TW201801070A - Assemble/ disassemble structure of storage of POS device including a storage adding part, a storage device tray and a storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an assemble/ disassemble structure of a storage of a POS device. The assemble/ disassemble structure (100) is applied to the POS device that has a cover (20) detachably attached to an upper side of a back shell (10). The structure is characterized to comprise a storage adding part (110) formed at one part of the back shell (10) and disposed at an upper side of a motherboard connector (40) installed on a motherboard (30), a storage device tray (120) configured to insert into and disassemble from the storage adding part (110), and a storage device (130) configured to be received in and coupled to the storage device tray (120). The storage device (130) includes a storage device connector (132) connected to the motherboard connector (40) when the storage device tray (120) is inserted into the storage adding part (110).

Description

Storage device disassembly structure of POS device

The invention relates to a storage device dismounting structure of a POS device. The storage device dismounting structure (100) of the POS device is used for a POS device provided with a cover (20) detachably coupled to an upper side of a rear case (10). It includes: a storage device mounting portion (110) formed on a part of the rear case (10), located on an upper side of a motherboard connector (40) added to the motherboard (30); a storage device tray ( 120), which is inserted into the storage device mounting section (110) and is detachably coupled; the storage device (130), which is stored and coupled to the storage device tray (120), is provided with the storage device tray ( 120) A storage device connector (132) connected to the motherboard connector (40) when inserted into the storage device mounting section (110) is inserted.

The POS system (Point Of Sale system) is a point-in-sale management system. A POS terminal is installed in the store so that it can comprehensively manage the sales economy and the circulation economy such as market investigation, inventory investigation and point-of-sale management.

In other words, it is equipped with a POS terminal with an electronic cash register function and a computer function at the checkout counter for goods sold in department stores, supermarkets, etc., and automatically collects and records the data related to the management of the sale along with the sale of goods ( A system to be used for materials such as product sales management, inventory management, etc.).

In the past, the cash recorder mainly used to quickly and accurately calculate the customer's sales amount at the scene. On the contrary, the current POS system collects and processes the purchase and sale information of products, making Can use it to quickly query and manage various product information and accounting information.

The POS terminal has the same function as the conventional cash recorder, the function of temporarily recording data, and the function of transmitting the data at the point of sale to the higher-level device. With the help of key input or a scanner, the product code is input and transmitted to the higher-level device. .

As for a POS terminal for performing such a function, there are various conventional inventions including Patent Document 1 described below. This POS terminal includes a storage device for storing not only an operation program but also various materials.

As such a storage device for a POS terminal, a hard disk drive (HDD) is generally widely used, and recently, an SSD memory has been gradually used more widely.

On the other hand, it is often the case that the storage device should be replaced due to various reasons such as an operation error or an operation program update. However, due to the continuous and frequent use of POS terminals during transaction time, the storage device cannot be operated during the time required for this storage device replacement. This problem has become a problem for most small businesses using a POS terminal. A major problem during which all settlement operations are not possible.

Patent Document 1: Korean Published Patent No. 10-2004-0046768.

The present invention was developed to solve the problems of the original invention, and its subject is to provide a storage device disassembly structure of a POS device, which can be disassembled and added to include a hard disk drive, etc. within a few seconds with an efficient structure. The storage device can dramatically reduce the downtime.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned problem, the storage device attaching / detaching structure (100) of the POS device of the present invention is used for a POS device having a cover (20) detachably coupled to an upper side of a rear case (10), and is characterized by including: The device mounting portion (110) is formed in a part of the rear shell (10) and is located in the Mounted on the upper side of the motherboard connector (40) of the motherboard (30); the storage device tray (120), which is inserted into the storage device mounting section (110) and is detachably combined; the storage device (130), The storage device tray (120) is housed and combined with the storage device tray (120), and is provided with a connector (40) connected to the motherboard when the storage device tray (120) is inserted into the storage device mounting section (110). Storage device connector (132).

In addition, the storage device mounting section (110) further includes: a mounting guide wall (111) for contacting, supporting, and guiding both sides of the storage device tray (120); a limiting portion coupling groove (112) ), Which are formed on both sides of the installation guide wall (111); the storage device tray (120) further includes: added bending elastic portions (126), which are respectively installed on the storage device trays (120) ) On both sides of the upper surface, there is a mounting limit portion (127), when the storage device tray (120) is inserted into the storage device mounting portion (110), the mounting limit element portion (127) The elastic groove is inserted into the limiting groove (112).

In addition, the storage device tray 120 further includes: a storage device coupling portion (121) formed to receive the storage device (130) inside; and a storage device connector opening (125) formed below so that The storage device connector (132) of the storage device (130) can be exposed. In addition, the storage device (130) further includes: a coupling slot (131), which is in the storage device (130). The two side surfaces of the storage device tray are formed at more than one place; the storage device tray (120) further includes: an elastic coupling attachment portion (122), which is inserted into each of the coupling grooves (131) by means of a cutting groove (123). Each of the storage devices) provides elasticity in combination with the protrusions (124).

In addition, it also includes: a mounting handle (128) formed at the end of the mounting curved elastic portion (126); and an introduction handle (129) formed on the upper side of the storage device tray (120).

Compared with the prior art, the effect of the present invention is as follows: According to the present invention, it has the advantage of being able to provide a storage device disassembly structure of a POS device, which can be disassembled and added to include a hard disk in a few seconds with an efficient structure. Storage devices such as drives can dramatically reduce downtime.

10‧‧‧ rear shell

20‧‧‧ cover

30‧‧‧Motherboard

40‧‧‧Motherboard connector

Storage device disassembly structure of 100‧‧‧POS device

110‧‧‧Storage Device Installation Department

111‧‧‧ Installed guide wall

112‧‧‧Restriction joint groove

120‧‧‧Storage device tray

121‧‧‧Storage device combination

122‧‧‧ Elastic binding installation department

123‧‧‧cut slot

124‧‧‧ Storage device combined with protrusion

125‧‧‧Storage device connector opening unit

126‧‧‧Added bending elastic part

127‧‧‧Restriction section

128‧‧‧ add handle

129‧‧‧ introduction handle

130‧‧‧Storage device

131‧‧‧Combination slot

132‧‧‧storage device connector

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a rear structure of a POS device to which a storage device disassembly structure of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a storage device tray coupling state in a detached state of a cover of a storage device detaching structure of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state where a storage device tray of a storage device detachable structure of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention is coupled to a motherboard connector of a motherboard.

FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view showing a structure in which a storage device tray and a storage device are combined with a storage device disassembly structure of a storage device of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front perspective view showing a structure in which a storage device tray and a storage device are combined with a storage device disassembly structure of a storage device of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a structure in which a storage device tray of a storage device attachment / detachment structure of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention is coupled to a storage device attachment portion.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a structure in which a storage device tray of a storage device mounting and dismounting structure of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention is coupled to a storage device mounting portion.

The following describes in detail the storage of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. Storage device disassembly structure. First of all, it should be noted that the same constituent elements or components in the drawings are represented by the same reference numerals as much as possible. In describing the present invention, in order not to obscure the gist of the present invention, detailed descriptions of related well-known functions or configurations are omitted.

The storage device disassembly structure (100) of the POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1 and is used for a POS device provided with a cover (20) detachably coupled to an upper side of a rear case (10). It basically includes a storage device mounting section (110), a storage device tray (120), and a storage device (130).

First, a storage device attachment portion (110) will be described. The storage device attachment portion (110) is formed separately from a part of the rear case (10), as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. The rear case (10) is integrally formed. On the other hand, the storage device attachment portion (110) is formed as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. The upper side of 40), as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, is configured to have a function of inserting and fixing the storage device tray (120).

As an embodiment that embodies the storage device mounting section (110), there can be various embodiments. As one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the storage device mounting section (110) preferably further includes: An additional guide wall (111) is provided for both sides of the storage device tray (120) to contact, support, and guide; a limiting portion combining groove (112) is provided on the two sides of the additional guide wall (111) The upper side is formed.

The storage device tray (120) will be described below. As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the storage device tray (120) is configured to be inserted into the storage device attachment portion (110) and detachably coupled.

On the other hand, in order to store the storage device (130) in the storage device The storage tray 120 is disposed inside the tray 120 and combined. Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the storage device tray (120) further includes a storage device coupling portion (121) formed so that the storage device (130) can Stored inside; a storage device connector opening (125) formed below so that the storage device connector (132) of the storage device (130) can be exposed.

As an embodiment embodying such a storage device tray (120), there can be various embodiments. As an example thereof, it is preferable that the storage device tray (120) is as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. The method comprises: adding a bending elastic part (126), which is respectively installed on both sides of the storage device tray (120), and has a mounting limit part (127); when the storage device tray (120) is inserted into the storage device tray (120), When mounted on the storage device mounting portion (110), the mounting limiting element portion (127) is inserted into the limiting portion coupling groove (112) by elasticity.

On the other hand, when the storage device tray (120) is removed from the storage device mounting portion (110), the mounting bending elastic portion (126) is easily pressed so that the mounting position is limited The portion (127) can be removed from the limiting portion coupling groove (112). Preferably, an attachment handle (128) is formed at the end of the attachment bending elastic portion (126) as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. ). At this time, in order to easily pull and remove the storage device tray (120), it is preferable that an introduction handle (129) is formed on the upper side of the storage device tray (120), as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

According to this configuration, it takes several seconds for the storage device tray (120) to be removed from the storage device attachment section (110), and the storage device tray (120) for replacement (or update) to be inserted and installed. ~ More than ten seconds. Therefore, it is possible to drastically shorten the unusable time of the POS device caused by replacing the storage device.

The storage device (130) will be described below. The storage device (130) is generally composed of a hard disk drive (HDD: Hard Disk Driver), as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. Combined with the storage device tray (120). On the other hand, the storage device (130) may use various storage devices such as an SSD memory.

Preferably, the storage device (130) is provided with a storage device connector (132) as shown in FIG. 3, and when the storage device tray (120) is inserted into and attached to the storage device mounting section (110), The storage device connector (132) is connected to the motherboard connector (40), and only by means of the storage device tray (120) being inserted and added to the storage device mounting section (110), the storage device connector (110) makes the The storage device connector (132) and the motherboard connector (40) can be directly connected. At this time, it is preferable that the storage device connector (132) and the motherboard connector (40) are connectors of SATA (Serial ATA) standard.

On the other hand, as described above, it is preferable that the storage device (130) can not only use various kinds of storage media such as HDD or SSD memory, but also can generally use storage media conforming to various storage capacities / specifications. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the storage device (130) preferably further includes coupling grooves (131) formed at one or more places on both sides of the storage device (130). In this case, it is preferable that the coupling groove (131) is formed with a predetermined arrangement specification for the storage medium of various specifications / types. On the other hand, the coupling groove (131) is not only formed directly on the storage device (130) with the predetermined configuration specification, but may also be formed on another member after the coupling groove (131) is formed. It is formed by being attached to the storage device (130) with the predetermined arrangement specifications.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the storage device tray (120) preferably further includes each elastic coupling attachment portion (122), and the elastic coupling attachment portion (122) is provided with a cutout groove (123). ), And provide elasticity to each storage device combination protrusion (124) inserted in each combination slot (131). According to the configuration, the storage device (130) of various types and specifications can be used in common. Ground is combined with the storage device tray (120) and used.

The preferred embodiment is disclosed above in the drawings and description. Specific terminology is used therein, but this is only used for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and is not intended to limit or limit the scope of the present invention described in the scope of the patent application. Therefore, as long as those skilled in the art will understand, various modifications and other embodiments can be caused by this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined according to the accompanying technical idea of the patent application scope.

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20‧‧‧ cover

30‧‧‧Motherboard

40‧‧‧Motherboard connector

Storage device disassembly structure of 100‧‧‧POS device

110‧‧‧Storage Device Installation Department

120‧‧‧Storage device tray

Claims (5)

A storage device disassembly structure of a POS device. The storage device disassembly structure (100) of the POS device is used for a POS device provided with a cover (20) detachably coupled to an upper side of a rear case (10). The storage device mounting section (110) is formed on a part of the rear case (10), and is located on the upper side of the motherboard connector (40) added to the motherboard (30); the storage device tray (120) The storage device (130) is inserted into the storage device mounting portion (110) and is detachably coupled; the storage device (130) is received and coupled to the storage device tray (120), and is provided with the storage device tray (120) When the storage device mounting section (110) is inserted and installed, the storage device connector (132) connected to the motherboard connector (40) is inserted. The storage device dismounting structure of the POS device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device mounting section (110) includes: a mounting guide wall (111), which is provided for two parts of the storage device tray (120) The side contacts, supports, and guides; the limiting portion coupling groove (112) is formed on both sides of the mounting guide wall (111); the storage device tray (120) further includes: adding a curved elastic portion (126), which are respectively installed on both sides of the storage device tray (120), and are provided with mounting limit portions (127), and when the storage device tray (120) is inserted into the storage device When the mounting portion (110) is mounted, the mounting limiting portion (127) is elastically inserted into the limiting portion coupling groove (112). The storage device dismounting structure of the POS device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device tray (120) further includes: a storage device coupling portion (121) formed so as to be capable of accommodating the storage device (130) inside ); The storage device connector opening (125) is formed below so that the storage device connector (132) of the storage device (130) can be exposed. The storage device dismounting structure of the POS device according to claim 3, wherein the storage device (130) further comprises: a coupling slot (131) on two sides of the storage device (130) in one place It is formed as above; the storage device tray (120) further includes: an elastic coupling attachment portion (122), which respectively engages with each storage device inserted into each of the coupling grooves (131) by means of a cut groove (123). (124) provides elasticity. The storage device disassembly structure of the POS device according to claim 4, further comprising: an additional handle (128) formed at the end of the additional curved elastic portion (126); an introduction handle (129), It is formed on the upper side of the storage device tray (120).