JP2003231383A - Newspaper holder with folding plate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily read a newspaper in a state vertically folded in four in order to eliminate troublesomeness felt by a person reading a newspaper or a person present in the periphery thereof in a train, a coffeehouse or an office. <P>SOLUTION: Folding plates for vertically folding a newspaper in four are provided at the left and right parts of a fixing implement, which fixes the side becoming fold of the newspaper in a usual state vertically folded double, one by one. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is for mounting a newspaper on an ordinary newspaper so that the pages of the newspaper can be easily stacked and the newspaper can be easily held.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional newsprint holder is used in a library, an office or the like for fixing a side of a fold of a newspaper in a normal state folded in half with a stick-shaped fixing device. As a result, it is possible to prevent the misalignment of the positions of the respective papers due to the page turning operation of the newspaper, and it is possible to turn the pages without being concerned about such paper misalignment. But,
When reading a newspaper, it is basically necessary to spread the newspaper over the width of two pages of the newspaper, so that holding it will make your hands tired, placing it on a table will occupy a large area, and annoy people around you. There are still some problems such as overhanging. In addition, this conventional newspaper holder is inconvenient to carry because it has a rod-like shape having a length equal to or longer than the long side of the rectangle formed by the pages of the newspaper.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in order to eliminate the annoyance felt by a person reading a newspaper and people around the newspaper, a newspaper which is conventionally folded in half is folded in quarters. It is intended to be easy to read. In this way, there are already people who practice reading newspapers by folding them in half in the train without the help of any tools, and this folding method has already been used by many people. It is known.
It is also possible to practice this folding method with the conventional newspaper holder mounted. However, in order to facilitate such practice, it is an object of the present invention to realize a newsprint holder that has a shape, size and material suitable for such practice and is also highly portable. Of.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a newspaper holder with a folding plate, and in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the side of the fold of the newspaper in a normal state folded in two is fixed. To the left and right of the fixture,
It is provided with one folding plate used to fold a newspaper in four vertically.

The length of the short side of the folding plate is basically about half the length of the short side of a rectangle formed by a normal size newspaper page. However, it is desirable that the length of the short side be several cm longer than this for the reason described later.

The length of the long side of the folding plate is set to an arbitrary length suitable for folding and folding a page of newspaper with the long side.

To form the folding plate, a relatively strong material is used that has sufficient strength to fold and fold newspaper on it. Further, it is desirable that the thickness of the folding plate is as thin as possible within the range where this strength is not impaired.

In order to allow outward bending of the strip-like region along the long side of the fixing plate side of each folding plate in the range of 180 ° angle, a relatively flexible material capable of withstanding this bending is used. It is desirable to use it to form this region.

For the reason to be described later, the belt-shaped region along the straight line connecting the midpoints of the two long sides of each folding plate is bent in the range of 360 degrees to endure this bending. It is desirable to use the resulting relatively soft material to form this region and to separate the fixation device in two near its center.

For the reason to be described later, it is desirable to hollow out a portion of each folding plate near the long side of the fixing device, which corresponds to the gap between the two fixing devices.

Further, it is desirable that the relatively strong material and the relatively flexible material used for forming the folding plate have such a transparency that the type of newsprint can be sufficiently seen and read.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an inside view of a newspaper holder with a folding plate in which a left folding plate 1 and a right folding plate 2 are opened. In each of the left and right folding plates, a strip-shaped region along the long side on the fixing device side and a strip-shaped region along the straight line connecting the midpoints of the two long sides are formed of the relatively flexible material 3. . Further, the other region is formed of the relatively strong material 4.

FIG. 2 is a view of the newsprint holder with the folding plate in the state shown in FIG. The long sides of the left and right folding plates on the fixture side are fused together. That is, the four relatively strong materials 4 cut in a rectangular shape are bonded to the relatively flexible material 3 cut in a cross shape. The cross-shaped relatively flexible material has vertical folds, and the upper part and the lower part of the folds are sandwiched by the fixing device 5.

FIG. 3 shows a newspaper holder with a folding plate in the closed state, with a left folding plate 1
From the side. It can be seen that a part corresponding to the gap between the two fixing devices is cut out in the vicinity of the long side on the fixing device side of each folding plate. FIG. 4 is FIG.
It is sectional drawing which looked at from above.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion with the fixing device of FIG. The cross section of each fixing device has a constricted U-shape, and the relatively flexible material 3 in the left and right folding plates is sandwiched by the pressure of the constricted part.

FIG. 6 is a view of the state in which the newspaper holder with the folding plate in the state of FIG. 3 is mounted on the newspaper 6 in a normal state folded in two vertically, as seen from the side of the left folding plate. When installing, first remove the two fixing devices from the newspaper holder with folding plate. Next, the newspaper, which is folded in half vertically, is sandwiched between the left and right folding plates.
Make sure that the midpoints of the folds of the newspaper are aligned with the midpoints of the folds between the left and right folding plates. Then, the side that is a fold line between the left and right folding plates is fixed with two fixing devices. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6 viewed from above.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion with the fixing device of FIG. A bundle 7 of newspapers pushes the fixing device in the state shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a view of the newspaper shown in FIG. 6 opened from left and right with arbitrary pages, as viewed from the inside. FIG. 10 is a sectional view of FIG. 9 seen from above.

FIG. 11 shows a state of a vertically folded newspaper, which is realized by folding the newspaper in the state of FIG. 9 further outward, as viewed from the right folding plate side. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 11 seen from above. This folding method is possible because the strip-like region along the long side of the fixing plate of each folding plate is made of a relatively flexible material.

The folding method of the newspaper in FIGS. 9 and 11 can be realized in the conventional newspaper holder. The newspaper holder with a folding plate can be easily folded and put into practice as shown in FIGS. 13, 15, 17, and 19 described below, without causing misalignment of each paper. It excels in terms of making it possible.

FIG. 13 shows, from the left folding plate side, the appearance of a vertically folded newspaper, which is realized by opening the outer half of the newspaper page in the state of FIG. 6 and folding it. It is a thing. This state is realized by hooking each of the papers that make up the newspaper to the long side on the outside of the right or left folding plate and folding. FIG. 14 is a sectional view of FIG. 13 seen from above.

FIG. 15 shows a state in which the newspaper is opened left and right in the state of FIG. 13 as seen from the inside. FIG. 16 is a sectional view of FIG. 15 seen from above.

FIG. 17 is realized by folding the newspaper in the state of FIG. 15 further outward.
This is a view of a newspaper folded in four vertically, viewed from the side of the right folding plate. This folding method is possible because the strip-like region along the long side of the fixing plate of each folding plate is made of a relatively flexible material. In addition, it was stated earlier that it is desirable to set the length of the short side of the folding plate to be several cm longer than half the length of the short side of the rectangle formed by the pages of the newspaper.
This is to prevent the long side outside each page of the newspaper from being jammed around the fixing device by this folding method. FIG. 18 is a sectional view of FIG. 17 seen from above.

FIG. 19 shows a state in which the newspaper is folded in four vertically and horizontally in two, which is realized by further folding the newspaper in the state of FIG. this is,
This is possible because the strip-shaped region along the straight line connecting the midpoints of the two long sides of each folding plate is made of a relatively flexible material. Further, it is of course possible to fold the newspaper in the state of FIG. 13 into two in the direction opposite to that of FIG.

Similarly, the newspaper in the state shown in FIGS. 11, 15 and 17 can also be folded in two horizontally.

In this specification, the term "fold vertically" means to fold the newspaper so that the folds are in the vertical direction. Also, when saying "fold in two vertically",
As shown in FIG. 6, there is one vertical crease in each of the newspapers, and the folding means that the area occupied by the paper in the visual field is ½ in the horizontal direction. Also, when saying "fold in four vertically",
As shown in FIGS. 13 and 17, each of the newspapers has three folds in the vertical direction, and the folds are made such that the area occupied by the paper in the visual field is one-fourth in the horizontal direction. means. Further, in FIGS. 11 and 17, the left and right pages of the newspaper are bent 180 degrees at a position several cm from the fixing device, but in the present specification, these bent portions are not regarded as folds. . Note that the state in FIG. 15 is understood as a state in which a newspaper folded in four vertically is opened to the left and right.

In the present specification, the term "fold horizontally" means to fold the newspaper so that the folds are in the horizontal direction. Also, when saying "fold in two",
One horizontal crease in each piece of newspaper
It means that the paper folds so that the area occupied by the paper in the visual field becomes half in the vertical direction.

Although it has been stated above that it is desirable to hollow out a portion of each folding plate near the long side on the fixing device side corresponding to the gap between the two fixing devices. If you don't hollow out like that,
This is because, in the practice of horizontal folding in FIG. 19, it is expected that the pressure of the fold of the newspaper will accelerate the damage of the left and right folding plates of the folding plate.

By loosely connecting the two fixing devices of the newspaper holder with the folding plate with a string in the manner as shown in FIG. 20, the fixing devices can be prevented from being dropped or lost.

Further, when a plurality of newspapers are collectively displayed at one place in a library, office, etc., by hooking the portion of this string on the hook of the display device, FIG.
Such a display state is realized.

[0032]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

In the state where the newspaper is folded in four vertically, one folding plate is provided on each of the left and right sides of the fixing device for sandwiching and fixing the side of the fold of the newspaper in the normal state folded in two vertically. Moreover, it can be easily read while holding it in the state of folding it in half.

Therefore, it is possible to encourage people to practice newspaper folding and read newspapers, and as a result, people reading newspapers and their surroundings at trains, airplanes, coffee shops, offices, libraries, etc. It is possible to eliminate the annoyance felt by those who are present.

Since it is easy to fold, it can be easily carried in a bag or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an inside view of a state in which a left folding plate and a right folding plate of a newsprint holder with a folding plate are opened.

FIG. 2 is a view of the newsprint holder with a folding plate in the state of FIG. 1 as turned over and viewed from the outside.

FIG. 3 is a view of the newsprint holder with a folding plate in a closed state, viewed from the left folding plate side.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3 seen from above.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion with the fixing device of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view of a state where the newspaper holder with a folding plate in the state of FIG. 3 is mounted on a newspaper in a normal state folded in two vertically, viewed from the side of the left folding plate.

7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6 viewed from above.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion with the fixing device of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a view from inside of a state where the newspaper in the state of FIG. 6 is opened left and right on an arbitrary page.

10 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 9 seen from above.

FIG. 11 is a view of a state of a vertically folded newspaper, which is realized by folding the newspaper in the state of FIG. 9 further outward, as seen from the right folding plate side.

12 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 11 seen from above.

FIG. 13 is a view of the state of a vertically folded newspaper, which is realized by opening and folding the outer half of the page of the newspaper in the state of FIG. 6, as seen from the side of the left folding plate. is there.

14 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 13 seen from above.

FIG. 15 is a view of the newspaper as opened from side to side in the state of FIG. 13 as viewed from the inside.

16 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 15 seen from above.

FIG. 17 is a view of a vertically quadruple-folded newspaper, which is realized by folding the newspaper in the state of FIG. 15 further outward, as viewed from the right folding plate side.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 17 seen from above.

FIG. 19 is a vertical quarter-folded / horizontal half-folded newspaper state realized by further laterally folding the newspaper in the state of FIG. 13;

Figure 20: Newspaper holder 2 with folding plate
It looks like two fixtures are connected by a string.

FIG. 21 is a view showing a state of display of newspapers when the newspaper holder with the folding plate is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Left folding plate 2 Right folding plate 3 relatively flexible material 4 relatively strong material 5 fixtures 6 Newspaper in the normal state folded in two vertically 7 Bunch of newspaper

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A page of newsprint having a short side of a normal size is formed on the left and right of a fixing device for fixing the side of the fold of the newspaper in a normal state folded in half. Newspaper holder with a folding plate, which has one folding plate in the shape of a rectangle, which is approximately half the length of the short side of the rectangle. 2. The folding according to claim 1, wherein in each of the two folding plates, a strip-shaped region along the long side on the fixing device side is bent outward in a range of 180 degrees. Newspaper holder with plate. 3. In each of the two folding plates, a strip-shaped region along a straight line connecting the midpoints of the two long sides is bendable within a 360-degree angle range, and two fixing devices are provided. The newsprint holder with a folding plate according to claim 2, which is separated into