JP2002137587A - Filing instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filing instrument capable of easily separating a binding instrument from an instrument body. SOLUTION: A retainer such as a rivet 3 or the like is engaged with both the instrument body 1 and the binding instrument 2, and the body 1 is coupled to the instrument 2. A breakdown easy part 282 having a deteriorated strength as compared with another site is provided at a site including at least a part of a region 281 engaged with the retainer of the instrument 2. The retainer and the body 1 can be disengaged by breaking and removing the breakdown easy part 282.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a filing tool, such as a binder or a file, which can bind a document or document to a binding tool provided therein, and can easily store and save it so that it can be easily detached.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a filing tool of this type is fixed to a tool body having a front cover, a back paper and a back cover so as not to be easily detached from the back of the back paper by, for example, rivets. And a binding device. This tool body is made of thick paper or hard synthetic resin,
On the other hand, the binding tool is made of metal, hard resin, or the like.

[0003] In recent years, due to concerns about environmental problems on the earth, for example, in the case of discarding products, they are separated into those that can be reused and those that cannot, or that are separated into combustibles and non-combustibles. It is a well-known fact that the promotion of the reuse of resources and the reduction of harmful substances emitted during incineration is becoming widespread.

[0004]

However, in the conventional filing tool described above, even if the tool main body and the binding tool are separated and discarded by separating them from each other, they cannot be easily separated because they are firmly connected by rivets. Failure occurs. Also, in the method of plastically deforming and separating rivets and binding tools using special tools such as drills,
Not only does the separating operation become complicated, but also a special tool is required, which poses a problem of danger.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has as its main object to solve such a problem, and does not require any special processing or addition of parts to the tool body and the binding tool, and does not use an unusual tool. An object of the present invention is to provide a filing tool capable of easily separating a binding tool from a tool body.

[0006]

That is, the present invention relates to a device in which a fastener such as a rivet is engaged with both a tool body and a binding tool to connect the tool body and the binding tool. A portion including at least a part of a region where the fastener is engaged in the fastener, an easy-to-break portion having strength lower than other portions is provided, and the easy-to-break portion is destroyed and removed to remove the fastener. And the tool body can be disengaged.
Here, the binding device refers to a device that has a configuration in which a binding hole is formed in an object to be bound and a pipe, a ring, or the like is inserted into the binding hole to bind the document, or a device that sandwiches and holds a document.

In such a case, when the easily breakable portion is not broken, the tool body and the binding device are connected via the fastener, and a relatively weak force is applied to the easily breakable portion. By breaking it down, the engagement between the fastener and the binding tool is released, and the binding tool can be detached from the fastener and the tool body. Here, for example, when the binding device is plastically deformed without being destroyed and the engagement with the fastener is released, it is necessary to design the binding device to be easily plastically deformed in consideration of the strength of the binding device. The present invention in which a part of the fastener is broken to release the engagement with the fastener is less restricted by the design of the binding tool. In addition, there is a concern about safety such as injuries are likely to occur at the deformed portion generated in the course of plastic deformation, but in the case of the present invention, since the breaking position portion is destroyed and removed, such safety Anxiety will be resolved.

As a specific mode for detaching the binding from the fastener, the binding between the fastener and the binding is slid by sliding the binding relative to the tool body from a state where the easily breakable portion is removed. It is conceivable to configure so that the match is released.

Further, it is more preferable that a part or the whole of the easily breakable portion is surrounded by a groove having a bottom opening on the back surface of the binding device. Here, the back surface of the binding tool refers to a surface in contact with the tool body. The bottomed groove refers to the entirety of a concave groove that does not penetrate.

In such a case, since the strength of the portion where the bottomed groove is formed is remarkably inferior to other portions,
It can be easily broken along this groove. In addition, since the opening is formed on the back surface of the binding tool, the bottomed groove does not need to be recognized from the front surface, so that the easily breakable portion can be formed without impairing the aesthetic appearance.

In order to easily remove the easily breakable portion, a jig insertion portion into which a jig can be inserted is provided in a part of the binding device, and the jig insertion portion is provided with a jig. It is preferable that the easy-to-break portion can be broken and removed by inserting a tool and performing a predetermined operation. Here, the jig refers to all everyday tools such as a flathead screwdriver. The predetermined operation refers to, for example, an operation of applying a force in a direction of lifting the tip of the inserted jig.

Further, fasteners are arranged at a plurality of locations, and jig insertion portions are provided corresponding to the respective fasteners. The relative positional relationship between the corresponding jig insertion portions and the fasteners is determined. If all are set to be the same, by setting the tool main body so that the jig insertion part is located to the front right with respect to the fastener, for example, when a right-handed person performs the predetermined operation Since all of the jig insertion portions are located on the right front side with respect to the fastener, a plurality of easily breakable portions can be broken in a short time.

[0013] Further, a structure in which the engagement between the fastener and the binding tool is released and the binding tool can be easily separated from the fastener and the tool body is realized in consideration of operability, safety, and aesthetic appearance. To do this, the neck of the rivet is passed through a through hole provided in the tool body and the binding tool, and the head provided at each end of the neck is engaged with the surface of the tool body and the binding tool, respectively. It is configured to be combined with a binding tool, and at a portion adjacent to the through hole provided in the binding tool,
By providing an easy-to-break portion that is inferior in strength to other parts, and by breaking and removing this easy-to-break portion, a head insertion hole having a size that allows the head of the rivet to be inserted is continuous with the through hole. It is desirable that the configuration is such that it is formed as follows.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of a filing tool showing one embodiment of the present invention. The filing tool includes a tool body 1 and a binding tool 2 fixed to the tool body 1.

Each part will be described briefly.
Is made of thick paper having a cover part 11, a back part 12, and a back cover part 13, and includes a boundary between the cover part 11 and the back part 12, and a back cover part 13 and a back part. A fold is provided at the boundary with the section 12 so that the front cover section 11 and the back cover section 13 can be folded with respect to the spine section 12.

As shown in FIG. 2, the binding device 2 is made of a hard synthetic resin and has a rectangular flat mounting plate 21. As shown in FIG.
A support plate 22 integrally provided on one side edge of the mounting plate 21 so as to be foldable; a pair of pipe-shaped binding rods 23 integrally rising from the surface of the support plate 22; It has a pair of slide rods 24 that are removably inserted into the rods 23 from the distal ends, a holding plate 25 that supports the slide rods 24, and an upright plate 26 that stands up from the other side edge of the mounting plate 21. Things. The mounting plate 21, the support plate 22, the binding rod 23, and the upright plate 26 are integrally formed by injection molding. The binding rod 23 is passed through a punch hole provided in the document, and then the slide rod 24 is inserted into the binding rod 23 and the holding plate 25 and the upright plate 26 are engaged with each other to hold the document. When removing documents, perform the reverse operation. The binding device 2 is attached to the back surface of the spine portion 12 using a rivet 3 serving as a fastener. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a through hole 27 having substantially the same diameter as the outer diameter of the neck 31 of the rivet 3 is provided near the four corners of the mounting plate 21 of the binding tool 2,
A through-hole 14 is also provided in the backing portion 12 so as to overlap with the through-hole 27, and a neck 31 of the rivet 3 having a head 32 formed only at one end is provided in the tool body 1 and the binding tool 2. The other end of the penetrated neck 31 is swaged to form a head 33, and the heads 32, 33 provided at both ends of the neck 31 are respectively attached to the surface of the backing paper 12 and the surface of the binding device 2. The tool main body 1 and the binding tool 2 are connected to each other. Here, the region where the rivet 3 is engaged in the binding device 2 is a portion indicated by 281 in FIG.

However, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS.
An easily breakable portion 282, which is inferior in strength to other portions, is integrally formed with the mounting plate 21, the support plate 22, the binding rod 23, and the upright plate 26 by injection molding at a portion adjacent to the portion 7. Then, by breaking and removing the easily breakable portion 282, the head insertion hole 283 having a size that allows the head 33 of the rivet 3 to be inserted is formed.
7 is formed continuously. In particular,
A pair of parallel bottomed grooves 28 extending in the same direction from opposite portions of the through hole 27 are provided, and a slit-shaped jig insertion portion is provided at a position where ends of the bottomed grooves 28 are connected to each other. A tool insertion hole 29 is provided, and these bottomed grooves 2 are provided.
8, an easy-to-break portion 282 including the region 281 is formed so as to be surrounded by the jig insertion hole 29 and the through hole 27. The bottomed groove 28 is opened on the back surface which is also the mounting surface of the binding device 2, and the bottomed groove 28
And the distance between the bottomed grooves 28 are both set to be larger than the outer diameter of the rivet heads 32 and 33. The inner wall surface 291 of the jig insertion hole 29 near the through hole 27 is inclined with respect to the vertical surface of the mounting plate 21. The bottom surface 284 of the bottomed groove 28 is inclined so that the thickness of the mounting plate 21 at that portion is set to be the smallest outside.

FIG. 8 shows a case where the binding tool 2 is detached from the tool body 1 and separated when the filing tool becomes unnecessary in such a configuration. First, a minus screwdriver SD or the like is inserted into the jig insertion hole 29, and the jig insertion hole 29 is rotated using the upper end of the inner wall near the through hole as a fulcrum to apply a force to lift the tip. Here, an inner wall surface 291 of the jig insertion hole 29 near the through hole 27 is inclined. Therefore, the force that lifts the tip of the jig SD inserted from the jig insertion hole 29 effectively becomes the force that lifts the easily breakable portion 282, and the portion where the bottomed groove 28 is formed is the other portion. Since the thickness is smaller and the strength is weaker, a part of the binding tool 2 is broken along the bottomed groove 28, and the destruction surrounded by the bottomed groove 28, the through hole 27, and the jig insertion hole 29 is performed. The easy part 282 can be removed. The hole formed by cutting out the easily breakable portion 282 corresponds to the head insertion hole 283 (see FIG. 9). Next, the binding device 2 is slid by giving an impact to the tool body 1 with, for example, a hammer or the like to move the position of the rivet 3 from the through hole 27 to the position of the head insertion hole 283 (FIG. 10). Here, since the width of the head insertion hole 283 is larger than the outer diameter of the head of the rivet 3, when the binding device 2 is moved in this position in a direction perpendicular to the face plate direction of the backing paper 12, the binding device 2 Will be detached from the fastener and the tool body 1.

As described above, with the filing tool according to the present embodiment, the binding tool 2 can be easily formed only by removing the easily breakable portion 282 from the binding tool 2 and sliding the binding tool 2 with respect to the tool body 1. Since it can be detached from the fastener or the tool main body 1, each can be separated and discarded for each material.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. In the above-described embodiment, the jig insertion portion is constituted by the jig insertion hole 29 that penetrates the mounting plate 21 of the binding tool 2. A jig insertion portion of any shape may be used. In this case, when removing the binding from the fastener,
The jig is inserted into the jig insertion portion, the bottom of the recess is pierced by the jig, and a force is applied so as to lift the tip of the jig as it is to remove the easily breakable portion.

In the above embodiment, the shape of the tool body 1 has been described as having the cover 11, the backsheet 12, and the back cover 13, but a single plate such as a so-called tag clip or a clipboard is used. May be used. Further, the attachment position of the binding tool to the tool main body 1 is not limited to the above embodiment.

Further, in addition to the type having the slide rod described in the above embodiment, the binding device 2 is a ring type such as a loose-leaf type, and the holding metal is operated by a lever to transfer documents and the like. A so-called Z-type binding device that is sandwiched between a holding metal and a binding device that supports the holding metal,
A binding tool widely known in the art can be applied. Further, the attachment position of the binding device 2 may be attached to the back cover near the boundary with the back paper in addition to the back paper.

In addition, the configuration of each section is not limited to the illustrated example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0025]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
At the part including at least a part of the region where the fastener is involved in the binding device, an easy-to-break portion that is inferior in strength to other portions is provided. It can be easily detached from the tool main body and the fastener only by sliding the binding tool with respect to the tool main body. Further, since the easily breakable portion is constituted by the bottomed groove opened on the back surface of the attachment portion of the binding device, the easily breakable portion can be provided while maintaining the smooth appearance of the surface. Therefore, it is possible to separate and discard the filing tool simply by performing an easy and safe separation operation, and it is possible to reuse resources and provide efficient disposal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of a filing tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the filing tool in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary sectional view for explaining a method of attaching the binding tool in the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary perspective view of a part of the binding device according to the embodiment viewed from the back surface;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary plan view of a main part of the binding device according to the embodiment as viewed from the back surface;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a method of breaking the easily breakable portion in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary perspective view showing a state in which the easily breakable portion is removed in the embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a partial plan view of the embodiment with the easily breakable portion removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Tool main body 2 ... Binding tool 3 ... Rivet 21 ... Mounting plate 27 ... Through hole 28 ... Bottom groove 29 ... Jig insertion hole 282 ... Easy to break Part 283: Head insertion hole 32: Rivet head 33: Rivet head

Claims (6)

[Claims] A fastener, such as a rivet, is engaged with both a tool body and a binding tool so as to connect the tool body and the binding tool, and the fasteners in the binding tool are engaged with each other. A portion including at least a part of the region where the buckle is provided is provided with an easily breakable portion that is inferior in strength to other portions, and by breaking and removing the easily breakable portion, the engagement between the fastener and the binding device is released. A filing tool characterized in that it can be used. 2. The filing tool according to claim 1, wherein the engagement between the fastener and the binding tool is released by sliding the binding tool with respect to the tool body from a state in which the easily breakable portion is removed. . 3. The filing tool according to claim 1, wherein a part or the entirety of the easily breakable portion is surrounded by a groove having a bottom opening on the back surface of the binding tool. 4. A jig insertion portion into which a jig can be inserted is provided in a part of the binding device, and a jig is inserted into the jig insertion portion and a predetermined operation is performed to break the easily breakable portion. The filing tool according to claim 1, wherein the filing tool can be removed by removing. 5. A fastener is disposed at a plurality of locations, and a jig insertion portion is provided for each of the fasteners, and a relative positional relationship between the corresponding jig insertion portion and the fastener is determined. 5. The filing tool according to claim 4, wherein the filing tools are all set identically. 6. The rivet neck is passed through a through hole provided in the tool body and the binding device, and the head provided at each end of the neck portion is brought into contact with the surface of the tool body and the binding device, respectively. And an easy-to-break portion, which is inferior in strength to other portions, is provided in a portion adjacent to the through hole provided in the binding device, and the easy-to-break portion is destroyed. A filing tool wherein a head insertion hole having a size that allows the head of the rivet to be inserted is formed continuously with the through hole.