JP2002345546A - Nail clipper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nail clipper which can surely prevent cut nails from splashing or dropping, and at the same time, of which the usability is favorable, and in addition, by which the disposal of the cut nails is easy. SOLUTION: This nail clipper is formed by providing cutting blades 3 and 4 in a manner to be confronted with each other at respective distal ends of an upper blade body 1 and a lower blade body 2. Nails are cut in a space between the cutting blades 3 and 4 by making the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 come close. In such a nail clipper, a nail-housing bag 6 is removably arranged between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2. In this case, for the nail-housing bag 6, a nail guiding port 5 which faces and opens to the rear side of the cutting blades 3 and 4 is provided. Also, the nail-housing bag 6 is formed of an elastic material which is elastically compress-deformed as the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 come closer, and at the same time, is elastically restored as the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body separate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nail clipper capable of cutting nails while preventing swarf from scattering.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When cutting nails with a nail clipper, there is a problem that scraps of the cut nails are scattered and it takes time to clean the nails. Various nail clippers are provided.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a nail clipper having such a nail scattering prevention function. An upper blade 1 and a lower blade 2 are shown.
The cutting blades 3 and 4 are provided opposite to each other, and the upper blade body 1 is pushed down by the operation lever 10 to bring the upper blade body 1 close to the lower blade body 2, whereby a pair of the cutting blades 3 is formed. , 4 so that the claws can be pushed and cut off, and by providing a scattering prevention plate 11 between both side edges of the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2, the cutting blades 3, The splinter preventing plate 11 prevents the cutting waste of the claw cut between the four blades from scattering laterally from between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2.

[0004]

However, in FIG. 5, the anti-scattering plate 11 is used to secure a margin that allows the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2 to approach each other when cutting the nail. , Must be formed at a height lower than the distance between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2. For this reason, a gap is formed between the scattering prevention plate 11 and the upper blade body 1, and there is a problem that the cutting waste of the nail may be scattered from the gap. Further, even if the cut swarf of the cut nail is not scattered and is stored between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2, the scatter prevention plate 1 is operated while the nail clipper is being operated.
There is a problem that the cutting waste of the claw contained falls from the gap between the upper blade body 1 and the upper blade body 1, and also in this case, it is necessary to clean up the cutting waste of the nail.

Therefore, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2111016, a nail clipper is provided in which the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2 are surrounded by a case 12 from the outside.
FIG. 6 shows an example of such a case, in which the case 12 can surely prevent scattering and falling off of the cutting waste of the cut nail.

However, in this case, the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2
Is to be surrounded by the case 12 up to the tip,
The cutting blades 3 and 4 become difficult to see, and it is difficult to confirm the positions where the claws are cut by the cutting blades 3 and 4, resulting in a problem that the usability is deteriorated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to surely prevent scattering and falling off of nail scraps, to provide good usability, and to easily process nail scraps. It is intended to provide nail clippers.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A nail clipper according to the present invention comprises:
Cutting blades 3 and 4 opposed to each end of upper blade body 1 and lower blade body 2
In the nail cutter in which the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 are brought close to each other to cut the nail between the cutting blades 3 and 4, the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 Cutting blade 3, 4
Claw storage bag 6 provided with a claw introduction port 5 opening toward the rear side
Are elastically compressed and deformed elastically in accordance with the proximity of the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 and elastically restored in accordance with the separation between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2. It is characterized by being formed of a material.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a concave notch 7 is provided at a side edge of the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 at a rear portion of each of the cutting blades 3 and 4. It is characterized by becoming.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1A shows an example of a nail clipper according to the present invention, which is formed from a nail clipper body 15 and a nail accommodating bag 6. The nail clipper body 15 is formed by an upper blade 1 and a lower blade 2 made of a metal plate joined at the rear end, and vertically opposes respective tips of the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2. Cutting blades 3 and 4 are provided as described above. Upper blade 1
Is resilient to the metal, and is repelled upward in a direction away from the lower blade body 2. At this time, the cutting blades 3 and 4 at the tips of the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 are also separated. ing. A pin 16 is provided at the tip of the lower blade body 2 from the lower side thereof,
The upper end of the pin 16 is inserted into the upper blade body 1 and protrudes above the upper blade body 1. At the upper end of the pin 16 protruding above the upper blade body 1, a pivotal support piece 10a provided at the tip of the operation lever 10 is pivotally attached in a vertically rotatable manner. The bent part 1 is bent in a substantially rectangular shape
7 are formed.

The nail accommodating bag 6 is formed as shown in FIG. 1 (b) in a bag shape having only the tip end opening as the nail inlet 5, and is made of a sheet material of an elastic synthetic resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, or the like. It is formed with. Since the space between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 is formed so that the vertical distance is large at the front part and the vertical distance is small at the rear part, the claw accommodating bag 6 is adapted to fit this. It is formed in a substantially triangular shape in side view so that the vertical width of the front part is large and the vertical width of the rear part is small. The upper and lower ends of the claw accommodating bag 6 have positioning recesses 18 cut into substantially U-shapes at positions vertically opposed to each other.
Is recessed.

The nail accommodating bag 6 is used by being set in the nail clipper body 15 by being inserted into a gap between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2. At this time, as shown in FIG.
By inserting and engaging the pin 16 between the lower blade body 2 and the lower blade body 2, the nail accommodating bag 6 is positioned and set between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2, and the inside of the nail clipper body 15 is set. So that it does not fall off easily. Thus, in the gap between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2, the nail accommodating bag 6
Is set, the claw introduction port 5 of the claw accommodating bag 6 faces close to the rear side of the cutting blades 3 and 4, and FIG.
As shown in (a), the upper surface of the nail accommodating bag 6 is on the lower surface of the upper blade 1, and the lower surface of the nail accommodating bag 6 is on the upper surface of the lower blade 2, respectively.
The nail accommodating bag 6 is in contact with the elastic force.

In performing nail clipping, FIG. 2
In the state of (a), the tip of the finger of the hand or the toe is inserted between the cutting blades 3 and 4 at the tips of the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2, and the rear part of the operation lever 10 is pushed down, so The lever 10 rotates about the pivotal support piece 10a at the upper end of the pin 16 and the upper surface of the upper blade 1 is pressed by the bent portion 17 of the operation lever 10, and the upper blade 1 resists its spring property. Deforms so that it can be pushed down. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the upper blade body 1 approaches the lower blade body 2, and accordingly, the distal ends of the cutting blades 3 and 4 are closed. It can be cut.

The cutting waste of the nail cut between the cutting blades 3 and 4 in this manner is blown to the rear side of the cutting blades 3 and 4 by the impact of the cutting by the cutting blades 3 and 4. , 4
The nail introduction port 5 of the nail accommodating bag 6 is open near the rear side of the nail.
Dive into and be contained. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the swarf of the nail cut between the cutting blades 3 and 4 from scattering from the space between the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2 to the side.

Here, since the claw accommodating bag 6 is made of an elastic material, the claw accommodating bag 6 can be used even in the state shown in FIG. 2A where the distance between the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2 is wide. The lower surface of the upper blade 1 and the upper surface of the lower blade 2 are in contact with each other, and the operating lever 10 is pushed down to cut the nail, and the upper blade 1 is pressed as shown in FIG.
When the lower blade body 2 and the lower blade body 2 are brought close to each other, the nail accommodating bag 6 is compressed and deformed in accordance with the approach. Next, when the force for pushing down the operation lever 10 is released after the nail is cut, the upper blade body 1 is restored to the upwardly warped direction by its spring property, and the interval between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 is increased. However, according to the separation between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2, the claw housing bag 6 is elastically restored and swells as shown in FIG. 2A. Therefore, the nail accommodating bag 6 is provided in the nail clipper body 15 in a state where the gap between the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2 is always completely closed, and is cut between the cutting blades 3 and 4. A nail cutting residue can be reliably caught in the nail accommodating bag 6 from the nail inlet 5 so that the nail cutting residue does not escape from between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 and scatter. It is. In addition, since the nail shavings stored in the nail storing bag 6 do not come out of the area other than the nail inlet 5, the nail shavings may fall off between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2. It will not be. Further, since the nail accommodating bag 6 is accommodated between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2, the cutting blade 3,
The nail clipper 4 can be easily used while the position where the nail is cut by the cutting blades 3 and 4 can be easily confirmed while the nail clipping bag 6 does not become difficult to see.

When the nail clipping is completed, the nail accommodating bag 6 is taken out from between the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2 of the nail clipper main body 15, and the nail scraps stored in the nail accommodating bag 6 are introduced into the nail. It can be disposed of in a trash can through the mouth 5,
It can be treated hygienically without directly touching the nail shavings. Further, even when the nail accommodating bag 6 is set in the nail clipper body 15, the operation lever 10 is operated several times with the nail clipper body 15 turned down so that the nail introduction port 5 of the nail accommodating bag 6 faces downward. By applying the vibration by repelling, the cutting waste of the nail in the nail accommodating bag 6 can be discarded from the nail introduction port 5 through the space between the cutting blades 3 and 4.

As shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), one cutting edge 3, 3 is provided on the same one side edge of the upper blade 1 and the lower blade 2.
The recessed portions 7, 7 are recessed in the rear portion of 4.
As described above, the concave portions 7, 7 are provided in the rear portions of the respective cutting blades 3, 4.
Is provided, the same one side edge of each of the cutting blades 3 and 4 is formed as a sharp point 19, 19, and it is easy to cut a fine portion by the sharp point 19. For example, it is possible to easily cut the burrow which has been peeled off by the skin of the fingernail with the sharp portions 19, 19. When such sharp portions 19, 19 are formed by projecting the side edges of the cutting blades 3, 4 to the side, the sharp portions 19, 19 project to the side of the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2. Although it is dangerous, the sharp edges 19, 19 are formed by providing the concave notches 7, 7 at the side edges of the upper blade body 1 and the lower blade body 2, so that the sharp parts 19, 19 are formed. There is no such thing as protruding to the side of the upper blade 1 or the lower blade 2,
It can be used safely.

[0019]

As described above, the present invention is formed by providing cutting blades at the respective ends of the upper blade body and the lower blade body so as to face each other, and by bringing the upper blade body and the lower blade body close to each other. In a nail clipper in which a nail is cut in between, a nail accommodating bag provided with a nail introduction port that opens to the rear side of the cutting blade between the upper blade body and the lower blade body is arranged so as to be able to be taken out. Since the storage bag was formed of an elastic material that was elastically compressed and deformed in accordance with the proximity of the upper blade body and the lower blade body and elastically restored in accordance with the separation of the upper blade body and the lower blade body, it was cut between the cutting blades. The nail clippings are stored by jumping into the nail accommodating bag from the nail introduction port, and can prevent the nail clippings from being scattered to the side from between the upper blade body and the lower blade body. The claw storage bag made of elastic material is compressed and restored by following the approach and separation of the upper blade and lower blade. It is arranged so that the gap between the upper blade body and the lower blade body is always completely closed, and the cutting waste of the nail cut between the cutting blades is securely inserted into the nail accommodating bag from the nail introduction port. It is possible to surely prevent the cutting waste of the nail from scattering or falling off by being caught. In addition, the nail storage bag is housed between the upper blade body and the lower blade body, so that the cutting blade does not become difficult to see with the nail storage bag, making it easy to cut the nail with the cutting blade. The nail clipper can be removed easily from the upper blade body and the lower blade body. It can be easily disposed of in a trash can.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a concave notch portion is provided at a side edge of each of the upper blade body and the lower blade body at a rear portion of each cutting blade. A sharp pointed portion can be formed at the side edge of the substrate, and the sharp portion can be easily used to cut a fine portion such as a scab.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention,
(A) is a perspective view, (b) is a perspective view of a nail storage bag.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the above, wherein (a),
(B) is a front view, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show the above embodiment, in which FIG. 4A is a plan view and FIG. 4B is a partial perspective view.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional example.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper blade body 2 Lower blade body 3 Cutting blade 4 Cutting blade 5 Claw introduction port 6 Claw accommodating bag 7 Concave notch

Claims (2)

[Claims] A cutting blade is provided opposite to each end of an upper blade body and a lower blade body, and a claw is cut between the cutting blades by bringing the upper blade body and the lower blade body close to each other. In the nail clipper, a nail accommodating bag provided with a claw introduction opening which opens toward the rear side of the cutting blade between the upper blade body and the lower blade body is arranged so as to be able to be taken out, and the nail accommodating bag is moved downward with the upper blade body. A nail clipper made of an elastic material which is elastically compressed and deformed in accordance with the proximity of the blade body and elastically restored in accordance with the separation between the upper blade body and the lower blade body. 2. The nail clipper according to claim 1, wherein a concave notch is provided at the side edge of each of the cutting blades at the side edges of the upper blade body and the lower blade body.