JP2810910B2 - Alarm Clock - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm clock.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An alarm clock has been conventionally provided with a wobble wobble button type as a whipping structure. As an alarm clock of this type, a stop ring button is provided on a clock frame composed of a front frame and a rear frame so as to be able to be pressed from the outside, a bearing portion is provided on a rear frame, and a noise stop button is provided on a front frame. A ring switch which is opened and closed is provided, and a ring portion is formed at a rear end portion of the ring stop button. The ring portion of the ring stop button can swing around the shaft portion. One that is engaged with a bearing portion of a rear frame as described above is known.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, the assembling button is located on the front frame so as to face the silencing switch, and then the rear frame bearing is mounted on the shaft of the silencing button. The rear frame is covered so that the parts match, and the front frame and the rear frame are joined with screws or the like. The silence button must be operable even when the tolerances of the front and rear frames and the silence switch are respectively maximized, so the prior art configuration assembled the first molded part of the front and rear frames. The alarm clock's stop button has a lot of room for the related dimensions and is rattling. For this reason, the molding die for molding the front frame and the rear frame is corrected, that is, the dimensions are driven in.However, when the alarm clock is assembled, the bearings of the rear frame and the noise stop button are removed. Since the positional relationship with the shaft cannot be directly confirmed by visual observation, the drive-in operation has to be repeated several times, so that there is a problem that the production is troublesome and the production cost is increased.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to simplify the configuration and reduce the manufacturing cost.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an alarm clock according to the present invention comprises a front frame and a rear frame which are combined in a front- rear direction, and a sound-stop button can be pressed from the outside. the Ri Ah provided, the said front frame watch machine body is mounted, the stop switch sounding that is opened and closed by the Natome button
Chi is provided Oh Rutotomoni, it is equipped with the ringing stop button
With the shaft that is not attached to the rear frame
A rear end opening bearing part that can be movably supported is formed.
In the rear frame, the rear frame is combined with the front frame.
A presser protrusion that restricts the shaft portion from separating from the bearing portion.
Ki is provided .

[0006] Preferably, the bearing is provided on the front frame.
It is formed at the rear end of the bearing post that projects further rearward .

[0007] The above-mentioned front frame includes the above-mentioned silence button.
Tip of the silence button to restrict upward swing
May be provided with a locking claw that can be locked to the locked part provided in the above.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, 2, 4, 5, coalescence of the front-rear direction
The clock frame composed of the front frame 1 and the rear frame 2 is formed by fixing the mounting column 11 formed on the front frame 1 and the mounting column 21 of the rear frame to a fixing screw 10a.
It was concluded with. Large notches 1a and 2a are provided at the upper ends of the front frame 1 and the rear frame 2, and a snooze button 3 serving as a temporary stop button exposes the upper surface 3a in the notches. The snooze button 3 can be pressed from the outside.

Therefore, the specific configuration of the front frame 1 will be described in detail first. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, the upper end of the front frame 1 was once bent backward to form an upper end surface 1 b, and was bent at a right angle from the rear end of the upper end surface and stood up. At the upper end, a locking claw 12 that can be locked from the front is formed. A pair of mounting arms 16, 16 facing the upper receiving rib 14 and the lower receiving rib 15 are formed on the upper back surface of the dial receiver 13 formed integrally with the front frame 1. A push switch 4 for temporarily stopping the sound is mounted by a receiving rib, a lower receiving rib, and a pair of mounting arms. Further, a pair of bearing posts 17, 17 at a predetermined interval are provided on the back surface of the dial receiver 13 so as to extend rearward, and the rear end portion is set to a length close to the inner surface of the rear frame 2. I have. A bearing portion 18 having a rear end opening is formed on the rear end surface of the bearing column 17.

The snooze button 3 has a shape in which a locking claw 31 as a locked portion is formed on the inner surface of a front end portion (front end surface) 3b, and a rear end portion (rear end surface) 3c of the button 3 is The rear frame 2 enters the rear frame from the front end opening 2c of the upper end surface 2b. The center of the lower end of the rear end 3c of the button 3 is
At the center between the pair of mounting columns 17, 17 provided at the lower end, and the mounting portion 3d extending rearward from the center of the lower end.
And a pair of shaft portions 32, 32 are attached to the rear end of the mounting portion.
However, it is formed so as to project toward a bearing portion 18 formed on a pair of bearing columns 17. Further, a switch operation section 33 of the push switch 4 is vertically provided at the center of the inner surface of the snooze button 3.

The tip of the shaft portion 32 of the snooze button 3 is formed in a thin shaft portion 32a, which is inserted into the bearing portion 18 of the bearing post 17 from its rear end opening and rotatably engages. 3 is swingable about the shaft portion 32. A holding projection 23 is provided on the inner surface of the rear frame 2 at a position facing the bearing 18 on the rear end surface of the bearing column 17. Therefore, when the rear frame 2 is coupled to the front frame 1 in a state where the shaft portion 32 is engaged with the bearing portion 18, the pressing force is reduced.
The protrusion 23 comes into contact with the bearing portion, and prevents the shaft portion 32 from separating from the bearing portion 18.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the snooze button 3
A pressing rib 33a is formed on the lower end surface of the switch operating portion 33, and the switch shaft 41 of the pressing switch 4 is pressed against the pressing rib. For this, snooze button 3
The push switch 4 is opened and closed by the swinging operation of. Although not shown, the switch shaft 41 is provided with a spring that constantly applies an upward spring force.
A clockwise spring force is applied. However, front frame 1
Is locked to the locked portion 31 of the snooze button 3, whereby the upward swing of the tip of the snooze button 3 can be restricted. A locking claw 1 is provided between the lower end of the tip 3b of the snooze button 3 and the upper end surface 1b of the front frame 1.
Since the gap d is provided at a position where the snooze button 3 is locked to the locked portion 31, the snooze button 3 is allowed to swing downward by the gap d below its tip. That is, the swing range around the shaft portion 32 of the snooze button 3 is from the position where the lower end of the front end portion 3b is in contact with the upper end surface 1b of the front frame (shown by a chain line in FIG. 3). Up to a position (shown by a solid line in FIG. 3) at which the locking claw 12 is locked.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 4, and 5, a permanent silence button 5 is slidably provided on the right shoulder of the front frame 1 and the rear frame 2. Inside the front frame 2, there is provided a slide switch 6 which is held by legs 5a and 5b provided to protrude inward from the button 5. The slide switch 6 is switched between open and closed by changing the stop position.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , a dial 7 on which a time display character is formed is located on the front of the dial receiver 13, and the time display of the dial is displayed on the front of the dial. A character circle plate M on which a time display character having the same typeface as the character is formed is located. The character plate 7 and the character circle plate M are integrally fixed by a fixing screw 10b. Dial receiver 1
A clock mechanism 8 is fixed to the back surface of 3, and a dry battery B as a drive energy source is provided on the clock mechanism 8. A pointer shaft 8a, which is driven to rotate by the dry battery B, projects to the front of the dial 7 and has a projection H on which a hand H such as an hour hand or a minute hand is attached to form a time display section. This time display section is covered by a front cover 9. A hand turning shaft 8b protrudes rearward from the timepiece machine body 8, penetrates through a through hole 2d provided in the rear frame 2 and protrudes to the outside, and the time can be corrected by operating the hand turning shaft 8b from the outside. ing.

With such a configuration, when assembling, the dial 7, the character circle plate M, and the timepiece mechanical body 8 are fixed to the front frame 1, the hands H are attached to the hands 8a, and the time display section is mounted. After assembling the timepiece by covering it with the front cover 9, the push switch 4 is mounted by the upper receiving rib 14, the lower receiving rib 15, and the mounting arm 16, and the shaft 32 of the snooze button 3 is mounted.
Is inserted into the bearing portion 18 from the rear end opening of the bearing column 17 to be bearing. When the locked portion 31 at the tip of the snooze button 3 is locked to the locking claw 12 of the front frame 1, the snooze button 3
Is not detached from the front frame 1 and can be handled as one. Then, when the permanent silence button 5 is set at a predetermined position, the rear frame 2 is brought into contact with the front frame 1 and fastened with the fixing screw 10a, thereby completing the assembly of the alarm clock of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the character circle M is provided, but this is not always necessary and may be omitted.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the silence stop button is made to swing by engaging the shaft provided on the button side with the bearing provided on the front frame side. If you check the function of the swing of the stop button of the alarm clock assembled with the molded parts of the above, only check the dimensions related to the front frame and the stop button, and based on the check result, drive the required dimensions Well, it is not necessary to check the related dimensions of the rear frame as before, and it is not necessary to drive the rear frame to the required dimensions based on this check result, and the time required to correct the molding die of the related molded part is reduced. As a result, it is possible to reduce manufacturing costs. Further, as described above, since the rear frame may be connected to the front frame after attaching the silence button to the front frame, the handling is easy, the assembly is simple, and the cost is further reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged sectional view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway rear view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway plan view of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 the front frame 12 locking claw 17 bearing pillars 18 bearing unit 2 after frame 23 retaining protrusions 3 Natome button (snooze button) 31 engaged portion 32 shaft part 4 Natome switch (push switch)

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rear direction Natome button watch frame comprising a front frame and the rear frame to be incorporated into the Ri Oh <br/> provided to be pressed from the outside, before the watch machine body is mounted the frame, provided with a stop switch sounding which is opened and closed by the upper kina stop button Oh Rutotomo
Then, attach the shaft provided on the silence button to the rear frame
Attached from the rear side in an uncoupling state, it can be swingably supported
A bearing portion having a rear end opening is formed, and the rear frame is provided with the rear frame integrated with the front frame.
A holding projection that regulates the shaft section from coming off the bearing
An alarm clock, which is provided . 2. An alarm clock according to claim 1, wherein said bearing portion is formed at a rear end of a bearing post projecting rearward from said front frame. 3. The front frame according to claim 1 , wherein
Is used to restrict upward movement of the silence button.
Can be locked to the locked part provided at the tip of the silence button
An alarm clock characterized by having a locking pawl .