JP3117953U - Stapler holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stapler holder which can use a commercially available stapler as it is and can accurately and quickly perform a needle driving operation for a plurality of positions of a document.
SOLUTION: A base 11 having a document placement surface 11a and two clinching arms 12a of a stapler 12 are disposed on the base 11 at two predetermined intervals and are detachably attached to the base 11. Is supported by the base 11 so as to be sandwiched between the cassette holder 13 having the holding portion 35 for holding the tape and the stapler 12 held by the cassette holder 13 between the base 11 and the stapler 12. And an operation lever 15 for pressing the handle 12c of the clincher 12b toward the clincher 12b. The cassette holder 13 is used to bind a document in which the clincher 12b of the clincher arm 12a held by the holding portion 35 is placed on the placement surface 11a. It is set as the structure attached to the base 11 so that it may be arrange | positioned in a position.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a stapler holder having a document binding function, for example, for holding a plurality of handy type staplers.

Conventionally, handy-type or desktop-type staplers used in offices or the like have to hit the needle as many times as the number of bindings when binding documents at multiple locations (usually 2 to 3 locations). ineffective. Therefore, conventionally, a plurality of staplers are installed on the base at a predetermined interval, and the operation member is operated using a hand, an electromagnetic solenoid, or the like, so that the punching operation at a plurality of locations of the document is performed simultaneously. A composite stapler device has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-9-141614

In Patent Document 1, in order to fix a stapler to a base, a positioning hole or a screw hole must be formed in a clincher arm or the like of the stapler, and a commercially available stapler cannot be used as it is. For this reason, for a general user, despite having a plurality of staplers, a composite stapler apparatus in which a plurality of new staplers are set in advance is purchased, and a wasteful expenditure is forced. .
The present invention has been made to eliminate such inconveniences, and can use a commercially available stapler as it is, and can accurately and quickly perform a staple operation at a plurality of locations on a document at a low cost. The purpose is to provide a stapler holder.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a stapler holder for holding a plurality of staplers having a document binding function,
A base having the document placement surface, and a plurality of places arranged at predetermined intervals on the base and detachably attached to the base to hold a clincher arm of the stapler A cassette holder having a portion and the stapler held by the cassette holder are pivotally supported by the base so as to be sandwiched between the base and the handle of the stapler and the clincher of the clincher arm. And an operation lever that is pressed toward
The cassette holder is configured to be attached to the base so that the clincher of the clincher arm held by the holding portion is arranged at a binding position of the document placed on the placement surface.

  According to the above configuration, the plurality of cassette holders holding the clincher arm of a commercially available stapler are attached to the base, and the handle of the stapler is pressed toward the clincher of the clincher arm by the operation lever in this state. In addition, it is possible to simultaneously perform a needle driving operation for a plurality of locations of a document set on the mounting surface of the base. Thereby, using a commercially available stapler as it is, it is possible to accurately and promptly perform a staple operation at a plurality of locations of a document at a low cost.

A device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the structure according to the first aspect, further comprising a vertical direction positioning member that positions the document in the vertical direction on the placement surface of the document on the base.
According to the above configuration, by performing vertical positioning of the document on the mounting surface of the base by the vertical positioning member, it is possible to more accurately perform the needle driving operation for a plurality of locations of the document.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, a lateral positioning member that laterally positions the document on the document placement surface of the base is provided.
According to the above configuration, by performing the lateral positioning of the document on the mounting surface of the base by the lateral positioning member, it is possible to more accurately perform the needle driving operation for a plurality of locations of the document.

A device according to a fourth aspect is the structure according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the holding portion of the cassette holder has a different holding shape and / or size depending on the type of the stapler.
According to the above configuration, the stapler clincher arm is held by the holding portion of the cassette holder and set on the mounting surface of the base even when the stapler model or manufacturer is different and the shape and dimensions of the stapler are different. It is possible to carry out a needle-working operation at a plurality of locations on a document simultaneously.

The invention according to claim 5 is the taper shape according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cassette holder has both sides in the width direction gradually expanding from the upper surface of the base in the thickness direction of the base. A state in which the cassette holder is removably attached to the tapered groove formed on the upper surface of the base corresponding to the tapered shape, and the cassette holder is inserted into the tapered groove. Thus, the cassette holder is provided with a locking member for locking the cassette holder to the base.
According to the said structure, a cassette holder can be easily attached to a base by inserting a cassette holder into a taper groove from the side surface of a base, and latching a cassette holder to a base with a latching member. Further, the cassette holder can be easily detached from the base by removing the locking member and pulling out the cassette holder from the tapered groove.

  According to the present invention, a commercially available stapler can be used as it is, and an effect can be obtained that a needle driving operation for a plurality of positions of a document can be performed accurately and quickly at a low cost.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a plan view in which a part of a stapler holder which is an example of an embodiment of the present invention is cut out, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line aa in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line bb in FIG. 4 is a right side view of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a stapler holder 10 which is an example of an embodiment of the present invention is arranged at two places on a base 11 having a document placement surface 11a on the upper surface at a predetermined interval. Cassette holder 13, an operating lever 15 pivotally supported on the base 11, a vertical positioning member 18 for positioning the document on the placement surface 11a of the base 11, and a base 11 and a lateral positioning member 17 for laterally positioning the document on the placement surface 11a.

  The base 11 is made of a molded product such as resin or metal, for example, and has a rectangular upper surface. The upper surface on one side (the lower side in FIG. 1) from the substantially central portion in the short direction is a document. It is set as the mounting surface 11a. Non-slip pads 22 are attached to the four corners of the lower surface of the base 11, respectively. Further, on the upper surface of the base 11 on the other side (upper side in FIG. 1) from the substantially central portion in the short direction, both inner side surfaces are from the upper surface of the base 11 to the thickness of the base 11 as shown in FIG. Tapered grooves 30 that gradually expand in the direction are formed at two locations apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the base 11. The taper groove 30 is open on the side surface on the long side of the base 11, and the cassette holder 13 is removably inserted into the taper groove 30 from the opening 31 (see FIG. 3).

As shown in FIG. 5, the cassette holder 13 includes a bottom plate 32 that is longer than the length of the tapered groove 30, an end plate 33 that extends upward from the longitudinal end of the bottom plate 32, and both sides of the bottom plate 32 in the width direction. And a pair of side plates 34 extending upward.
The pair of side plates 34 is formed shorter than the bottom plate 32, and each outer surface has a tapered shape that gradually expands toward the bottom plate 32 corresponding to the tapered groove 30 (see FIG. 5B). The inner side surfaces of the pair of side plates 34 are parallel to each other, and a space surrounded by the pair of side plates 34, the end plate 33, and the bottom plate 32 serves as a holding portion 35 that holds the clincher arm 12 a of the stapler 12. Yes. A cushion member 13 a as an interference material is laid on the bottom of the holding portion 35.

  Then, the cassette holder 13 holding the clincher arm 12a of the stapler 12 is inserted into the tapered groove 30 from the opening 31 of the base 11 with the end plate 33 side as the insertion side, and a stopper member (engagement member) is attached to the end portions of the pair of side plates 34. By attaching the stopper member 14, the cassette holder 13 is detachably attached to the base 11. As shown in FIG. 1, the stopper member 14 is a long plate material, and by inserting both end portions in the longitudinal direction into insertion grooves 37 formed on the side surface on the opening 31 side of the base 11, It arrange | positions so that it may be applied to the edge part of a pair of side plate 34 of the cassette holder 13. As shown in FIG.

Therefore, the cassette holder 13 is locked to the base 11 by inserting the cassette holder 13 into the tapered groove 30 from the side surface of the base 11 and applying the stopper member 14 to the end portions of the pair of side plates 34. The cassette holder 13 can be easily attached to the base 11, and the cassette holder 13 can be prevented from falling off the base 11. Further, the cassette holder 13 can be easily detached from the base 11 by removing the stopper member 14 and pulling out the cassette holder 13 from the tapered groove 30.
The locking of the cassette holder 13 to the base 11 is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, a convex portion is formed on the side of the cassette holder 13 and the base 11 is engaged with the convex portion. It can also be set as the structure which provided the recessed part to match.

Here, in a state where the cassette holder 13 is attached to the base 11, the clincher 12 b (bending base: see FIG. 3) of the clincher arm 12 a held by the holding portion 35 is connected to a vertical positioning member 18 and a lateral position described later. The document is positioned at the binding position of the document positioned on the placement surface 11 a of the base 11 by the direction positioning member 17.
Further, in this embodiment, the stapler 12 is configured so that the clincher arm 12a of the stapler 12 can be held by the holding portion 35 of the cassette holder 13 even when the shape and size of the stapler 12 are different from each other. A plurality of types of cassette holders 13 having holding portions 35 having different holding shapes and / or dimensions in accordance with the types are prepared. In addition, about the holding | maintenance part 35, although the case where it provided integrally with the cassette holder 13 was illustrated in this embodiment, it is good also as the cassette holder 13 and the holding | maintenance part 35 as separate bodies, and being mutually detachable.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the operation lever 15 has a rotating shaft 16 whose both ends are rotatably supported by protruding pieces 36 respectively protruding from both sides of the two tapered grooves 30 of the base 11. The stapler 12 held by the cassette holder 13 is disposed so as to be sandwiched between the base 11 and the stapler 12. Then, the handle 12c (see FIG. 3) of the stapler 12 is pressed toward the clincher 12b of the clincher arm 12a by rotating the operation lever 15 toward the base 11 side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the lateral positioning member 17 includes a long substrate 40, a positioning plate 41 extending upward from one side in the width direction of the substrate 40, and one side in the width direction of the substrate 40. And a mounting protrusion 42 extending downward from the head.
The mounting protrusion 42 has a circular cross section at the bottom, and is mounted in mounting grooves 43 formed on both sides of the mounting surface 11a of the base 11 in the longitudinal direction. The mounting grooves 43 have a groove shape corresponding to the mounting protrusions 42, and are formed along the short direction of the base 11, three on each side in the longitudinal direction of the mounting surface 11 a of the base 11.

  Then, by mounting the mounting protrusion 42 of the lateral positioning member 17 in the mounting groove 43 at a position corresponding to the size of the document, for example, the side portion along the short direction of the document placed on the placement surface 11a is positioned. Abutting against the plate 41, the lateral positioning of the document on the placement surface 11a is performed. In addition, it is preferable to display a scale according to the standard paper size (A5, A4, A3, B5, B4, etc.) in the vicinity of each mounting groove 43. In this embodiment, the mounting protrusion 42 of the lateral positioning member 17 is mounted in the mounting groove 43 of the base 11. However, the lateral positioning member 17 is slid by a known slide mechanism or the like. May be.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the vertical positioning member 18 includes a substrate 44 and a positioning plate 45 extending upward from one side in the width direction of the substrate 44.
Protruding portions 46 that protrude outward from the positioning plate 45 are formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 44. In addition, a pair of support plates 47 protruding forward are fixed to the longitudinal center of the substrate 44 and the positioning plate 45 so as to be spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction. 18a is rotatably supported.
In such a support state, the pinion 18 a is disposed in front of the substrate 44 and its teeth are below the substrate 44 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the vertical positioning member 18 configured in this way is attached between the tapered groove 30 of the base 11 and the side surface along the short direction of the base 11 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8. The rack 20 is engaged with the rack 20 and rolls in the short direction of the base 11, and the substrate 44 and the positioning plate 45 are integrally movable in the same direction along with the roll.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 1, the protrusions 46 projecting to both ends in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 44 have screws 50 on both sides in the width direction of the rack 20 on the upper surface of the base 11 (both sides in the longitudinal direction of the base 11). Are inserted into the insertion grooves 19a of a pair of guide members 19 (see FIGS. 9 and 10) attached via, for example, and guided along the rolling direction of the pinion 18a. Then, while reading the scale 21 engraved in the vicinity of the guide member 19, the pinion 18 a is rolled in the front-rear direction to set the position of the vertical positioning member 18 to a predetermined position, and is placed on the placement surface 11 a of the base 11. For example, by placing a side portion of the placed document along the longitudinal direction in contact with the positioning plate 45, the document is vertically positioned on the placement surface 11a.

  Then, the lateral positioning member 17 and the longitudinal positioning member 18 position the document in the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction on the placement surface 11a of the base 11, and then the operation lever 15 faces the base 11 side. By turning, the handles 12c of the two staplers 12 are pressed toward the clincher 12b of the clincher arm 12a, and the needles stored in the magazine 12d (see FIGS. 3 and 4) of the handle 12c are screwed (needle). The metal plate is pushed down by 12e. As a result, the needle penetrates the document, the tip of the needle is bent along the groove of the clincher 12b, and the two needles are simultaneously performed to complete the binding of the document.

Thus, in this embodiment, the two cassette holders 13 holding the clincher arm 12a of the commercially available stapler 12 on the holding part 35 are attached to the base 11, and in this state, the handle 12c of the stapler 12 is moved by the operating lever 15. By performing a pressing operation toward the clincher 12b of the clincher arm 12a, it is possible to simultaneously perform a needle driving operation on two places of the document set on the placement surface 11a of the base 11. Thus, the commercially available stapler 12 can be used as it is without being processed or disassembled, and the needle driving operation for two locations of the document can be performed accurately and quickly at low cost.
Further, since the longitudinal positioning member 18 and the lateral positioning member 17 position the document in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction on the placement surface 11a of the base 11, regardless of the skill level of the hitting operator, It is possible to more quickly perform the hitting work on multiple points of an accurate document.

In addition to the stapler, mounting surface, base, clincher arm, holding part, cassette holder, handle, clincher, operation lever, vertical positioning member, lateral positioning member, taper groove, locking member of the present invention, Configurations such as a feed mechanism for the longitudinal positioning member and a mounting structure for the lateral positioning member are not limited to those illustrated in the above embodiment, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. .
Furthermore, it is possible to attach three or more cassette holders to the base in order to perform the needle driving operation at three or more locations on the document at the same time.

It is the top view which notched a part of stapler holder which is an example of embodiment of this invention. It is the sectional view on the aa line of FIG. It is the bb sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a right view of FIG. It is a figure which shows a cassette holder, (a) is a top view, (b) is a right view of (a), (c) is the cc sectional view taken on the line of (a). It is a figure which shows a horizontal direction positioning member, (a) is a front view, (b) is the ee sectional view taken on the line of (a). It is a figure which shows a vertical direction positioning member, (a) is a front view, (b) is the ff sectional view taken on the line of (a). It is a figure which shows the rack which the pinion of a vertical direction positioning member meshes | engages, (a) is a top view, (b) is a gg sectional view taken on the line (a). It is a top view which shows the guide member of a vertical direction positioning member. FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line dd in FIG. 9.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Stapler holder 11 Base 11a Mounting surface 12 Stapler 12a Clincher arm 12b Clincher 12c Handle 13 Cassette holder 14 Stopper member (locking member)
15 Operation lever 17 Horizontal positioning member 18 Vertical positioning member 30 Tapered groove 35 Holding part

Claims (5)

A stapler holder for holding a plurality of staplers having a document binding function,
A base having a placement surface for the document;
A cassette holder that is disposed at a plurality of positions at a predetermined interval on the base, is detachably attached to the base, and has a holding portion for holding a clincher arm of the stapler;
An operation for pivotally supporting the stapler held by the cassette holder so as to be sandwiched between the cassette and the base, and pressing the handle of the stapler toward the clincher of the clincher arm. With a lever,
The cassette holder is attached to the base so that the clincher of the clincher arm held by the holding portion is disposed at a binding position of the document placed on the placement surface. Stapler holder.   The stapler holder according to claim 1, further comprising a longitudinal positioning member that positions the document in a longitudinal direction on a placement surface of the document on the base.   The stapler holder according to claim 1, further comprising a lateral positioning member that laterally positions the document on the document placement surface of the base.   The stapler holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the holding portion of the cassette holder has a holding shape and / or a size different depending on a type of the stapler.   The cassette holder is formed in a tapered shape in which both side portions in the width direction gradually expand from the upper surface of the base in the thickness direction of the base, and is formed on the upper surface of the base corresponding to the tapered shape. And a locking member for locking the cassette holder to the base in a state where the cassette holder is inserted into the tapered groove. The stapler holder according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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