JP2561329Y2 - Cover material for automobile steering wheel - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cover material wound around an automobile steering wheel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of cover material has a length that makes natural leather go around the outer periphery of an automobile handle,
The handle is cut into a band-shaped material having a width to be wound from the outer diameter portion to the inner diameter portion, and the band-shaped material is wound from the outer diameter portion to the inner diameter portion of the handle, and the both side edges are aligned on the center line of the inner diameter portion of the handle. Sewn or described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-87077.
Put the natural leather covering material inside the handle as shown
Wound from the peripheral surface and apply tension with a thread on the inner peripheral side
It was wrapped around the handle as if sewn together .

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional cover material, when the cover material is wound around the handle, the both side edges of the belt-shaped material are wound around the inside diameter portion of the handle while being folded toward the inner circumference of the handle. Because
The winding is time-consuming and must be evenly folded over the entire length of the side edges of the strip, which requires skill. The reason for this is that natural leather is
Depending on where they were taken from)
There is a difference (variation), because of this
Stretch when pulled or fold when sewn with the same tension
The condition is also different, and it is made while adjusting this well.
In order to produce products, it is necessary to use
It is important. For this reason, the production volume is limited,
There was a drawback that the cost for winding the cover material around the handle was expensive. An object of the present invention is to provide a cover material for an automobile steering wheel which can solve such disadvantages.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a length of a natural leather that goes around the outer periphery of an automobile handle and a width around which the natural leather is wound from an outer diameter portion to an inner diameter portion of the handle. a strip material formed by cutting so as to have the door is formed into an annular, the annular material, the folds sewing causing folds <br/> same pitch along its opposite side edges thereof suture from Table
Give visible , forcibly take the difference between the inner and outer circumference, and
The cover material for an automobile handle according to the above-mentioned item , characterized in that the cross-section is formed into a curved surface curved in a U-shape.
Suitable for either or both sides of the strip.
It is characterized by performing a skiving process inclined at an angle .

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a steering wheel for an automobile, 2 is a cover material for covering the steering wheel 1, which is made of natural leather as shown in FIG. A length L that makes a round along the outer circumference; and an inner diameter portion 6 from the outer diameter portion 3 of the handle 1 through the side surfaces 4 and 5.
The band-shaped material 7 having a width W to be wound around is cut, and the band-shaped material 7 is bent into an annular shape as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, folds 15 and 16 of the same pitch are formed along both side edges 11 and 12 of the annular material 10 by a fold stitch sewing machine.
The fold stitches 13 and 14 are generated to forcibly remove the difference between the inner and outer circumferences, and to form the annular material 10 into a curved surface 17 having a U-shaped cross section. In addition, the fold stitch 1 which produces the folds 15 and 16 of the same pitch with the fold stitch sewing machine along the both side edges 11 and 12 of the belt-shaped material 7
3 and 14, and bend in an annular shape.
After molding so as to form a curved surface 17 that is curved in a letter shape, both end portions 8 and 9 may be bonded. Also, as shown in FIG. 5, the bases of the spokes 19 are provided on both side edges 11 and 12 of the strip-shaped material 7 so as to concentrate from an appropriate position of the inner diameter portion of the handle 1 toward the center of the handle 1. Before or after the ear portions 20 and 21 having the shape covering the end portions are integrally formed, and before or after the band-shaped material 7 is formed into an annular shape, as shown by a dotted line 22 in FIG. Part 20,
A fold stitch similar to the fold stitches 13 and 14 may be applied to both side edges of the stitch 21.

[0006] As shown in FIG.
Fold stitches 13 and 1 by a normal sewing stitch 23 along a line spaced inward from both side edges 11 and 12 at regular intervals.
4 and, as shown in FIG.
A regular sewing stitch 23 is provided along a line at a fixed interval inward from the first and the second sewing machine 12, and a stitch 24 for sewing a sewing thread diagonally from the sewing sewing seam 23 to both side edges 11 and 12 of the belt-shaped material 7. The fold stitches 13 and 14 with the seam 25 called lock stitch may be applied.
As shown in the figure, a normal sewing seam 2 is provided along a line spaced at a fixed distance inward from both side edges 11 and 12 of the band-shaped material 7.
3 and both side edges 1 of the band-shaped material 7 from the sewing seam 23.
Pleated stitches 1 with seams 27 called zigzag stitches consisting of stitches 26 and 12 stitching sewing threads zigzag
A seam 28 for tying the sewing thread along both side edges 11, 12 of the band-shaped material 7 so that they are slanted in the same direction as shown in FIG.
13 or 14 as shown in FIG. 14, or a seam 29 for tying a sewing thread along both side edges 11 and 12 of the band-shaped material 7 so that they are slanted in opposite directions to each other.
Fold stitches 13 and 14 may be applied, and fold stitches may be applied by various other stitches.

In the cover material 2 having the above configuration, U
When the handle 1 is completely inserted into an annular space 18 formed inside the V-shaped curved surface 17, both side edges 11 and 12 of the cover material 2 are respectively shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 8, FIG. 10, FIG. As shown, the handle 1 is pushed out so as to cover both sides of the inner diameter portion 6 of the handle 1, so that they are manually or
Using a winding machine, it is simultaneously drawn toward the inner diameter portion 6 of the handle 1, or it is drawn at a time lag, butted on the center line of the inner diameter portion 6 of the handle 1, and applied to the handle 1 and the cover material 2 in advance. The cover member 2 is attached to the handle 1 as shown in FIGS. 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 by bonding with the put adhesive.
And wrap it around.

[0008] covering material 2 side edges 11 and 12, in addition to match the center line of the inner diameter portion 6 of the handle 1 as described above, to either or both of the side edges 11, 12 as shown in FIG. 16 Ski processing 3 inclined at an appropriate angle
0, and fold stitches 13 and 14 by any of the above stitches are applied to both side edges 11 and 12, and then cover material 2 is put on handle 1, and side edges 11 and 12 are overlapped and bonded. .

In the cover member 2 wound around the handle 1 as described above, the fold stitches can be seen from the front.
So that the seams of the fold stitches 13 and 14 are attached to both side edges 11 and 12 of the cover material 2 by the inner diameter portion 6 of the handle 1.
It seems that it also serves as the seam stitched on the center line of . In particular, pleats 13, 14 with seams 28, 29
, The sewing thread is applied to both side edges 1 of the belt-shaped material 7.
The surface of the belt-shaped material 7 is cut into the wall thicknesses 1 and 12 diagonally, and the surface of the band-shaped material 7 rises up between the sewing threads, so that the sewing thread does not touch the hand holding the handle, so that the texture is further improved. When the side edges 11 and 12 of the cover material 2 are drawn to and adhered to the inner diameter portion 6 of the handle 1 as described above, a binding thread may be entangled between the face threads of the fold stitches 13 and 14. The binding yarn may be entangled between the back yarns, or the binding yarn may be alternately entangled between the front yarn and the back yarn.

[0010]

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention has the following effects because it is configured as described above . According to the invention of claims 1 and 2, when the cover material is wound around the handle, the yarn is wound on the inner peripheral surface side of the handle.
Therefore, facilities Shinano a shirred on both side edges of the cover material under tension
However, the troublesome work of attaching by sewing, that is, it takes time and effort, does not require a skilled work , and over the entire length of both side edges of the cover material,
Since uniform folds can be easily applied by a fold stitch sewing machine without skill, there is an advantage that the cost of winding the cover material around the handle can be reduced. Also, adjust the width of the cover material to the outer diameter of the handle.
From the cover material.
The side edges meet on the center line of the inside diameter of the handle
No tension is applied to the cover material
The cover material does not stretch and become hard,
The texture of leather can be retained, and the surface of the cover material is textured
Does not make the grain disappear. In the invention according to claim 2, both side edges of the cover material are c
There is no step on the center line of the inner diameter of the handle
They can be glued together.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an automobile handle.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a belt-shaped material.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an annular material obtained by molding the belt-shaped material into an annular shape.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cover member formed by applying a fold stitch to both side edges of the annular material so as to form a U-shaped curved surface in cross section.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example in which ears are provided on both side edges of a belt-shaped material.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a handle is fitted to the cover member.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the winding of the cover material around the handle is completed.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a handle is fitted to a cover material having a different seam for fold stitching from the cover material.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a state in which the winding of the cover material around the handle is completed.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the handle is fitted to a cover material having a further different seam of the fold stitch;

FIG. 11 is a view showing a state in which winding of the cover material around the handle is completed.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the handle is fitted to a cover material having a further different seam of the fold stitch;

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state in which the winding of the cover material around the handle is completed.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the handle is fitted to a cover material having a further different seam of the fold stitch;

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a state in which the winding of the cover material around the handle is completed.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a cover material is subjected to skiving and fold stitching on side edges thereof and wound around a handle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Handle 2 Cover material 7 Strip material 10 Annular material 11, 12 Side edges 13, 14 Folding 15, 16 Folds of the same pitch 30 Skiving

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A belt-shaped material obtained by cutting natural leather so as to have a length that goes around the outer periphery of an automobile handle and a width to be wound from an outer diameter portion to an inner diameter portion of the handle, and is formed into an annular shape. , the cyclic material, its sewing a fold stitching causing folds of the same pitch along the opposite side edges
Apply the thread so that it can be seen from the front , and forcibly remove the difference between the inner and outer circumferences
And a cover material for an automobile handle formed so as to have a curved surface having a U-shaped cross section. 2. An automobile handle cover material according to claim 1.
At both or either side of the strip
A cover material for automobile handles that has been skived at an appropriate angle .