Battery storage apparatus with restricting portion

A battery storage apparatus configured to store a battery including a battery terminal, the battery storage apparatus comprising:

• a storage portion that includes:
• an opening through which the battery is inserted and removed, and
• a storage space that stores the battery in a manner so that the battery is attached and detached through the opening;
• a storage portion terminal that is positionally fixed relative to the storage portion and is configured to connect with the battery terminal through contact;
• a portable portion that is configured to support the battery and to move with respect to the storage portion between a connection position where the storage portion terminal and the battery terminal are connected and a disconnection position where the storage portion terminal and the battery terminal are disconnected;
• and
• a restricting portion that restricts, in a releasable manner, movement of the portable portion from the disconnection position toward the connection position, wherein
• the restricting portion includes:
• an engagement portion that is provided to the portable portion and
• an engaged portion that is positionally fixed relative to the storage portion terminal, and
• movement of the portable portion from the disconnection position toward the connection position is restricted by the engagement portion and the engaged portion being engaged with each other at the disconnection position;
• wherein
• the portable portion includes:
• a portable portion body that supports the battery and
• an operating portion that is provided with a grip portion that is configured to be gripped by a worker, and the operating portion is moved relative to the storage portion in an insertion and removal direction through the opening, whereby the portable portion body is moved in the insertion and removal direction between the connection position and the disconnection position;
• wherein
• the operating portion is configured to move relative to the portable portion body, and
• the operating portion includes a disengagement portion that dissolves the engagement between the engagement between the engagement portion and the engaged portion by moving the operating portion relative to the portable portion body in a disengagement direction different from the insertion and removal direction;
• wherein
• the portable portion body includes a guide portion that extends in the insertion and removal direction and guides the movement of the operating portion relative to the portable portion body,
• the grip portion is arranged on a side opposite the storage portion terminal side in the insertion and removal direction of the operating portion, and
• the operating portion includes an operating portion biasing member that causes the operating portion to be inclined relative to the extension direction of the guide portion and elastically biases the grip portion toward the outside of the opening when viewed in the insertion and removal direction.

A battery storage apparatus configured to store a battery including a battery terminal, the battery storage apparatus comprising:

• a storage portion that includes:
• an opening through which the battery is inserted and removed, and
• a storage space that stores the battery in a manner so that the battery is attached and detached through the opening;
• a storage portion terminal that is positionally fixed relative to the storage portion and is configured to connect with the battery terminal through contact;
• a portable portion that is configured to support the battery and to move with respect to the storage portion between a connection position where the storage portion terminal and the battery terminal are connected and a disconnection position where the storage portion terminal and the battery terminal are disconnected;
• and
• a restricting portion that restricts, in a releasable manner, movement of the portable portion from the disconnection position toward the connection position, wherein
• the restricting portion includes:
• an engagement portion that is provided to the portable portion and
• an engaged portion that is positionally fixed relative to the storage portion terminal, and
• movement of the portable portion from the disconnection position toward the connection position is restricted by the engagement portion and the engaged portion being engaged with each other at the disconnection position;
• wherein
• the portable portion includes:
• a portable portion body that supports the battery and
• an operating portion that is provided with a grip portion that is configured to be gripped by a worker, and
• the operating portion is moved relative to the storage portion in an insertion and removal direction through the opening, whereby the portable portion body is moved in the insertion and removal direction between the connection position and the disconnection position;
• wherein
• the operating portion is configured to move relative to the portable portion body, and
• the operating portion includes a disengagement portion that dissolves the engagement between the engagement between the engagement portion and the engaged portion by moving the operating portion relative to the portable portion body in a disengagement direction different from the insertion and removal direction;
• wherein
• the engagement portion is rotatable and switches, by the rotation of the engagement portion, between an engagement of being engaged with the engaged portion and a disengagement state in which the engagement with the engaged portion is dissolved,
• the engagement portion includes the engagement portion biasing member that elastically biases the engagement portion in a direction to rotate toward the engagement state side, and
• the operating portion is moved in the disengagement direction, thereby causing the disengagement portion to rotate the engagement portion against the elastic force of the engagement portion biasing member to enter the disengagement state.