JP2002048113A - Clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clip that can expand from small to large sizes with almost the same design, can be used as a unit, without any protrusions on the surface, a small number part items, and easy to assemble. SOLUTION: Plate handles 10, 10 form Holding parts 2, 2 are formed at the both sides of plate handles 10, 10. Parts to be held 12, 12, formed at the both sides of clipping plates 11, 11 in a clipping body 20, are slidably held.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clip using a plate-like material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as the most commonly known clip, there is a so-called center scissor type clip. After that, a clip in which a bearing of a collapsible handle is provided at the tip of a U-shaped metal plate has been invented and spread.
Later, a clip was also invented that used a metal plate having a U-shape in the side so that the handle could be turned sideways. Other commercially available clips include an auxiliary device that sandwiches documents with a U-shaped metal plate on the side, a part where a coin is fitted on the U-shaped metal plate on the side, and two coins are used as handles. There is a thing which sandwiches documents by using it.
As a relatively new thing, a side-U-shaped metal plate is superimposed on two sheets, and the inner metal plate is applied to the document and the outer metal plate is pushed in and the document can be sandwiched, forming a clip, a parallelogram Bend the metal plate into a U-shaped side,
If you push the tip while pressing it against the document, the document can be sandwiched,
And a clip in which an opening is provided at the rear of a U-shaped metal plate, and the document is pinched by rotating the metal plate while applying the opening to the document. In addition, as a clip which can be realized in a similar shape of almost the same design from a small one to a large one, and which can be opened and closed without using an auxiliary device, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
58909 and JP-A-10-54408 have been invented and filed.

[0003]

Conventionally, there has been a so-called center scissor-type clip, but the clip protrudes greatly from a sandwiched document and is very bulky.

In order to solve this drawback, a clip in which a bearing of a folding handle is provided at the tip of a U-shaped metal plate on the side has been invented and popularized, but the handle must be turned down every time a document is opened. The presence of the handle itself was a hindrance, especially when turning small slips. In addition, since a cylindrical handle support having a diameter of about 2 to 3 mm is formed on the surface of the holding plate, when many documents are sandwiched in the same direction, a large number of documents are sandwiched by clips. The side warped significantly, leaving room for improvement in terms of space efficiency.

[0005] Later, there was also invented a clip that also employs a U-shaped metal plate that can turn the handle sideways.
The trouble of opening a document has been solved, but the above-mentioned space efficiency problem has not been solved.

[0006] Separately, a clip has been invented in which a document is sandwiched between U-shaped metal plates using an auxiliary device.
There has been great success in improving space efficiency,
It is necessary to purchase a dedicated auxiliary device according to the size of the clip, and when only a small amount is used, the cost increases. In addition, when the document cannot be hung because the handle is lost, and the user wants to remove the clip from the document and then re-clamp the document, it cannot be clamped without an auxiliary device at hand, which lacks versatility.

[0007] A clip has been invented in which a portion is provided for fitting a coin to a metal plate having a U-shaped side, and a document is sandwiched by using two coins instead of a handle. Depending on the size of the coin, the size of the clip itself is restricted, and if the coin is not at hand, the document cannot be pinched and cannot be hung. In addition, there is a risk that a finger or clothing may be caught on a part where a coin is to be fitted, and the above-mentioned space efficiency cannot be said to be good.

[0008] Further, as a relatively new one, two side-face U-shaped metal plates are stacked, and the inner metal plate is applied to the document, and the outer metal plate is pushed in, whereby the document can be sandwiched.
However, it does not work well if the document does not have a certain thickness and strength, so there are considerable restrictions on the usage, and even if it is produced beyond a certain size, it will not be practical in many situations. In addition, there is a new defect that the tip of the holding portion floats above the paper surface and easily falls off, and it is impossible to suspend the holding portion.

[0009] As a relatively new clip, there is a clip in which a metal plate forming a parallelogram is bent into a U-shaped side surface and the document can be sandwiched by pressing the leading end of the metal plate while pressing the document. There is a risk that the document will be damaged when a small amount of document is inserted.

[0010] As a relatively new clip, there is a clip in which an opening is provided at the rear of a U-shaped metal plate and the document can be pinched by rotating the metal plate while applying the opening to the document. Strong ones can risk damaging the paperwork when sandwiching small amounts of paper, which is also a design for relatively small clips.

In recent years, basic office equipment such as copying, faxing, word processing, etc. have become widespread with high performance and low cost. Even documents can be easily documented, and paper information in that sense tends to increase. At the same time, the development of personal computers, which was initially said to be effective in reducing paper usage, is not limited to the efficiency of paperwork, but also supports creative activities in various situations such as product planning, development, and presentations. After organizing and processing the information, it has become possible to print it out as it is easy to use, and it is working to increase the amount of paper information depending on the type of business and the purpose of use. The above-mentioned newly started paper information is often transitional information or information that loses its value in a short period of time. To temporarily organize, classify, or carry these paper information, In recent years, there has been a growing demand for compact clips that are convenient. Furthermore, in recent years, the number of cases in which photographs taken by a digital camera, Internet contents, and the like are printed out has increased, and the need for means for temporarily binding these has definitely increased.

In such a situation, a long-awaited clip must satisfy a requirement that the clip has sufficient holding force to hold about several tens of copy sheets and has a minimum necessary size. As a whole, the whole side surface should be as close as possible to the shape of `` U '', no auxiliary equipment is required for opening and closing, and the mechanism itself for opening and closing does not interfere with the above requirements at all However, very few clips meet these requirements to a high level. There is also a particularly strong demand for not increasing the thickness of the document when sandwiched. In recent years, there have been a series of proposals for clips that seem to have the above three requirements in mind, but all of them are designed for relatively small clips, and can be extended to medium to large clips. Has almost never been proposed.

The present invention can be developed as a clip design in various sizes from small to large with almost the same design while eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional clip, and can be used as a single unit. An object of the present invention is to provide a clip which has no extra projections, is safe, has a small number of parts, and is easy to assemble.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become more fully apparent when the following description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the drawings are for explanation only, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above object, in the clip of the present invention, in the first aspect, holding portions are formed on both sides of a plate-like handle, and the holding plate of the holding body is formed. The holding portions formed on both sides are slidably held. Here, the term “holding body” is not limited to a single piece formed by a plate-like elastic body. For example, a pair of holding plates found in a so-called “eyeball clip” can be pivotally mounted via a coil spring. Any known sandwiching structure such as the above-described structure may be used. Further, it is preferable that a locking portion for preventing the handle from falling off is formed in a portion of the holding plate near the bent portion. Further, in order to securely lock the locking portion, the tip of the handle may be turned back to form a locked portion. In order to increase the rigidity of the handle, a bent portion may be provided at the rear end of the handle, or a protruding shape may be provided near the center by pressing. When the holding body is integrally formed of a plate-like elastic body, the bent portions are preferably brought into contact with each other when both handles are deployed so that the amount of displacement of the holding body is controlled within a range that does not cause metal fatigue. Further, in order to selectively hold the state when the handle is retracted and the handle is expanded, a protruding shape for locking the bent portion or the protruding shape may be provided on the outside of the holding plate. Further, an advertisement plate may be provided on the holding plate, or a seal may be attached. The holding portion may be formed on the holding body side and the held portion may be formed on the handle side as in the second aspect. In that case, the front edge of the handle may be T-shaped like a so-called eyeball clip.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show an embodiment which constitutes the most basic configuration of the present invention. In this embodiment, the holding portions 2 are provided on both sides of the plate-shaped handles 10 and 10,
2, holding portions 12, 12 formed on both sides of the holding plates 11, 11 in the holding body are slidably held. In addition, locking portions 13, 13 for preventing the handle 10 from dropping are provided at portions near the bent portions 16 of the holding plate 11.
In order to securely lock the locking portions 13, a folded portion 3 is provided at the tip of the handle to form the locked portions 5, 5.

A bent portion 4 is provided at the rear end of the handle, and a protruding shape 6 is provided near the center by pressing.
The holding portions 2, 2 on both sides of the handle 10 increase the bending rigidity in the transverse direction of the handle, the folded portion 3 at the tip of the handle and the bent portion 4 at the rear end of the handle enhance the bending rigidity in the longitudinal direction of the handle, and the protruding shape 6 near the center. Has a structure that increases the bending rigidity in the oblique direction, so that the material of the handle 10 can be made relatively thin and thin.

In this embodiment, the protruding shapes 14 and 15 are provided on the outside of the holding plate. When the handle is stored, the protruding shape 6 becomes the protruding shape 14 and the turnback 3 becomes the protruding shape 15.
When the handle is deployed, the folded-back portion 3 is locked in the protruding shape 14 to selectively hold each state.

An opening 7 having an arbitrary shape is formed near the rear end of the handle. The opening 7 is used not only to make it easy to put a finger when the handle 10 slides, but also to hook the clip on a hanging hook or the like provided on a wall or the like. Further, in order to restrict the displacement amount of the holding body within a range in which metal fatigue does not occur, it is preferable to optimize the respective lengths so that the bent portions 4 and 4 come into contact when the two handles are deployed.

[0020]

As described above, the clip according to the present invention is very compact and thin so that it does not become bulky. In addition, the required number of parts can be reduced to a minimum of two types and three points at a minimum, and the assembly is only performed by press-fitting the handle after abutting the holding part against the holding part, so that the cost is very low. Can be produced. In addition, since the handle surface is very flat, this portion can be used as an advertising surface, which is suitable as novelty.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a handle of a clip of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which only one handle is mounted and stored in a clip holding body of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which one handle is stored and the other handle is expanded in the completed clip of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Panel 2 Holding part 3 Folded part 4 Folded part 5 Locked part 6 Projected shape 7 Opening 10 Handle 11 Clamping plate 12 Held part 13 Locking part 14 Projected shape 15 Projected shape 16 Folded part 17 Back part 20 Holding body

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A holding body provided with a pair of holding plates rotatably and applying a holding force, wherein holding portions are formed on both sides of at least one plate-shaped handle, and the holding plates in the holding body are provided. A clip characterized in that held portions formed on both sides of the clip are slidably held. 2. A plate-like handle in which a pair of holding plates are installed rotatably and holding force is applied, and holding portions are formed on both sides of the holding plate in at least one of the holding members. A clip characterized in that held portions formed on both sides of the clip are slidably held. 3. A structure in which a locking portion is formed near the rear portion of the holding plate, and a locked portion is formed on the front edge of the handle, so that the two are locked when the handle is deployed. The described clip. 4. At least one protruding shape is formed inside the handle, and at least one protruding shape having a height sufficient to lock the protruding shape is formed outside the holding plate. The clip according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein