Patent ID: 6654333
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A case body with a front panel comprising:a box-like case body; a panel provided on a front side of the case body; a shaft member provided on the panel; a groove provided on said case body and guiding said shaft member; and driving means provided in said case body, said driving means being actuated to thereby cause an attitude of the panel to be successively changed from a first state where said panel is substantially parallel to a front surface of the case body, to a second state where one end of the panel moves to the other end of the case body in a vertical direction to cause the panel to substantially horizontally project forward from the other end of the case body, and to a third state where top and bottom as well as inside and outside of the panel are reversed to the first state, wherein said driving means has a panel driving member pivotably coupled to the panel via a drive shaft in a position remote from said shaft member, driving said panel driving member causes said drive shaft to move and also causes said shaft member to move in said groove to pivot said panel, and said groove is continuously formed with a first guide passage guiding said shaft member so as to move said panel from the first state to the second state, and a second guide passage guiding said shaft member so as to move said panel from the second state to the third state.