JP3330193B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus in which a disk drive such as a floppy disk drive is mounted on an apparatus main body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A slip issuing machine is a device that performs arithmetic processing on input data and issues slips such as bills and delivery points. This slip issuing machine is equipped with a floppy disk drive for recording and reproducing information, and the floppy disk drive records and reproduces information on a floppy disk.

[0003] The floppy disk drive device houses a mechanism for loading and driving a floppy disk in a case, and a mechanism for recording and reproducing information on and from the floppy disk.

As shown in FIG. 12 (b), in the conventional floppy disk drive 1, a slot 3 for inserting and removing a floppy disk into and out of the case 2 is formed in the front of the case 1, and an eject port 3 is formed. A front guide member 4 provided with a button (not shown), an access lamp (not shown), and the like was attached to the apparatus. That is, a manufacturer that manufactures a floppy disk drive ships the product with the front guide member 4 attached to the case 2 at the factory.

In the conventional slip issuing machine, a holding member for holding the floppy disk drive is provided inside the main body case, and the floppy disk drive 1 having the above-mentioned structure, which is commercially available, is connected to the inside of the main body case. And held by the holding member.

Further, in a conventional slip issuing machine, FIG.
(A) As shown in (b), for example, a size corresponding to the size of the front guide member 4 attached to the front surface of the case 2 of the floppy disk drive 1 on the cover 5 attached to the main body case. The front guide member 4 of the case 2 is fitted into the opening 6.

[0007]

However, such a conventional configuration has the following problems.

First, conventionally, there has been adopted a configuration in which a floppy disk drive 1 is held by a holding member provided inside a main body case of a slip issuing machine.

However, with this configuration, when taking out the floppy disk drive 1 from the inside of the main body case such as when replacing the floppy disk drive,
Even if the cover 5 attached to the main body case is removed to face the front of the floppy disk drive 1 and a part of the main body case is opened, the space of the open portion is reduced by the holding member provided inside the main body case. It is difficult to remove the floppy disk drive 1.

Therefore, a floppy disk is inserted from the inside of the main body case.
When removing the disk drive 1, the entire body case is disassembled and removed to remove the floppy disk drive 1.
By exposing the space, a space for removal work is secured. After attaching the new floppy disk drive 1 to the holding means, it is necessary to reassemble the entire main body case. Therefore, the work of attaching and detaching the floppy disk drive 1 to and from the main body case is very troublesome.

Further, the conventional floppy disk drive 1 in which the front guide member 4 is mounted on the front surface of the case 2 is held by a holding member mounted inside the main body case, and the front guide of the floppy disk drive 1 is A configuration is adopted in which the member 4 is fitted into an opening 6 formed in the cover 5.

However, with this configuration, manufacturing errors of the front guide member 4, the holding member and the opening 6 of the cover 5 of the floppy disk drive 1, and the floppy disk drive 1 are held by the holding member. And when the cover 5 is attached to the body case, the assembly errors are accumulated, and the front guide member 4 of the floppy disk drive 1 attached to the holding member and the opening of the cover 5 attached to the body case are accumulated. In some cases, the position of 6 does not match, and a positional shift occurs between the two, so that the front guide member 4 of the floppy disk drive 1 cannot be fitted into the opening 6 of the cover 5.

In this case, it is necessary to reassemble the respective members and adjust the positions of the front guide member 4 and the opening 6, so that the assembling work is very troublesome.

The opening 6 of the cover 5 has a large opening area because the opening 6 of the floppy disk drive 1 needs to be large enough to fit the front guide member 4 of the floppy disk drive 1 in both vertical and horizontal dimensions. In addition, the opening 6 of the cover 5 may secure a larger opening area in order to absorb the displacement between the front guide member 4 and the opening 6 of the cover 5 described above.
For this reason, the cover 5 is enlarged to form the large opening 6, and this is one of the factors for increasing the size of the main body case.

Further, in this configuration, the front guide member 3 is fitted into the opening 6 of the cover 5 with a margin in the depth direction as shown in FIG. Dust adheres to the space in the front part of the wall and easily accumulates. As a result, dust and dirt adhering to the opening 6 may adhere to the floppy disk that enters and exits through the opening 6 and adversely affects the recording and reproduction of the floppy disk.

The first invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an information processing apparatus capable of easily performing a work of attaching and detaching a disk drive to and from a main body case. .

The second invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and can easily perform the work of attaching and detaching the disk drive to and from the main body case. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus which can easily adjust the position, further reduce the size of a cover to be attached to a main body case, and can prevent dust from being attached to a disk loading / unloading section.

[0018]

An information processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is provided with a disk drive in which a disk is loaded into a case and a mechanism for driving the disk is accommodated in a case of the apparatus body. In the information processing device, a cover detachably attached to the device main body case and having an opening formed therein for combining the disk drive device, and a pair of opposite edges of the disk drive device provided on the cover. And a positioning means for positioning the disk drive at a position to be combined with the opening of the cover to prevent the disk drive from moving in the front-rear direction.

An information processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus having a disk drive device having a mechanism for loading a disk into the case and driving the disk inside the case inside the device body case. A cover formed removably attached to the apparatus main body case and having a disk slot for loading and unloading the disk into and from the disk drive through the disk, and a pair of opposed disk drive units provided on the cover; Holding means for holding the edge so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and positioning means for positioning the disk drive at a position where the front surface thereof is combined with the disk slot of the cover to prevent movement in the front-rear direction. It is characterized by having.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the disk drive is directly positioned and held on the cover attached to the main body case by the holding means and the positioning means, so that when the cover is removed from the main body case, the disk drive is also integrated. When the cover is attached to the main body case, the disk drive device can be integrated into the main body case.

Therefore, the operation of attaching and detaching the disk drive to and from the main body case can be performed by a simple operation of merely attaching and detaching the cover to and from the main body case without disassembling the entire main body case. The work of attaching and detaching the disk drive to and from the main body case can be easily performed.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the disk drive is formed without a front guide member in the case of the disk drive device, and a disk insertion / removal port is directly formed in a cover attached to the body case. Since the device is held directly on the cover in alignment with the disk slot, there is no displacement between the disk drive and the cover when installing the disk drive in the main body case, and the disk drive is integrated into the main body case. In this case, there is no need to adjust the position between the cover and the cover.

In addition, the front guide member is fitted to the cover, and it is not necessary to form a large opening having a margin for absorbing the displacement of the front guide member, so that the cover can be downsized. Further, since there is no need to form an opening in the cover, dust does not accumulate in the opening as in the related art, and the performance of the disc is not adversely affected.

[0024]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

This embodiment is directed to a slip issuing machine. This slip issuing machine is equipped with a unit-type floppy disk drive for recording and reproducing information. Recording and reproducing information.

FIG. 1A shows the entire slip issuing machine. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a main body case formed of a synthetic resin, and a keyboard 12 having a large number of keys 12 arranged in a row is formed on the front lower portion of the main body case 11 toward the front side. It can be entered. A liquid crystal display device 14 is provided on the front side of the main body case 11, and displays information such as a result of calculating data by the liquid crystal display device 14.

Inside the main body case 11, a circuit board (not shown) constituting a circuit such as a circuit for calculating data inputted by the keyboard 12, a circuit for driving the liquid crystal display device 14, and a slip are provided. A mechanism such as a printing device (not shown) for performing printing is housed therein.

In order to print on a slip, for example, the slip is printed on a slip loading section 15 provided on the front side of the main body case 11.
The main body case 11 is inserted into the inside of the main body case 11 and printed by a printing device, and then the slip is sent out from a slip sending port 16 provided on an upper portion of the main body case 11.

In FIG. 1, the right side portion of the main body case 11 is a portion into which a floppy disk drive is incorporated.

Next, a description will be given of a configuration in which a floppy disk drive device which is a feature of the first and second aspects of the invention is provided.

First, the floppy disk drive will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the floppy disk drive 21 is a flat rectangular case 22 made of metal.
A drive mechanism (not shown) for loading the floppy disk F shown in FIG. 1B and rotating the same, a mechanism for recording and reproducing information on the floppy disk F, and the case 22 An eject mechanism (not shown) for discharging the loaded floppy disk F to the outside of the case 22 is incorporated.

The front surface of the case 22 is provided with a floppy disk insertion / removal hole (not shown) for inserting and removing the floppy disk F.

The floppy disk drive 21 is used upright as shown in FIGS. Case 22
An eject actuating body 23 for actuating an eject mechanism is provided on the upper part of the front surface of the case so as to be movable in the front-rear direction of the case.

The eject actuating body 23 is normally applied with a forward force by a spring (not shown), and is pushed toward the rear, so that the eject mechanism is operated and the floppy disk loaded in the case 22 is moved. The disk F is discharged to the outside through the insertion hole of the case 22.

At the lower part of the front surface of the case 22, there is provided a display lamp 24 for displaying when the disk drive mechanism is being driven. The display lamp 24 is, for example, a light emitting diode.

Further, the floppy disk drive 21
Then, as shown in FIG. 3 and described later, the case 2 is held in a state where the case 22 is held by the holding members 37 and 38 of the cover 31.
2 is provided with an outer case 25 to cover it.

Next, the configuration for holding the floppy disk drive 21 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
An open portion 17 is formed on the front surface of the right side of 1. The opening 17 has a vertically long rectangular shape from the upper surface to the lower surface of the main body case 11.

The open portion 17 of the main body case 11 is provided with a synthetic resin cover 31 that closes the open portion 17 and covers the front surface of the main body case 11. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4 and 7, the cover 31 has a vertically long rectangular shape corresponding to the shape of the open portion 17, and has a peripheral wall portion 31b formed around a main plate portion 31a. Have been. The cover 31 swells forward from the top to the center.

As shown in FIG. 9, in order to attach the cover 31 to the main body case 11, an engaging claw 18 is formed at an upper edge of the open portion 17 of the main body case 11, and an engaging rim 19 is formed at a lower edge. Is formed. Body case 1 of cover 31
An engaging claw 32 that engages with the engaging claw 18 is formed at an upper portion of an inner surface facing the inside of the housing 1, and an engaging edge 33 that engages with the engaging edge 19 is formed at a lower edge of the peripheral wall 31b. ing.

The cover 31 is elastically engaged with the engaging claw 32 and the engaging edge 33 of the cover 31 with the engaging claw 18 and the engaging edge 19 of the main body case 11 so that the cover 31 is moved.
The cover 31 can be detached from the main body case 11 by elastically detaching the engaging claws 32 and the engaging edges 33 from the engaging claws 18 and the engaging edges 19.

The cover 31 has a floppy disk insertion / removal opening 34 (hereinafter referred to as an insertion / removal opening) formed at a position close to the intersection between the main plate 31a and the peripheral wall 31b. . The access port 34 has a slit shape having a width and a height slightly larger than the thickness and the height of the floppy disk F.

A ridge 35 is formed on the inner surface of the cover 31 so as to entirely surround the periphery of the entrance 34. The ridge 35 is provided on the floppy disk F passing through the entrance 34.
Is to guide. The end surface of the ridge 35 forms a floppy disk receiving surface 36 as described later.

As shown in FIGS.
Are formed with escape recesses 57a and 57b located at the center of the access opening 34 in the height direction and sandwiching the access opening 34. The escape recesses 57a and 57b are used to insert and remove the floppy disk
The purpose is to allow a part of the hand holding the disk F to escape to facilitate the operation of inserting and removing the floppy disk F. In addition, one escape concave portion 57b is formed on the peripheral wall portion 31b of the cover 31.
It is open at.

Furthermore, escape recesses 58a and 58b are formed at the bottoms of the escape recesses 57a and 57b, respectively, at portions intersecting the edges along the height direction of the access opening 34.
The escape recesses 58a and 58b are for facilitating the operation of inserting and removing the floppy disk F by removing a finger of the hand holding the floppy disk F when inserting and removing the floppy disk F through the insertion port 34.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, on the inner surface of the cover 31, the floppy disks are located outside the projections 35 located at the upper end and the lower end of the access port 34, respectively.
Holding members 37 and 38, which are examples of holding means for holding the case 22 in the disk drive 21, are integrally formed.

Each of the holding members 37 and 38 has a gutter shape having a length necessary to hold the case 22. The holding members 37 and 38 have opening portions facing each other and are formed along the front-back direction of the cover 31. I have.

That is, the holding members 37 and 38 movably hold the upper end edge and the lower end edge in the height direction of the case 22 disposed between these members to the holding members 37 and 38 movably. is there.

Further, as shown in FIGS.
Engagement projections 39 and 40 are formed on the wall portions corresponding to the bottom surfaces of the gutters at the intermediate portions in the longitudinal direction of the gutters 7 and 38, respectively.
Each of the engagement projections 39 and 40 is a combination of an upright surface that rises from a wall portion corresponding to the bottom surface of the gutter and an inclined surface that inclines toward the wall portion from the top of the upright surface toward the rear side. is there.

At the upper edge and the lower edge of the case 22, engagement recesses 41 and 42 are formed to engage with the engagement protrusions 39 and 40, respectively. The engagement projections 39 and 40 and the engagement recess 4
1 and 42 are engaged with the case 22 by the holding member 3.
7 and 38 so that the front end face of the case 22 is covered with the cover 3.
This is a position in a state where it comes into contact with the receiving surface 36 of the first ridge 35. Here, the engagement projections 39, 40 of the holding members 27, 28
And the engagement recesses 41 and 42 of the case 22 constitute an example of a positioning means. The main plate portion 31a of the cover 31
A plurality of protrusions 43 extending in the front-rear direction of the cover 31 are formed on the inner surface of the cover 31 at the left and right sides of the access opening 34.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 8, a hole 45 for an eject button is formed above the ridge 35 located at the upper end of the access port 34 in the main plate portion 31 a of the cover 31. The eject button 44 disposed at 45 is rotatably supported by a pin 46 formed on the edge of the hole 45 along the left-right direction of the cover 31.

A tension coil spring 48 is stretched between the eject button 44 and a spring support 47 formed on the inner surface of the main plate 31a of the cover 31. The spring 48 applies a force toward the eject button 44 toward the inside of the cover 31. Have been added.

Since the hole 45 overlaps the base end of the holding member 37, the base end of the holding member 37 is notched.

The cover 31 as shown in FIGS.
A hole 49 is formed below the portion of the ridge 35 located at the lower end of the access port 34 in the main plate portion 31a, and a lens 50 is inserted and fixed in the hole 49.

The floppy disk drive 21 is held by the cover 31 thus constructed. That is, the case 22 of the floppy disk drive 21 is disposed between the holding members 37 and 38, and the upper end and the lower end of the case 22 are fitted and held by the holding members 37 and 38. The front end surface of the case 22 is in contact with the receiving surface 36 of the ridge 35 of the cover 31, and the access hole provided in the front end of the case 22 faces the access port 34 of the cover 31. In addition, the tip of the eject operation body 23 of the case 22 contacts the eject button 44 of the cover 31. The eject button 44 is actuated by the spring
Pressed against the tip of

Engaging recess 4 at the upper end and lower end of case 22
1 and 42 are provided with engaging projections 39 and 40 of the holding members 37 and 38, respectively.
Are engaged. Here, the front upright surfaces of the engagement projections 39 and 40 are engaged with the front side surfaces of the engagement recesses 41 and 42, thereby preventing the case 22 from moving toward the rear side of the cover 31. The floppy disk drive 21 is opposed.

The case 22 of the floppy disk drive 21 is covered with an outer case 25 as shown in FIGS. The outer case 25 covers a part except the front end of the case 22, but a part of one side surface is extended and abuts on a tip of a protrusion 51 formed on the main plate portion 31 a of the cover 31, and is projected by a screw 52. 51. The outer case 25 is also held by the protrusion 43 of the cover 31.

The rear end of the outer case 25 is provided with a lead wire 53 for connecting to an electric circuit provided inside the case 22.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 7, the main plate portion 31a of the cover 31 has two long holes 5 extending in the left-right direction.
4 are formed side by side, and a slide switch 55 is arranged inside the main plate portion 31a so as to face the long holes 54. The slide switch 55 is connected to the main plate portion 31a.
Is held by the holding body 56 formed in the above. The slide knob 56 provided on each slide switch 55 is
Has been inserted. These slide switches 55 are used, for example, to adjust the brightness and the density of the liquid crystal display device 14, and are electrically connected to a circuit board provided on the main body case 11.

In the thermal transfer recording apparatus constructed as described above, as shown in FIG.
Is projected from a slot 34 formed in the cover 31
, And further inserted into the case through an access hole formed in the front end of the case 22 of the floppy disk drive 21 and loaded. At this time, each escape portion 57a, 57
The hand holding the floppy disk F at b, 58a, 58b can be released.

When the floppy disk drive 21 is driving the floppy disk F, the display lamp 24 provided on the floppy disk drive 21 is turned on. The light of the display lamp 24 is guided to the outside of the cover 31 through a lens 50 provided on the cover 31. The operator sees the light guided by the lens 50 and knows that the floppy disk drive 21 is being driven.

When the floppy disk F loaded in the case 22 is to be taken out, the eject button 44 is
When the button is pressed inward, the eject button 44 pivots inward about the pin 46 to rotate the eject
Press. As a result, the eject mechanism provided in the case 22 is operated, and the floppy disk F is pushed out of the case 22 through the portion of the cover 31 which is surrounded by the ridge 35 to be pushed out of the case 34.

The operation of assembling the floppy disk drive 21 inside the main body case 11 will be described.

The cover 31 is moved from the main body case 11 to the open portion 17.
Remove from The case 22 of the floppy disk drive 21 is inserted between the holding members 37 and 38 from the rear side of the cover 31 so that the front portion of the case 22 is
5 against the receiving surface 36. At the same time, the engaging recesses 41, 42 of the case 22 are engaged with the engaging projections 39, 4 of the holding members 37, 38.
0 and the case 22 is positioned.

Here, when the front edges of the openings of the engaging recesses 41 and 42 move along the inclined surfaces of the engaging protrusions 39 and 40 and climb over the tops of the engaging protrusions 39 and 40, , 4
The front side surface 2 and the front upright surfaces of the engagement projections 39 and 40 are engaged with each other. The outer case 25 that covers the case 22 is a screw 5
2 attaches to the projection 51.

Thus, the floppy disk drive 2
1 and the cover 31 are combined as a single unit, and the floppy disk drive 21
Also move. And the floppy disk drive 21
Is inserted into the body case 11 through the opening 17, and the cover 31 is attached to the opening 17 of the body case 11.

When the cover 31 is removed from the opening 17 of the main body case 11 and moved outward, the floppy disk drive 21 can be pulled out from the inside of the main body case 11.

In the above-described embodiment, the floppy disk drive 21 is provided with the cover 3 attached to the main body case 11 by the holding members 37 and 38 and the positioning means.
1 is positioned and held directly on the cover 31.
When the disk drive is removed from the main body case 11, the floppy disk drive 21 can also be removed integrally, and the cover 31
When the disk drive is mounted on the main body case 11, the floppy disk drive 21 can also be integrated into the main body case 11.

Therefore, the floppy disk drive 21
Work to attach and remove
The cover 31 can be easily attached and detached to and from the main body case 11 without disassembling the entire main body case 11, and the floppy disk drive 21 can be attached to and detached from the main case 11. It can be done easily.

Further, the floppy disk drive 21
A floppy disk insertion / removal port 34 is directly formed on the cover 31 attached to the main body case 11 without providing a front guide member on the case 22. The cover 31 is aligned with the floppy disk drive 21 and the floppy disk input / output port 34. Holds directly to.

For this reason, the floppy disk drive 2
1 is incorporated in the main body case 11, no displacement occurs between the floppy disk drive 21 and the cover 31;
When the floppy disk drive 21 is incorporated into the main body case 1, there is no need to adjust the position between the floppy disk drive 21 and the cover 31.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the front guide member is fitted to the cover 31, and it is not necessary to form a large opening having a margin for absorbing the displacement of the front guide member 31. The cover 31 can be downsized. That is. The width T1 of the floppy disk slot 34 shown in FIG.
The size can be reduced as compared with the dimensions T and L in the conventional structure shown in FIG.

Further, since the floppy disk insertion / removal port 34 is directly formed in the cover 31 and is not structured to fit the case into the opening formed in the cover 31 as in the prior art, the cover 31 and the Dust does not accumulate on the case 22 and does not adversely affect the performance of the floppy disk.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, one of the escape recesses 57b is opened by the peripheral wall 31b of the cover 31, so that the opening is closed as compared with a configuration in which this opening is closed by a wall. The width of the cover can be made small just by the wall.

The invention of the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be implemented with various modifications.

The invention of the present application is not limited to a slip issuing machine,
The present invention can be widely used for an information processing apparatus using a floppy disk, and can be applied to an information processing apparatus using a disk other than a floppy disk for recording and reproducing information.

[0077]

According to the information processing apparatus of the first invention, the holding means provided on the cover for pressing the pair of opposite edges of the disk drive and holding the disk drive so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and the cover for the disk drive. Positioning means for preventing movement in the front-rear direction by positioning the disk drive at a position to be combined with the opening of the disk drive, so that the disk drive is directly positioned and held on the cover attached to the apparatus body case by the holding means and the positioning means. Thereby, the work of attaching and detaching the disk drive to and from the apparatus main body case can be easily performed.

According to the information processing apparatus of the second invention, the holding means provided on the cover for pressing the pair of opposite edges of the disk drive and holding the disk drive so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, And a positioning means for preventing movement in the front-rear direction by positioning the disk drive at a position to be combined with the disk insertion / removal opening of the cover. Positioning the disc drive so that it fits into the slot, and holding it directly to the cover makes it easy to attach and remove the disc drive to and from the main unit case. Position adjustment is easy, the size of the cover attached to the main unit case is reduced, and the Avoiding dust deposition in the charged unit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a slip issuing machine according to an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the first and second inventions. (B) is a perspective view showing a state where a floppy disk is inserted and removed from the floppy disk slot in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a combination of the cover and the outer case of the floppy disk drive in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a combination of the cover and the outer case of the floppy disk drive in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an inner surface of a cover having a floppy disk slot in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 5A is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 4; (B)
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 4. (C) is ZZ in FIG.
Sectional view along the line.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a combination of a cover and a floppy disk drive in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a cover in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the floppy-disk slot of the cover of the slip issuing machine as viewed from the inside.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a state where the cover is attached to the main body case in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a position where a floppy disk drive is arranged inside a main body case in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 11 (a) is an explanatory view showing a floppy disk insertion / removal opening of a cover in the slip issuing machine. (B) is an explanatory view showing a state in which a floppy disk drive is attached to a cover in the slip issuing machine.

FIG. 12 (a) is an explanatory view showing a floppy disk access port of a cover in a conventional slip issuing machine. (B) is an explanatory view showing a state where a floppy disk drive is attached to a cover in a conventional slip issuing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Main body case 17 ... Opening part 21 ... Floppy disk drive 22 ... Case 3
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cover, 34 ... Floppy disk drive, 37, 38 ... Holding member, 39,
40: engagement projection, 41, 42: engagement recess
44 ... Eject button.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having a disk drive device in which a mechanism for loading a disk into a case and driving the disk is housed inside an apparatus body case.
A cover detachably attached to the apparatus main body case and having an opening formed therein for combining the disk drive; and a cover provided on the cover for pressing a pair of opposed edges of the disk drive so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. An information processing apparatus comprising: holding means for holding; and positioning means for positioning the disk drive device at a position to be combined with the opening of the cover to prevent movement in the front-rear direction. 2. An information processing apparatus equipped with a disk drive in which a disk is loaded in a case inside the apparatus body case and a mechanism for driving the disk is housed.
A cover formed with a disc insertion / removal port which is detachably attached to the apparatus main body case and which allows loading and unloading of the disc from / to the disc drive through the disc; and a pair of opposed faces of the disc drive provided on the cover. Holding means for holding the edge so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and positioning means for positioning the disk drive at a position where the front surface thereof is combined with the disk slot of the cover to prevent movement in the front-rear direction. An information processing apparatus comprising: