JP2023010493A - binding tool - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a binding tool capable of connecting a plurality of articles in a neatly aligned manner.SOLUTION: The binding tool comprises: a long clamping part 2 capable of clamping sheet-like objects to be bound; and a connection part 3 connected to at least one end part in a longer direction of the clamping part 2 and being connectable to another binding tool 1. The clamping part 2 includes a pair of clamping pieces 21 constituted to be openable/closable for clamping the objects to be bound. The connection part 3 includes a connection piece 31 provided with connecting means 32 which serves as a connecting portion to another binding tool 1. A cutout part 4 is formed between the connection piece 31 and the clamping piece 21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a binding tool for binding sheet-like objects to be bound.

Some of the binding tools described above have a function of connecting with another binding tool. For example, a photo book holder disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a pair of vertically elongated flat upper support plates for sandwiching a photograph, which is an object to be bound.

A pair of vertically elongated flat upper support plates are configured to be opened and closed while facing each other. One of the vertically elongated flat upper support plates has a ridge formed on the outer surface thereof, and the other of the vertically elongated flat upper support plates. Concave streaks are formed on the outer surface of the body.

In addition, since one of the ridges or grooves of the above-mentioned photobook holding member can be fitted to the other of the ridges or grooves of another photobook holder, it is possible not only to bind the photographs but also to bind the photographs. , can be stored in a connected state.

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By the way, the pair of vertically elongated flat upper support plates of the photo book holder are in a mutually open state (that is, in a state of bending in the direction of separating from each other) when holding a photograph. The degree of opening of the flat upper support plate varies depending on the number of photographs to be bound.

Therefore, when a plurality of photobook holders having different degrees of opening of the vertically elongated flat upper support plate are connected, the orientations of the connected photobook holders become different, and there are cases where they cannot be neatly aligned. .

Therefore, in view of such circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a binding tool that can be connected in plural numbers in a neatly aligned state.

The binding tool of the present invention is
a long clamping portion capable of clamping a sheet-like object to be bound;
A connecting part connected to at least one end in the longitudinal direction of the holding part and connectable to another binding tool,
The holding portion has a pair of holding pieces configured to be openable and closable so as to hold the object to be bound,
The connecting part has a connecting piece provided with a connecting means that serves as a connecting part with the other binding tool,
A notch is formed between the connecting piece and the clamping piece.

In the binding device having the above structure, the degree of opening of the pair of nipping pieces varies depending on the number of objects to be nipped, etc., but there is a notch between the nipping piece and the connecting piece provided with a connection means for connecting to another binding device. is formed, the predetermined shape can be easily maintained regardless of the degree of opening of the pair of clamping pieces.

Therefore, when a plurality of binding tools having the above configuration are connected, variations in the orientation of the binding tools can be suppressed.

Moreover, in the binding tool of the present invention,
The notch may be groove-shaped.

In this way, it is possible to suppress variation in the orientation of the binding tools to be connected with a simple structure.

Furthermore, in the binding tool of the present invention,
The connecting portion has a pair of connecting pieces arranged to face each other,
The notches may be formed between one of the connecting pieces and one of the clamping pieces and between the other of the connecting pieces and the other of the clamping pieces.

Even in this case, it is possible to suppress variation in the orientation of the binding devices to be connected with a simple structure.

In the binding tool of the present invention,
The connecting portion has a pair of connecting pieces arranged to face each other,
One of the pair of connecting pieces is provided with either a male snap button or a male snap button as the connecting means,
The other of the pair of connecting pieces is provided with a male snap button or the other of the male snap buttons as the connecting means,
The male snap button and the female snap button may be detachably fitted together.

In this way, separate binding devices are connected by fitting the male snap button and the female snap button, so that it is possible to prevent the connected binding devices from being unintentionally separated. .

Moreover, in the binding tool of the present invention,
The connecting portion has a pair of connecting pieces arranged to face each other,
one of the pair of connecting pieces is provided with a first magnetic body as the connecting means,
The other connecting piece of the pair of connecting pieces is provided with a second magnetic body as the connecting means,
The first magnetic body and the second magnetic body may be detachably attracted to each other.

In this way, separate binders are connected by attraction of the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body, so that the connected binders can be easily separated.

Furthermore, the binding tool of the present invention is
One connecting portion may be continuously provided at both ends of the holding portion in the longitudinal direction.

In this way, both ends of the binding device can be connected to each other, so that the state in which the longitudinal directions of the connected binding devices are aligned in the same direction can be reliably maintained.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the binding device of the present invention can exhibit an excellent effect that a plurality of binding devices can be connected in a neatly aligned state.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a binding tool according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the binding tool according to the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the end portion of the binding device according to the same embodiment. FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the end portion of the binding device according to the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the end portion of the binding device according to the same embodiment. FIG. 6 is an enlarged bottom view of the end portion of the binding device according to the same embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the usage state of the binding device according to the embodiment, and is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the object to be bound is inserted between the pair of clamping pieces. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the binding device according to the same embodiment, and is a cross-sectional view of the state before the binding piece is clamped by the pair of clamping pieces. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the binding tool according to the same embodiment, and is a cross-sectional view of a state in which an object to be bound is held between a pair of holding pieces. FIG. 10 : is explanatory drawing of the usage condition of the binding-fastener based on the same embodiment, and is the figure which looked at the binding-fastener before connection from the front side. FIG. 11 : is explanatory drawing of the usage condition of the binding-fastener based on the same embodiment, and is the figure which looked at the binding-fastener after connection from the front side. FIG. 12 is a plan view of a binding device according to another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 13 is a plan view of a binding device according to yet another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 14 is a plan view of a binding device according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A binding tool according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The binding tool of this embodiment is configured to bind a sheet-like object to be bound. The object to be bound is, for example, a sheet of paper, a cover, a partition, a sheet with a pocket, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the binding device 1 includes a long holding portion 2 capable of holding an object to be bound, and at least one end of the holding portion 2 in the longitudinal direction, and connected to the other binding device. and a connection portion 3 which is a connection portion with 1.

The holding portion 2 has a long holding-side back portion 20 (see FIG. 2) and a pair of holding pieces 21 extending from the holding-side back portion 20 and facing each other as shown in FIGS.

The pair of clamping pieces 21 are long and elastic. The pair of pinching pieces 21 are formed so that the distance between them gradually narrows from the base end to the tip, and that the tip portions are in contact with each other when the object to be bound is not pinched ( See Figure 8).

The pair of clamping pieces 21 generate an elastic force when the tip portions thereof are bent away from each other (when the tip portions thereof are opened). can be clamped.

The connecting portion 3 has a connecting side back portion 30 (see FIG. 2) extending from the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the holding side back portion 20, and a pair of connecting pieces 31 extending from the connecting side back portion 30 and facing each other. .

The direction in which the connecting side back portion 30 extends from the holding side back portion 20 is the same as the longitudinal direction of the holding side back portion 20 .

The connecting piece 31 has higher rigidity than the clamping piece 21 and is less likely to deform. The connecting piece 31 includes an inner surface that faces the connecting piece 31 and an outer surface that faces the opposite side of the connecting piece 31 . Each outer surface is parallel to each other.

A connecting means 32 for connecting the connecting piece 31 to another binding device 1 is provided on the outer surface of the connecting piece 31 . The connecting means 32 provided on one connecting piece 31 and the connecting means 32 provided on the other connecting piece 31 may be detachably fitted, for example. A female snap button is provided as connecting means 32 on the outer surface of the connecting piece 31 (see FIG. 5), and a male snap button is provided as connecting means 32 on the outer surface of the other connecting piece 31 . (See Figure 6). In this manner, the connecting means 32 provided on one connecting piece 31 and the connecting means 32 provided on the other connecting piece 31 are connected by being fitted to each other.

Assuming that the direction in which the binding device 1 is connected to another binding device 1 is the connection direction, one clamping piece 21 and one connection piece 31 are arranged on one side in the connection direction, and the other side in the connection direction The other holding piece 21 and the other connecting piece 31 are arranged.

Then, the two binding tools 1 adjacent to each other in a connected state are in a state in which the other surface side of one binding tool 1 and the one surface side of the other binding tool 1 face each other, and further, one binding tool 1 The outer surface of each connecting piece 31 and the outer surface of each connecting piece 31 of the other binding device 1 are all parallel. Therefore, the directions of the two connected binding tools 1 are aligned.

In addition, it is preferable that the space between the pair of connecting pieces 31 is larger than the space between the pair of clamping pieces 21 in the widest state. In this way, even when the maximum number of objects to be bound that is allowed by the pair of holding pieces 21 is held, the objects to be bound are prevented from coming into contact with the connecting piece 31. becomes difficult to deform.

Also, the dimension from the outer surface of one connecting piece 31 to the outer surface of the other connecting piece 31 (the width dimension of the connecting piece 31) is the dimension from the outer surface of one clamping piece 21 to the outer surface of the other clamping piece 21 (the clamping piece 21 width) or more.

The connecting piece 31 and the clamping piece 21 are arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction of the clamping portion 2 ), but a notch portion 4 is formed between the connecting piece 31 and the clamping piece 21 . The notch 4 of the present embodiment is groove-shaped, and is formed so as to extend from the proximal end to the distal end of the connecting piece 31 and the clamping piece 21 .

The configuration of the binding tool 1 according to this embodiment is as described above. Next, how to use the binding tool 1 will be described.

First, how to close the object to be bound by the binding tool 1 will be described. In this embodiment, as an example of the object S to be bound, a plurality of sheets S1 and a cover S2 inside which the plurality of sheets S1 are arranged in a state of being folded in half are bound. (See FIG. 9).

In order to bind the material S to be bound with the binding tool 1, as shown in FIG. Insert. The pair of clamping portions 2 are in contact with each other at their leading ends when the material to be bound S is not clamped (see FIG. 8), but when the material to be bound S is clamped, they are in contact with each other. are bent in a direction away from each other (see FIG. 9).

When the object S to be bound is held between the pair of holding pieces 21, the pair of holding pieces 21 bends so that the tips thereof are separated from each other by the thickness of the object S to be bound. A notch 4 is formed between the pieces 31 and between the other clamping piece 21 and the other connecting piece 31, so that the connecting piece 31 is not moved by the clamping piece 21. - 特許庁In addition, since the object to be bound S does not come into contact with the inner surface of each connecting piece 31, the pair of connecting pieces 31 are not spread apart by the object to be bound.

In this manner, the binding tool 1 can hold the object S between the pair of holding pieces 21 while maintaining the shape of the connecting piece 31 in a predetermined shape.

Next, a method for connecting a plurality of binding tools 1 will be described. In addition, although the case where the two binding-fasteners 1 are connected is mentioned as an example and this embodiment demonstrates it, the number of the binding-fasteners 1 to connect is not limited to two.

In order to connect the binding devices 1, as shown in FIG. 10, one side of the binding device 1 faces the other side of the other binding device 1, and then, as shown in FIG. The connecting means 32 of one binding device 1 and the connecting means 32 of the other binding device 1 are connected. In this embodiment, the female snap button of one binding device 1 and the male snap button of the other binding device 1 are fitted.

Both the binding tool 1 on one side and the binding tool 1 on the other side are in a state in which the object S is bound, but in each of the pair of connecting parts 3 that are connected, the outer surfaces of the connecting pieces 31 are kept parallel. Therefore, the orientation of one binding tool 1 and the orientation of the other binding tool 1 are aligned in the same direction.

As described above, in the binding device 1 according to the present embodiment, the degree of opening of the pair of clamping pieces 21 changes depending on the number of objects S to be held, etc., but the coupling means 32 for connecting with another binding device 1 is provided. Since the notch 4 is formed between the connecting piece 31 and the clamping piece 21, the predetermined shape can be maintained regardless of how the pair of clamping pieces 21 are opened. Therefore, even when the binding tools 1 in a state in which the object to be bound S is bound are connected to each other, the orientation of each binding tool 1 can be aligned in a predetermined direction.

The pair of pinching pieces 21 are in a slanted posture when the object S to be bound is not pinched. Even when a plurality of binding tools 1 are connected in a state in which the article S is not bound, the direction of each binding tool 1 can be aligned in a fixed direction.

In this way, when the binding device 1 of the present embodiment is connected to another binding device 1, it is possible to suppress variation in the orientation of each other, so that a plurality of binding devices can be connected in a neatly aligned state. Excellent effect can be achieved.

Furthermore, since the notches 4 formed between the one clamping piece 21 and the one connecting piece 31, and between the other clamping piece 21 and the other connecting piece 31 are formed in a groove shape, they are neatly aligned. The function of being able to connect multiple pieces in a state is realized by a simple structure.

In addition, in the binding device 1 of the present embodiment, since one connecting portion 3 is continuously provided at each of both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the holding portion 2, both end portions of the binding device 1 can be connected to each other. As a result, the state in which the longitudinal directions of the connected binding devices 1 are aligned in the same direction is reliably maintained.

Furthermore, in the connecting portion 3 of this embodiment, one connecting piece 31 is provided with a male snap button as connecting means 32, and the other connecting piece 31 is provided with a female snap button as connecting means 32. Therefore, the binding tools 1 can be connected to each other by fitting the male snap button and the female snap button, thereby suppressing the unintentional separation of the connected binding tools 1. It is possible to do so.

It should be noted that the binding device according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

In the embodiment described above, the notch 4 is groove-shaped and formed so that the width of the groove is constant or substantially constant over the entire length, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the edge cut portion 4 may be formed so that the width on the distal end side is wider than the width on the proximal end side.

Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, the notch portion 4 is formed in a groove shape, but may be formed in a linear shape (that is, may be configured by a cut line).

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the notch 4 is formed to extend from the base end to the tip of the connecting piece 31 and the clamping piece 21 . It may be formed so as to extend from an intermediate position between the end and the tip to the tip. However, it is easier to maintain the shape of the connecting piece 31 when the notch 4 is formed so as to extend from the proximal end to the distal end of the connecting piece 31 and the clamping piece 21 .

In the above-described embodiment, the binding device 1 has the connecting portions 3 connected to both ends of the holding portion 2 in the longitudinal direction, but the configuration is not limited to this. As for the binding tool 1, the connection part 3 may be continuously provided only in the one end part or the other end part of the clamping part 2, for example.

13, the binding device 1 can also have a configuration in which one end portion and the other end portion of the two holding portions 2 are connected by one connecting portion 3. As shown in FIG. The binding device 1 shown in FIG. 13 has connecting portions 3 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the binding device 1. Alternatively, the configuration may be such that only the connecting portion 3 that connects the two holding portions 2 is provided without providing the connecting portion 3 at both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the binding device 1 .

As described above, the binding device 1 may have a configuration in which the connecting portion 3 is continuously provided to at least one end portion of the holding portion 2 for one holding portion 2 . In addition, if the binding device 1 has a configuration in which the plurality of connecting portions 3 are provided at locations separated in the longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction of the holding portion 2), when connecting the plurality of binding devices 1, The state in which the longitudinal directions of the respective binding tools 1 are aligned in the same direction can be reliably maintained.

In the above-described embodiment, the connecting portion 3 is configured to connect the binding devices 1 by fitting the connecting means 32 of one connecting piece 31 and the connecting means 32 of the other connecting piece 31, but this Not limited to configuration. For example, the connecting portion 3 may be configured to connect the binders 1 by magnetic attraction between the connecting means 32 of one connecting piece 31 and the connecting means 32 of the other connecting piece 31 .

In this case, the connecting portion 3 is provided with the first magnetic body as the connecting means 32 on one connecting piece 31 of the pair of connecting pieces 31 and on the other connecting piece 31 of the pair of connecting pieces 31 . The connecting piece 31 is provided with a second magnetic body as the connecting means 32, and the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body may be detachably attracted to each other. In addition, if the connection means 32 is comprised by the 1st magnetic material and the 2nd magnetic material, it will become easy to separate the binding-fastener 1 currently connected.

In addition, as long as the binding tools 1 can be detachably connected, the connecting means 32 of the connecting portion 3 may be configured by a button snap or a material other than a magnetic material.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, in the connecting portion 3, the notch portion 4 is formed in each of the pair of connecting pieces 31, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the notch 4 may be formed only in one of the pair of connecting pieces 31 . In this case, the other connecting piece 31 is continuous with the clamping piece 21 .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Binding tool 2... Clamping part 3... Connection part 4... Notch part 20... Clamping side back part 21... Clamping piece 30... Connection side back part 31... Connection piece S... Object to be bound S1... Sheet paper, S2...Cover

Claims (6)

a long clamping portion capable of clamping a sheet-like object to be bound;
A connecting part connected to at least one end in the longitudinal direction of the holding part and connectable to another binding tool,
The holding portion has a pair of holding pieces configured to be openable and closable so as to hold the object to be bound,
The connecting part has a connecting piece provided with a connecting means that serves as a connecting part with the other binding tool,
A notch is formed between the connecting piece and the clamping piece,
binding tool. The notch is groove-shaped,
The binding device according to claim 1 The connecting portion has a pair of connecting pieces arranged to face each other,
The notches are formed between one of the connecting pieces and one of the clamping pieces, and between the other of the connecting pieces and the other of the clamping pieces.
The binding device according to claim 1 or 2. The connecting portion has a pair of connecting pieces arranged to face each other,
One of the pair of connecting pieces is provided with either a male snap button or a male snap button as the connecting means,
The other of the pair of connecting pieces is provided with a male snap button or the other of the male snap buttons as the connecting means,
The male snap button and the female snap button can be detachably fitted together.
The binding device according to claim 1 or 2. The connecting portion has a pair of connecting pieces arranged to face each other,
one of the pair of connecting pieces is provided with a first magnetic body as the connecting means,
The other connecting piece of the pair of connecting pieces is provided with a second magnetic body as the connecting means,
The first magnetic body and the second magnetic body are detachably adsorbable,
The binding device according to claim 1 or 2. One of the connecting parts is continuously provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the holding part,
The binding tool according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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