JP2003159974A - On-vehicle ash tray - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle ash tray in which productivity improvement and cost reduction are achieved by reducing the number of components by enabling the engagement holding part of a distinguishing part to be used as the engagement holding part of a light-transmitting plate and also as a spring member for urging opening/closing of a lid. <P>SOLUTION: In the on-vehicle ash tray, the ash tray body 15 and the lid 16 are connected openably and closably via a hinge part 17, a spring member for urging the lid 16 in a fully opened or a fully closed state by being engaged with the hinge part 17 is provided, an illumination window hole 26 for collecting light from an external light source 27 and a light-transmitting plate 21 for tightly closing the illumination window hole 26, wherein the distinguishing part 29 is provided with an insertion piece having a spring property 20, and the ash tray body 15 is provided with an engagement holding part 25 to which the light-transmitting plate 21 and the insertion piece 20 are attached is provided at a position near the illumination window hole 26, so that the distinguishing part 19 and the light-transmitting plate 21 are engaged and held simultaneously by setting the insertion piece 20 to the engagement holding part 25. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an on-vehicle ashtray equipped on a vehicle such as an automobile, and more particularly to an improvement of an on-vehicle ashtray which is adapted to illuminate when it is dark at hand such as at night. It is used by attaching it to the ashtray mounting part provided on the center console of passenger cars, door trim, or cup holder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various proposals and proposals have been made for this type of vehicle-mounted ashtray.
There is an on-vehicle ashtray having a structure as shown in Fig. 1. This on-vehicle ashtray has an ashtray mounting portion in a state in which an ashtray main body 1 and a lid 3 attached to an upper opening of the ashtray main body 1 are openably and closably connected by a hinge portion 4. A coil spring 2 accommodated in the ashtray 5 and supported by the ashtray main body 1 is engaged with the hinge portion 4 to urge the lid 3 to a fully open or fully closed state.

In addition, a cigarette smoke eraser 6 is attached to the rear of the ashtray main body 1. The smoke eraser 6 is made of a heat-resistant and spring-like material, and has a curved insertion on the rear end side. In addition to integrally forming the piece 7, a holding portion 9 having a holding groove hole 8 formed by a holding piece is provided on the rear end side of the ashtray main body 1, and the inserting piece 7 is press-fitted into the holding groove hole 8 to insert the holding piece 9 into the ashtray. The main body 1 also holds and holds the eraser portion 6.

Further, a light source 10 for supplying illumination light is mounted behind the ashtray mounting portion 5, but an illumination window 11 for introducing the illumination light from the light source 10 into the ashtray main body 1 is held. Of the lighting window 11 is provided with a light-transmitting plate 12 such as glass on the back side of the lighting window 11, and a spring-like clump metal fitting 13 having a rectangular frame shape and locking claws provided on the outer periphery is attached to the lighting window 11. The light transmitting plate 12 is locked and held by being press-fitted into a rectangular frame portion 14 provided on the front side.

[0005]

However, in the above-described vehicle-mounted ashtray according to the prior art, the maple eraser portion 6 is press-fitted into the locking groove hole 8 from above, and the light transmitting plate 12 and the clasp metal fitting 13 are oriented in the same direction. Since the rectangular frame portion 14 is press-fitted and mounted from a different rear side, it becomes a factor of lowering the workability of assembly, which is not preferable especially in mass production using an automatic machine.

[0006] Further, since the chaffing part 6 and the clasp metal fitting 13 are required to be two parts, the production and inventory management of the parts are complicated, and the ashtray body 1 has the holding plate 9 and the rectangular frame part 14.
However, there is a problem that needs to be considered such that the unit price of the ashtray main body 1 having a high cost ratio may increase.

Therefore, the present invention provides an in-vehicle ashtray capable of solving these problems. In particular, it is possible to mount the maple eraser and the translucent plate from above, and at the same time when the maple eraser is attached. The main purpose of the invention is to enable the translucent plate to be retained and retained, and to solve the problems of the prior art.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises an ashtray main body having an upper opening and an internal eraser portion, and a lid connected to the ashtray main body via a hinge in a manner of opening and closing the opening. , A spring member is provided between the ashtray main body and the lid to urge the lid into a fully open or fully closed state by engaging with a hinge portion, and the ashtray main body has an illumination window hole for collecting light from an external light source, A vehicle-mounted ashtray provided with a light-transmitting plate that seals the lighting window hole is targeted for implementation.

In this on-vehicle ashtray, a spring-like insertion piece is provided at the vanishing portion, and a locking holding portion for mounting the light-transmitting plate and the insertion piece is provided on the ashtray body and the illumination window hole. It is provided at a position adjacent to each other, and by mounting the insertion piece to the locking and holding portion, the maple eraser portion and the transparent plate are locked and held at the same time.

According to this on-vehicle ashtray, in the assembling work at the time of manufacturing, the maple eraser and the translucent plate can be mounted from above and locked and held at the same time, thus improving workability as compared with the prior art. In particular, it is extremely effective when mass-produced using an automatic machine.

Further, as compared with the prior art in which the chamfered portion and the light-transmitting plate need separate holding members for the light-transmitting plate, the clasp fitting of the light-transmitting plate can be omitted for both of them. Production and inventory management become easy, and since it is not necessary to perform complicated processing on the ashtray main body having a high cost ratio, it is possible to reduce the unit price of the product.

The insert piece in the vehicle-mounted ashtray is entirely curved and formed in a substantially U-shape, and an opening is formed at the center of the insertion piece so as to be aligned with the lighting window hole. It is possible to form a clamp portion that is brought into pressure contact with the plate, and form a retaining portion that is bent and formed on the upper end side of the opening portion.

In the vehicle-mounted ashtray according to this embodiment, it is inevitable that the vehicle-mounted ashtray has a slightly more complicated shape than the insert piece of the smearing portion in the prior art, but in consideration of other manufacturing and cost advantages. , Its disadvantages are slight.

The insert piece in the vehicle-mounted ashtray is
It is possible to adopt a form in which a movable spring portion that also serves as the spring member is provided, but in the vehicle-mounted ashtray according to this embodiment,
Since the coil spring in the prior art can be omitted, further advantages in manufacturing and cost can be obtained.

Further, the movable spring portion is bent into an inwardly inclined distal end side of an insertion piece which is curved in a generally U-shape, and is engaged with a pressing operation portion protruding from the hinge portion side. By adopting the form in which the lid is biased by the spring, the function of the coil spring in the related art can be easily and inexpensively achieved.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a vehicle ashtray according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
4 will be described in detail based on FIG. 4, and FIG. 4 is an overall vertical cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 2 in the prior art, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of essential parts in the present invention.

The on-vehicle ashtray has a hinge portion 1 that includes an ashtray body 15 and a lid 16 that is attached to an upper opening of the ashtray body 15.
7 is connected so that it can be opened and closed, and the lid 16 is connected by a spring member.
Is housed in the ashtray mounting portion 18 by urging it into a fully open or fully closed state. A coil spring can be used for this spring member in the same configuration as in the prior art. It is more preferable that a part of the pieces can be used in common.

Further, a cigarette smoke eraser 19 is attached to the rear of the ashtray main body 15, and a substantially U-shaped curved insertion piece 20 is integrally formed on the rear end of the smoke eraser 19. This insert piece 20 has a maple eraser 19
Has a function of a holding member that locks and holds the light transmitting plate 21, a function of a holding member that locks and holds the transparent plate 21, and a function of a spring member that biases the lid 18 via the hinge portion 17.

As a structure for that purpose, a pair of left and right holding pieces 22, 22 are provided on the rear end side of the ashtray main body 15, and the holding groove 23 for mounting the insertion piece 20 by the holding pieces 22, 22 and the transparent groove. A locking holding portion 25 is provided which forms an insertion slot 24 for mounting the optical plate 21 in the front and back, and the locking holding portion 25 is provided.
An illumination window hole 26 formed by cutting out the rear end side of the ashtray body 15 is provided on the back side of the ashtray, and a light source 27 for supplying illumination light is provided at a position aligned with the illumination window hole 26. It is attached to the back of.

Further, the insertion piece 20 is provided with a U-shaped clamp portion 28 which is in pressure contact with the outer edge portion of the translucent plate 21 mounted in the insertion groove hole 24, and the illumination window hole 26 is provided at the center of the clamp portion 28. The opening 29 is formed so as to be aligned with, and a retaining portion 30 that locks the upper end surface of the translucent plate 21 is projected from the upper edge portion of the clamp portion 28.

Therefore, when the insertion piece 20 is fitted into the insertion groove hole 24 from above with the translucent plate 21 accommodated in the insertion groove hole 24 of the locking holding portion 25, the insertion piece 20 is made substantially U-shaped before and after. The eraser portion 19 can be locked and held by the spring force of the face plate, and the translucent plate 21 can be locked and held by the pressure contact of the clamp portion 28 and the locking of the retaining portion 30.

Further, a movable spring portion 32 formed by bending the upper end side of the insertion piece 20 inwardly is provided, and the movable spring portion 32 engages with the pressing operation portion 31 protruding from the hinge portion 17, The lid 18 that has been opened and closed can be spring-biased to a fully open state as shown by a virtual line or a fully closed state as shown by a solid line.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an overall perspective view of a vehicle-mounted ashtray according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the vehicle-mounted ashtray taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the vehicle-mounted ashtray of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an overall vertical sectional view of an in-vehicle ashtray according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

5 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the vehicle-mounted ashtray in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

15 Ashtray body 16 lid 17 Hinge part 18 Ashtray mounting part 19 maple eraser 20 Insert 21 translucent plate 22 Holding piece 23 Locking slot 24 insertion slot 25 Lock holding part 26 Lighting windows 27 light source 28 Clamp part 29 opening 30 retaining part 31 Depressing operation part 32 Movable spring part

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hiroshi Konagai             Saitama Prefecture Hiki-gun Namerikawa-cho Large character 4962 Hao Dai             Inside Tsuka Polytech Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3B088 KA05

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An ashtray main body having an opening at an upper portion and an internal eraser portion mounted therein, and a lid connected to the ashtray main body via a hinge portion in a manner of opening and closing the opening, and between the ashtray main body and the lid. Is provided with a spring member that engages with the hinge portion and urges the lid to a fully open or fully closed state, and the ashtray main body closes the illumination window hole for collecting light from an external light source and the illumination window hole. In an in-vehicle ashtray provided with a light-transmitting plate, a spring-like insertion piece is provided in the maple eraser,
The ashtray main body is provided with a locking holding portion for mounting the translucent plate and the insertion piece at a position adjacent to the lighting window hole, and by mounting the insertion piece on the locking holding portion, the smearing portion is provided. An in-vehicle ashtray characterized by holding and holding the translucent plate at the same time. 2. The insertion piece is formed so as to be curved in a substantially U-shape as a whole, and has an opening at the center thereof which is aligned with the illumination window hole, and the translucent plate is provided around the outside of the opening. The vehicle-mounted ashtray according to claim 1, wherein a clamp portion for pressure contact is formed, and a retaining portion is bent and formed on an upper end side of the opening portion. 3. The in-vehicle ashtray according to claim 1, wherein the insertion piece is provided with a movable spring portion that also serves as the spring member. 4. The movable spring portion is formed by bending a tip end side of an insertion piece, which is curved in a substantially U-shape as a whole, inwardly, and is engaged with a pressing operation portion projecting from the hinge portion side. The vehicle ashtray according to claim 3, wherein the lid is biased by a spring.