JP2016116063A - Screen cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device capable of easily wiping out a water droplet, contamination, etc. adhering on a screen of a portable information terminal, without requiring a towel etc.SOLUTION: A screen cleaner 1 for cleaning a screen of a portable information terminal comprises: a frame 2 to be detachably attached to part corresponding to a screen 17 of a body 16 of the portable information terminal 15; and a wiper 6 which is supported by the frame 2 so as to move along the screen 17 and whose tip is in contact with a surface of the screen 17. The wiper 6 comprises: a support shaft 7 movably supported by the frame 2; and a wiper blade 11 which is movable integrally with the support shaft 7 and whose tip is made of an elastic body in contact with the surface of the screen 17 of the body 16.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a screen cleaning device, and in particular, is applied to various portable information terminals such as a handy terminal used for metering electricity usage, and the like, water droplets, dirt, etc. attached on the screen of the portable information terminal It is related with the screen cleaning apparatus effective in wiping off and removing.

  Conventionally, when metering electricity usage, workers use various portable information terminals such as handy terminals to input various information obtained by meter reading, and calculate electricity usage for the current month. doing.

  By the way, when an operator operates the portable information terminal during rainy weather or snowing, water droplets or dirt due to rain or snow may adhere to the screen of the portable information terminal, making it difficult to see the display content on the screen. In such a case, the worker removes the towel, etc. that he carries from the pocket, etc., and wipes off water droplets and dirt adhering to the surface of the screen with the towel, etc., but removes the towel etc. from the pocket etc. at each meter reading location. It is necessary, and when there are a plurality of meter reading points, work takes time and labor.

  Moreover, since the posture becomes unstable by taking out a towel or the like from a pocket or the like while holding the portable information terminal with one hand, it may be injured by a fall or the like, making it difficult to ensure the safety of the worker.

  In addition, in order to save the trouble of taking out the towel etc. from the pocket etc., it is conceivable to hang the towel etc. on the portable information terminal. Therefore, it becomes difficult to wipe off water droplets and the like attached to the screen of the portable information terminal.

  Patent Documents 1 and 2 describe examples of a screen cleaning device that cleans the screen of a portable information terminal. A screen cleaning device (display screen unit wiping device) described in Patent Document 1 is a device that wipes the display screen of a foldable mobile phone, and is a wiping unit that moves by a mechanism that moves as the hinge mechanism rotates. Is configured to wipe off dirt on the display screen by reciprocating on the display screen in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the mobile phone.

  Further, the screen cleaning device (portable information terminal device) described in Patent Document 2 is a device that includes a wiping portion that wipes off dirt on a display screen of a foldable mobile phone, and the wiping portion is guided by a guide holding portion. The display screen is movably guided, and the wiping unit is moved on the display screen while being guided by the guidance holding unit in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the mobile phone, thereby wiping off dirt and the like adhering to the display screen. It is comprised as follows.

  The devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 do not require towels or the like, and move dirt on the screen by moving the wiping unit on the screen in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the portable information terminal. Can be wiped off.

JP 2004-198874 A Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-80171

  However, since the devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 can be applied only to a portable information terminal such as a foldable mobile phone, it is not applicable to a fixed portable information terminal such as a handy terminal. Can not. In addition, since the structure is complicated and integrated in the portable information terminal, it is difficult to retrofit the existing portable information terminal.

  The present invention has been made in view of the conventional problems as described above, and can easily wipe off water droplets and dirt adhering to the screen of the portable information terminal without requiring a towel or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a screen cleaning device that has a simple structure and can be applied to a portable information terminal such as an existing handy terminal.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means.
That is, the present invention is a screen cleaning device for cleaning a screen of a portable information terminal, a frame that is detachably attached to a portion corresponding to the screen of the body of the portable information terminal, and is moved along the screen by the frame. And a wiper that is supported in a possible manner and has a tip that contacts the surface of the screen.

According to the screen cleaning device of the present invention, a frame is attached to a portion corresponding to the screen of the body of the portable information terminal, and the wiper is moved along the screen, so that water droplets and the like attached to the screen can be wiped off and removed. it can.
Therefore, it is not necessary to take out the towel carried by the worker in the pocket or the like and wipe off the screen that is difficult to see with water droplets or the like, and the water droplets or the like attached to the screen can be easily wiped off and removed.
Also, as with the case of wiping with a towel etc., the surface of the screen cannot be wiped off sufficiently, making it difficult to see the information displayed on the screen and reading the meter without noticing the wrong number entry. Will disappear.
In addition, as in the case where Tao etc. is removed and the surface of the screen is wiped off, it will not be in an unstable posture and will not fall over and be injured, ensuring the safety of workers even in rainy weather etc. Can do.

  Further, in the present invention, the frame is configured by a pair of vertical and horizontal frames, and the pair of horizontal frames is placed on an edge of the screen of the body, The vertical frame may be configured to be locked to the side surface of the body.

  According to the screen cleaning apparatus of the present invention, since the frame has a simple configuration in which a pair of vertical frames and horizontal frames are four-sided, the cost required for manufacturing can be reduced.

  In the present invention, the wiper includes a support shaft that is movably supported by the frame, and an elastic body that can move integrally with the support shaft and has a tip that contacts the surface of the screen of the body. It is good also as providing a wiper blade.

  According to the screen cleaning apparatus of the present invention, since the wiper has a simple configuration including the support shaft and the wiper blade, the cost required for manufacturing can be reduced.

  Moreover, in this invention, it is good also as an operation part which moves the said wiper along the said screen at the both ends of the said support shaft.

  According to the screen cleaning apparatus of the present invention, the operation part can be wiped and removed by moving the wiper along the screen by grasping the operation part by hand, so that the operation of wiping off the water drops can be easily performed. It can be carried out.

  As described above, according to the screen cleaning device of the present invention, it is possible to easily wipe off water droplets, dirt, and the like attached on the screen of the portable information terminal without the need for a towel or the like. Further, since the structure is simple and can be easily manufactured, it can be applied to various portable information terminals such as an existing handy terminal, and versatility can be enhanced.

It is the top view which showed one Embodiment of the screen cleaning apparatus by this invention. It is A arrow directional view of FIG. It is a B arrow line view of FIG. It is the elements on larger scale of a wiper. It is a side view of a wiper. It is a side view of the modification of a wiper.

The screen cleaning apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 to 5 show an embodiment of a screen cleaning device according to the present invention. The screen cleaning device 1 according to the present embodiment is applied to, for example, a portable information terminal 15 such as a handy terminal, and is effective for wiping and removing water droplets, dirt, and the like attached to the surface of the screen 17 of the portable information terminal 15. Is.

  For example, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the portable information terminal 15 includes a rectangular box-shaped body 16 made of synthetic resin, a rectangular-shaped screen 17 that displays various types of information provided on the surface of the body 16, and the body 16. The screen cleaning apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is attached to the body 16 of the portable information terminal 15.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the screen cleaning apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is detachably attached to a portion corresponding to the screen 17 of the body 16 of the portable information terminal 15, and can be moved by the frame 2. And a wiper 6 that wipes off water droplets, dirt and the like attached to the surface of the screen 17 of the body 16.

  The frame 2 is configured by a rectangular frame-like pair of vertical frames 3 and 3 and horizontal frames 4 and 4 and is attached to a portion corresponding to the screen 17 of the body 16 of the portable information terminal 15. Installed as possible.

  The dimension between the vertical frames 3 and 3 of the frame 2 is set slightly larger than the width of the body 16, and the dimension between the horizontal frames 4 and 4 is set slightly larger than the vertical dimension of the screen 17 of the body 16. . In addition, when the frame 2 has a pair of vertical frames 3, 3 and horizontal frames 4, 4, the upper surfaces of the vertical frame 3 and the horizontal frame 4 are flush with each other, and one step is provided on the lower surface side of each horizontal frame 4. The width dimensions of the vertical frame 3 and the horizontal frame 4 are set so that the low step portions 5 are respectively formed. Thus, when the frame 2 is attached to the portion corresponding to the screen 17 of the body 16 of the portable information terminal 15, the inner surface of each vertical frame 3 is placed with the lower surface of each horizontal frame 4 placed on the upper surface of the body 16. It can be locked to the side surface of the body 16 and the frame 2 can be prevented from shifting in the width direction of the body 16.

  Each vertical frame 3 of the frame 2 is provided with a long hole 3a having the same width and length so as to face the length direction, and a wiper 6 described later between the long holes 3a and 3a of the vertical frames 3 and 3 is provided. The support shaft 7 is attached so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the vertical frames 3 and 3.

  The wiper 6 is attached between the long holes 3a and 3a of the vertical frames 3 and 3 of the frame 2, and is attached to the support shaft 7 and a support shaft 7 movable in the longitudinal direction of the vertical frames 3 and 3. Thus, a wiper blade 11 is provided integrally with the support shaft 7 and movable in the longitudinal direction of the vertical frames 3 and 3.

  The support shaft 7 is provided at both ends of the wiper blade mounting portion 8 and the wiper blade mounting portion 8 provided between the inner surfaces of both the vertical frames 3 and 3, and is inserted through the long hole 3 a of each vertical frame 3 to the tip. Is provided with a support portion 9 projecting outward from the outer surface of each vertical frame 3.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the wiper blade mounting portion 8 has a round bar shape whose diameter is larger than the width of the long hole 3 a of the vertical frame 3, and the wiper blade mounting portion 8 is a wiper blade 11 described later. The wiper blade 11 is attached to the wiper blade attachment portion 8 by being inserted into the attachment hole 13.

  The wiper blade mounting portion 8 has a length that allows both end surfaces to slide on the inner surfaces of the vertical frames 3 and 3. As shown in FIG. 4, screw holes 8a are respectively provided at the center of both ends of the wiper blade mounting portion 8, and male screws 9a of a support portion 9 described later are screwed into the screw holes 8a.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the support portion 9 has a rectangular bar shape, and a male screw 9 a is integrally provided at one end, and the male screw 9 a is screwed into a screw hole 8 a on each end face of the wiper blade mounting portion 8. Are attached to the respective end surfaces of the wiper blade attachment portion 8. The support portion 9 is formed so that the length in the vertical direction is slightly smaller than the width of the long hole 3a of the vertical frame 3, and thus the support portion 9 is vertically formed in the long hole 3a of the vertical frame 3 without play. The frame 3 can be slid in the length direction.

  A plate-like operation unit 10 that is slightly larger than the support unit 9 is attached to the other end of the support unit 9 by means such as screws. The support shaft 7 is obtained by grasping both the operation portions 10 and 10 of the support portions 9 and 9 or any one of the operation portions 10 by hand and moving the support shaft 7 in the longitudinal direction of the both vertical frames 3 and 3. And the wiper blade 11 can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the vertical frames 3 and 3.

  The wiper blade 11 is made of an elastic material having water repellency, such as various synthetic rubbers and synthetic resins. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the wiper blade 11 has a square cross section in which a mounting hole 13 is provided in the center. The base portion 12 and a blade portion 14 having a sharp tip provided integrally with the base portion 12 are configured.

  The wiper blade 11 is attached to the wiper blade attachment portion 8 by inserting the wiper blade attachment portion 8 of the support shaft 7 into the attachment hole 13 of the base portion 12. In this state, a plurality of locations of the base portion 12 are fixed with screws or the like. It is fixed to the wiper blade mounting portion 8 by means (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the wiper blade 11 has a length that is substantially the same as or slightly smaller than the horizontal dimension of the screen 17 of the portable information terminal 15. Further, the distance from the center of the mounting hole 13 of the base portion 12 to the tip of the blade portion 14 is longer than the distance from the center of the support shaft 7 to the surface of the screen 17 of the portable information terminal 15. The dimensions are set. Thereby, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the tip of the blade portion 14 of the wiper blade 11 can be pressed over the entire width of the surface of the screen 17 of the portable information terminal 15.

  The shape of the blade portion 14 is not particularly limited, and may be formed in a lip shape such as a well-known vehicle wiper blade. In short, any shape that can wipe off and remove water drops, dirt, and the like attached to the surface of the screen 17 may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the wiper blade mounting portion 8 of the support shaft 7 is formed in a square cross section, and the mounting hole 13 of the base 12 of the wiper blade 11 through which the wiper blade mounting portion 8 is inserted has a square cross section. It may be formed. By forming the wiper blade attachment portion 8 and the attachment hole 13 of the base portion 12 in such a shape, it is not necessary to configure the wiper blade attachment portion 8 on the base portion 12 by fixing means such as screws.

  Further, the wiper blade mounting portion 8 of the support shaft 7 and the support portions 9 and 9 may be integrally formed. In that case, the vertical frame 3 and the horizontal frame 4 of the frame may be framed so as to be disassembled by fixing means such as screws.

  In order to remove water droplets, dirt, and the like attached to the surface of the screen 17 of the portable information terminal 15 using the screen cleaning device 1 having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIGS. The frame 2 of the screen cleaning device 1 is attached to the part corresponding to the screen 17 of the body 16, both horizontal frames 4, 4 of the frame 2 are placed on the surface of the body 16 at the edge of the screen 17, 3 is locked to both side surfaces of the body 16.

  Then, the frame 2 is pressed by hand, the tip of the blade portion 14 of the wiper blade 11 is pressed against the surface of the screen 17, and in this state, the operation portions 10 at both ends of the support shaft 7 are grasped by hand, and the support shaft 7 is held on the screen. The reciprocation is performed as many times as necessary in the vertical direction of 17.

  This makes it possible to wipe off and remove water droplets, dirt, and the like adhering to the surface of the screen 17, and make it easy to see various information displayed on the screen 17.

  In the screen cleaning device 1 according to the present embodiment configured as described above, raindrops or the like are detected when the meter uses the portable information terminal 15 in rainy weather or the like to measure the amount of electricity used. When the various information displayed on the screen 17 is difficult to see, the meter reader attaches the frame 2 of the screen cleaning device 1 to the portion corresponding to the screen 17 of the body 16 of the portable information terminal 15. By gripping the operation unit 10 of the wiper 6 by hand and reciprocating the wiper 6 in the vertical direction of the screen 17, water droplets and the like attached to the screen 17 can be wiped off by the blade unit 14 of the wiper blade 11. .

  Therefore, it is not necessary to take out the towel etc. carried by the worker in the pocket etc. and wipe off the screen 17 that is difficult to see with water drops etc., and the water drops etc. attached to the screen 17 can be easily wiped off and removed. .

  Further, since the blade portion 14 of the wiper blade 11 is provided so as to cover the entire width of the screen 17, the entire screen 17 can be cleaned only by moving the wiper 6 a plurality of times in the vertical direction of the screen 17. it can.

  Accordingly, the surface of the screen 17 cannot be sufficiently wiped off, as in the case of wiping with a towel or the like, and the information displayed on the screen 17 becomes difficult to see, and the meter reading is performed without noticing the erroneous input of the numbers. There is nothing.

  Also, the meter reader may be in an unstable posture and injured by falling over, such as when taking out a towel or the like and wiping the surface of the screen 17 with the portable information terminal 15 held in one hand. The safety of workers can be ensured even in rainy weather.

  Moreover, since it has a simple structure comprising the frame 2 and the wiper 6 and is detachable from the body 16 of the portable information terminal 15, it can be applied to various portable information terminals 15 such as existing handy terminals. And versatility can be improved.

  Although not shown, a magnifying glass may be movably attached between the vertical frames 3 and 3 of the frame 2 so that the display content on the screen can be enlarged and viewed. The magnifier is not particularly limited, and various known magnifiers can be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Screen cleaning apparatus 2 Frame 3 Vertical frame 3a Long hole 4 Horizontal frame 5 Step part 6 Wiper 7 Support shaft 8 Wiper blade attachment part 8a Screw hole 9 Support part 9a Male screw 10 Operation part 11 Wiper blade 12 Base part 13 Attachment hole 14 Blade part 15 Mobile terminal 16 Body 17 Screen 18 Keyboard

Claims (4)

A screen cleaning device for cleaning the screen of a portable information terminal,
A frame that is detachably attached to a portion corresponding to the screen of the body of the portable information terminal, and a wiper that is supported by the frame so as to be movable along the screen and whose tip contacts the surface of the screen. A screen cleaning device.   The frame includes a pair of vertical frames and a horizontal frame, and the pair of horizontal frames is placed on an edge of the screen of the body, and the pair of vertical frames is the body. The screen cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the screen cleaning device is configured to be locked to a side surface of the screen.   The wiper includes: a support shaft that is movably supported by the frame; and a wiper blade that is movable integrally with the support shaft and made of an elastic body whose tip contacts the surface of the screen of the body. The screen cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen cleaning apparatus is provided.   The screen cleaning apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an operation unit that moves the wiper along the screen is provided at both ends of the support shaft.

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