JP3128977U - Clip mounting tool - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes a slip prevention piece 53, 54 extended from both ends of a substantially U-shaped base 51, and locking pieces 57, 59 cut and raised from the slip prevention piece, and locked to the locking piece. Provided is a clip mounting tool that facilitates mounting of a clip 50 provided with a claw 58 and having a cut-and-raised mark as an opening.
A pair of arms 11 and 21 having clip insertion portions 13 and 23 to be inserted into a clip opening from the base 51 side of the clip on one end side and gripping portions 15 and 25 on the other end side. Is pivotally mounted between the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 and the gripping portions 15 and 25, and the clip insertion portion 113 is rotated by the rotation of the arms 11 and 21 in the direction in which the gripping portions 13 and 23 are brought close to each other. , 23 is configured to increase the distance between the tips.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a clip mounting tool capable of easily mounting a clip on a protrusion.

  Conventionally, in automobile parts such as pillar garnishes, clips are frequently used for attachment to an inner panel or the like. As the clip, there is a clip 50 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 formed by bending a metal elastic plate. The clip 50 is cut from the base 51 bent in a substantially U shape, a set of anti-falling pieces 53 and 54 extended from both ends of the base 51, and the anti-falling pieces 53 and 54. And a set of locking pieces 57 and 59 which are raised and located between the set of slip-off preventing pieces 53 and 54. At least one of the set of locking pieces 57 and 59 includes As shown in FIG. 10, the lateral side formed on the projection 71 (projection standing on the back surface of the pillar garnish in the illustrated example) of the clip mounting object 70 inserted between the pair of locking pieces 57 and 59. A locking claw 58 that can be engaged with the hole 72 is provided, and in the set of removal preventing pieces 53 and 54, the portions of the locking pieces 57 and 59 that are cut and raised serve as openings 61 and 63.

  The locking pieces 57 and 59 are for fixing the clip 50 to the protrusion 71 of the clip mounting object 70. On the other hand, the removal preventing pieces 53 and 54 are for fixing the clip attachment object 70 to an attachment object, for example, an inner panel of a vehicle body, and are press-fitted into an attachment hole formed in the attachment object. Thus, it is configured so as to engage with the inner peripheral edge of the mounting hole and not easily come off thereafter.

  The clip 50 is positioned between the tips of the locking pieces 57 and 59 on the top of the protrusion 71, and the protrusion 71 is inserted between the locking pieces 57 and 59 by forcibly pushing the protrusion 71 with a thumb or the like. Then, the engaging claw 58 is attached to the protrusion 71 by engaging with the lateral hole 72 of the protrusion 71.

  However, in the clip 50, the distance d 1 between the locking claw 58 and the locking piece 59 is set so that the locking claw 58 does not come out of engagement with the lateral hole 72 of the projection 71. Since the thickness is set to be a predetermined amount smaller than the thickness d2, a large force is required to push the projection 71 between the locking pieces 57 and 59 of the clip 50, which is not only easy, but may damage the finger. There is also. For example, when d1 is 1.0 mm and d2 is 1.5 mm, the clip 50 may have to be pressed with a force of 20 NJ or more.

JP 7-35115 A Japanese Utility Model Publication 2-76211

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a clip mounting tool that facilitates mounting of a clip.

  The invention of claim 1 includes a base portion bent in a substantially U shape, a set of escape prevention pieces extended from both ends of the base portion, and a set of the escape prevention pieces cut and raised from the escape prevention piece. A set of locking pieces positioned between the set of locking pieces, and at least one of the set of locking pieces has a protrusion of a clip mounting object inserted between the set of locking pieces. A clip provided with a locking claw capable of being engaged with the formed lateral hole and having a portion of the locking piece cut and raised in the set of removal prevention pieces as an opening is attached to the mounting object. A clip mounting tool for mounting on a protrusion of the clip, having a clip insertion portion on one end side that can be inserted into the opening of the clip from the base side of the clip and reach the inner surface of the distal end side of the removal preventing piece A pair of arms having a grip on the other end, And the gripping portions are pivotally mounted so that the tip interval between the clip insertion portions is widened by the rotation of the arm in a direction in which the gripping portions are brought close to each other. And

  The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in claim 1, a magnet for clip attraction is provided in at least one of the set of clip insertion portions.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, a spring that biases the rotation of the pair of arms in a direction in which the ends of the pair of clip insertion portions approach each other is between the pair of arms. A stopper provided to stop the rotation of the pair of arms due to the bias of the spring at an interval at which the tip of the pair of clip insertion portions can be inserted into the opening of the pair of clip prevention pieces. Is provided on the arm.

  According to the invention of claim 1, the clip insertion portion of the clip mounting tool is inserted from the base side of the clip into the opening of the clip, and the tip of the clip insertion portion is positioned on the inner surface of the tip end side of the removal preventing piece. If the gripping parts are brought closer to each other by gripping the gripping part with a large distance, the distance between the tips of the clip insertion parts is widened, and the distance between the clip removal preventing piece and the locking piece can be increased. In this state, if the protrusion is inserted between the clip locking pieces and then the grip of the clip mounting tool is loosened, the locking claw of the clip locking piece can be engaged with the lateral hole of the protrusion. After that, when the clip insertion part is removed from the opening of the clip, the mounting of the clip is completed, so there is no need to forcibly push the clip into the protrusion with your finger, and the clip can be easily and smoothly inserted into the protrusion without fear of causing finger damage. Can be installed.

  According to the invention of claim 2, when the clip insertion portion of the clip mounting tool is inserted into the opening of the clip from the base side of the clip and the tip of the clip insertion portion is positioned on the inner surface of the tip end side of the removal preventing piece. The clip can be attracted and held on the clip attracting magnet. Therefore, even if the clip mounting tool is faced downward while the clip is sucked and held in the clip insertion portion, there is no possibility of the clip falling from the clip insertion portion, and the clip can be smoothly mounted on the protrusion.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the pair of arms can be rotated by the bias of the spring at an interval at which the distal ends of the pair of clip insertion portions can be inserted into the openings of the pair of clip removal preventing pieces. Since it is stopped by the stopper, the clip insertion portion of the clip mounting tool can be smoothly inserted into the opening of the clip removal preventing piece, and the clip mounting operation is further facilitated.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a clip mounting tool according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the clip mounting tool in a state where the tip insertion portion interval is widened in the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is each position of FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing portions of the stopper and the magnet for attracting the clip in the same embodiment, FIG. 5 is a view showing a clip mounting tool when inserted into the opening of the clip in the same embodiment, FIG. It is a figure which shows the clip mounting tool at the time of mounting | wearing with a protrusion in the Example.

  A clip mounting tool 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is a tool for mounting the clip 50 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 on a protrusion 71 of a clip mounting object 70 as shown in FIG. The clip mounting tool 10 includes a pair of arms 11 and 21 that are pivotally mounted so as to be rotatable. The pair of arms 11 and 21 are inserted from the base 51 side of the clip 50 into the openings 61 and 63 of the slip-off preventing pieces 53 and 54, and the tip-side inner surfaces 53a and 54a (see FIG. 7 and 8 (shown in FIG. 8) having clip insertion portions 13 and 23 on one end side and holding portions 15 and 25 on the other end side. When the arms 11 and 21 are pivotally mounted so as to be pivotable between 15 and 25, and the gripping portions 15 and 25 are brought close to each other, the tips 13a and 23a of the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 are spaced apart from each other. s (shown in FIG. 2) is expanded.

  The arms 11 and 21 of the present embodiment are formed of rods having a substantially square cross section at the tips of the arm main body portions 11a and 21a having a substantially U-shaped cross section that is open on the inner side facing the counterpart arm. The clip insertion portions 13 and 23 are fixed, and are pivotally attached to each other by shaft members 31 and 31 such as pins at positions close to the clip insertion portions 13 and 23.

  The arm main body portions 11a and 21a are pivotally attached to the shaft member 31 so that the shaft attachment portions 11b and 21b bulge in an arc shape toward the counterpart arm, and the bulged portions are overlapped. The grip portions 15 and 25 formed on the arm main body portions 11a and 21a are sized so that an operator can hold them with one hand, and the tips 13a and 23a of the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 are close to each other. In this state, the shape is formed so that the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 are largely opened outward than between the tips 13a and 23a.

  On the other hand, the pair of clip insertion portions 13 and 23 is formed in a beak shape with a thin tip, and is inserted into the openings 61 and 63 of the clip 50 so that the tips 13a and 23a are (5- As shown in A) and (5-B), the clip 50 has a size that can reach the front end side inner surfaces 53a, 54a of the slip-off preventing pieces 53, 54.

  A clip attracting magnet 33 is attached to at least one of the pair of clip insertion portions 13 and 23. The clip attracting magnet 33 is for attracting and holding the clip 50 when the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 are inserted into the openings 61 and 63 of the clip 50. It is provided so as to be positioned between the clip insertion portions 13 and 23. As shown in FIG. 4, the clip attracting magnet 33 according to the present embodiment has a block shape with a square cross section, and the inner surface of one clip insertion portion 23, that is, one clip insertion portion 23 has the other clip insertion portion 13. It is arranged and fixed on the opposite surface. The clip attracting magnet 33 is fixed to the clip insertion portion 23 by winding the clip attracting magnet 33 disposed in the clip insertion portion 23 together with the clip insertion portion 23 in a headband shape and crimping and fixing to the clip insertion portion 23. This is done by a cylindrical fixing bracket 35. The clip attracting magnet 33 may be adhered and fixed to the clip insertion portion 23 with an adhesive. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B), the clip insertion magnets 33 are arranged so that the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 have openings 61 and 63 (FIG. 8), the base portion 51 of the clip 50 is moved when the distal ends 13a and 13b of the clip insertion portion reach the distal end side inner surfaces 53a and 54a of the clip prevention portions 53 and 54 of the clip 50. It is disposed at a position where it abuts on the clip attracting magnet 33 and attracts the clip 50.

  Further, between the pair of arms 11 and 21, the direction in which the tips 13 a and 23 a of the pair of clip insertion portions 13 and 23 approach each other, in other words, the direction in which the gap between the gripping portions 15 and 25 increases. A spring 37 for biasing the rotation of the pair of arms 11 and 21 is provided. In this embodiment, the spring 37 is provided between the pair of arm main body portions 11a and 21a.

  Further, in the clip mounting tool 10, the distal ends 13 a, 23 a of the set of clip insertion portions 13, 23 can be inserted into the openings 61, 63 of the set of clip prevention pieces 53, 54 of the clip 50. At intervals, a stopper 36 is provided to stop the rotation of the pair of arms 11 and 21 due to the bias of the spring 37. The stopper 36 in the present embodiment is configured by a surface facing the other clip insertion portion 13 in the fixing bracket 35 of the clip attracting magnet 33. The stopper 36 is configured such that the ends 13 a and 23 a of the pair of clip insertion portions 13 and 23 are rotated by the pair of clip prevention pieces 53 and 54 of the clip 50 by the rotation of the arms 11 and 21 by the bias of the spring 37. When the interval between the openings 61 and 63 is reached, the arms 11 and 21 are rotated in such a direction that the tips 13a and 23 of the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 come closer to contact with the clip insertion portion 13 when the intervals are reached. It is designed to stop moving.

  The attachment of the clip 50 to the protrusion 71 using the clip attachment tool 10 is performed as follows. First, the gripping portions 15 and 25 of the clip mounting tool 10 are grasped with one hand, and as shown in (5-A) and (5-B) of FIG. 5, the tips 13a and 23a of the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 are held. The clip 50 is inserted into the openings 61 and 63 (shown in FIGS. 7 and 8) formed in the slip-off preventing pieces 53 and 54 from the base 51 side of the clip 50, The front ends 13a and 23 are made to reach the front end inner surfaces 53a and 54a of the clip 50 removal preventing pieces 53 and 54, respectively. At this time, the base 51 of the clip 50 comes into contact with the clip attracting magnet 33 and the clip 50 is attracted and held by the clip insertion portions 13 and 23.

  Next, the gripping portions 15 and 25 are brought closer together by strengthening the grip of the hand holding the gripping portions 15 and 25. As a result, the space between the tips 13a and 23a of the clip insertion portions 13 and 23 in the clip mounting tool 10 expands, and as shown in (5-C) of FIG. And the distance between the locking pieces 57 and 59 cut and raised from the slip-off preventing pieces 53 and 54 is increased, and the distance between the locking claw 58 and the locking piece 59 at the tip of the locking piece 57 is increased. It is done.

  With the gap between the locking claw 58 of the clip 50 and the locking piece 59 widened, as shown in (6-A) and (6-B) of FIG. The protrusion 71 of the clip mounting object 70 is inserted between the stopper pieces 59 and inserted into the base 51 of the clip 50. At this time, since the clip 50 is attracted and held by the clip attracting magnet 33, the clip 50 is not likely to fall even when the clip mounting tool 10 is faced down, and the operation can be easily performed. Moreover, since the gap between the locking claw 58 and the locking piece 59 of the clip 50 is widened by the clip mounting tool 10, the protrusion 71 is easily inserted between the locking claw 58 and the locking piece 59 of the clip 50. be able to.

  Thereafter, the grips of the gripping portions 15 and 25 are loosened, and the pair of arms 11 and 21 are rotated by the bias of the spring 37 (shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. Bring 23 closer together. As a result, the clip 50 returns to the original state from the state in which the clip 50 has been expanded by the clip mounting tool 10 until then, and the interval between the locking claw 58 and the locking piece 59 of the clip 50 is reduced, and the locking is performed. The claw 58 is fitted in the lateral hole 72 of the protrusion 71, and the clip 50 is fixed to the protrusion 71. Next, when the clip mounting tool 10 is extracted from the clip 50 as shown in FIG. 6 (6-C), the mounting operation of the clip 50 is completed.

  As described above, when the clip mounting tool 10 is used, it is not necessary to press the clip 50 against the protrusion 71 with a finger, so that the clip can be mounted easily and without hurting the finger.

  The clip attachment object 70 to which the clip 50 is attached is attached to the attachment object by press-fitting the clip 50 into an attachment hole formed in the attachment object member.

  In the above embodiment, the arm is composed of two parts, ie, the arm body and the clip insertion part. However, the arm body and the clip insertion part may be composed of a single part. Further, the stopper that makes the clip insertion portion insertable at the tip interval that can be inserted into the opening of the clip may have another structure. For example, a protruding stopper may be formed on the clip insertion portion of the arm.

It is a figure which shows the clip mounting tool which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the clip mounting tool of the state which expanded the clip insertion part front-end | tip space | interval in the Example. It is sectional drawing of each position of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the part of the stopper and the magnet for clip attraction | suction in the Example. It is a figure which shows the clip mounting tool at the time of inserting in the opening part of a clip in the Example. It is a figure which shows the clip mounting tool at the time of mounting | wearing with a protrusion in the Example. It is a perspective view of a clip. It is 8-8 sectional drawing of FIG. It is a figure which shows the conventional clip mounting method. It is sectional drawing which shows the relationship between the space | interval between the latching claw and the latching piece of a clip, and the thickness of protrusion.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Clip mounting tool 11,21 Arm 13,23 Clip insertion part 13a, 23a Tip of clip insertion part 15,25 Grasping part 33 Clip adsorption magnet 37 Spring 50 Clip 51 Base part 53,54 Removal prevention piece 57,59 Locking piece 58 Locking claw 70 Clip mounting object 71 Protrusion 72 Horizontal hole

Claims (3)

A base portion bent in a substantially U shape, a set of escape prevention pieces extending from both ends of the base portion, and a pair of removal prevention pieces cut out and raised from the escape prevention pieces. A pair of locking pieces, and at least one of the set of locking pieces includes a lateral hole formed in a protrusion of a clip mounting object inserted between the set of locking pieces. A clip that is provided with a latching claw that can be engaged, and in which the clip of the locking piece in the set of removal prevention pieces is an opening, is mounted on the protrusion of the mounting object. A clip mounting tool,
A pair of arms having a clip insertion part inserted into the opening of the clip from the base side of the clip and reaching the inner surface of the tip end side of the removal preventing piece on one end side and a gripping part on the other end side However, it is pivotally mounted between the clip insertion portion and the gripping portion, and the tip interval between the clip insertion portions is increased by the rotation of the arm in a direction in which the gripping portions are brought close to each other. Clip mounting tool characterized by being made.   The clip mounting tool according to claim 1, wherein a clip attracting magnet is provided in at least one of the pair of clip insertion portions. A spring for biasing the rotation of the set of arms in a direction in which the tips of the set of clip insertion portions approach each other is provided between the set of arms;
A stopper that stops the rotation of the set of arms due to the bias of the spring at an interval at which the tip of the set of clip insertion portions can be inserted into the opening of the set of clip prevention pieces. The clip mounting tool according to claim 1, wherein the clip mounting tool is provided on an arm.

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