JP5296487B2 - Operation lever device and reclining chair provided with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operating lever device easily engaging/disengaging an engagement portion with respect to an engaging object portion and easily changing an engagement position by an only turning operation. <P>SOLUTION: A first lever 75 is horizontally rotationally pivoted to an attachment object body; a second lever having an engagement portion 84 at its front end is mutually longitudinally slidably superposed on the first lever 75 so that the second lever 76 is energized in the front end direction by an energizing means 88; the front end of a handle 73 is horizontally rotationally pivoted to the rear end of the first lever 75; a pin 82 provided at the rear end of the second lever 76 facing in the vertical direction is fitted in a guide groove 80 provided in the handle 73 facing in an oblique cross direction, in the front beyond the rear end of the first lever 75; the pin 82 is slid along the guide groove 80 by the rotational operation of the handle 73 so as to move the second lever 76 in the longitudinal direction; and the engagement portion 84 is selectively engaged/disengaged with respect to a plurality of engagement object portions 87 provided in the attachment object body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an operating lever device and a reclining chair provided with the operating lever device.

In the reclining chair, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, the urging force of the urging means provided on the support base (base) is adjusted by rotating the operation means, and the backrest and the seat body are adjusted. The forward biasing force can be adjusted, or as described in Patent Document 2, for example, the locking member linked to the operating means is moved so that the teeth provided on the backrest are integrated with the backrest. For example, the back tilt angle of the backrest can be arbitrarily adjusted by selectively engaging with a plurality of teeth provided on the rotating disc.
JP 2001-57918 A JP 2004-49717 A (FIGS. 9 and 10)

In the one described in Patent Document 1, since an adjusting screw is used as the operating means, if the spring force of the torsion coil spring is adjusted to be large or small, the adjusting screw is turned many times. It must be turned by hand and takes time to adjust.
In the thing of patent document 2, since the operation lever which is an operation means, and a locking member are separated and they are linked by the wire, engagement / disengagement of the teeth of a locking member and the teeth of a disc is made. May be slow.
In addition, since the locking member is moved by pulling the wire so that the teeth are engaged with and disengaged from the teeth of the disk, the operation lever needs to be pulled.
Therefore, using such a mechanism, for example, when trying to engage the teeth of the locking member with another tooth of the disk, an operation of pulling the operating lever to release the engagement with the locking member. Then, the operation of moving the locking member and engaging with another tooth of the disk is required, and the operability is poor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is an operation that can easily engage and disengage the engaging portion with the engaged portion and change the engaging position only by a turning operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recliner chair in which the backrest and the urging force of the seat can be easily adjusted by the lever device and the operation lever device.

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned problems are solved as follows.
(1) An operating lever device that is pivotally attached to a body to be mounted and is operated by rotating to a plurality of positions to operate the member to be operated. A lever is pivotally mounted so as to be horizontally rotatable, and a second lever facing the front-rear direction having an engagement portion at the front end is slidable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first lever, and by a biasing means, The second lever is superposed so as to be urged toward the front end with respect to the first lever, and the front end of the handle is pivotally attached to the rear end of the first lever so as to be horizontally rotatable, and A pin that is provided at the rear end portion of the second lever and that faces in the up-down direction is inserted into a guide groove that is provided in the handle and that faces in the oblique front-rear direction in front of the rear end portion of the first lever. When the pin slides along the guide groove by the pivoting operation, the second lever The bar is moved in the longitudinal direction so that the engaging portion can be selectively engaged / disengaged with a plurality of engaged portions provided on the attached body.

With such a configuration, when the handle is rotated, the second lever moves backward with respect to the first lever, and the engaging portion at the tip of the second lever is detached from the engaged portion. The engaging part can be engaged with another engaged part by rotating the entire lever device without removing the hand from the handle. Therefore, the engagement release and the engagement position change can be continuously performed only by the handle turning operation, and the operability is improved.
Further, since the first lever, the second lever, and the handle are pivotally attached to each other and integrally connected, the engaging portion can be securely engaged / disengaged with the engaged portion. There is no danger of slow movement.

(2) In the above item (1), the guide groove is composed of two inclined long holes that are inclined in opposite directions, and has a substantially V-shape in plan view that expands backward. Communicate with each other.

  With such a configuration, the handle can be rotated in both the left and right directions around the first lever, and the pin slides along the V-shaped guide groove regardless of the direction of rotation. By moving, the second lever moves in the longitudinal direction, and the engaging portion can be disengaged from the engaged portion.

(3) A spindle provided in the upper end of the pedestal and supporting the seat body so as to be movable in the front-rear direction is pivotally supported by a main shaft facing in the left-right direction. An urging means provided on the support base, wherein a lower end portion is fixed so that the back frame can be rotated around the central axis of the main shaft, and the back frame and the seat are linked to each other. Accordingly, in the reclining chair in which the backrest and the seat body are always urged forward, the first lever in the operating lever device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support base is the support base. An urging force adjustment as an actuated member that pivots on one side of the first lever so as to be horizontally rotatable with a pin facing upward and downward, and adjusts the urging force of the urging means. Linking to the means and the engaging portion of the second lever Selectively to be engaged with the engaged portion provided in the support base.

  With such a configuration, only by rotating the handle of the operating lever device in the horizontal direction, the urging force adjusting means linked to the distal end portion of the first lever is operated, and the urging force of the urging means is increased. In addition to being able to adjust, the engaging portion of the second lever can be selectively engaged with the engaged portion, and the rotation of the operating lever device can be stopped at an arbitrary position. The power can be easily adjusted by the operating lever device.

 (4) In the above item (3), the urging means is a torsion coil spring whose axis is directed in the vertical direction, and one foot piece extended forward which is a terminal portion of the wire in the torsion coil spring is Locks the torsion coil spring so that the torsion coil spring is tightened when the interlocking rod moves backward on the pin that is movable in the left-right direction on the interlocking rod that moves in the front-rear direction in conjunction with the seat. And by rotating the handle of the operation lever device, the biasing force adjusting means changes the movement trajectory in the front-rear direction of the pin as the interlocking rod moves rearward, and the torsion coil spring It is possible to move the urging force in a direction that can be changed.

  With this configuration, the urging force of the torsion coil spring accommodated in the support base with the axis line directed vertically can be adjusted easily and quickly by operating the urging force adjusting means linked to the operating lever device. can do.

 (5) In the above item (3) or (4), the urging force adjusting means is a guide length facing in the front-rear direction in which the front end is pivotally supported by the support base so as to be horizontally rotatable and the pin is slidably guided The front link is pivotally attached to the first link having a hole and the rear end of the first link, and the rear end position of the first link is displaced in the left-right direction to change the movement trajectory of the pin in the front-rear direction. And a rear end portion of the second link is moved in the front-rear direction by the first lever of the operating lever device, and the rear end position of the first link is displaced in the left-right direction. .

With this configuration, when the operation lever device is rotated, the first link pivotally attached to the second link rotates horizontally, and the direction of the guide slot provided in the link changes in the left-right direction. Since the movement locus of the pin guided by the long hole is changed, the urging force of the torsion coil spring can be adjusted very easily.
Further, since only the movement trajectory of the pin is changed by the turning operation of the operating lever device, a large load is not applied to the operating lever device when adjusting the urging force.

  According to the operating lever device of the present invention, when the handle is turned, the second lever moves rearward with respect to the first lever, and the engaging portion at the tip of the second lever is detached from the engaged portion. Therefore, the engaging portion can be engaged with another engaged portion by continuously rotating the lever device without releasing the hand from the handle. Therefore, the engagement release and the engagement position change can be continuously performed only by the handle turning operation, and the operability is improved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a reclining chair provided with an operation lever device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the same. This chair has five leg rods 2 facing in a radial direction with a caster 1 attached to the tip. And a leg column 3 which is erected at the center and can be expanded and contracted by a gas spring (not shown) accommodated in the center, and a rear end part attached to the upper end of the leg column 3 and slightly supporting the front and upper side. The base 4 and a pair of left and right forward saddles 5a and 5b are integrally coupled to each other at the middle portion, and a side-view forward L-shaped back frame 5, and left and right sides of the back frame 5 A backrest 6 having a rear surface attached to the upper end of the upward collar 5b and a seat body 7 supported by the support base 4 are provided on the left and right sides of the back frame 5 (hereinafter, left and right are when the chair is viewed from the front. The front ends of the front eaves 5a and 5a are oriented in the left-right direction inserted through the support base 4. It is fixed to both ends of the square spindle 8.

  The seat body 7 includes a seat support frame 9, a synthetic resin seat plate 10 that is attached to the upper surface of the seat support frame 9 by a position adjustment mechanism (not shown) and a cushion body that is attached to the upper surface of the seat plate 10. 11 and.

  The rear end portion of the support base 4 and the lower end portion of the backrest 7 are connected by a flexible link 12 that faces obliquely rearward and upward.

  A pair of left and right support pieces 13 and 13 projecting diagonally forward and downward are provided on both left and right side portions of the front end portion of the seat support frame 9, and the lower end portions of both support pieces 13 are pivoted from the outside. Can be slidable in the front-rear direction by the both side surfaces of the front end portion of the support base 4 by being inserted into the guide long holes 15 that are provided on both side surfaces of the front end portion of the support base 4 and are slightly rearwardly lowered. It is supported.

  The lower ends of the left and right side portions of the rear end portion of the seat support frame 9 are supported by an upward projecting piece 16 projecting from the upper surface of the front end portion of the left and right front ridges 5a of the back frame 5 It is pivotally attached with 17. Further, the lower end portions of the left and right side portions of the rear end portion of the seat support frame 9 are the left and right sides 1 facing the rear upper side, with the lower end portions pivotally attached to the left and right side portions of the rear end portion of the support base 4 with the support shaft 18. The support shaft 17 is pivotally attached to the upper end portions of the pair of link pieces 19. Accordingly, the seat body 7 can move in the front-rear direction in conjunction with the backward tilting operation of the back frame 5, that is, the reclining operation of the backrest 7.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the support base 4 includes a case-shaped support base body 20 whose upper surface is open and an upper cover 21 (see FIGS. 4 and 5) attached to the upper surface so as to cover the opening surface. The main urging means A and the auxiliary urging means B for urging both the backrest 6 and the seat body 7 forward, and the urging force of the auxiliary urging means B are contained therein. The biasing force adjusting means C to be adjusted is accommodated.

  The main urging means A is arranged such that the foot pieces 22a and 22b having substantially the same dimensions at both end portions which are the end portions of the wire are directed upward substantially orthogonal to the main shaft 8 with the axis line directed in the left-right direction. The support base 4 includes a pair of first torsion coil springs 22 and 22 which are accommodated symmetrically with respect to the left-right direction. A locking member 23 is provided between the left and right first torsion coil springs 22, 22, that is, in the center portion in the left-right direction in the support base body 20, and the opposing foot pieces 22 a, 22 a are locked. Is arranged.

The left and right first torsion coil springs 22 and the locking member 23 are assembled to the rear portion of the support base body 20 as follows.
As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 9, the shaft holes 24, 24 drilled in the rear end portions of the left and right side plates 20 a, 20 a in the support basic body 20 include the bearings 25, which are divided into two in the radial direction, The hexagonal main shaft 8 is inserted into the hexagonal shaft hole 25a formed in the hexagonal shaft hole 25a so as to be relatively non-rotatable. At this time, the main shaft 8 is inserted into the support cylinders 26 and 26 loosely fitted in the left and right first torsion coil springs 22 and 22 and the hexagonal shape formed in the locking member 23 into the shaft hole 23a. The left and right first torsion coil springs 22 and the support cylinder 26 are accommodated in the support base body 20 so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the main shaft 8 and the locking member 23 is not relatively rotatable.

  In addition, in order to easily insert the main shaft 8 in the rear portion of the locking member 23, a slit 27 facing in the front-rear direction is formed toward the shaft hole 23a, and a bolt inserted from above the formation portion of the slit 27. The locking member 23 is fixed to the main shaft 8 by screwing 28 into a female screw hole 29 below the slit 27 forming portion and tightening (see FIG. 8).

  The left and right first torsion coil springs 22, 22 have foot pieces 22 a, 22 a facing upward on the opposite side, by the rear surfaces of the left and right spring receiving pieces 30, 30 protruding outward from the front end portion of the locking member 23. The foot pieces 22b and 22b, which are locked and also face the other upper side, come into contact with the front surfaces of both side portions of the inner wall surface 31 that is substantially perpendicular to the rear portion of the support base body 20. Therefore, when the main shaft 8 and the locking member 23 fixed to the main shaft 8 are rotated clockwise in the right side view, the urging force of the first torsion coil springs 22 is increased, and the backrest 6 is tilted backward. This will be biased forward.

  As in the above-described embodiment, a pair of left and right first torsion coil springs 22 are accommodated in the support base body 20 with the foot pieces 22a and 22b facing upward, and one foot piece 22a is engaged with a locking member. When the other foot piece 22b is locked to the inner wall surface 31 that is perpendicular to the support base body 20, the first torsion coil spring 22 occupies the area within the support base 4. Becomes smaller and can be disposed in the support base 4 in a compact manner. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the support base 4 by reducing the longitudinal dimension thereof.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, an engagement portion 32 having a sawtooth cross section aligned in the rotation direction is formed on the arc surface of the lower right half of the locking member 23. In the supporting base body 20 below the locking member 23, an engaged portion 33 having a sawtooth cross section that can be engaged and disengaged from the engaging portion 32 in the left-right direction is formed on the step surface of the upper right half. The stop member 34 is accommodated. The locking member 23 and the stop member 34 constitute a part of the rear tilt angle adjusting means D that can stop the backrest 6 at an arbitrary rear tilt angle.

  The lower half of the stop member 34 is a rectangular protrusion 34a having a small front-rear dimension, and the rectangular protrusion 34a can be slid into a guide elongated hole 35 formed on the lower surface of the support basic body 20 and facing in the left-right direction. The stop member 34 can be moved in the left-right direction on the inner bottom surface of the support basic body 20 in the state of being fitted to the support base body 20. A holding plate 36 that prevents the stop member 34 from being lifted is provided inside the support base body 20.

  A bracket 37 having an inverted L-shaped cross section is fixed to a lower surface of the support base body 20 on the left side of the stop member 34 by a set screw 38, and the stop member 34 is moved to a downward piece 37a of the bracket 37. A proximal end portion of the outer tube 40 in which the wire 39 is accommodated is fixed. The end of the wire 39 protruding from the tip of the outer tube 40 is inserted into the square protrusion 34a of the stop member 34 and is locked in the bottomed hole 41 at the right end thereof. A compression coil spring 42 is fitted into the wire 39 between the square protrusion 34a and the downwardly facing piece 37a of the bracket 37, so that the stop member 34 is always on the right side, that is, the engaged portion 33 is locked. The member 23 is biased in a direction to engage with the engaging portion 32 of the member 23.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the distal end portion of the outer tube 40 is an operation that is a part of the rear tilt angle adjusting means D that is attached to the lower surface of the left side of the seat plate 10 in the seat body 7. The lever 43 is fixed to a support member 44 that supports the lever 43 so that it can be pivoted up and down and stopped at an upper position and a lower position.
Further, the distal end portion of the wire 39 protruding from the distal end portion of the outer tube 40 is locked to the operation lever 43.

  When the operation lever 43 is turned upward, the wire 39 is pulled and the stop member 34 is moved to the left against the urging force of the compression coil spring 42, so that the engaged portion 33 of the stop member 34. Is detached from the engaging portion 32 of the locking member 23. Therefore, the backrest 6 can be reclined back and forth freely against the biasing force of the first torsion coil spring 22. When the operation lever 43 is turned downward with the backrest 6 stopped at an arbitrary position, the stop member 34 is moved to the right by the urging force of the compression coil spring 42, and the engagement of the stop member 34 is stopped. By engaging the engaging portion 33 with the engaging portion 32 of the locking member 23, the backrest 6 can be stopped at any rearward tilt position.

  As described above, the locking member 23 fixed to the center portion of the main shaft 8 in the support base body 20 for locking one foot piece 22a of the left and right first torsion coil springs 22 and the support base below the locking member 23 The stop member 34 provided in the body 20 so as to be movable in the left-right direction constitutes a part of the rearward tilt angle adjusting means D that can adjust the backrest 6 to an arbitrary rearward tilt position, and operates the stop member 34. The left and right directions are linked to the lever 43, and the engaged portion 33 of the stop member 34 is engaged with the serrated engaging portion 32 provided on the lower surface of the locking member 23, so that the backrest 6 can be arbitrarily moved. If it is possible to adjust to the rearward tilt position, the rearward tilt angle adjusting means D can be accommodated in the support base body 20 in a compact manner, and the support base 4 can be downsized.

  Further, the configuration of the rearward tilt angle adjusting means D is simple and the number of parts can be reduced, so that the cost can be reduced.

Next, the auxiliary biasing means B described above will be described in detail.
As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 8, and 10, the auxiliary biasing means B moves in the front-rear direction in conjunction with the seat body 7 that is accommodated in the front end portion of the support base body 20 in the left-right direction. A pair of left and right second torsion coils accommodated in the central portion of the support base body 20 so as to be symmetrical with respect to the left and right direction so that the moving interlocking rod 45 moves in the vertical direction. Springs 46, 46.

  Both side portions of the interlocking rod 45 are held as follows by a pair of guide members 47, 47 having an inwardly U-shaped cross section viewed from the front and housed at both end portions in the support base body 20. .

Concave portions 48 and 48 into which the left and right guide members 47 are fitted are formed on the inner side surfaces of the front end portions of the both side plates 20a and 20a in the support basic body 20.
In the vertical pieces 47a of both guide members 47, a guide long hole 49 facing in the front-rear direction and a fitting piece 50 are formed at the outer opening edge.

  In a state where both end portions of the interlocking rod 45 are fitted to the left and right guide members 47, these fitting pieces 50 are fitted into the guide long holes 15 of the support basic body 20 from the inside, and the guide members 47 are By fitting into the concave portion 48, both guide members 47 are not movable in the front-rear direction and are accommodated on both sides in the support base body 20, and the interlocking rod 45 is slid in the front-rear direction by both guide members 47. It is held movable.

  In order to provide the both ends of the interlocking rod 45, the male screw portions of the distal end portion of the pivot 14 inserted from the outside into the left and right support pieces 13, 13 in the seat support frame 9 described above are provided in the screw holes 51, 51. By interlocking the body 20 and the guide long holes 15 and 49 of the guide member 47 and screwing, the interlocking rod 45 is also linked to the seat body 7 and moves in the front-rear direction together with the seat body 7.

  In the middle portion of the interlocking rod 45, guide long holes 52, 52 that are directed in the left-right direction are formed. Both guide long holes 52 have an enlarged diameter flange portion 53a at the center portion, and both upper and lower end portions have small diameter shafts. The lower half of the stepped pin 53 that is the vertical direction of the portions 53b and 53b is inserted so as to be slidable in the left-right direction with the diameter-enlarged flange 53a abutting against the upper surface of the interlocking flange 45. Yes. Grooved rollers 54 and 54 are rotatably fitted to upper half portions of the left and right stepped pins 53 and 53.

The left and right second torsion coil springs 46, 46 have a smaller spring constant (biasing force) than the above-described first torsion coil spring 22, and the first torsion coil spring has a smaller vertical dimension when assembled. The number of turns is 22 or less, for example, a two-turn torsion coil spring.
Both the second torsion coil springs 46 face the up and down direction formed in the holding cylinders 55 and 55 fitted in them and the fan-like spring pressing plates 56 and 56 placed on the stepped portion on the upper surface thereof. Bolts 58, 58 are inserted into the mounting holes 57, 57 from above, and their lower ends are screwed into screw holes (not shown) to provide a central portion of the inner bottom surface of the support basic body 20. It is fixed symmetrically at the center of the basic body 20.

  One of the foot pieces 46a, 46a facing the oblique front outer side, which is the terminal portion of the left and right second torsion coil springs 46, is fixed to the inner surface of the center portion in the front-rear direction of both side plates 20a of the support basic body 20. 59 is in contact with the front end face. The other leg pieces 46b, 46b of the second torsion coil springs 46 extend forward so as to face each other, and the front half portions expand to each other so as to expand toward the front in a C-shaped plan view. The front end portion is bent slightly outward and is in contact with the outer surfaces of the left and right grooved rollers 54, 54.

The auxiliary biasing means B has such a configuration, and when the backrest 6 is tilted rearward and the seat body 7 moves rearwardly, the interlocking rod 45 also moves rearward as shown in FIG.
At this time, the leg pieces 46b and 46b of the second torsion coil springs 46 and 46 that are in contact with the outer side surfaces of the left and right grooved rollers 54 and 54 are expanded outwardly. By being pushed, both the second torsion coil springs 46 are wound and the spring force is increased, the reaction force is applied to the seat body 7 and the backrest 6, and both are biased forward. .

  In this way, when the auxiliary biasing means B is provided, the biasing force of the main biasing means A described above is boosted, so that the left and right first torsion coil springs 22 constituting the main biasing means A are A small and small one can be used, and the support base 4 that accommodates it can be miniaturized.

  Further, the second torsion coil spring 46 used as the auxiliary biasing means B is accommodated in the support basic body 20 with its axis line directed in the vertical direction and the number of turns may be small, so that the vertical dimension of the support base 4 is large. It will never be.

  Further, since the inexpensive second torsion coil spring 46 is used for the auxiliary biasing means B, and this is housed in the support base 4, it is as when a gas spring is used for the auxiliary biasing means. In addition, the cost is not increased, and the appearance of the chair is not damaged by exposing the gas spring to the outside.

Next, the urging force adjusting means C that adjusts the urging force of the auxiliary urging means B will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 8 and FIG. 10, the urging force adjusting means C is a first that faces a pair of left and right front / rear directions composed of a pair of upper and lower portions disposed at the center of the front part in the support basic body 20. Links 60, 60, a pair of left and right second links 61, 61 disposed behind the first link 60, and an operating lever device 62 are provided.

  Each first link 60 is formed with a long hole 63 facing substantially in the front-rear direction, and an upper surface of the front end portion of the upper left and right first links 60 and a lower surface of the front end portion of the lower left and right first links 60. Are respectively provided with short-sized upward shafts 64 and 64 and downward shafts 65 and 65. The front end of the long hole 63 extends to the center of each of the upward shaft 64 and the downward shaft 64.

  The upper shaft 64 in the upper left and right first links 60 is rotatably fitted in a shaft hole 67 formed in the front end portion of the upper cover 21 via a bearing 66, and the lower left and right first links 60 are pivoted. A downward shaft 65 in the first link 60 is rotatably fitted in a bottomed shaft hole 68 provided at the front end portion of the support basic body 20 through a bearing 66 (see FIG. 8). ) The upper and lower first links 60 can be rotated in the left-right direction around the front end.

  The long holes 63 of the upper and lower first links 60 are slidably fitted to the small-diameter shafts 53b and 53b at both the upper and lower ends of the left and right stepped pins 53 inserted through the guide long holes 52 of the interlocking rod 45, respectively. Are combined.

The left and right second links 61 have a cross-sectional shape in a plan view in which the rear half faces in the front-rear direction and the front half faces diagonally forward and outward, and the rear half is arranged so as to overlap each other.
The front end portions of the left and right second links 61 and the rear end portions of the pair of upper and lower left and right first links 60 are connected to each other by a pair of left and right stepped pins 69 and 69 that face in the vertical direction. Has been.

  The rear ends of the left and right second links 61 are connected to each other by a small-diameter shaft 70a in the lower half portion of the long stepped pin 70 facing in the up-down direction. The lower end portion of the small-diameter shaft 70a projecting from both the second links 61 is formed in the longitudinal direction of the guide elongated hole 72 provided in the upward projection 71 provided on the inner bottom surface of the central portion of the support base body 20 in the front-rear direction. It is slidably fitted (see FIGS. 4 and 8).

  As shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 4 and the enlarged vertical sectional view of FIG. 15, the operation lever device 62 includes a handle 73 facing in the left-right direction and a pin whose left end portion is directed in the up-down direction on the lower surface of the right end portion. A lower lever 75 pivotally attached by 74 and an upper lever 76 mounted on the upper surface of the lower lever 75 are provided.

The left end portions of the lower lever 75 and the upper lever 76 are connected to a through hole 79 formed in the lower lever 75 by a pin 78 inserted in a left and right elongated hole 77 formed in the outer end portion of the upper lever 76. And the upper lever 76 is connected to the lower lever 75 so that the upper lever 76 can move in the left-right direction and the right end of the upper lever 76 slightly protrudes from the right end of the lower lever 75. ing.
Note that downward guide pieces 76a and 76a project from the front and rear edges of the intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the upper lever 76 (see FIG. 8), and the intermediate portion of the lower cover 75 is interposed between the two guide pieces 76a. By fitting, the upper lever 76 can move stably in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 11, the stepped surface 73a formed at the right end portion of the handle 73 is substantially in a plan view made up of an inclined long hole 80a facing the oblique front outer side and an inclined long hole 80b facing the oblique rear outer side. A V-shaped guide groove 80 is formed.
On the upper surface of the stepped surface 73a, the rear end portion of the upper lever 76 passes the pin 82 inserted into the through hole 81 through the guide groove 80 and the long hole 83 facing the left and right direction of the lower lever 75. Thus, it is pivotally mounted so as to be rotatable relative to the handle 73 and movable in the left-right direction.

  At the tip of the upper lever 76, two front and rear engaging projections 84 are provided so as to project from the outer surface of the stop plate 86 fixed to the lower surface of the upper cover 21 by a set screw 85. It can selectively engage with a plurality of engaged recesses 87 provided in the front and rear.

  A spring accommodation hole 89 facing in the left-right direction capable of accommodating the compression coil spring 88 is formed at the distal end portion of the lower lever 75, and a square formed in the upper lever 76 so as to face the spring accommodation hole 89. On the opening edge of the hole 90 on the stop plate 86 side, as shown in the longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 15, a downward projection 91 is slidably fitted into the tip of the spring accommodating hole 89, A locking pin 92 that locks one end of the compression coil spring 88 protrudes from the outer surface of the lower end of the downward protrusion 91.

  The right end portion of the compression coil spring 88 is fitted and locked to the locking pin 90 of the downward projection 91 fitted to the right end portion of the spring accommodating hole 89, and the left end of the compression coil spring 88 is The upper lever 76 is always urged in the right direction, that is, in a direction in which the engaging convex portion 84 engages with the engaged concave portion 87 of the stop plate 86 by being brought into pressure contact with the outer inner end surface of the spring accommodating hole 89. Has been assembled.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower end portion of the left pin 78 connecting the lower lever 75 and the upper lever 76 is also pivotally fitted to the upper surface of the left side plate 20a in the support basic body 20, thereby operating. The lever device 62 can be rotated back and forth with the middle portion in the longitudinal direction as a fulcrum.
Further, a slightly horizontally long through hole 79 drilled in the right end of the lower lever 75 and a long hole 77 drilled in the right end of the upper lever 76 have a small diameter in the upper half of the stepped pin 70 described above. The shaft 70b is slidably inserted from below. As shown in FIG. 8, the upper end portion of the stepped pin 70 that protrudes from the upper lever 76 is slidably fitted in a guide elongated hole 93 that is formed on the lower surface of the upper cover 21 and faces in the front-rear direction. As described above, since the lower end portion of the stepped pin 70 is slidably fitted in the guide long hole 72 provided in the support base body 20, the stepped pin 70 rotates the operation lever device 62. By the operation, it is possible to stably move in the front-rear direction with the rear ends of the second links 61, 61 pivoted.

Next, the operating procedure of the operating lever device 62 and the operating procedure for adjusting the biasing force of the second torsion coil spring 46 constituting the auxiliary biasing means B will be described.
FIG. 4 shows a state in which the urging force of the left and right second torsion coil springs 46 is adjusted to the minimum, and FIG. 11 shows the engagement relationship between the operation lever device 62 and the stop plate 86 at this time. .

  In the state of FIG. 11, when the handle 73 is gripped and rotated backward (in front of the paper surface in FIG. 9), the handle 73 rotates backward about the pin 74 as shown in FIG. 12. At this time, the pin 82 inserted through the center of the V-shaped guide groove 80 provided on the stepped surface 73a of the handle 73 is moved along one inclined long hole 80b facing obliquely rearward and outward. The upper lever 76 is moved outwardly against the biasing force of the compression coil spring 88 as indicated by an arrow. When the handle 73 is rotated forward, the pin 82 moves along the other inclined long hole 80a facing the front obliquely outer side of the guide groove 80. At this time, the upper lever 76 is also moved. It can be moved outward.

  As a result, the engaging convex portion 84 provided at the tip of the upper lever 76 is disengaged from the engaged concave portion 87 of the stop plate 86, and the entire operating lever device 62 is attached to the support base body 20 as shown in FIG. It can be rotated around a pivoted pin 78. This turning operation can be performed continuously with the operation of releasing the engagement between the engaging convex portion 84 and the engaged concave portion 87, that is, without removing the hand from the handle 73.

  As shown in FIG. 14, when the operating lever device 62 is rotated to an arbitrary position and released from the handle 73, the pin 82 is moved to the original position along the inclined elongated hole 80b by the urging force of the compression coil spring 88. As it moves, the handle 73 pivots forward and returns. As a result, the upper lever 76 moves toward the stop plate 86, and the engaging convex portion 84 can be engaged with the arbitrary engaged concave portion 87.

  In the above manner, when the engaging convex portion 84 of the operating lever device 62 is engaged with the foremost portion of the engaged concave portion 87 as shown in FIG. 6, for example, the stepped pin 70 moves forward. The left and right second links 61 and 61 connected thereto are also moved forward. Then, the left and right first links 60, 60, each consisting of a pair of upper and lower ends whose rear end portions are pivotally attached to the front end portions of both the second links 61, are centered on the front end portions pivotally supported by the support base 4. The elongated holes 63 of both the first links 60 are also expanded in a C-shape in plan view so as to face obliquely rearward and outward.

  In this state, when the backrest 6 is tilted backward and the seat body 7 moves backward in conjunction with this, the interlocking collar 45 also moves backward as shown in FIG. At this time, the left and right stepped pins 53 inserted through the left and right guide elongated holes 52 of the interlocking rod 45 and the elongated holes 63 of both first links 60 expand together with the grooved rollers 54 into a square shape. The foot 46b of the second torsion coil spring 46, whose tip is locked to the outer surface of the grooved roller 54, is moved obliquely rearward along the elongated hole 63 to be opened and the movement trajectory is changed. It is greatly pushed outward and is expanded more widely in a C shape than in the state shown in FIG. As a result, the left and right second torsion coil springs 46 are wound and the spring force is increased, and the forward biasing force of the backrest 6 and the seat body 7 is increased as compared with the state shown in FIG.

  When the urging force of the backrest 6 and the seat body 7 is adjusted by such an urging force adjusting means C, the urging force of the second torsion coil spring 46 is directly adjusted by the turning operation of the operation lever device 62. It is not a thing, but uses the fact that the interlocking rod 45 moves rearward in conjunction with the seat body 7 via the first link 60 and the second link 61, so that a large adjustment load is applied to the operation lever device 62 itself. Can be easily rotated with a light operating force.

  Further, the operation lever device 62 is rotated in the front-rear direction, and the engagement protrusion 84 at the tip of the upper lever 76 is simply operated to be selectively engaged with the plurality of engagement recesses 87 of the stop plate 86. The biasing force of the second torsion coil spring 46 can be easily and quickly adjusted to a large or small value.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
In the above embodiment, the second torsion coil spring 46 and the link mechanism are provided in a pair on the left and right, but one of them may be omitted.

  In the above embodiment, the operating lever device 62 according to the present invention is applied to a device that operates the urging force adjusting means C that adjusts the urging force of the backrest 6 and the seat body 7. The present invention can also be applied when adjusting the front / rear position of the head or the tilting position of the backrest 6.

It is a front view of a reclining chair provided with the operation lever device of the present invention. Similarly, it is a side view. It is a disassembled perspective view of the support base and various members assembled to it. Similarly, it is a top view of the support basic body of the state which assembled | attached various members. Similarly, it is a top view of a support basic body when an interlocking rod moves back. Similarly, it is a top view of a support basic body when an operation lever apparatus is rotated back. Similarly, it is a top view of a support basic body when an interlocking rod moves back. It is the VIII-VIII line enlarged vertical side view of FIG. It is the IX-IX line expansion vertical front view of FIG. It is the XX line enlarged vertical front view of FIG. It is a top view which shows the operation point of an operation lever apparatus. Similarly, it is a top view when the handle of the operating lever device is rotated to disengage the engaging convex portion from the engaged concave portion of the stop plate. Similarly, it is a top view when the whole operation lever apparatus is rotated. Similarly, it is a plan view when the entire operation lever device is rotated and the engaging convex portion is engaged with an arbitrary engaged concave portion of the stop plate. It is the XV-XV line expansion longitudinal rear view of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Caster 2 Leg rod 3 Pillar 4 Support base 5 Back frame 5a Forward frame 5b Upward frame 6 Backrest 7 Seat body 8 Main shaft 9 Seat support frame 10 Seat plate 11 Cushion body 12 Flexible link 13 Support piece 14 Axis DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Guide long hole 16 Upward projecting piece 17 Support shaft 18 Support shaft 19 Link piece 20 Support basic body 20a Side plate 21 Upper cover 22 Torsion coil spring 22a Foot piece 22b Foot piece 23 Locking member 23a Shaft hole 24 Shaft hole 25 Bearing 25a Shaft hole 26 Support cylinder 27 Slit 28 Bolt 29 Female thread hole 30 Spring receiving piece 31 Inner wall surface 32 Engagement part 33 Engagement part 34 Stopping member 34a Square protrusion 35 Guide long hole 36 Presser plate 37 Bracket 37a Downward piece 38 Set screw 39 Wire 40 Outer tube 41 Bottomed hole 42 Compression coil spring 43 Operation lever 44 Support member 45 Interlocking rod 46 Torsion coil spring 46a Foot piece 46b Foot piece 47 Guide member 48 Recessed portion 49 Guide hole 50 Fitting piece 51 Female screw hole 52 Guide long hole 53 Stepped pin 53a Large diameter flange 53b Small diameter shaft 54 Grooved roller 55 Holding cylinder 56 Spring Presser plate 57 Mounting hole 58 Bolt 59 Spring receiver 60 First link 61 Second link 62 Operation lever device (operation lever)
63 long hole 64 upward shaft 65 downward shaft 66 bearing 67 shaft hole 68 shaft hole 69 stepped pin 70 stepped pin 70a small diameter shaft 70b small diameter shaft 71 upward protrusion 72 guide long hole 73 handle 73a stepped surface 74 pin 75 Lower lever (first lever)
76 Upper lever (second lever)
77 long hole 78 pin 79 through hole 80 guide groove 80a inclined long hole 80b inclined long hole 81 through hole 82 pin 83 pin 84 engaging convex part 85 set screw 86 stop plate 87 engaged concave part 88 compression coil spring 89 spring accommodating hole 90 square hole 91 downward projection 92 locking pin 93 long guide hole A main biasing means B auxiliary biasing means C biasing force adjusting means D backward tilt angle adjusting means

Claims (5)

It is an operation lever device that is pivotally attached to a body to be attached and rotates to a plurality of positions so as to actuate the actuated member,
A first lever facing the front-rear direction is pivotally attached to the attached body so as to be horizontally rotatable, and a second lever facing the front-rear direction having an engaging portion at the front end is attached to the first lever. The second lever is slidable in the longitudinal direction and is superposed by the urging means so that the second lever is urged in the front end direction with respect to the first lever, and the front end of the handle is arranged at the rear end of the first lever. A pin is provided on the handle in front of the rear end of the first lever. The second lever is moved in the longitudinal direction by being inserted into a guide groove that faces obliquely in the front-rear direction, and the pin slides along the guide groove by the turning operation of the handle, so that the engagement portion Can be selectively engaged with and disengaged from a plurality of engaged portions provided on the attached body. Operating lever device that.   The guide groove is formed of two inclined long holes that are inclined in opposite directions, and are communicated with each other so as to form a substantially V shape in a plan view that expands toward the rear. Operation lever device. A main shaft facing in the left-right direction is pivotally supported on a support base that is provided at the upper end of the pedestal and supports the seat body so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The back frame can be rotated around the central axis of the main shaft, and the back frame and the seat body are linked so as to interlock with each other. In a reclining chair that always urges the backrest and the seat forward,
The first lever in the operation lever device according to claim 1 or 2 is pivotally attached to one side portion of the support base which is an attached body so as to be horizontally rotatable with a pin directed in the vertical direction, and the first lever. The front end of one lever is linked to a biasing force adjusting means as an actuated member that adjusts the biasing force of the biasing means, and the engaging portion of the second lever is engaged with the support base. A reclining chair that can be selectively engaged with a portion.   The biasing means is a torsion coil spring whose axis is directed in the vertical direction, and one foot piece extended forward which is a terminal portion of the wire in the torsion coil spring is linked with the seat body in the support base. When the interlocking rod moves backward, the torsion coil spring is locked so that the torsion coil spring can be wound when the interlocking rod moves backward on the interlocking rod that moves in the front-rear direction, and the handle of the operating lever device is turned. By moving the urging force adjusting means, the urging force adjusting means moves in a direction in which the urging force of the torsion coil spring can be changed by changing the movement trajectory of the pin in the front-rear direction as the interlocking rod moves rearward. The recliner chair according to claim 3, wherein the recliner chair is made to be able to be made. The urging force adjusting means includes a first link having a front long end pivotally supported by the support base and having a guide slot extending in the front-rear direction for slidably guiding the pin, and a rear side of the first link. A front end is pivotally attached to the end, and a rear end position of the first link is displaced in the left-right direction to change the movement trajectory of the pin in the front-rear direction. The reclining chair according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the end portion is moved in the front-rear direction by a first lever of the operating lever device, and the rear end position of the first link is displaced in the left-right direction.

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