JP2003070139A - Binding member of electric wire - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a bound electric wire from damaged when a band 1 is cut, related to a tying member for the electric wire which comprises a binding member body provided with a band 1 and a band fixing part 2 and ties the electric wire by fixing the band 1 to the band fixing part 2 while the band 1 is wound to enclose the electric wire. SOLUTION: A protecting part 5 which prevents a bound electric wire from damaged by a cutter which cuts the band 1 is provided on the side opposed to the electric wire which is tied. In the example shown in the figure, the band fixing part 2 is provided with the tab-like protecting part 5. Since the protecting part 5 is interposed between a part of the band 1 and the bound electric wire, the bound electric wire is prevented from damaged when a part of the band 1 is cut.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a binding member for binding electric wires, and more particularly to a binding member for electric wires which prevents the electric wires from being damaged when the band portion is cut.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In equipment such as copying machines and printers,
Various electric parts and devices are connected by a wire bundle (harness) formed by bundling a plurality of electric wires. A single device has a large number of electric wire bundles, and each electric wire bundle is arranged so as to crawl inside a device or at a predetermined position on the back surface. In addition, the electric wire bundle is bundled at a plurality of positions with a cable band for fixing the electric wire bundle such as a snap band tie.

FIGS. 15A and 15B show an example of a cable tie used as a binding member for electric wires.
The figure (a) is a front view, and the figure (b) is a side view. The cable ties shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B are of a self-locking type, and are formed by integrally forming a band fixing portion 2 which is a head at one end of a band-shaped band portion 1. The fixing portion 2 is provided with a hole 3 for band connection into which the other end of the band portion 1 is inserted. Also,
The band connecting hole 3 of the band fixing portion 2 and the band portion 1 are provided with a plurality of notches for engaging with each other and fixing each other. In this cable tie, the band portion 1 is wound so as to surround the wires to be bound, and the other end of the band portion 1 is inserted into the band connecting hole 3 of the band fixing portion 2 and fixed, Bind the wires together.

Further, in the cable ties shown in FIGS. 15 (a) and 15 (b), a device connecting portion 4 for connecting to a device is integrally formed at the tip of the band fixing portion 2. The tip portion of the device connecting portion 4 is penetrated through a hole provided in a frame of the device or the like to fix the cable tie and the device. In addition, in the present specification, a binding member provided with a connection portion with the device, such as the device connection portion 4, is illustrated, but when the connection with the device is unnecessary, the binding member is not necessarily connected with the device. The connection part may not be provided.

By the way, recently, for the purpose of effective use of resources and reduction of waste, it has been attempted to recycle (reuse) or reuse (reuse) electric wire bundles in equipment. When reusing a bundle of electric wires bundled by a cable band, it is most efficient to cut the cable band. Generally, the cable band is formed of plastic, nylon resin, or the like, and can be cut with various cutting tools such as nippers, scissors, and a cutter.

Regarding the recycling of harnesses, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-64345 discloses a method for shortening the working time at the time of recycling by coloring the wire bundle, the binding member and the connector for identification. Proposals have been made to improve recycling efficiency.

[0007]

However, when the conventional cable tie is used, the bundle of electric wires is damaged and cannot be used at the time of recycling, and the cable tie at the time of recycling is used. When the band portion 1 is cut, there is a problem that the bundle of electric wires is likely to be accidentally damaged by the cutting tool. The present invention has been made in view of such conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an electric wire binding member that can prevent the wound electric wires from being damaged when the band portion is cut. And

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a wire binding member according to the present invention has a binding member main body composed of a band portion and a band fixing portion, and a band so as to surround the wire. In a configuration in which the electric wire is bound by fixing the band portion with the band fixing portion in a state where the portion is wound, for example, on the side facing the electric wire to be bound such as the band fixing portion or the band portion of the binding member body, The electric wire bundled with the cutting tool for cutting the band portion is protected from being damaged. Therefore, when the band part is cut by the cutting tool, the protective part is interposed between the band part and the bound electric wire, and thus the bound electric wire can be prevented from being damaged. it can.

The wire binding member is not limited to the case of binding a wire bundle composed of a plurality of wires, and
It may be used when bundling electric wires of a book. By binding the electric wires with the binding member, for example, the bound electric wires can be gathered together, and when the binding member is provided with a device connecting portion and the device is connected to the device, the bound electric wire is near the device. Can be summarized.

Further, in the electric wire binding member according to the present invention,
In a preferred embodiment, the protection part is composed of a planar member that covers a part of the band part. Therefore, since the protective portion is composed of a planar member, it is easy to protect the bundled electric wires, and it is possible to prevent the bundled electric wires from being damaged by cutting the part of the band portion. In addition,
The planar member is preferably composed of, for example, the same surface as the part of the band portion or a surface wider than the part.

Further, in the electric wire binding member according to the present invention,
In a preferred mode, the protection part is composed of a member that is curved on the side facing the electric wires to be bound. Therefore,
Since the protective portion is curved on the side of the bundled wires, the bundled wires can be easily enclosed and protected. The degree of bending may be arbitrary.

Further, in the electric wire binding member according to the present invention,
In a preferred mode, the protection part is formed separately from the binding member body, and the protection part and the binding member body can be attached. Therefore, for example, when the protective portion is not necessary, it can be used only with the binding member main body, and when the protective portion is necessary, the protective portion can be attached to the binding member main body and used. .

The binding member main body is a member including, for example, a band portion and a band fixing portion, and has a structure similar to that of a conventional binding member, for example. Further, various structures may be used as a structure for attaching the protective portion and the binding member main body, and it is preferable that the protective portion and the binding member main body are fixed so as not to come off when attached.

Further, in the wire binding member according to the present invention,
In a configuration in which the binding member main body and the protective portion can be attached as described above, as a more preferable aspect, the protective portion and the binding member main body can be removed. Therefore,
For example, the protective portion can be reused by removing the protective portion from the binding member body after the band portion is cut.

In this case, the protective portion is preferably formed of a material that is less likely to be damaged by a cutting tool than the electric wire or the band portion, that is, formed of a material having higher strength than the electric wire or the band portion. It is good to be done. Further, various structures may be used as the structure for removing the protection part and the binding member main body.

Further, in the electric wire binding member according to the present invention,
In a preferred mode, the protection unit has a display unit that displays information regarding the usage status of the binding member. Therefore,
Since the information regarding the usage status of the binding member is displayed by the protection unit, the work at the time of recycling the binding member can be made efficient.

Various kinds of information may be used as the information regarding the use status of the binding member, for example, the wires to be bound, the attaching direction of the binding member at the binding location, the size of the binding member used, and the like. Information for identifying types such as materials, types of equipment to be attached, reference points for attachment to the equipment, and the like can be displayed. Further, various kinds of display means may be used, and for example, display by characters written on the protective portion, display by appearance of color, pattern, type, shape, etc. of the protective portion can be used. . When writing characters on the protection part, the size of the protection part is set to the extent that necessary characters can be written.

Here, the shape and material of the protective portion are not necessarily limited to those shown above, and various modifications are possible within the range in which the purpose of preventing the electric wires to be bound from being damaged. Shapes and materials may be used. In addition, as a specific example, vinyl, nylon resin, or the like can be used as the material of the protective portion.

Further, for example, it is made of a protective portion having a shape that covers a part or the whole of the circumference of the bundled electric wires, or a material that does not damage the bundled electric wires, for example, has less friction. By using a protective part, etc., it is possible to protect the bundled wires from being damaged not only when the band part is cut but also when the wires are bound by the binding member. It is possible to prevent the damaged electric wire from being damaged.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that in the following embodiment, the above-mentioned FIG.
The structure which applied this invention to the self-locking type cable tie shown to (a), (b) is shown, Moreover, about the band part 1, the band fixing part 2, the band connection hole 3, and the apparatus connection part 4, it shows. For convenience of explanation, FIG.
The same reference numerals 1 to 4 as those shown in FIG.

1 (a) and 1 (b) show a configuration example of a cable tie which is an example of a binding member for electric wires according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a front view and FIG. (B) is a side view. In this cable tie, a protection member 5 formed of a planar member having a tongue shape that covers a part of the band part 1 is provided on one side of the band fixing part 2 that faces the bundled electric wires. Is provided. Thereby, with respect to a part of the band part 1, the band part 1 and the protection member 5 are made to be double members. When the band portion 1 is untied, the band portion 1 is untied by cutting the part of the band portion 1 with a cutting tool, and the protection member 5 does not need to be cut.

As a preferred embodiment, FIG. 2 shows that the protective member 6 is curved toward the side facing the electric wires to be bound.
It shows an example of the configuration seen from the side of the cable tie provided with. 1 (a), 1 (b) and FIG. 2, the protective members 5 and 6 are shaded for easy viewing.

The protective member may be integrally molded with the cable tie body, or may be constructed so that it can be attached to the cable tie body with one touch. For example, FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the cable tie in which the band fixing portion 2 and the protective member 11 are integrally molded, as seen from the side surface.

Further, FIG. 4A shows a protective member 22 having a band fixing portion 2 having a hook hole portion 21 and having a hook portion 23 at one end which is inserted into and engaged with the hook hole portion 21.
2 shows an example of the configuration of a cable tie formed separately from the main body of the cable tie as viewed from the side. Further, FIG. 2B shows a schematic configuration example of the band fixing portion 2 viewed from the right side in the drawing of FIG. In this cable tie,
The hook portion 23 of the protection member 22 is replaced with the hook hole portion 21 of the band fixing portion 2.
The protective member 22 can be attached to the cable tie main body by inserting the protective member 22 into the cable tie and connecting the protective member 22. Further, for example, by making the material around the hook hole portion 21 of the band fixing portion 2 a material having a relatively weak strength and making the entire protection member 22 or the material of the hook portion 23 of the protection member 22 a relatively strong material, It is possible to reuse the protective member 22 by removing the protective member 22 attached to the cable tie body.

Further, in FIG. 5, a cable having a protection member 31 having a ring-shaped ring portion 32 having a hole capable of penetrating the band portion 1 at the tip thereof is formed separately from the cable tie body. It shows an example of the structure seen from the side of Thailand. In this cable tie, from the band portion 1 to the protection member 3
It is possible to reuse the protection member 31 by extracting 1 and removing it.

Further, in FIG. 6, a protection member 41 having a slit-shaped slit portion 42 capable of penetrating the band portion 1 is seen from the front of a cable tie formed separately from the cable tie body. A configuration example is shown. In this cable tie, the protection member 41 can be reused by pulling out and removing the protection member 41 from the band portion 1.

The protective member is preferably flat, and other than the tongue shape described above, FIGS. 7 to 13 show examples of cable ties having various shaped protective members 51 to 57, for example. As described above, the shape of the plane may be various shapes. Further, it is preferable that the protective member has an area such that the information regarding the usage status of the cable tie can be displayed, for example, in characters.
An example is shown in which the character "05" is described on the plane of the protection member, which does not face the electric wire.

Specifically, the flat surface of the protection member 51 of the cable tie shown in FIG. 7 is rectangular, and the width of the flat surface of the portion connected to the band fixing portion 2 is narrow. Here, the width of the plane of the protection member means the size in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the band portion 1. The flat surface of the protection member 52 of the cable tie shown in FIG. 8 is rectangular, and the width of the flat surface is constant.

Protective member 53 of the cable tie shown in FIG.
7 has a shape similar to that of the protection member 51 shown in FIG. 7, but is wider than the plane of FIG. 7 except for the portion connected to the band fixing portion 2. The length is getting shorter. The flat surface of the protective member 54 of the cable tie shown in FIG. 10 has the same shape as the flat surface of the protective member 52 shown in FIG. 8, but is wider than the flat surface of FIG. The length is getting shorter.

Protective member 5 of the cable tie shown in FIG.
The plane of 5 is circular. The plane of the cable tie shown in FIG. 12 is elliptical and its width is wider than that in the length direction. The plane of the cable tie shown in FIG. 13 is elliptical, and its width is narrower than that in the length direction. Note that various shapes such as a square and a rectangle may be used as the rectangular shape, and the rectangular, circular, and elliptical sizes may be various.

Next, referring to FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b),
The specific example which binds an electric wire bundle with the cable tie which has the protection member which concerns on the Example of this invention is shown. In the figure (a),
As an example of an electric system, one end of five electric wires is connected to a certain board (board A) 61 by a connector, and the other end of these five electric wires is connected to another board (board B) 62 by a connector. , One end of each of the three electric wires is connected to the other substrate 62 by a connector, and
The configuration is shown in which the other end of the electric wire of the book is connected to an electronic device 63 such as a sensor by a connector.

Further, FIG. 4A shows an example of a portion in which a bundle of electric wires is bundled by a cable tie.
The electric wire bundle binding portions T1 to T4 are shown, and here, the case where the electric wire bundle portion T1 indicated by a combination of letters and numbers “E105” is tied with a cable tie is shown. That is, FIG. 3B shows an example of the appearance of a wire bundle 71 composed of five wires in the wire bundle binding portion T1 bound by a cable tie having a tongue-shaped protection member 72. The band portion 1 is fixed by the band fixing portion 2 in a state where the band portion 1 is wound so as to surround the electric wire bundle 71.

When the electric wire bundle 71 is bundled as shown in FIG. 7B, the electric wire bundle 71 can be protected by the protection member 72, and when the electric wire bundle 71 is reused, the electric wire bundle 71 is re-used. It is possible to cut the band portion 1 of the cable tie where the protection member 72 is present without damaging 71 with a cutting tool.

Further, in the example of FIG. 6B, the tongue-shaped protective member 72 is marked with the character "E105", and the protective member 72 is also used as a label.
That is, a system name is provided for each signal system (electrical system) on the circuit diagram as shown in FIG. 9A, and the name of the signal system to which the cable tie is applied is marked on the protection member 72 of the cable tie. As a result, it becomes possible for an operator or the like to check the signal system of the electric wire bundle 71 bound by the cable ties at a glance.

As described above, in the cable tie according to the present embodiment, the bundle of electric wires is protected by the protective member, so that the recyclability of the electric wire bundle can be improved,
Further, since the band portion of the cable tie can be cut without damaging the bundle of electric wires bundled at the time of recycling work, the workability at the time of recycling can be improved. Further, in the cable tie according to the present embodiment, for example, when the bundle of electric wires is bound, the protection member can be used as a label, so that it is not necessary to add a new label separately from the cable tie, for example. Therefore, it is possible to realize cost reduction.

Here, the structure of the electric wire binding member according to the present invention is not necessarily limited to the one described above, and various structures may be used. Further, the application fields of the present invention are not necessarily limited to those shown above, and the present invention can be applied to various fields.

[0037]

As described above, according to the electric wire binding member of the present invention, the electric wire binding member has the binding member main body including the band portion and the band fixing portion, and the band portion is wound so as to surround the electric wire. In the configuration in which the electric wire is bound by fixing the band portion with the band fixing portion in the state, the electric wire bound by the cutting tool for cutting the band portion may be damaged on the side facing the electric wire to be bound. Since the protective portion is provided, it is possible to prevent the bundled electric wires from being damaged when the band portion is cut.

Further, in the electric wire binding member according to the present invention,
Since the protection part is composed of a planar member that covers a part of the band part, it is easy to protect the electric wire bound by the protection part, and the electric wire bound by cutting the part of the band part You can prevent being hurt. Also,
In the electric wire binding member according to the present invention, since the protective portion is composed of a member that is curved on the side facing the electric wires to be bound, the electric wires bound by the protective portion can be easily enclosed and protected.

Further, in the electric wire binding member according to the present invention,
The protection part is configured separately from the binding member body, and has a structure that allows the protection part and the binding member body to be attached. For example, when the protection part is not needed, it can be used only with the binding member body. In addition, when the protective portion is required, the protective portion can be attached to the binding member body for use. Further, in the electric wire binding member according to the present invention, further,
Since the protective part and the bundling member main body have a removable structure, it is possible to reuse the protective part by removing the protective part from the bundling member main body after the band is cut, for example.

Further, in the electric wire binding member according to the present invention,
Since the protection part has the display means for displaying the information on the usage status of the binding member, the work at the time of recycling the binding member can be made efficient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a binding member for an electric wire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a binding member for an electric wire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a binding member for an electric wire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a binding member for an electric wire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a binding member for an electric wire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a view showing an example of a state in which a wire binding member according to an embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a wire binding member according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... band part, 2 ... band fixing part, 3 ... band connection hole, 4 ... device connection part, 5, 6, 11, 22,
31, 41, 51-57, 72 ... Protection member, 21 ...
Hook hole part, 23 ... Hook part, 32 ... Ring part, 42 ...
・ Slit part, 61, 62 ・ ・ Substrate, 63 ・ ・ Electronic device, 71 ・ ・ Wire bundle, T1 to T4 ・ ・ Wire bundle binding part,

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A binding member main body composed of a band part and a band fixing part, wherein the band part is fixed to the band fixing part while the band part is wound so as to surround the electric wire. In the binding member for the wires to be bound, a binding portion for the wires is provided on the side facing the wires to be bound, which is provided with a protective portion for preventing the wires bound by the cutting tool for cutting the band from being damaged. Element. 2. The electric wire binding member according to claim 1, wherein the protection portion is a planar member that covers a part of the band portion. 3. The electric wire binding member according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the protective portion is formed of a member curved toward a side facing the electric wires to be bound. . 4. The electric wire binding member according to claim 1, wherein the protective portion is formed separately from the binding member main body, and the protective portion and the binding member main body are attached to each other. An electric wire binding member having a possible structure. 5. The electric wire binding member according to claim 4, further comprising a structure capable of removing the protective portion and the binding member main body. 6. The electric wire binding member according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the protection part has a display means for displaying information on the usage status of the binding member. Bundling member.