WO2007075117A1 - Box for optical information carriers (variants) - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (box) for packing, fixing and transporting a flat configuration product. In a first variant, the inventive box is embodied in such a way that it is flat-shaped and comprises a central lock mounted on a lower lid for holding a product, side locks for holding the foldable structure in the closed state and a top lid is provided with an element which is embodied in such a way that it trusts against a disc surface. In a second variant, the box also comprises a hole embodied in the fixing element on the lower lid, a closing element which is provided on the top lid is embodied in such a way that it is enabled to be introduced into the fixing element hole and the top lid is provided with a step. In the third variant, in addition to the structural design of the second variant, the box comprises a bulb embodied of the closing element of the top lid which fits the shape of a recess embodied on the fixing element surface. In the fourth variant, the structural design according to the second variant is supplemented by that the closing element is embodied in the form of an axle which is provided with a radial groove, is used for arranging additional discs and comprises a bush. Said invention makes it possible to securely fix a disc and simplifies the fixing process.

Description

 Boxing for optical storage media (options)

Area of use

The invention relates to packaging and relates to the design of a box for storage and transportation of products having a flat configuration and a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk optical information carriers (CD, DVD, etc.).

State of the art

Currently, there are several packaging options for disk optical media. Known box for storage and transportation of optical disk media, which is a folding design in the form of a box having a central lock on the bottom cover to hold the disk media (RU Ns 2268217, B65D85 / 57, publ. 2006.01.20).

The most common and widely used constructions are known as Jewel box, Amareu box (see the official website of Ayampamedia Agency, the packaging of the Jewel box, presented in the "Packing for CDs *" section, discovered on December 6, 2005 on the Internet at online at: http://www.auramedia.ru/duplicating/package.htm).

The closest analogue is Amareu-box, which is a folding thin-walled structure that forms a protective and transportation casing. It is made of "small" plastics (polypropylene, polyethylene), which allows it to form a folding structure. This box has a number of disadvantages, namely:

- the upper and lower covers of the casing, not being structurally interconnected (except along the perimeter), are easily pressed in the central part under external influence. This effect is transmitted to the disk itself and deforms it, which can lead to its damage, as well as the occurrence of cracks in the box covers and breakage of its side locks.

- the presence of an elastic structure for opening the central lock in Together with the non-rigid construction of the box itself, it leads to unauthorized)) operation of the lock and the release of the disk during external exposure.

- the latch of the central lock has several elastic elements and when stacking the disks manually, the disk often does not click on all the elements, which subsequently during transportation leads to the removal of the disk from the lock.

With the variety of designs of this lock, the principle of its operation is the same: when the optical disk is pressed onto the elastic elements of the latch, its diameter changes, and the disk is pushed onto a surface with a smaller diameter, where it is fixed when the latch is removed. To remove the disk, just press on the central part of the lock - this changes the geometry of the locking element and releases the disk. The practice of using such a design convincingly proves its unreliability. Very often the disk in the box is loose and receives mechanical damage, interacting with the elements of the central lock. Damage to the disk resulting from its free movement in the box during transportation, often leads to the inability of its further use. A detailed analysis of the design and a series of experiments showed that, regardless of the design features of the central lock, when the Amareu box is compressed in a closed form along the axis of the disc fastening, an “unauthorized” actuation and release of the disc occurs in the area of the central lock. Thus, any accidental external impact on the box body in the area of the central lock during packaging, cellophaning, transportation and preparation for sale can cause the central lock to trigger spontaneously and release the disc. Disclosure of invention

The inventive design of the invention with an original locking and locking mechanism solves the problem of reliable mounting of the disk and giving the box structure more rigidity. The main goal of changing the design of the box is to create such a design, which would guarantee the impossibility of spontaneous "unauthorized" operation of the lock holding the disk, and would increase the rigidity of the entire box structure.

The inventive design of the invention with an original locking and locking mechanism solves the following problems:

1. Provides guaranteed fixation of the disk and prevents the possibility of its movement inside the box during transportation. 2. Prevents the possibility of transmitting external influences to the box body, the disk located in it.

3. Simplifies and speeds up the process of fixing the disk and locking the folding box structure, eliminating the “human factor” when packing the disk.

4. Tightly connecting the upper and lower covers of the box in the center, gives the box body the correct geometric shape, eliminating

“Flankiness” inherent in the closest analogue - Amareu-boxing, increases the rigidity and strength of the box structure and, as a result, its durability.

The technical result achieved in this case is to increase the operational reliability of the box to ensure the safety and integrity of the optical information medium packed in it.

The specified technical result for the first embodiment is achieved by the fact that the box for storage and transportation of products of a flat configuration with a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk media, which is a folding structure having a central lock on the bottom cover for holding a disk carrier and side locks for keeping the folding structure closed, and an element located on the inner side of the upper cover is arranged relative to the central lock of the lower cover with the possibility of abutment against the idle surface of the disk when externally exposed to the box body.

The specified technical result for the second embodiment is achieved by the fact that the box for storage and transportation of products of a flat configuration with a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk media, which is a folding structure having a locking element on the bottom cover to hold the disk medium, characterized in that the fixing element on the bottom cover is made with a hole, and the locking element on the top cover is made with a surface that can enter the opening the specified fixing element when closing the lid and the ledge, for acting on the idle surface of the disk when closing the lid.

The specified technical result for the third embodiment is achieved in that the box for storage and transportation of products of a flat configuration with a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk media, which is a folding structure having a locking element on the bottom cover to hold the disk medium, characterized in that the locking element on the bottom cover is made with a hole, and the locking element on the top cover is made with a surface that can enter the hole the specified fixing element when closing the lid, and having a thickening corresponding to the shape of the recess on the surface of the fixing element, as well as a step, for acting on the idle surface of the disk when closing the lid.

The specified technical result for the fourth embodiment is achieved by the fact that the box for storage and transportation of products of a flat configuration with a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk media, which is a folding a structure having a locking element on the bottom cover for holding the disk medium, characterized in that the locking element on the lower cover is made with a hole, and the locking element on the upper cover is made with a surface that can enter the hole of the specified locking element when closing the cover, wherein the locking element is made in the form of an axis with a radial groove for accommodating additional disks, and it is also equipped with a sleeve for fixing additional disks on this axis.

These features are significant and interconnected with the formation of a stable set of essential features sufficient to obtain the desired technical result.

The first option is the easiest to implement, it ensures the impossibility of spontaneous (unauthorized) operation of the central lock.

The second and third options provide guaranteed fixation of the disk, preventing the possibility of its movement inside the box body and the transmission of external influences to the box body, the disk located in it.

The fourth option makes it possible, while maintaining the merits of the previous options, to ensure the fixation of several disks in one box.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The present invention is illustrated by specific examples, which, however, are not the only possible, but clearly demonstrate the ability to achieve the above set of essential features of the desired technical result.

In FIG. 1 is a transverse section of a box according to the first embodiment; FIG. 2 - transverse section of the box according to the second (third) embodiment; FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a box according to a fourth embodiment; FIG. 4 - boxing according to the fourth embodiment with the open position of the covers; FIG. 5 is a section through AA of FIG. four.

The best embodiment of the invention

According to the present invention, embodiments of boxes (packages) for disk storage media are presented, which are a thin disk with a central through hole around which an annular portion of the idle surface is made. The box itself is a body of two covers, when closing interconnected latches, made, for example, on flanges around the perimeter. The covers are interconnected by an inflection section, so that the body can open like a book. On the inner surface of the lower cover there is a central lock with a seat for the disk. The hole is mounted with a hole on the protruding part of the lock and fixed on it with paws or tabs.

The product is made by casting into a mold. To realize this idea, it is enough to cut a groove in one of the mold-forming surfaces of the mold, with a width commensurate with the thickness of the product walls and a depth of 2-3 mm. As a result, during casting, an element (of any configuration) appears in the product on the top cover, which, when exposed to the box body against the idle surface of the disk, prevents the inner surface of the top cover and the spring element of the central lock from touching, as shown in FIG. 1, where 1 is the disk, 2 is the bottom box lid, 3 is the top box lid, 4 is the locking element on the bottom box lid, 5 is the locking element on the top box lid, 6 is the place where the upper and lower box covers are closed. The tests of the prototype confirmed that this design guaranteedly eliminates the possibility of "uninitiated" operation of the central lock and the release of the disk. The structural solution according to the second and third versions of the locking-locking mechanism is shown in FIG. 2, where 7 is the receiving unit, 8 is the ledge, 9 is the thickening, 10 is the plane of contact of the disk and the fixing element, 11 is the hole of the fixing element, 12 is the plane of contact of the locking and locking elements, 13 is the thickening of the locking element. The device is based on the closure of two main parts: the fixing element 4 located on the bottom cover of the box, and designed to fix the disk and the locking element 5 located on the top cover involved in the process of fixing the disk, changing the geometry of the fixing element, and locking the entire structure, taking on itself and the functions of the side lock.

Together, this structural mechanism rigidly connects the upper and lower covers of the box, while clearly positioning them relative to each other, which facilitates closure around the perimeter of the entire structure and eliminates the distortions and backlash inherent in the “soft” folding box structure. Providing a rigid connection in the center of the structure, the locking-fixing mechanism prevents the possibility of “pushing” the box under external influence and prevents the disk itself from this effect.

The described relates to the second embodiment, characterized by the absence of a thickening 13. and the third embodiment, in which this thickening is present.

The principle of box construction is as follows.

In the opened box, which is in a horizontal position, it is enough to put the disk 1 into the receiving unit 7 of the fixing element without any efforts and close the box, applying a small force in its central part.

When the box is closed, the locking element enters the hole (for example, cone-shaped) of the locking element and the ledge 8, acting on the idle surface of the disk, pushes it through the thickening 9 until it contacts the surface of the locking element restricting its movement 10. Interaction occurs almost simultaneously 6 000447

conical surfaces 11 of the fixing and locking elements, as a result of which, due to the elasticity of the structure achieved by the presence of several through radial slots in the fixing element, its geometry changes and the disk is securely fixed. In this case, the upper and lower covers of the box are clearly positioned relative to each other. The process ends by closing the upper and lower cover of the box around the perimeter 6 and the locking and locking element along the plane 12. In this case, the thickening 13 of the locking element is positioned in the recess of the locking element, which finally fixes the relative position of all structural elements and ensures that the folding box structure is kept closed.

The fourth embodiment of the device allows, using the locking-locking mechanism and an additional element in the form of a locking sleeve 14, to place and secure several disks 1 in the box, as shown in FIG. 3.

The disk 1 with a small effort is pushed through the thickening 9 of the locking element 4 until it touches the plane 10, where it is preliminarily fixed.

Second, third, etc. the disks 1 are put on the axis 15 of the locking element 5 and are fixed by a sleeve 14, which for this purpose is preliminarily broken out by a small effort from the wall of the upper box lid (Fig. 4, 5). Initially, the locking sleeve 14 is part of the top cover of the box 3 (Fig. 4) and is connected to it by several (four) jumpers 17 that break when the sleeve is removed (section AA, Fig. 5). The inner diameter of the locking sleeve 14 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the axis 15 of the locking element, which in turn has a radial groove 16, which ensures the elasticity of this element. After the discs are fixed by the sleeve on the axis of the locking element, the box closes. When the box is closed, the locking and locking elements interact, which leads to the result described above. RU2006 / 000447

Industrial applicability

This utility model is industrially applicable, as it is based on the use of well-known technologies for the manufacture of injection molded products from polymer material, and the novelty lies in the new design of the locking mechanism, which provides reliable fastening of the disk in the box.

Claims

CLAIM 1. A box for storing and transporting products of a flat configuration with a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk storage media, which is a folding structure having a central lock on the bottom cover to hold the disk carrier and side locks to hold the folding structure in a closed state, characterized in that on the inner side of the upper cover is made an element located relative to the central lock of the lower cover with the possibility of abutment against a non-working surface at external influence on the body of boxing. 2. A box for storing and transporting products of a flat configuration with a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk media, which is a folding structure having a locking element on the bottom cover to hold the disk carrier, characterized in that the locking element on the bottom cover is made with a hole and the locking element on the top cover is made with a surface having the ability to enter the hole of the specified locking element when closing the cover and the ledge, to affect idle disk surface when closing the cover. 3 Box for storage and transportation of products of a flat configuration with a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk media, which is a folding structure having a locking element on the bottom cover to hold the disk carrier, characterized in that the locking element on the bottom cover is made with a hole, and the locking element on the top cover is made with a surface that can enter the hole of the specified locking element when closing the cover, and having a thickening, respectively favoring form recesses on the surface of the fixing member, and a ledge for influencing the non-working surface of the disk when closing covers. 4. A box for storing and transporting products of a flat configuration with a central hole of any diameter, in particular disk media, which is a folding structure having a locking element on the bottom cover for holding the disk medium, characterized in that the locking element on the lower cover is made with an opening, and the locking element on the top cover is made with a surface having the ability to enter the hole of the specified locking element when closing the lid, while the specified locking The th element is made in the form of an axis with a radial groove for placing additional disks, and it is also equipped with a sleeve for fixing additional disks on this axis.