JP2005093629A - Electronics - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic device capable of corresponding to vertical installation and horizontal installation and capable of effectively using legs.
In an electronic device including a box-shaped housing having an electronic device therein and a leg portion 50 removably attached to the housing, the housing has a depth dimension larger than a height dimension, In addition to having a substantially rectangular external shape with a width dimension larger than the depth dimension, the first leg mounting part on the bottom surface and the second leg mounting part on one side surface, and the leg part 50 has a height dimension. The first housing mounting portion 50c has a small flat external shape, the bottom surface of which is attached to the first leg mounting portion, and the second housing mounting portion 50d which is attached to the second leg mounting portion on the top surface. The first housing mounting portion 50c is formed with a flat surface, and the second housing mounting portion 50d is a concave portion partially formed on the upper surface of the leg portion 50. A corner formed by one side surface and another housing surface adjacent to the one side surface. Mounted to hold.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a housing structure of a stationary electronic device that can be placed vertically and horizontally.

  Conventionally, as stationary electronic devices, broadcast receivers (hereinafter referred to as tuners), video tape recorders (hereinafter referred to as VTRs), laser disc players (hereinafter referred to as LD players), digital video disc players (hereinafter referred to as DVDs). Player)). Such an electronic device is connected to a separate monitor, and is installed vertically or horizontally in the vicinity of the monitor, and is used to display information such as images reproduced by the electronic device on the monitor. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-74821 A

JP-A-8-129865

In the technology described in Patent Document 1, when installing an electronic device such as a VTR in a vertical position, a casing structure is provided in which a vertical leg for preventing a fall is attached to the installation surface of the electronic device. By attaching these legs, electronic devices are installed vertically in the vicinity of the monitor. Further, when the electronic device is installed horizontally, the vertical mounting leg is removed, and the electronic device is installed in the vicinity of the monitor via the horizontal mounting leg fixed to the bottom surface of the electronic device. However, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, no consideration is given to the handling of the removed legs for vertical installation when an electronic device such as a VTR is installed horizontally.
The technique described in Patent Document 2 is based on the premise that an electronic device such as a VTR is installed vertically, and no consideration is given to the horizontal placement of the electronic device.
The objective of this invention is providing the electronic device which can respond to vertical installation and horizontal installation, and can use a leg part effectively.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electronic device including a box-shaped housing having an electronic device therein and a leg portion detachably attached to the housing. It has a substantially rectangular appearance shape with a depth dimension larger than the height dimension and a width dimension larger than the depth dimension, and a first leg mounting portion on the bottom surface and a second leg mounting portion on one side surface. The leg portion has a flat external shape with a small height dimension, and a bottom surface of the leg portion is attached to the first leg portion attachment portion, and a second leg portion attachment portion is attached to the upper surface. A second housing mounting portion to be mounted; the first housing mounting portion is formed with a flat surface; and the second housing mounting portion is a recess formed partially on the upper surface of the leg portion. And this recess has one side of the casing and another casing surface adjacent to the one side. Attached so as to hold the corners formed.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, when installing an electronic device, it can respond to vertical installation or horizontal installation, and can use a leg part effectively.

  The embodiment according to the present invention is characterized in that a flat housing can be installed stably in a vertical position and can be installed in a horizontal position without increasing the installation area and with a reduced height. . In this embodiment, in order to realize the above-described features, a box-shaped housing having an electronic device therein and a leg portion detachably attached to the housing constitute an electronic device housing structure. One of the features is that the casing has a substantially rectangular external shape having a depth dimension larger than the height dimension and a width dimension larger than the depth dimension, and a first leg mounting portion on the bottom surface. A second leg mounting portion is provided on each side surface, and each of the leg portions has a flat external shape with a small height, and a bottom surface of the leg mounting portion is attached to the first mounting portion. And a second housing mounting portion attached to the second leg mounting portion on the upper surface, respectively, the first housing mounting portion is formed as a flat surface, and the second housing mounting portion is formed on the leg portion. A concave portion partially formed on the upper surface is formed, and this concave portion holds a corner formed by one side surface of the casing and another casing surface adjacent to the one side surface.

  According to this structure, in vertical installation, the bottom of the leg is installed on the installation surface to hold the chassis, and in horizontal installation, the leg is inverted and part of the upper surface of the leg is installed on the installation surface. Thus, the housing can be held. That is, in this embodiment, a second housing attachment portion that holds a part of the housing is provided on a part of the upper surface of the leg portion. For this reason, since the other part of the upper surface of the leg can be projected outward from the projected area of the casing to hold the casing, the vertically long casing can be stably installed with the wide protruding leg. .

On the other hand, in the horizontal position, the legs can be reversed, and in the vertical position, the bottom surface that is in contact with the installation surface can be attached to the bottom surface of the housing. On the other hand, since the upper surface part other than the concave part that holds down the corner of the housing in the vertical placement can be held in contact with the installation surface in the horizontal placement, the contact portion between the installation surface and the legs can be reduced. Thus, it is possible to stably install the housing. In this embodiment, the leg can be composed of one or more members.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8 using a tuner as an example. Here, the same members and parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.
(First embodiment)
1 and 2 are external views of a tuner according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a front view, FIG. 1 (b) is a bottom view, and FIG. 1 (c) is a right side view. is there. 2A is a rear view, FIG. 2B is a front view in an open state, and FIG. 2C is a front view in an energized state.
In FIG. 1, a tuner 1 generally indicates a tuner. The tuner 1 according to this embodiment can receive satellite broadcasting, CATV, digital broadcasting, and the like in addition to normal terrestrial waves, and a network line such as the Internet. Can be connected to.
The tuner 1 includes a tuner body 10 and a lid 20, and includes a power button 30 provided in the center of the front surface, a plurality of operation buttons 40 disposed on the side of the power button 30, and a bottom surface (bottom surface). ) Provided with a first leg 50a and a second leg 50b. The tuner 1 according to this embodiment includes an internal memory such as a hard disk recorder that records received information and a control unit that comprehensively controls the operation of the tuner 1 in addition to a normal reception function. Yes.

The operation button 40 includes a switching button 41 that switches a received signal, a channel selection button 42 that selects a desired channel from received radio waves, and a volume adjustment button 43 that adjusts the volume. A channel selection button 42 and a volume control button 43 are arranged.
The first leg portion 50a and the second leg portion 50b are respectively attached to the first leg portion attaching portion 10a formed on the bottom surface of the tuner main body 10 via the screw 51, and the tuner 1 is in the installed state. Correspondingly, it is removable.

  In FIG. 2, a terminal portion 60 on which a power supply terminal 61, an external connection terminal 62, and the like are disposed is provided on the rear surface of the tuner 1, receives power supply through the power supply terminal 61, and It can be connected to electronic devices such as separate DVD players, DVD recorders, and VTRs. When the lid 20 provided on the front surface of the tuner 1 is opened, a recording medium insertion slot 70 for inserting a recording medium such as a memory card and an operation button 80 for operating the tuner 1 are exposed. ing. Then, by inserting a recording medium such as a memory card into the recording medium insertion slot 70 and operating the operation button 80, the information recorded in the internal memory can be recorded on the recording medium.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a television receiver using the tuner according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the tuner 1 is connected to a thin monitor 100 such as a plasma display or a liquid crystal display via a cord 110 to constitute a television receiver. In this television receiver, the monitor 100 is turned on by operating a separate remote controller 120. If the tuner 1 is turned on, the tuner 1 receives radio waves via the antenna 130. The received radio wave information is converted into an image, and the image information is displayed on the monitor 100.

  Further, if the power of the tuner 1 is turned off while the power of the monitor 100 is turned on, the remote controller 120 or the power button 30 is operated to turn on the power of the tuner 1 to receive. Radio wave image information is displayed on the monitor 100. When the power of the tuner 1 is turned on, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the LED 90 around the power button 30 is displayed so that light emerges, and the tuner 1 is energized (operating state). It comes to let you know.

  In addition, when an electronic device such as a separate DVD player, DVD recorder, or VTR is connected to the tuner 1 via the external connection terminal 62, the remote controller 120 or the switch button 41 is operated to add to the received radio wave channel. The input signal (channel) of the electronic device connected to the tuner 1 can also be selected. Further, the tuner 1 can be connected to a network line 140 such as the Internet. When the tuner 1 is connected to the network line 140, an input signal from the network line 140 can be selected. Yes. Then, image information corresponding to the selected channel is displayed on the monitor 100.

  The major feature of the tuner 1 according to this embodiment is that the first leg portion 50a and the second leg portion 50b are detachably provided on the bottom surface of the tuner body 10, and the tuner 1 is installed in a horizontal position. When the first leg portion 50a and the second leg portion 50b are installed with being attached to the bottom surface of the tuner main body 10 via the first leg portion attaching portion 10a, and installed vertically, the first leg portion 50a and the second leg portion 50b are removed from the bottom surface of the tuner body 10, and one side surface of the tuner 1 is fitted with the pair of removed leg portions 50 fitted through the fitting portions 52 (see FIG. 1). It is the point which made it possible to attach and install to the 2nd leg part attaching part formed in this. This point will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG.

FIG. 4 is an external view showing the structure of the legs, FIG. 4 (a) is a perspective view of the first and second legs, and FIG. 4 (b) is a diagram where the first and second legs are fitted together. FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the tuner installation state, FIG. 5 (a) is a perspective view showing a state where the tuner and the leg are attached, and FIG. 5 (b) is a perspective view showing a state where the leg is attached to the tuner. It is.
In FIG. 4A, the first leg portion 50a and the second leg portion 50b have a fitting portion 52 and a fitting recess 53, respectively, and are provided with a vertical surface 54 and a horizontal plane 55. A screw hole 56 is formed. The first leg portion 50a and the second leg portion 50b each include a first housing attachment portion 50c on the bottom surface, and the first housing attachment portion 50c and the first leg attachment portion 10a The first leg portion 50a and the second leg portion 50b are attached to the bottom surface of the casing (the bottom surface of the tuner main body 10) with screws 51.
When the first leg portion 50a and the second leg portion 50b having such a configuration are removed from the bottom surface of the tuner main body 10, as shown in FIG. 53 and the stand-like leg part 50 which has the 2nd housing | casing attachment part 50d which hold | maintains the tuner 1 in the state of standing vertically is comprised. The second housing mounting portion 50d is formed by the vertical surface 54 and the horizontal surface 55, and is provided on the upper surface 50e of the leg portion 50 so as to have a concave shape.
As shown in FIG. 5, when the tuner 1 is installed in a vertically placed state, one side surface 14 of the tuner 1 is formed by the second housing mounting portion 50 d formed on the leg portion 50, and this side surface. 14 and the other casing surface 14a adjacent to each other, and the second leg mounting portion 10b formed on one side surface 14 of the tuner 1 and the second casing mounting are held. The leg portion 50 is attached to the tuner 1 by being attached to the tuner main body 10 with the screw 51 via the portion 50 d and the screw hole 56.

With such a configuration, even when the tuner is installed vertically, it can be installed in a stable state without falling down. Moreover, in the state of being installed vertically, it is not necessary to separately store the legs removed from the tuner, and can be effectively used as a stand when the legs are installed vertically.
The tuner 1 has a punching hole 16 (see FIG. 1) formed on the bottom and left and right side surfaces (see FIG. 1) of the housing, and an unillustrated upper surface, and the first leg mounting portion 10a and the second leg portion. The attachment portion 10b is formed so as to be familiar with the punching hole 16.

In this embodiment, the second leg mounting portion 10b is formed on one side surface 14 of the tuner 1, but the second leg mounting portion 10b is also provided on the other side surface facing the side surface 14 on one side. May be formed.
(Second Embodiment)
6A and 6B are external views of a tuner according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6A is a perspective view seen from the bottom, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view of a leg portion.
In FIG. 6, the tuner 1 according to the second embodiment includes a leg portion 50 formed in a stand shape through a first leg mounting portion 10a and a first housing mounting portion 50c. Is characterized in that it is detachably attached to the bottom surface (the bottom surface of the tuner body 10). The leg portion 50 includes a first housing mounting portion 10a formed on the bottom surface and a concave second housing mounting portion 50d formed in the center of the upper surface 50e.
When the leg portion 50 is removed from the bottom surface of the tuner body 10, the second housing mounting portion 50 d is configured by one side surface 14 of the tuner 1 and another housing surface 14 a adjacent to the side surface 14. The tuner main body is held via a second leg mounting portion 10b, a second housing mounting portion 50d, and a screw hole 56 formed on one side surface 14 of the tuner 1. The tuner 1 can be installed in a vertically placed state by attaching the screw 10 to the screw 10.

By adopting such a configuration, it is not necessary to assemble the legs in a stand shape during the vertical installation, so that the vertical installation can be easily performed.
(Third embodiment)
7A and 7B are external views of a tuner according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7A is a perspective view seen from the bottom, FIG. 7B is a perspective view of a leg portion, and FIG. It is a perspective view of a vertical installation state.
In FIG. 7, the tuner 1 according to the third embodiment has a pair of leg portions 50 formed in a stand shape on the bottom surface of the housing (the bottom surface of the tuner main body 10) along the horizontal width direction of the housing. The pair of leg portions 50 are arranged symmetrically, and are attached to and detached from the bottom surface of the housing (the bottom surface of the tuner body 10) via the first leg mounting portion 10a and the first housing mounting portion 50c. It features a configuration that can be mounted. Each of the pair of leg portions 50 includes a first housing mounting portion 50c formed on the bottom surface and a concave second housing mounting portion 50d formed on the top surface 50e.

When the pair of leg portions 50 are removed from the bottom surface of the tuner main body 10, two corner portions constituted by one side surface 14 of the tuner 1 and another side surface 14 a adjacent to the side surface 14 are provided. Are held by the respective second housing mounting portions 50d, and the pair of leg portions 50 are connected to the second leg mounting portion 10b and the second housing mounting portion 50d formed on one side surface 14 of the tuner 1. By attaching the screw 51 to the tuner main body 10 via the screw hole 56, the tuner 1 can be installed in a vertical state.
By adopting such a configuration, the tuner can be supported at two places when placed vertically, so that it can be installed in a stable state.
(Fourth embodiment)
8A and 8B are external views of a tuner according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8A is a perspective view as seen from the bottom, FIG. 8B is a perspective view of a leg portion, and FIG. It is a perspective view of a vertical installation state.
In FIG. 8, the tuner 1 according to the fourth embodiment has four leg portions 50 formed in a circle at the four corners of the bottom surface of the casing (the bottom surface of the tuner body 10), and the four leg portions 50. Is characterized in that it is detachably attached to the bottom surface of the housing (the bottom surface of the tuner main body 10) via the first leg mounting portion 10a and the first housing mounting portion 50c. Each of the four legs 50 includes a first housing mounting portion 50c formed on the bottom surface and a notch 59 formed on the top surface 50e, and the notch 59 has a second housing mounting portion 50d. It is composed.
When the four legs 50 are removed from the bottom surface of the tuner body 10, the four corners of the tuner 1 are held by the notches 59, and the four legs 50 are formed on one side surface 14 of the tuner 1. By attaching the tuner 1 to the tuner 1 through the second leg attachment portion 10b and the cutout portion 59, the tuner 1 can be installed in a vertically placed state.

  By adopting such a configuration, the four corners of the tuner can be firmly fixed during the vertical installation, so that the vertical installation can be performed in a more stable state.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the tuner has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can be applied to various electronic devices such as a VTR, LD player, DVD player, and DVD recorder.

1 is an external view of a tuner according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an external view of a tuner according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the television receiver using the tuner by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an external view which shows the structure of the leg part by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the installation state of the tuner by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an external view of the tuner by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is an external view of the tuner by the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is an external view of the tuner by the 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Tuner, 10 ... Tuner main body, 10a ... 1st leg part attachment part, 10b ... 2nd leg part attachment part, 14 ... Side surface of one side, 16 ... Punching hole, 20 ... Cover part, 30 ... Power button, 40 ... operation buttons, 41 ... switching buttons, 42 ... channel selection buttons, 43 ... volume control buttons, 50 ... legs, 50a ... first legs, 50b ... second legs, 50c ... first housing Mounting portion, 50d ... second housing mounting portion, 50e ... upper surface, 51 ... screw, 52 ... fitting portion, 53 ... fitting recess, 54 ... vertical surface, 55 ... horizontal plane, 56 ... screw hole, 59 ... notch , 60 ... terminal part, 61 ... power supply terminal, 62 ... external connection terminal, 70 ... recording medium insertion port, 80 ... operation button, 90 ... LED, 100 ... monitor, 110 ... cord, 120 ... remote control, 130 ... antenna, 140: Network line.

Claims (4)

A box-shaped housing with electronic equipment inside,
In an electronic device having a leg portion that is detachably attached to the housing,
The casing has a substantially rectangular external shape having a depth dimension larger than a height dimension and a width dimension larger than the depth dimension, and includes a first leg mounting portion on a bottom surface and a second leg portion on one side surface. Each has a mounting part,
The leg portion has a flat external shape with a small height dimension, and a bottom surface of the leg portion is attached to the first leg portion attachment portion, and an upper surface is attached to the second leg portion attachment portion. Each having a second housing mounting portion,
The first housing attachment portion is formed with a flat surface, and the second housing attachment portion is a recess formed partially on the upper surface of the leg portion, and the recess includes one side surface of the housing, An electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus is attached so as to hold a corner formed by another casing surface adjacent to the one side surface. In claim 1,
The leg is composed of a first leg and a second leg that are symmetrical along the depth direction and divided so as to be fitted.
The first leg portion and the second leg portion each include a fitting portion and a fitting recess for fitting two housings,
The second housing attachment portion is formed on an upper surface of the leg portion in a state where the fitting portion and the fitting recess are fitted. In claim 1,
The leg portion is composed of a pair of leg portions disposed on the left and right of the bottom surface of the housing along the width direction thereof.
The pair of legs includes the second housing mounting portion formed on the upper surface of each of the pair of legs. In claim 1,
The leg portion is composed of four circular leg portions arranged at the four corners of the bottom surface of the housing,
The circular leg has a notch formed on the upper surface thereof,
The electronic device is characterized in that the notch is attached so as to hold a corner formed by one side surface of the housing and another housing surface adjacent to the one side surface.

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