JP2003231463A - Awning cloth attaching device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an awning cloth attaching device with high water-tightness and simple assembly. <P>SOLUTION: In the device for attaching awning cloth throughout a whole circumference of an awning metal frame, an awning cloth attaching groove 16 is formed throughout a whole longitudinal circumference of the awning metal frame 12 in a center part of an outer side face 15a of the awning metal frame 12. An awning cloth end face part 5b is superposed on the outer side face 15a of the awning metal frame 12, and an awning cloth tip 5a is inserted in the awning cloth attaching groove 16. Packing 20 with elasticity is inserted between the awning cloth tip 5a and a groove inner wall face 17 of the awning cloth attaching groove 16 so as to abut on them. A retainer 21 having a retaining part 21a pressing the awning cloth end face part 5b against the outer side face 15a of the awning metal frame and a pressing part 21d pressing the packing 20 is fixed to the awning metal frame 12 by a machine screw 22 in an outer side face part of the awning metal frame 12. An engagement projecting part 21c is formed in an opposite side of an attaching part by the machine screw 22 in the retainer 12, and the engagement projecting part 21e is fit and locked in the groove 18 formed on the awning metal frame. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a hood cloth mounting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for attaching a hood cloth to a hood mounting frame fixed to a vehicle side in a connecting hood of a railway vehicle, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, a hood mounting frame 102 fixed to a vehicle 101 is used. , The top portion 103a of the hood cloth 103 is superposed, and the cloth pressing plate 1 is attached to the outer surface of the frame of the top portion 103a.
A device in which 04 is superposed and these are fastened with a fastening screw 105 and the hood cloth 103 is attached is widely used. This is the first conventional technique.

As shown in FIG. 10, a packing 203 is provided on a hood frame 202 fixed to the vehicle 201.
On the other hand, the front end portion 204a of the hood cloth 204 is wrapped around the core material 205, and the front end portion 204a is pressed against the packing 203 by the clamp 207 through the clamp presser 206 and the hood cloth 204
It is also known to attach. This is the second conventional technique.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, a packing 303 is provided on a hood mounting frame 302 fixed to a vehicle 301,
A top metal frame 304 is provided by pressing the packing 303 with a clamp 305, a fitting groove 306 is further provided at the front end of the top metal frame 304, and a tip end portion of a top cloth 308 wound around a core material 307 is provided as described above. What was made to fit in the fitting groove 306, and the tip of the hood cloth 308 was fixed by the rivet 310 via the cloth pressing member 309 in the fitting groove 306 is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-42058. Has been done. This is the third conventional technique.

[0005]

In the first prior art, when the fastening screw 105 is tightened and the hood mounting frame 102 and the cloth pressing plate 104 have insufficient rigidity, the hood cloth 103 is made of an elastic material. Therefore, between the fastening screws 105 in the circumferential direction of the hood mounting frame 102, the hood cloth 1
The leading end portion 103a of 03 is a hood mounting frame 102 and a cloth pressing plate 1.
When 04 is pushed up, a gap is created between the tip portion 103a of the hood cloth 103 and the hood mounting frame 102 or the cloth pressing plate 104, which may cause rainwater to leak.

Therefore, the hood frame 102 and the presser plate 1 are
The plate thickness of 04 is increased to enhance rigidity, and the fastening screw 105
Needs to be increased to narrow the pitch.

Further, in the second conventional technique,
In general, since the corners at the four corners of the hood frame 202 are R-shaped, the tip 204a of the hood cloth enclosing the cored bar 205 is wrinkled at this location, and the adhesion with the packing 203 is deteriorated. , Easy to cause rainwater leakage.

In the third conventional technique,
It is difficult to bring the tip end of the hood cloth 308 into close contact with the hood metal frame 304 over the entire circumference by the cloth pressing member 309, rain water may leak, and the rivet 310 in the narrow fitting groove 306 is generated. There is also a problem that the caulking operation is difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a hood cloth mounting device which can solve the above problems.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the first invention of claim 1 is a device for attaching a hood cloth over the entire circumference of the hood frame, wherein A hood cloth mounting groove is formed in the central portion of the outer side surface over the entire circumference in the longitudinal direction of the hood metal frame, and the hood cloth end face portion is superposed on the outer surface of the hood metal frame to attach the hood cloth tip portion to the hood cloth. Inserted in the groove, between the hood cloth tip and the groove wall surface of the hood cloth mounting groove,
Insert elastic packing so as to contact them,
A presser foot having a presser portion for pressing the end surface portion of the top cloth against the outer side surface of the top metal frame and a pressing portion for pressing the packing is fixed to the top metal frame with a machine screw on the outer side surface portion of the top metal frame. In addition, an engaging projection is formed on the side of the presser foot opposite to the mounting portion by the machine screw, and the engaging projection is fitted and locked in a groove formed in the metal frame. is there.

In the present invention, since the end face portion of the hood cloth is superposed on the outer surface of the hood metal frame and the portion is pressed by the presser foot to fix the hood cloth frame, the hood cloth tip is attached at the four corners of the hood metal frame. Watertightness can be ensured on the outer surface of the flat metal frame even if a minimum wrinkle occurs in the portion.

Further, the packing is inserted between the top end of the top cloth and the inner wall surface of the top cloth mounting groove, and the presser foot presses the packing. By this pressing, the packing causes the top end of the top cloth and the top cloth to be pressed. It is pressed against the inner wall surface of the mounting groove, and the watertightness of the portion is secured.

Further, since the presser foot is fixed on one side with a machine screw and the other side is fixed with the engaging projection and the groove, the rigidity of the presser foot is increased. Therefore, the interval between the machine screws fixing the presser foot can be widened.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a core material is inserted into the top end portion of the top cloth, and the top end portion of the top cloth is wound around the top metal frame with the core material, It is characterized in that both ends of the core material are fixed to a top metal frame.

In the present invention, the top end of the hood cloth can be easily brought into close contact with the hood metal frame surface in the hood cloth mounting groove by tightening the core material, and the watertightness can be further enhanced.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the examples shown in FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a connecting hood to which the present invention is applied,
2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, and is a schematic front view of the hood mounting frame portion, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG.
Note that, in FIG. 3, the hatching is omitted because the structure becomes unclear when hatching is added.

In these drawings, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote connected vehicles, 3 and 4 denote hood mounting frames fixed to the end faces of the vehicles 1 and 2, and 5 denotes hood cloth. Since the mounting structure of the other hood mounting frame 4 and the hood cloth 5 is the same as the mounting structure of the one hood mounting frame 3 and the hood cloth 5, the mounting structure of the one hood mounting frame 3 and the hood cloth 5 will be described below. explain.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hood frame 3 is provided with a communication passage 6
Is formed in a rectangular shape and its four corners are formed in an R shape, and its cross-sectional shape is formed in a concave shape as shown in FIG. A packing 7 is provided in the hood frame 3. A clamp mounting frame 8 is fixed to the hood mounting frame 3, and the clamp mounting frame 8 is provided with a clamp 9 which is tightened by a fastener including a bolt 10 and a nut 11.

A hood metal frame 12 is arranged in the hood mounting frame 3, and the hood metal frame 12 is clamped by the clamp 9 to press the clamp presser foot 1
It is pressed and fixed to the packing 7 side via the 3.
The clamp foot 13 is fixed to the hood frame 12 with screws 14.

The top metal frame 12 is formed long along the entire circumference of the top mounting frame 3 in the longitudinal direction, and its cross-sectional shape is shown in FIG.
It is formed in the shape shown in. Outer surface 1 of the top metal frame 12
A hood cloth attachment groove 16 is formed in the central portion of 5a, 15b over the entire length of the hood metal frame 12 in the longitudinal direction. Further, a locking groove 16a is formed at the bottom of the hood cloth mounting groove 16. The outer side surfaces 15a and 15b are formed to be flat, and are formed with a step so that the outer side surface 15a with which the hood cloth 5 abuts is located inside the other outer side surface 15b. Further, a locking groove 18 is formed on the groove inner wall surface 17 located on the outer surface 15b side.

In FIG. 3, the hood cloth tip portion 5a is formed by wrapping a core material 19 such as a wire rope and then folding it back. Then, the hood cloth tip portion 5a having the core material 19
Is inserted into the hood cloth attachment groove 16 of the hood metal frame 12, more specifically, so as to be locked in the locking groove 16a, and the hood cloth end surface portion 5b and the folded back portion 5c are overlapped with each other. 12
Is superposed on the outer surface 15a of the.

An elastic packing 20 is interposed between the top end 5a of the hood cloth and the inner wall surface 17 of the groove.

A presser foot 21 is arranged on the hood cloth end surface portion 5b side. The presser foot 21 is arranged over the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the hood frame 3 and its cross-sectional shape is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the hood cloth end face portion 5b is formed in a substantially L shape.
A pressing portion 21a having a flat plate shape for pressing down, a mounting hole 21b formed in the pressing portion 21a, a locking projection 21c fitted into the locking groove 18 on the side opposite to the mounting hole 21b, and the packing 20. The packing pressing portion 21d.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the presser foot 21 is fitted with the engaging projection 21c in the engaging groove 18, and the pressing portion 21a is superposed on the end face portion 5b of the hood cloth. It is fastened and fixed to the top metal frame 12 by 22.

As a result, the hood cloth end face portion 5 of the hood cloth 5 is formed.
b and the folded-back portion 5c are pressed against the outer surface 15a of the top metal frame 12 and the pressing portion 21a of the presser foot 21, and the packing 20 is pressed by the packing pressing portion 21d so that the packing 20 is fixed to the top cloth tip 5a. And presses against the inner wall surface 17 of the groove in the top metal frame 12.

As described above, since the hood cloth end surface portion 5b and the folded-back portion 5c are pressed against each other in a flat state, the adhesion is good, and the packing 20 is also closely attached to the hood cloth tip portion 5a. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the intrusion of rainwater or the like from the outside C of the hood cloth 5 to the inside D of the hood cloth 5.

Further, a locking projection 21c formed integrally with the entire length of the presser foot 21 is provided with a locking groove 18 formed in the entire length of the top metal frame 12.
Since the presser foot 21 is increased in rigidity, the arrangement interval of the machine screws 22 can be widened, and the number of machine screws 22 can be reduced.

When assembling the hood cloth 5 to the hood metal frame 12, there is slack in the hood cloth tip 5a near the center of the straight portion of the metal hood frame 12 (near the reference numeral 34 in FIG. 2), and the hood cloth is attached. The hood cloth tip portion 5a is more likely to float than the groove 16, and it is difficult to insert the hood cloth tip portion 5a into the hood cloth attachment groove 16. However, by inserting the packing 20, the hood cloth tip portion 5a is pulled and the presser foot 21 is pressed. Attach the top cloth tip 5a to the top cloth attachment groove 16
Since it is pressed down inside, it has the effect of facilitating the assembly work.

6 to 8 show a fixing structure of both ends of the core member 19, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line EE in FIG. 2 (the hood mounting frame is omitted), and FIG. 7 is an F in FIG. -F arrow view, FIG. 8 is a GG arrow view in FIG. In FIG. 6, the hatching is omitted because the structure becomes unclear when hatching is added.

A rectangular top metal frame 12 formed along the rectangle shown in FIG. 2 of the hood mounting frame 3 has a hood cloth mounting groove 16 as shown in FIG.
Insertion holes 23, 2 penetrating from the locking groove 16a of
Two 4 are formed.

After inserting the hood cloth tip portion 5a into the hood cloth attachment groove 16 of the hood metal frame 12 as described above, one end 19a of the core material 19 made of a wire rope inserted through the hood cloth tip portion 5a is inserted. , The outside of the top metal frame 12 through one of the insertion holes 23, and the tip portion is folded back to form the oval sleeve 25.
And tightened to form a ring 19b. And this wheel 19b
Is fitted and locked to a locking shaft 27 protrudingly provided on the back surface of one fixed seat 26, and the fixed seat 26 is fixed to the outer surface 33 of the top metal frame 12 by a fixing tool 28 such as a machine screw.

Next, the other end 19c of the core material 19 is pulled out of the hood frame 12 through the other insertion hole 24, the tip portion is folded back and fastened with an oval sleeve 29, and the wheel 1 is fixed.
9d is formed. Then, the ring 19d is fitted and locked to the locking shaft 31 provided on the back surface of the other fixed seat 30, and the shaft 19d is pulled together with the fixed seat 30 to the side opposite to the fixed seat 26 to fix the same. Fixing the seat 30 with machine screws 3
It is fixed to the outer surface 33 of the top metal frame 12 with 2.

By pulling and fixing the core material 19 in this manner, the hood cloth tip portion 5a can be easily wound around the hood metal frame 12 and brought into close contact with the hood cloth mounting groove 16.

With the above structure, R on all sides of the top metal frame 12
Part, even if there is a very small wrinkle on the top cloth tip 5a,
As described above, the watertightness of the hood cloth end surface portion 5b is good, and
The hood cloth tip portion 5a is also kept watertight by the packing 20, so that the hood cloth attachment structure is highly watertight.

[0036]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, it is possible to reliably prevent rainwater from entering the hood from the outside of the hood.

Further, since the rigidity of the presser foot of the hood is increased, the number of machine screws for attaching the presser foot can be reduced and the workability of assembling can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the top end of the hood cloth can be assembled easily and with good watertightness.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a connecting hood to which the present invention is applied is provided between vehicles.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 2, with hatching omitted.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the top metal frame in FIG.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the presser foot in FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line EE in FIG. 2, with hatching omitted.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a mounting portion of the core material of the present invention, which is indicated by F in FIG.
-F arrow view.

FIG. 8 is a view taken along the line GG in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a plan sectional view showing a first conventional technique.

FIG. 10 is a plan sectional view showing a second conventional technique.

FIG. 11 is a plan sectional view showing a third conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 Top cloth 5a Top end 5b Top cloth end face 12 hood frame 15a outer surface 16 Top cloth mounting groove 17 Walls inside the hood 18 grooves 19 core material 20 packing 21 Presser foot 21a Pressing part 21b Mounting hole 21c Engagement protrusion 21d pressing part 22 machine screw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A device for mounting a hood cloth over the entire circumference of a hood frame, wherein a hood cloth mounting groove is formed in a central portion of an outer surface of the hood frame over the entire circumference in the longitudinal direction of the hood frame. The end surface portion is superposed on the outer side surface of the hood metal frame, and the hood cloth tip portion is inserted into the hood cloth mounting groove, and between the hood cloth tip portion and the groove inner wall surface of the hood cloth mounting groove. An elastic packing is inserted so as to be in contact with the top metal frame, and a presser foot having a presser portion for pressing the end surface portion of the top cloth against the outer surface of the top metal frame and a presser portion for pressing the packing is attached to the top metal plate. The frame is fixed to the outside surface portion with a machine screw, and an engaging projection is formed on the side opposite to the mounting portion of the presser foot with the machine screw, and the engaging projection is fitted into a groove formed in the metal frame. A hood cloth mounting device characterized by interlocking. 2. A core material is inserted into the top end of the top cloth, the top end of the top cloth is wound around the top metal frame with the core material, and both ends of the core material are fixed to the top metal frame. Top cloth attachment device.