Display device, and POS terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10423192-B2
Application number	US-201214353245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2012
Priority date	Oct 28, 2011
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

It is an object of this invention to provide a display device capable of easily adjusting the height thereof without providing an extension and contraction mechanism. The display device (1) of this invention includes: a casing (3); and a display unit (5) to be installed for use onto the casing (3), the casing (3) and the display unit (5) being available to directly couple to each other. A coupling structure between the casing (3) and the display unit (5) is changeable from a state in which the casing (3) and the display unit (5) are directly coupled to each other to a state in which the casing (3) and the display unit (5) are coupled to each other with a pole (7) having a columnar shape and separable along a center axis thereof, which is mounted between the casing (3) and the display unit (5).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a casing; and
a display unit to be installed for use onto the casing,
the casing and the display unit being available to directly couple to each other,
wherein a coupling structure between the casing and the display unit is changeable from a state in which the casing and the display unit are directly coupled to each other to a state in which the casing and the display unit are coupled to each other with a pole having a columnar shape and separable along a center axis thereof, which is mounted between the casing and the display unit, and the display unit is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the casing both under the state in which the casing and the display unit are directly coupled to each other, and under the state in which the casing and the display unit are coupled to each other with the pole,
the display device further comprising:
a display unit-side coupling portion provided to the display unit,
a casing-side coupling portion provided to the casing, available to rotatably couple to the display unit-side coupling portion,
an upper coupling portion provided to one end portion of the pole available to rotatably couple to the display unit-side coupling portion,
a lower coupling portion provided to another end portion of the pole available to insert and to be fixed to the casing-side coupling portion, and
an intermediate coupling portion rotatably held by the display unit-side coupling portion,
wherein the display unit-side coupling portion has a ring-like groove portion on the outer periphery thereof, the groove portion is provided to an outer periphery of the intermediate coupling portion,
wherein the pole has a cylindrical shape, and the pole further comprises, on the inner periphery of the upper coupling portion, a ring-like pole-side coupling portion insertable into the ring-like groove portion,
wherein the intermediate coupling portion is rotatably held by the pole through insertion of the ring-like pole-side coupling portion into the ring-like groove portion,
wherein the intermediate coupling portion is rotatably held by the casing-side coupling portion and, the intermediate coupling portion is rotatably held by the upper coupling portion.

2. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit-side coupling portion comprises a cup having a cylindrical shape with a bottom surface, the bottom surface having a slit formed into an arc shape,
wherein the intermediate coupling portion has a cylindrical shape with a bottom surface capable of receiving the cup of the display unit-side coupling portion, the bottom surface comprising a pin-like boss inserted into the slit, the pin-like boss being provided at a position offset from a center axis of the bottom surface, and
wherein the intermediate coupling portion is rotatable with respect to the display unit-side coupling portion, and a rotation angle of the intermediate coupling portion is limited by the slit.

3. A display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the intermediate coupling portion comprises an intermediate coupling portion-side protruding portion on an outer periphery thereof,
wherein the pole comprises, on an inner periphery of the one end portion thereof, a pole-side protruding portion to be brought into contact with the intermediate coupling portion-side protruding portion,
wherein the casing-side coupling portion comprises, on an inner periphery thereof, a casing-side protruding portion to be brought into contact with the intermediate coupling portion-side protruding portion, and
wherein the rotation angle of the intermediate coupling portion is limited through contact between the intermediate coupling portion-side protruding portion and the pole-side protruding portion, or between the intermediate coupling portion-side protruding portion and the casing-side protruding portion.

4. A display device according to claim 3 ,
wherein each of the slit, the pin-like boss, the intermediate coupling portion-side protruding portion, the pole-side protruding portion, and the casing-side protruding portion has a shape that allows the display unit to rotate by 360° or more with respect to the casing through addition of a rotatable range of the intermediate coupling portion with respect to the display unit-side coupling portion and a rotatable range of the intermediate coupling portion with respect to the pole or the casing-side coupling portion.

5. A display device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the casing comprises a casing cover which is available to couple to the casing so as to cover the casing-side coupling portion,
the casing cover comprises an insertion plate insertable into the ring-like groove portion,
the casing-side coupling portion has slit, the slit is provided so that the ring-like groove portion is exposed through the slit under a state in which the intermediate coupling portion is coupled to the casing-side coupling portion,
wherein, the intermediate coupling portion is rotatably held to casing by inserting the insertion plate to the ring-like groove portion when the casing cover is coupled to the casing.

6. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein the slit has an oval shape.

7. A display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pole comprises a structure in which a cylinder is separated into two pieces along a center axis thereof.

8. A POS terminal device, comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Iwamoto Takahiro
• Hagiwara Natsuki
• Nakashima Takashi
• Nec Platforms Ltd

Inventors

• Iwamoto Takahiro
• Hagiwara Natsuki
• Nakashima Takashi

Classifications

• G07G1/0018 Primary

  Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means · CPC title

• G06F1/1601 Primary

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title