Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9363906-B2
Application number	US-201313746541-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2013
Priority date	Jan 30, 2012
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

An electronic device of the present invention is provided with a cover which is rotatably attached to a device case in an openable/closable manner and conceals a storage section provided in the device case; an operating member which is rotatably attached to the device case and exposed outside of the device case; and a lock member which locks the cover in a state where the cover conceals the storage section, and lifts the cover upward in an opening direction when the lock on the cover is released by a rotation operation of the operating member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a cover which is rotatably attached in an openable/closable manner to a device case and conceals a storage section provided in the device case;
an operating member which is rotatably attached to the device case and exposed outside of the device case, and in which a rotation shaft for rotating an operating section is positioned near a user holding the device case and the operating section extends from the rotation shaft and towards a direction away from the user; and
a cover opening section which lifts a portion of the cover upward corresponding to a rotation operation of the operating member, and opens an opening of the cover towards the user,
wherein the cover opening section comprises:
an interlocking rotating section which rotates in response to rotation of the operating member;
a lock section which is provided in the interlocking rotating section, and which engages with an engaging section of the cover and locks the cover in a state where the cover conceals the storage section; and
a lifting upward section which is provided in the interlocking rotating section and lifts the cover upward in the opening direction when the lock on the cover by the lock section is released.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the engaging section of the cover has a groove section which is opened in a direction perpendicular to the opening and closing direction of the cover,
wherein the lock section is a projecting section which is inserted into the groove section of the engaging section and presses downward on the cover, and
wherein the lifting upward section is a projecting section which lifts the engaging section upward by the rotation operation of the operating member when the lock section is disengaged from the groove section.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein one side of the cover and the storage section comprise a waterproof gasket,
wherein the waterproof gasket is provided on one side of an outer periphery edge portion of the cover and an outer edge portion of the storage section corresponding to the outer periphery edge portion, and on other side comes into elastic contact with the outer periphery edge portion of the cover and the outer edge portion of the storage section that corresponds to the outer periphery edge portion, when in a state where the cover conceals the storage section.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the operating member comprises:
an operation rotating section which is rotatably attached to the device case and rotates the cover opening section; and
an operating lever section which is exposed to outside of the device case and rotates the operation rotating section.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the operation rotating section of the operating member includes:
a rotation shaft which is rotatably provided on a side surface of the device case positioned on both sides of the storage section; and
a rotation conveyance plate which is provided on the rotation shaft and conveys the rotation operation of the operating lever section to the interlocking rotating section of the cover opening section,
wherein the operating lever section one end of is attached to the rotation shaft of the operation rotating section, and other end rotates in an up/down direction in a state projected towards a rotational center of the cover.

6. An electronic device comprising:
a cover which is rotatably attached in a range of first movable angles to a device case in an openable/closable manner and conceals a storage section provided in the device case;
an operating member which is rotatably attached in a range of second movable angles to the device case and exposed outside of the device case;
a lock member which locks the cover in a state where the cover conceals the storage section, unlocks the cover in response to one end of the operating member being pressed downward, and lifts the cover upward in an opening direction in response to a portion of the cover being pressed upward,
wherein the lock member comprises:
an interlocking rotating section which rotates by a rotation operation of the operating member;
a lock section which is provided in the interlocking rotating section, and which engages with an engaging section of the cover and locks the cover in a state where the cover conceals the storage section; and
a lifting upward section which is provided in the interlocking rotating section and lifts the cover upward when the lock on the cover by the lock section is released,
wherein the cover and the operating member are attached to the device case such that the cover rotates in a direction opposite to a direction in which the operating member is rotated, in conjunction with the rotation operation of the operating member.

Assignees

• Ushigome Youichi
• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ushigome Youichi

Classifications

• H05K5/0221 Primary

  Locks; Latches · CPC title

• B41J3/36 Primary

  for portability {, i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers (B41J3/4075 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B41J15/042

  for loading rolled-up continuous copy material into printers, e.g. for replacing a used-up paper roll; Point-of-sale printers with openable casings allowing access to the rolled-up continuous copy material · CPC title