EP1189764A1 - Ring-binder mechanism - Google Patents
Ring-binder mechanismInfo
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- EP1189764A1 EP1189764A1 EP01929539A EP01929539A EP1189764A1 EP 1189764 A1 EP1189764 A1 EP 1189764A1 EP 01929539 A EP01929539 A EP 01929539A EP 01929539 A EP01929539 A EP 01929539A EP 1189764 A1 EP1189764 A1 EP 1189764A1
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- Prior art keywords
- ring binder
- binder mechanism
- mechanism according
- housing
- locking element
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
- B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
- B42F13/00—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots
- B42F13/16—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with claws or rings
- B42F13/20—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with claws or rings pivotable about an axis or axes parallel to binding edges
- B42F13/22—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with claws or rings pivotable about an axis or axes parallel to binding edges in two sections engaging each other when closed
- B42F13/26—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with claws or rings pivotable about an axis or axes parallel to binding edges in two sections engaging each other when closed and locked when so engaged, e.g. snap-action
Definitions
- the invention relates to a ring binder mechanism with a cross-sectionally C-shaped or U-shaped housing with elastically bendable bearing legs for two mounting rails, which bear against one another on their mutually facing longitudinal edges to form an articulated axis and engage with their mutually facing longitudinal edges in bearing grooves of the bearing legs, and with at least two half rings rigidly connected to the mounting rails at a defined longitudinal distance from one another, reaching through openings in a housing wall and complementing one another in pairs to form a ring, the mounting rails about the hinge axis taking the half rings between an open position and a closed position while overcoming one by bending open the Bearing leg generated spring force are limited pivotable against each other, and wherein at least one via an actuator substantially parallel to the hinge axis relative to the housing and to the mounting rails latch element is provided which engages in the closed position in a space formed between the mounting rail and a housing wall while blocking the pivoting movement and in the open position releases the pivoting path about the axis of the joint.
- ring binder mechanisms it is known per se to attach the alignment half-rings to mounting rails which are encompassed by a housing made of resilient material.
- the mounting rails are inserted into the housing so that they can assume two locking positions, one open and one closed.
- the housing acts as a spring element that fixes the half rings in their open position and in their closed position.
- drivers or locking means In the area of the inner longitudinal edges of the mounting rails are drivers or locking means that ensure that the two mounting rails on these Long edges always lie flush against each other.
- the mounting rails have the function of a toggle lever that is spring-loaded on the outer edges.
- the rings are opened and closed directly via the half rings. In order to obtain sufficient pretensioning or locking forces, a relatively large spring force is required in the area of the housing.
- the object of the invention is to develop a ring binder mechanism which is automatically locked against unintentional opening during the closing process and which can nevertheless be operated simply and with one hand with little effort.
- the features specified in claim 1 are proposed.
- the solution according to the invention is based on the idea that the locking element automatically reaches its closed position in the course of the closing process.
- the at least one locking element is biased towards the closed position under the action of a closing spring.
- In the opening and / or closing direction has at least two actuation positions effective in different angular positions for subsequent actuation of the mounting rails and the at least one locking element.
- the locking element is arranged on a lever arm rigidly connected to the actuating lever and that the actuating lever be relative to the housing and to the mounting rails in the direction of displacement of the locking element - is movable.
- the closing spring is expediently clamped there between an abutment which is fixed to the housing and an abutment which is fixed to the actuating lever and is preferably designed as a leg spring.
- the actuating lever has a control cam guided on a control edge of the housing, by means of which the actuating lever with its locking element can be displaced from a closed position in the direction of the open position against pivoting against the force of the closing spring.
- the opening process of the rings is facilitated if the actuating lever is rigidly connected to an opening bracket that acts against the mounting rails in the opening direction.
- the opening arm is expediently arranged at such a distance from the locking element that the locking element can be inserted into the free space between the mounting rails and the housing wall in the closed position of the actuating lever and the mounting rails under the action of the locking spring and in the open position under the action of the locking spring strikes against a latch that is fixed to the housing.
- the locking element can also be designed as a closing arm acting in the closing direction against the mounting rails.
- the actuating lever has at least one axle element which, in the open position of the actuating lever, bears against a bearing surface fixed to the housing under the action of the closing spring and forms an axis of rotation for the locking element during its disengaging and closing movement. In the closed position of the actuating lever, the axle element is lifted off the bearing surface fixed to the housing.
- the control curve can be arranged on a control arm that extends through a wall opening of the housing and a passage opening in the joint area between the mounting rails, while the control edge can be formed by a preferably bent boundary edge of the wall opening.
- the locking element is arranged on a lever arm which extends through a wall opening in the housing, while the latch fixed to the housing is formed by a preferably bent-over boundary edge of the wall opening.
- the locking element expediently bears under the action of the closing spring against an end stop fixed to the housing, which can run in a wedge shape in the closing direction and can be formed by a bulge engaging in the free space in a housing wall.
- the actuating lever is mounted and guided in the intermediate area between two rings on the housing and one through the opening of one of the rings engaging arm. If the actuating arm points to the opposite side of the lever arm carrying the locking element, the mechanism is opened by depressing the actuating arm and closed by lifting the actuating arm. If, on the other hand, the actuating arm points to the same side as the lever arm carrying the locking element, the mechanism is closed by depressing the actuating arm and opened by lifting it. On the closing path of the actuating arm, the locking element is automatically moved into its closed position under the action of the closing spring. There the locking element ensures that the rings cannot be opened by pulling the half rings apart. On the opening path of the actuating arm, the locking element comes into a detent in the last phase under the action of the closing spring.
- the latching connection is designed so that it can be released in the closing direction by actuating the actuating arm or the half rings.
- the at least one locking element is rigidly arranged on a control rod, which is preferably designed as a pull rod, the push rod being displaceable relative to the housing to a limited extent in the longitudinal direction of the mounting rails via the actuating lever under the action of the closing spring.
- the closing spring is expediently designed as a compression spring. Accordingly, the actuating lever rests on one end of the push rod, while the closing spring is clamped between the other end of the push rod and an abutment fixed to the housing, so that the actuating lever acts pullingly on the push rod in the opening direction against the force of the closing spring.
- the at least one locking element is connected to the actuating lever via a tension member and a closing spring integrated in the tension member.
- Each ring element is advantageously assigned its own tension member, preferably designed as a piece of wire, wherein at least two of the tension members can preferably be connected to one another in one piece by a connecting bridge. This makes it possible to assign a separate closing spring to each locking element.
- the closing spring is designed as a leg spring integrated in the tension member, one leg of which is connected to the actuating lever via the tension member and the other leg of which is supported on a bearing fixed to the housing or on the mounting rail and is articulated at a distance from the support point on the associated locking element.
- the at least one locking element is designed as a slide which is guided in a guide opening between the two mounting rails and which has a wedge-shaped closing surface pointing in the closing direction and engaging in the free space in the closed position.
- the wedge surface is primarily used for tolerance compensation.
- the wedge angle is selected so that self-locking occurs in the closed position.
- the slide advantageously has an end edge which is arrow-shaped in the closing direction, while the guide opening has an arrow shape which is complementary thereto on its boundary edge which faces the end edge.
- Show it 1a to c show a plan view, a longitudinal section and an end view of a ring binder mechanism with three rings in the closed state;
- FIGS. 1a to c show a bottom view, a side view and a top view of the rings of the ring binder mechanism according to FIGS. 1a to c connected to mounting rails;
- FIG. 2d and e two enlarged sections of Fig. 2a;
- FIGS. 2a to c show two different sections from the mounting rail ring arrangement according to FIGS. 2a to c in a diagrammatic representation
- 3c and d each show an end view of the mounting rail ring arrangement in the closed position and in the open position;
- FIGS. 1a to c shows a diagrammatic representation of the resilient housing of the ring binder mechanism according to FIGS. 1a to c;
- 4b is a partial bottom view of the housing in a diagrammatic representation
- 4c and d are a top view and an end view of the housing
- 5a is a diagrammatic representation of the actuating lever of the ring binder mechanism according to FIGS. 1a to c; 5b to e show different views of the actuating lever according to FIG. 5a;
- FIGS. 1a to c shows a diagrammatic representation of the tension member for the locking elements of the ring binder mechanism according to FIGS. 1a to c;
- 6b is a plan view of the tension member in an interrupted, enlarged view
- Fig. 6c is a plan view of the tension member with an integrated spring
- FIG. 7b to e show different side views of a locking element according to FIG. 7a;
- 10a to c show a side view, a top view and an end view of a lever-operated ring binder mechanism with two rings; 11a to d the rings with mounting rails of the ring binder mechanism according to FIGS. 10a to c in a diagrammatic representation, in an end view, a side view and a top view;
- FIGS. 10a to c show a partially sectioned side view of the ring binder mechanism according to FIGS. 10a to c in different actuation positions;
- FIGS. 13a to e shows a representation corresponding to FIGS. 13a to e with the actuating lever in the assembly position
- FIGS. 13a to e enlarged sections from FIGS. 13a to e.
- the ring binder mechanisms shown in the drawing are primarily intended to hold loose, perforated sheets, for example documents or printed matter.
- the ring binder mechanisms essentially consist of a housing 10, at least two arranged at a defined longitudinal distance from one another, through openings 12 in a housing wall 13 and complementing in pairs to form a ring 14 half rings 16 and an actuating lever 18 for opening and closing the rings.
- the half rings 16, which complement each other to form the ring 14, are rigidly fastened to two support rails 20, which bear against one another on their mutually facing longitudinal edges to form an articulated axis 22 and with their mutually facing longitudinal edges 24 engage in mutually facing bearing grooves 26 which engage in the flanks 28 are stamped.
- the support rails 20 are inserted into the housing 10 so that they can assume two locking positions, one open and a closed (Fig. 3c and d).
- the housing acts as a spring element which fixes the half rings 16 in their open position and in their closed position.
- drivers 30 which ensure that the two mounting rails 20 always abut each other on their longitudinal edges.
- the support rails 20 have the function of a toggle lever held spring-loaded on the outer edges 24.
- the mounting rails 20 can be pivoted relative to one another to a limited extent about their hinge axis 22 with the entrainment of the half rings 16 between the open position and the closed position while overcoming a spring force generated by the bending of the housing flanks 28.
- At least one locking element 32, 32 ' which can be displaced relative to the housing 10 and the mounting rails 20 and is essentially parallel to the hinge axis 22 and is provided in the closed position in a free space 34 formed between the mounting rails 20 and the housing wall 13 engages by blocking the swivel path of the mounting rails and in the open position releases the swivel path around the hinge axis 22.
- a special feature of the constructions shown is that the at least one locking element 32 is biased towards the closed position under the action of at least one closing spring 36, 36 '(FIGS. 6a to c and FIGS. 14a and e).
- the at least one locking element 32, 32 ' can be displaced in the opening direction via the actuating lever 18 against the force of the closing spring 36, 36' and can be unlocked in the process (FIGS. 8b and c; FIGS. 14b and c).
- the at least one locking element 32, 32 ' In the open position, the at least one locking element 32, 32 'bears against the opening catch under the action of the closing spring 36, 36' (FIG. 8d; FIG. 14d).
- the actuating lever 18 also has an opening arm 40 which abuts against the mounting rails 20 in the opening direction and swings them from the closed into the open position while overcoming the spring force generated by the housing flanks 28. Furthermore, the actuating lever 18 is provided with a closing arm 42 which swings against the mounting rails 20 in the closing direction and which swings from the open to the closed position while overcoming the spring force applied by the housing flanks 28.
- the at least one locking element 32, 32 'in the closing direction can also be moved directly or indirectly via the mounting rails 20 against the force of the closing spring 36, 36' by actuating the half rings 16 and can thereby be disengaged from the opening catch 38.
- the actuating lever 18 thus has two actuating positions effective in different angular positions for a subsequent actuation of the mounting rails 20 and the at least one locking element 32, 32 'in the opening and closing directions.
- FIGS. 1 to 9 In the exemplary embodiment of a ring binder mechanism shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, three rings 14 arranged at equal distances from one another and two locking elements 32, 32 'are provided, which can be actuated via an actuating lever 18 arranged on an end face of the housing 10 outside the intermediate spaces between the rings ,
- the locking elements 32, 32 'arranged in the region of the two outer rings are connected to the actuating lever 18 via a tension member 44, 44' and a closing spring 36, 36 'integrated in the tension member.
- Each locking element 32, 32 ' is assigned its own tension member 44, 44' and its own closing spring 36, 36 '.
- the tension members 44, 44 'are designed as pieces of wire which are integrally connected to one another by a connecting bridge 46.
- the in the train 44, 44 'integrated closing springs 36, 36' are designed as leg springs, one leg 48 of which is connected to the actuating lever 18 via the respective tension member 44, 44 'and the other leg 50 is supported on a bearing 52 fixed to the mounting rail and at a distance from it Support point is articulated on the associated locking element 32, 32 '.
- the locking elements 32, 32 ' are designed as a slide which is guided in a guide opening 54 between the two mounting rails 20 and which has a wedge-shaped closing surface 56 pointing in the closing direction and engaging in the free space 34 in the closed position. Furthermore, the locking elements have an end edge 58 which is arrow-shaped in the closing direction, while the guide opening on its boundary edge 38 facing the end edge 58 has an arrow shape which is complementary thereto.
- the actuating lever 18 has two pairs of bearing pins 70, 72 projecting laterally outwards, each against a bearing and guide surface 74 fixed to the housing , 76 are concerned.
- the two bearing and guide surfaces 74, 76 form a detent 74 ', 76' in sections in the areas 74 ', 76' for the relevant bearing journals 70, 72.
- the bearing journals 70, 72 lift from their bearing and guide surfaces 74, 76 (cf. FIG. 8c for journal 70 and FIGS. 8d and e for journal 72).
- the actuating lever further contains a hook element 78, in which the tension members 44, 44 'are hooked in via the connecting bridge 46 (cf. FIGS. 5a and 8a to e).
- FIG. 8a shows the closed position of the ring binder mechanism, in which the actuating lever 18 with its lever arm 18 'points obliquely upwards, with its bearing pins 70, 72 against the associated bearing and guide surfaces. Chen 74, 76 abuts and rests with its closing arm 42 against the mounting rails 20.
- the support rails are pressed down with their hinge axis 22 within the housing 10 so that the half rings 16 bear against one another to form a closed ring 14 at the joint 80 (FIG. 9a).
- the locking elements 32, 32 ' engage with their end face in the free space 34 and bear with their wedge-shaped closing surface 56 against the inner surface of the mounting rails 20 on the free side.
- the mounting rails 20 and the half rings 16 attached to them are locked in their closed position.
- the pretension in the area of the closing springs 36, 36 ' ensures that there is a play-free non-positive connection between the locking elements 32, 32', on the one hand, and the adjacent stop surfaces in the area of the housing wall 13 and the mounting rails 20.
- the wedge-shaped closing surface 56 is self-locking, so that self-opening via the half rings 16 is not possible.
- FIG. 8b and c show the opening phase in which the actuating lever 18 is depressed in the direction of the opening arrow 82.
- the locking elements 32, 32 ' are pulled out of their closed position in the direction of the actuating lever 18 along the guide opening 54 via the hook element 78 and the tension members 44, 44' against the force of the closing springs 36, 36 ', so that the pivoting path for the mounting rails 20th about its hinge axis 22 is released (Fig. 8b).
- the opening arm 40 comes against the support rails 20 from below and presses them upwards, overcoming the spring force generated by the housing flanks 28, until the support rails 20 abut against the housing wall 13 (FIG. 8c).
- the half rings 16 are pivoted into their open position (FIG. 9b).
- the actuating lever 18 is pressed upwards in the direction of the closing arrow 84.
- the lever is first pivoted under the action of the closing springs 36, 36 'about the bearing axis defined by the catch 74' and moved with its opening arm 74 from above against the mounting rails 20 (FIG. 8e).
- the support rails 20 are pivoted downward about their hinge axis 22 overcoming the spring force generated by the housing flanks 28 past the locking elements 32, 32 'until the free space 34 is released.
- the locking elements 32, 32 ' are automatically moved into their locked position under the action of the closing springs 36, 36' and with the actuation lever 18 being carried along (FIG. 8a).
- the ring binder mechanism has two half-ring pairs 16, which are arranged at a defined distance from one another and pass through openings 12 in the housing wall 13, which are not mirror-symmetrical and complement one another to form non-circular rings 14.
- This ring binder mechanism replaces the otherwise usual lever mechanism of a letter folder. Accordingly, an actuating lever mounted in the intermediate region between the two rings is used to open and close the rings 14, the actuating arm 18 'of which extends through the opening of one of the rings 14.
- a special feature of this embodiment is that the locking element 32 is arranged on a lever arm 100 rigidly connected to the actuating lever 18 and that the actuating lever 18 can be displaced to a limited extent relative to the housing 10 and to the mounting rails 20 together with the locking element 32.
- the lever arm 100 of the locking element extends through a wall opening 116 in the housing, while the latch 110 fixed to the housing is formed by a preferably bent boundary edge of the wall opening.
- the closing spring 36 which is designed as a leg spring in the exemplary embodiment shown, is clamped with its one leg 48 to a lever-fixed abutment 102 and with its other leg 50 to a abutment 104 fixed to the housing.
- the actuating lever has a control cam 108 guided on a control edge 106 of the housing 10, by means of which the actuating lever 18 and its locking element 32 can be displaced from a closed position towards the open position when pivoted against the force of the closing spring 36 (see FIGS. 14a and b).
- the control cam 108 is arranged on a control arm 120 which extends through a wall opening 116 of the housing 10 and a passage opening 118 in the joint region between the mounting rails 20, while the control edge 106 is formed by a preferably bent-over boundary edge of the wall opening 116.
- the actuating lever 18 is rigidly connected to an opening arm 40 acting in the opening direction against the mounting rails, which in this case is formed by two pins projecting on opposite sides.
- the Opening bracket 40 is arranged at such a distance from the locking element 32 that the locking element in the closed position of the actuating lever 18 and the mounting rails 20 under the action of the closing spring 36 can be inserted into the space 34 between the mounting rails 20 and the housing wall 13 and in the open position under the action the closing spring 36 strikes against a housing-fixed catch 110.
- the locking element 32 or its lever arm 100 is in this case at the same time designed as a closing arm 42 acting in the closing direction against the mounting rails 20. In the closed position, the locking element 32 bears against an end stop 122 which is fixed to the housing and which runs wedge-shaped in the closing direction and is formed by a bulge in the housing wall 13 which engages in the free space 34.
- the actuating lever has two axle elements 112 designed as bearing journals, projecting on opposite sides, which in the open position of the actuating lever 32 bear against a bearing surface 114 fixed to the housing under the action of the closing spring 36 and forms an axis of rotation for the locking element 32 during its disengaging and closing movement and which is raised from the bearing surface 114 fixed to the housing in the closed position of the actuating lever 32.
- the actuating arm 18 'of the actuating lever 18 points towards the opposite side of the lever arm 100 which carries the locking element 32.
- the mechanism is opened and depressed by depressing the actuating arm 18' Raising the operating arm closed.
- the actuating arm it is possible for the actuating arm to face the same side as the lever arm carrying the locking element. In this case, the mechanism is closed by depressing the actuating arm and opened by lifting.
- the mechanism is opened in two phases: first, when the lever arm 18 'is pressed down in the direction of arrow 82, the actuating lever 18 is displaced via the control cam 108, which is supported on the control edge 106, against the force of the closing spring 36 in such a way that the locking element 32 moves out of the Free space 34 comes out (Fig. 13b, 14b).
- the lever arm 100 When depressed further, the lever arm 100 is pivoted upward about the axis of rotation formed by the control edge 106.
- the opening arm 40 strikes against the support rails 20 from below and takes them upwards while overcoming the spring force generated by the housing flanks 28 while simultaneously opening the half rings 16 (FIGS. 13c and 14c).
- the lever arm 18 is first pulled up in the direction of arrow 84. It is moved around the axis defined by the axis element 112 while the locking element 32 is disengaged housing-fixed rest 110 pivoted. At the same time, the mounting rails 20 are pressed downward over the closing arm 42 while overcoming the spring forces generated by the housing flanks 28 while closing the half rings 16. The free space 34 is cleared so that the locking element 32 can penetrate into it under the action of the closing spring 36 (FIGS. 13e, 14e). At the same time, the actuating lever returns to its closed position shown in FIGS. 13a, 14a.
- 13f indicates the position in which the actuating lever 18 can be inserted into the housing 10 during assembly.
- the invention relates to a ring binder mechanism for receiving perforated documents.
- the ring binder mechanism has a housing 10 with housing flanks 28 which can be resiliently bent open.
- Two support rails 20 are arranged in the housing and can be pivoted relative to one another in the region of their mutually facing longitudinal edges in the manner of a toggle lever under the spring action of the housing flanks 28.
- At least two half rings 16, which are arranged in pairs and complement one another to form a ring 14, are rigidly connected to the mounting rails 20.
- At least one locking element 32 which is displaceable relative to the housing 10 and to the mounting rails 20 via an actuating member 18, essentially parallel to the hinge axis 22, is provided in the closed position in a space 34 formed between the mounting rails 20 and a housing wall 13 while blocking the pivoting movement of the Carrier rails 20 engages and releases the pivoting path about the hinge axis 22 in the open position. It is proposed according to the invention that the at least one locking element 32 is biased towards the closed position under the action of a closing spring 36.
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