JP2003285582A - File - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a reading easiness and writing easiness of a document bound by a binding implement and to realize an easily observable heading at a file housing time. <P>SOLUTION: A file comprises a cover body 11 having a pair of covers 16, 16 at both sides of a backbone 15, a holding member 13 detachably mounted at free end sides of the covers 16, 16, and the binding implement 12 fixed to the member 13. The member 13 has sandwiching means 46, 46 at both sides of a holding base 45. Free end side regions of the covers 16 are sandwiched by the means 46, 46 to be mountable, and hence the document P bound to the binding implement 12 can be housed between the covers 16 and 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a file, and more particularly, to improving the readability and writing of documents,
The present invention relates to a file that is detachably attached to a cover body together with a binding tool.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 12 shows a conventional file. This file 100 is a cover body 1 having a back cover 101 and a back cover 103 on both sides in the width direction of a spine cover 101.
05 and a binding tool 1 fixed in the surface of the spine cover 101
10 and 10. The binding device 110 includes a base 111 having a substantially rectangular shape that forms a fixed surface to the spine cover 101,
First and second binding plates 112 and 113 arranged on both sides in the width direction of the base 111, a standing member 114 for keeping the second binding plate 113 at the binding position, and the binding plate 11
A binding leg 115 extending between the two and 113 is provided. The binding leg 115 is configured by a known fitting structure of a pipe 120 fixed to the first binding plate 112 and a shaft 121 fixed to the second binding plate 113.

The binding device 110 includes a second binding plate 113.
By releasing the mutual hook between the upright member 114 and the upright member 114, the first binding plate 112 can be rotated in the direction of the arrow R, and by pulling out the shaft 121 from the pipe 120, a document (not shown) can be inserted and removed. ing.

[0004]

However, in this type of file 100, since the cover body 105 is made of a very hard material, each of the front cover sheet 102 and the back cover sheet 103 is opened even when the cover sheet 105 is opened. There is a strong tendency to return to the original closed position where the inner surfaces approach each other, which greatly reduces the readability of the document and causes the inconvenience that the cover body interferes with writing on the document.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the file 100 has the cover body 10 with respect to the width of the spine cover 101.
Since the cover body 105 is in the closed posture so that the width between the free ends 102A and 103A of 5 becomes narrow, the spine cover 101
When a large number of files 100 are continuously stored in the lateral direction so as to be located on the front side of a cabinet (not shown), there is a disadvantage that a wasteful space is generated in the lateral direction on the depth side. Therefore, the adjacent covers 102, 10
When a large number of files 100 are arranged side by side so that the surfaces of No. 3 are in close contact with each other, the outer surface of the spine cover 101 gradually shifts along a substantially arcuate locus and is attached to the outer surface of the spine cover 101. This leads to the inconvenience that the heading surface becomes difficult to see without following the straight line direction.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of such inconvenience, and an object thereof is to improve easiness of reading a document bound by a binding tool and easiness of writing. To provide a file that can be done.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a file in which, when a large number of files are stored in a cabinet or the like, a headline can be positioned along a straight line direction without creating a wasted space.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a cover body, a binding device capable of inserting and removing documents, and a holding member for holding the binding device. The holding member is detachably provided on the outer peripheral portion of the cover body while holding the binder, and the document bound in the binder when the holder is attached to the cover body is inside the cover body. It is located. With such a configuration, by removing the holding member from the cover body, it becomes possible to separate the binding device and the cover body held by the holding member, the presence of the cover body in the separated state. Browsing or writing becomes easy without disturbing.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the present invention, the surface mount is
A spine cover and a pair of covers that are continuous on both sides of the spine cover, the holding member is detachably provided on the free end side of at least one cover, and the binding device is located between the free end sides of the cover. It is preferable to adopt a configuration in which it is allowed to. With such a configuration, the holding member can be easily attached to and detached from the cover body while the back cover side is held by one hand and the holding member is held by the other hand.

The outer surface of the holding member and / or the inner and outer surfaces of the spine cover may be provided so as to form a heading display area. When such a configuration is adopted, when storing the file in the cabinet, it is possible to arbitrarily select both the storage form in which the spine cover is located on the front side and the storage form in which the holding member is located on the front side. You can In particular, in the storage mode in which the holding member is located on the front side, it can be recognized at a glance that the holding member is taken out from the cover body. At this time, if you put a heading on the inside of the spine cover,
The type of the retrieved document can be easily grasped.

Further, the holding member includes a holding base forming a fixing surface of the binding tool, and a pair of holding means connected to an end portion of the holding base, the holding means including front and back outer peripheral portions of the outer cover body. The structure is such that each surface can be sandwiched. By sandwiching the front and back surfaces of the outer peripheral portion in this manner, the state in which the holding member is attached to the front body can be stably maintained, and inadvertent separation can be avoided.

Further, it is preferable that the outer surface of the sandwiching member is located in substantially the same plane as the outer surface of the cover body, and the width of the holding member is substantially the same as the width of the spine cover. As a result, when a large number of files are arranged and stored in the cabinet, it is possible to prevent a useless space from being generated between the files, and it is possible to efficiently use the storage space. Moreover, the heading surfaces are arranged linearly in the horizontal direction, and a display effect that is easy to see can be obtained.

[0013]

【Example】

FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a file according to this embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view of a part thereof. In these drawings, a file 10 is provided on a cover body 11 as a cover body, a binding tool 12 arranged in the cover body 11, and a removable attachment to the cover body 11 while holding the binding tool 12. The holding member 13 is provided.

The cover body 11 is composed of a spine cover 15 having a substantially rectangular plane shape, and a pair of cover papers 16, 16 which are continuous with both sides of the spine cover 15 in the width direction. The cover sheets 16 and 16 are provided in the same planar shape as each other, and the holding member 13 is provided in the substantially central portion on the free end side.
Mounting portions 18 and 18 are provided respectively. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 3, the mounting portion 18 is located on both sides of the downward U-shaped cutout portion 20 and the cutout portion 20, and the surface position on the outer surface side of the cover 16 is slightly recessed. The sandwiched surface portions 21 and 21 formed by the above, and the engagement portion 23 provided on the inner surface side of the cover 16 in the upper side of the cutout portion 20 in FIG.
And is configured.

The binder 12 is formed by using a resin material such as polypropylene as a forming material. This binding 1
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, 2 is a base 25 fixed to the holding member 13 and having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and one end side (the right end side in FIG. 3) of the base 25 in the short width direction. A continuous binding plate 26, binding pipes 28, 28 continuously provided at two positions on the inner surface side of the binding plate 26, and a binding shaft 29 (see FIG. 6) that can be inserted into each of the binding pipes 28, 28 are provided. The operation plate 30 and a holding piece 32 that is provided on the other end side of the base 25 in the short width direction and holds the operation plate 30 at the binding position are configured. Here, a cut portion 35 extending along the longitudinal direction of the binding plate 26 is formed on the inner surface of the binding plate 26 on the base side, whereby the binding plate 26 can rotate outward with the position of the cut portion 35 as a fulcrum. Has become. It should be noted that the binding plate 26 and the operation plate 30 may be provided so as to extend further from the longitudinal end portion of the base 25 and fit into the cover body 11. Further, in order to protect the document, a thin flexible sheet having substantially the same plane size as the document is used as the binding plate 26 and the operation plate 3.
You can prepare for zero.

As shown in FIG. 6, the operation plate 30 is provided.
Has a recessed portion 36 whose upper end position in the central portion is slightly lower, and both side regions of this recessed portion 36 are formed as thick portions 37, 37. The lower end of each thick portion 37 forms a step 38 that gently curves from both end positions of the recessed portion 36 toward the lower end of the operation plate 30 in the longitudinal direction.

The holding piece 32 has a first holding piece 32A located in the central region and a pair of second holding pieces 3 located on both sides of the first holding piece 32A via slits 40.
2B and. The upper end of the first holding piece 32A is a hook portion 42 that has a hook shape toward the binding plate 26 side, and the hook portion 42 is located on the recessed portion 36 of the operation plate 30 so that the operation plate 30 is held at the binding position. In addition, the second holding piece 32
The upper edge of B is provided in a gently curved shape corresponding to the step portion 38 of the operation plate 30.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the holding member 13 is located on both sides of the holding base 45, which forms the fixing surface of the base 25 of the binding device 12, in the short width direction. The holding means 46, 46 is provided. The outer surface side of the holding base 45 is a flat surface, and each sandwiching means 46 is composed of an inner mounting portion 47 and an outer mounting portion 48 that stand upright with respect to the surface of the holding base 45. As shown in FIG. 3, the distance between the inner surfaces of the inner mounting portions 47, 47 is such that the binding plate 26 of the binding tool 12 is fixed when the binding tool 12 is fixed to the holding base 45.
It is set so that a constant space 60 is formed between each of them and the holding piece 32, whereby the binding plate 26 can rotate by a predetermined angle. Further, between the inner mounting portion 47 and the outer mounting portion 48, a gap is formed in which the sandwiched surface 21 of the cover sheet 16 can be sandwiched.

The inner mounting portion 47 has a central operating portion 51 formed through slits 50, 50 provided at two positions in the longitudinal direction, and a pair of inner surface-side standing portions located on both sides of the central operating portion 51. The parts 52 and 52. The central operation portion 51 is provided with a small plate thickness on the outer surface side of the upper part through a step portion 51A, and is provided with a shape having an elongated claw 55 on the outer surface side of the upper end thereof. When the holding member 13 is attached to the cover body 11, the central operation unit 51
The area below the stepped portion 51A is located in the cutout portion 20 of the cover 16. In addition, the central operation unit 51,
As shown in FIG. 10, since the slits 50, 50 are formed up to the widthwise end region of the holding base 45, when the pressing force is applied from the outside, the slits 50, 50 are inclined slightly inward. ing.

The outer mounting portion 48 has outer surface side rising portions 57, 5 substantially facing the inner surface side rising portions 52, 52, respectively.
It is composed of 7. These outer surface side uprights 57,
57 is provided in a shape to fit on the outer surface side of the sandwiched surface portion 21 of the cover sheet 16, whereby the sandwiched surface portion 21 is
It is adapted to be sandwiched between the inner surface side upright portion 52 and the outer surface side upright portion 57. Here, the sandwiched surface portion 21
Is not strongly clamped between the inner surface side upright portion 52 and the outer surface side upright portion 57, but can be inserted and removed smoothly between them. Further, the holding member 13 is mounted on the mounting portions 18, 18 of the covers 16 and 16, and the outer surface standing portions 5 located on both sides in the short width direction are mounted.
The outer surfaces of the reference numerals 7 and 57 are provided in a width that is substantially in the same plane as the surfaces of the covers 16 and 16.

In the cover body 11, the spine cover 1
The outer surface side and the inner surface side of 5 are used as heading display areas to which appropriate heading labels and the like can be attached, and the holding member 1
The outer surface side of the holding base 45 in 3 is also used as a similar heading display area.

Next, a method of using the file according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 11, the holding member 13 holding the binding tool 12 is mounted on the mounting portion 18 formed on the free ends of the covers 16 and 16. In this state, the binding tool 12 is located between the free ends of the covers 16 and 16, and the bound document P is stored in the cover body 11. At this time, the outer surfaces of the outer surface side upright portions 57, 57 (see FIG. 2) located on both sides of the holding member 13 in the width direction are covered with the cover sheet 16,
The outer surface of the back cover 16 is located substantially in the same plane as the outer surface of the back cover 16, and substantially corresponds to the width of the spine cover 15. Therefore, as is apparent from FIG. 11, the file 10 has an external shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped.

The holding member 13 is a mounting portion 1 for the covers 16 and 16.
In the state in which the claw 55 is mounted on the cover 8 or 18, the engaging portions 23 or 23 formed on the inner surface side of the covers 16 and 16 are described above.
Therefore, the holding member 1 is intentionally held.
The mounted state is kept stable unless the sheet 3 is removed from the cover body 11.

When the holding member 13 is detached from the cover 11, the back cover 15 side is held by one hand, and the other hand is used to hang a finger between the central operating portions 51, 51 of the holding member 13 to press the same. The hooked state of the claws 55, 55 located on the engaging portions 23, 23 provided on the inner surface sides of the covers 16, 16 can be released, and the holding member 13 may be pulled out in this state.

In this way, the holding member 1 is removed from the cover body 11.
By removing 3, the document P can be easily viewed and written independently of the cover body 11.

When the document P is to be inserted or removed by the binding device 12, a finger is put on the first holding piece 32A, and a force is applied to the first holding piece 32A so that the hook portion 42 and the operation plate 30 are not caught. You can cancel it. As a result, the binding plate 26
Can be rotated by a predetermined angle, and by pulling up the operation plate 30 obliquely upward, the binding shaft 29 can be extracted from the binding pipe 28, and the document P can be inserted into and removed from the binding pipe 28.

The file 10 can be stored in a predetermined cabinet with the spine cover 15 on the front side, and can be stored with the holding base 45 of the holding member 13 on the front side. Can be selected.

Therefore, according to such an embodiment, even if a hard sheet material is used as the cover body 11, the binding tool 12 for binding the document P can be separated from the cover body 11. The presence of the cover body 11 is not disturbed at all, and it is easy to browse, copy, and write.

Further, when the files 10 are stored in a cabinet or the like, the files 10 can be arranged linearly in a horizontal row, and the conventional inconvenience that the heading surface becomes difficult to see can be reliably avoided. Furthermore, the back cover 15
File 1 in the cabinet so that the
When only the binder 12 and the holding member 13 are detached and brought out in a state where 0 is stored, it is possible to easily visually recognize the state in which the internal document is taken out. Moreover,
Since the headline can be displayed on the inner surface side of the spine cover 15, the content of the taken-out document can be recognized.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various design changes can be made. For example, in the above embodiment, the holding member 1 is provided on the free end side of the cover sheet 16.
Although 3 is detachable, the holding member 13 may be detachably attached to the upper edge or the lower edge of the cover 16. Further, an appropriate window hole may be provided in the surface of the spine cover 15. When such a window hole is provided, the presence of the document P in the cover body 11 can be easily visually recognized from the outside even when the spine cover 15 is stored in the cabinet in the front side. .

Further, a notch portion 35 provided on the binding plate 26 is provided at a boundary portion between the base 25 and the binding plate 26, and a hinge extending in the longitudinal direction at a position corresponding to the boundary portion of the holding base 45 of the holding member 13. It is also possible to provide a part or the like.
As a result, the holding base 45 can also be bent at a position such as a hinge portion, a large rotation angle of the binding plate 26 can be secured, and the operation plate 30 can be pulled up substantially vertically. Further, when this configuration is adopted, the above-mentioned space 60 is unnecessary, and it can be used for expanding the storage capacity, or the file itself can be thinned.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the binding tool 12 provided with the binding pipe 28 and the binding shaft 29 which are mutually fitted structures.
However, other types of binding devices may be applied.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the cover 11 is adopted as the cover is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a box or the like having one end open. .

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the holding member is detachably provided on the outer peripheral portion of the cover body while holding the binder, the binder held by the holding member and the cover body are removed by removing the holding member from the cover body. And can be separated,
Browsing or writing is possible without disturbing the existence of the cover body.

Further, since the holding member is detachably provided on the free end side of the cover sheet and positions the binding tool between the free end side of the cover sheet, the back cover side is grasped by one hand, and While holding the holding member with the other hand, the holding member can be easily attached to and detached from the cover body.

Furthermore, since the outer surface of the holding member and / or the inner and outer surfaces of the spine cover can be used as the heading display area, it is possible to add variety to the storage form when storing the file in the cabinet. For example, in the storage mode in which the holding member is located on the front side, it can be recognized at a glance that the holding member has been taken out from the cover body. At this time, if the headline is attached to the inner surface of the spine cover, the content of the taken-out document can be easily grasped.

Since the holding member is provided with a holding means for holding the front and back surfaces of the outer peripheral portion of the cover,
The state in which the holding member is attached to the cover body can be stably maintained, and inadvertent separation can be avoided.

Further, in the structure in which the width of the sandwiching member is provided to be substantially the same as the width of the spine cover, when a large number of files are stored side by side in the cabinet, it is possible to prevent useless space between the files. The storage space can be used efficiently. Moreover, the heading surfaces are arranged linearly in the horizontal direction, and a display effect that is easy to see can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a file according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a binding device and a holding member.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the binding device.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state in which the binding tool is fixed to a holding member.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a state in which the binding tool is fixed to a holding member.

9 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a file.

FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view showing a conventional file.

FIG. 13 is a side view of a conventional file.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 files 11 Cover body (cover body) 12 binding tools 13 Holding member 15 spine 16 cover 45 holding base 47 Inner mounting part (holding means) 48 Outer mounting part (holding means)

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Noriko Kamei             6-1, 1-1 Minami Oimazato, Higashinari-ku, Osaka             Kuyo Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2C017 QA17 QB01 QE07 UE03 UE07

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A cover member, a binding device capable of inserting and removing documents, and a holding member for holding the binding device, wherein the holding member holds the binding device in the state of holding the binding device. A file, which is detachably provided on an outer peripheral portion of a body, in which a document bound by the binding tool is located inside the cover body when the holding member is mounted on the cover body. 2. The cover is composed of a spine cover and a pair of covers that are continuous with both sides of the spine cover, and the holding member is detachably provided on at least a free end side of the cover sheet. The file according to claim 1, wherein the tool is located between the free ends of the cover. 3. The file according to claim 2, wherein an outer surface of the holding member and / or an inner surface and an outer surface of the spine cover form a heading display area. 4. The holding member includes a holding base forming a fixing surface of the binding tool, and a pair of holding means connected to an end portion of the holding base, wherein the holding means includes front and back surfaces of an outer peripheral portion of the cover body. 3. Each surface is provided so that it can be sandwiched.
Or the file described in 3. 5. The outer surface of the holding member is located in substantially the same plane as the outer surface of the cover body, and the width of the holding member is provided to be substantially the same as the width of the spine cover. The file of item 4.