 51 and the pin holes 71. The tilt stay 14 is rotatably attached to the tilt leg member 13 by inserting a bearing pin 75 into the tilt leg 14.

In this case, a washer 76 is fixed to the support pin 75, and the washer 76 is inserted into the washer insertion groove 56. Further, in the tilt stay 14, the washer 76 is fixed to the support pin 75. A torsion spring 77 as an urging means is provided.
Is locked to a spring locking portion 53 of a rib 52 of a tilt stay mounting portion 49, and the other end of the torsion spring 77 is locked to a spring locking portion 78 provided inside the tilt stay 14. I have. For this purpose, the tilt stay 14 is urged counterclockwise in FIG. 12 by a torsion spring 77.

Due to the nature of the torsion spring 77, the tilt stay 14 is urged leftward in FIG.
Due to this urging force, the tilt stay 14 is tilted leftward by the clearance between the bearing pin 75 and the pin hole 71.

The tilt leg 1 constructed as described above
2 connects the tilt stay shaft 48 of the tilt leg member 13 to the tilt leg pivotal support portion 11 to form the housing A1.
It is attached to. That is, after the tilt stay shaft 48 is inserted into the concave portion 40 of the tilt leg pivot portion 11,
The tilt stay shaft 48 is mounted on the housing A1 by forcibly fitting between the arc-shaped stay shaft fitting portions 45, 43 of the upper and lower stay shaft holding portions 44, 42. In this case, since the lower stay shaft holding portion 42 is cantilevered and has a spring property, the tilt stay shaft 48 is moved upward, and the stay shaft fitting portions 45, 43 of the lower stay shaft holding portions 44, 42 are moved.
To be rotatable.

The tilt stay 14 of the tilt support leg 12 is provided with first and second locking tooth rows 72A and 72B of the locking portion 72 at the distal end thereof which are separated from each other. The locking teeth 17 and 18 are detachably locked.

Next, the operation of the tilt device of the electronic device configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 16 (g), the grounding portion 80 provided on the lower surface of the housing A1 of the electronic device A and the grounding block 68 at the end of the tilt leg member 13 of the tilt leg 12 contact the mounting surface F. The first and second locking pieces 72 of the locking portion 72 of the tilt stay 14 are brought into contact with each other.
A, 72B can be engaged with and disengaged from locking piece receiving portions 25A (see FIG. 8) located above the first and second locking tooth rows 17, 18 of the upper end wall portion 25 provided in the groove 15. In the locked state, the electronic device A holds a 20-degree inclination angle with respect to the installation surface F.

Next, the electronic device A is moved forward by hand, so that the first and second locking pieces 72 of the locking portion 72 are formed.
A, 72B are shifted from the inclined surface 21A of the locking tooth 19-1 to the locking surface 21B via the tooth end 21 and the electronic device A
Of the first and second locking pieces 72A, 7A as shown in FIG.
2B is locked to the locking surface 21B of the locking tooth 19-1 to maintain the posture of the electronic device A at an inclination angle of 30 degrees.

Next, when the attitude of the electronic device A is set to 40 degrees, the electronic device A is raised forward by hand, so that the first and second locking pieces 72A, 72B of the locking portion 72 are provided.
Is shifted from the inclined surface portion 21A of the locking tooth 19-2 to the locking surface portion 21B via the tooth end surface 21 and the lifting of the electronic device A in the forward direction is released, as shown in FIG. The first and second locking pieces 72A and 72B are locked to the locking surfaces 21B of the locking teeth 19-2 to maintain the posture of the electronic device A at an inclination angle of 40 degrees.

Next, when the attitude of the electronic device A is set to 50 degrees, the electronic device A is raised forward by hand, so that the first and second locking pieces 72A, 72B of the locking portion 72 are provided.
Is transferred from the inclined surface portion 21A of the locking tooth 19-3 to the locking surface portion 21B via the tooth end portion 21 to release the electronic device A from moving forward, as shown in FIG. Then, the first and second locking pieces 72A and 72B are locked to the locking surfaces 21B of the locking teeth 19-3 to maintain the posture of the electronic device A at a tilt angle of 50 degrees.

Next, when the posture of the electronic device A is set to 60 degrees, the electronic device A is raised forward by hand, so that the first and second locking pieces 72A, 72B of the locking portion 72 are provided.
Is transferred from the inclined surface portion 21A of the locking tooth 19-4 to the locking surface portion 21B via the tooth end surface 21, and the electronic device A is released from being raised forward, as shown in FIG. 16 (c). The first and second locking pieces 72A and 72B are locked to the locking surfaces 21B of the locking teeth 19-4 to maintain the posture of the electronic device A at a tilt angle of 60 degrees.

Next, when the posture of the electronic device A is set to 70 degrees, the electronic device A is raised forward by hand, so that the first and second locking pieces 72A, 72B of the locking portion 72 are provided.
Is shifted from the inclined surface portion 21A of the locking tooth 19-5 to the locking surface portion 21B via the tooth end surface 21, and the electronic device A is released from being raised forward, as shown in FIG. The first and second locking pieces 72A and 72B are locked to the locking surface 21B of the locking teeth 19-5 to maintain the posture of the electronic device A at an inclination angle of 70 degrees.

At the same time, when the attitude of the electronic device A is set to 80 degrees, the electronic device A is raised forward by hand, so that the first and second locking pieces 72A,
72B from the inclined surface portion 21A of the locking tooth 19-6 to the tooth end surface 2
By moving the electronic device A to the locking surface portion 21B beyond the first locking surface portion 21 and releasing the electronic device A from moving forward, the first and second locking piece portions 72A and 72A are provided as shown in FIG.
2B is locked to the locking surface 21B of the locking tooth 19-6 to maintain the posture of the electronic device A at an inclination angle of 80 degrees.

Next, the state shown in any one of FIGS.
The electronic device A is tilted forward by hand from an angle of 0, 50, 60, 70 or 80 degrees to hold the inclination angle of 80 degrees or more (for example, as shown in FIG. A is upright with respect to the installation surface F)
The tilt stay 14 is rotated downward by the urging force of the torsion spring 77, and the first and second locking pieces 72A, 72A,
72B moves to the lower switching guide portion 23, and the first locking piece 72A rides on the slope 37 and the second locking piece 72B rides on the slope 39. Slope 37
Is inclined toward the first slide groove 20A and the slope 34, and the slope 39 is inclined toward the second slide groove 20B and the slope 35. The parts 72A and 72B slide on the respective slope parts 37 and 39,
Further, the first locking piece 72 is slid on each of the slope 34 inclined toward the first slide groove 20A and the slope 35 inclined toward the second slide groove 20B.
A has a second locking piece 72 in the first slide groove 20A.
B moves to the second slide groove 20B. As shown in FIG. 13, when the electronic device A is in an upright state with respect to the installation surface F, the base side surface portion 45 </ b> E of the member main body 47 is connected to the stay rotation stopper 4 of the tilt leg pivot support 11.
6, the swing of the tilt leg member 13 is stopped.

In any of the cases (g) to (a) of FIGS. 16A to 16A, the inclination angle of the electronic device A with respect to the ground plane F is set with the excessively formed grounding portion 80 on the rear right and left of the lower portion of the housing A 1 as a base point. In turn, as the inclination angle increases, the grounding block 68 at the lower end of the tilt leg member 13 approaches the grounding portion 80 provided on the lower surface of the housing A1.

Next, the electronic device A is tilted backward by hand, so that the first locking piece 72A is brought into contact with the first slide groove 20.
A, the second locking piece 72B is the second slide groove 20.
B, respectively, to slide the first and second slide groove portions 20.
The process proceeds to the upper switching guide portion 22 located at the upper end portion of A, 20B.

In the upper switching guide portion 22, the first locking piece 72A of the locking portion 72 is connected to the first riding surface portion 2A.
7, the second locking pieces 72 </ b> B of the locking portion 72 respectively ride on the second climbing surface portions 28. Next, the first locking piece portion 72A of the locking portion 72 includes the side wall portion 15A and the upper end wall portion 25.
And about 135 degrees with respect to the inclined wall surface 26. Thereafter, when the electronic device A is released from the backward tilt, the first locking piece 72A of the locking portion 72 slides on the inclined wall surface 26 due to its own weight on the upper portion of the electronic device A. 72 moves to the side wall portion 15B side. The first riding surface 27 has an inclined surface 30 inclined toward the recess 24 forming an inclined surface 21A of the locking teeth 19-1 at the upper end of the first locking tooth row 17, and a second inclined surface 30. The rising surface portion 28 of the second locking tooth row 18 forms an inclined surface portion 21A of the locking tooth 19-1 at the upper end of the second locking tooth row 18.
Since the tilt stay 14 is biased by the torsion spring 77 so as to be tilted leftward by the clearance between the support bin 75 and the bottle hole 71, the tilt stay The second locking piece 72B is in the second locking position on the concave portion 24 side where the first locking piece 72A forms the inclined surface of the locking tooth 19-1 at the upper end of the first locking tooth row 17. Concave portion 24 forming inclined surface portion 21A of locking tooth 19-1 at the upper end of tooth row 18
Migrate to each side.

Thus, as described above, the first and second locking pieces 72A and 72B of the locking portion 72 of the tilt stay 14 are provided in the groove 15 as shown in FIG. First and second locking teeth 17, 1 of upper end wall portion 25
8 is in a state of being locked to the locking piece receiving portion 25A located at the upper portion, and a grounding portion 80 provided on the lower surface portion of the housing A1 of the electronic device A and a grounding block at an end of the tilt leg member 13 of the tilt support leg 12. 68 comes into contact with the installation surface F, and the electronic device A
Is placed in a state of maintaining an inclination angle of 20 degrees with respect to the installation surface F. The adjustment / setting method of the tilt angle after this is as follows.
As described above, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70
Alternatively, it can be arbitrarily adjusted / set to either 80 degrees.

It should be noted that the electronic device A is set at 80
As shown in FIG. 17, when moving to the inclination writing from 20 degrees to 20 degrees, the base city and the electronic device A change from the ground block 68 below the tip of the tilt leg member 13. Electronic device A
As the inclination angle of the electronic device A becomes smaller, the grounding portion 80 provided on the lower surface of the housing A1 of the electronic device A
Away from the ground block 68 at the lower end of the tip.

The level adjustment (adjustment amount h) by the level adjustment mechanism H is performed by rotating the adjustment screw 69 as shown in FIGS. Then, the upper surface of the end of the leaf spring 65 is pressed downward to deflect the leaf spring 65, and the grounding block 68 fixed to the rear surface on the front side of the leaf spring 65 is shifted downward, whereby the tilt leg member 13 This operation is performed by lifting the end or rotating the adjustment screw 69 in the reverse direction in this state to lower the end of the tilt leg member 13.

The electronic device A configured as described above
19 and 20, the right and left tilt support legs 12 can be connected to each other by a connecting member 84 as shown in FIGS. That is, the lower surface of the tilt leg member 13 of the left and right tilt support legs 12 is positioned frontward and rearward and the mounting boss 8
5 and 86 are formed, and the front and rear mounting portions 84A and 84B on the left side of the connecting member 84 are fixed to the mounting boss portions 85 and 86 of the tilt leg member 13 of the left tilt support leg 12 with screws 87. The front and rear mounting portions 8 on the right side of the connecting member 84 are attached to the mounting boss portions 85 and 86 of the tilt leg member 13 of the tilt support leg 12.
4A and 84B are fixed with screws 87 and left and right tilt supports 1
2 are connected to each other by a connecting member 84.

By connecting the left and right tilt supports 12 to each other by the connecting member 84 as described above, the left and right tilt supports 12 can be simultaneously rotated, and the electronic device A
Posture adjustment operation can be performed more easily.

As shown in FIG. 21, a hands-free unit 90 and a monitor speaker 91 can be mounted on the left and right sides of the electronic device A by connecting to the electronic device A. That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, screw holes 92 are located above and below the tilt leg pivot support portion 11 on the left and right sides on the back side of the housing A1 of the electronic device A.
The screw holes 92 and 93 are used to attach one of the mounting portions 94a of a flat E-shaped connecting member 94 to the left and right portions on the back side of the housing A1 as shown in FIG. Is fixed with a screw 95, and the other mounting portion 94b of the connecting member 94 is fixed to the back side of the hands-free unit 90 and the monitor speaker 91 with the screw 95, so that the hands-free unit 90 and the monitor speaker 91 Connected to the right.

The hands-free unit 90 is
It is used for simultaneous command (automatic response) and intertalk within the group.
7. A speaker 98 is provided. The monitor speaker 91 is connected to the speaker 99 and the line volume 100.
And a panel 102 having a channel breakdown display (LCD) 101. Four lines are connected to one speaker 99 and switched by the line volume 100, whereby the first line is the broker information and the second line is the CNN. This is displayed on the channel breakdown display (LCD) 101. Further, the monitor speaker 91 can be replaced with another mechanism by replacing the panel 102.

In the above-described embodiment, the tilt device T provided on the back surface A2 of the electronic device A includes the locking portions 10 provided on the left and right sides of the back surface A2, and the back surface A2.
2, a tilt leg pivotal support portion 11 provided on the left and right sides and located below the locking portion 10, and a tilt leg 12 detachably connected to the tilt leg pivotal support portion 11. The first and second locking pieces 72A and 72B of the tilt stay 14 of the support leg 12 are removably locked to the locking portion 10, but as shown in FIG. 22, the tilt leg member 13 of the tilt support 12 is used. And the base of the tilt stay 14 is provided on the left and right sides of the back surface A2 of the electronic device A so as to be able to swing back and forth, and the first and second locking pieces 72A of the tilt stay 14 are provided. 72 </ b> B may be removably locked to the locking portion 10.

[0053]

As described above, according to the tilt device of the electronic device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the tilt leg member that is swingably attached to the device main body and abuts on the installation surface and the tilt leg member A tilt stay having a tilt stay for supporting the apparatus body at a predetermined inclination angle in cooperation with a plurality of locking teeth in which the tilt stay of the tilt support is selectively engaged and disengageable in a tandem manner. An engaging portion having a tooth row, an urging means for urging a tilt stay of the tilt support leg toward the locking portion, and a non-slip means provided on a side which comes into contact with an installation surface of the apparatus main body and the tilt support leg. The tilt stay is slid over the plurality of locking teeth of the locking teeth row of the locking portion by the forward tilting operation (raising operation) of the device main body, and the forward tilting operation is stopped. The tilt stay Selectively allowed detachably engaged to one of the plurality of locking teeth held at an angle to the apparatus main body.

As described above, the device main body can be selectively held at a predetermined angle only by operating the device main body forward and backward without touching the tilt support leg with a hand.
Then, as the inclination angle of the apparatus main body increases, the lower end of the tilt leg member necessarily moves to the contact surface side of the apparatus main body. Further, when the inclination angle of the device main body is reduced, the contact surface of the device main body moves in a direction away from the lower end surface of the tip end of the tilt leg member, so that the inclination angle of the device main body can be easily changed. . In this case, the presence of the anti-slip means makes it possible to stabilize operability, make it possible to correspond to all operators, and improve operability of operating devices and visibility of the display unit.

According to the tilt device of the electronic device according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the first aspect, the anti-slip means is provided on a side which comes into contact with the installation surface of the device main body. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the grounding section is provided and a grounding block is provided on a side that comes into contact with the installation surface of the tilt support leg and has a friction coefficient larger than a friction coefficient of the grounding section. In addition to providing the same effect as the effect, when the inclination angle of the device main body is increased, the device can be moved from the grounding portion of the device main body as a base point, and when the inclination angle of the device main body is reduced, the tilt support leg can be reduced. Since the movable member is movable with the grounding block as a base point, the inclination angle can be easily adjusted.

Further, since the friction coefficient of the grounding block is made larger than that of the grounding portion, the electronic device can be stably held and the operability can be improved even when the inclination angle of the device main body is large.

According to the tilt device of the electronic device according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the second aspect, the grounding portion is provided on the back side of the lower portion of the housing of the device main body. With the configuration in which a plurality of vertical slits are formed at predetermined intervals in the direction, not only the same effect as the effect of the first or second aspect of the invention described above can be obtained, but also the configuration of the grounding portion is simplified. And it can be easily manufactured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system configuration in which an electronic device including a tilt device according to the present invention is set on a dealing board.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view from the front side of an electronic device including the tilt device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view from the back side of the electronic device.

FIG. 4A is a rear view of the electronic device. FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion D in FIG. 4 (1).

FIG. 6 (1) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line O-O of FIG.
(2) is a sectional view along a car line in FIG.

FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.
(2) is a sectional view taken along the line II in FIG. (3) is a sectional view taken along the line wo in FIG. FIG. 4D is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an upper switching guide portion of a locking portion in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a lower switching guide portion of a locking portion in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention, in which a part of a tilt support leg pivot portion is omitted.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of a tilt support leg in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional view of the tilt support leg.

FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view in a case where the electronic device is in an upright state in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an operation explanatory diagram when the tilt stay is located in the slide groove in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an operation explanatory diagram in a case where the tilt state is located at the uppermost position of the locking tooth row in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a tilt operation in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a tilt operation in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 18A is an explanatory diagram of a tilt device of an electronic device according to the present invention before level adjustment. (2) is an explanatory view after the level adjustment in the tilt device of the electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view from the back side of an electronic device provided with another embodiment of the tilt device according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a longitudinal sectional view of a tilt device of the electronic device.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view from the front side of an electronic device having another embodiment of the tilt device according to the present invention.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of a connection mechanism of the electronic device.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view from the back side of an electronic device provided with another embodiment of the tilt device according to the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a perspective view from the front side of an electronic device provided with a conventional tilt device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body A1 Housing 10 Locking part 11 Tilt support leg pivot support part 12 Tilt support leg 13 Tilt leg member 14 Tilt stay 17, 18 Locking tooth row 19-1 to 19-6 Locking teeth 20A, 20B Sliding groove part (return path) 22 Upper switching guide section (one switching guide section) 23 Lower switching guide section (the other switching guide section) 68 Grounding block 77 Torsion spring (biasing means) 80 Grounding section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A tilt leg having a tilt leg member swingably attached to an apparatus main body and abutting against an installation surface, and a tilt stay cooperating with the tilt leg member to support the apparatus main body at a predetermined inclination angle. A locking portion having a locking tooth row in which a plurality of locking teeth with which a tilt stay of the tilt support leg is selectively removably engaged are attached; and a tilt stay of the tilt support leg attached to the locking portion side. A tilt device for an electronic device, comprising: biasing means for biasing; and non-slip means provided on a side that comes into contact with the installation surface of the device main body and the tilt support leg. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said anti-slip means is provided on a side contacting an installation surface of said apparatus main body with a ground contact portion provided on a side contacting the installation surface of said tilt support leg, and has a coefficient of friction of said grounding portion. 2. The tilt device for an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the tilt device comprises a ground block having a large friction coefficient. 3. The tilt device for an electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the ground portion is formed with a plurality of vertical slits at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction on the back side of a lower portion of a housing of the device body.