Recording tape cartridge storage case and storage case containing recording tape cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10867232-B2
Application number	US-201916377262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2019
Priority date	Apr 26, 2018
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

A recording tape cartridge storage case includes a case body made of resin having a bottom plate that is rectangular in a bottom view and a peripheral wall erected from a peripheral edge of the bottom plate, and storing a plurality of recording tape cartridges with label areas thereof directed upward, respectively, and a lid member made of resin that is attached to an upper end of the peripheral wall, seals the case body, and has transmission parts that are transparent flat surfaces being in contact with at least a peripheral part of the label area and being formed closer to the bottom plate than a support part that supports another case body stacked thereon is, on a portion facing the label area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording tape cartridge storage case comprising:
a case body made of resin having a bottom plate that is rectangular in a bottom view and a peripheral wall erected from a peripheral edge of the bottom plate, and storing a plurality of recording tape cartridges with label areas thereof directed upward, respectively; and
a lid member made of resin that is attached to an upper end of the peripheral wall, seals the case body, and has a transmission part that has a transparent flat surface being in contact with at least a peripheral part of the label area and is formed closer to the bottom plate than a support part that supports another case body stacked thereon is, on a portion facing the label area,
wherein protruding ribs, which protrude toward side surfaces of the recording tape cartridges, are formed on mutually facing portions of the peripheral wall, and
wherein a flat region where a product identification information label is capable of being affixed is formed on a portion in which the protruding ribs are not formed, on an outer surface of the peripheral wall.

2. The recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 1 ,
wherein the lid member has a restricting part that restricts a position of the other case body stacked thereon, and
wherein the case body has an engaging part of which a position is restricted by the restricting part in another lid member.

3. The recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 2 ,
wherein the engaging part is configured so as not to protrude downward from a stacking surface of the case body with respect to the other lid member.

4. The recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 3 ,
wherein the engaging part protrudes in a direction extending along the stacking surface from a corner part of the case body.

5. The recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 4 ,
wherein a protruding strip part extending along a peripheral edge of the lid member is formed at the peripheral edge of the lid member excluding a corner part thereof, and
wherein the restricting part is an end surface of the protruding strip part that faces a longitudinal direction thereof.

6. The recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 2 ,
wherein the engaging part is configured so as to be flush with a stacking surface of the case body with respect to the other lid member.

7. The recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 6 ,
wherein the engaging part protrudes in a direction extending along the stacking surface from a corner part of the case body.

8. The recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 7 ,
wherein a protruding strip part extending along a peripheral edge of the lid member is formed at the peripheral edge of the lid member excluding a corner part thereof, and
wherein the restricting part is an end surface of the protruding strip part that faces a longitudinal direction thereof.

9. The recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 1 ,
wherein a flat region where a product identification information label is capable of being affixed is formed on an outer surface of the peripheral wall.

10. A storage case containing recording tape cartridge, comprising:
the recording tape cartridge storage case according to claim 1 ; and
a plurality of recording tape cartridges that are stored within the recording tape cartridge storage case such that label areas thereof are directed upward.

11. The storage case containing recording tape cartridge according to claim 10 ,
wherein the transmission part is in close contact with at least a peripheral part of the label area by the lid member being elastically deformed.

12. The storage case containing recording tape cartridges according to claim 11 ,
wherein an individual identification information label is affixed to the label areas.

13. The storage case containing recording tape cartridges according to claim 10 ,
wherein an individual identification information label is affixed to the label areas.

14. The storage case containing recording tape cartridges according to claim 10 ,
wherein a product identification information label is affixed to a flat region formed on an outer surface of the peripheral wall in the recording tape cartridge storage case.

15. A recording tape cartridge storage case comprising:
a case body made of resin having a bottom plate that is rectangular in a bottom view and a peripheral wall erected from a peripheral edge of the bottom plate, and storing a plurality of recording tape cartridges with label areas thereof directed upward, respectively; and
a lid member made of resin that is attached to an upper end of the peripheral wall, seals the case body, and has a transmission part that has a transparent flat surface being in contact with at least a peripheral part of the label area and is formed closer to the bottom plate than a support part that supports another case body stacked thereon is, on a portion facing the label area, wherein:
the lid member has a restricting part that restricts a position of the other case body stacked thereon,
the case body has an engaging part of which a position is restricted by the restricting part in another lid member,
the engaging part is configured so as not to protrude downward from a stacking surface of the case body with respect to the other lid member,
the engaging part protrudes in a direction extending along the stacking surface from a corner part of the case body,
a protruding strip part extending along a peripheral edge of the lid member is formed at the peripheral edge of the lid member excluding a corner part thereof, and
the restricting part is an end surface of the protruding strip part that faces a longitudinal direction thereof.

16. A recording tape cartridge storage case comprising:
a case body made of resin having a bottom plate that is rectangular in a bottom view and a peripheral wall erected from a peripheral edge of the bottom plate, and storing a plurality of recording tape cartridges with label areas thereof directed upward, respectively; and
a lid member made of resin that is attached to an upper end of the peripheral wall, seals the case body, and has a transmission part that has a transparent flat surface being in contact with at least a peripheral part of the label area and is formed closer to the bottom plate than a support part that supports another case body stacked thereon is, on a portion facing the label area, wherein:
the lid member has a restricting part that restricts a position of the other case body stacked thereon,
the case body has an engaging part of which a position is restricted by the restricting part in another lid member,
the engaging part is configured so as to be flush with a stacking surface of the case body with respect to the other lid member,
the engaging part protrudes in a direction extending along the stacking surface from a corner part of the case body,
a protruding strip part extending along a peripheral edge of the lid member is formed at the peripheral edge of the lid member excluding a corner part thereof, and
the restricting part is an end surface of the protruding strip part that faces a longitudinal direction thereof.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Kagawa Yusuke

Classifications

• G11B33/04 Primary

  modified to store record carriers {(containers, storing means adapted for cooperation with the recording or reproducing apparatus G11B23/02)} · CPC title

• G06K19/0772 Primary

  Physical layout of the record carrier · CPC title

• G06K19/06028

  using bar codes · CPC title

• G06K19/06046

  Constructional details · CPC title