JP3023478B2 - Ruler - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a ruler.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a first elongated member 1 having a reference surface 1A on an outer portion and a reference surface 1B on an inner portion, and a predetermined portion of the first elongated member 1 have been described. A second elongate member 2 having a reference surface 2A on the outer side and a reference surface 2B on the inner side, one end of which is pivotally connected to a predetermined portion of the second elongate member 2; A ruler body (hereinafter, referred to as a conventional example) including a bridge member 3 that is continuously connected so that a portion is slidable on the surface of the first elongated member 1 in the longitudinal direction of the first elongated member 1. ) Is proposed (the same components as those of the present embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals). Also,
At the other end of the bridging member 3, a sliding movement of the bridging member 3 on the surface of the first elongated member 1 is prevented by tightening and screwing the knob body 10, A slide movement preventing mechanism 11 for preventing the sliding movement of the long member 2 is provided.

In this conventional example, for example, the second elongate member 2 is moved relative to the first elongate member 1 while sliding the other end of the erection member 3 on the surface of the first elongate member 1. The part to be measured between the reference surface 1A (or the reference surface 1B) of the first elongated member 1 and the reference surface 2A (or the reference surface 2B) of the second elongated member 2 is made to slide by the angle of the part to be measured. Can be shown.

[0004] Therefore, in the conventional example, in an actual use scene at a building site or the like, for example, it is desired to obtain another frame having the same angle as the corner (the part to be measured) of one frame. First, as described above, the reference surface 1A (or reference surface 1B) of the first elongated member 1 and the reference surface 2A (or reference surface 2B) of the second elongated member 2 By obtaining the angle, and subsequently adjusting the angle of the corner of the other frame to the angle indicated by the two reference surfaces 1A, 2A (or the reference surfaces 1B, 2B), the same angle as the corner of one frame is obtained. Another frame having corners can be easily obtained. In addition, for example, when an operation of cutting a plate material to be bonded to the frame is performed, similarly to the above, the reference surface 1A of the first elongated member 1 is used. (Or reference plane 1
B) and the reference surface 2A of the second elongated member 2 (or the reference surface 2).
B) to obtain the angle of the corner of one frame, and then cut the plate along the reference planes 1A and 2A (or the reference planes 1B and 2B) while applying the conventional example to the surface of the plate. Alternatively, the reference surface 1B (or the reference surface 1A) of the first long member 1 is applied to the end of the plate material, and the reference surface 2A of the second long member 2 is applied.
(Or 2B) by cutting the plate material,
This is very convenient because it is possible to easily obtain a plate material having a corner that matches the corner of the frame.

However, in the conventional example, it is extremely difficult to show the same angle as before, once the angle is changed, for example, when it is necessary to show the same angle as the angle shown in the previous work. There is a problem. This is because in the conventional example, the reference surface 1A (or the reference surface 1B) of the first long member 1
When a predetermined angle is indicated between the reference surface 2A (or the reference surface 2B) of the second elongated body 21 and the reference angle, it is not possible to grasp how many times the angle is. 10
If an attempt is made to provide a structure capable of displaying an angle scale capable of grasping an angle such as °, 20 °,. It is said that a high-precision assembling work is required, and mass production is extremely poor and cost is high, so that commercialization is practically impossible.

Therefore, in the conventional example, the angle indicated by the reference surface 1A (or reference surface 1B) of the first elongated member 1 and the reference surface 2A (or reference surface 2B) of the second elongated member 2 is grasped. At present, there is no proposal of a type capable of performing the above-mentioned operations, and the present situation is that a skilled person cannot sufficiently use the conventional example.

The present invention provides a ruler which solves the above-mentioned problems.

[0008]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A first elongated member 1 having a reference surface on a side,
The first elongate member 1 surface plant tough component to be pivotally attached to the polymerised state shorter than said first elongate member 1 have a reference surface on the side
The second elongate member 2, one end portion on a surface substantially central <br/> portion of the second elongated member 2 is pivotally connected to the polymerized state, and the other end portion of the first elongate member 1 An erect member 3 that is slidably movable on the surface in the longitudinal direction of the first elongate member 1.
The second elongate member 2 and the first elongate member 1
The pivot point a constant <br/> Tadashikarada configured to be 360 °擺動a fulcrum, the other end portion of the installation member 3 in the surface portion of the first elongate member 1 is slid The scale 4 is provided at a predetermined portion along the moving direction of the moving member, and an index portion 5 for indicating the scale 4 is provided at the other end of the bridging member 3.

Further, the first elongated member 1 having a reference surface on the side, the reference plane <br/> pivotally mounted side in the polymerised state on the surface plant tough portion of the first elongate member 1 Yes to from the first elongate member 1
Is also short second long member 2, and the surface of this second long member 2
One end is pivotally attached to the substantially central portion in a superposed state , and the other end is slidably movable on the surface of the first elongated member 1 in the longitudinal direction of the first elongated member 1. And the second elongate member 2 is a first elongate member.
It is configured to be able to slide 360 ° about the pivot point with 1 as a fulcrum.
A the ruler body, the first long write space other end of the bridging member 3 in the surface portion of the elongated member 1 may write the desired mark to a predetermined site along a moving direction of sliding 6 is provided, and an index portion 5 that moves on the writing space 6 is provided at the other end of the erection member 3, and a ruler for writing a pen such as a pencil or a ballpoint pen on the writing space 6 is provided on the index portion 5. The present invention relates to a ruler body provided with an edge 8.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention (how to implement the invention) will be briefly described with reference to the drawings, showing the operational effects thereof.

According to the present invention, the second elongate member 2 is moved relative to the first elongate member 1 by sliding the other end of the erection member 3 on the surface of the first elongate member 1 according to a conventional method. The angle of the portion to be measured between the reference surface of the first elongated member 1 and the reference surface of the second elongated member 2 can be indicated by sliding by the angle of the portion to be measured. At this time, the erection member 3
The index portion 5 provided at the other end of the first index member indicates a specific scale 4 provided on the surface of the first elongated member 1.

Therefore, in the conventional example, when a predetermined angle is shown between the reference surface of the first long member 1 and the reference surface of the second long member 2, it is possible to grasp how many times this angle is. Since it is not possible, it is extremely difficult to show the same angle as before once it is changed, such as when it is necessary to show the same angle as the angle shown in the previous work. There have been problems such as the inability to make full use of the examples, but according to the present invention, those problems will surely be resolved.

Specifically, according to the present invention, for example, when a predetermined angle is shown between the reference surface of the first elongated member 1 and the reference surface of the second elongated member 2, a specific scale as the index portion 5 is provided. Since the index 4 is indicated, the index unit 5 is again indexed to the scale 4 which was indexed during the previous operation, such as when it is necessary to indicate the same angle again as the angle indicated in the previous operation. , The desired angle between the reference surface of the first elongate member 1 and the reference surface of the second elongate member 2 can be indicated quickly and accurately, or The angle that the reference plane of the member 1 and the reference plane of the second long member 2 frequently want to indicate is
When the index unit 5 indicates a specific scale 4, each worker should confirm how many times the index will be indicated, so that the operator can quickly and accurately grasp the desired angle. Therefore, the work can be performed satisfactorily even if it is not a skilled person, and since the present invention enables the above usage, for example, 10 ° · 20 ° ···
There is no need to perform high-precision assembly in order to display an angle scale at which an angle such as 90 ° can be grasped, and work satisfactorily based on the scale 4 indicated by the index unit 5 for each product. Since it can be carried out, it does not hinder the conventional production line of this type of product at all, and it can be produced with excellent mass productivity and at low cost.

The second long member 2 is connected to the first long member 1.
Since may 360 °擺動for, like operator desires if example embodiment
It can be changed easily and quickly to the state
Become.

Further, the angle indicated by when configured, for example, a first long reference surface and the reference surface of the second elongate member 2 of the elongated member 1 before use as in the invention of claim 2, the index If the operator confirms the number of times that the part 5 indicates a specific landmark and writes it in the writing space 6 in advance, the desired angle can be quickly and accurately set. It can be shown while grasping, so that the work can be performed well even if it is not an expert , and the second long member 2
Because it can slide 360 ° with respect to one long member 1, for example,
The operator can easily and quickly change to the desired state.
It becomes very convenient.

[0017]

1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment, which will be described below.

The first embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the first elongated member 1 is formed by forming an aluminum member into a plate shape. The reference surface 1B is provided in the surface 1A and the inner side in parallel with the reference surface 1A.

The first elongated member 1 is provided with a concave groove 1a on the surface thereof at the center of the first elongated member 1 in the longitudinal direction. The concave groove 1a can be fitted and connected to a slide rod 10a of a knob 10 provided at the other end of the bridging member 3 described later. The slide rod 10a of the knob 10 slides through the concave groove 1a. Will be able to do that.

The first elongated member 1 has a scale 4 at a predetermined portion along the concave groove 1a on one side of the surface. As the scale 4, a length scale composed of a combination of mm display and cm display is adopted.

The first elongated member 1 is provided with a desired mark on a predetermined portion along the concave groove 1a on the other side of the surface.
A writing space 6 in which 12 can be written is provided along the scale 4. In the writing space 6, a tape material 7 (a mending tape manufactured by Sumitomo 3M) that is easy to write and is difficult to erase even when writing with a pen such as a pencil or a ballpoint pen
Is affixed. In addition to the tape material 7 being stuck to the writing space 6, a process that is difficult to erase even when writing with a pen such as a pencil or a ballpoint pen may be performed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the second elongate member 2 is formed by forming an aluminum member in a plate shape slightly shorter than the first elongate member 1, as in the first elongate member 1. Consisting of
A linear reference surface 2A is provided on an outer portion of the second long member 2,
A reference surface 2B in parallel with the reference surface 2A is provided on the inner side.

The second elongate member 2 has its end pivotally connected to the end surface of the first elongate member 1 in a superposed state (the second elongate member 2 and the first elongate member 2). The pivot portion with 1 is the first pivot portion 9).

The erection member 3 is formed by forming an aluminum member into a plate shape as shown in FIGS.

A through hole 3a is formed in the other end of the bridge member 3. The through-hole 3a is a hole through which a columnar slide rod 10a screwed to the lower surface of the knob body 10 is penetrated. 3 can be fitted and connected to the concave groove 1a provided on the surface of the first elongate member 1 in a detented state (see FIG. 5). Therefore, the erecting member 3 is formed on the surface of the first elongate member 1 by the groove 1a.
And is connected to the first elongated member 1 so as to be freely slidable.

Also, the knob body 10 is tightened and screwed, whereby the distal end of the slide rod 10a is attracted and strongly abuts against the inner surface of the concave groove 1a to slide the bridge member 3 on the surface of the first elongate member 1. Movement will be blocked. This is,
The sliding movement of the erection member 3 on the surface of the first elongated member 1 is prevented, and the second elongated member 2 with respect to the first elongated member 1 is prevented.
Is a slide movement preventing mechanism 11 for preventing the sliding movement of the first pivoting portion 9 of the vehicle.
The second elongate member 2 that has been slid with respect to the first elongate member 1 via the first pivot portion 9 can be held in a state of being inclined at a desired angle.

A plate-like body 5 having a rectangular shape in a plan view formed by molding an appropriate synthetic resin member is fitted on the slide rod 10a of the knob body 10. The plate-shaped body 5 has a projection 5a on its lower surface that can be fitted into a concave groove 1a provided on the surface of the first elongated member 1. Therefore, the plate 5
Is formed on the surface of the first elongate member 1 by the ridges 5a.
It is possible to slide in a non-rotating state along a.

When the plate-shaped member 5 is disposed on the surface of the first elongate member 1, the plate-shaped member 5 is disposed with one end edge thereof crossing the surface of the first elongate member 1 in the width direction. Will be. One edge of the plate-shaped body 5 is located at one side of the surface of the first elongate member 1 and serves as an index edge 5b for indicating the scale 4. It is located on the writing space 6 and serves as a ruler edge 8 for writing with a pencil, a ball-point pen or the like in the writing space 6 and an index edge 5b for indicating the mark 12 written with the pen. That is, the plate-like body 5 is an index portion referred to in the claims.

The thickness of the plate 5 is set to be substantially the same as the thickness of the second elongated member 2. Therefore, the erection member 3
One end is pivotally connected in a superposed state to a substantially central surface of the second elongate member 2 which is pivotally attached to the surface of the first elongate member 1 by the first pivoting portion 9. When the pivot portion with the second elongated member 2 is referred to as a second pivot portion 13) and the other end is slidably connected to the concave groove 1a of the first elongated member 1, The member 3 is provided between the first long member 1 and the second long member 2.
Are sandwiched between the first long member 1 and the second long member 2 are provided slightly shorter than the first long member 1. The second elongate member 2 is moved to the second elongated member 2 by the sliding movement with the sliding at the other end connecting portion of the erection member 3, the sliding at the first pivot 9 and the sliding at the second pivot 13 on the surface of the first member. It becomes possible to slide 360 ° with respect to the one long member 1, and it is possible to use it by sliding from the state of FIG. 1 to the state of FIG. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the reference surface used at the time of the operation related to the first elongated member 1 and the second elongated member 2 is set to the reference surface 1A,
It can be easily changed from 2A to the reference planes 1B and 2B.

Since the present embodiment is constructed as described above, for example, the construction member 3 is placed on the surface of the first elongate member 1 according to a conventional method.
While sliding the other end of the first long member 2, the second long member 2 is swung by an angle of a portion to be measured with respect to the first long member 1, so that the reference surface 1A of the first long member 1 (or The angle R of a portion to be measured between the reference surface 1B) and the reference surface 2A (reference surface 2B) of the second elongated member 2 can be indicated. At this time, the index portion 5 provided at the other end of the bridge member 3 indicates a specific scale 4 provided on the surface of the first elongated member 1 by the index edge 5b (FIGS. 1 and 2). reference).

Therefore, according to this embodiment, in the conventional example, the reference surface 1A (or reference surface 1B) of the first long member 1 and the reference surface 2A (or reference surface 2B) of the second long member 2 Since it is not possible to know how many times this angle is when the predetermined angle is shown, the angle is changed once, for example, when it is necessary to indicate the same angle as the angle shown in the previous work. It is extremely difficult to show at exactly the same angle as before, and there was a problem that a skilled person could not fully utilize the conventional example, but according to the present embodiment,
For example, the reference surface 1A of the first long member 1 (or the reference surface 1)
B) and the reference surface 2A of the second elongated member 2 (or the reference surface 2).
B), when the predetermined angle R is indicated, the specific scale 4 which is the index portion 5 is indicated, so it is necessary to again indicate the same angle R as the angle R indicated in the previous operation. In such a case, the index section 5 is again operated to indicate the scale 4 which was indexed at the time of the previous work, so that the reference surface 1A (or the reference surface 1B) of the first elongated member 1 and the second elongated member 1 The desired angle R can be quickly and accurately indicated with respect to the reference surface 2A (or the reference surface 2B) of the member 2, or, for example, the reference surface 1A (or the reference surface 1B) of the first elongated member 1 in advance. And the reference surface 2A (or the reference surface 2B) of the second elongated member 2 indicate the angle R that the user wants to frequently indicate by using a specific scale
If the operator confirms how many times the index R is to be indicated, the operator can quickly and accurately grasp the desired angle R and can indicate the desired angle R. Since the work can be performed satisfactorily even by non-experts, and in this embodiment, since the above usage is possible, it is necessary to grasp angles such as 10 °, 20 °,. There is no need to perform high-precision assembly in order to display the angle scale that can be obtained, and it is possible to perform a good operation based on the scale 4 indicated by the index unit 5 for each product. This does not hinder the production line of this type of product, which can be manufactured with excellent mass productivity and at low cost.

Further, in this embodiment, the scale 4 provided on the first elongated member 1 can be used as a ruler for measuring the length, and the scale 4 can be used as a specific part where the index part 5 is provided. Scale 4
When the index portion 5 is aligned with the scale 4, the reference surface 1A (or the reference surface 1B) of the first elongated member 1 and the reference surface 2A (or the reference surface 2B) of the second elongated member 2 are aligned. It can be effectively used as a mark that can be grasped at a glance as to how many times it indicates.

In this embodiment, for example, when the index portion 5 indicates a specific mark 12 before use, the first long member 1
The reference surface 1A (or reference surface 1B) of the second long member 2 and the reference surface 2A (or reference surface 2B) of the second elongate member 2 can indicate how many times the operator indicates. If the mark 12 is written in the writing space 6 in advance, a desired angle R can be instantaneously shown at the time of work.

Further, in this embodiment, the operator can easily and surely hold the mark 12 for indicating the angle R to be frequently used.

Further, in this embodiment, the operator can easily write the mark 12, which is the angle R frequently used by himself, in the writing space along the ruler edge 8 of the index section 5, and furthermore, this index can be obtained. The mark written by the part 5 can be easily indexed at any time.

In this embodiment, for example, before use, the reference surface 1A (or reference surface 1B) of the first long member 1 and the reference surface 2A (or reference surface 2B) of the second long member 2 are shown. If the operator confirms the angle R and writes the angle R in advance in the writing space 6 by checking how many times the index unit 5 indicates the specific mark 12, a desired value can be obtained. The angle R can be shown while grasping quickly and accurately,
Therefore, the work can be performed well even if the user is not a skilled person.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the surface of the first elongate member 1 is simply used as a surface portion and the other end of the erection member 3 is moved to a predetermined portion along the moving direction in which it slides. A writing space 6 on which a desired mark 12 can be written is provided, and an index portion 5 that moves on the writing space 6 is provided at the other end of the erection member 3. A structure in which only a ruler edge 8 for writing with a pen such as a ballpoint pen may be provided.
That is, in the first embodiment, a writing space 6 on which a desired mark 12 can be written without providing the scale 4 provided on the first elongated member 1, and a mark written on the writing space 6
The one provided with the index unit 5 for indicating 12 can be sufficiently used.

The remainder is the same as in the first embodiment.

[0041]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to perform the work well even if it is not a skilled person, and it is not necessary to perform highly accurate assembly. Since it does not hinder the production line of this kind of product, it is a very convenient and revolutionary ruler that is extremely excellent in mass productivity and can be manufactured at low cost.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, for example, before use, the angle indicated by the reference surface of the first elongated member and the reference surface of the second elongated member is indicated by a specific mark having the index portion. When the operator confirms the number of times to be indicated and writes it in the writing space in advance, it is possible to quickly and accurately grasp and indicate the desired angle, and therefore, This is a very convenient and revolutionary ruler, such that work can be performed well even by non-experts.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic operation explanatory view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic operation explanatory view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an end view showing the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic operation explanatory view of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st long member 2 2nd long member 3 Bridge member 4 Scale 5 Index part 6 Writing space 8 Ruler edge

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first elongated member having a reference surface on a side,
A short second elongate member than the first length to the surface stations tough portion of elongate member have a reference surface on the side is pivotally connected to the polymerization conditions the first elongated member, the second elongate One end is pivotally attached to the substantially central portion of the surface of the member in a superposed state , and the other end is slidable on the surface of the first elongated member in the longitudinal direction of the first elongated member. It consists of a bridging member which is continuously provided, before
The second elongate member is pivoted at a pivot point with the first elongate member.
0 ° a configured ruler body so as to擺動, the scale provided at a predetermined site where the other end along the moving direction of the sliding movement of the bridging member in the surface portion of the first elongate member A ruler for indicating the scale on the other end of the erection member. 2. A first elongated member having a reference surface on a side portion,
A short second elongate member than the first length to the surface stations tough portion of elongate member have a reference surface on the side is pivotally connected to the polymerization conditions the first elongated member, the second elongate One end is pivotally attached to the substantially central portion of the surface of the member in a superposed state , and the other end is slidable on the surface of the first elongated member in the longitudinal direction of the first elongated member. It consists of a bridging member which is continuously provided, before
The second elongate member is pivoted at a pivot point with the first elongate member.
0 ° a configured ruler body so as to擺動, desired mark to a predetermined portion of the other end along the moving direction of the sliding movement of the bridging member in the surface portion of the first elongate member Is provided at the other end of the erection member, and a ruler for writing with a pen such as a pencil or a ballpoint pen on the writing space. A ruler body characterized by having an edge.