JP2003034150A - Automobile cover sheet device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the housing operation of the cover of an automobile. SOLUTION: A multistage slide plate 2 is longitudinally housed in a housing box 1 set on an automobile roof. A shaft is provided on the internal outside end of the slide plate, and the shaft is used as the winding shaft of a split sheet 3. The multistage slide plate 2 is longitudinally pulled out or housed by a pneumatic system. Each shaft for transmitting a rotating force is mechanically connected when the slide plate 2 is protrusively extended. The shaft is rotated by an electric motor to unwind and wind the split sheet 3. The outside slide plates of the multistage slide plate are connected on the inside cylinder opening side of a number of cylinders to arrange the inside slide plates on the lower side, and the outside cylinders can concentrically house the inside cylinders. Holes are provided on the side opposite to the opening side of the cylinders except the outermost one, and air pressure is supplied from the opening side, whereby the multistage slide plate 2 can be expanded and contracted. It is convenient to remotely control the above operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle cover sheet device for automatically pulling out and storing a vehicle from a storage box installed on the roof of a passenger car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a passenger car is parked in a place exposed to direct sunlight for a long period of time, the temperature inside the vehicle rises significantly and the passengers feel uncomfortable when riding, or the items inside the vehicle deteriorate due to high temperatures.
It could cause unexpected damage. As a solution to this,
Take out the folded cover sheet by hand from the storage case fixed on the roof of the vehicle, cover the car body with the cover sheet,
A cover sheet has been proposed in which the cover sheet is manually folded and stored by an electric motor when unnecessary. The operations of pulling out, covering and folding the cover sheet were manually performed, and the operations were not easily performed.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores a multistage slide plate in the front and rear in a storage box installed on an automobile roof, and the multistage slide plate is moved in the front-rear direction by a pneumatic system. Automatically pulling out and winding the divided sheets by projecting or storing them and rotating the shafts provided on both sides of the slide plate and the most advanced slide plate forward and backward with an electric motor to pull out or wind the divided sheets. A cover sheet device is provided.

Further, the outer slide plate of the multi-stage slide plate is connected at the inner cylinder opening side of the multi-stage cylinder, the inner slide plate is arranged at the lower side, and the outer cylinder is concentric with the inner cylinder. A car cover seat device that can be stowed by a car and has a hole on the side opposite to the opening side of the cylinder other than the outermost side, and by supplying air pressure from the opening side, the multistage slide plate can be extended and projected to be stored. I will provide a. In addition, it is convenient to remotely control the extension and projection of the multi-stage slide plate, the storage and the pulling-out of the divided sheets, and the winding operation.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to 0. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the entire automobile is covered with the cover division sheet of the present invention. In the figure,
1 is a storage box having an opening in the front-rear direction, 2a,
2b is a slide plate fixed in the storage box 1,
The slide plates 2a-1, 2a-2, 2a-3, 2a-4 are housed in a storage box, and the slide plates 2b-1 and 2b-2 project forward from the opening. The slide plates 2b-1 and 2b-2 project backward from the opening. Slide plates 3a, 3b are divided sheets provided on both sides of the slide plate, and 3c, 3d are divided sheets provided on the leading end side of the front and rear slide plates 2a-4, 2b-2.

Slide plates 2a-3, 2a-2, 2a-
1 and 2a are 2a when stored in the storage box.
-4, 2a-3, 2a-2, and 2a-1 are housed in the lower inside thereof. Similarly, when stored, the slide plate 2b-
1 and 2b respectively house 2b-2 and 2b-1 in the lower inside. In each figure, the inclination gradient of the slide plate is shown large for the sake of clarity, but the inclination may be any gradient as long as the operability of the slide plate is good.

The number of slide plates (and divided sheets) stored in the storage box shown in FIG. 1 is an example, and is determined by the vehicle length, the length of the slide plate in the protruding direction, and the like. The divided sheets 3a, 3b, 3c cover the entire automobile as shown in the drawing by pulling out from the state in which they are wound inside the respective slide plates. In this specification and the drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same or corresponding configurations.

FIG. 2 shows an installation example of the storage box and a drive source for the slide plate and the divided sheets. FIG. 2 (a) shows an example in which the storage box is attached to the roof of the car with mounting brackets, and FIG. 2 (b) shows the vehicle roof (vehicle width) at the end portion in the front-rear direction and the direction perpendicular to the storage box when the automobile cover of the present invention is used. Since it protrudes more, it rotates 90 degrees when not using the car cover,
In the example in which the storage box can be rotated so that it does not protrude from the storage box when the car is moved, (c) attaches the storage box to the ceiling inside the car, pulls it up to the roof of the car when using the cover, and rotates the storage box 90 degrees. The following shows an example of mounting and fixing.

In FIG. 2, 4 is a metal fitting for mounting the storage box 1 on the roof of the vehicle, 5 is an electric motor provided in the center of the storage box, 6 is an air pipe for sending air to a cylinder for driving a slide plate, and 7 is It represents an air compressor that is an air drive source. The two sets of multi-stage slide plates are stored in the spaces 1a and 1b on the front side and the rear side of the storage box with their centers being symmetrical. The electric motor 5 is a rechargeable type and is capable of normal rotation and reverse rotation. The air compressor is small and is installed at the rear of the vehicle, and the air pipe 6 is taken in the center of the storage box. Air is sent to each cylinder that drives a multi-stage slide plate in both front and rear directions. In the case of (c), a part of the air tube 6 is made a flexible portion 6a in order to move the storage box up and down.

FIG. 3 is a perspective plan view of the storage box when a plurality of slide plates that move in both front and rear directions are stored in the front and rear of the storage box 1, and FIG.
FIG. 4B is a sectional view in the direction of the arrow in the section A, and FIG. 4B is a sectional view in the direction of the arrow in the section BB of FIG. 8 in the figure
a, 8b, 8c, 8d and 8e are slide plates 2 respectively
a, 2a-1, 2a-2, 2a-3, 2a-4, a cylinder having a rectangular cross section, 9 is a cylinder 8b, 8c, 8
Small holes 10 formed at the tip of the cylinders d and 8e are air pipes of an air drive system connected to the opening side of the cylinder 8a, 1
Reference numeral 1 is a gear group, 12 is a sprocket gear, 13 is a chain, 14 is a sprocket gear, 15 is a shaft, 16 is a gear, and 17 is a moving direction of the chain 13 due to rotation of the electric motor 5.

The slide plates 2a and 2b are fixed to the storage box 1. Cylinders 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8
e is the slide plates 2a, 2a-1, 2a-2, 2 respectively.
It is connected to a-3 and 2a-4 on the opening side. The slide plate is arranged on the lower side, and the outer cylinder allows the inner cylinder to be housed by the concentric shaft. By connecting the outer slide plate and the inner cylinder, a large number of slide plates and a plurality of them are combined. The cylinder and the cylinder can be housed inside, and can be housed compactly in the housing box. Cylinders 8a, 8b, 8c other than the outermost one
A small hole 9 is provided on the side opposite to the opening side of 8d. An air pipe 10 connected to the air compressor 7 is connected to the opening side. The cross section of the cylinder may be cylindrical.

By supplying air pressure from the air compressor 7 to the air pipe 10 at the opening of the cylinder, the cylinder is sequentially expanded with 8e, 8d, 8c and 8b, and at the same time, slide plates 2a-4, which are connected to the respective cylinders, are formed. 2a-
3, 2a-2 and 2a-1 can be extended and extended from the storage box. Similarly, when the air pressure in the cylinder opening is made negative by the air compressor 7, the cylinders are sucked and the cylinders 8e, 8d, 8c, and 8b are sequentially contracted, and the slide plates connected at the same time are stored in the storage box. It

The rotating force of the electric motor 5 is the motor rotating shaft 5a.
The gears 11a, 11b, 11c of the gear group 11, the rotary shaft 12a, and the sprocket gear 12 are driven to rotate via the chain 13, and the sprocket gear 14 is driven to drive the shaft 15 via the chain 13. Rotation of the shaft 15 is performed by rotating the shaft 15 of the slide plate via the umbrella gear 16 and the umbrella gear 21 of the slide plate of the next stage housed in the lower inner side (see FIG. 7B described later). The force is transmitted (see FIG. 4 (a)).

FIG. 5 is a view for conceptually explaining the operation of the automobile cover of the present invention. When the cover device of the present invention is used, the compressor 7 is driven to cause each slide plate to sequentially project, and after all slide plates are completely moved, the electric motor 5 is driven to pull out all the divided sheets ( take down). In the illustrated embodiment, the slide plate extends and projects forward and backward ((b)), and the projection of the slide plate stops at (c) in the figure.

Thereafter, the electric motor 5 is driven to uniformly pull out all the divided sheets ((d)), and the cover operation is completed in the state shown in FIG. When the car cover is to be housed, the electric motor is first reversed to wind up (lift) all the divided sheets (state from FIG. 5 (d) to (c)), and then the air pressure of the compressor is set to a negative pressure. Store slide plates in sequence.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the principle of movement of the slide plate by the cylinder. In the figure, 18 is the direction of air pressure, 1
9 represents a rubber ring. A metal touch is used between each cylinder to prevent air leakage. (A) shows the stored state of the slide plate. In (b), when the air pressure is supplied from the air pipe 10, the outermost cylinder 8e without the small hole 9 becomes the cylinder 8e.
The situation of being pushed out from a is shown. Similarly, the cylinder is pushed from the outside by 8d (FIG. 7C), and then 8c and 8b are pushed out from the cylinder 8a. If the air is sucked at a negative pressure, the cylinders 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e are pulled back to the cylinder 8a. The rubber ring 19 is for preventing leakage of air pressure.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the driving principle of pulling out and rewinding the divided sheet when the slide plate is projected. 1A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG. 1, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of FIG. In the figure, 21 is an umbrella gear,
22 and 23 are bevel gears, 24 is a shaft, 25 is a winding portion, and 26 is a rotation direction by the drive of the electric motor 5. The cylinder is driven by air pressure, and the slide plates 2a-1 to 2a-4, 2b-1 to
2b-2 protrudes and extends, and stops when the gears 16 and 21 of each shaft mesh with each other.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which the divided sheets are foldable sheets. In the figure, 25 is a portion for winding a yarn for folding a divided sheet, 27 is a weight of the sheet, 28 is a folded piece of the divided sheet, 29 is a weight 27 at one end and the shaft 15 at the other end, and A thread fixed to the shaft through the hole 31, 30 a stopper for stopping the rising of the folding piece, and 32 a winding and drawing direction of the folded divided sheet.

Rotation of the electric motor in the direction of the arrow in the figure is transmitted to the shafts 15 and 24 by the meshed bevel gears 16 and 21 and the bevel gears 22 and 23. The operation of the sheet is performed by winding the two yarns 29 of the foldable sheet shown in FIG. 8 on the winding portions 25 of the shafts 15 and 24 or drawing the yarns from the winding portion 25. Further, the folding piece may be a blind piece.

9 and 10 show another embodiment. FIG. 9 shows a diagram corresponding to FIG. FIG. 10 shows an embodiment in which each shaft is used as a winding shaft for a divided sheet. 10A is an enlarged view of the F portion of FIG. 7, and FIG. 10B is a drawing corresponding to a cross-sectional view taken along the line GG. 41,
42 is an umbrella gear, 43 is a shaft, and 44, 45, and 46 are gears. When the slide plate moves in association with the extension of the multi-stage cylinder, the movement of the slide plate stops at the stage where the bevel gear 41 and the bevel gear 42 mesh with each other.

The rotational force of the electric motor meshes with the bevel gears 41 and 42, the gears 44 to 46, and the bevel gears 22 and 23 which are meshed with each other.
Is transmitted to the shafts 15 and 24 by. The upper ends of the divided sheets are fixed to the shafts 15 and 24, and as the shafts rotate, the force of the weight 27 is used to rewind or reverse the shaft to wind the shaft, and the divided sheets are lifted and lowered. The weight may be plate-shaped.

The shaft 15 coupled to the bevel gear representing the rotation direction of the shaft 15 is pivotally supported by the engaging portions provided in the front and rear of the slide plate, and the shaft 43 and the gears 45 and 46 are provided in the front and rear of the slide plate. It is pivotally supported by the locked part.

Further, the projection of the slide plate of the present invention, the storage drive, the drawing of the divided sheets, and the winding can be performed by remote operation of the air drive system and the electric motor.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the projecting and accommodating multi-stage slide plates to which the divided sheets are attached are housed in the accommodating box, and the projecting extension of the multi-stage slide plates from the accommodating box and the accommodating drive are performed by the air drive system. , The pulling out and rewinding of the divided sheets are mechanically coupled when the slide plate is projected and extended by the forward / reverse operation of the electric motor, and the shifts that transmit the rotational force are mechanically combined to perform the cover covering operation and the cover storing operation. Since the operation is performed, the operation can be improved with a simple structure and fully automatically.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example in which an automobile is covered with a split sheet of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement example of storage boxes, a slide plate, and a drive source for divided sheets.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a ride plate and a cylinder of the present invention are stored in a storage box.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an operation of the cover device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the principle of driving the slide plate of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a state where the slide plate of the present invention has moved,
It is a figure which shows the state of a slide plate and a cylinder.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of folding a divided sheet in the shaft drive system of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a slide plate and a winding drive according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining how to pull out and wind up the divided sheets in the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 storage box 2a-slide plate 2b ~ Slide plate 3a to 3c division sheet 5 electric motor 7 Air compressor 8a-8e cylinder 10 air tubes 15 shaft 25 winding section

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kunio Harada             2-2-1 Kasumi 2-chome, Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture (72) Inventor Shoji Terada             Saitama prefecture Yoshikawa city Yoshikawa housing complex 5-10403

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage box mounted on a vehicle roof, a multi-stage slide plate and an electric motor which are stored in the storage box and project in both front and rear directions and can be stored. in front,
An automobile cover seat device comprising shafts rotatably connected to electric motors on both sides, a split seat winding device provided on each shaft, and a pneumatic system for projecting and storing a slide plate forward and backward. An automobile cover seat device, wherein a multi-stage slide plate is projected and housed in both front and rear directions from a storage box by an air pressure system, and each shaft is driven by an electric motor to pull out or wind up a divided seat. 2. The outer slide plate of the multi-stage slide plate,
The inner side of the multi-stage cylinder is connected on the cylinder opening side, the inner slide plate is arranged on the lower side, and the outer cylinder can store the inner cylinder on the concentric axis. The vehicle cover split seat device according to claim 1, wherein a hole is provided on the side opposite to the side, and air pressure is supplied from the opening side. 3. The automobile cover seat device according to claim 1, wherein the projection of the multi-stage split sheet plate, the storage, and the pulling out and winding of the split sheets are remotely controlled.