JP3341809B2 - Operation recorder structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation recorder for recording information such as a traveling speed and a traveling distance of an automobile on recording paper, and more particularly, to an operation in which recording paper is horizontally taken in and out from the front of a housing. Related to recorder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an operation recorder for recording information such as a traveling speed and a traveling distance of a vehicle, an instrument such as a clock or a speedometer is housed integrally with a main body attached to an instrument panel. A so-called round operation recorder that opens and closes a case has been widely used.

However, in this round operation recorder, instruments such as a speedometer and an odometer are arranged on the front side of a case, and recording paper is arranged on the back side of the case in parallel with the dial of the instrument. Because of this configuration, the occupied area on the instrument panel becomes large, and other instruments disposed on the instrument panel must be somewhat sized to be close to the recording paper in order to maintain a balance. There was a disadvantage that the degree of freedom in the design around the ment panel was lost.

Accordingly, the present applicant takes out and puts a tray portion and a cartridge provided with a rotary table for holding the recording paper horizontally, that is, a recording paper holding member for rotatably holding the recording paper into and out of the main body. A box-type operation recorder that can be housed in a console box like a car audio device or the like is proposed separately from the instrument.

[0005]

However, in the above-described operation recorder, it is assumed that the operation recorder is housed in a console box. Therefore, similar to a general car audio device or the like, another operation housed in the console box is used. On both sides of the housing that are not adjacent to the device, the console box is attached to both sides of the console box by screwing with fixing screws inserted inward from the back side.

However, since the above-mentioned hole for inserting the fixing screw is formed in the console box from the beginning, the side of the device to be accommodated is provided with a screw hole by adjusting the position of the hole. In order to correspond to the console box, a number of screw holes must be formed in accordance with the positions of the holes in each vehicle.

If such a large number of screw holes are formed, screw holes that are not actually used for mounting are generated, and dust or the like intrudes into the housing from the unused screw holes. , Which may cause a failure or the like.

Therefore, instead of forming a screw hole, an insert nut is buried in the side of the housing. In this case, when the type of the corresponding vehicle is changed or increased or decreased, the housing is changed each time. Must be redesigned,
There is a problem that not only is the handling troublesome, but also the product cost increases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a box-type operation recorder that is housed in a console box or the like of a vehicle and is used in a form in which recording paper is horizontally taken in and out from the front of a housing. It is an object of the present invention to provide an operation recorder having a housing mounting portion structure which can easily cope with increase or decrease without increasing costs.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation recorder having a housing mounting portion for a recording paper which is horizontally moved in and out from a front surface of the housing. A structure for attaching the casing of the operation recorder for recording traveling information of the vehicle inside the casing to the vehicle, and a mounting plate fixing portion formed on a side portion of the casing,
A mounting plate removably attached to the mounting plate fixing portion, wherein the mounting plate has a fixing screw mounting portion arranged in accordance with a vehicle to which the housing is to be mounted. I do.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the mounting plate structure of the operation recorder includes a plurality of the fixing screw mounting portions that are arranged differently from each other in accordance with a plurality of types of vehicles. It was assumed to have.

[0012] Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, the structure of the housing mounting portion of the operation recorder includes a plurality of types of the mounting plates provided on the mounting plate fixing portion. An appropriate type of the mounting plate is selected and attached, and each of the mounting plates has the fixing screw mounting portion arranged according to the type of the vehicle corresponding to the mounting plate.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation recorder having a housing mounting portion structure, wherein the mounting plate fixing portion has a concave shape having a predetermined depth from a side of the housing. Forming a step of the predetermined depth between the side portion around the mounting plate fixing portion and the mounting plate fixing portion at the side portion, a mounting groove is formed on an inner peripheral portion of the mounting plate fixing portion. At the peripheral edge of the mounting plate, an engaging piece capable of engaging with the mounting groove is formed at a peripheral portion corresponding to the mounting groove in a state where the mounting plate is attached to the mounting plate fixing portion. The mounting plate facing the mounting plate fixing portion in a state where the mounting plate is mounted on the mounting plate fixing portion by engaging the engaging piece with the mounting groove on the mounting plate fixing portion. A projection that abuts on the back surface of is formed,
By the contact of the projection with the back surface of the mounting plate attached to the mounting plate fixing portion, the engaging piece is applied to the outside of the housing inside the mounting groove.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a housing mounting portion structure for an operation recorder, wherein the housing includes a horizontal surface through which the recording paper is taken in and out from the front surface, and a vertical surface perpendicular to the horizontal surface. And a first case and a second case which are divided along one of the surfaces. The first case and the second case are attached to each other. The mounting plate is attached to one of the first case-side portion and the second case-side portion of the mounting plate fixing portion, and the first mounting plate is attached to the first case-side portion. By assembling a case and the second case, the mounting plate fixing portion is configured to be attached to one of the other of the first case side portion and the second case side portion. did.

[0015] According to the first aspect of the present invention, even if the vehicle to be mounted is changed, the entire housing is not designed but the mounting plate is changed. Only the arrangement of the fixing screw mountings on
Even if the installation target vehicle is changed or increased or decreased, it is possible to easily cope with it without increasing the cost.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the housing itself does not have the fixed screw attaching portion, and therefore, the fixed screw attaching corresponding to a plurality of types of vehicles. Even if it is configured to provide a fixing screw mounting part corresponding to other types of vehicles that are not used for actual mounting by providing a part, as in the case of the conventional case where the fixing screw mounting part is provided in the housing itself In addition, the unused fixing screw attaching portion does not function as an opening communicating between the inside and the outside of the housing.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the intrusion of dust and the like from the outside of the housing, which may cause a failure of a mechanism inside the housing, and to mount the vehicle to console boxes of a plurality of types of vehicles with one mounting plate. Becomes possible.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of mounting plates having different types of vehicles are prepared in advance, and a plurality of types of mounting plates are provided. By selecting a type of mounting plate corresponding to the vehicle and mounting it on the housing, it is easy to change and increase or decrease the vehicle to be mounted, replace the mounting plate, without the effort and cost of It is possible to correspond almost completely.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the mounting plate is held between the projection and the mounting groove outside the housing inside the mounting groove. Therefore, the holding makes it possible to prevent rattling of the mounting plate at least in the direction in which the mounting plate is separated and approached from the mounting plate fixing portion.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described points , according to the housing mounting portion structure of the operation recorder of the present invention.
Further, a clearance is provided between the mounting plate fixing portion and the mounting plate in a direction in which the first case and the second case are separated from each other, and both sides of the mounting plate in the separation approach direction are mounted using the clearance. It is not necessary to alternately attach the fixing plate to the fixing portion. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the mounting plate from rattling against the housing in the separating and approaching direction after the attachment.

[0021]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an operation recorder according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an operation recorder employing a housing mounting portion structure according to the present invention. The operation recorder of this embodiment is generally indicated by reference numeral 1 in FIG. A box-shaped main body and the main body 1
And a flat cartridge 17 which is put in and out of the cartridge.

As shown in an exploded perspective view in FIG. 2, the main body 1 (corresponding to a housing) is attached to a lower case 2 and an upper case 5 and to front portions of the lower and upper cases 2 and 5. A front panel 11, an opening / closing lid 14 attached to the lower case 2, a heat radiating plate 15 attached to the rear of the upper and lower cases 5, 2 and a heat sink 15 attached to both sides of the upper and lower cases 5, 2 respectively. Mounting plate 1
6 and 16.

The lower case 2 (corresponding to the first case)
It has a bottom plate portion 3 forming the lower surface of the main body 1 and side plate portions 4 and 4 (corresponding to side portions of the first case) erected from left and right side edges of the bottom plate portion 3, respectively. Side is open.

Boss receivers 3a, 3a are provided at both ends of the upper surface of the bottom plate 3 at the front end thereof (only the left end is shown in FIG. 2). At the approximate center, a substantially arch-shaped concave portion 3b is formed from the lower surface side (only the left end and the central portion are shown in FIG. 2), and on the upper surface of each concave portion 3b projecting toward the upper surface side of the bottom plate portion 3. A substantially cylindrical screw receiving member 3c is attached, and a bottomed hole (not shown) for mounting the heat radiating plate 15 extends from the concave portion 3b to the screw receiving member 3c.
Is formed from the lower surface side.

Engagement grooves 3d extending in the front-rear direction are formed in the upper surface of the bottom plate 3 at locations spaced apart in the left-right direction from the substantially center in the front-rear direction to a position near the rear end. Have been.

Each of the side plate portions 4 and 4 (corresponding to the side portion of the first case) has a substantially rectangular recess 4a (a first case side of the mounting plate fixing portion) over substantially the entire length in the front, rear, up and down directions. And two mounting grooves 4b, 4b are formed at the lower edge of the recess 4a at intervals in the front-rear direction, and extend on both sides of the mounting grooves 4b, 4b. Recess 4
Four extruded pieces 4c (see FIG. 13, but only one is shown in FIG. 13) protrude from the step surface 4d of FIG.

The upper case 5 (corresponding to the second case)
A top plate 6, a connecting plate 7 vertically extending from a front end of the top 6, a receiving plate 8 extending forward from a lower end of the connecting plate 7, and left and right of the top 6. The lower case 2 has side plate portions 9, 9 that are respectively suspended from both side edges, and the rear end side is open similarly to the lower case 2.

The top plate portion 6 is formed to have a lateral width substantially equal to the bottom plate portion 3 of the lower case 2 and a front-rear length shorter than the bottom plate portion 3. At both ends,
As shown in the enlarged plan view of the main part in FIG. 3, substantially arch-shaped concave portions 6a similar to the concave portions 3b of the bottom plate portion 3 of the lower case 2 are respectively formed from the upper surface side.

As shown in an enlarged rear view of the main part in FIG. 4, a substantially columnar screw receiving member 6b is attached to the lower surface of each recess 6a projecting to the lower surface side of the top plate 6. In addition, a bottomed hole 6c for mounting the heat sink 15 is formed from the upper surface side of the top plate portion 6 from the concave portion 6a to the screw receiving member 6b.

Further, both concave portions 6a are formed on the upper surface of the top plate portion 6.
As shown in FIG. 3, a substantially columnar and bottomed blind hole 6d is formed at a substantially intermediate portion of the blind hole 6d.
Where the phase is shifted 120 ° in the circumferential direction on the inner peripheral wall of
As shown in an enlarged plan view in FIG. 5, locking pieces 6e are provided to project from each other.

A female screw 6f is formed substantially at the center of the bottom surface of the blind hole 6d.
g is a blind hole 6d due to the convenience of molding each locking piece 6e.
5 shows a hole formed at a position corresponding to each locking piece 6e at the peripheral edge of the bottom surface of FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, a cap 6h is fitted into the blind hole 6d.

As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 6, the cap 6h has an upper end closed and a lower end defined by an outer diameter corresponding to the inner diameter of the blind hole 6d and a height corresponding to the depth of the blind hole 6d. The cap 6h has an annular groove 6 on the outer peripheral surface of which an engaging piece 6e is engaged with the cap 6h inserted into the blind hole 6d.
j is formed.

As shown in FIG. 4, a positioning portion 6k having a downward open U-shape is formed at a position corresponding to the blind hole 6d on the lower surface of the rear end of the top plate portion 6. .

The connecting plate 7 has a through hole 7a substantially at the center in the left-right direction as shown in an enlarged perspective view of the main part in FIG. 7, and the reference numeral 7b in FIG. 5 shows a reinforcing rib protruding from the left end side of FIG.

The receiving plate portion 8 is formed to have a left and right width corresponding to the connecting plate portion 7 on the right side of the rib 7b, and when the upper case 5 is viewed in a plan view, the top plate portion 6 and the receiving plate portion are formed. 8 is formed so as to be substantially equal to the front-rear dimension of the lower case 2, and at the front end of the upper surface of the receiving plate part 8, a substantially cylindrical shape is provided at a location spaced in the left-right direction. Screw receiving members 8a, 8a are respectively attached, and each screw receiving member 8a is formed with a bottomed hole (not shown) for mounting the front panel 11 from the lower surface side of the receiving plate portion 8. I have.

On the receiving plate portion 8, a printed circuit board 10 having a rectangular shape with a right and left length, to which a portion of the receiving plate portion 8 near the right end is slightly exposed, extends along the receiving plate portion 8. And a connecting plate 7 near the right end of the printed circuit board 10.
A self-returning type flam switch 10a is mounted upward on the upper surface portion close to, and a self-resetting type flam switch 10b is mounted forward on the upper surface portion near the left end.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the side plates 9, 9 (corresponding to the side of the second case) has front and rear and up and down directions, similarly to the side plates 4, 4 of the lower case 2. A substantially rectangular concave portion 9a (corresponding to the second case side portion of the mounting plate fixing portion) is formed over substantially the entire length of the concave portion 9a. As shown in FIG. 9b (only one is shown in FIG. 13) (not shown) are formed at intervals in the front-rear direction.
Four extruded pieces 9c (only one is shown in FIG. 13) protrude from the stepped surface 9d of the concave portion 9a extending on both sides of the 9b at intervals in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lower ends of the side plates 4, 4 of the lower case 2 are arranged so as to extend halfway between the left and right ends of the receiving plate 8, as shown in FIG. The bosses 9b, 9b having a vertical height corresponding to are provided to project downward.

In this embodiment, the upper case 5
The two mounting grooves of the concave portion 9a correspond to the mounting grooves of the second case side portion of the mounting plate fixing portion in the claims, and the pushing pieces 9c, 4c of the upper and lower cases 5, 2 are in the claims. Projections.

The front panel 11 includes a top plate portion 12 formed with front and rear dimensions substantially equal to the receiving plate portion 8 of the upper case 5 and a left and right width substantially equal to the top plate portion 6 of the upper case 5. It has a front plate portion 13 which is vertically provided from the front end of the plate portion 12 and forms the front surface of the main body 1, and is formed by, for example, molding such as injection molding of a synthetic resin.

The front plate 13 is provided with upper and lower cases 5, 2
The clock 13a is disposed at the left end of the front plate 13 and is located above the front plate 13 on the right side of the clock 13a. A time adjustment button 13c, an opening / closing lock 13d, and a pilot lamp 13x are provided in the half part, and a cartridge insertion / extraction opening 13y is formed in the lower half part.

Of these, the time setting button 13c
Is configured to turn on the flam switch 10b on the printed circuit board 10 by performing a pressing operation in a state where the main body 1 is assembled, and to advance the time of the clock 13a while the flam switch 10b is on. I have.

The opening / closing lock 13d is configured such that an operation lever (not shown) inside the front panel turns on the flam switch 10a by rotating a key inserted into a key hole. The pilot lamp 13
x is mounted on the printed circuit board 10 and is illuminated to notify the occurrence of an abnormality when the holder 31 is transported in the main body 1.

The cartridge insertion / extraction opening 13y has a horizontally long rectangular shape having a lateral width substantially equal to the receiving plate 8 of the upper case 5 and a vertical height substantially equal to the side plates 4 and 4 of the lower case 2. The cartridge 17 is configured to be able to pass horizontally, and two mounting pieces 13z (in FIG. 2) are provided on the upper edge portion of the cartridge insertion opening 13y on the back surface of the front plate portion 13 with an interval in the left-right direction. (Only the left side is shown).

The opening / closing lid 14 has a rectangular shape which is horizontally long and has a size corresponding to the cartridge insertion / extraction opening 13y, and the left and right sides of the lower end of the opening / closing lid 14 are hinges 3e at the front end of the bottom plate 3 of the lower case 2. , 3e. Reference numeral 3f in FIG. 2 indicates a state in which the open / close lid 14 is folded forward to the lower case 2 and opened as shown in FIG. As shown in a perspective view of the main body, the coil spring is shown as being erected and biased toward a closed state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the heat radiating plate 15 is formed in such a size as to cover the open portions at the rear ends of the upper and lower cases 5 and 2 and at the lower right and left sides of the lower end of the heat radiating plate 15 and substantially at the center. , A substantially arch-shaped mounting piece 15a corresponding to each concave portion 3b of the lower case 2 is bent and formed.
5b corresponds to each recess 6a of the upper case 5, and
Are bent at the upper left and right sides.

The upper and lower mounting pieces 15 on the upper end of the heat sink 15
At the approximate center of b, the position is slightly shifted toward the lower end,
The mounting piece 15c corresponding to the positioning portion 6k of the upper case 5 is bent. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 15d denotes a connector hole.

Further, a printed circuit board (not shown) on which a female connector (not shown) for electrical connection to the outside is mounted on the back surface of the heat sink 15 so as to face the connector hole 15d. Is arranged.

Each of the mounting plates 16 includes upper and lower cases 5, 2
The upper and lower sides of the mounting plate 16 are formed with a vertical height equal to the height of the concave portions 9a and 4a of the side plate portions 9 and 4 and a lateral width equal to the front and rear length of the concave portions 9a and 4a.
The engaging pieces 16a, 16a which can be inserted into the mounting grooves (not shown) are formed at the lower edge, and the engaging pieces 16b, 16b which can be inserted into the mounting grooves 4b, 4b of the recess 4a are formed at the lower edge. Each mounting plate 16 has a plurality of screw holes 16c (corresponding to fixed screw mounting portions) for mounting the main body 1 to a console box (not shown) of the vehicle.

The screw holes 16c are arranged in accordance with mounting screw holes which are already formed in the console box of the vehicle to which the main body 1 is to be mounted and whose positions are different for each vehicle. In order to cope with a plurality of vehicles, not only the screw holes 16c arranged on the mounting plate 16 at the positions of the mounting screw holes of a single vehicle, but also the positions of the mounting screw holes of the respective vehicles are adjusted. A large number of screw holes 16c are formed in a different arrangement.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cartridge 17 includes a housing 18 formed in a thin box shape corresponding to the frontage of the cartridge insertion / extraction opening 13y and the depth of the main body 1, and is provided on the upper surface side of the housing 18. Is shown in plan view in FIG.
A recording paper storage portion 18b having a substantially circular shape in plan view capable of storing the 7-day recording paper 21 (see FIG. 11) is formed.

The 7-day recording paper 21 (corresponding to recording paper)
As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 11, seven circular recording papers 21a on which information for one day is recorded and formed with the same outer diameter as the recording paper 21a, and these seven circular Recording paper 21
A is provided with a mount 21e or the like that supports the a in an up-and-down direction (in FIG. 11, they are spaced apart from each other for easy viewing).

The recording paper 21a has a circular center hole 21b.
Are formed, and two recording papers 21a stacked vertically
A substantially wedge-shaped notch 21c is provided to enable continuous recording on the recording medium. Further, on the upper surface of the recording paper 21a, ruled lines and graduations (neither is shown) for time designation are formed by printing or the like concentrically with the center hole 21b and radially from the center hole 21b. .

The recording paper 21a for the seventh day at the bottom is
The notch 21c is omitted. Instead, a blank area 21d in which no information is recorded is provided at a position corresponding to the notch 21c.

Each of the recording papers 21a is composed of upper and lower recording papers 2
The positions of the notch 21c and the margin area 21d are shifted from each other so that the notch 21c or the notch 21c and the margin area 21d do not overlap each other and are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the recording paper 21a. Is done.

A center hole 21f having the same inner diameter as the center hole 21b is formed in the mount 21e. The center hole 21f has a cylindrical shape for mounting on the cartridge 17 side. The recording paper holding member 21g formed to have substantially the same outer diameter as the inner diameter of the recording paper holding member 21g
Is formed at the lower end of the base member and has an outer diameter larger than the center hole 21f and is attached via an annular flange portion 21h.

Incidentally, the vertical height of the recording paper holding member 21g, that is, the length in the axial direction is formed to be at least larger than the thickness of the seven superposed recording papers 21a.

The seven-day recording paper 21 is formed by stacking the seven recording papers 21a, which are superposed as described above, on each of the central holes 2a.
1b is inserted into the recording paper holding member 21g, and
e, and the lowermost recording paper 21a for the seventh day
11 is adhered to the backing sheet 21e, and the recording sheet 21a located on the downstream side of the notch 21c and the margin area 21d in the rotation direction of the 7-day recording sheet 21 indicated by the arrow A in FIG. A strip-shaped connecting tape 21j is laid between the outer edge portion and the corresponding outer edge portion of the mount 21e, and the mount 21
The recording paper 21a is connected to the recording paper 21a in a state where the relative rotation of the recording paper 21a with respect to e is stopped.

As shown in FIG. 10, a turntable 19 made of synthetic resin is rotatably provided at the center of the bottom surface of the recording paper storage portion 18b. The rotary table 1
9 has a substantially disc shape, and the outer diameter of the turntable 19 is
Center holes 21b and 21f of the recording paper 21a and the mount 21e.
It is formed with a size sufficiently larger than that.

At the center of the rotary table 19, an attachment shaft 19a having an outer diameter corresponding to the inner diameters of the center holes 21b and 21f of the recording paper 21a and the mount 21e and having a height larger than that of the recording paper holding member 21g. A positioning boss 19b having a concave portion 19c at the center is erected at the center of the mounting shaft 19a, and a cap 19d is attached to and detached from the outer end of the positioning boss 19b at the tip of the mounting shaft 19a. Fitted as possible.

Further, the recording paper accommodating portion 18b is provided with a cutter 18c for turning up the recording paper 21a on which recording has been performed among the seven-day recording paper 21. The cutter 18c is formed of a flexible thin metal plate, and is a casing 1 that is to be inserted into the cartridge insertion opening 13y.
8 has a base portion 18d attached to the front surface thereof, and a cutter body 18e bent from the base portion 18d and extended inside the recording paper storage portion 18b.

In the cutter body 18e, the portion near the base 18d is separated from the bottom surface of the recording paper accommodating portion 18b by a dimension slightly larger than the thickness of the recording paper 21 for 7 days, and as it reaches the front end. The cutter body 18e is formed so as to be inclined so as to approach the bottom surface of the recording paper accommodating portion 18b so that the tip of the cutter body 18e contacts the bottom surface, and a stopper piece 18f is protruded from a position of the cutter body 18e near the base 18d. I have.

The recording paper storage section 18b thus configured
Is to bend the cutter body 18e so that the leading end and the recording
8b, a recording paper holding member 21g is inserted into the mounting shaft 19a of the rotary table 19 while the outer edge of the 7-day recording paper 21 is inserted, and a cap 19d is mounted on the mounting shaft 19a. The cap 19d allows the recording paper holding member 21g to be rotated by the cap 19d.
9 is pressed to the side of the rotary table 1
9.

While the cutter 18c is being rotated by the rotary table 19 in the direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 11, the cutter 21c removes the notch 21c of the recording paper 21a on which the recording paper 21 for 7 days has been recorded. The cutter body 18e cuts a tape 21j that rides on the upper side of the recording paper 21e and fastens the recording paper 21a to the mounting paper 21e, so that the recording paper 21a is made independent from other recording papers 21a and the mounting paper 21e. .

Further, the cutter 18c is
e of the recording paper 21a on which the recording has been performed,
When the edge of the recording paper 21c contacts the stopper piece 18f, the recording paper 2 just below the recording paper 21a passes through the notch 21c of the recording paper 21a.
The rotation of the recorded recording paper 21a is stopped so that the recording on the recording paper 1a is continued.

The operation recorder of this embodiment stores the 7-day recording paper 21 on the rotary table 19 of the recording paper storage portion 18b.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the cartridge 17 to which the cartridge 17 is attached is inserted into the cartridge slot 13y with the opening / closing lid 14 opened.
The transfer mechanism (not shown) housed inside the main body 1 is loaded into the holder 31 of the loading / unloading place extended from the front and rotating the key inserted into the key hole of the opening / closing lock 13d of the front panel 11. As a result, the holder 31 is drawn into the main body 1, the opening / closing lid 14 is closed, and the recording location where the recording needle of the recording mechanism (not shown) contacts each recording paper 21 a of the 7-day recording paper 21 inside the main body 1. Is reached, and in this state, the recording needle of the recording mechanism is moved to the recording paper 21 for 7 days.
The driving information of the vehicle is sequentially recorded from the upper recording paper 21a.

Next, the assembly of the main body 1 for housing the holder 31 and the transfer mechanism therein will be described.

First, the printed circuit board 10 is screwed onto the receiving plate 8 of the upper case 5, and a clock 13a, a time setting button 13c, and a lock 13d are respectively attached to the front plate 13 of the front panel 11. As shown in FIG. 2, each mounting piece 1 of the front plate 13 of the front panel 11 is mounted.
A mounting screw 81 is inserted through 3z from below, and screwed into a bottomed hole (not shown) of the corresponding screw receiving member 8a of the receiving plate portion 8 of the upper case 5 while screwing it by a self-tapping method. Then, the front panel 11 is attached to the front end of the upper case 5.

In this state, the time setting button 13c faces the front of the flam switch 10b mounted on the printed circuit board 10 toward the front.
When the pressing operation of c is in contact with the flam switch 10b and pressing it to turn it on, and when the pressing operation of the time setting button 13c is released, the time setting button 13c is separated from the flam switch 10b forward to turn it off. Become. The pilot lamp 13x is exposed in front of the front plate 13.

Next, the left and right sides of the lower end of the opening / closing lid 14 are pivotally attached to hinges 3e, 3e at the front end of the bottom plate 3 of the lower case 2 together with a coil spring 3f.
With the front panel 1
1. The lower case 2 is placed on the upper case 5 to which the holder 31, the transfer mechanism 41 is attached, with the front and rear directions aligned.

At this time, the engaging pieces 16a of the mounting plate 16 are inserted into the mounting grooves (not shown) of the concave portions 9a of the side plate portions 9 of the upper case 5.
16a are inserted in advance, and the engaging pieces 16b, 16b of the mounting plate 16 are inserted into the recesses 4 of the lower case 2.
The lower case 2 is overlapped on the upper case 5 while being inserted into the mounting grooves 4b, 4b of the upper and lower cases 5, 2a, and the mounting plates 16 are mounted on both sides of the upper and lower cases 5, 2, respectively.

At this time, each of the mounting plates 16 has an engaging piece 16a inserted into the mounting groove 4b of the lower case 2 and the mounting groove (not shown) of the upper case 5, respectively. The pushing pieces 9c and 4c of the upper and lower cases 5 and 2 which are in contact with the back surface of the upper case 16 are pressed outside the main body 1 in the mounting grooves 4b of the lower case 2 and the mounting grooves (not shown) of the upper case 5. The mounting plate 16 does not rattle in the inside and outside directions of the main body 1.

Then, the mounting plate 16 is connected to the upper and lower cases 5 and 2.
Are attached to both sides of the upper case 5, the tips of the bosses 9b, 9b on both sides of the front end of the upper case 5 are inserted into the boss receivers 3a, 3a of the lower case 2, and the boss receivers 3a, 3a and the boss receivers 3a, 3a are inserted. The mounting screws 68, 68 are inserted from the lower surface side of the bottom plate 3 into holes (not shown) of the lower case 2 penetrating three places of the bottom plate formed with the female screws of the bosses 9b, 9b of the upper case 5. (Not shown).

As a result, the upper and lower cases 5 and 2 are connected at the front end side, and the hinges 3e and 3e at the front end of the lower case 2 are provided.
3e is covered with the lower end of the front plate portion 13 of the front panel 11 and is hidden in appearance. When the opening / closing lid 14 is released from the open state, the opening / closing lid 14 is biased by the coil spring 3f. Is rotated in the upright direction, and is locked by a stopper (not shown) formed on the inner peripheral edge of the cartridge insertion / extraction opening 13y of the front plate portion 13 of the front panel 11, so that the opening / closing lid can be closed at a closed position that closes the cartridge insertion / extraction opening 13y. 14 is positioned.

In addition to the coupling of the upper and lower cases 5 and 2 at the front ends, the positioning portion 6k at the rear end of the upper case 5
The mounting pieces 15b on both sides of the mounting piece 15c are fitted into the corresponding recesses 6a of the upper case 5, and the mounting pieces 15a are fitted into the respective recesses 3b of the lower case 2 while inserting the mounting pieces 15c into the heat radiating plate 15. To the rear ends of the upper and lower cases 5 and 2.

Subsequently, a mounting screw 69a is inserted from the outside into through holes (not shown) of the mounting pieces 15a, 15b, and screwed into the bottomed holes 6c of the screw receiving members 3c, 6b by self-tapping. At the same time, the mounting screw 69b inserted into the blind hole 6d of the upper case 5 is screwed by the self-tapping method like the mounting screw 69a, and the through hole 6f is inserted.
As shown in the enlarged sectional view of the main part in FIG. 12, the tip of the mounting screw 69b is inserted into the through hole 15e of the mounting piece 15c, and the cap 6h is inserted into the blind hole 6d to thereby insert the cap 6d.
h into the annular groove 6j to lock the blind hole 6e.
Close d with cap 6h. As a result, the upper and lower cases 5 and 2 are joined and integrated also on the rear end side, and the assembly of the main body 1 is completed.

In a state where the assembly of the main body 1 is completed, when the time setting button 13c is pressed while the holder 31 is at the loading / unloading position, regardless of whether the cartridge 17 is inserted into the holder 31 or not. While the time setting button 13c is being pressed, the time of the clock 13a is advanced, and even if the time setting button 13c is pressed while the empty holder 31 is at the recording position, the time setting button 13c While the is pressed,
The time of the clock 13a is advanced.

On the other hand, with the holder 31 loaded with the cartridge 17 at the recording position, the time setting button 13c
Is pressed while the vehicle is running, the pressing operation is ignored and the time of the clock 13a is not advanced.

On the other hand, when the time setting button 13c is pressed while the holder 31 loaded with the cartridge 17 is at the recording location and the vehicle is stopped, the holder 31 is moved from the recording location to the loading / unloading location. When the holder 31 reaches the loading / unloading position, the pressing operation of the time setting button 13c is validated, and the time of the clock 13a is advanced while the pressing operation is being performed.

When the operation recorder of this embodiment having the above-described configuration is mounted on the console box, the main body 1 is inserted into the console box from the rear end side, and mounting screws formed on the side wall of the console box are inserted. Of the screw holes 16c formed in the mounting plates 16 on both sides of the main body 1, the screw holes 16 arranged corresponding to the vehicle to be mounted.
13 and inserted into the respective mounting screw holes from the back side of the console box. The fixing screws 69c shown in the enlarged front view of the main part in FIG. 16c.

At this time, as described above, the mounting plates 16 are mounted so that the pushing pieces 9c and 4c of the upper and lower cases 5 and 2 come into contact with each other so that there is no play in the inside and outside directions of the main body 1. Therefore, the main body 1 is firmly attached and fixed to the console box of the vehicle without rattling.

As described above, according to the operation recorder of this embodiment, the seven-day recording paper 21 is mounted on the cartridge 17 and loaded into the holder 31 through the cartridge insertion opening 13y of the front panel 11 of the main body. When the operation recorder for moving the vehicle to the inside of the main body 1 and recording the running information of the vehicle on the 7-day recording paper 21 by the recording needle of the recording mechanism is attached to the console box of the vehicle, the upper and lower parts constituting the main body 1 A substantially rectangular recess 9 is formed in the side plates 9 and 4 of the cases 5 and 2.
a, 4a, respectively, and these upper and lower cases 5, 2
When assembling, the mounting plate 16 extends over the recesses 9a and 4a.
And a screw hole 16c for mounting the main body 1 to the console box of the vehicle is formed on the mounting plate 16 in an arrangement corresponding to the position of the mounting screw hole of the vehicle.

For this reason, even if the vehicle to be mounted changes or increases or decreases, the entire upper and lower cases 5 and 2 are not changed in design but only the arrangement and number of the screw holes 16c of the mounting plate 16 are changed. Thus, it is possible to easily cope with a change or increase or decrease of the vehicle to be mounted without increasing the cost.

In the present embodiment, not only the screw holes 16c arranged in accordance with the positions of the mounting screw holes of the single vehicle but also the mounting plate 16 are mounted on the mounting plate 16 so as to support a plurality of vehicles. Although a large number of screw holes 16c arranged in accordance with the positions of the mounting screw holes are formed, one mounting plate 16 has one or a limited number of types of mounting screw holes for vehicles. When only the screw holes 16c arranged in accordance with the position are formed and mounted on other types of vehicles, other types of mounting plates 1 on which the screw holes 16c are arranged in an arrangement corresponding to the vehicle are provided.
6 may be replaced.

Then, as described above, a plurality of types of mounting plates 16 corresponding to different types of vehicles are prepared in advance, and the types of mounting plates 16 corresponding to the vehicle to be mounted are selected and the main body 1 is selected. Even if it is configured to be attached,
It is possible to almost completely cope with the change or increase / decrease of the vehicle to be mounted with low cost and simple labor.

On the other hand, as in the present embodiment, a structure in which a large number of screw holes 16c arranged in accordance with the positions of the mounting screw holes of each vehicle is formed so that one mounting plate 16 can support a plurality of vehicles. In this case, even if a screw hole 16c corresponding to another type of vehicle, which is not used for actual mounting, is generated, the upper and lower cases 5, 2 themselves do not have screw holes. The screw hole does not function as an opening communicating between the inside and outside of the upper and lower cases 5 and 2.

For this reason, openings in the upper and lower cases 5 and 2 are formed, which cause a mechanism inside the main body 1 such as a transfer mechanism and a recording mechanism to cause a failure, and allow dust and the like to enter from outside the main body 1. Thus, it is possible to prevent the mechanism inside the main body 1 from being broken down due to the invading dust or the like, and to be mounted on the console boxes of a plurality of types of vehicles without replacing the mounting plate 16.

In this embodiment, the upper and lower cases 5,
The two pushing pieces 9c, 4c abut against the back surface of the mounting plate 16 mounted on the recesses 9a, 4a, and the engaging pieces 16a of the mounting plate 16 are not shown in the mounting groove 4b of the lower case 2 or the upper case 5 not shown. Of the mounting plate 16 is pressed against the outside of the main body 1 in the mounting groove, but this structure prevents the mounting plate 16 from rattling in the inward and outward directions of the main body 1 by other structures such as the above-mentioned tightening of the fixing screw 69c. If possible, it may be omitted.

Further, in the present embodiment, the 7-day recording paper 2
Although the description has been given of the operation recorder for recording the travel information for the vehicle 1 as an example, it is needless to say that the present invention is similarly applicable to an operation recorder for recording the travel information for the daily recording paper.

In this embodiment, the recording paper 21 for 7 days is used.
Although the operation recorder in which the holder 31 is transferred to the inside of the main body 1 after the cartridge 17 loaded with the cartridge 17 is loaded has been described, the present invention
Instead of this, the present invention can be similarly applied to a box-type operation recorder in which a table enters and exits from the main body 1 and a box-type operation recorder in which recording paper is manually set in the main body 1. it can.

[0092]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the recording paper which is horizontally moved in and out from the front of the housing can be used for the vehicle. A structure for attaching the casing of the operation recorder, which records traveling information inside the casing, to the vehicle, wherein: a securing plate fixing portion formed on a side portion of the casing; And a mounting plate detachably attached to the portion, wherein the mounting plate has a fixing screw mounting portion arranged in accordance with a vehicle to which the housing is to be mounted.

For this reason, even if the vehicle to be mounted is changed or increased or decreased, the design of the entire housing is not changed, but
Only the arrangement and the number of the fixing screw mounting portions of the mounting plate need to be changed. Therefore, it is possible to easily change or increase or decrease the vehicle to be mounted without increasing the cost.

[0094] According to the second aspect of the present invention, the mounting plate has a plurality of the fixing screw mounting members which are arranged differently from each other in accordance with a plurality of types of vehicles. It has the structure which has a part.

For this reason, the housing itself does not have the fixing screw mounting portion. Therefore, the fixing screw mounting portion corresponding to a plurality of types of vehicles is provided and is not used for actual mounting.
Even if a configuration is adopted in which a fixing screw mounting portion corresponding to other types of vehicles is generated, unlike the conventional case where the fixing screw mounting portion is provided on the housing itself, the unused fixing screw mounting portion is not provided with the housing. It does not function as an opening that communicates inside and outside.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the intrusion of dust and the like from the outside of the housing, which may cause a failure of the mechanism inside the housing, and to mount the same to console boxes of a plurality of types of vehicles with one mounting plate. Can be.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a structure for mounting the casing of the operation recorder in the present invention. The type of the mounting plate according to the vehicle is selected and attached,
Each mounting plate has a configuration in which the fixing screw mounting portion is disposed according to the type of the vehicle corresponding to the mounting plate.

For this reason, a plurality of types of mounting plates having different types of vehicles are prepared in advance, and a type of mounting plate corresponding to the vehicle to be mounted is selected and mounted on the housing. Therefore, it is possible to almost completely cope with a change or increase / decrease of the vehicle to be mounted with low cost and simple labor.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation recorder having a casing mounting portion structure, wherein the mounting plate fixing portion includes:
It has a concave shape with a predetermined depth from the side of the housing, and a step of the predetermined depth between the side portion around the mounting plate fixing portion and the mounting plate fixing portion at the side. A mounting groove is formed in an inner peripheral portion of the mounting plate fixing portion, and corresponds to the mounting groove in a state where the mounting plate is attached to the mounting plate fixing portion at a peripheral edge of the mounting plate. An engaging piece engageable with the mounting groove is formed at a peripheral portion of the mounting plate, and the mounting piece is mounted on the mounting plate fixing part by engaging the engaging piece with the mounting groove on the mounting plate fixing part. In a state where the plate is attached, a projection is formed to be in contact with the back surface of the mounting plate facing the mounting plate fixing portion, and the projection is in contact with the back surface of the mounting plate attached to the mounting plate fixing portion. Thus, the engagement piece is applied to the outside of the housing inside the mounting groove.

Therefore, the mounting plate is sandwiched between the projection and the mounting groove portion outside the housing inside the mounting groove. Therefore, this holding at least separates the mounting plate from the mounting plate fixing portion. It is possible to prevent rattling of the mounting plate with respect to the housing in the approaching direction.

Further , according to the casing mounting portion structure of the operation recorder of the present invention described in claim 1 , the casing further comprises:
A horizontal plane through which the recording paper is taken in and out from the front surface, and a first case and a second case that are divided along one of a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane, and A mounting plate fixing portion is formed across a side portion of the first case and a side portion of the second case, and the mounting plate is formed between the first case side portion of the mounting plate fixing portion and the first case. By attaching the first case and the second case while attaching to one of the two case-side portions, the first case-side portion and the second case-side portion of the mounting plate fixing portion are attached. It was configured to be attached to one of the other.

For this reason, a clearance is provided between the mounting plate fixing portion and the mounting plate in a direction in which the first case and the second case are separated from each other, and both sides of the mounting plate in the separation approach direction are provided by using the clearance. It is not necessary to alternately attach the parts to the attachment plate fixing part, so that it is possible to prevent the attachment plate from rattling with respect to the housing in the separating and approaching direction after the attachment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an operation recorder that employs a housing mounting portion structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the operation recorder shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a main part of the upper case shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged rear view of a main part of the upper case shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view of a blind hole of the upper case shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a cap inserted into the blind hole shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the upper case shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the main body showing a state where an opening / closing lid shown in FIG. 2 is opened.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the main body showing a state in which the opening / closing lid shown in FIG. 2 is closed.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the cartridge shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a 7-day recording paper housed in the cartridge shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the upper case showing a mounting state of the heat sink.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the upper case shown in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body (housing) 2 Lower case (1st case) 4 Side plate part (1st case side part) 4a Depression (1st case side part of a mounting plate fixing part) 4b Mounting groove 4c, 9c Extruded piece (projection) 5 Upper case (second case) 9 Side plate (side of second case) 9a Recess (second case side portion of mounting plate fixing portion) 16 Mounting plate 16b Engagement piece 16c Screw hole (fixing screw mounting portion)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Mikiji Hashimoto 1-7-1 Yokoi, Shimada-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture Yazaki Keiki Co., Ltd. (56) References Jikai Sho 61-79574 (JP, U) (58) Survey Field (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 11/02 G01C 23/00

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A structure for attaching the casing of a driving recorder for recording running information of a vehicle inside the casing to a recording paper which is horizontally moved in and out from a front face of the casing. And a mounting plate fixing portion formed on a side portion of the housing, and a mounting plate detachably attached to the mounting plate fixing portion, wherein the mounting plate is a mounting target of the housing. A fixing screw mounting portion arranged in accordance with a vehicle , wherein the housing has the recording paper taken in and out from the front surface
One of a horizontal plane and a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane
First case and second case divided along one surface
And the mounting plate fixing portion is connected to the side portion of the first case and the second portion.
The mounting plate is formed so as to straddle a side of the case, and the mounting plate is provided on the first case side of the mounting plate fixing portion.
Attach to either the minute or the second case side part
And assemble the first case and the second case
With this, the first case side portion of the mounting plate fixing portion and
Attached to the other of the second case side portion
A structure for mounting a casing of an operation recorder, characterized by being configured as follows . 2. The case mounting part structure for an operation recorder according to claim 1, wherein said mounting plate has a plurality of said fixing screw mounting parts which are arranged differently according to a plurality of types of said vehicles. 3. A mounting plate of a type corresponding to a vehicle to which the housing is to be mounted is selected from a plurality of types of mounting plates and attached to the mounting plate fixing portion. 2. The case mounting part structure of an operation recorder according to claim 1, further comprising the fixing screw mounting parts arranged in accordance with the type of the vehicle corresponding to the mounting plate. 4. The mounting plate fixing portion has a concave shape having a predetermined depth from a side portion of the housing, and the side portion around the mounting plate fixing portion and the mounting plate fixing portion at the side portion. A mounting groove is formed in an inner peripheral portion of the mounting plate fixing portion that forms the step of the predetermined depth between the mounting plate and the mounting plate. At a peripheral portion corresponding to the mounting groove in a state of being attached to the fixing portion, an engagement piece engageable with the mounting groove is formed, and the mounting plate fixing portion has In a state in which the mounting plate is attached to the mounting plate fixing portion by engagement with the mounting groove, a projection is formed to contact the back surface of the mounting plate facing the mounting plate fixing portion, and the mounting plate fixing portion is provided. The projection is brought into contact with the back surface of the mounting plate attached to the mounting plate, so that the engagement piece is located outside the housing inside the mounting groove. 4. The structure of a casing mounting part of an operation recorder according to claim 1, wherein the casing mounting part is applied to the operation recorder.