JP4555965B2 - Hollow container and disk case formed using the same - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention can accommodate a hollow container formed so that it can be easily taken out even when placed in a partitioned area, and various articles such as a recording medium or a cleaning medium. Relates to the storage case.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a disc case made of plastic has been used to accommodate an optical disc such as a compact disc (CD) and a digital video disc (DVD). Of these disk cases, the most common one is three parts: a box-shaped lower case, a tray mounted in the lower case and holding an optical disk, and a plate-like lid that covers the tray. It consists of an upper case. The upper case has a base end attached to the base end of the lower case by a hinge so as to be freely opened and closed, and the upper case and the lower case form a disk case jacket.

  A lens cleaner that cleans the surface of an objective lens (pickup lens) of an optical disk device such as a CD or a DVD has substantially the same outer shape as the optical disk.

  As this type of lens cleaner, a lens cleaner disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-118276) has been conventionally known. This lens cleaner includes a disk having substantially the same shape as a compact disk, and a cleaning member implanted at a predetermined position on the disk surface of the disk. The cleaning member is, for example, a brush (cleaning brush) made of appropriate fibers, and a base end portion attached to a small hole provided in the disk is bonded and fixed with an adhesive provided at the bottom of the small hole. It is planted on the disc. In this lens cleaner, as the disk rotates, the brush rotates with a constant trajectory, so that dirt such as foreign matter adhering to the lens surface is wiped off when the tip of the brush contacts the pickup lens.

  Conventionally, there are two types of lens cleaners, dry and wet. The lens cleaner described above is a dry lens cleaner, and the wet lens cleaner applies (drops) a cleaning liquid to the brush of the lens cleaner. Used.

  Conventionally, Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-149480) has been proposed as a tray used in a case for a wet lens cleaner. The tray proposed in this document does not adversely affect the pickup lens, and suppresses the generation of static electricity due to moisture and gives moderate moisture to both the cleaning disk and the cleaning member provided on the cleaning disk in order to enhance the cleaning effect. For this purpose, a liquid absorbing member installation enclosure (dent) is provided in the disk storage tray, and the liquid absorbing member is provided in the liquid absorption member installation enclosure.

Further, Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-355384) has been proposed as a prior document related to the disk case. The storage case for compact discs described in this document enhances the uniqueness and individuality to demonstrate discriminating power, and gives a decorative effect when it is stored in a rack etc. with a decorative function so that it can be used as a room accessory. An insert with a decorative function is enclosed in a vertically long hollow part provided on one side edge pivot part of the case body, and decorated so that it can be viewed from the outside. It has become.
JP 2001-118276 A JP 2000-149480 A JP 2000-355384 A

  The optical disk and the lens cleaner are accommodated and handled in a disk case so that they are not damaged.

  By the way, when the optical disk is reproduced, if the recording / reading surface is dirty, the objective lens (pickup lens) of the optical disk apparatus cannot properly read the signal, which may cause a reproduction error. For this reason, if the recording surface is dirty when reproducing the optical disk, it is properly cleaned, especially when the dirt is oily and cannot be removed by just wiping it. Cleaning liquid may be used. In the wet lens cleaner, a cleaning liquid is used in a normal usage method.

  However, the disk case provided conventionally only contains the optical disk and the lens cleaner, and the cleaning liquid used for cleaning the optical disk or the wet lens cleaner exists separately from the disk case. The container is filled. In general, the container filled with the cleaning liquid does not have a structure combined with the disk case.

  For this reason, for example, in the case of a wet lens cleaner, a case containing a lens cleaner and a hollow container containing a cleaning liquid are packaged and provided together in a distribution stage. However, since packaging at the distribution stage is designed or designed with an emphasis on the attitude of the product display and the appearance, it is important to use packaging at the distribution stage even after use. It cannot be said that it is advantageous from the viewpoints of use and usability.

  On the other hand, a commercially available CD rack, DVD rack, or the like has an accommodation space designed in accordance with the size of a currently provided disc case. For this reason, even if the cleaning liquid container is integrated, it is not preferable to change the size of the disc case itself and the overall size.

  Therefore, the present invention can be formed to be substantially the same size as a conventionally provided disk case, and is further used together with a container for storing a cleaning liquid used for cleaning an optical disk or a wet lens cleaner. A disk case that can be stored and a hollow container therefor are provided.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides a disk case from which a frequently used cleaning liquid can be easily taken out. In particular, a cleaning liquid for a wet lens cleaner that is required to be taken out every time it is used can be easily obtained. A disk case (especially a case for a wet lens cleaner) that can be taken out quickly and a hollow container therefor are provided.

  And this invention provides the container (a bottle etc. are included) which can be easily taken out, even when arrange | positioned in the divided area | region.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention secures a space in various cases such as a disk case provided in the past, can be disposed in the space, and pushes down one end in the length direction. The other end portion pops up to provide a hollow container that can be easily taken out, and further, a case in which the hollow container is accommodated in the space portion and a disc case are provided. .

  That is, the hollow container according to the present invention has a rectangular bottom surface, and an opening that can communicate with the internal space of the container is provided on a side surface that is present at one end in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface. It is closed with a member, and on the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface, a thin portion with a reduced thickness of the hollow container is formed, and by pushing down the upper surface existing in the facing direction with the bottom surface, The hollow container is characterized in that an intersection portion between the bottom surface and the thin wall portion serves as a fulcrum, and one end portion where the opening is formed pops upward.

  That is, in the above hollow container, when an area (hereinafter also referred to as an operation area) on the upper surface of the upper surface (hereinafter also referred to as an operation area) is pushed downward (hereinafter also referred to as a pressing operation), an intersection between the bottom surface and the thin portion As a fulcrum, the end portion on the side opposite to the operation region (the side on which the opening portion that can function as a liquid outlet or the like exists) rises (pops up) upward. Thereby, the hollow container can be easily taken out. In particular, such an operation is performed when the upper surface of the hollow container is formed flat and the hollow container does not protrude from the space in which the hollow container is accommodated (that is, when there is no gripping portion), and This is effective when the hollow container is accommodated without a gap in which a finger, a nail, or the like enters the accommodation space.

  That is, by adopting the configuration as described above, the maximum volume can be secured as long as it fits in the space in which the hollow container is accommodated. Thus, a container capable of containing the maximum amount of contents such as cleaning liquid is realized.

  The thin-walled portion in the hollow container forms a space for enabling the operation region to be pushed down, and can be formed in various shapes as long as such an action / effect is exhibited. . For example, the thin-walled portion is any one of an inclined surface that rises from the bottom surface with an internal angle of 100 ° or more, preferably 130 ° or more, a stepped surface that has a stepped thickness, or a curved surface that rises while curving from the bottom surface. Can be formed. It should be noted that the inclination and length of the thin wall portion are appropriately determined depending on the balance with the pop-up condition at the time of the pressing operation (that is, the balance with the rising width of the end portion on the side opposite to the operation region). Is desirable.

  In addition, it is desirable to provide a protruding portion that protrudes outward in the horizontal direction in the region where the thin portion is provided. By forming such a protrusion, it can be fitted with elasticity in the side surface that defines the space in which the protrusion is accommodated, and therefore, the hollow container can be prevented from falling off from the space. it can. Furthermore, the region existing on the thin-walled portion side surely exists in the space portion even after the end portion on the side opposite to the operation region (the side where the opening portion exists) pops up. Therefore, the fitting state is maintained even after the pop-up, so that the pop-up posture can be maintained even when the pressing operation is stopped. Thereby, pressing operation and taking out of the hollow container can be performed by a series of operations with one hand.

  Such a protruding portion only needs to protrude outward in the horizontal direction of the hollow container.For example, in addition to forming the protruding portion toward the outside in the region where the thin portion of the side surface is formed, It can form so that it may protrude toward the outer side from the front-end | tip (or edge surface which exists previously) of a thin part. The protrusion width of the protrusion should be determined as appropriate according to the width (or length) of the hollow container and the planar shape of the space (space part) in which the hollow container is accommodated, and at least in the protrusion It should be formed as a protrusion that fits into the space.

  However, even in the case where such a protrusion is not provided, as an alternative, the inner surface of the wall portion forming the space portion is located in the region where the thin portion of the hollow container to be accommodated exists. It is also possible to provide a protrusion that protrudes.

  In addition, when it is only necessary to prevent the hollow container from dropping out of the space portion, it is possible to form a protrusion at an appropriate place other than the region existing on the thin portion side.

  In still another embodiment, the configuration of the bottom surface and the thin portion can be formed on another surface. For example, the thin portion as described above can be formed on the side surface, or the thin portion as described above can be formed on the upper surface. When formed in this manner, a hollow container that can be easily taken out is realized by the operation method, regardless of which side is stored at the bottom.

  The hollow container can be used while sufficiently exerting the advantageous effects as long as it is a case in which a space for accommodating the hollow container is formed. However, in order to fully exert its actions and effects, it is desirable that the size of the hollow container is as follows in relation to the space part in which the hollow container is accommodated.

  That is, when the hollow container according to the present invention is formed to be installed in a storage case having a lid portion connected by a hinge, such as a case for an optical disk that is conventionally commercially available, The thickness of the hollow container may be formed to be substantially the same as the thickness of the storage case, and the length along the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface may be formed to be approximately the same as the length along the rotation axis of the storage case. desirable.

  Then, the inner space of the hollow container is filled with a cleaning liquid for a disk-shaped recording medium or a cleaning liquid for a wet lens cleaner, so that a cleaning medium for cleaning an optical pickup lens or a magnetic head, light or It can be suitably used in a case for accommodating a magnetic recording medium. This is because usually a sufficient accommodation space is not secured in these cases, and it is difficult to take them out.

  Moreover, in this invention, various cases, such as a disk case formed using the said hollow container, are provided.

  That is, a case body that is hinged and formed to be openable and closable, such as a cleaning medium for cleaning an optical pickup lens or a magnetic head, or a case for housing an optical or magnetic recording medium, and a compartment for the case body Is a case such as a disk case made of a hollow container housed in a space part that is open at least in an open state, and the hollow container is complementarily matched in the space part of the case body, The space is a case such as a disk case in which the hollow container according to the present invention is disposed in the space portion without causing a space for the drawer.

  In such a case, since the upper portion of the space where the hollow container is installed is open, the operation area can be pushed down and the pop-up operation can be performed smoothly. In addition, such a space portion is normally in a closed state, and can be formed so that the upper side is open during the pop-up operation. For example, a lid that opens and closes above the space is provided.

  In particular, the above-mentioned disc case can achieve the maximum effect by effectively favoring a case for housing a commercially available optical disc, in particular, in relation to the purpose of use. Such a disk case can be accompanied by the following configuration, for example.

  That is, in a disc case that accommodates a disc such as a compact disc, the lower case portion and the upper case portion that can be freely opened and closed are integrated via a hinge portion, and the lower case portion and the disc-like disc are fixed. The case main body in which the storage tray portion is arranged, and the hinge in the case main body are partitioned by the storage tray portion and the wall surface of the lower case portion, and the rotation axis direction of the upper case portion A disk case in which a space portion extending in the space is secured, a hollow container is disposed in the space portion, and the hollow container according to the present invention is used as a hollow container disposed in the space portion. .

  As described above, the disk case according to the present invention can be stored in a conventional storage device such as a CD rack or a DVD rack that has been conventionally provided by using a commercially available disk case as the case body. The hollow container can be accommodated without requiring a change in size.

  This is due to the effective utilization of the dead space inevitably generated in the existing disk case, and further, even when the dead space is utilized, a hollow container formed so as not to cause any trouble in use, that is, This is achieved by using a hollow container that ensures easy removal.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings, and the embodiments shown in the drawings will be described in detail.

  FIG. 1 shows several embodiments of a hollow container 10 according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 6 show a preferred embodiment of the disk case 20 according to the present invention and its operational effects.

  First, based on FIG. 1, embodiment of the hollow container 10 which concerns on this invention is shown. That is, the hollow container 10 shown in this embodiment includes a body portion 11 formed in an elongated prismatic shape as a whole and a cap portion 12 that closes an opening formed at one end portion in the length direction. The bottom surface 14 of the body portion 11 is formed in a long rectangular shape.

  Thin wall portions 13 formed so as to reduce the thickness of the hollow container 10 are respectively formed on the bottom surface 14 on the side opposite to the side on which the opening is formed. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, an inclined surface (13) that gradually reduces the thickness of the body portion 11 is formed, and the inclined surface (13) is formed. Is adjusted so that the inner angle formed with the bottom surface 14 is 100 ° or more. Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 (B), instead of the inclined surface (13), it is formed as a curved surface (13 ′) that reduces the thickness while being curved. Further, the embodiment shown in FIG. In the form, it is formed as a stepped surface (13 ″) whose thickness is gradually reduced stepwise. In any aspect, the upper surface existing in the region where such a thin portion 13 is formed is In the hollow container 10 formed as described above, the operation region 15 is pushed down, so that the intersection 16 between the bottom surface 14 and the thin wall portion 13 serves as a fulcrum to take out the liquid. The mouth side can pop up.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the hollow container 10 formed in this way can be installed in the space portion 21 that is inevitably generated in the disk case 20 (FIG. 2 (A)). The disk case according to the embodiment is configured (FIG. 2B). The hollow container 10 disposed in the space portion 21 pushes down the operation region 15 so that the opposite end portion (the side where the cap exists) protrudes upward (FIG. 3). The hollow container 10 can be easily taken out. In particular, in the case of the hollow container 10 used for the disk case 20 as shown in this figure, the cleaning liquid container in which the cleaning liquid of the disk-shaped recording medium or the cleaning liquid of the wet lens cleaner is filled. It is desirable to use as the container 10.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the space portion 21 in which the hollow container 10 is accommodated is partitioned by disposing a tray member 23 in the lower case 22, and the upper portion is always on the structure. It is designed to be opened. This will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The upper case 24 is provided on the lower case 22 via a hinge 25, which rotates or swings around the hinge 25 as shown in FIG. Will do. At that time, the distance Y between the lower end of the surface (lid surface 26) functioning as a lid in the upper case 24 and the hinge 25 needs to be longer than the length X between the end portion of the lower case 22 and the hinge 25. Otherwise, the upper case 24 cannot be rotated. For this reason, the upper case 24 has an area where the lid surface 26 does not exist for the distance Z. The area where the lid surface 26 does not exist is usually left as the space portion 21 as it is.

  Therefore, in the disk case 20 shown in the above embodiment, the space 21 is effectively used, and the hollow container 10 is installed in the space 21 to change the size from the conventional disk case 20. Accordingly, the disc case 20 that can accommodate the hollow container 10 is realized.

  In particular, in the disk case 20 shown in the above embodiment, the thin-walled portion 13 is provided with a protruding portion 27 protruding outward in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. 6 so that the posture at the time of pop-up can be maintained. It is desirable. (A) in FIG. 6 shows the space portion 21 in an enlarged manner, and (B) shows the portion in which the protruding portion is present further enlarged.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the protruding portion 27 can be formed on either the side surface of the body portion 11 of the hollow container 10 and the tip of the thin portion 13, or any one of them. Such protrusions 27 can be formed in a continuous manner in the entire thickness direction, in addition to being scattered in the region where the thin portion 13 exists.

  In particular, as shown in the present embodiment, by forming the protrusion 27 on the thin wall portion 13, even after the tip of the hollow container 10 (the side where the cap is present) pops upward, the hollow container 10 Therefore, it is possible to eliminate a situation where the pop-up state is canceled as soon as the hand is released from the operation area 15.

  In particular, the disc case 20 shown in this embodiment can be easily taken out and stored in the hollow container 10 and can be changed in size from the conventional product. It can be suitably used as a disk case 20 for housing a wet lens cleaner (cleaning disk 30) in which a cleaning liquid is frequently used.

  For this reason, the tray portion in the disc case 20 is configured to prevent deformation of the brush planted on the cleaning disc 30, for example, the surface on which the brush is planted on the cleaning disc 30 is held away from the tray. It is possible to adopt a structure to be used.

  FIG. 7 shows still another embodiment of the disk case according to the present invention. In the disk case 40 according to this embodiment, an area 43 in which a disk medium is arranged is formed in a case body 40 that can be opened and closed by a hinge 45, and the hollow container 10 is adjacent to the area 43. The space portion 41 for arranging the components is partitioned. Since the space portion 41 is opened upward in the state where the case body 40 is opened, the other end portion is popped up by pushing down the operation area 15 as in FIG. The container can be easily taken out. In particular, as shown in this figure, when the space 41 is partitioned in the case main body 40, the hollow container 10 can be prevented from moving during transportation, and the disk can be damaged. Can be eliminated. Moreover, since the hollow container 10 has a thin-walled portion, it is possible to easily remove the hollow container 10 while preventing the hollow container 10 from moving during conveyance.

The perspective view which shows embodiment of a hollow container A perspective view showing an embodiment of a disk case Schematic showing the pop-up state of the hollow container Exploded view of the disk case according to the embodiment The principal part enlarged view of the disk case which concerns on embodiment Enlarged view of the main part showing the structure of the protrusion Exploded view of a disk case according to another embodiment

Explanation of symbols

10 Hollow container
11 Body
12 Cap section
13 Thin section
14 Bottom
15 Operation area
16 Intersection
20 Disc case
21 Space
22 Lower case
23 Tray material
24 Upper case
25 Hinge
26 Cover surface
27 Protrusion
30 Cleaning disc

Claims (7)

A hollow container having a rectangular bottom surface,
An opening that can communicate with the internal space of the container is provided on a side surface that is present at one end side in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface, and the opening portion is closed by a cap member. Is formed with a thin portion with a reduced thickness of the hollow container,
One end where the opening is formed with the intersection of the bottom surface and the thin portion serving as a fulcrum by pushing down a region existing directly above the thin portion of the top surface existing in the direction facing the bottom surface A hollow container characterized in that the side pops up.   The thin-walled portion is formed on any one of an inclined surface that rises from the bottom surface with an internal angle of 100 ° or more, a stepped surface that has a stepped thickness, or a curved surface that rises while curving from the bottom surface. The hollow container as described.   The hollow container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a projection that protrudes outward in the horizontal direction is provided in a region where the thin portion is provided. The hollow container is formed to be installed in a storage case having a hinged lid.
The thickness of the hollow container is substantially the same as the thickness of the storage case, and the length along the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface is substantially the same as the length along the rotation axis of the storage case. The hollow container as described in any one of 1-3.   The hollow container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an internal space of the hollow container is filled with a cleaning liquid for a disk-shaped recording medium or a cleaning liquid for a wet lens cleaner. A case body that is hinged and formed to be openable and closable;
The case is composed of a hollow container housed in a space part that is partitioned into the case body and that opens at least in an open state,
The hollow container is complementarily matched in the space portion of the case body, and is arranged without creating a space for drawing out,
The case where the hollow container as described in any one of Claims 1-5 is arrange | positioned in the said space part. In a disc case that accommodates a disc such as a compact disc,
A case main body in which a lower case portion and an upper case portion that can be freely opened and closed are integrated via a hinge portion, and the lower case portion and a storage tray portion that fixes a disk-shaped disc are disposed,
In the case body, in the region where the hinge exists, it is partitioned by the storage tray part and the wall surface of the lower case part, and a space part extending in the rotation axis direction of the upper case part is secured,
A hollow container filled with a cleaning liquid is disposed in the space part,
A disk case in which the hollow container according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is used as a hollow container disposed in the space.

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