JP2000125676A - Auxiliary tool for yukizuri - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide auxiliary tools for Yukizuri (ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lowest branches to protect the tree from snow damage) for the tools for the Yukizuri capable of simply carrying out operations of the Yukizuri on the branches of the garden tree at an elevated place from the ground surface even by an amateur. SOLUTION: The auxiliary tools for Yukizuri are obtained by arranging a right nipping plate 1 having a right nipping part 5 and a right holding part 7 and bent in a crank form and a left nipping plate 2 similarly having a left nipping part 6 and a left holding part 8 and bent in the crank form with the left and right symmetry so as to mutually oppose the right nipping part 5 and the right holding part 7 to the left nipping part 6 and the left holding part 8, further connecting the right nipping plate 1 to the left nipping plate 2 with a leaf spring 3 urged in the direction to bring the right nipping part 5 close to the left nipping part 6, providing a hooked right stopper 9 attached to the right nipping plate 1 and a hooked left stopper 10 attached to the left nipping plate 2, engaging a U-shaped operating member 15 attached through a cylindrical fixed part 14 to a shaft 13 with the right stopper 9 and the left stopper 10, thereby lengthening and holding the interval between the right nipping part 5 and the left nipping part 6 against the urging force of the leaf spring 3, forming an engaging protruding part 4 for engaging with a piece A for the Yukizuri and forming an engaging part 18 for engaging with a pushing up rod C in the leaf spring 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a snow-suspension aid for a snow-suspension tool which makes it possible to easily suspend snow on a branch of a plant at a high place from the ground surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hanging snow is intended to prevent the branches of a tree plant from breaking due to the weight of snow. As a result, the efficiency is poor, so we will ask a tree planter. First, the present applicant applied for Japanese Patent Application No. 10-227659 and developed a snow hanging tool that allows even amateurs to hang snow, but the present invention is an improved invention utilizing the same.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended for amateurs,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a snow-suspension assisting device of a snow-suspension tool which can easily hang a tree branch at a height from the ground surface.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a snow-suspension aid according to the present invention comprises a right clamping plate having a right clamping portion 5 and a right grasping portion 7 and bent into a crank shape. 1
Similarly, the left sandwiching plate 2 bent into a crank shape having the left sandwiching portion 6 and the left grasping portion 8 is combined with the right sandwiching portion 5 and the right grasping portion 7 and the left sandwiching portion 6 and the left grasping portion 8. Are arranged symmetrically so as to face each other, and the right sandwiching plate 1 and the left sandwiching plate 2 are connected by a leaf spring 3 urged in a direction in which the right sandwiching portion 5 and the left sandwiching portion 6 approach each other. The right gripping part 7 and the left gripping part 8 opposite to the right gripping part 5 and the left gripping part 6 across the spring 3 have a hook-shaped right stopper 9 attached to the right gripping plate 1 and a left gripping plate. 2 is provided with a hook-shaped left stopper 10 attached to the right holding plate 1 and inserted into a long hole 11 of the right holding plate 7 and a long hole 12 of the left holding unit 8 of the left holding plate 2. Cylindrical fixing part 1
U-shaped actuating member 15 mounted via 4
Is engaged with the right stopper 9 and the left stopper 10 so that the distance between the right and left clamping portions 5 and 6 can be expanded and held against the urging force of the leaf spring 3, and the right and left clamping portions 5 can be held.
Has a fitting projection 4 for fitting the snow hanging piece A, and a fitting portion 18 for fitting the push-up rod C to the leaf spring 3.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the snow suspending assisting device of the present invention, the tip of a right holding portion 5 and a left holding portion 6 are brought into contact by the action of a leaf spring 3 in a normal state, and a right holding portion 7 and a left holding portion 8 are provided. Is expanded in a C-shape. When the right grasping section 7 and the left grasping section 8 in this state are grasped in a direction to close with one hand, the right sandwiching section 5 and the left sandwiching section 6 are grasped.
And expand. While maintaining this expanded state, the operating member 15 is rotated upward with the other hand to engage the left and right legs 17, 17 of the operating member 15 with the hooks of the left and right stoppers 9, 10. When released, the operating member 15 is actuated by the expanding force of the leaf spring 3.
Thus, the left and right stoppers 9 and 10 are held. Next, the fitting protrusion 4 fixed to the right sandwiching portion 5 is
And the snow hanging piece A and the snow hanging assisting tool are integrated with each other, and the tip of the rope B hanging from the tip of the snow hanging support (not shown) standing on the ground is connected. Snow hanging piece
It is inserted downward through the fitting recess A2 of A, and passes between the facing right and left sandwiching portions 5 and 6. Further, the fitting projection C1 of the push-up rod C is provided with the fitting hole 19 of the fitting portion 18 provided on the leaf spring 3.
And the snow-suspension aid of the present invention and the lifting rod C are integrated. Pull the rope B while lifting the integrated snow-suspension aid and the lifting rod C, and attach the snow-suspension piece A to the branch at a high place.
And hold it, and while pushing the lifting rod C, the rope B
, And tension is applied to the rope B between the tip of the snow suspension support and the snow suspension piece A. When tension can be applied to the rope B, the fitting protrusion C1 of the lifting rod C is fitted to the fitting hole 1 of the fitting portion 18.
9, the release member C2 is engaged with the operation member 15 to rotate the operation member 15 downward.
The left and right legs 17, 17 are provided with left and right stoppers 9, 10, respectively.
Since the left and right holding portions 5 and 6 are closed by the action of the leaf spring 3, the teeth 20 bite into the rope B and the sliding of the rope B is reliably prevented. In this manner, the branch can be supported by the snow-suspension aid and the snow-suspension piece A of the present invention.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The snow-suspension aid of the present invention is to be fitted to a snow-suspension piece A, and as shown in FIG. 1, a right clamping plate having a right clamping portion 5 and a right grasping portion 7 and bent into a crank shape. 1
Similarly, the left sandwiching plate 2 having the left sandwiching portion 6 and the left grasping portion 8 and bent into a crank shape is combined with the right sandwiching portion 5 and the right grasping portion 7 and the left sandwiching portion 6 and the left grasping portion 8. The right sandwiching plate 1 and the left sandwiching plate 2 are connected to each other by a leaf spring 3 urged in a direction in which the right sandwiching portion 5 and the left sandwiching portion 6 approach each other so as to face each other. Further, the right sandwich 5 and the left sandwich 6 with the leaf spring 3 interposed therebetween.
The right grip 7 and the left grip 8 opposite to each other are provided with a hook-shaped right stopper 9 attached to the right sandwich plate 1 and a hook-shaped left stopper 10 attached to the left sandwich plate 2. Attached via a cylindrical fixing portion 14 to a shaft 13 inserted across the long hole 11 of the right holding portion 7 of the right holding plate 1 and the long hole 12 of the left holding portion 8 of the left holding plate 2. By engaging the U-shaped operating member 15 with the right stopper 9 and the left stopper 10, the distance between the right clamping portion 5 and the left clamping portion 6 is reduced against the urging force of the leaf spring 3. It can be expanded.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, a right stopper 9 and a left stopper 10 are opposed to each other on the right sandwich plate 1 and the left sandwich plate 2. The right and left legs 17, 17 of the U-shaped operating member 15 are engaged with the hooks at the tips of the right stopper 9 and the left stopper 10, respectively.
The left and right legs 17, 17 of 5 are integrally fixed to the fixed portion 14, and the fixed portion 14 is formed in a cylindrical shape to be fitted to the shaft 13, and a plurality of portions are fixed to the shaft 13 by screws 22. .

The shaft 13 is loosely fitted into the elongated hole 11 of the right grip 7 and the elongated hole 12 of the left grip 8.
The long hole 11 and the long hole 12 can slide along with the expansion of the right grasping portion 7 and the left grasping portion 8, and the operating member 15 is removed from the right stopper 9 and the left stopper 10 by rotating the shaft 13. You can do it. The shaft 13 has flanges 16 at both ends so that the shaft 13 does not come off the elongated holes 11 and 12 when the right grip 7 and the left grip 8 are expanded.

As shown in FIG. 1, teeth 20 are provided inside the left and right holding portions 5 and 6, and as shown in FIG.
Although the right holding plate 1 is shown in a partial cross-sectional side view, teeth 20 are provided on the entire surface inside the right holding portion 5 of the right holding plate 1 so that the snow hanging rope B can be securely held. , Left sandwiching portion 6 of left sandwiching plate 2
Similarly, teeth 20 are provided on the entire surface. On the upper surface of the right sandwiching portion 5 of the right sandwiching plate 1, one side of a square tubular fitting protrusion 4 having a through hole through which the rope B is formed is attached by a bolt. 4 fits into a fitting recess A2 provided in a base portion A1 at the bottom of the snow hanging piece A, receives a branch of the plant by the snow hanging piece A, and fits the fitting recess A2 with the fitting projection 4. Thus, the branch can be supported in a state where the snow hanging piece A and the snow hanging assisting tool are connected. In the through hole of the fitting protrusion 4, a rope stopper 2 for restricting the movement of the rope B in the opposite direction is provided.
1 is provided.

A block-shaped fitting portion 18 fixed to the upper part of the leaf spring 3 is provided at a central portion of the snow-suspension aid, and the fitting portion 18 has a tip end of a push-up rod C. A fitting hole 19 is formed to fit into the fitting protrusion C1 provided on the push rod C. On the other hand, an intermediate portion of the fitting protrusion C1 of the push-up rod C supports the fitting portion 18 from below, and An inverted L-shaped release projection C2 for rotating the lower part 15 downward is provided.

Next, a method of using the snow-suspension aid of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. The tip of the left holding portion 6 comes into contact with the left holding portion 6, the operating member 15 is disengaged from the right stopper 9 and the left stopper 10, and the right grasping portion 7 and the left grasping portion 8 are expanded in a C-shape. I have. When the right grasping unit 7 and the left grasping unit 8 in this state are grasped in a direction to close with one hand, the right sandwiching plate 1 and the left sandwiching plate 2 are supported by the leaf spring 3 against the spring action of the leaf spring 3. The right nip 5 and the left nip 6 are expanded.

While maintaining the expanded state, the operating member 15 is rotated upward with the other hand to engage the left and right legs 17, 17 of the operating member 15 with the hooks of the left and right stoppers 9, 10. When the hand is released, the right and left stoppers 9, 10 are held by the operating member 15 by the expanding force of the leaf spring 3, and the right grasping portion 7 and the left grasping portion 8 are maintained as shown in FIG. Next, the fitting protrusion 4 fixed to the right sandwiching portion 5 is fitted into the fitting concave portion A2 of the snow hanging piece A, so that the snow hanging piece A and the snow hanging assisting tool are integrated and stand on the ground. The lower end of the rope B hanging down from the end of the snow-suspended support post (not shown) is inserted downward through the fitting recess A2 of the snow-suspended piece A, as shown in FIG. Pass between the part 5 and the left sandwiching part 6. further,
As shown in FIG. 3, the fitting projection C1 of the push-up rod C is
Is fitted into the fitting hole 19 of the fitting portion 18 provided in the above, so that the snow suspension aid of the present invention and the push-up rod C are integrated. At this time, the lifting rod C is rotated toward the near side so that the release projection C2 does not contact the operating member 15, and after the fitting hole 19 and the fitting projection C1 are fitted, the lifting rod C is removed. It is rotated to the rear side so that the positional relationship as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 is obtained.

The rope B is pulled while lifting the integrated snow lifting aid and the lifting rod C, and the snow lifting piece A is engaged with and held by the branch at a high place, and the rope is further pressed while pushing the lifting rod C. Pull B to apply tension to the rope B between the tip of the snow suspension column and the snow suspension piece A. When the tension can be applied to the rope B, the release protrusion C2 is actuated as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 3, while separating the fitting protrusion C1 of the push-up rod C from the fitting hole 19 of the fitting portion 18. The actuating member 15 is rotated downward by engaging with the member 15. At this time, since the rope stopper 21 of the fitting projection 4 bites into the rope B, there is no danger that the snow-suspension aid will fall. The left and right legs 17, 17 are disengaged from the left and right stoppers 9, 10, and the left and right holding portions 5, 6 are closed by the action of the leaf spring 3, so that the teeth 20 bite into the rope B, and the sliding of the rope B is ensured. To prevent. In this manner, the branch can be supported by the snow-suspension aid and the snow-suspension piece A of the present invention. In addition, the upper and lower branches can be supported by using a plurality of snow hanging pieces A and a snow hanging assisting tool on one rope B, but when only one branch is supported, the snow hanging pieces A The part of the rope B protruding from the lower end may be cut with scissors or the like.

[0014]

As described above, the snow-suspension aid of the present invention merely fits the snow-suspension piece and the push-up rod. The snow-suspension aid can be easily suspended above the ground surface only by pushing up with the push-up rod. You can do. Furthermore, since the snow-suspension aid of the present invention is formed of a simple member, it can be easily manufactured and can be manufactured at low cost. In addition, the snow-suspension aid of the present invention is safe because it can be used alone and does not require tools such as stepladders.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a snow-suspension aid of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the snow-suspension aid of the present invention, as viewed in the direction of arrows in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the snow-suspension aid of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the snow-suspension aid of the present invention before preparation for use.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 right holding plate 2 left holding plate 3 leaf spring 4 fitting projection 5 right holding portion 6 left holding portion 7 right holding portion 8 left holding portion 9 right stopper 10 left stopper 11 long hole 12 long hole 13 shaft 14 fixing portion 15 Actuating member 16 Flange 17 Leg 18 Fitting part 19 Fitting hole 20 Teeth 21 Rope stopper 22 Screw A Snow hanging piece A1 Base A2 Fitting recess B Rope C Push-up rod C1 Fitting projection C2 Release projection

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A right clamping plate 1 having a right clamping portion 5 and a right grasping portion 7 and similarly bent into a crank shape having a left clamping portion 6 and a left grasping portion 8. The left sandwiching plate 2 is symmetrically arranged so that the right sandwiching portion 5 and the right grasping portion 7 and the left sandwiching portion 6 and the left grasping portion 8 face each other. The right sandwiching plate 1 and the left sandwiching plate 2 are connected by a leaf spring 3 biased in the approaching direction, and a right grasping portion 7 opposite to the right sandwiching portion 5 and the left sandwiching portion 6 across the leaf spring 3. And the left grasping portion 8 are provided with a hook-shaped right stopper 9 attached to the right sandwiching plate 1 and a hook-shaped left stopper 10 attached to the left sandwiching plate 2. A U-shaped actuation attached to a shaft 13 inserted through a long hole 11 of the portion 7 and a long hole 12 of the left grasping portion 8 of the left sandwiching plate 2 via a cylindrical fixing portion 14. By engaging the member 15 with the right stopper 9 and the left stopper 10, the leaf spring 3
In addition to being able to expand and maintain the distance between the right and left sandwiching portions 5 and 6 against the urging force of the above, the right sandwiching portion 5 is formed with a fitting projection 4 to which the snow hanging piece A is fitted. A snow-suspension aid, wherein a fitting portion (18) for fitting a push-up rod (C) is formed on the leaf spring (3).