JP2006281547A - Fastener and file - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fastener with blades which are not crowded out of a cover and have only to be set in a fastening position merely by manipulating only one operation part when such a setting is required, and a file. <P>SOLUTION: This fastener 20 is constituted of a base 32 into which the blades 30 and 31 to be passed through binding holes of a document P, can be inserted, and a slide member 33 combined with the base 32. The base 32 of the fastener 20 is fixed to a first fastening width-forming surface 17 of the cover 15, and one end side of each of the blades 30 and 31 is fixedly retained on a second fastening width-forming surface 18. The blades 30 and 31 extend in a direction where the former penetrate the base 32, and when the slide member 33 is moved along the base 32, the blades 30 and 31 are made to yield flat in a mutually overlapping direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a binding tool and a file, and more particularly, to a binding tool and a file that are attached to the inner surface side of a cover body provided with an adjustable binding width.

  The binding tool used in the file has two binding feet that are attached to the inner surface of the back cover of the cover body and inserted into the binding holes of the document, and through holes for inserting these binding feet. A base and two slide members attached to the base so as to be slidable are configured (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-335088 A

  However, since the file provided with the binding tool described in Patent Document 1 is a type in which the binding width of the spine cover can be expanded, the binding foot length is required from the necessity of securing the binding leg length when the maximum binding width is set. As a result, even if the binding feet arranged at the upper and lower portions of the cover body are oriented in directions away from each other, the leading end side of the binding foot is located on the cover body. It is configured not to protrude from the top and bottom. That is, the configuration of Patent Document 1 is such that the binding foot tip protrudes from the upper and lower ends of the spine when the binding width is small unless the base fixing position of the binding foot is changeable. .

[Object of invention]
An object of the present invention is to provide a binding tool and a file that do not require the base fixing position of the binding foot to be changed, and that the front end side of the binding foot does not protrude from the top and bottom of the cover body, and can hold the binding foot in the binding position. Is to provide.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a binding tool and a file that can be set at the binding position by lowering the binding legs so as to overlap each other, by reducing the number of parts and performing a predetermined operation on one operation unit. It is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a binding tool including a base through which a binding foot passed through a binding hole of a document can be inserted, and a single slide member combined with the base.
By moving the slide member along the base, a configuration is adopted in which the binding legs are laid down in a direction facing each other and kept in the binding position.

  In the present invention, the slide member is configured to include an operation part on one end side, and adopts a configuration in which the operation part is laid down so that the binding legs overlap each other.

  Further, the slide member and the base are provided with a binding foot collapse guiding portion having an opening for causing the binding feet to fall in a direction facing each other.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, a file can be configured by including the binding tool described above and a cover body to which the binding tool is attached.

In addition, the present invention includes a front cover, a back cover, and a back cover positioned between the front cover and the back cover, and a binding width forming surface is provided at the base of the front cover and the back cover, respectively. In a file comprising a printed cover body and a binding tool attached to the cover body,
A binding foot supported by one of the binding width forming surfaces and having a leading end penetrating the other binding width forming surface, and provided on either one of the binding feet so that the binding feet can be inserted. A base and a single slide member combined with the base;
By moving the slide member along the base, a configuration is adopted in which the binding legs are laid down in a direction facing each other and kept in the binding position.

According to the present invention, since the binding feet are laid down in the direction facing each other and kept at the binding position, the length of the binding feet can be sufficiently secured. Accordingly, when used for a cover body of a type that can widen the binding width of the document, even if the base portion of the binding foot is kept constant, the binding foot tip side protrudes from the top and bottom of the cover body. Does not occur.
In addition, since the slider for keeping the binding foot in the binding position is composed of a single member, it is not necessary to provide a slider corresponding to each binding foot, not only can the number of parts be reduced, but also the operation location can be a single location. It is also possible to provide an operational convenience for simultaneously operating the binding leg to fall down.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a file according to the present embodiment in use, and FIG. 2 shows a schematic perspective view of a state in which a document is omitted. In these drawings, a file 10 is attached to the inside of the cover body 15 having a front cover 11, a back cover 12, a back cover 13 having a back cover 13 positioned between the front cover 11 and the back cover 12. It is comprised with the binding tool 20 made.

  The front cover 11 is formed as a flat sheet-like bag having an end edge on the back cover 12 side as an opening edge 11A, and a sheet constituting the spine cover 13 in the front cover 11 through the opening edge 11A. Is stored in a removable manner. Accordingly, the binding width W of the spine 13 can be arbitrarily determined by adjusting the amount of protrusion of the front cover 11 from the opening edge 11A. The cover body 15 is substantially the same as a known type in which the binding width W of the back cover 13 can be variably set according to the amount of documents P to be bound.

  First and second binding width forming surfaces 17 and 18 are formed on the base portions of the front cover 11 and the back cover 12, respectively. These binding width forming surfaces 17 and 18 are provided in a long strip shape facing each other, and the document P can be bound in a state where the document P is sandwiched between the relative surfaces.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the first binding width forming surface 17 has square holes 21 and 22 that are substantially rectangular in plan view at two locations along the longitudinal direction, and these square holes 21. , 22 are formed with base fixing holes 23, 24. On the other hand, binding foot support holes 26 and 27 are formed in the second binding width forming surface 18.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the binding tool 20 is attached to the two binding legs 30 and 31 supported by the second binding width forming surface 18 and the first binding width forming surface 17. A base 32 and a slide member 33 combined with the base 32 are provided.

  The binding feet 30 and 31 have substantially the same structure as the binding feet used in a known flat file or the like. The binding legs 30 and 31 are provided so as to lie down and overlap each other in a direction facing each other in the binding state of the document P (see FIG. 7), whereby the leading ends of the binding legs 30 and 31 are formed on the back cover 13. The upper and lower end portions (left and right end portions in FIG. 7) do not protrude outward.

  The base 32 includes a base main body 40 extending along the first binding width forming surface 18, and hook pieces 42 and 43 (on the lower surface side of the base main body 40, which are continuously provided at two locations along the longitudinal direction. (See FIG. 6). The hook pieces 42 and 43 are arranged so that their tips engage with the base fixing holes 23 and 24 through square holes 21 and 22 formed in the surface of the first binding width forming surface 18, respectively. 32 is fixed to the first binding width forming surface 17. In the base body 40, a square hole-like passage 45 through which the binding foot 30 is inserted is formed slightly to the right of the left end in FIGS. 5 and 6, while the binding foot 31 is further to the right of the passage 45. An elongated passage 46 through which is inserted is formed. The right side region of the passage 46 is formed with a raised portion surface portion 47 that constitutes a binding foot collapse guiding portion. It is configured as follows. Further, a protrusion 48 engaging with the slide member 33 is supported in a cantilevered manner at the left end of the base body 40 in FIG.

  The slide member 33 has an upright piece-shaped operation portion 50 oriented in the short width direction on one end side, that is, on the left end side in FIG. A raised surface portion 52 that constitutes a foot fall guiding portion, a pair of rail portions 53, 53 extending rightward via the raised surface portion 52, and a stepped surface portion 54 provided between the right regions of the rail portions 53, 53. And a pair of binding foot guides 55, 55 projecting to the right end side of the stepped surface portion 54. The stepped surface portion 54 includes a concave surface portion 56 whose upper surface is curved in a slightly concave shape, and a guide surface portion 57 whose upper surface position is provided slightly lower on the left side of the concave surface portion 56 via a step portion 56A. . Here, a space is formed between the right end in FIG. 5 of the raised surface portion 52 and the left end of the guide surface portion 57, and the base 32 is combined so as to pass through the space, and the short width direction of the base main body 40 in the base 32. Both end portions ride on the rail portions 53, 53 so that the slide member 33 can advance and retreat in the longitudinal direction. Further, a pair of claw members 60 are formed at the lower end portions on both sides in the width direction of the base body 40, and these claw members 60 are formed in the slot holes 62 formed on both sides in the width direction of the concave portion 56. It comes in and engages with this.

  Next, the usage method of the binding tool 20 in this embodiment is demonstrated.

  When performing addition and removal of the document P, as shown in FIG. 6, the slide member 33 is slid to the left and the tightening of the binding legs 30 and 31 is released. This slide is regulated at a position where the step portion 56A of the concave surface portion 56 abuts against the formation edge 40A of the passage 46 in the base 40. Then, the binding legs 30, 31 are extracted from the first binding width forming surface 17, and the binding legs 30.31 are inserted into the binding holes of a new document, or the already-bound documents are bound to the binding legs 30, 31. It is possible to organize and adjust by extracting from.

  When the binding feet 30 and 31 are set to the binding position, the binding feet 30 and 31 are respectively inserted into the passages 45 and 46 through the square holes 21 and 22 of the first binding width forming surface 17. Then, the operation unit 50 is picked and the slide member 33 is slid to the right in FIG. As a result, the binding legs 30 and 31 lie down in the direction of bending while receiving the pressing force toward the opposite directions by the openings facing the raised surface portions 52 and 47, and finally, the binding surfaces 30 and 31 are strongly pressed by the raised surface portions 52 and 47. It is kept in the binding position under pressure. At this time, the binding foot 31 is laid down in the region of the raised surface portion 47 by the pressure applied by the tip of the concave surface portion 56 of the slide member 33, and the binding foot 31 is laid down first. There is no such thing as interfering with lodging. Further, in a state where the binding feet 30 and 31 are kept at the binding position, the protrusion 48 of the base 32 is kept in a state of being engaged with the stopper hole 51 of the slide member 33. In FIG. 7, for the sake of clarity of the drawing, a gap is shown between the binding feet 30 and 31 and the raised surface portions 52 and 47. It is what.

  Therefore, according to such an embodiment, it is possible to obtain an effect that the two binding legs 30 and 31 can be clamped and held at the binding position only by operating the operation unit 50 at one place. In addition, since the binding feet 30 and 31 lie down in the direction facing each other, that is, they do not fall down in the direction away from each other as in the prior art, even long binding feet are bound from the upper and lower ends of the spine. The inconvenience that the foot protrudes can be solved.

Although the best configuration, method and the like for carrying out the present invention have been disclosed in the above description, the present invention is not limited to this.
That is, the invention has been illustrated and described with particular reference to particular embodiments, but it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are not deviated from the technical idea and scope of the invention. On the other hand, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art in shape, position, and other detailed configurations.
Accordingly, the description of the shape, position, and the like disclosed above is exemplary for ease of understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The description by the name of the member which removed the limitation of a part or all of limitation is included in the present invention.

  For example, the base and the slide member that constitute the binding tool are not limited to the illustrated configuration example, and it is sufficient if the binding leg can be laid down and fastened.

  In the above-described embodiment, the file having a variable binding width is illustrated and described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a file having a specification in which the binding width does not change.

The schematic perspective view which shows the use condition of the file which concerns on embodiment. The schematic perspective view which shows the state which excluded the document from the state of FIG. The schematic perspective view of the cover body which comprises a file. The schematic perspective view which shows the state with which the base of the binding tool and the slide member were combined. The disassembled perspective view of FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the state which canceled the binding position of the binding leg. Sectional drawing which shows the state in which the binding leg was maintained in the binding position.

Explanation of symbols

10 File 11 Front Cover 12 Back Cover 13 Back Cover 15 Cover Body 17 First Binding Width Forming Surface 18 Second Binding Width Forming Surface 32 Base 33 Slide Member P Document W Binding Width

Claims (5)

In a binding tool including a base through which a binding foot passed through a binding hole of a document can be inserted, and a single slide member combined with the base,
The binding tool according to claim 1, wherein the binding member is laid down in a direction facing each other and held in a binding position by moving the slide member along the base. The binding device according to claim 1, wherein the slide member is configured to include an operation portion on one end side, and the binding member is laid down so that the binding feet overlap each other by operating the operation portion. The binding tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slide member and the base are provided with a binding foot fall induction section having an opening for lying the binding feet in a direction facing each other. A file comprising the binding tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and a cover body to which the binding tool is attached. A front cover, a back cover, and a back cover that is provided between the front cover and the back cover, and a cover body that is provided with a binding width forming surface at the base of the front cover and the back cover, In the file with the binding tool attached to this cover body,
A binding foot supported by one of the binding width forming surfaces and having a leading end penetrating the other binding width forming surface, and provided on either one of the binding feet so that the binding feet can be inserted. A base and a single slide member combined with the base;
A file according to claim 1, wherein the slide member is moved along the base so that the binding legs lie down in a direction facing each other and are held in a binding position.

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