JP2006076352A - Cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To always retain a vessel without rattling by suppressing the size of the whole and weight increase and to receive no unrequired load when inserting a vessel and drawing it out. <P>SOLUTION: The cup holder is provided with a case 1; a slider 2 sliding in a longitudinal direction relative to the case 1 and switched to a drawing position and a storage position; and a holder 3 turnably mounted to the slider 2 and switched to a non-use position arranged in a vertical direction of a placement part 25 and a use position projected from an upper part of the placement part to the outside and deployed to an approximately horizontal direction. In the cup holder receiving a vessel or the like inserted to an inner side of the holder 3 by the placement part 25, the holder 3 has a pressing piece 4 mounted turnably to the inner side of the holder through a shaft part 6 and an operation member 5. The pressing piece 4 is turned in the inner side of the holder to an optional angle by operation of the operation member 5 making the shaft part 6 as fulcrum. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a drawer-type cup holder that is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to a case, among cup holders installed in a room such as an automobile, a train, and a ship.

  The pull-out type cup holder is installed in the interior wall of an automobile or the like so that the occupant can pull out the container when necessary and insert and hold the container. Excellent. Specifically, for example, as shown in JP-A No. 2002-154366, etc., it has a case and a mounting portion, and slides in the front-rear direction with respect to the case to the extraction position and the storage position. Switching between a switchable slider and a non-use position that is pivotally attached to the slider and that is arranged in the vertical direction of the placement part, and a use position that protrudes from the placement part to the outside and is deployed substantially horizontally. And a holder for surrounding restraint. And it is the structure which inserts a container into the inner side of the holder switched to the use position from the top, and receives by the mounting part mentioned above.

  The holder as described above is designed to insert the container from above to restrain the periphery of the container, and is designed to correspond to the largest outer diameter of the containers assumed in design, and is attached to various containers. It is processed so that it can be combined. For this reason, at the time of use, the smaller the outer diameter of the container, the easier it becomes to play in the holder. In addition, as such a conventional countermeasure, although the type differs, there exist some which are disclosed by patent document 1 and 2, for example. In the structure of Patent Document 1, the holder has a double structure of an inner and an outer, and the outer is provided with a plurality of protrusions on the inner peripheral surface, while the inner is provided with a plurality of swingable flaps and cams. Yes. When the outer diameter of the container is small, when the inner is rotated with respect to the outer, the flap largely protrudes toward the inner diameter via a cam that is in contact with the protrusion, and the periphery of the container can be held without rattling. The structure of Patent Document 2 includes an elastic member attached to a holder. The elastic member is composed of a leaf spring on the mounting side and a contact member that contacts the container, and the contact member protrudes inside the holder and is inserted between the inner surface of the holder and the contact member. When the outer diameter is larger than the distance between the inner surface of the holder and the abutting member, the leaf spring is deflected and tilted downward to escape.

JP-A-10-129327 JP-A-9-169235

  Each of the above-described structures is configured so that the holder for restraining the periphery is rotatably attached to the slider, and is placed in a substantially horizontal position so as to protrude from the mounting portion to the non-use position arranged in the vertical direction of the mounting portion. If it is a type that can be switched to the use position to be deployed, it is difficult to adopt from the following points. That is, in the structure of Patent Document 1, even if it can be applied to a holder, for example, the whole is heavy and large. In the structure of Patent Document 2, for example, the elastic member bends downward in proportion to the outer diameter of the container, so that the load during container insertion or withdrawal differs depending on the outer diameter of the container, and the load is increased when the container has a large outer diameter. It is difficult to maintain good usability. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems with a simple configuration.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a case, a mounting portion, a slider that slides in the front-rear direction with respect to the case and can be switched between a drawing position and a storage position, and is rotatable with respect to the slider A non-use position arranged in the vertical direction of the placement part and a holder for surrounding restraint that is switched from the placement part to the use position that extends outward from the placement part and is deployed substantially horizontally. In the cup holder that is inserted from above into the holder that has been switched to the use position and is received by the mounting portion, the holder is attached to the inside of the holder so as to be rotatable through the shaft portion on the base end side. A pressing piece, and an operating member for rotating the pressing piece, and the pressing piece is turned inside the holder with the shaft portion as a fulcrum by the operation of the operating member and rotated at an arbitrary angle. It is a symptom.

  In the above cup holder, for example, when the user operates the operating member according to the outer diameter of the container to be held and adjusts the rotation angle of the pressing piece, the inner surface of the holder or the equivalent inner surface and the pressing piece The spacing is the optimum dimension that matches the container. The contrivance points are in particular that the slider is a pull-out type and the holder is a reversing type (a non-use position arranged in the vertical direction of the placement part and a use position where it protrudes outward from the placement part and is deployed almost horizontally) Even with the type that can be switched), by simply attaching the rotary holding piece and the operating member to the holder side, the overall size and weight increase can be suppressed. It is to have made it possible to implement.

  In the structure described above, the pressing piece can be disposed in a receiving portion provided in the holder, and is always urged toward the receiving portion by an urging member (Claim 2). The piece has a plurality of concave portions provided along the longitudinal direction of the piece and at substantially equal intervals, and the corresponding portion of the operation member is detachably fitted to the concave portion (Claim 3). Mounted so as to be pivotable, standing up on the mounting unit in the retracted position, and falling down on the mounting unit in conjunction with sliding down to the pulling position. It is preferable to have a deployment member (claim 4).

The present invention described above has the following effects.
In the invention of claim 1, with a simple configuration, the container can always be stably held by adjusting the rotation angle of the pressing piece with the operation member even if the outer diameter of the container is different, while maintaining the small size and light weight as much as possible. In addition, ease of use is improved by avoiding a load when the container is inserted or pulled out.
-In invention of Claim 2, an external appearance characteristic can be maintained by arrange | positioning a pressing piece in the accommodating part of a holder, and the play at the time of non-use is absorbed by the pressing piece being urged | biased by the urging member. In addition, when the operating member is slid to the initial position, the pressing piece is also automatically arranged in the accommodating portion, thereby improving the usability.
In the invention of claim 3, when the pressing piece is adjusted via the operating member, the corresponding part of the operating member is fitted in and released from the plurality of concave portions on the pressing piece side in order to obtain a click feeling. Or prevent the holding piece from being inadvertently rotated after adjustment.
In the invention of claim 4, since the area of the mounting portion can be expanded by the lower developing member even if the slider and the mounting portion are reduced in width, the holding characteristics are improved. It is possible to stably mount portable devices such as the above.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The cup holder of FIGS. 1-6 shows a basic form, the location of the code | symbol C in FIG. 4, and two modifications are shown to FIG.7 and FIG.8. In the following description, it explains in full detail in order of a structure, principal part operation | movement, and a modification.

(Structure) The cup holder of FIGS. 1-6 consists of two sets of the same structure, and each case 1 attached to an installation part, and it slides in the front-back direction with respect to each case 1, and is in a storing position and a drawer position. Slider 2 that can be switched, a mounting portion 25 that is provided on slider 2 and receives the bottom surfaces of containers S 1 and S 2, an inversion-type peripheral restraining holder 3 that is attached to slider 2, and a shaft with respect to holder 3 A pressing piece 4 (or 4A) that is rotatably attached to the inside of the holder via a portion 6 and an operation member 5 that is slidably assembled to the holder 3 are provided. In addition, in this example, although a pair of cup holder is an example arrange | positioned at right and left, a single structure may be sufficient. The cup holder is designed to be installed on an instrument panel located in front of the front seat of the automobile, but can be installed on an indoor wall or various consoles, for example.

  Each case 1 is a hollow container in which the main body 10 is opened in front, and has a lateral width smaller than the height, and is a vertically long, substantially rectangular parallelepiped. The front side of the main body is edged by a flange portion 11. A plurality of guide grooves for guiding the sliding of the slider 2 are provided inside the main body 10. In this example, an upper guide groove 12 and a lower guide groove 13 that extend in the front-rear direction are provided opposite to the left and right, and a guide groove 14 that is provided on the lower surface and extends in the front-rear direction is also provided at the left and right intermediate positions. . As shown in FIG. 2, the case 1 is installed in a state where the main body 10 is embedded in the panel P and the flange portion 11 is in contact with the panel P.

  The slider 2 is assembled to the case 1 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction, and is switched between a drawer position that slides forward and a storage position that slides backward. In addition, although simplified on the drawing, actually, the slider 2 has a biasing means and a locking means in addition to a configuration in which the slider 2 is manually slid by a predetermined distance in the front-rear direction with respect to the case 1, The slider 2 is locked against the biasing force of the biasing means via the locking means in the retracted position, and when the locking is released, the slider 2 is automatically slid to the drawing position by the biasing force of the biasing means. (See JP 2001-310474 A).

  In addition, the slider 2 has an approximately cross-sectional shape, and includes a vertical wall 20, an upper projecting portion 21 that is located above the vertical wall 20, protrudes on both sides and fits into the upper guide groove 12, and the vertical wall 20. A lower projecting portion 22 that is positioned on the lower side and protrudes on both sides and fits into the lower guide groove 13, a decorative plate 23 that covers the vertical wall 20 and the front end surfaces of the upper and lower projecting portions 21 and 22, and projects from the lower surface The protrusion 24 fitted into the guide groove 14, the mounting portion 25 provided slightly in front of the front and rear intermediate portions, and provided corresponding to the mounting portion 25 so as to rotatably support the holder 3. Front and rear holding portions 26 and 27 are provided. Among these, the mounting portion 25 cuts out the corresponding portion of the vertical wall 20 from the upper plate forming the upper protruding portion 21 into a semi-cylindrical shape, and exposes the lower plate forming the lower protruding portion 22. It is a configuration. Reference numeral 21 a is a portion where the upper plate forming the upper protruding portion 21 is cut out, and reference numeral 20 a is a portion where the vertical wall 20 is cut out. As shown in FIG. 3A, the front and rear holding portions 26 and 27 are provided to face the front and rear of the portion 20a. The front holding portion 26 is a portion that escapes further to the front side through a tapered surface with respect to the surface rising from the front side of the placement portion 25. The rear holding portion 27 is positioned further rearward with respect to the surface rising from the rear side of the placement portion 25 via a tapered surface, and is substantially horizontal with the upper plate forming the upper protruding portion 21. It is formed as a space.

  A holder 3 is rotatably attached to the slider 2 via pivots 28 and 29 and the like. The holder 3 includes a support shaft portion 30 and an arc portion 31 connected to the distal end side of the support shaft portion 30. The support shaft 30 is disposed in the space of the rear holding unit 27 so as to be able to be reversed. The arc portion 31 has an arc shape substantially similar to that of the portion 21a, and forms a substantially circular peripheral holding frame together with the portion 21a at the holder use position. Further, the arc portion 31 is provided with a small arc-shaped slit 32 except for the front and rear portions, and the pressing piece 4 can be accommodated in the slit 32 and can be rotated in the radial direction. The member 5 is attached so that the pressing piece 4 can be rotated.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the slit 32 penetrates the thickness intermediate portion of the arc portion 31 in the horizontal direction at the holder use position, and is a wide groove portion 32a on the inner side and a narrow groove portion on the outer side. 32b. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a mounting hole 33 is provided on the rear end side of the arc portion 31 so as to penetrate the support shaft portion 30 in the axial direction. On the front end side of the arc portion 31, an attachment hole 34 is provided in a state of passing through the corresponding portion on the same axis as the attachment hole 33 in the front-rear direction. Further, on the front end side of the arc portion 31, a shaft hole 35 is formed on the slit 32 side with respect to the mounting hole 34 and is formed so as to penetrate vertically at the holder use position.

  The holder 3 is pivotally supported so that the support shaft portion 30 can rotate with respect to the rear inner end surface of the rear holding portion 27 via the shaft portion 29, and the front end side of the arc portion 31 is located in the front of the front holding portion 26. It is pivotally supported with respect to the end surface through a shaft portion 28 so as to be rotatable. For this reason, the holder 3 protrudes from the mounting portion 25 to the outside in a vertical position of the mounting portion 25 with the rear shaft portion 29 and the front shaft portion 28 as fulcrums, and is substantially horizontal. It is switched to the use position developed in The pivot structure of the holder 3 can be changed as appropriate with reference to this example.

  The pressing piece 4 is integrally formed with a main body portion 4a that fits in the groove portion 32a and a thin-shaped pressing portion 4b that protrudes from the back surface of the main body portion 4a and fits in the groove portion 32b, and can be accommodated in the slit 32 as a whole. ing. The front end is formed on a cylindrical boss 4c. As shown in FIG. 4, the pressing piece 4 is arranged in the slit 32 from the inside of the holder-side arc portion 31, and the shaft portion 6 is located above the shaft hole 35 and the hole of the boss portion 4 b. After being inserted into the lower side of the shaft hole 35, it is attached so as to be rotatable by being prevented from coming off by a retaining ring 6a or the like. In this case, a coil-shaped spring 7 is mounted on the shaft portion 6. One end of the spring 7 is locked to the corresponding portion of the arc portion 31, and the other end is locked to the corresponding portion of the pressing piece 4 while expressing the urging force, so that the pressing piece 4 is accommodated in the slit 32. It is energizing in the direction.

  On the other hand, the operation member 5 includes an intermediate portion 5a that is slidably fitted in the groove portion 32b, an inner wall 5b and an outer wall 5c that project from both sides of the intermediate portion 5a and sandwich the inner and outer surfaces of the groove portion 32b from both sides, and the inner wall 5b. The abutting portion 5d is formed in a boss shape on the front side of the groove portion 32b. For example, the groove portion 32b is elastically expanded with respect to the arc portion 31, and the inner wall 5b is inserted into the groove portion 32a from the groove portion 32b. It is slidably incorporated along. In the state where the operation member 5 is slid toward the support shaft 30, the pressing piece 4 can be completely accommodated in the slit 32. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, when sliding from the support shaft 30 side to the shaft portion 6 side, the pressing portion 4b is pressed by the contact portion 5d, and the pressing piece 4 supports the shaft portion 6 by the pressing force. Is turned inward.

(Operation) In the cup holder described above, the holder 3 and the pressing piece 4 are switched to the mode as shown in FIG. 6 when the slider 2 is pulled out from the case 1.
6) FIG. 6A shows a non-use position where the holder 3 is arranged in the vertical direction of the placement portion 25. FIG. When the slider 3 is switched from the pull-out position to the storage position, the holder 3 is switched to the non-use position by pressing the arc portion 31 downward from the use position in FIG. On the contrary, the holder 3 presses the arc portion 31 upward from the non-use position in FIG. 6A when the slider 2 is slid and switched from the pulled-out position to the retracted position, so that the rear shaft portion 29 and the front shaft Using the portion 28 as a fulcrum, the position is switched to a use position that protrudes outward from the placement portion 25 and is deployed substantially horizontally. The container S1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is inserted into a substantially perfect circle defined by the portion 21a and the arc portion 31 at the use position of the holder 3, and is received by the mounting portion 25.

B) FIG. 6C shows a state in which the holding piece 4 is rotated inward of the arc portion 31 at the holder use position. That is, the pressing piece 4 resists the urging force of the spring 7 by the sliding operation of the operating member 5 from the accommodated state accommodated in the slit 32 as shown in FIG. Is pivoted at an angle substantially proportional to the sliding amount of the operating member 5. That is, the presser piece 4 is rotated inward so that the distal end (free end) side is separated from the slit 32 as the operating member 5 is slid toward the shaft portion 6, and the container holding space or the container insertion space between the portion 21 a is moved. To narrow. The container S2 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is inserted into the container holding space or the container insertion space between the pressing piece 4 and the portion 21a with the pressing piece 4 rotated to the maximum inside the holder, It is accepted. For this reason, in this structure, by rotating the pressing piece 4 in accordance with the outer diameter of the container, the container can be inserted and pulled out without rattling and receiving a load as in the conventional case.

(Variation 1) In FIG. 4, an example in which the pressing piece is changed is shown at a position C. The pressing pieces 4A are provided at substantially equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the pressing portion 4b, the main body portion 4a that fits in the groove portion 32a, the thin-shaped pressing portion 4b that protrudes from the back surface of the main body portion 4a and fits in the groove portion 32b. A plurality of recessed portions 4d. Each concave portion 4d is formed so that the contact portion 5d of the operation member 5 is detachably fitted. When the presser piece 4 is angle-adjusted via the operation member 5, the contact portion of the operation member 5 is provided. 5d can be fitted in and released from the plurality of recesses 4d in order to give a click feeling, or can easily be regulated so that the pressing piece 4 is not rotated unintentionally after adjustment.

(Modification 2) FIGS. 7 and 8 show an example in which a lower development member for enlarging the placement portion is provided. In this description, the same reference numerals are given to the same members and parts as those in the above embodiment, and only the changed points will be described in detail. In this cup holder, the slider 2 is formed by cutting a corresponding portion of the vertical wall 20 into a rectangular column shape from an upper plate where the upper portion of the mounting portion 25 forms the upper protruding portion 21 to form a lower protruding portion 22. The lower plate is exposed. The code | symbol 21b is the part which notched the vertical wall 20 from the upper board which forms the upper protrusion part 21. As shown in FIG. And the lower expansion | deployment member 8 is attached to the back | inner side of the mounting part 25 via the shaft 8a of the lower both sides so that rotation is possible. The lower unfolding member 8 is automatically rotated and switched via the swinging member 9 between an upright position arranged along the portion 21b with the shaft 8a as a fulcrum and a unfolded position where the lower unfolding member 8 falls on the mounting portion 25. .

  That is, the swing member 9 has a cam portion 9b on the upper surface of the tip, and is disposed in a cavity portion provided upward from the lower surface of the vertical wall 20, as shown in FIG. It is pivoted at 9a. When the slider 2 is inserted into the case 1 to some extent as shown in FIG. 8B, the lower development member 8 receives an upward load from the corresponding contact surface 15 in the case 1 and the shaft 9a Is rotated counterclockwise around the fulcrum. Then, the cam portion 9b largely protrudes from the corresponding hole of the placement portion 25, and forcibly rotates the lower deployment member 8 in the standing direction while hitting the protrusion 8b provided at the corresponding portion of the lower deployment member 8. 7 (a), 8 (b) and 8 (c) show the state in which the lower deployment member 8 is erected as described above. Further, when the slider 2 is pulled out from the case 1 to some extent as shown in FIG. 8A, the lower deployment member 8 reaches the flank 16 whose tip side is lower than the case-side contact surface 15. The shaft 9a is pivoted clockwise around the fulcrum. Then, the cam portion 9 b is retracted from the corresponding hole of the placement portion 25 and is separated from the lower deployment member 8. As a result, the lower deployment member 8 falls on the mounting portion 25 and falls over as shown in FIGS. 7B and 8A. In the fall state, the lower deployment member 8 that has fallen on the placement portion 25 functions as the placement portion, and the area is substantially enlarged. For this reason, in this structure, even if the width of the slider 2 or the placement portion 25 is reduced, the area of the placement portion 25 can be increased by the lower deployment member 8, so that the holding characteristics can be improved.

  The above forms and modifications do not limit the present invention. The present invention can be variously modified except for the requirement of claim 1. As an example, the holder of the present invention may be of a type constituted by a pair of half frames as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-154366.

It is a schematic exploded view which shows typically the cup holder of this invention form. It is the figure which looked at the cup holder of Drawing 1 from the upper and front in the drawer position of a slider. (A) And (b) is sectional drawing sectioned on the AA line and BB line of FIG. It is a figure which shows the said holder, a pressing piece, and an operation member with a modification. It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment structure of the said pressing piece. . (A) And (b) is shown in the state of the non-use position and use position of a holder, (c) is an operation | movement figure shown in the state which rotated the pressing piece in the use position of the holder. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the modification of the said form corresponding to FIG. 6 (a) and (b). (A)-(c) is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of a lower expansion | deployment member with an action | operation.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Case (10 is a main body, 11 is a flange portion, 12 to 14 are guide grooves)
2 ... Slider (20 is vertical wall, 21 is upper protrusion, 22 is lower protrusion)
3 ... Holder (30 is a support shaft, 31 is an arc)
4. Pressing piece (4a is the main body, 4b is the pressing portion, 4d is the recess)
5 ... Operation member (5a is an intermediate part, 5b is an inner wall, 5c is an outer wall, and 5d is a contact part)
6 ... Shaft (6a is a retaining ring)
7. Spring (biasing member)
8: Lower deployment member (8a is a shaft)
9: Swing member S1, S2: Container

Claims (4)

A slider having a case and a placement portion, which is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the case to be switched between a drawing position and a storage position, and is rotatably attached to the slider; A non-use position arranged in the vertical direction and a holder for surrounding restraint that can be switched to a use position that protrudes outward from the placement portion and is deployed substantially horizontally, and the container is switched to the use position. In the cup holder that is inserted into the holder from above and received by the mounting part,
The holder has a pressing piece attached to the inside of the holder so as to be rotatable via a shaft portion on the base end side, and an operating member for rotating the pressing piece, and the pressing piece is used to operate the operating member. The cup holder is characterized in that it is inside the holder with the shaft portion as a fulcrum and is rotated at an arbitrary angle.   2. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the pressing piece can be disposed in a storage portion provided in the holder and is always urged toward the storage portion by a biasing member. .   The presser piece includes a plurality of concave portions provided along the longitudinal direction of the piece and at substantially equal intervals, and a corresponding portion of the operation member is detachably fitted to the concave portion. The cup holder according to 1 or 2. The slider is pivotally attached, stands up on the mounting unit in the storage position, and falls on the mounting unit in conjunction with being slid to the drawing position. The cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a lower developing member that projects over the surface.

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