JP2010089592A - Cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup holder reducing the fabrication costs with a simple construction by decreasing the number of component parts while the easiness in putting in a cup and taking out, and the holding performance are well maintained. <P>SOLUTION: The cup holder has a body 1 which constitutes an accommodation part 11 to receive the bottom surface of a cup, and is provided with: an abutting member 2 which works when the cup is to be put in the accommodation part 11 in such a manner as swinging in the direction of retreating outward from inside the accommodation part under guidance of a first guide groove 26 for the first shaft part 16a and a second guide groove 27 for the second shaft part 16b owing to the load applied from the cup and restricts the motion in the radial direction of the cup A; and an energizing means 3 to energize the abutting member 2 in the direction of protruding. The invention is characterized in that the holder body has: an opening 13 provided in the periphery of the accommodation part to allow part of the abutting member 2 to emerge and retract; and supports 14 and 15 formed rigidly as protruding on the outer surface of the accommodation part periphery. The abutting member 2 is installed to the supports through fitting of the first shaft part 16a in the first guide groove 26, and fitting of the second shaft part 16b in the second guide groove 27. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cup holder that can support various beverage containers (including cans, cups, plastic bottles, and the like) in a restrained state.

  This type of cup holder supports various beverage containers of different diameters in a restrained state to prevent the container from falling over or leaking liquid in the container even when a vehicle vibration is applied. It needs to be easy and reliable. Some conventional structures have been devised in order to satisfy these requirements, and as one of them, the present applicant has previously developed the cup holder described in Patent Document 1.

  This cup holder forms a substantially concave accommodating portion in which the holder main body can receive the bottom surface of the container, and has a holding unit attached around the accommodating portion. The holding unit includes a case attached to the housing portion of the holder body, a first guide groove for the first shaft portion and a second guide for the second shaft portion due to a load received from the container such as a can when the container is placed in the housing portion. A contact member that swings in the direction of retreating from the inside of the storage portion to the outside of the storage portion with each guide operation of the groove, and urges the contact member in the protruding direction. And biasing means

This structural feature is compared to a structure in which the contact member swings out of the housing portion due to a load received from the container when the container is inserted into the holder body side housing portion, and is inclined to the inner peripheral side of the housing portion. Regardless of the size of the container, substantially the same part of the abutting member is brought into contact with the periphery of the container, so that the holding property is hardly affected by the size of the outer diameter of the container, and good take-out and holding characteristics can be maintained.
JP 2006-1428 A

  However, the above-described conventional structure requires a case, an abutting member, and a biasing means together with the holder main body, and the case mounting structure with respect to the holder main body must be taken into consideration, and the number of parts is large and the structure is complicated. Therefore, the production cost was high. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, to reduce the number of parts, and to simplify the structure and reduce the manufacturing cost while maintaining good container insertion / removal and retention. is there.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the holder main body forms a substantially concave housing portion for receiving the bottom surface of a container such as a can, and the first shaft is driven by a load received from the container when the container is placed in the housing portion. The first guide groove with respect to the portion and the second guide groove with respect to the second shaft portion are swung in the direction of retreating from the inside of the housing portion to the outside of the housing portion to restrain the radial movement of the container. A cup holder comprising a contact member and biasing means for biasing the contact member in the protruding direction, wherein the holder body is provided around the housing portion and is a part of the contact member And a support part integrally formed on the outer peripheral surface of the housing part so as to correspond to the opening part, and the abutting member with respect to the first guide groove with respect to the support part Fitting of the first shaft portion and the second guide groove It is characterized in that it is assembled through engagement of the second shaft portion against.

The present invention as described above is more preferably embodied as in claims 2 to 4. That is,
(A) The first shaft portion and the second shaft portion project from the support portion, and the substantially linear first guide groove into which the first shaft portion is fitted to the contact member; The second shaft groove is configured to be provided with a non-linear second guide groove that is rotatably fitted with the first shaft portion as a fulcrum.
(A) The support portion is configured to protrude along both side edges of the opening portion of the outer peripheral surface of the housing portion (claim 3).
(C) The abutting member integrally includes a pressing member protruding from the opening and a side plate disposed outside the support portion, and the urging means is a torsion spring and presses one end of the pressing member. It is the structure which latches on the back side of a child, and latches the other end to the said support part side (Claim 4).

  In the first aspect of the present invention, since the support portion for holding the contact member is integrally formed on the holder main body, the number of parts for achieving the same function as that of Patent Document 1 can be reduced, and the assembly is facilitated. Can be manufactured inexpensively.

  In the invention of claim 2, for example, it is easier to form by providing each of the simple-shaped shaft portions on the relatively large holder body side and forming each of the complicated-shaped guide grooves on the relatively small contact member side. become. In addition, from the groove shape, for example, when the container is inserted obliquely into the housing part or pulled out obliquely from the holding state, the second shaft part rotates around the first shaft part in the second guide groove. This makes it easier to absorb the load applied to the contact member.

  In the invention of claim 3, in addition to being able to reliably support the contact member with the support portions on both sides, the presence of both support portions projecting along the both side edges of the opening makes it difficult to visually see the outside from the opening. This makes it easier to maintain the appearance characteristics.

  In the fourth aspect of the invention, for example, when the torsion spring is set in a state in which the abutting member is assembled to the support portion, the assembly is completed.

  Hereinafter, a cup holder to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show the cup holder configuration, FIGS. 3 and 4 show the operation, and FIG. 5 shows a modification. In this description, the structure, assembly, operation, and modification will be described in detail in this order.

(Structure) As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cup holder of the embodiment is a torsion that is an urging means according to the number of the holder body 1, at least one contact member 2, and the contact member 2. It consists of a spring 3. That is, the holder main body 1 has a substantially concave accommodating portion 11 formed inside the cylindrical portion 10, and the first guide groove with respect to the first shaft portion 16 a due to a load received from the container when the container A is inserted into the accommodating portion 11. 26 and abutment that restrains the radial movement of the container A by swinging in the direction of retreating from the inside of the housing portion 11 to the outside of the housing portion with each guide operation of the second guide groove 27 with respect to the second shaft portion 16b. A member 2 and a torsion spring 3 that urges the contact member 2 in the protruding direction are provided.

  Here, the cylindrical portion 10 is a resin molded product and has a bottomed cylindrical shape that partitions the accommodating portion 11. A flange portion 12 is provided on the upper edge of the tube portion 10. Around the cylindrical portion 10, there are a plurality of openings 13 that allow the contact member 3 to appear and retract in the housing portion 11 from the outside, and the upper and lower portions that are integrally projected on the outer peripheral surface corresponding to the openings 13. It has long piece-like support portions 14 and 15.

  The accommodating part 11 receives the container A inserted from above with the bottom face 11a. The diameter of the container 11 is set slightly larger than the outer diameter of a relatively large container among the containers A that are generally provided in various forms such as beverage cans, PET bottles, and paper cups. The flange portion 12 functions as an edge when the support portions 14 and 15 are difficult to see, or when the holder body 2 is mounted in a mounting recess provided on the installation location side of the vehicle console box or the like. Each opening portion 13 is a substantially rectangular opening that is provided below the flange portion 12 and is long in the vertical direction. In this example, each opening portion 13 is provided at an angle of 90 to 120 ° from the center of the cylindrical portion 10.

  The support portions 14 and 15 are protruded from both edge portions of the opening portion 13 and are formed in a piece shape that is long in the vertical direction. In the support portions 14 and 15, a first shaft portion 16 a and a second shaft portion 16 b are respectively provided on an outer surface (hereinafter simply referred to as an outer surface) opposite to the facing surfaces of the support portions. Each first shaft portion 16 a is provided at a location away from the outer periphery of the tube portion 10, and the second shaft portion 16 b is provided at a location close to the outer periphery of the tube portion 10. Moreover, the latching part 14a which latches the other end 3b of the torsion spring 3 is protrudingly formed in one support part 14 among both the support parts.

  On the other hand, the abutting member 2 covers the support portions 14 and 15 so as not to be seen as much as possible, and connects the left and right side plates 20 and 20 that are in contact with the outer periphery of the cylinder portion 10 so as to be detachable and connected to the both side plates 20. The upper connecting plate portion 21, the inner portion 22 that is provided inside each side plate 20 and divides the supporting portion arrangement space between the side plates 20, and the rear portion integrated with the side walls 20. A notch portion 23 that is provided on the rear side and allows the latching portion 14a to escape rearward from the gap between the side plate 20 and the inner side portion 22, a presser 24 that protrudes forward from the front intermediate portion of the connecting plate portion 21, A hollow portion 25 lacking the rear side and the lower side of the connecting plate portion 21 is integrally formed.

  The both side plates 20 are provided with a substantially linear first guide groove 26 positioned on the lower side and a non-linear second guide groove 27 positioned on the upper side. The first guide groove 26 is a downwardly inclined groove that moves away from the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 10 as it goes downward, so that the first shaft portion 16a is slidably fitted or the first shaft portion 16a is not rattled. It is a groove shape to escape. The second guide groove 27 is provided above the first guide groove 26 and has a shape in which the groove width is larger than that of the second shaft portion 16b, that is, the upper side portion 27a that the second shaft portion 16b slides in contact with the second shaft portion 16b in a normal state. And an escape space 27b is formed below the upper side 27a.

  In other words, the upper side portion 27 a is provided with substantially the same inclination as the first guide groove 26. The space 27b is provided in a substantially triangular shape, and the upper side portion 27a is formed on one side of the triangle. The second guide groove 27 allows the second shaft portion 16b to slide along the upper side portion 26a without rattling in a normal state. However, when a load is applied to the abutting member 2 (the pressing element 24) in an oblique direction, the second shaft portion 16b has an upper side with the first shaft portion 16a as a fulcrum as shown in FIG. The portion 27a rotates and escapes to the lower space 27b, thereby relaxing or absorbing the load applied to the contact member 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the pressing element 24 is formed in a state where the V shape is substantially horizontal, and when the projecting tip 24b is a portion where two sides of the V shape intersect, the upper inclined portion 24a is the upper connecting plate portion. The lower inclined portion 24c is inclined obliquely upward from the lower side of the hollow portion 25 toward the projecting tip.

(Assembly) When the contact member 2 and the torsion spring 3 described above are assembled to the holder body 1, the cup holder of the present invention is completed. In this assembling operation, the abutting member 2 is disposed so that the support portions 15 and 16 are inserted into the spaces between the side plates 20 and the corresponding inner portions 22. 16a is fitted into the corresponding first guide groove 26, and each second shaft portion 16b is fitted into the corresponding second guide groove 27. Then, the contact member 2 is assembled to each of the support portions 15 and 16 through fitting of the first shaft portion 16a to the first guide groove 26 and fitting of the second shaft portion 16b to the second guide groove 27. . From this state, the torsion spring 3 is assembled. The torsion spring 3 is engaged with the hooking portion 14a in a state where one end 3a of the curled portion is locked to the back side of the presser 24 and the other end 3b of the curled portion expresses a biasing force. Stopped.

  The produced cup holder is in a state in which the abutting member 2 protrudes the pusher 24 from the opening 13 into the accommodating portion 11 to the maximum by the urging force of the torsion spring 3. In this non-use state, the contact member 2 has an inner end (below the groove) on the side away from the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 10 in the first guide groove 26 to which each first shaft portion 16a corresponds as shown in FIG. The side shafts 16b are fitted to the inner ends of the upper side portions 27a away from the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 10 in the corresponding second guide grooves 27. The front end surface is in contact with the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 10.

(Operation) In the above cup holder, the contact member 2 operates as follows when the container A is inserted into or extracted from the accommodating portion 11 of the cylindrical portion 10 as shown in FIG. That is, when the container A is inserted into the accommodating portion 11 in the non-use state of FIG. 3A described above, it hits the upper inclined portion 24a of the pressing element 24. Then, the contact member 2 resists the urging force of the torsion spring 3 due to the downward load (load) of the container A applied to the upper inclined portion 24a as in (b), and the first shaft portion 16a. While the second shaft portion 16b slides along the first guide groove 26 and along the upper side portion 27a of the second guide groove 27, the pressing member 24 is passed through the opening 13 by an amount corresponding to the outer diameter of the container. Then, the storage unit 11 retreats from the storage unit.

  Then, when the contact member 2 is retracted until it substantially matches the outer diameter of the container A, the container A allows further insertion of the container A. FIG. 3 (c) shows a state in which the beverage container A has settled on the inner bottom surface of the accommodating portion 11 and the movement in the radial direction of the container is restrained by the tip 24 b of the presser 24. In this structure, the contact member 2 is always formed by the tip 24b (the upper inclined portion 24a and the lower inclined portion 24b) in the insertion process and the extraction process of the container A regardless of the outer diameter of the container A. Since the tip end corner portion is in contact with the periphery of the container A, a stable holding state can be maintained, and when the container A is pulled out, it is difficult to apply an excessive load to the container, and the feeling when pulling out is good. Become. When the container A is pulled out to the position shown in FIG. 3A, the contact member 2 is returned to the original non-use state by the biasing force of the torsion spring 3 that is spring-charged.

  FIG. 3D schematically shows the operation when the container A is rapidly withdrawn or obliquely withdrawn. In this structure, when the container A is pulled obliquely from the holding state with respect to the accommodating portion 11 (the same applies to the case where the container A is inserted obliquely), the second shaft portion 16b extends from the upper side portion 27a of the second guide groove 27 into the space 27b. The load applied to the contact member 2 can be absorbed or relieved by rotating around the first shaft portion 16a as a fulcrum.

(Modification) In the above embodiment, the two contact members 2 are provided on the outer periphery of the holder body 1, but the number of contact members 2 used is in balance with the size of the holder body 1 and the manufacturing cost. It can be single or set to 3 or more. As an example, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the contact member 2 is provided at three locations at intervals of 120 ° from the center in the holder main body side cylinder portion 10, and at four locations at intervals of 90 ° as shown in FIG. 5 (b). The structure provided in is mentioned. In these cases, the container A can be supported in a restrained state in a state where the center of the container A coincides with the center of the cylindrical portion 10 (accommodating portion 11). Even if the spring pressure of 3 is small, it can be reliably held.

  As described above, the present invention only needs to have the configuration specified in claim 1, and the details can be variously changed as necessary. As an example, the first shaft portion 16a and the second shaft portion 16b are provided not on the support portions 14 and 15 but on the contact member 2 side, and the first guide groove 26 and the second guide groove 27 are provided on the support portions 14 and 15 side. It is a configuration.

(A) is the disassembled perspective view which decomposed | disassembled the cup holder of this invention form, (b) is a block diagram shown in the state which cut | disconnected the contact member in the left-right middle. It is a perspective view which shows the said cup holder in use condition. (A)-(d) is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the motion of the contact member at the time of hold | maintaining and taking out a container from the said cup holder. It is a top view which shows the action | operation when a container is hold | maintained at the said cup holder. (A), (b) is a top view which shows the example which deform | transformed the said cup holder in the aspect similar to FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Holder body (10 is a cylinder part, 11 is a storage part, 12 is a flange part, 13 is an opening part)
2. Contact member (20 is a side plate, 21 is an upper connecting plate part, 22 is an inner part, and 25 is a hollow part)
3 ... Torsion spring (biasing means)
14, 15 ... support part (14a is a latching part for springs)
16a ... 1st shaft part 16b ... 2nd shaft part 24 ... Presser (24a is an upper inclined part, 24b is a projecting tip, 24c is a lower inclined part)
26 ... 1st guide groove 27 ... 2nd guide groove (27a is an upper side part, 27b is escape space)
A ... Container

Claims (4)

The holder main body forms a substantially concave accommodating portion for receiving a bottom surface of a container such as a can, and the first guide groove for the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion due to a load received from the container when the container is put into the housing portion. With each guide of the second guide groove, an abutting member that swings in a direction of retreating from the inside of the accommodating portion to the outside of the accommodating portion and restrains the radial movement of the container, and the abutting member is attached in the protruding direction. In a cup holder provided with a biasing means
The holder main body is provided around the housing portion and can open and close a part of the abutting member, and a support portion integrally formed on the outer peripheral surface of the housing portion corresponding to the opening. Have
The cup holder, wherein the abutting member is assembled to the support portion through fitting of the first shaft portion with respect to the first guide groove and fitting of the second shaft portion with respect to the second guide groove. .   The first shaft portion and the second shaft portion project from the support portion, and the substantially linear first guide groove and the second shape into which the first shaft portion is fitted to the contact member. 2. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the second guide groove is provided so that the shaft portion is rotatably fitted around the first shaft portion as a fulcrum.   3. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is formed to protrude along both side edge portions of the opening portion in the outer peripheral surface of the housing portion.   The abutting member integrally includes a pressing member protruding from the opening and a side plate disposed outside the supporting portion, and the urging means is a torsion spring, and one end thereof is provided on the back surface of the pressing member. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the cup holder is locked to the side and the other end is locked to the support portion side.

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