JP2001280314A - Clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clip having more inconvenience than conventional one. SOLUTION: The clip comprises a remote-control casing 10, a short clip lever 20 having one end rotationally movable to the remote-control casing 10, a long clip lever 30 rotationally movable to the other end of the short clip lever 20 and a torsional coil spring 50 for energizing the long clip lever 30 to the short clip lever 20 in the folding direction for causing the contact of the long clip lever 30 at one end with the remote-control casing 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clip which is extremely suitable for use as, for example, a remote control clip for fixing a remote control unit of a portable electronic device to clothes.

More specifically, an urging means for urging a long lever rotatably provided at the other end of the short lever in a folding direction with respect to a short lever one end of which is rotatably provided on the main body. Is provided, and one end of the long lever is brought into contact with the main body, so that the convenience can be improved as compared with the conventional system.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable electronic devices that are easy to carry have gained in popularity. A portable MD (Mini Disc) player or the like, which is an example of the portable electronic device, is provided with a remote control unit (hereinafter, referred to as a remote controller) with emphasis on operability. The remote control is provided with a remote control clip, for example, and the remote control clip can be used to fix the remote control to the clothes by holding the clothes or the like.

FIG. 7 shows a remote control clip 3 according to a conventional system.
It is a side view which shows the example of a structure of 00. The remote control clip 300 shown in FIG. 7 is provided on a remote control 350 of a portable MD player, for example. This remote control clip 3
00 has a pedestal 310 and a clip lever 320, and the pedestal 310 is attached to a remote controller 350. The clip lever 320 is rotatably supported on the pedestal 310 by a rotation shaft 330, and the rotation shaft 330 is provided with a torsion coil spring (not shown). The torsion coil spring urges one end 321 of the clip lever 320 so as to always contact the remote controller 350.

When the remote control 350 is to be attached to, for example, clothes, the other end 322 of the clip lever 320 is depressed to separate one end 321 from the remote control 350. Put clothes in between. Thereafter, when the pressing of the other end 322 is released, the clothes are gripped between the one end 321 and the remote controller 350 by the urging force of the torsion coil spring, so that the remote controller 350 can be fixed to the clothes.

[0006]

However, according to the conventional remote control clip 300, the remote control 350
However, since the remote control clip 300 is always in a protruding state, a cord or the like is entangled in the remote control clip 300 when not in use and is not fixed to clothes or the like, thereby hindering convenience and causing damage. is there.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to improve the convenience as compared with the conventional system which always protrudes.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a main body, a short lever having one end rotatably provided on the main body, and another end of the short lever. And a biasing means for biasing the long lever in a folding direction with respect to the short lever so that one end of the long lever contacts the main body. It is characterized by the following.

According to the present invention, one end of the short lever is rotatably provided on the main body, and the other end of the short lever is provided with a long lever rotatably. Then, the long lever is urged by the urging means in a direction in which the long lever is folded with respect to the short lever, and one end of the long lever comes into contact with the main body by the urging force. By changing the position of the clip, the height of the clip can be adjusted.

Therefore, since the body height can be increased when used and the body height can be decreased when not in use, it is possible to provide a clip which is more convenient than the conventional system which always projects.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a clip according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 6 are views showing a clip as an embodiment according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a biasing means for biasing a long lever rotatably provided at the other end of the short lever in a folding direction with respect to a short lever whose one end is rotatably provided in the main body portion is provided. In this case, one end of the long lever is brought into contact with the main body, so that the convenience can be improved as compared with the conventional system which always projects. Here, an example is shown in which the main body is integrated with a housing of a remote control unit (hereinafter, referred to as a remote controller).

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a remote control clip as an embodiment according to the present invention. In this embodiment, one end of a torsion coil spring as an urging means is attached to a long lever, and the other end is attached to a short lever.

The present invention is a remote control clip 100 shown in FIG. 1 which is extremely suitable for application to, for example, a clip provided for fixing a remote control of a portable electronic device to clothes. The remote control clip 100 is attached to, for example, a concave portion 12 formed in the remote control housing 10. A lever mounting portion 13 is provided behind the concave portion 12 (in the drawing, in the depth direction of the drawing).
3, a lower end of a short clip lever 20 is rotatably provided.

The short clip lever 20 is composed of, for example, short pieces 21a and 21b and a connecting bar 22, and connects the short piece 21a and the short piece 21b located in parallel to each other with the connecting bar 22.
To form a substantially "H" shape. The lower ends of the short pieces 21 a and 21 b are rotatably supported by the lever mounting portion 13 by the rotation support shaft 1. The short clip lever 20 is not limited to this, and a generally used hinge mechanism can be used.
For example, a hinge mechanism may be provided by rotatably supporting one end of a “B” -shaped or “I” -shaped short clip lever or the like on the lever mounting portion 13. Also, a fold is formed on the strip-shaped plate, and the other is rotatable with respect to one of the plates. Then, by attaching one piece of the plate piece to the remote control housing 10, the other piece rotatable with respect to the remote control housing 10 may be a short clip lever.

A restraining wall 19a is provided at a position of the lever mounting portion 13 located behind the short piece 21a.
The rearward rotation of the short piece 21a is suppressed. Although not shown, a restraining wall is similarly provided on the lever mounting portion 13 on the short piece 21b side. This makes the short clip lever 2
The rearward rotation angle of 0 can be restricted to a predetermined angle. This suppressed state is hereinafter referred to as a use state, and the angle formed between the suppressed short clip lever 20 and the horizontal plane passing through the pivot 1 is hereinafter referred to as a use state angle θ1. In this case, for example, the use state angle θ1 is set to 1 so that the short clip lever 20 is restrained at the position where it is tilted backward.
It was set to about 20 °.

At the upper end of the short clip lever 20, a long clip lever 30 is rotatably provided. The long clip lever 30 is longer than the short clip lever 20 and has a distal end portion 31, a first intermediate portion 32, a second intermediate portion 33, and a pressed portion 34. These are integrally formed in the order of a front end portion 31, a first intermediate portion 32, a second intermediate portion 33, and a pressed portion 34 from the front (in the drawing, toward the front of the drawing). The second intermediate portion 33 is provided between upper ends of the short pieces 21a and 21b, and is rotatably attached to the short pieces 21a and 21b by the rotation support shaft 2.

A recess (not shown) is provided on the bottom surface of the second intermediate portion 33. A torsion coil spring 50 is provided on the rotation support shaft 2 exposed in the concave portion,
A spring end 51 which is one end of the torsion coil spring 50 is supported by the connection bar 22. A spring end 52, which is the other end of the torsion coil spring 50, is supported by a mounting bar 35 provided in a recess (not shown). At this time, the torsion coil spring 50 constantly urges the short clip lever 20 in the direction in which the long clip lever 30 is folded. The torsion coil spring 50 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Here, the distal end portion 31 located at the distal end of the long clip lever 30 is pressed against the engaging plate 14 provided on the bottom surface of the concave portion 12 by the urging force of the torsion coil spring 50. An engagement hole 36 is provided on the bottom surface of the distal end portion 31. The engagement hole 36 engages with the engagement protrusion 15 protruding from the engagement plate 14 when the short clip lever 20 takes a use state angle. An engaging claw 37 is provided behind the distal end portion 31.

The engaging claw 37 is provided with the short clip lever 2.
When 0 is tilted forward, it engages with an engaged claw 16 provided at the tip of the engaging plate 14. The state in which the engaging claw 37 is engaged with the engaged claw 16 is hereinafter referred to as a stored state, and the angle formed by a horizontal plane passing through the short clip lever 20 and the rotation support shaft 1 at this time is hereinafter referred to as a stored state. It is called angle θ2 (see FIGS. 3 and 6). Here, the storage state angle θ2 is set to be, for example, about 20 [°].

The first intermediate portion 32 integrated between the tip portion 31 and the second intermediate portion 33 has a tapered portion 3
8 and the tapered portion 38 is connected to the short clip lever 2.
When the angle 0 becomes the stored state angle θ2, the engagement plate 14 comes into contact with the engagement plate 14. The tapered portion 38 is provided with an engagement hole 39, and the tapered portion 38 is
4 and engages with the engagement protrusion 15.

Here, the pressed part 34 integrated behind the second intermediate part 33 is pressed between the tip part 31 and the engagement plate 14 to grip, for example, clothes or the like in the use state. You. In addition, the pressed part 34 is the long clip lever 30.
Is operated such that the short clip lever 20 is tilted forward. The long clip lever 30 is not limited to this, but may be any as long as it has the same effect.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are plan views showing an example of mounting the torsion coil spring 50, (a) before mounting and (b) after mounting. FIG.
As shown in (a), the torsion coil spring 50 is configured such that the spring ends 51 and 52 face the same direction before being assembled. Then, while preparing the torsion coil spring 50, the remote control housing 10 having the concave portion 12, the lever mounting portion 13, and the engagement plate 14 shown in FIG. 1 is prepared. Further, the short bar 21a and the short bar 21b are connected by the connecting bar 22.
And a short clip lever 20 is prepared. Further, the distal end portion 31, the first intermediate portion 32, the second intermediate portion 33, and the pressed portion 34 are integrally formed to form the long clip lever 3
Prepare 0.

Then, the lower end of the short clip lever 20 is rotatably attached to the lever mounting portion 13 by the rotation support shaft 1, and the second intermediate portion 33 of the long clip lever 30 is connected to the short piece 21a and the short piece of the short clip lever 20. It is arranged between the upper ends of 21b. In this state, the torsion coil spring 50 is arranged in a concave portion (not shown) on the bottom surface of the second intermediate portion 33. At this time, the spring end 5 of the torsion coil spring 50 as shown in FIG.
1 and the spring end 52 are crossed, and the spring end 51 is hung on the connecting bar 22 of the short clip lever 20 and the spring end 52 is hung on the mounting bar 35 of the long clip lever 30.

Thereafter, the long clip lever 30 is rotatably attached to the short clip lever 20 by the rotation support shaft 2, and the rotation support shaft 2 is loosely inserted into the torsion coil spring 50. Long clip lever 3
0 is urged against the short clip lever 20 in the folding direction. The torsion coil spring 50
Is not limited to this, but may be any as long as it has the same effect.

Next, an operation example of the remote control clip 100 as the first embodiment will be described. FIGS. 3A and 3B are side views showing an operation example (part 1) of the remote control clip 100, including (a) a start of a gripping operation and (b) a partial cross section in a stored state. Here, it is assumed that the operation description starts from the use state. As shown in FIG. 3A, first, when the pressed portion 34 of the long clip lever 30 is pressed obliquely downward and downward (in the direction of the bold arrow in the figure), the short clip lever 20 is restrained by the restraining wall 19a. Therefore, the long clip lever 30 is rotated while twisting the torsion coil spring 50, and the distal end portion 31 is separated from the engagement plate 14.

Thereafter, when the pressed portion 34 is released from being pressed, the long clip lever 30 is rotated by the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 50 in a direction in which the long clip lever 30 is folded with respect to the short clip lever 20, and the distal end portion 31 is again moved. Engagement plate 14
Is pressed against. Thereby, for example, clothes and the like
The remote control housing 10 can be fixed to the clothes because it can be gripped by being positioned between the first and the engagement plates 14.

Also, from the state shown in FIG.
Is slid forward (to the left in the figure) and the short clip lever 20 is tilted forward, so that the long clip lever 30 slides forward. Then, by engaging the engaging claw 37 of the slid long clip lever 30 with the engaged claw 16, the torsion coil spring 50 shifts to the housed state by the urging force in the folding direction as shown in FIG. Can be done. Thereby, the remote control clip 100
Can be stored in the recess 12 of the remote control housing 10 with the body height lowered.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show an operation example (No. 2) of the remote control clip 100. FIG.
(C) It is a side view including a partial cross section at the time of use. Here, it is assumed that the operation is described from the housed state. Since the short clip lever 20 in the stored state holds the stored state angle θ2 (for example, θ2 = 20 [°]), the long clip lever 30 near the rotation support shaft 2 as shown in FIG. Top down (in the direction of the bold arrow in the figure)
, The short clip lever 20 is further tilted, and the long clip lever 30 is slid forward.

Thus, the torsion coil spring 50 is further twisted to accumulate a larger urging force in the folding direction, and the engagement between the engaging claw 37 and the engaged claw 16 is released.
When the pressing is instantaneously released from this state, as shown in FIG. 4B, the short clip lever 20 is raised by the urging force of the torsion coil spring 50 in the folding direction earlier than the engagement claw 37 is re-engaged. . Then, the distal end portion 31 is slid rearward so as to slide on the engagement plate 14, and the short clip lever 20 is rotated rearward. Then, FIG.
(C) As shown in FIG.
9a, and the engagement hole 36 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 16 to be used.

As described above, according to the remote control clip 100 of the first embodiment, the short clip lever 20 having one end rotatably provided on the remote control housing 10 can be used.
A torsion coil spring 50 for urging the long clip lever 30 rotatably provided at the other end of the short clip lever 20 in a folding direction is provided on the rotation support shaft 2, and the tip which is one end of the long clip lever 30 is provided. The part 31 to the remote control housing 10
Of the leading end 31
By changing the position at which the remote control clip 100 contacts the engagement plate 14, the body height of the remote control clip 100 can be adjusted.

Therefore, since the body height can be increased when used and the body height can be decreased when not used, the convenience can be improved as compared with the conventional system which always projects.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 5 is a side view including a partial cross section showing a configuration example of a remote control clip 200 as a second embodiment. In this embodiment, one end of a torsion coil spring as an urging means is attached to a long lever, and the other end is attached to a main body. Since the components having the same names and numbers as those in the first embodiment have the same functions, the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG.
Are the short clip lever 20 and the long clip lever 30
′ And a torsion coil spring 50 ′. The lower end of the short clip lever 20 is rotatably attached to the lever mounting portion 13 by the rotation support shaft 1, and a long clip lever 30 ′ is rotatably mounted on the upper end of the short clip lever 20 by the rotation support shaft 2. Attached to.

The rotation support shaft 2 has a torsion coil spring 50 '.
Is inserted. Spring end 5 of torsion coil spring 50 '
2 'is supported by the mounting bar 35. And the other spring end 51 ′ is supported by the remote control housing 10,
The long clip lever 30 ′ is biased against the short clip lever 20 in the folding direction. Here, the restraining wall 19a 'is designed so that the use state angle θ1 is, for example, about 90 [°], and the total length of the long clip lever 30' is appropriately adjusted accordingly.
Also, here, similarly to the remote control clip 100 of the first embodiment, although not shown, the storage state angle θ2 is set to, for example, 20 [°].
About.

Next, an operation example of the remote control clip 200 according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a side view including a partial cross section showing an operation example of the remote control clip 200 (at the time of storage). As shown in FIG.
Is composed of a long clip lever 30 ′ and a short clip lever 20, and is twisted in the folding direction.
', The same operation as the remote control clip 100 of the first embodiment can be performed. In particular, in the remote control clip 200, since the spring end 51 'is attached to the remote control housing 10, the torsion coil spring 50'
Of the folding direction acts more strongly on the remote control housing 10 so as to push up the vicinity of the rotation support shaft 2.

As described above, the remote control clip 200 according to the second embodiment can obtain the same effect as that of the first embodiment. In particular, the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 50 'is rotated with respect to the remote control housing 10. Since it acts more strongly to push up the vicinity of the support shaft 2, the transition from the storage state to the use state can be performed more smoothly, and the gripping force of the long clip lever 30 'in the use state can be further increased.

The first and second embodiments have been described on the premise that the main body is integrated with the remote control housing 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a main body may be provided in the remote control housing 10, the short clip lever 20 may be attached to the main body, and the distal ends 31 of the long clip levers 30, 30 'may be in contact with the main body.

In the use state, the engagement holes 36 of the long clip levers 30 and 30 'and the engagement projections 15 of the engagement plate 14 are engaged. However, the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, in addition to the engaged claw 16 at the tip of the engaging plate 14 which engages with the engaging claw 37 of the long clip levers 30 and 30 'in the storage state, the engaged claw 37 which engages with the engagement claw 37 in the use state A claw may be separately provided on the engagement plate 14. However, in this case, the design is made so as not to hinder the rotation of the long clip levers 30 and 30 'due to the pressing of the pressed portion 34.

Further, a torsion coil spring is also provided on the rotation support shaft 1 so as to urge the short clip lever 20 rearward, so that the urging force in the rising direction is further increased, and the short clip lever 20 is smoothly moved. The rising may be realized.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention,
For a short lever whose one end is rotatably provided on the main body, an urging means for urging a long lever rotatably provided at the other end of the short lever in a folding direction is provided, One end of the lever is brought into contact with the main body.

With this configuration, the height of the clip can be adjusted by changing the position where one end of the long lever contacts the main body.

Therefore, since the body height can be increased when used and the body height can be decreased when not in use, it is possible to provide a clip which is more convenient than the conventional system which always projects.

The present invention is very suitably applied to, for example, a remote control clip provided on a remote control unit for fixing a remote control unit of a portable electronic device to clothes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a remote control clip 100 as a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an example of mounting the torsion coil spring 50 (a).
It is a top view before attachment, (b) after attachment.

3A and 3B are side views showing an operation example (No. 1) of the remote control clip 100, including (a) a start of a gripping operation and (b) a partial cross section in a stored state.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an operation example (No. 2) of the remote control clip 100 including a partial cross section in (a) disengagement, (b) return, and (c) in use.

FIG. 5 is a side view including a partial cross section showing a configuration example of a remote control clip 200 as a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a side view, including a partial cross section, showing an operation example of the remote control clip 200 (in a stored state).

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a configuration example of a remote control clip 300 according to a conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Remote control housing (main body part) 15 Engagement projection (second engaged part) 16 Engagement claw (first engaged part) 20 Short clip lever (short lever) 30, 30 'Long clip Lever (long lever) 36 Engagement hole (engagement part) 37 Engagement claw (engagement part) 50, 50 'Twisted coil spring (biasing means) 100 Remote control clip as first embodiment 200 As second embodiment Remote control clip

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A main body, a short lever having one end rotatably provided on the main body, a long lever rotatably provided on the other end of the short lever, and the long lever. And a biasing means for biasing the long lever in a folding direction with respect to the short lever so that one end of the clip contacts the main body. 2. The torsion means is a torsion coil spring provided on a rotating shaft of the long lever and the short lever, wherein one end of the torsion coil spring is supported by the long lever and the other end. The clip according to claim 1, wherein the clip is supported by the short lever. 3. The torsion means is a torsion coil spring provided on a rotating shaft of the long lever and the short lever, one end of the torsion coil spring is supported by the long lever, and the other end. The clip according to claim 1, wherein the clip is supported by the main body.