JP2011057170A - Beverage container support device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seat for a vehicle allowing reduction of cost and substantially horizontally keeping of an armrest, even if a seat back is rotated forward and backward, by a simple support mechanism. <P>SOLUTION: This support mechanism 17 comprises a first shaft part 11 constituted by vertically and rotatably journaling the armrest 4 to the seat back 3, a second shaft part 13 constituted by being rotatably journaled to the armrest 4 on a front side FR from the first shaft part 11 at a using position B of the armrest 4, and a link 14 constituted by rotatably journaling one end part 14a to the second shaft part 13 and constituted by slidably engaging the other end part 14b to a third shaft part 15 constituted by rotatably journaling the seat back 3 in the longitudinal direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage container support device that can reliably support various beverage containers of different sizes in vehicles such as automobiles, airplanes, ships, and railway vehicles.

  As a conventional beverage container support device for a vehicle, a container container in which a beverage container is accommodated is supported such that the lower portions of a plurality of support pieces that can be brought into contact with and separated from the outer peripheral surface of the beverage container are swingable. And it is assembled | attached so that a cyclic | annular rubber member may be wound with respect to each support piece from the circumference | surroundings. And a force is applied inward of a container container with respect to each support piece with a rubber member (prior art document 1).

JP 2007-161086 A

  However, in such a conventional vehicle beverage container support device, there are a large number of components such as a plurality of support pieces and an annular rubber member assembled so as to be wound around the support pieces. There is a problem that a great amount of man-hours are required and the cost increases.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a conventional technique, and provides a beverage container support device that can reduce the cost by reducing the number of parts to be configured and the number of assembly steps.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, as a beverage container support device for a vehicle, a single support piece that can be brought into contact with and separated from the outer peripheral surface of the beverage container is swingably supported by a container container that accommodates the beverage container. Then, the beverage container can be supported by the container container by being pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the beverage container with respect to the support piece.

  Invention of Claim 2 is a drink container support apparatus for vehicles of Claim 1, Comprising: The cross-sectional shape of the said support piece is formed so that it can match all the external shapes of the said drink container. It is characterized by.

  According to invention of Claim 1, the single support piece which can be contacted / separated with respect to the outer peripheral surface of a drink container is supported by the container container in which a drink container is accommodated so that rocking | fluctuation is possible, Since the beverage container can be supported by the container container by being pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the beverage container, the supporting piece for supporting the beverage container is singular, and the number of components is reduced, and the number of assembling steps is also reduced. Because it can, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  According to invention of Claim 2, since the cross-sectional shape of the said support piece is formed so that it may correspond to all the external shapes of the said beverage container, it depends on the support position of the single support piece, and Since it can match any external shape, the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the beverage container can be easily supported.

The perspective view of the drink container support device for vehicles concerning Example 1 of the present invention. The perspective view which shows the relationship between the support piece of FIG. 1, and a container container. The perspective view which shows the container container of FIG. The perspective view which shows the support piece of FIG. The perspective view which shows the urging | biasing means single item of FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the state which the support piece of the drink container support apparatus for vehicles of FIG. 1 made it possible to support drink containers of various diameters. The perspective view which shows the state which supported the drink container with a small cross-sectional diameter to the drink container support apparatus for vehicles of FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which supported the larger drink container whose cross-sectional diameter is shown in FIG. 7 by the drink container support apparatus for vehicles of FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which supported the drink container larger than the cross-sectional diameter shown in FIG. 8 in the drink container support apparatus for vehicles of FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which supported the drink container larger than the cross-sectional diameter shown in FIG. 9 in the drink container support apparatus for vehicles of FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which supported the drink container larger than the cross-sectional diameter shown in FIG. 10 in the drink container support apparatus for vehicles of FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which supported the drink container larger than the cross-sectional diameter shown in FIG. 11 in the drink container support apparatus for vehicles of FIG.

  The purpose of providing a beverage container support device that can reduce the cost by reducing the number of parts to be configured and reducing the number of assembling steps, is a beverage container support device for vehicles. A single supporting piece that can be moved toward and away from the outer peripheral surface of the container is supported so as to be swingable, and is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the beverage container against the supporting piece, so that the beverage container is used as the container container. Realized by being able to support.

  Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes an automobile beverage container support device as a “vehicle”. The automobile beverage container support device 1 is supported by a console box 2.

  In the beverage container support device 1 for an automobile, a single support piece 4 that can be brought into contact with and separated from the outer peripheral surface 7a of the beverage container 7 can swing on a container housing 3 that accommodates the beverage container 7 shown in FIG. The beverage container 7 can be supported by the container container 3 by being pressed against the outer peripheral surface 7a of the beverage container 7 with respect to the support piece 4.

  The container container 3 is formed at the bottom of the cylindrical portions 31 and 31 of the hollow cylindrical shape capable of storing two of the beverage containers 7 side by side, and the bottom of the cylindrical portions 31 and 31. The bottom portions 32 and 32 that can hold the bottom (FIGS. 2 and 3 show only one bottom portion 32, but are hidden by the cylindrical portion 31 and formed on both cylindrical portions 31 and 31. And top portions 33 and 33 formed between the cylindrical portions 31 and 31 in a parallel state and protruding so as to divide the cylindrical portion 31 into two parts, and the support pieces 4 and 4 are connected to the cylindrical portion. Cutout portions 34, 34 cut out into and out of the portions 31, 31, tongue pieces 35, 35, 35, 35 projecting so as to pivotally support the support pieces 4, 4, and the tubular portion 31. , 31 of the opening 37, 37 and a decorative plate 36 that projects around the outer periphery. Reference numeral 36 a is a recess for locking one end 51 a of a later-described winding spring 5 formed on the decorative plate 36.

  The support piece 4 includes pins 41 and 41 rotatably supported in through holes 35a, 35a, 35a and 35a formed in the tongue pieces 35, 35, 35 and 35, and between the pins 41 and 41. 6 and as shown in FIG. 6, the support body 42 is formed in a shape capable of following the beverage containers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 having various diameters. A protrusion 43 having a through-hole 44 into which the other end 51b of the winding spring 5 to be described later can be inserted, and a recess 45 formed substantially in alignment with the outer peripheral surface 13a of the beverage container 13 formed to the maximum diameter. And more. Reference numeral 42 a is a rounded portion formed of an appropriate curvature formed at the ridge line between the support main body 42 and the recess 45.

  The winding spring 5 has one end 51a and the other end 51b after being wound four times.

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.

  When the beverage container 7 is accommodated in the opening 37 of the container container 3 of the automobile beverage container support device 1, the beverage container 7 is accommodated along the cylindrical portion 31, and the outer peripheral surface 7 a of the beverage container 7 is The support piece 4 is supported while being in contact with the outer peripheral surface 7 a of the beverage container 7 by swinging around the pin 41. The urging force acts on the support piece 4 by the winding spring 5, thereby pressing the outer peripheral surface 7 a of the beverage container 7. As shown in FIG. 6, the recess 45 of the support piece 4 matches the outer peripheral surface 7 a of the beverage container 7, and can be supported by the container container 3. That is, the support piece 4 that supports the beverage container 7 can be reliably supported by the winding spring 5 by pressing the beverage container 7 against the inner wall of the cylindrical portion 31. Since the number of components is one, the number of component parts can be reduced. Since the number of parts is small, the assembly man-hours can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the cross-sectional shape of the recess 45 of the support piece 4 is formed in an outer shape that matches the outer peripheral surface 7 a of the beverage container 7 having the smallest diameter. If the distance from the inner wall of the cylindrical portion 31 to the outer peripheral surface 7a of the beverage container 7 is A, the outer peripheral surface 8a of the beverage container 8 having a diameter larger than the outer peripheral surface 7a of the beverage container 7 (see FIG. 8). The distance is B, the distance to the outer peripheral surface 9a (see FIG. 9) of the thicker beverage container 9 is C, and the distance to the outer peripheral surface 10a (see FIG. 10) of the thicker beverage container 10 is D. The distance to the outer peripheral surface 11a (see FIG. 11) of the thicker beverage container 11 is E, and the distance to the outer peripheral surface 12a (see FIG. 12) of the thicker beverage container 12 is F. As shown in FIG. 6, the cross-sectional shape of the concave portion 45 of the piece 4 can hold beverage containers of any diameter, so that the beverage containers 7, 8, 9, 10, Can match any external shape of 11, 12 In, to be reduced manufacturing cost, it is easy to support the beverage container 7,8,9,10,11,12. Further, the support piece 4 can be separated from the outer peripheral surfaces 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 11a, 12a of the beverage containers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

  In the above embodiment, the beverage container support device 1 for automobiles has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this and may be a beverage container support device mounted on a vehicle such as an aircraft, a railway vehicle, a vehicle, or a ship.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Beverage container support apparatus for motor vehicles as "vehicle" 3 Container container 4 Supporting piece 5 Winding spring 7,8,9,10,11,12 Beverage container 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 11a, 12a The outer periphery of a beverage container Surface 31 Cylinder of container container 45 Recess of support piece

Claims (2)

The seat back is pivotally supported so that it can rotate back and forth from a neutral position erected by the reclining device. The seat back has a storage position along the seat back and a substantially horizontal use position by a support mechanism. In the container support device that is pivotally supported so as to be movable,
The support mechanism pivotally supports a first shaft portion that pivotally supports the armrest on the seat back in a vertically rotatable manner, and an armrest on the front side of the first shaft portion at the use position of the armrest. A second shaft portion, and a third shaft portion that is rotatably supported by the second shaft portion and is rotatably supported by the seat back in the front-rear direction. It consists of a link with which the end is engaged,
After the armrest is moved to the use position by the support mechanism, the armrest can be held in the use position even if the seat back is moved to any position. Beverage container support device. The container support device according to claim 1,
In the other end portion of the link, a long hole is formed in which the position where the seat back is tilted last and the position where the seat back is tilted forward is the outermost terminal portion of the third shaft portion, respectively. Beverage container support device.

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