JP5711864B2 - Combination ruler - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ruler, and more particularly to a combination ruler that can be used as a long ruler by joining a plurality of short rulers that are easy to carry.

  Conventionally, when drawing a long line in drafting or the like, it is usual to use a long ruler or the like. However, there is a problem that a long ruler is difficult to carry in a bag or the like. Therefore, it is conceivable to combine a portable short ruler into a long ruler when in use. However, such a ruler has not been proposed so far because it is difficult to join a plurality of rulers in a straight state with high accuracy and the joining operation is troublesome.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-196268, a plurality of box-shaped cylindrical members having different short sizes are sequentially stored inside, and are drawn out to be long when used, and the original when transported. A retractable ruler with a structure that can be accommodated in a short length is conceivable.
However, with a ruler having such a structure, when used as a long length in use, a step corresponding to the plate thickness of the cylindrical member is formed at the joint of the box-shaped cylindrical member, and it does not become a true straight state. Therefore, there was a problem that a straight line could not be drawn.

JP 2009-196268 A

The problem to be solved is that when a plurality of short members are removably added to form a long ruler, it is difficult to draw a straight line, and the addition of short members is troublesome and takes time.
Accordingly, as the inventors of the present application have continued various studies, an internal gear-shaped concave portion and an external gear-shaped protrusion are provided at both ends of a short member to be added as described in the examples of the present application. An external gear-like protrusion of another adjacent short member is detachably fitted to the internal gear-like recess at one end of the member, and another internal gear-like recess at the other end of the short member An external gear-like protrusion of a short member is fitted in the same manner, and by adding a plurality of short members in the same manner, it is easy to add a long ruler that can draw a straight line. As a result, the present invention has been conceived.

The present invention has been made against the background of the above circumstances, and the present invention can attach a plurality of short rulers in a detachable manner so that a straight line can be drawn as a long ruler. The purpose is to provide a combination ruler that is easy to add and takes less time, and is configured as follows.
A A combination ruler composed of a plurality of short unit rulers having the same shape and dimensions, wherein the unit ruler is a longitudinal member having a predetermined width, a predetermined thickness with two opposite sides parallel to each other, and a predetermined short length. A lower notch protrusion having a shape in which the lower half of the thickness of the longitudinal member itself is cut out is formed on one end side, and the thickness of the longitudinal member itself is 1 on the other end side. / upper notch protruding portion of the upper half of the 2 notched shape is formed, the further down the notch protrusion inner state to position the internal gear-like recesses own axis on the center line of the width of the elongate member A gear-shaped recess is formed, and the upper notch protrusion has an external gear-shaped protrusion protruding upward in a state where the axis of the external gear-shaped protrusion itself is located on the center line of the width of the longitudinal member, and The internal gear-shaped recess and the external gear-shaped protrusion have the same number of teeth and the same size, and each unit ruler When the number of teeth is an even number, and the number of teeth is an even number, the tooth bottoms are external gear-shaped protrusions on one end side and the other end side of the internal gear-shaped recess on the center line of the width of the longitudinal member. The tooth tip is located on one end side and the other end side, or the tooth tip portion is located on one end side and the other end side of the internal gear-shaped recess, and the tooth root portion is located on one end side and the other end side of the external gear-like projection. In the combination ruler,
In place of the unit ruler formed integrally, two opposite rectangular plates having the same width, length, and thickness, which are parallel to each other on both sides of the width, are stacked one above the other and the upper elongated rectangular plate is overlaid. In the left direction and the lower rectangular plate members on the lower side are joined to each other in the right direction, and in the vicinity of the ends of the long rectangular plate members protruding to the left, the unit is located at the same relative position as the unit ruler. An integrated unit ruler in which an internal gear-like recess similar to a ruler is provided, and an external gear-like protrusion similar to a unit ruler is provided in the same position as the unit ruler in the vicinity of the end of a long rectangular plate protruding rightward. In addition, the unit ruler is used as an internal gear from the left stepped portion of the two left stepped portions and the right stepped portion formed by superimposing two longitudinal rectangular plates in a state shifted to the left and right. Distance to the axial center of the concavity The distance from the right end of the ruler to the axis of the external gear-shaped protrusion is the same, and the distance from the axis of the external gear-shaped protrusion to the right stepped portion and the inner end from the left end of the integrated unit ruler A combination ruler characterized in that the distance to the shaft center of the gear-shaped recess is made equal.
B A combination ruler according to paragraph A, in which the tooth shapes of the internal gear-shaped recess and the external gear-shaped protrusion include triangular teeth, trapezoidal teeth, and other various tooth shapes that can be detachably fitted.
The combination ruler according to item A or B, wherein the internal gear-shaped recess and the external gear-shaped protrusion of the integrated unit ruler have the same number of teeth and the number of teeth is 12 or 24.
In the combination ruler according to any one of items D A to C, an odd number of teeth is used instead of the even number of teeth of the internal gear-shaped concave portion and the external gear-shaped projection of the integrated unit ruler, and the internal gear shape The tooth portion of the internal gear-shaped concave portion on the center line passing through the center of the concave portion and the external gear-shaped protrusion is a tooth bottom portion on one end side of the internal gear-shaped concave portion itself, and a tooth tip portion on the other end side. The tooth portion is a tooth tip portion on one end side of the external gear-shaped protrusion itself, and a tooth bottom portion on the other end side, or the tooth portion of the internal gear-shaped recess portion is the tooth tip portion and the other end side on one end side of the internal gear-shaped recess itself. In the combination ruler, the tooth part of the external gear-like protrusion is the tooth bottom part at one end side of the external gear-like protrusion itself and the tooth tip part at the other end side.
E The combination ruler according to any one of items A to D, wherein the length from the left stepped portion to the right stepped portion of each integrated unit ruler is not necessarily the same.
In the combination ruler according to any one of items F A to E, at least one unit ruler is provided with a left step from when connecting both unit rulers in a straight line direction to when connecting them in a right angle direction. A combination ruler that is shaped so that the right end of the other unit unit ruler and the left end of the one unit ruler do not contact the right stepped part of the other unit ruler.

Since this invention is comprised as mentioned above, there exist the following effects.
When adding multiple short rulers (unit rulers) to make a long ruler,
(1) It is easy and easy to add and does not take time.
The plurality of short rulers (unit rulers) of the present invention have the same dimensions, and the internal gear-like recesses and the external gear-like projections provided on one end side and the other end side of Since the number and size are the same and can be detachably fitted to each other, the joints between the short rulers are connected to the internal gear-like recesses and the external gears of the adjacent short rulers (unit rulers). Since it is only necessary to fit the protruding portion, the addition is easy and easy.
(2) It is easy to add to a straight state.
The long member constituting the short ruler has a predetermined width, a predetermined thickness and a predetermined length in which two opposite sides are parallel, and on one end side and the other end side of the center line of the width, A plurality of short rulers (unit rulers) each having an external gear-like protrusion and an internal gear-like recess having the same number of teeth and the same number of teeth and an even number of teeth, and constituting the combination ruler of the present invention. ) Are sized so that they can be detachably fitted to each other, and the number of teeth is an even number on the center line of the width of the longitudinal member and is symmetrical with respect to the center of the internal gear-shaped recess. The tooth bottom part and two tooth tip parts symmetrical with respect to the center of the external gear-shaped protrusion are positioned (see FIG. 1C), or two parts symmetrical with respect to the center of the internal gear-shaped recess. Because the tooth tip of the tooth and the bottom of the tooth are located symmetrically with respect to the center of the external gear-shaped protrusion. That. Therefore, align the center line of the first short ruler (unit ruler) with the center line of the short ruler (unit ruler) to be added, and then connect the internal gear-shaped recess of the first short ruler (unit ruler) to the short ruler to be added. By fitting the ruler (unit ruler) to the external gear-shaped protrusion, both the short rulers (unit ruler) are joined straightly. The same applies to the case where the external gear-like protrusion of the first short ruler (unit ruler) is fitted into the internal gear-like recess of the short ruler (unit ruler) to be added.
(3) There is an advantage that the addition is sure and the long length is not likely to be distorted.
Since the entire tooth portion of the internal gear-shaped concave portion and the entire tooth portion of the external gear-shaped protrusion are fitted, meshed, and joined, the addition is reliable, the length is strong, and it is difficult to cause a deviation.
(4) It is easy to disassemble a long ruler into a short ruler (unit ruler).
If the internal gear-shaped recesses and the external gear-shaped protrusions of single short rulers (unit rulers) are removed from each other, they can be easily disassembled into single short rules.
(5) A desired angle ruler can be easily obtained by selecting a required angle position when joining short rulers (unit rulers).
For example, if the number of teeth is 12, the angle per tooth is 360 degrees / 12 = 30 degrees.
If a short ruler (unit ruler) is joined to one tooth from a straight state, it becomes an angle ruler of 30 degrees, 60 degrees, and 90 degrees. If the number of teeth is 24, an angle ruler such as 30 degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, and 90 degrees can be obtained by appropriately selecting the number of teeth to be shifted.

(A) is a plan view including a partial cross section showing an example of a short ruler (unit ruler) constituting the combination ruler of the present invention, (B) is a front view of the example, and (C) is the same example. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the topological positional relationship of a tooth | gear part in the case where the number of teeth of an internal gear-shaped recessed part and an external gear-shaped protrusion is an even number. (A) is a plan view showing a state in which a plurality of the embodiments are joined together, (B) is a front view in that state, and (C) is an explanatory view showing a preparation stage when joining a plurality of the embodiments. is there. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the topological positional relationship of a tooth | gear part in case the number of teeth of an internal gear-shaped recessed part and an external gear-shaped protrusion is an odd number in the said Example. (A)-(d) is explanatory drawing when using the said Example as an angle ruler. (A) is a plan view showing a modified example of the unit ruler of the embodiment, (b) is a front view in that state, and (c) is an explanatory view showing a preparation stage when a plurality of modified examples are joined together. .

  The combination ruler of the present invention is composed of a plurality of short rulers (unit rulers) having the same shape and dimensions, but the unit ruler has a quadrangular cross section, two opposing sides are parallel, have a predetermined width and a predetermined thickness. On both ends of the short longitudinal member, there are formed a lower notch protruding portion in which the lower half of the thickness of the longitudinal member is cut out and an upper notch protruding portion in which the upper half of the thickness is cut off. Further, the lower notch protrusion has an inner gear-shaped recess formed on the center line of the width of the longitudinal member, and the upper notch protrusion has an outer gear-like protrusion protruding upward on the center line. The gear-shaped recess and the external gear-shaped protrusion have the same number, shape, and size of teeth, and can be detachably fitted to each other between the unit rulers, and the phase relationship between both teeth is specified (FIG. 1). (C), see FIG. 3), a plurality of unit rulers constitute a combination ruler.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a short ruler (unit ruler) used in the embodiment of the present invention. This short ruler (unit ruler) has a predetermined cross-section and a predetermined width with two opposite sides parallel to each other. A lower notch protruding portion 12 having a shape in which a lower half of the thickness of the longitudinal member itself is cut out is formed on one end portion side of the longitudinal member 11 having a predetermined thickness and a short length. At the other end side, an upper notch protrusion 14 having a shape in which the upper half of the thickness of the longitudinal member itself is cut out is formed, and the lower notch protrusion 12 further includes the longitudinal member 11. An internal gear-shaped recess 16 is formed in a state where the center of the internal gear-shaped recess itself is positioned on the center line C of the width, and the upper notch protrusion 14 has the center of the external gear-shaped protrusion itself on the center line C. The external gear-shaped protrusion 18 protrudes upward in the state where is positioned, and the internal gear-shaped recess 16 External toothed projections 18 is the same number of teeth and size, and are each short ruler (units ruler) detachably to each other between 10 matable size from each other. Although the illustration of the external gear-shaped protrusion 18 is omitted, the external gear-shaped protrusion formed separately is formed on the lower surface side of the slightly small-diameter protruding portion at a predetermined position of the upper notch protruding portion. You may make it attach by press-fitting in the circular hole etc. which were formed in this, or adhesion | attachment.

  When the number of teeth of the internal gear-shaped concave portion 16 and the external gear-shaped projection 18 is an even number, the short ruler (unit ruler) 10 has an internal gear-shaped concave portion on the center line C as shown in FIG. 16 tooth bottom parts 17 and 17 and tooth tip parts 19 and 19 of external gear-like protrusion 18 are positioned (or the tooth tip part of the internal gear-like recess and the tooth bottom part of the external gear-like protrusion). Has been.

  2A and 2B show a state in which a plurality of short rulers (unit rulers) 10 having the same shape and dimensions are joined to form a long straight ruler. In the figure, a short ruler (unit ruler) is indicated by 10a, 10b, 10c,. As shown in FIG. 2 (c), the splicing is performed by fitting the short-sized rulers (unit rulers) 10a and 10b adjacent to each other and the external gear-shaped protrusions 18 and the internal gear-shaped recesses 16. At that time, if the center lines C of the respective longitudinal members 11 are joined together in a straight state, a straight long ruler is easily obtained. In this way, it is easy to join a plurality of short rulers (unit rulers) 10a, 10b, 10c,... Straight and easily.

  FIG. 3 shows the topological positional relationship of the respective tooth portions when the number of teeth of the internal gear-shaped recess 26 and the external gear-shaped protrusion 28 is an odd number. On the center line C, the tooth bottom portion 20, the tooth tip portion 21 of the internal gear-shaped concave portion 26, the tooth tip portion 22 of the external gear-like projection 28, and the tooth bottom portion 23 in this order (or the tooth tip portion of the internal gear-shaped concave portion 26, the tooth It is different from the case where the number of teeth is an even number in that it is located in the order of the bottom, the tooth bottom of the external gear-shaped protrusion 28, and the tooth tip. In addition, in the effect, it is the same as in the case of an even number that each short ruler (unit ruler) is easily spliced and straightly spliced easily.

FIG. 4 shows an example used as an angle ruler. There is an advantage that it can be easily used as an angle ruler by changing the angular position of the fitting between the internal gear-shaped recess and the external gear-shaped protrusion.
This figure is an example in which the number of teeth of the internal gear-shaped concave portion and the external gear-shaped protrusion is 24. If the number of teeth is 24, 15 °, 30 °, 45 °, 60 °, 75 °, 90 ° It becomes an angle ruler such as degrees. An example of 2 times, 3 times, 4 times and 6 times of 15 ° is shown.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the long members having the same length are used, but different members may be used. Further, the longitudinal member can be used when the internal gear-shaped recess and the external gear-shaped protrusion can be arranged on a parallel line of a certain dimension from one surface of the width, even if both surfaces in the width direction are not parallel.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a unit ruler 30 dedicated to straight line drawing. It is the modification which changed the manufacturing method of the unit ruler 10 of the said Example a little. The unit ruler 30 is a unit in which long rectangular plates 32 and 34 having a predetermined width and the same length and thickness are stacked and bonded together in a state shifted by a predetermined dimension, and the left end side and the right end side are respectively integrated in the embodiment. The unit ruler 10 corresponds to the lower notch protrusion and the upper notch protrusion. An internal gear-shaped recess 36 is provided on the center line C on the left end side of the long rectangular plate member 32, and an external gear-like protrusion 38 is provided on the center line C on the right end side of the long rectangular plate member 34. Various materials are conceivable as the longitudinal rectangular plate members 32 and 34, and for example, a transparent synthetic resin plate or the like may be used.
The external gear-shaped protrusion 38 is installed by sticking a plate material similar to the longitudinal rectangular plate materials 32, 34 or another plate material, or bonding it at a predetermined position, or a slightly smaller diameter protrusion formed on the lower surface side thereof. The portion may be fitted into a circular hole formed in the long rectangular plate 34 or attached by adhesion or the like.

The distance A from the left end of the long rectangular plate 32 to the center of the internal gear-shaped recess 36 and the right end of the long rectangular plate 32 to the center of the external gear-shaped protrusion 38 shown in FIGS. Or the distance E from the left end of the long rectangular plate 34 to the center of the internal gear-shaped recess 36 and the distance F from the right end of the long rectangular plate 34 to the center of the external gear-shaped protrusion 38. Have been the same.
By the way, in order to fit the internal gear-shaped concave portion and the external gear-shaped projection, it is necessary to match the phase centers of the teeth so that the axial centers of the two coincide with each other and fit together. Takes some time. However, since the unit ruler 30 shown in FIG. 5 is configured as described above, the internal gear-shaped recess 36 and the external gear-shaped protrusion 38 can be easily fitted between the plurality of unit rulers. The addition of the ruler has the effect of being quick and easy.

This is because, as shown in FIG. 5 (c), the distance (= A) from the left end face m of the long rectangular plate 32 of the unit ruler 30b to the axis of the internal gear-shaped recess 36 and the plate of the unit ruler 30a. Since the distance (= B) between the end surface n on the right end side of 32 and the axial center of the external gear-like projection 38 is the same (= B), the end surface n of the plate member 32 of the unit ruler 30a is placed on the end surface n of the unit ruler 30b. When the end face m is pressed, the distances from the end faces m and n to the both axial centers of the internal gear-shaped recess 36 and the external gear-shaped protrusion 38 are the same, and even if they are slidably contacted between the end faces mn. The tooth shapes of the internal gear-shaped recess 36 and the external gear-shaped protrusion 38 are set so as to fit each other as shown in FIGS. 1 (c) and 3, and do not change even if the end surfaces mn are brought into sliding contact.
Therefore, while pressing the end surface n of the unit ruler 30a and the end surface m of the unit ruler 30b in a light contact state, the lower surface side of the internal gear-shaped recess 36 and the upper surface of the external gear-shaped projection 38 are simultaneously When the unit rulers 30a and 30b are moved back and forth while pressing in a state where they are lightly in contact with each other, they can be fitted very easily. That is, a plurality of unit rulers 30 can be added (connected) easily and quickly.
By the way, the invention according to claim 1 after the correction of the present invention has the same configuration as the invention of the embodiment shown in FIG. The invention according to claim 1 after correction will be described below using the same part numbers and symbols with reference to FIG. However, in FIG. 5, the product number 30 is a unit ruler, but the corrected combination ruler corresponds to a unity unit ruler. Further, the right end portion of the long rectangular plate member 32 and the left end portion of the long rectangular plate member 34 correspond to a right step portion and a left step portion of the assembly unit ruler, respectively.
As described above, the invention according to claim 1 after correction is the same as the invention of the embodiment shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the invention of the embodiment shown in the figure will be described by substituting the amended invention according to claim 1 as follows.
Now, when the internal gear-like portion 36 of the other integrated unit ruler is fitted and joined to the external gear-like protruding portion 38 of one integrated unit ruler, it is closer to the outer gear-like protruding portion 38 of one integrated unit ruler. When the end near the inner gear-shaped recess of the other unit ruler is pressed against the end surface of the stepped portion (right step), the stepped portion near the inner gear-shaped recess 36 (left stepped portion) ) To the center of the internal gear-shaped recess 36 is the same as the distance F from the end of the other integrated unit ruler near the external gear-shaped projection to the center of the external gear-shaped projection 38. Since the center (axial center) of the inner gear-shaped recess 36 and the outer gear-shaped protrusion 38 of both of them goes back and forth on the same line, both the centers coincide with each other and can be easily fitted.
Further, when one end of the integrated unit ruler near the inner gear-shaped concave portion 36 is slid while pressing the end portion of the integrated unit ruler near the outer gear-shaped projection 38 against the other end surface of the stepped portion (left stepped portion). The distance B from the right end (the right stepped portion) of the long rectangular plate 32 to the center of the external gear-shaped protrusion 38 is the same as the distance A from the center of the internal gear-shaped recess 36 to the left end of the integrated unit ruler. As a result, the center of the inner gear-shaped recess and the outer gear-shaped protrusion go back and forth on the same line so that they can be easily fitted.
Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it is needless to say that the present invention can be implemented in various modes within the scope not changing the gist of the present invention.

10, 30 Short ruler (unit ruler)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Longitudinal member 12 Lower notch protrusion part 14 Upper notch protrusion part 16, 26, 36 Internal gear-shaped recessed part 17, 20, 23 Tooth bottom part 18, 28, 38 External gear-like protrusion part 19, 21, 22 Tooth tip part 32, 34 Long rectangular plate

Claims (6)

A combination ruler composed of a plurality of short unit rulers having the same shape and dimensions, and the unit ruler is one end of a long member having a predetermined width with a predetermined width parallel to two opposite sides and a predetermined predetermined length. A lower notch protrusion having a shape in which the lower half of the thickness of the longitudinal member itself is cut out is formed on the part side, and 1 / th of the thickness of the longitudinal member itself is formed on the other end side. 2 is formed with an upper notch protrusion having a shape in which the upper half of the inner gear is cut, and the lower notch protrusion has an inner gear in a state where the axis of the inner gear-shaped recess itself is located on the center line of the width of the longitudinal member. And the upper notch protrusion has an outer gear-like protrusion projecting upward in a state where the axis of the outer gear-like protrusion itself is located on the center line of the width of the longitudinal member. The gear-shaped concave portion and the external gear-shaped protrusion have the same number of teeth and the same size, and are disengaged from each other between the unit rulers. When the number of teeth is an even number, and the number of teeth is an even number, the bottom of the tooth on the one end side and the other end side of the inner gear-shaped recess on the center line of the width of the longitudinal member is the outer gear-shaped protrusion. The tooth tip is located at one end and the other end, or the tooth tip is located at one end and the other end of the internal gear-shaped recess, and the tooth bottom is located at one end and the other end of the external gear-like projection. In the combination ruler
In place of the unit ruler formed integrally, two opposite rectangular plates having the same width, length, and thickness, which are parallel to each other on both sides of the width, are stacked one above the other and the upper elongated rectangular plate is overlaid. In the left direction and the lower rectangular plate members on the lower side are joined to each other in the right direction, and in the vicinity of the ends of the long rectangular plate members protruding to the left, the unit is located at the same relative position as the unit ruler. An integrated unit ruler in which an internal gear-like recess similar to a ruler is provided, and an external gear-like protrusion similar to a unit ruler is provided in the same position as the unit ruler in the vicinity of the end of a long rectangular plate protruding rightward. In addition, the unit ruler is used as an internal gear from the left stepped portion of the two left stepped portions and the right stepped portion formed by superimposing two longitudinal rectangular plates in a state shifted to the left and right. Distance to the axial center of the concavity The distance from the right end of the ruler to the axis of the external gear-shaped protrusion is the same, and the distance from the axis of the external gear-shaped protrusion to the right stepped portion and the inner end from the left end of the integrated unit ruler A combination ruler characterized in that the distance to the shaft center of the gear-shaped recess is made equal.   2. The combination ruler according to claim 1, wherein the tooth shapes of the internal gear-shaped recess and the external gear-shaped protrusion include triangular teeth, trapezoidal teeth, and other various tooth shapes that can be detachably fitted.   The combination ruler according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner gear-shaped recess and the outer gear-shaped protrusion of the integrated unit ruler have the same number of teeth and the number of teeth is 12 or 24. The combination ruler according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein an odd number of teeth is used in place of the even number of teeth of the internal gear-shaped recess and the external gear-shaped protrusion of the integrated unit ruler, and the internal gear-shaped recess And the tooth portion of the internal gear-shaped recess on the center line passing through the center of the external gear-shaped protrusion is a tooth bottom portion on one end side of the internal gear-shaped recess itself, and a tooth tip portion on the other end side. The toothed portion is on the one end side of the external gear-shaped protrusion itself and the tooth bottom portion on the other end side, or the tooth portion of the internal gear-shaped concave portion is the tooth tip portion on one end side of the internal gear-shaped concave portion itself and on the other end side. A combination ruler that is a tooth bottom part, and the tooth part of the external gear-like protrusion is a tooth bottom part at one end side of the external gear-like protrusion itself and a tooth tip part at the other end side. In a combination ruler according to any one of claims 1-4, combined ruler length from the left shoulder portion to the right stepped portion of the assembly unit ruler is necessarily not necessarily identical. In the combination ruler according to claims 1 to 5, at least from when joining both unit rulers in a linear direction to joining them in a perpendicular direction A shape in which the left step of the one unit ruler and the right end of the other unit ruler and the left end of the one unit ruler do not contact the right step of the other unit ruler. Combination ruler.

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