CN113273783A

CN113273783A - Umbrella and locking structure thereof

Info

Publication number: CN113273783A
Application number: CN202110643505.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王东平; 陈颍林
Original assignee: Huizhou Topumbrella Co ltd
Current assignee: Huizhou Topumbrella Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-09
Filing date: 2021-06-09
Publication date: 2021-08-20

Abstract

The invention discloses an umbrella and a locking structure thereof, wherein the locking structure comprises a buckle I, a buckle II and a honeycomb, the buckle I and the buckle II are respectively and fixedly arranged at the upper end and the lower end of a middle rod, the honeycomb is vertically and slidably arranged on the middle rod between the buckle I and the buckle II, and the honeycomb can be fixedly buckled with the buckle I and the buckle II. The locking structure improves the open pore structure, protects the integrity of the middle rod, and has the characteristics of high overall strength, smooth use and long service life.

Description

Umbrella and locking structure thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of umbrella locking, in particular to a locking structure. Also relates to an umbrella.

Background

The umbrella is a common lock, the locking structure of the umbrella comprises locking heads positioned at the upper end and the lower end of a middle rod and a lower nest (a locking rod) sliding along the middle rod, and the umbrella is unfolded or folded by utilizing the locking and fixing of the locking rod and the locking heads.

The existing lock head mostly adopts the form that a bar-shaped notch is opened on a middle rod and an elastic bow piece is embedded in the bar-shaped notch, and the lock rod adopts the form that a button for accommodating the space of the bow piece is reserved inside. When the umbrella is used, the locking rod moves to extrude the bow piece to enable the bow piece to enter, the bow piece rebounds after being contracted, the button is fixed with the bow piece, and the locking of the umbrella after the umbrella is opened is realized; the button is pressed, the fixing of the button and the bow piece is released after the bow piece is contracted, and the lock rod moves downwards to enable the bow piece to withdraw, so that the umbrella is folded. The following drawbacks exist: the button assembly is made of plastic parts, and the button stopping part is greatly abraded along with the long-term use of the bow piece; the middle rod is provided with the strip-shaped notch, so that the cost is increased, the strength of the middle rod is reduced, and the material selection of the middle rod is limited.

Therefore, how to provide a locking structure that solves the above technical problems is a technical problem that needs to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a locking structure, which improves the opening structure, protects the integrity of a middle rod, and has the characteristics of high overall strength, smooth use and long service life. Another object of the present invention is to provide an umbrella.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a locking structure, which includes a buckle I, a buckle II and a honeycomb, wherein the buckle I and the buckle II are respectively and fixedly installed at the upper end and the lower end of a central rod, the honeycomb is vertically and slidably installed on the central rod between the buckle I and the buckle II, and the honeycomb can be fastened and fixed with the buckle I and the buckle II.

Preferably, buckle I is including the installation department I that is located the upside and the spacing portion I that is located the downside, spacing portion I's external diameter is greater than installation department I's external diameter, the honeycomb is including the installed part that is located the upside, the installed part is used for the buckle to be fixed in spacing portion I upside.

Preferably, the mounting part comprises a mounting body and a button transversely installed on the mounting body in a sliding manner, and the button is used for realizing the locking and unlocking of the mounting part and the buckle I.

Preferably, the button comprises a pressing part exposed on the front side of the installation body and a moving part wrapped on the rear side of the installation body, and the pressing part is used for driving the moving part to realize locking and unlocking of the moving part and the limiting part I.

Preferably, a spring for realizing the reset of the pressing part is arranged between the middle part of the moving part and the mounting body.

Preferably, both sides of the motion part are provided with limiting blocks II, and both sides of the inside of the installation body are provided with limiting grooves for limiting the limiting positions of the limiting blocks II.

Preferably, the upper edge of the mounting body and the lower edge of the limiting part I are provided with corresponding arc transition surfaces.

Preferably, the mounting body is further provided with a limiting block I, and the limiting portion I is further provided with a limiting hole for the limiting block I to insert and limit rotation.

Preferably, buckle II is including the locking part that is located the upside and the supporting part that is located the downside, the locking part is the claw head form, the honeycomb is including the spacing portion II that is located the downside, spacing portion II's upside is equipped with installation department II and spacing portion III in proper order, installation department II's external diameter is less than spacing portion II with spacing portion III's external diameter.

The invention also provides an umbrella, which comprises a middle rod, an upper nest and the locking structure, wherein the upper nest is fixedly arranged at the top end of the middle rod, the upper nest is provided with a framework I, the honeycomb is provided with a framework II, and the framework I is hinged with the framework II.

Compared with the prior art, the locking structure provided by the invention comprises a buckle I, a buckle II and a honeycomb, wherein the buckle I is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the middle rod, the buckle II is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the middle rod, the honeycomb is slidably arranged on the middle rod, the honeycomb can vertically slide between the buckle I and the buckle II along the middle rod, the honeycomb can slide upwards to be fixed at the buckle I, and the honeycomb can also slide downwards to be fixed at the buckle II. The locking structure improves the open pore structure, avoids opening pores on the middle rod as much as possible, protects the integrity of the middle rod, and has the characteristics of high overall strength, smooth use and long service life.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a locking structure provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an umbrella provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a buckle I according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a buckle II according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic locking diagram of a buckle II according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic locking diagram of a buckle I according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a button provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a limiting groove according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein:

1-middle rod, 2-honeycomb, 3-buckle I, 4-buckle II, 5-upper nest, 6-framework I, 7-framework II, 21-spring, 201-cylinder, 202-lower nest, 203-mounting piece, 204-fixing piece, 301-mounting piece I, 302-limiting piece I, 303-fixing hole, 304-limiting hole, 401-locking piece, 402-supporting piece, 2031-mounting body, 2032-button, 2033-limiting piece I, 2041-limiting piece II, 2042-mounting piece II, 2043-limiting piece III, 20311-limiting groove, 20321-pressing piece, 20322-moving piece, 203221-connecting groove and 203222-limiting piece II.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the disclosure, the invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, in which fig. 1 is a schematic view of a locking structure provided in an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a schematic view of an umbrella provided in an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3 is a schematic view of a buckle I provided in an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 4 is a schematic view of a buckle II provided in an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 5 is a schematic view of locking of a buckle II provided in an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 6 is a schematic view of locking of a buckle I provided in an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 7 is a schematic view of a button provided in an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 8 is a schematic view of a limiting groove provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

In a first embodiment, the locking structure provided by the present invention comprises a buckle I3, a buckle II4 and a honeycomb 2, wherein the buckle I3 and the buckle II4 are respectively fixedly mounted at the upper end and the lower end of the middle rod 1, the honeycomb 2 is slidably mounted on the middle rod 1, the honeycomb 2 can vertically slide along the middle rod 1 between the buckle I3 and the buckle II4, the honeycomb 2 can be fastened and fixed when sliding upwards to the buckle I3, and the honeycomb 2 can be fastened and fixed when sliding downwards to the buckle II 4.

In this embodiment, the honeycomb 2 is used as a support structure connected to the umbrella ribs, and the umbrella cover constructed by the umbrella ribs is spread and folded by sliding up and down along the central rod 1, and the buckle I3 and the buckle II4 respectively play a role of fastening the upper end and the lower end. Wherein, honeycomb 2 can be subdivided into barrel 201, nest 202, installed part 203 and mounting piece 204 down, and barrel 201 is as major structure, and installed part 203 and nest 202 down set gradually in the upside of barrel 201, and mounting piece 204 sets up in the downside of barrel 201, and nest 202 plays the effect of connecting the rib down, and installed part 203 plays the effect fixed with buckle I3 buckle, and mounting piece 204 plays the effect fixed with buckle II4 buckle.

It should be noted that one of the core improvements of the present invention is a locking manner of snap-fastening, and the specific form of snap-fastening may be an elastic snap, or may be other forms of snap, and also belongs to the description scope of the present embodiment. Taking the elastic buckle as an example, either one or both of the buckle I3 and the buckle II4 can be an elastic structure, which can be opened when the honeycomb 2 moves, so that the buckle is temporarily opened, and the elastic structure recovers to the original state after further moving in place, so that the buckle is kept closed, and the buckle is fixed.

Compared with the scheme that the holes are formed in the middle rod 1 in the prior art, the locking structure improves the hole forming structure, avoids the holes from being formed in the middle rod 1 as much as possible, protects the integrity of the middle rod 1, and has the characteristics of high overall strength, smooth use and long service life.

In a specific embodiment, the buckle I3 comprises a mounting part I301 on the upper side and a limiting part I302 on the lower side, the mounting part I301 is provided with a fixing hole 303, the fixing hole 303 is used for rivet connection and penetrates into the middle rod 1, the outer diameter of the limiting part I302 is larger than that of the mounting part I301, the honeycomb 2 comprises a mounting part 203 on the upper side, and the mounting part 203 is used for being buckled and fixed on the upper side of the limiting part I302.

In this embodiment, the mounting member 203 may be an elastic structure that realizes the snap by elastic deformation, or a rigid movable structure that realizes the snap by movement. In any way, the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present embodiment.

For example, taking the movable structure as an example, in this case, the mounting member 203 includes a mounting body 2031 and a button 2032, the button 2032 is slidably mounted on the mounting body 2031, the button 2032 can slide laterally in the mounting body 2031, and the mounting member 203 and the buckle I3 are locked and unlocked by moving the button 2032.

In this embodiment, the inner diameter of the mounting body 2031 is larger than the maximum outer diameter of the clip I3, that is, the outer diameter of the stopper portion I302, and the inner diameter of the mounting piece 203 can be changed by moving the button 2032. When the button 2032 moves to the innermost side, the inner diameter of the mounting part 203 is larger than the outer diameter of the limiting part I302, the mounting part 203 is not obstructed by the limiting part I302, and the mounting part 203 is sleeved on the limiting part I302; when the button 2032 is moved to the outermost side, the inner diameter of the mounting member 203 is smaller than the outer diameter of the stopper portion I302, and the mounting member 203 is obstructed by the stopper portion I302, so that the mounting member 203 cannot fit over the stopper portion I302.

When the honeycomb fixing device is used, when the honeycomb 2 moves upwards and is ready to be fastened and fixed, the button 2032 moves inwards to enable the mounting piece 203 to be sleeved on the limiting part I302, the button 2032 moves outwards again, the limiting part I302 blocks the mounting piece 203 at the moment, the honeycomb 2 cannot move downwards, and fastening and fixing are achieved.

Illustratively, the button 2032 includes a pressing portion 20321 and a moving portion 20322, the pressing portion 20321 is located at a front side and exposed at the front side of the mounting body 2031, and the pressing portion 20321 is located at a rear side and wrapped around the rear side of the mounting body 2031.

In the present embodiment, the moving portion 20322 is driven by manipulating the pressing portion 20321, and whether the moving portion 20322 is in contact with the limiting portion I302 or not, that is, locking and unlocking, is realized by the movement of the moving portion 20322.

Further, a spring 21 for returning the pressing portion 20321 is disposed between the middle of the moving portion 20322 and the mounting body 2031.

In this embodiment, the inside of installation body 2031 has the boss of installation spring 21, and the other end laminating of spring 21 is in the connecting groove 203221 in motion portion 20322 middle part, and connecting groove 203221 is sunken poroid, and spring 21 limits between two structures, and the resilience force is stable, does not loosen and takes off, and excellent in use effect, life is good. The spring 21 provides pre-tightening force to make the button 2032 at the outermost side in the initial state; when mount 203 is snap-fitted with snap I3, button 2032 returns to maintain the snap-fitted state under the action of spring 21.

On this basis, the upper edge of the mounting body 2031 and the lower edge of the limiting portion I302 are provided with corresponding arc transition surfaces.

In this embodiment, when the honeycomb 2 moves upward, the arc transition surface of the upper edge of the mounting body 2031 contacts the arc transition surface of the lower edge of the limiting portion I302, the spring 21 is compressed under the sliding and tangential action of the arc transition surfaces, the button 2032 moves to the innermost side, so that the mounting body 2031 is sleeved into the mounting portion I301 from the limiting portion I302, the spring 21 is released subsequently, and the button 2032 moves to the outermost side, so that the mounting body 2031 is fastened and fixed on the upper side of the limiting portion I302.

In addition, two sides of the moving portion 20322 are provided with a stop block II203222, the stop block II203222 is of a columnar structure, and two sides inside the mounting body 2031 are provided with a stop groove 20311 for limiting the limit position of the stop block II 203222.

In this embodiment, it can be understood that the mounting body 2031 has a cavity for mounting the moving portion 20322 of the button 2032 therein, the limiting groove 20311 is opened at two sides of the cavity, and the moving portion 20322 is assembled in the cavity through the limiting blocks II203222 at two sides thereof, so that not only sliding is realized, but also the sliding limit is limited.

It should be noted that the extreme positions include the innermost and outermost extreme positions, and whichever extreme position ensures that the button 2032 does not contact the middle rod 1, so as to avoid the wear of the middle rod 1 and the button 2032 caused by long-term use, thereby prolonging the service life. At the same time, the position of the spring 21 is further limited to avoid loosening.

It should be emphasized that the button 2032 has a corresponding limit structure in the mounting body 2031, and a stable structure can be formed by the cooperation of the spring 21; the movable range of the button 2032, the compression stroke of the spring 21, and the like are fixed movement trajectories. The use can obviously improve smooth and easy degree, and experience is felt well, and mechanical structure is more compact, and the product is more durable.

Further, the mounting body 2031 is further provided with a limiting block I2033, and the limiting portion I302 is further provided with a limiting hole 304 for the limiting block I2033 to be inserted into and limiting the rotation.

In this embodiment, the vertical movement limitation is realized by the fastening of the honeycomb 2 and the fastener I3, in order to avoid the rotation in the circumferential direction, the mounting body 2031 and the limiting part I302 are further provided with the limiting block I2033 and the limiting hole 304 which are combined in a concave-convex manner, and when the honeycomb 2 and the fastener I3 are fixed vertically, the fastening is also limited in the circumferential direction, so that the anti-twisting effect is achieved.

In a specific embodiment, buckle II4 includes locking part 401 that is located the upside and is located the supporting part 402 of downside, and locking part 401 is claw head form, and honeycomb 2 is including the spacing portion II2041 that is located the downside, and the upside of spacing portion II2041 is equipped with installation department II2042 and spacing portion III2043 in proper order, and the external diameter of installation department II2042 is less than the external diameter of spacing portion II2041 and spacing portion III 2043.

In this embodiment, the position-limiting portion II2041 is an arc transition structure, and a pair of locking portions 401 can be adopted, so that the clip II4 is in a double-claw structure, and the clip II4 is elastically deformed to realize fixing and separation. When the honeycomb 2 moves downward and is fastened, the elastic locking portion 401 is pressed to expand outward, and after the limiting portion II2041 enters the locking portion 401, the locking portion 401 is restored to its original shape, and the locking portion 401 is fastened to the mounting portion II2042 between the limiting portion II2041 and the limiting portion III 2043.

The invention also provides an umbrella which comprises the locking structure and has all the advantages of the locking structure, and the details are not repeated.

Specifically, the umbrella is an umbrella and further comprises a middle rod 1 and an upper nest 5, wherein the upper nest 5 is fixedly arranged at the top end of the middle rod 1, the upper nest 5 is provided with a framework I6, the honeycomb 2 is provided with a framework II7, the framework I6 is hinged with the framework II7, and an umbrella cover is constructed on the framework.

The middle rod 1 of the umbrella has high integrity, good integral strength and lower processing cost; all the components are designed finely, and the umbrella is light in weight, light and handy and convenient and easy to use under the condition of the same material; the structure is all alternated and combined with design, and the size of the part is more exquisite.

It is noted that, in this specification, relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity from another entity without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities.

The umbrella and the locking structure thereof provided by the invention are described in detail above. The principles and embodiments of the present invention are explained herein using specific examples, which are presented only to assist in understanding the method and its core concepts. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, it is possible to make various improvements and modifications to the present invention without departing from the principle of the present invention, and those improvements and modifications also fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a locking structure, its characterized in that, includes buckle I (3), buckle II (4) and honeycomb (2), buckle I (3) with buckle II (4) are used for fixed installing in the upper and lower both ends of well stick (1) respectively, honeycomb (2) are used for vertical slip to install in buckle I (3) with well stick (1) between buckle II (4), honeycomb (2) can with buckle I (3) with buckle II (4) buckle is fixed.

2. The locking structure according to claim 1, wherein the clip I (3) comprises a mounting portion I (301) on the upper side and a stopper portion I (302) on the lower side, the stopper portion I (302) having an outer diameter larger than that of the mounting portion I (301), and the honeycomb (2) comprises a mounting member (203) on the upper side, the mounting member (203) being for snap-fixing to the stopper portion I (302) on the upper side.

3. The locking structure according to claim 2, wherein the mounting member (203) comprises a mounting body (2031) and a button (2032) mounted to the mounting body (2031) in a laterally sliding manner, the button (2032) being used for locking and unlocking the mounting member (203) and the buckle I (3).

4. The locking structure according to claim 3, wherein the button (2032) comprises a pressing portion (20321) exposed at a front side of the mounting body (2031) and a moving portion (20322) wrapped at a rear side of the mounting body (2031), and the pressing portion (20321) is configured to drive the moving portion (20322) to lock and unlock the moving portion (20322) and the limiting portion I (302).

5. The locking structure according to claim 4, wherein a spring (21) for returning the pressing portion (20321) is provided between the middle of the moving portion (20322) and the mounting body (2031).

6. The locking structure according to claim 4, wherein the moving portion (20322) is provided at both sides thereof with a stopper II (203222), and the mounting body (2031) is provided at both inner sides thereof with a stopper groove (20311) for limiting the limit position of the stopper II (203222).

7. The locking structure according to claim 5, wherein the upper edge of the mounting body (2031) and the lower edge of the limiting part I (302) are provided with corresponding arc transition surfaces.

8. The locking structure according to any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the mounting body (2031) is further provided with a stopper I (2033), and the stopper I (302) is further provided with a stopper hole (304) into which the stopper I (2033) is inserted and which restricts rotation.

9. The locking structure according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the clip II (4) comprises a locking portion (401) located on the upper side and a supporting portion (402) located on the lower side, the locking portion (401) is in the shape of a claw, the honeycomb (2) comprises a limiting portion II (2041) located on the lower side, a mounting portion II (2042) and a limiting portion III (2043) are sequentially provided on the upper side of the limiting portion II (2041), and the outer diameter of the mounting portion II (2042) is smaller than the outer diameters of the limiting portion II (2041) and the limiting portion III (2043).

10. An umbrella, comprising a middle bar (1), an upper nest (5) and the locking structure of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the upper nest (5) is fixedly installed on the top end of the middle bar (1), the upper nest (5) is provided with a framework I (6), the honeycomb (2) is provided with a framework II (7), and the framework I (6) is hinged with the framework II (7).