JP2001030669A - Clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clip capable of effectively fastening a document or the like even without using a clipping unit. SOLUTION: A clip 1 comprises a clip body 2 having a pair of leaf spring portions 21, 22 extended oppositely from a back plate portion 23 to bring tip ends of the portions 21, 22 into contact with the portion 23, and a pair of sheet- like guides 31, 32 extended between the portions 21 and 22, superposed from the portions 21, 22 and extended. In this case, the pair of the guides 31, 32 are extended at end 320 of the one guide 32 from an edge 310 of the other guide 31 at the extended parts from the portions 21, 22. When a document 5 is fastened by the clip 1, an end of the document 5 is inserted between the guides 31 and 32 and then the clip 1 is forced as it is. Then, the document 5 is introduced between the portions 21 and 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clip for pinching an end of a document or the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a clip structure that can be attached and detached without using a pinching device or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among various clips for pinching an end portion of a document or the like, a clip using a leaf spring has a pair of leaf spring portions extending from a back plate portion so that tips thereof are in contact with each other. Ear portions protrude on both sides at the distal end portion of each leaf spring portion. For this reason, when the clip is fed out with the end of the document abutted against the clip outlet of the pinching device, the guide enters between the ear portions of the clip in the pinching device, and the leaf spring portion is expanded up and down. Since the clip is fed out in the state, the clip is automatically stopped at the end of the document.

[0003]

However, in the conventional clip, since the leaf spring is used, it is impossible to spread the leaf spring portion with a fingertip because of a large force for stopping the document. For this reason, there is a problem that the document cannot be stopped with the clip without the pinching device. Therefore, the conventional clips are inconvenient because each of them owns the pinching device or needs to accommodate the pinching device each time the document is stopped. In addition, the conventional clip has a problem that a pinching device is required for each size.

[0004] In view of the above problems, the object of the present invention is to:
An object of the present invention is to propose a clip that can securely hold a document or the like without using a pinching device.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a clip according to the present invention comprises a clip body having a pair of leaf spring portions extending from a back plate portion so that tip portions thereof are in contact with each other; A pair of sheet-like guides extending from between the pair of leaf spring portions and protruding from the leading edge of the leaf spring portion are provided.

When a document is stopped by the clip of the present invention, the end of the document is inserted between a pair of sheet-shaped guides, and in this state, the end of the document is pushed between the sheet-shaped guides. End slides between the sheet-shaped guides while pushing and expanding the leaf spring portion of the clip body.
As a result, the end of the document is pinched by the leaf spring portion of the clip body. Therefore, according to the clip of the present invention, the document is pinched and stopped by the leaf spring portion, so that the document and the like can be reliably stopped. Further, since a pinching device is not required when a document or the like is pushed between the leaf spring portions, it is convenient.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the end of one sheet guide protrudes from the edge of the other sheet guide at the portion protruding from the leaf spring portion of the pair of sheet guides. With this configuration, when the end of the document is inserted between the pair of sheet guides, the end of the document is applied to the end of one sheet guide protruding from the edge of the other sheet guide. By bending the lever-shaped sheet guide, the end of the document can be inserted between the pair of sheet guides. Therefore, when inserting the end of the document between the pair of sheet-shaped guides, there is an advantage that the trouble of spreading the overlapping sheet-shaped guides with a fingertip can be omitted.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a clip to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the operation of fixing the clip to a document. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where the document is stopped by the clip.

Referring to FIG. 1, a clip 1 according to the present embodiment includes a clip body 2 and a pair of sheet guides 31 and 32.

The clip body 2 has a front end 21 slightly closer to the front edge than the front edge, similarly to the structure of a conventional metal clip.
A pair of leaf spring portions 21 and 22 which are loosely bent so as to be close to or in contact with each other as the back plate portion 2
3 and the front end portions 211 and 221 of the leaf spring portions 21 and 22 have ear portions 212 and 22 on both sides.
2 is overhanging.

The pair of sheet guides 31 and 32 are formed by bending a single plastic sheet 3 cut out into a rectangular shape, and the overlapping portions opposing each other form the sheet guides 31 and 32. I have. Here, the bent portion 30 of the plastic sheet 3 forming the sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32 has the leaf spring portion 2.
The pair of sheet-like guides 31 and 32 extend from between the leaf spring portions 21 and 22 and protrude from the leading edge of the leaf spring portions 21 and 22 when they are inserted between the leaf spring portions 21 and 22. I have. Further, a pair of sheet-shaped guides 31,
In the portion 32 protruding from the leaf spring portions 21 and 22, the end 320 of one sheet-like guide 32 protrudes from the edge 310 of the other sheet-like guide 31.

When stopping a document using the clip 1 configured as described above, first, as shown in FIG.
Is inserted between the pair of sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32. At this time, the pair of sheet guides 31 and 32
Since the end 320 of one sheet-shaped guide 32 protrudes from the edge 310 of the other sheet-shaped guide 31, the end of the document 5 is brought into contact with the end 320 of the sheet-shaped guide 32 and the sheet-shaped guide 32 is moved. After the sheet guides 31 and 32 are expanded by bending, the sheet guides 3
Insert the end of the document 5 between 1 and 32.

Next, the back plate portion 23 of the clip body 2 is pushed in with the abdomen of the thumb or the like so that the end of the document 5 is pushed in between the sheet guides 31 and 32. As a result, the end of the document 5 slides deeply between the sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32 while expanding the leaf spring portions 21 and 22 of the clip body 2, and as shown in FIG. The clip body 2 is pinched by the leaf spring portions 21 and 22. At this time, if the clip 1 is pushed in at an angle, the document 5
End slides smoothly between the sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32.

When the clip 1 is detached from the end of the document 5, simply pull the clip 1 from the end of the document 5, and the end of the document 5 slides out between the sheet guides 31 and 32, and It is released from being caught by the spring portions 21 and 22.

As described above, in the clip 1 of the present embodiment, the document 5 is pinched and stopped by the leaf spring portions 21 and 22, so that the document 5 can be securely stopped. Further, the document 5 is inserted between the sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32 and the clip 1 is simply pushed in as it is.
Get in between. Therefore, when the document 5 is stopped by the clip 1, a pinching device is unnecessary, which is convenient.

Further, when the end of the document 5 is inserted between the pair of sheet guides 31 and 32, the sheet guide 3
Sheet-like guide 32 protruding from one edge 310
When the end of the document 5 is brought into contact with the end 320 of the sheet 5 and the sheet guide 32 is bent, the space between the sheet guides 31 and 32 is widened. Therefore, when the end of the document 5 is inserted between the pair of sheet guides 31 and 32, there is an advantage that the trouble of spreading the overlapping sheet guides 31 and 32 with a fingertip can be omitted. That is, if the sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32 have large portions protruding from the leaf spring portions 21 and 22, even if the ends of the sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32 overlap each other, it is relatively easy to spread them with a fingertip. , For small clips or for sheet guides 31, 32
In the case where unnecessary protruding is avoided, the portions where the sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32 protrude from the leaf spring portions 21 and 22 are small.
Spreading the ends of the sheet guides 32 with one's fingertips is a rather time-consuming operation.
If 0 protrudes from the edge 310 of the other sheet guide 31, it does not take much time to insert the document 5 between the sheet guides 31 and 32.

[Other Embodiments] FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views showing modified examples of the clip to which the present invention is applied. Note that the clip described below has the same basic structure as the clip according to the above-described embodiment, and therefore, corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and are not illustrated.

In the clip 1 shown in FIG.
A slit 210 is formed in each of the first and second portions from the leading edge to a position halfway toward the back plate portion 23. Therefore, each of the leaf spring portions 21 and 22 is in a state of being divided into three. Therefore, even if there are some irregularities in the state where the documents 5 are stacked, each of the divided portions of the leaf spring portions 21 and 22 can bend in accordance with the irregularities. Therefore, the clip 1 can be easily stopped on the document 5 and the stopped clip 1 is hard to be detached from the document 5. Note that the slit 210 is formed by a pair of leaf spring portions 2.
Either the configuration formed on both of the first and the second or the configuration formed on only one of the leaf spring portions may be used.

In the clip 1 shown in FIG. 5, the ear portions 212 and 213 of the clip body 2 are cut into a substantially triangular shape. For this reason, the distal ends of the leaf spring portions 21 and 22 are easily bent, so that they can be easily inserted into the document 5.

In each of the above embodiments, the two sheet guides 31 and 32 are formed from one plastic sheet 3, but the sheet guides 31 and 32 may be formed by two plastic sheets. . Further, in the above-described embodiment, the plastic sheet 3 forming the sheet-shaped guides 31 and 32 is configured to be held by the clip body 2 while being sandwiched between the tip portions 211 and 221 of the leaf spring portions 21 and 22. The sheet guides 31 and 32 may be fixed to the inner surfaces of the pair of leaf spring portions 21 and 22 by bonding or the like. further,
The material forming the sheet guides 31 and 32 is not limited, as long as the material into which the document 5 can easily slide may be a metal plate. However, it is preferable to form it from a plastic sheet in terms of material cost and the like.

[0021]

As described above, according to the clip of the present invention, since the document is pinched and held by the leaf spring portion, the document and the like can be securely stopped. Further, since a pinching device is not required when a document or the like is pushed between the leaf spring portions, it is convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a clip to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an operation of fixing the clip shown in FIG. 1 to a document.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where the document is stopped by the clip shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a modified example of a clip to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another modified example of the clip to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 clip 2 clip body 5 documents 31, 32 sheet guide 211, 221 tip end of leaf spring portion 212, 222 ear portion 23 back plate portion 21, 22 leaf spring portion 3 plastic sheet 30 bent portion of plastic sheet 210 slit 310 sheet Edge of sheet guide 320 End of sheet guide

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A clip body having a pair of leaf spring portions extending from a back plate portion so that tip portions thereof are close to each other;
A clip having a pair of sheet-like guides extending from between the pair of leaf spring portions and protruding in a state of being overlapped from a leading edge of the leaf spring portion. 2. The sheet-shaped guide according to claim 1, wherein an end of one sheet-shaped guide protrudes from an edge of the other sheet-shaped guide at a portion protruding from the leaf spring portion. Features clips.