JP2008302881A - Vehicular ashtray - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular ashtray capable of retaining an ashtray vessel at a storage position and a use position without causing contraction of a storage capacity of the ashtray vessel and ensuring air-tight property in the ashtray vessel at low cost. <P>SOLUTION: In a case member 11, an urging means 30 for giving urging force to a lid member 27 toward the ashtray vessel 12 so as to press the lid member to an edge part 12b of an upper end opening 12a of the ashtray vessel 12 at a storage position of the ashtray vessel 12, urging the ashtray vessel 12 toward the use position when the ashtray vessel 12 is turned to a use position side than a predetermined turning position between the storage position and the use position, and urging the ashtray vessel 12 toward a closure position when the ashtray vessel 12 is turned to the storage position side than the predetermined turning position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle ashtray suitable for being provided in a vehicle interior.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a vehicle ashtray provided in a vehicle, for example, a vehicle ashtray including a case member that opens rearward of the vehicle and an ashtray container that is accommodated in the case member is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .)

  The ashtray container is opened upward, and the ashtray container can be rotated between the housing position accommodated in the case member and the use position where the upper end opening is exposed to the outside of the case member and is in a usable state. Supported at the bottom. In the case member, a lid member for closing the upper end opening in a state where the ashtray container is in the storage position is disposed. The lid member is provided with a seal member that is in close contact with the edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container at the housing position and hermetically seals between the lid member and the edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container. Yes. By securing airtightness in the ashtray container by the sealing member, it becomes easy to extinguish the fire of the cigarette butt in the ashtray container.

In the ashtray container, the ashtray container is biased toward the accommodation position by engaging with the engaging portion of the lid member at the use position and elastically deforming by being pressed against the lid member at the accommodation position. A leaf spring member is provided. Further, in the ashtray container, there is provided a support portion for projecting inward of the ashtray container from the peripheral wall of the ashtray container and extending upward from the bottom wall of the ashtray container and supporting the leaf spring member. By engaging the leaf spring member with the engaging portion of the lid member, the ashtray container is held in the use position unless a force larger than the engaging force of the leaf spring member to the engaging portion acts on the ashtray container. Can do. Further, by applying an urging force due to elastic deformation of the leaf spring member to the ashtray container via the support portion, the ashtray container is moved to the accommodation position unless a force larger than the spring force of the leaf spring member acts on the ashtray container. Can be held.
Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 61-44467

  However, since the support part which supports the leaf | plate spring member for holding an ashtray container in the said accommodation position and the said use position is provided in the ashtray container, since the support part is arrange | positioned, in an ashtray container Space becomes narrower. For this reason, the storage capacity for the cigarette butts and ash of the ashtray container is reduced.

  Further, since a dedicated seal member is used separately from the lid member in order to hermetically seal between the lid member and the edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container at the housing position, the manufacturing cost of the vehicle ashtray is reduced. It takes.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is for a vehicle that can hold an ashtray container in a storage position and a use position without reducing the storage capacity of the ashtray container, and can ensure airtightness in the ashtray container at a low cost. To provide an ashtray.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a case member that opens to the side, an ashtray container that opens upward, and an accommodation position and an upper end opening that are accommodated in the case member are An ashtray container supported at the lower part of the case member so as to be rotatable between a use position exposed to the outside of the case member and in a usable state; and the ashtray container disposed in the case member, A lid member for closing the upper end opening in the accommodated position, and in the case member, the lid member is disposed at the accommodation position of the ashtray container in the upper end opening of the ashtray container. A biasing force toward the ashtray container is applied to the lid member so as to be pressed against the edge, and the ashtray container is rotated more toward the use position than a predetermined rotation position between the storage position and the use position. When the ashtray container is moved And a biasing means for biasing the ashtray container toward the closed position when the ashtray container is pivoted toward the storage position from the predetermined pivot position. It is characterized by being.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the urging means is an elastically deformable elastic member provided between the lid member and the top wall of the case member, The elastic member is elastically deformed by a push-up force acting from the ashtray container through the lid member in a state where the ashtray container is in the storage position, and the elastic member is formed by the upper end opening of the ashtray container. The edge portion has a sliding portion that slides on the lower surface of the lid member when the ashtray container rotates, and the predetermined rotation position is a line that passes through the sliding portion and the rotation center of the ashtray container. The minute position and the lid member are at a rotational position substantially orthogonal to each other.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the biasing means provided in the case member applies a biasing force to the lid member so as to press the lid member against the edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container at the housing position of the ashtray container. Therefore, the lid member can be brought into close contact with the edge of the ashtray container by pressing the lid member against the edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container with the lid member covering the upper end opening of the ashtray container at the storage position. it can.

  Thereby, since airtightness can be ensured in the ashtray container at the storage position, it is possible to easily extinguish the fire of the cigarette butt in the ashtray container.

  Therefore, since it is not necessary to use a conventional sealing member in order to ensure airtightness in the ashtray container at the storage position, the vehicle ashtray is compared with a case where a dedicated sealing member is required separately from the lid member. The manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  The urging means urges the ashtray container toward the use position when the ashtray container is rotated to the use position side with respect to a predetermined rotation position between the use position and the storage position, and the ashtray container is Since the ashtray container is urged toward the storage position when it is rotated to the storage position side from the predetermined rotation position, unless a force exceeding the urging force applied to the ashtray container from the urging means is applied to the ashtray container. The ashtray container can be held in the use position and the storage position.

  Thereby, since the ashtray container can be held at the use position and the storage position by the urging means provided in the case member, not in the ashtray container, a conventional support portion for supporting the urging means is provided. It is not necessary to install in an ashtray container.

  Accordingly, it is possible to reliably prevent the storage capacity of the ashtray container from being reduced as in the case where the support portion is provided in the ashtray container.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the urging means is an elastic member that is elastically deformable provided between the lid member and the top wall of the case member, and the elastic member is located at the position where the ashtray container is accommodated. In the state where it is placed, it is elastically deformed by the push-up force acting from the ashtray container via the lid member.

  Thereby, the lid member can be pressed against the edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container by the elastic reaction force acting on the lid member from the elastic member.

  The edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container has a sliding portion that slides on the lower surface of the lid member when the ashtray container rotates, and the predetermined rotation position is the rotation of the sliding portion and the ashtray container. This is a rotational position where the line segment passing through the center and the lid member are substantially orthogonal to each other.

  From this, when the ashtray container is in the predetermined rotation position, most of the elastic reaction force acting on the ashtray container from the elastic member via the lid member is centered on the ashtray container. It acts as a compressive force that compresses towards you. Further, in a state where the ashtray container is rotated to the storage position side from the predetermined rotation position, a part of the elastic reaction force acts as a rotational force for rotating the ashtray container toward the storage position, and the ashtray In a state where the container is rotated to the use position side with respect to the predetermined rotation position, a part of the elastic reaction force acts as a rotational force for rotating the ashtray container toward the use position.

  Therefore, the ashtray container can be urged to the storage position and the use position by this turning force, so that the ashtray container can be held at the storage position and the use position.

  The present invention will be described along with an embodiment of a vehicle ashtray.

  FIG. 1 shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a vehicle ashtray 10 provided in a console (not shown) in a vehicle interior.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle ashtray 10 according to the present invention includes a case member 11 and an ashtray container 12 accommodated in the case member.

  The case member 11 has a bottom wall 13, a back wall 14 that rises from one edge 13 a of the bottom wall, and a top wall 15 that extends along the bottom wall 13 from the upper end 14 a of the back wall. The bottom wall 13 is formed with a support portion 16 that protrudes from the bottom wall into the case member 11 and supports the ashtray container 12. In the illustrated example, the top wall 15 is inclined so that the distance from the bottom wall 13 gradually increases as the distance from the back wall 14 increases. The case member 11 is mounted in an opening (not shown) provided in the console so as to open to the rear of the vehicle (rightward as viewed in FIG. 1) through the opening.

  The ashtray container 12 has a bottom wall 17 and a cylindrical peripheral wall 18 rising from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall, and opens upward.

  In the illustrated example, the bottom wall 17 has a rectangular shape. A concave portion 19 that receives the support portion 16 of the case member 11 is formed in the rear end portion 17 a located on the vehicle rear side of the bottom wall 17. When the support portion 16 is received in the recess 19, the upper end portion 16 a of the support portion 16 is in contact with the bottom surface of the recess 19, that is, the upper surface 19 a. The ashtray container 12 receives the support portion 16 in the recess 19, whereby the accommodation position and the upper end opening 12 a shown in FIG. 1 where the ashtray container 12 is accommodated in the case member 11 are exposed to the outside of the case member 11. 2 is supported by the case member 11 so as to be rotatable around a contact point P between the upper surface 19a of the concave portion 19 and the upper end portion 16a of the support portion 16 between the use position shown in FIG. .

  Upper edges 20a of a pair of side walls 20 (one side wall 20 is shown in FIG. 1) of the peripheral walls 18 facing each other in the width direction of the vehicle, respectively, along the top wall 15 of the case member 11. It is inclined. Thereby, the height position of the upper edge portion 21a of the rear wall 21 located on the rear side among the two wall bodies facing each other in the front-rear direction of the vehicle (the left-right direction as viewed in FIG. 1) of the peripheral wall 18. Is higher than the height position of the upper edge 22a of the front wall 22 located on the front side. The upper edge portion 21a of the rear wall 21 is formed with a plate-like extension portion 23 extending from the upper edge portion to the vehicle rear side and further upward.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a plate-like cover member 24 that covers the rear wall from the vehicle rear side is attached to the rear wall 21. On the upper part 24 a of the cover member 24, a protruding part 25 is formed that protrudes rearward from the upper part of the cover member 24 and for rotating the ashtray container 12. Further, the lower end 24b of the cover member 24 extends from the lower end toward the support 16 and engages the support 16 from the rear side of the vehicle when the ashtray container 12 is in the use position. A joint portion 26 is formed. The cover member 24 is attached to the rear wall 21 by attachment means (not shown).

  Further, the vehicle ashtray 10 according to the present invention includes a lid member 27 that is disposed in the case member 11 and closes the upper end opening 12a in a state where the ashtray container 12 is in the housing position.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the lid member 27 is made of a metal plate having a rectangular shape as a whole. The lid member 27 is spaced downward from the top wall 15 of the case member 11 and extends along the top wall. It is arranged in the member 11. Of the pair of end portions 27a and 27b facing each other in the vehicle front-rear direction of the lid member 27, a plate-like hanging portion 28 that hangs downward from the front end portion is formed at the front end portion 27a located on the vehicle front side. A plate-like rising portion 29 that rises upward from the rear end portion is formed at the rear end portion 27 b of the lid member 27.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lid member 27 is substantially parallel to the top wall 15 in a state where the ashtray container 12 is in the housing position, and the upper edge portion 20 a of each side wall 20 of the ashtray container 12. It contacts the upper edge 21a of the rear wall 21 and the upper edge 22a of the front wall 22, that is, the edge 12b of the upper end opening 12a. At this time, the upper edge portion 22 a of the front wall 22 of the ashtray container 12 is engaged with the hanging portion 28 of the lid member 27 from the rear side, and the extended portion 23 of the ashtray container 12 is engaged with the rising portion 29 of the lid member 27. Engage from the rear. The ashtray container 12 is positioned within the case member 11 at the predetermined accommodation position by the engagement of the upper edge portion 22 a of the front wall 22 and the extending portion 23 with the hanging portion 28 and the rising portion 29.

  In the illustrated example, the position of the contact point P, which is the rotation center of the ashtray container 12, is a line segment L connecting the contact point and the upper edge 22 a of the front wall 22 of the ashtray container 12. Thus, it is set so as to incline toward the front of the vehicle from the perpendicular C drawn from the contact point P to the lid member 27.

  Further, in the vehicle ashtray 10 according to the present invention, the lid member 27 is attached to the lid member 27 toward the ashtray container 12 so as to press the lid member 27 against the edge 12b of the upper end opening 12a of the ashtray container 12 at the housing position of the ashtray container 12. A biasing means 30 for applying a force is provided in the case member 11.

  In the illustrated example, the urging means 30 includes an elastic member 31 that can be elastically deformed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the elastic member 31 includes a leaf spring member 32.

  In the illustrated example, the leaf spring member 32 is formed by bending a rectangular metal plate in a direction in which both end portions 32a and 32b approach each other. The plate spring member 32 is connected to the plate-like first flat plate portion 33 including the one end portion 32a of the metal plate, and the first flat plate portion via a bent portion 34, and the other end portion of the metal plate. And a plate-like second flat plate portion 35 including 32b, and has a substantially U-shaped cross section. In the illustrated example, the interval between the first and second flat plate portions 33 and 35 is directed from the bent portion 34 to the end portions 32a and 32b in an unloaded state where the leaf spring member 32 is not loaded. Gradually increasing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the leaf spring member 32 includes first and second flat plate portions 33 and 35 that overlap each other and end portions 32 a and 32 b of the first and second flat plate portions 33 and 35. Are arranged between the lid member 27 and the top wall 15 of the case member 11 such that the leaf spring member 32 is opened forward of the vehicle so as to be positioned on the vehicle front side of the bent portion 34.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a fixing portion 36 that is fixed to the lid member 27 is formed at the end portion 32 a of the first flat plate portion 33. The fixing portion 36 is fixed to the upper surface 27a of the lid member 27 by a fastener 37 such as a rivet.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the second flat plate portion 35 is inserted into the top wall 15 of the case member 12 so as to protrude from the top wall into the case member 11 and open to the rear of the vehicle. A rectangular parallelepiped insertion portion 38 is formed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the second flat plate portion 35 is formed with a cut-and-raised portion 39 that protrudes upward from the upper surface 35 a of the flat plate portion. As is well known in the art, the cut-and-raised portion 39 forms a U-shaped cutout in a part of the second flat plate portion 35, and the portion surrounded by the cutout is the second flat plate portion 35. It is formed by raising upward. The protrusion amount of the cut and raised portion 39 from the upper surface 35a of the second flat plate portion 35 is the sum of the protrusion amount and the thickness of the second flat plate portion 35 in the vehicle vertical direction of the insertion portion 38. It is set to be larger than the width. Accordingly, the second flat plate portion 35 is press-fitted into the insertion portion 38 by pushing down the cut and raised portion 39 downward, so that the plate spring is inserted in the state where the second flat plate portion 35 is inserted into the insertion portion 38. Shaking between the member 32 and the case member 11 is prevented. The second flat plate portion 35 is fixed to the top wall 15 of the case member 11 through the insertion portion by being press-fitted into the insertion portion 38, and thereby the lid fixed to the first flat plate portion 33. The member 27 is fixed to the top wall 15 of the case member 11 via the leaf spring member 32.

  Since the lid member 27 is substantially parallel to the top wall 15 as described above in the state in which the ashtray container 12 is in the housing position, the leaf spring member 32 has its first and second flat plate portions 33. , 35 are elastically deformed so as to be parallel to each other. Due to the elastic deformation of the leaf spring member 32, a biasing force that biases the lid member downward acts on the lid member 27 from the leaf spring member 32.

  At this time, since the lid member 27 is in contact with the edge 12b of the upper end opening 12a of the ashtray container 12 as described above, the edge of the upper end opening 12a of the ashtray container 12 is applied by the biasing force from the leaf spring member 32. It is pressed against the part 12b. Thereby, since the space between the lid member 27 and the edge 12b of the upper end opening 12a of the ashtray container 12 is hermetically sealed at the housing position, airtightness is ensured in the ashtray container 12.

  Further, at the storage position, a line segment L connecting the contact point P and the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 of the ashtray container 12 is a perpendicular line C drawn from the contact point P to the lid member 27 at the storage position of the ashtray container 12. Because of the inclination toward the front of the vehicle, a part of the elastic reaction force that acts from the leaf spring member 32 to the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 of the ashtray container 12 via the lid member 27 is the ashtray container. It acts as a rotational force that rotates 12 toward the front of the vehicle. At this time, the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 of the ashtray container 12 is engaged with the hanging portion 28 of the lid member 27, and the extending portion 23 of the ashtray container 12 is engaged with the rising portion 29 of the lid member 27 from behind. Therefore, the turning force is received by the hanging portion 28 and the rising portion 29 of the lid member 27. Thereby, the ashtray container 12 does not rotate from the accommodation position toward the use position unless a force of a magnitude that overcomes the elastic reaction force received from the leaf spring member 32 acts on the ashtray container 12. The holding position is held by an elastic reaction force.

  When the ashtray container 12 is rotated from the housing position toward the use position around the contact point P, the protrusion 25 of the cover member 24 is picked and the protrusion is pulled toward the rear of the vehicle. The force that pulls the protrusion 25 acts on the ashtray container 12 via the cover member 24 as a rotational force that rotates the ashtray container toward the rear of the vehicle about the contact point P. This rotational force is a leaf spring member. When the elastic reaction force of 32 is overcome, the ashtray container 12 rotates around the contact point P toward the rear of the vehicle.

  At this time, in the storage position, a line segment L connecting the contact point P and the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 of the ashtray container 12 is a perpendicular line dropped from the contact point P to the lid member 27 at the storage position of the ashtray container 12. Since the vehicle is inclined toward the front of the vehicle with respect to C, the lid member 27 is partially located inside the arc drawn by the upper edge 22a of the front wall 22 by the rotation of the ashtray container 12 in the housing position. ing. Therefore, when the ashtray container 12 is rotated, the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 slides on the lower surface 27c of the lid member 27, and the lid member is moved upward from the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 to the lid member 27. Pushing force to push up acts. That is, the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 constitutes a sliding portion that slides on the lower surface 27c of the lid member 27 when the ashtray container 12 is rotated. By this pushing-up force, the leaf spring member 32 is elastically deformed in a direction in which the end portions 32a and 32b of the first and second flat plate portions 33 and 35 approach each other. The elastic deformation of the leaf spring member 32 causes the lid member 27 to swing around the bent portion 34 of the leaf spring member 32 so that the front end portion 27a moves upward. The ashtray container 12 is rotated to a predetermined rotation position where the line segment L is orthogonal to the lid member 27, that is, a predetermined rotation position where the leaf spring member 32 is elastically deformed so that the lid member 27 is along the tangential direction of the arc. When doing so, the push-up force becomes maximum. At this predetermined rotational position, the amount of deformation of the leaf spring member 32 is maximized, so that the elastic reaction force acting on the ashtray container 12 from the leaf spring member 32 is maximized, and most of the elastic reaction force is a contact point. It acts as a compressive force to compress the ashtray container 12 toward P.

  When the ashtray container 12 rotates beyond the predetermined rotation position to the use position side, the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 moves away from the lid member 27 downward. Moving. Thereby, as the rotational position of the ashtray container 12 approaches the use position, the push-up force acting on the lid member 27 from the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 decreases, so that the leaf spring member 32 is in an unloaded state. Go back to. As described above, when the leaf spring member 32 is unloaded, the distance between the first and second flat plate portions 33 and 35 gradually increases from the bent portion 34 toward the end portions 32a and 32b. Thus, the lid member 27 is pressed against the upper edge portion 22a of the front wall 22 by the elastic reaction force received from the leaf spring member 32, and the front end portion 27a as the rotational position of the ashtray container 12 approaches the use position. Swings so as to move downward. At this time, a part of the elastic reaction force that acts on the front wall 22 from the leaf spring member 32 via the lid member 27 serves as a rotational force that rotates the ashtray container 12 about the contact point P toward the use position. Works. Thereby, the ashtray container 12 is pushed out of the case member 11 by the rotational force.

  In the state where the ashtray container 12 is in the use position, as described above, the engaging portion 26 formed on the lower end portion 24b of the cover member 24 is engaged with the support portion 16 of the case member 11, The ashtray container 12 is positioned at the use position by the engagement. In the illustrated example, the use position of the ashtray container 12 is set to a rotation position in front of the rotation position of the ashtray container 12 when the leaf spring member 32 returns to an unloaded state. Thereby, even if the ashtray container 12 is in the use position, the turning force acts on the ashtray container 12 from the leaf spring member 32. The rotational force acting on the ashtray container 12 is received by the support portion 16 as a compressive force acting on the support portion 16 from the ashtray container 12 via the cover member 24. Thus, the ashtray container 12 does not rotate from the use position toward the accommodation position unless a force of a magnitude that overcomes the elastic reaction force received from the leaf spring member 32 acts on the ashtray container 12. It is held in the use position by an elastic reaction force.

  When the ashtray container 12 is rotated from the use position toward the storage position, the cover member 24 is pushed into the case member 11 against the elastic reaction force of the leaf spring member 32. As a result, the ashtray container is rotated around the contact point P toward the accommodation position by the pressing force acting on the ashtray container 12 from the cover member 24, and the accommodation is performed in a state where airtightness is ensured as described above. Held in position.

  According to the present embodiment, as described above, the urging means 30 provided in the case member 11 presses the lid member 27 against the edge 12b of the upper end opening 12a of the ashtray container 12 at the housing position of the ashtray container 12. Since the biasing force is applied to the lid member 27 as much as possible, the lid member 27 is pressed against the edge 12b of the upper end opening 12a of the ashtray container 12 with the lid member 27 covering the upper end opening 12a of the ashtray container 12 at the storage position. Thus, the lid member 27 can be brought into close contact with the edge portion 12 b of the ashtray container 12.

  Thereby, since airtightness can be ensured in the ashtray container 12 at the storage position, it is possible to easily extinguish the fire of the cigarette butt in the ashtray container 12.

  Therefore, since it is not necessary to use a conventional sealing member in order to ensure airtightness in the ashtray container 12 at the storage position, the vehicle is more suitable than a case where a dedicated sealing member is required in addition to the lid member 27. The production cost of the ashtray can be reduced.

  Further, the urging means 30 urges the ashtray container 12 toward the use position when the ashtray container 12 is rotated to the use position side from a predetermined rotation position between the use position and the storage position. Since the ashtray container 12 is urged toward the accommodation position when the container 12 is rotated to the accommodation position side from the predetermined rotation position, the force exceeding the urging force acting on the ashtray container 12 from the urging means 30 As long as the ash tray container 12 does not act on the ashtray container 12, the ashtray container 12 can be held in the use position and the storage position.

  Thereby, since the ashtray container 12 can be held in the use position and the storage position by the biasing means 30 provided in the case member 11 instead of in the ashtray container 12, the conventional biasing means 30 for supporting the biasing means 30 is supported. There is no need to provide such a support in the ashtray container 12.

  Accordingly, it is possible to reliably prevent the storage capacity of the ashtray container 12 from being reduced as in the case where the support portion is provided in the ashtray container 12.

  Further, as described above, the biasing means 30 is the elastic member 31 that is elastically deformable provided between the lid member 27 and the top wall 15 of the case member 11, and the elastic member includes the ashtray container 12. In the state of being placed in the storage position, it is elastically deformed by the push-up force acting from the ashtray container 12 via the lid member 27.

  Accordingly, the lid member 27 can be pressed against the edge 12 b of the upper end opening 12 a of the ashtray container 12 by the elastic reaction force that acts on the lid member 27 from the elastic member 31.

  Further, the upper edge portion 22b of the front wall 22 of the ashtray container 12 slides on the lower surface 27c of the lid member 27 when the ashtray container 12 rotates, and the predetermined rotation position is the sliding portion and the ashtray container 12. This is a rotational position in which the line segment passing through the rotational center of and the lid member 27 are substantially orthogonal to each other.

  From this, when the ashtray container 12 is in the predetermined rotation position, most of the elastic reaction force acting on the ashtray container 12 from the elastic member 31 via the lid member 27 causes the ashtray container to It acts as a compressive force that compresses toward the center of rotation. Further, in a state where the ashtray container 12 is rotated to the storage position side from the predetermined rotation position, a part of the elastic reaction force acts as a rotational force for rotating the ashtray container toward the storage position, In a state where the ashtray container 12 is rotated to the use position side with respect to the predetermined rotation position, a part of the elastic reaction force acts as a rotational force for rotating the ashtray container toward the use position.

  Therefore, since the ashtray container 12 can be urged to the storage position and the use position by this turning force, the ashtray container 12 can be held at the storage position and the use position.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the leaf spring member 32 has a U-shaped cross section is shown. Instead, a leaf spring member having a cross section having a shape other than the U shape is applied to the present invention. can do.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the example in which the leaf spring member 32 is disposed so as to open toward the front of the vehicle is shown, but instead, the leaf spring member 32 can be disposed so as to open toward the rear of the vehicle. .

  Further, in the present embodiment, the example in which the elastic member 31 is configured by the leaf spring member 32 has been shown, but instead of this, a member other than the leaf spring member 32 such as a compression coil spring, a disc spring, and a rubber member. Thus, the elastic member 31 can be configured.

  In the present embodiment, the urging means 30 is configured by the elastic member 31. However, instead, the urging force toward the ashtray container 12 is applied to the lid member 27, and the ashtray container 12 is provided. When the ashtray container 12 is urged toward the use position with respect to the use position side with respect to the predetermined rotation position between the storage position and the use position, and the ashtray container 12 is rotated the predetermined time. If it is a means which can urge the ashtray container 12 toward the said closed position when it rotates to the said accommodation position side rather than a movement position, the urging means 30 other than the elastic member 31 should be applied to this invention. Can do.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which has the ashtray container which concerns on this invention in an accommodation position. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state in which the ashtray container which concerns on this invention exists in a use position It is a perspective view showing roughly a lid member provided with a leaf spring member concerning the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle ashtray 11 Case member 12 Ashtray container 12a Upper end opening 22a Sliding part (upper edge part of front wall of ashtray container)
27 Lid member 30 Biasing means 31 Elastic member L Line segment

Claims (2)

  A case member that opens to the side, an ashtray container that opens upward, and a storage position and an upper end opening that are accommodated in the case member are exposed to the outside of the case member and are in a usable state. An ashtray container supported at the lower part of the case member so as to be pivotable between the upper end opening and the ashtray container placed in the housing position. A lid member, and the case member is attached to the lid member toward the ashtray container so as to press the lid member against an edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container at the housing position of the ashtray container. A force is applied, and the ashtray container is biased toward the use position when the ashtray container is rotated to the use position side with respect to a predetermined rotation position between the accommodation position and the use position; The ashtray container is the predetermined Vehicle ashtray, wherein a biasing means for biasing the ashtray container when rotated to the stowed position side than the dynamic position to the closed position are provided.   The biasing means is an elastic member that is elastically deformable provided between the lid member and the top wall of the case member, and the elastic member is in a state where the ashtray container is in the storage position. The ashtray container is elastically deformed by a pushing force acting via the lid member, and the edge of the upper end opening of the ashtray container slides on the lower surface of the lid member when the ashtray container rotates. A sliding portion that moves, and the predetermined rotational position is a rotational position in which a line segment passing through the rotational portion of the sliding portion and the ashtray container and a lid member are substantially orthogonal to each other. The vehicle ashtray according to claim 1.

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