JP4300814B2 - binder - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a binder that binds loose-leaf paper, and more particularly to a binder that reduces the storage volume and facilitates handling.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A plastic binder for binding commercially available loose-leaf paper and documents punched with a multi-hole paper punch is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Hereinafter, an outline of this type of binder will be described. FIG. 11 shows the binder 1, and an integral molded product in which a large number of 1/2 ring portions 3 and 4 are arranged at regular intervals on both side edges of the spine portion 2, and the spine portion 2 itself is a split hinge. It is. In the figure, the 1/2 ring portion 3 in the upper row has a protrusion 5 formed at the tip, and the protrusion 5 has a shape in which the tip swells. A hole 6 having a shape corresponding to the protrusion 5 is formed at the tip of the 1/2 ring part 4 in the lower row, and the protrusions 5 are press-fitted into the hole 6 so that the upper and lower 1/2 ring parts 3 and 4 are The structure is made to fit. When binding loose-leaf paper with the binder 1, pass the 1/2 ring part 3 of one row or the 1/2 ring part 4 of the other row through the hole in the paper, and manually place two rows of 1/2 ring parts 3 , 4 is closed, the projection 5 of the 1/2 ring portion 3 and the hole 6 of the 1/2 ring portion 4 are fitted to form a ring, and loose leaf paper is bound.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-289376
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The conventional binder described above has a shape in which the ring is divided into two parts, and when a plurality of binders are stacked, as shown in FIG. 11 (b) due to the difference between the inner and outer diameters of the 1/2 ring parts 3 and 4. Since gaps are formed between the binders, there are disadvantages that the binders are separated during handling, which is inconvenient to carry and bulky when packaged. In addition, when the bind process is mechanized, a large amount of binder is inevitably loaded in the bind processor, but the conventional binder requires a large storage space and becomes an obstacle to downsizing of the machine. Therefore, a technical problem to be solved in order to provide a binder that saves space and has good handleability arises, and the present invention aims to solve the above problem.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is proposed in order to achieve the above object, and the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a spine, split ring portions arranged at regular intervals on both side edges of the spine, and both ends of the split ring portion. and a fitting means formed in the split ring section ends mate of a resin binder for binding loose-leaf paper,
A binder formed so that one or a plurality of concave portions are provided on either the front surface or the back surface of the spine portion, and a convex portion that forms a mating pair with the concave portion is provided on the other surface so that a plurality of binders can be overlapped and connected. In
The concave portion is a horizontally long groove comprising a pin hole portion that fits into the convex portion and a groove portion that is continuous with the pin hole portion and wider than the outer diameter of the convex portion. The present invention provides a binder characterized in that it is formed so as to be able to release the fitting between the pin hole portion and the convex portion by sliding the pin .
[0006]
The resistance in the connecting portion between the pin hole portion and the wide groove of the groove, is formed narrower than the outer diameter of the convex portion, the convex portion is slid from the top Symbol pin hole portion to the wide groove The binder according to claim 1, which is provided with a click-stop function for generating odor .
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 4 show a binder 11, which is a resin injection molded product in which ring portions are arranged at regular intervals on a spine portion 12 having a length corresponding to the size of a standard paper, as shown in FIGS. The ring part is divided into three parts: a central 1/3 ring part 13 connected to the spine part, and 1/3 ring parts 14 and 15 connected to the upper and lower parts, and the upper and lower 1/3 ring parts 14 , 15 and the ring is formed by fitting the tips of each other.
[0009]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the center 1/3 ring portion 13 has the same curvature on the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface, and in the initial state, the three 1/3 ring portions 13, 14, 15 As shown in Fig. 5, when both ends are aligned, the front and rear center 1/3 ring parts 13 are in surface contact with no gap, and the upper and lower 1/3 rings are aligned. Since the parts 14 and 15 are thinner than the central 1/3 ring part 13, there is almost no gap even in the entire binder, so that there is an effect that space is not taken up during packaging or loading into a bind processing machine.
[0010]
In addition, when configuring a binding processing machine that executes continuous binding processing, a mechanism that sequentially feeds a plurality of binders is required, but the above-mentioned binder 11 is in close contact with the front and rear central 1/3 ring portions 13. Since there is no gap, there is no possibility that the binder bends due to the pushing load of the feed mechanism and obstructs the feed, and the binding process can be mechanized. It is not always necessary to make the curvatures of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the central 1/3 ring portion 13 equal to make the front and rear binders 11 contact with each other. For example, as shown in FIG. Even if the front and rear binders 31 are in contact with each other at the three upper and lower ends of the central 1/3 ring portion 33, substantially the same operational effects as in the above example can be obtained.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 4, a circumferential groove 16 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the three 1/3 ring parts, and a hook part 17 is provided at the tip of the upper 1/3 ring part 14, A catch portion 18 into which the hook portion 17 is fitted is formed at the tip of the lower 1/3 ring portion 15.
[0012]
FIG. 7 shows the details of the tip of the upper 1/3 ring portion 14, which has a phase-joint structure in which the tip of the outer peripheral surface is cut into a step shape, and is a wedge-shaped planar shape formed on the stepped portion 19 that is lowered by one step. The hook portion 17 protrudes forward. FIG. 8 shows the details of the tip of the lower 1/3 ring portion 15, which is a phase-separated joint structure corresponding to the upper 1/3 ring portion 14, and the step portion 20 is formed by notching the tip portion of the inner peripheral surface. A wedge-shaped catch portion 18 corresponding to the hook portion 17 is formed on the outer peripheral side, and an inner bottom surface 21 of the catch portion 18 has a peripheral portion for elastically deforming the catch portion 18 and receiving the hook portion 17 when the hook portion is inserted. A direction slot 22 is formed.
[0013]
9 (a) and 9 (b) show a state where a ring is formed by fitting the hook portion 17 of the upper 1/3 ring portion 14 and the catch portion 18 of the lower 1/3 ring portion 15 together with the hook portion 17. The upper 1/3 ring part 14 and the lower 1/3 ring part 15 do not shift in the circumferential direction and the left and right by fitting the catch part 18, and the upper 1/3 ring part 14 and the lower 1 / The three ring portions 15 are fixed so as not to be displaced from each other in the radial direction due to the phase-joint structure at the tip portion. That is, since the hook portion 17 is placed on the inner bottom surface 21 of the catch portion 18 of the lower 1/3 ring portion 15, when the external pressure is applied to the upper 1/3 ring portion 14 in the ring center direction or the lower 1 When an external pressure is applied to the / 3 ring portion 15 in the ring outer direction, the upper 1/3 ring portion 14 and the lower 1/3 ring portion 15 do not shift. Also, since the stepped portion 20 of the lower 1/3 ring portion 15 is placed on the stepped portion 19 of the upper 1/3 ring portion 14, external pressure in the ring outer direction is applied to the upper 1/3 ring portion 14 In addition, when an external pressure is applied to the lower 1/3 ring portion 15 in the ring center direction, the upper 1/3 ring portion 14 and the lower 1/3 ring portion 15 do not shift. In addition, when removing the binder 11 from the document, if the upper 1/3 ring part 14 and the lower 1/3 ring part 15 are pulled in the circumferential direction by hand, the catch part 18 opens to the left and right, and the catch part 18 and the hook part It goes without saying that the fitting of 17 is released and the removed binder 11 can be reused.
[0014]
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, pins 24 projecting toward the center of the ring are formed at regular intervals on the inner surface side of the spine portion 12 (in this embodiment, five pins), and the back surface of the spine portion 12 Grooves 25 and 26 are formed on the side to form mating pairs with the pin 24. Therefore, when the plurality of binders 11 are stacked as shown in FIG. 5, the pins 24 are fitted into the grooves 25 and 26 of the binder 11 in the front row so that the plurality of binders 11 are connected, and the plurality of binders 11 are not separated. It is easy to handle when unpacking a package or loading it into a bind processing machine.
[0015]
FIG. 10 shows the details of the grooves 25 and 26, (a) shows the central groove 25 in FIG. 1, and (b) shows the left and right grooves 26 other than the center. The grooves 25 and 26 are long in the left and right directions, and when both ends of the plurality of binders 11 are aligned and overlapped, the pin 24 of the binder 11 in the rear row faces the left end portion of the grooves 25 and 26 of the binder 11 in the front row. The left ends of the grooves 25 and 26 are pin hole portions 25a and 26a having the same width as or slightly narrower than the diameter of the pin 24, and the widths other than the pin hole portions 25a and 26a are wider than the diameter of the pin 24. If both ends of the plurality of binders 11 are aligned and pressed from the front and back, the pin 24 fits into the left end pin hole portions 25a and 26a of the grooves 25 and 26, and the front and rear binders 11 are coupled. Also, if the front side of the two binders 11 fitted to each other is slid to the left in FIG. 1, the grooves 25 and 26 move to the left with respect to the pin 24, and the pin holes of the grooves 25 and 26 The fitting of 25a, 26a and the pin 24 is released, and the binder 11 can be separated.
[0016]
When mechanizing the binding process, it is considered that a binder feeding mechanism and a binder separation mechanism are required in the binding processing machine, but when using the binder 11 described above, if a mechanism for pushing the binder in the front row sideways is provided, The front row of binders can be separated from the group of connected binders, and the binder separation mechanism can be easily configured.
[0017]
In the groove 26 shown in FIG. 10 (b), the pin hole portion 26a and the right wide groove portion 26b are linear grooves, respectively, but the central groove 25 shown in FIG. 10 (a) is a connection between the pin hole portion 25a and the wide groove portion 25b. The width of the portion is narrow and there is a click stop function for holding the pin 24 in the pin hole portion 25a, so that the plurality of connected binders 11 are not slid and separated by vibration or the like. Note that the grooves 26 other than the central groove 25 may have the click stop shape shown in (a), but the grooves 26 other than the central groove 25 can slide as long as the pins 24 can be easily slid as in this example. Therefore, the binder 11 can be easily separated.
[0018]
Further, the groove 27 shown in FIG. 10 (C) is a modification of the groove 26 shown in FIG. 10 (b). The pin hole portion 27a is a horizontally long parallel straight groove, and the horizontally long pin hole portion 27a is connected to the wide groove portion 27 on the right side. It has a continuous shape. By making the pin hole portion 27a horizontally long in this way, even if there is a slight pitch deviation between the pin 24 and the groove 27, the central pin 24 is inserted into the pin hole portion 25a of the central groove 25. Since the other pins 24 are securely fitted into the pin hole portions 27a when fitted, the possibility of poor fitting due to the relative positional deviation caused by the forming tolerance can be eliminated.
[0019]
Although the embodiment in which the ring part is divided into three parts has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the ring part may be divided into two parts, and the technical scope of the invention Various modifications are possible within the scope of the present invention, and the present invention naturally extends to those modifications.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of binders can be stacked without gaps, so that the space efficiency when stored in a packaging box or machine is improved. Also, since the binder is provided with a fitting means such as a pin and a groove, the stacked binder is not separated, and the handleability in carrying and loading into the machine is improved.
In addition, by configuring the binder to be released by sliding the stacked binders together, the binder separation mechanism can be configured with a simple mechanism in the case of mechanizing the binding process, which contributes to simplification of the configuration. It is an invention.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a rear view of a binder according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2A is a rear view of a binder, and FIG. 2B is a side view.
FIG. 3 is a front view of a binder.
4A is a front view of a binder, and FIG. 4B is a side cross-sectional view.
FIG. 5 is a side view of laminated binders.
6A and 6B show another embodiment, in which FIG. 6A is a side view of a binder, and FIG. 6B is a side view of a laminated binder.
7A and 7B show a hook portion at the tip of a binder, where FIG. 7A is a plan view, FIG. 7B is a side view, and FIG. 7C is a side sectional view.
8A and 8B show a catch portion at the tip of the binder, where FIG. 8A is a plan view, FIG. 8B is a side view, and FIG. 8C is a side sectional view.
9A is a side cross-sectional view showing a binder ring formation state, and FIG. 9B is a side view of a fitting portion.
FIGS. 10A and 10B show grooves in the backbone of the binder, FIG. 10A is a front view of a central groove, FIG. 10B is a front view of other grooves, and FIG. 10C is another embodiment of other grooves. It is a front view.
11A and 11B show a conventional binder, in which FIG. 11A is a side view and FIG. 11B is a side view of laminated binders.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Binder
12 spine
13 Central 1/3 ring section
14 Upper 1/3 ring
15 Lower 1/3 ring section
17 Hook
18 Catch section
19 Step
20 steps
21 Inside bottom
22 Slot
24 pin
25. 26 Groove
25a Pin hole
25b Wide groove
26a Pin hole
26b Wide groove
31 binder
32 spine
33 Central 1/3 ring section

Claims (2)

The spine portion includes a spine portion, split ring portions arranged at regular intervals on both side edges of the spine portion, and fitting means formed at both ends of the split ring portion, and the loose ring paper is bound by fitting both ends of the split ring portion. a resinous binder,
A binder formed so that one or a plurality of recesses are provided on either the front or back surface of the spine, and a protrusion that forms a mating pair with the recess is provided on the other surface, so that a plurality of binders can be stacked and connected. In
The concave portion is a horizontally long groove comprising a pin hole portion that fits into the convex portion and a groove portion that is continuous with the pin hole portion and wider than the outer diameter of the convex portion. A binder formed so as to be able to release the fitting of the pin hole portion and the convex portion by sliding the pin. The connection portion between the pin hole portion and the wide groove of the groove, is formed narrower than the outer diameter of the convex portion, produce resistance when the convex portion is slid from the top Symbol pin hole portion to the wide groove The binder according to claim 1, further comprising a click stop function .

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