JP6408258B2 - Baseball or softball catcher - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball catching tool for baseball or softball, and more particularly to a ball catching tool for baseball or softball having a core material inside a leather member on the catching surface side.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in baseball or softball catchers, there is a demand for adjusting the slack of a leather member in a so-called pocket portion of a leather member on the catching surface side. Here, the pocket portion corresponds to the vicinity of the root portion of the finger portion for inserting the user's index finger.

  For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2012-192207 (Patent Document 1) discloses that a core material may be installed so as to be sandwiched between a receiving surface member constituting a leather member on the catching surface side and a palm member. Has been.

JP 2012-192207 A

  Although the above-described core material is fixed to the leather member by the string material, it is conceivable to adjust the slack of the leather member in the pocket portion by adjusting the tension of the string material.

  In Patent Document 1, although not specified, it is considered that the core material is fixed to the leather member by a hole formed in the core material and a string material passing through a hole formed in the leather member on the catching surface side. . In patent document 1, the string material has fixed the core material and the leather member so that it may extend in the direction which cross | intersects the extension direction of the finger part for inserting a user's index finger. Moreover, the said string material seems to have fixed the core material and the leather member so that each of the some hole formed in the center of the core material may pass. In this case, it is difficult to adjust the slack by pulling the leather member of the pocket portion from the index finger side to the wrist side even if the tension with the string material is increased. This is because it is difficult to pull the leather member because the core material is generally formed of a soft material such as felt, so that even if the tension of the string material passed through the center hole is increased, the amount of deformation of the core material increases. Because it becomes.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a baseball or softball ball catcher capable of easily adjusting the slack of a leather member by using the tension of a string material. Is to provide.

The baseball or softball catcher according to the embodiment of the present invention is arranged on the inner side of the catcher-side leather member in which the first hole is formed, and the second hole is formed. And a string leather for fixing the leather member and the core material. It further includes a hand insertion portion into which the user's hand is inserted. The leather member includes a finger portion into which the user's index finger is inserted. The strap leather is passed through the first and second holes, and the leather member and the core material are fixed by circling the end portion of the core material in the direction connecting the finger portion and the manual insertion portion . The core material has higher hardness at the end than at the center. At least a part of the core material around the second hole has a deformation amount of 90% or less of the softest part at the center of the core material.

  In the present invention, the leather member and the core material are fixed by rotating the end portion of the string leather having a higher hardness than the center of the core material in the cross-sectional direction. That is, the amount of deformation of the core material due to the tension of the string material becomes smaller. For this reason, the leather member can be sufficiently pulled by the tension of the string leather, and the slack of the leather member can be suppressed.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of the area | region containing the catching leather arrange | positioned at the user's palm side of the catching tool of Embodiment 1. FIG. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the area | region containing the catching leather arrange | positioned at the user's back side of the catching tool of Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a core material according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is the schematic which shows the schematic sectional drawing in alignment with the IV-IV line | wire of FIG. 3, and the positional relationship with respect to the index finger bag of a core material. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the aspect by which a leather member and a core material are fixed by letting a string leather pass in a hole in Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing measurement points for the deformation amount of the core material in the first embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the aspect of the jig | tool used for the measurement of the deformation amount of a core material. It is the schematic which shows the aspect which looked at the jig | tool used for the measurement of the deformation amount of a core material from the direction different from FIG. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the area | region containing the catching surface leather arrange | positioned at the user's palm side of the catching tool of Embodiment 2. FIG. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the area | region containing the catching leather arrange | positioned at the user's back side of the catching tool of Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a core material according to a second embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the area | region containing the catching surface leather arrange | positioned at the user's palm side of the catching tool of Embodiment 3. It is a disassembled perspective view of the ball catcher shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is a plan view of the insole member shown in FIG. 13. It is a schematic sectional drawing which follows the XV-XV line | wire of FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing which follows the XVI-XVI line of FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing which follows the XVII-XVII line of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
With reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a glove 10 as a baseball or softball catcher of the present embodiment includes palm-side arranged leather 10p arranged on the palm side of a user inserting a hand, And a back leather 10b disposed on the back side of the user. That is, the user's hand is inserted between the palm-side arranged leather 10p and the back leather 10b.

  The palm-side arrangement leather 10p is arranged and inserted so as to face the catching leather 10p1 including the surface on which the user catches the ball (the catching surface on which the ball received by the user contacts) and the catching leather 10p1. And palm leather 10p2 that comes into contact with the palm of the user. Although most of the palm leather 10p2 is covered with the upper leather 10b in FIG. 2, there are few exposed portions, but the upper leather 10b has an opening that allows the user's wrist to be exposed slightly from the wrist. 11 is formed, and a part of the palm leather 10p2 is exposed through the opening 11 in FIG.

  The palm side arrangement leather 10p (captured leather 10p1 and palm leather 10p2) and the back leather 10b are made of, for example, synthetic leather, natural leather, artificial leather, or other materials having similar characteristics. Further, many of the members constituting the globe 10 of the present embodiment to be described later are basically made of the same material as described above.

  The palm side arrangement leather 10p (capturing surface leather 10p1 and palm leather 10p2) and the upper leather 10b together constitute a finger bag that can accept the user's finger. Specifically, each of the trapped surface leather 10p1, the palm leather 10p2, and the back leather 10b includes a thumb bag f1 that can receive the user's thumb and an index finger bag f2 (finger) that can receive the user's index finger. The middle finger bag f3 that can receive the user's middle finger, the ring finger bag f4 that can receive the user's ring finger, and the little finger bag f5 that can receive the user's little finger. The parts constituting the finger bags f1 to f5 in the palm side placement leather 10p and the parts constituting the finger bags f1 to f5 in the upper leather 10b are sewn together by a generally known method at a part of the outer peripheral part thereof. Thus, a region where each finger of the user can be inserted between the portion constituting the finger bags f1 to f5 of the palm side-arranged leather 10p and the portion constituting the finger bags f1 to f5 of the upper leather 10b. Is formed.

  A web portion 5 is provided between the thumb bag f1 and the index finger bag f2, and the web portion 5 has a palm-side web portion 5p and a back-side web portion 5b. The palm side web portion 5p includes a surface on the side where the user catches the ball, similar to the catching surface leather 10p1, and the back side web portion 5b is arranged to face the same direction as the back leather 10b.

  A strap 6 is disposed on the web 5, and the palm-side web 5 p and the back-side web 5 b are connected to each other by the strap 6. The strap 6 of the web portion 5 is a palm-side web portion in the web connection portion 1 (a part of the outer peripheral portion of the web portion 5) adjacent to the tip portion of the finger bag f2, that is, the portion covering the tip of the user's index finger. It winds between 5p and the back side web part 5b. A large number of the straps 6 are also arranged in the opening formed in the center of the web portion 5 so as to be entangled with each other.

  The strap 6 can be made of a generally known leather material, or a string-like material that does not stretch, such as a hemp string twisted yarn.

  Note that, for example, finger bags f2 to f5 are connected to each other by the strap 6 similar to the strap 6 in the web portion 5 described above. Further, among the outer peripheral portions of the palm-side arrangement leather 10p and the back leather 10b, the wrist adjacent connection portions 3 and 4 adjacent to the hand insertion connection portion 2 (extend in a direction having an angle with respect to the direction in which the hand insertion connection portion 2 extends). In the connecting portion), the strap leather 6 is wound around the outer peripheral portion of the outer edge portion 7, whereby the palm-side arranged leather 10p (specifically, the catching leather 10p1 and the palm leather 10p2) and the upper leather 10b are connected. Yes.

  Moreover, the glove 10 has the hand insertion part 12 in which the user's hand which wears this is inserted. The hand insertion portion 12 is a portion that is open so that a hand can be inserted into a region sandwiched between the palm-side arranged leather 10p and the back leather 10b. In other words, the hand insertion portion 12 corresponds to an entrance / exit of an area for storing a user's hand, which is formed by connecting the outer peripheral ends of the palm-side arranged leather 10p and the back leather 10b. The hand insertion portion 12 is formed at the outer peripheral end of the palm side placement leather 10p and the back leather 10b. In the hand insertion portion 12, the palm side placement leather 10p and the back leather 10b are directly connected to form an opening as an entrance. Not connected.

  As described above, the palm-side leather 10p has the catching leather 10p1 and the palm leather 10p2, and a sphere is caught by the catching surface of the catching leather 10p1. That is, the palm-side arranged leather 10p is arranged as a leather member on the catching surface side.

  The catching surface leather 10p1 and the palm leather 10p2 are connected to each other at the outer edge portion 7, for example, and formed as an integral palm-side arrangement leather 10p. A core material 20 is arranged inside the palm-side arrangement leather 10p. The core member 20 is disposed so as to be sandwiched between the trapped surface leather 10p1 and the palm leather 10p2.

  The core material 20 is a plate-like member made of a material such as felt. With reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the core member 20 passes from the thumb bag f1 of the palm side-arranged leather 10p so as to bend the region adjacent to the wrist adjacent connection portions 3 and 4, and reaches the little finger bag f5. It has a curved shape. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, core material 20 has a curved portion bent toward the hand insertion portion 12 so as to face outward (outwardly convex) among the curved portions. A curved portion of the portion is arranged on the index finger bag f2 side so as to face inward (to be concave inward).

  A plurality of holes 21 (second holes) are formed in the core material 20. The hole 21 is formed so as to penetrate through the core material 20 from the upper plane to the lower plane when the core material 20 is viewed in plan. The hole 21 has, for example, a circular planar shape in plan view. However, the planar shape of the hole 21 is not limited to this and is arbitrary.

  The material of the core material 20 is arbitrary, and is formed of, for example, at least one selected from the group consisting of white wool 4H, black wool 6S, needle 4H, black wool 8S, needle 7M, Patton 7S, and Patton 5H. Moreover, the core material 20 may overlap a some sheet-like member, and may fix an outer peripheral part. In this case, the core member 20 is formed by stacking and fixing a plurality of plate-like members of two or more kinds of different materials among the various materials described above. The fixing method is arbitrary such as fusion.

  Each of the plurality of hole portions 21 is formed so as to be arranged in a row at intervals from each other so as to follow an end portion of the core member 20, more specifically, a curved portion constituting the outer peripheral end 22 of the core member 20. It is preferable. The pitch P (see FIG. 3) between a pair of adjacent holes 21 among the plurality of holes 21 is preferably 7 mm or more and 30 mm or less, and more preferably 9 mm or more and 20 mm or less. Moreover, it is preferable that each diameter of the hole part 21 is 2 mm or more and 12 mm or less, and it is more preferable that it is 3.5 mm or more and 6 mm or less among them.

  3 and 4, each of the plurality of hole portions 21 has a core material 20 inside the palm-side arrangement leather 10p, particularly from the center C of the core material 20 in the outer peripheral end 22 of the core material 20. Is formed on the index finger bag f2 side. Here, the center C indicates the width direction in the plan view of the core member 20, that is, the center portion in the direction connecting the index finger bag f <b> 2 and the hand insertion portion 12.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 again, the palm-side leather 10p is formed with a plurality of holes H1, H2 (first holes) for both the catching leather 10p1 and the palm leather 10p2. Both the hole H1 and the hole H2 are formed so as to penetrate the palm-side arrangement leather 10p from the trapped leather 10p1 to the palm leather 10p2. Both the hole H1 and the hole H2 are formed so as to be aligned with a space between each other so as to be along the curved portion constituting the outer peripheral end 22 (see FIG. 3) of the core member 20 in the palm-side arrangement leather 10p. It is preferred that

  In addition, each hole H1 and each hole H2 is a curved portion in which a line segment formed by connecting the pair of holes H1 and H2 constitutes the outer peripheral end 22 (see FIG. 3) of the core member 20. It is preferable to be formed so as to extend in the intersecting direction. In other words, the individual hole portions H1 and the individual hole portions H2 are arranged so that the line segment connecting them straddles the outer peripheral end 22 on the index finger bag f2 side of the core member 20 in the palm side arrangement leather 10p (the index finger bag f2). Preferably, it is formed so as to intersect the outer peripheral edge 22 on the side.

  The core material 20 and the palm-side arranged leather 10p are fixed to each other by the strap 6. Specifically, referring to FIGS. 1, 2, and 5, each hole H <b> 1 of trapezoidal leather 10 p <b> 1 and palm leather 10 p <b> 2 overlapped planarly thereon and hole 21 of core material 20. Are arranged in a position where they substantially overlap in a plane. At this time, the hole portion 21 is disposed at a position sandwiched between the hole portion H1 of the trapped surface leather 10p1 and the hole portion H1 of the palm leather 10p2. Similarly, the hole portions H2 of the catching surface leather 10p1 and the palm leather 10p2 substantially overlap in a plane.

  In this state, the string leather 6 penetrates each hole so as to reach the hole H1 of the palm leather 10p2 through the hole 21 from the hole H1 of the trapped surface leather 10p1. The strap 6 extends toward the index finger bag f2 through the outside of the palm leather 10p2 (ie, the surface of the palm leather 10p2 that touches the user's palm), and is displaced by one along the outer peripheral edge 22 of the core member 20, for example. Each hole H2 is penetrated so as to reach the hole H2 of the trapped leather 10p1 from the hole H2 of the palm leather 10p2 formed at the above position. The strap 6 extends to the hand insertion portion 12 side through the outside of the catching leather 10p1, and is formed at a position shifted by one along the outer peripheral end 22 from the hole H1 described above. Reach part H1 and go around.

  In this way, the strap 6 has an end portion of the core material 20 by circling the end portion of the core material 20 particularly on the index finger bag f2 side in the cross-sectional direction (direction connecting the index finger bag f2 and the hand insertion portion 12). To fix. Thereby, the core material 20 is fixed to both the catching surface leather 10p1 and the palm leather 10p2. The strap 6 that has come out of the holes H1 and H2 extends along the direction connecting the index finger bag f2 and the hand insertion portion 12, that is, along the extending direction of the index finger bag f2. Circulate around the end (particularly in the vicinity of the outer peripheral end 22 on the index finger bag f2 side).

  The core material 20 has higher hardness at the end portion than the center C in plan view. That is, referring again to FIG. 4, the core material 20 has a higher hardness at the point A than at the point B. As a method for increasing the hardness of the core material 20, for example, a method in which at least a part of the end of the core material 20 or the periphery of the hole portion 21 is sewn or heat-sealed to compress the core material 20 in advance. is there. Alternatively, as a method of increasing the hardness of the core member 20, there are a method of impregnating a resin or impregnating a leather with a material that increases the hardness. By the above method, the deformation amount in the thickness direction of the core material 20 can be set to 90% or less of the same deformation amount of the softest portion at the center of the core material 20, for example. Next, this will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  With reference to FIG. 6, the point P1 on the center C of the core member 20 of the present embodiment and a straight line substantially perpendicular to the center C so as to approach the outer peripheral edge 22 on the index finger bag f2 side from the center C. Consider points P2, P3, P4, and P5 that are 20 mm, 15 mm, 10 mm, and 5 mm away from the outer peripheral edge 22, respectively.

  Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, the jig 30 is pressed against points P1 to P5 shown in FIG. 6 of the core material 20 to deform in the thickness direction of the core material 20 (direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 6). It is for measuring. The tip portion 31 of the jig 30 has, for example, a circular planar shape with a diameter of 4.5 mm, and a force of 300 N is applied downward in the thickness direction of the core material 20 with the tip portion 31 in contact with the surface of the core material 20. To compress the core 20. At this time, the jig 30 is moved downward in the thickness direction of the core material 20 at a speed of 50 mm / min, and the core material 20 is deformed so as to be compressed in the thickness direction. The results of measuring the deformation amount (unit: mm) of the core material 20 while changing the material of the core material 20 are shown in Table 1 below. The amount of deformation was measured using the position of the jig 30 when the initial load was 0.5 N as the origin.

  As shown in Table 1, the core material 20 is formed of different materials on the front side (captured leather 10p1 side) and back side (palm leather 10p2 side), and has a configuration in which they are bonded together by, for example, sewing. May be. In the upper part of the core material column, the material on the side of the trapped leather 10p1 of the core material 20 is shown, and the material on the palm leather 10p2 side of the core material 20 is shown in the lower part of each item.

  Referring to Table 1, it can be seen that the amount of deformation due to pressing of the core material 20 decreases as the distance from the point P1 on the center C of the core material 20 approaches the outer peripheral end 22 (toward the point P5). . From this, it can be seen that the hardness of the core member 20 is higher as the outer peripheral end 22 is approached, that is, at the end than the center C.

  Measurements similar to the above are performed at positions spaced apart from the points P1 to P5 shown in FIG. 6 with respect to the extending direction of the center C in the core material 20 of FIG. 6, and the measurement results of the respective deformation amounts are averaged. The results are shown in Table 2 below. In Table 2, the deformation amount at the point P1 on the center C is defined as 100%, and the average value (unit:%) of the deformation amounts at the points P2 to P5 is relatively shown.

  Referring to Table 2, if the core material 20 deforms beyond 90% of the point P1, the deformation amount of the core material 20 at that point is large, and the core material 20 is bent when the strap leather 6 is passed through. It becomes difficult to fix so that there is no. From this point of view, it can be said that the deformation amount can be reduced at a position less than 15 mm from the outer peripheral end 22 regardless of the material of the core member 20.

  In the present embodiment, the core material 20 around the hole 21 for passing the strap 6 is at least partly deformed by an area of 90% or less of the softest part of the center C of the core material 20. It has become. Considering the results of Table 2, specifically, in FIG. 3, at least a part of each of the plurality of hole portions 21 is formed in an area less than 15 mm, more preferably less than 13 mm from the outer peripheral edge 22 of the core member 20. It is preferred that In other words, the shortest distance D (see FIG. 3) between the outer peripheral end 22 of the core member 20 on the index finger bag f2 (finger) side from the center C and the portion of the hole 21 closest to the index finger bag f2 side is 13 mm. It is preferable that it is less than. Among these, in FIG. 3, at least a part of each of the plurality of hole portions 21 is more preferably formed in a region within 10 mm from the outer peripheral end 22 of the core member 20.

Next, the effect of this Embodiment is demonstrated.
In the present embodiment, at least a part of the hole 21 formed in the core material 20 for fixing the core material 20 and the palm-side arrangement leather 10p is the softest in the center C with the deformation amount being the center C. It is formed so as to include a region closer to the index finger bag f2 than the center C, which is 90% or less, more specifically, a region within 13 mm from the outer peripheral edge 22 of the core member 20. The strap 6 is passed through the hole 21 and the holes H1 and H2 so that the end of the core member 20 (including the outer peripheral end 22) extends in the cross-sectional direction along the extending direction of the index finger bag f2. By rotating around, the core member 20 is fixed to the palm-side arranged leather 10p.

  That is, the hardness of the core material 20 in the vicinity of the hole 21 is higher than the hardness of the center C of the core material 20, for example, and the amount of deformation is small. Since the deformation amount of the core material 20 due to the tension of the strap leather 6 passing through the hole 21 and the holes H1 and H2 is reduced, the palm-side arrangement leather 10p can be sufficiently pulled by the tension of the strap leather 6, and the palm-side arrangement The sagging of the leather 10p can be suppressed. The above effects are further enhanced when the pitch P (see FIG. 3) between the adjacent hole portions 21 is 7 mm or more and 30 mm or less and the end portion of the core member 20 is a heat-sealed portion.

(Embodiment 2)
With reference to FIGS. 9 to 11, the globe 10 of the present embodiment has basically the same configuration as the globe 10 of the first embodiment. However, in the present embodiment, the core member 20 is separated into two, a first core member 20A and a second core member 20B. This is different from the first embodiment in which the core member 20 is integrated.

  The materials of the first core materials 20A and 20B are basically the same as those of the core material 20 of the first embodiment. The first core material 20A has a longer length in the extending direction than the second core material 20B, and the entire surface area is large. In this case, it is preferable that the first core member 20A is disposed on the thumb bag f1 side of the palm-side disposed leather 10p, and the second core member 20B is disposed on the little finger bag f5 side of the palm-side disposed leather 10p.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of holes 21 are formed in each of the first core member 20A and the second core member 20B. Similar to the first embodiment, these hole portions 21 are spaced apart from each other so as to follow the curved portion constituting the outer peripheral end 22 in a region having higher hardness on the index finger bag f2 side than the center C of the core member 20. Is formed.

  In addition, since the structure of this Embodiment other than this is as substantially the same as the structure of Embodiment 1, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same element and the description is not repeated.

  The core material 20 may be an integrated type as in the first embodiment, but may be a separated type as in the present embodiment. In either case, the same effect is obtained from the viewpoint of suppressing the deflection with respect to the palm-side arranged leather 10p.

(Embodiment 3)
Referring to FIG. 12, a mitt 100 as a baseball or softball catcher of the present embodiment is applied to, for example, a softball catcher mitt or a baseball catcher mitt.

  Referring to FIGS. 12 and 13, mitt 100 includes an outer leather 102 and an insole member 103 shown in FIG. 13. The outer leather 102 includes a catching surface leather 104, a palm leather 105 sewn on the catching surface leather 104, and a back leather 106 sewn on the palm leather 105. The catching surface leather 104, the palm leather 105, and the back leather 106 are made of, for example, natural leather, synthetic leather, or other similar materials. The catching surface leather 104 has a receiving surface 107 in which a pocket portion 108 (a region surrounded by a round dotted line in FIG. 12) shown in FIG. 12 is formed. The pocket portion 108 is a relatively central region of the catching surface leather 104 and the palm leather 105 that is formed by the user repeatedly catching the ball, so that a part of the catching surface leather 104 is recessed. . The palm leather 105 and the upper leather 106 are attached to each other, thereby providing a wrist insertion port 109 into which the user's wrist is inserted, a thumb bag 110 for receiving the user's thumb, and the user's index finger, middle finger, and ring finger. And a finger bag 111 for receiving the little finger.

  Referring to FIGS. 14 to 16, the insole member 103 is formed on the base core 112 and the base core 112 disposed so as to cover the back surface of the catching leather 104 located on the opposite side of the receiving surface 107. The first finger core 113 as a core material and the second finger core 114 as a core material are also included. Note that the base core 112 is integral with the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114, but here the base core 112 is excluded from the core material.

  The base core 112 is formed in a flat surface shape. The first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 are provided at a distance from each other on the main surface located on the receiving surface 107 side of the surface of the base core 112. The base core 112 is made of felt or the like. The first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 are plate-like members formed of a material such as felt as in the core material 20 of the first embodiment.

  The first finger core 113 extends along the outer peripheral edge of the base core 112 and is formed so as to pass over the thumb bag 110 from the wrist insertion port 109. The second finger core 114 extends along the outer peripheral edge of the base core 112 and is formed so as to pass over the finger bag 111 from the wrist insertion port 109. Since the first finger core 113 is disposed on the thumb bag 110 side, the first finger core 113 is formed thicker than the second finger core 114 disposed on the finger bag 111 side. The thickness of the second finger core 114 may be a shape that gradually increases toward the outside in the width direction of the user's hand. In FIG. 16, the shape of the second finger core 114 is shown as an example in which the thickness gradually increases, and the second finger core 114 has a shape that does not increase in thickness like the first finger core 113, for example. You may have.

  A plurality of holes 98 (second holes) are formed in the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 as the core material. Since the hole 98 has the same mode as the plurality of holes 21 of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted here. Each of the plurality of hole portions 98 has a pitch P (see FIG. 14) between a pair of hole portions 98 adjacent to each other among the plurality of hole portions 98 in the same manner as the plurality of hole portions 21 of the first embodiment. It is preferably 7 mm or more and 30 mm or less, and more preferably 9 mm or more and 20 mm or less.

  Each of the plurality of hole portions 98 formed in the first finger core 113 has the palm of the first finger core 113 more than the center (center C) in the width direction (thin direction) in the plan view of the first finger core 113. It arrange | positions inside the said width direction when arrange | positioning inside the side arrangement | positioning leather. Similarly, each of the plurality of hole portions 98 formed in the second finger core 114 has a second finger core more than the center portion (center C) in the width direction (thin direction) in the plan view of the second finger core 114. 114 is arrange | positioned inside the said width direction when arrange | positioning inside palm-side arrangement | positioning leather. That is, the plurality of holes 98 are formed in the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 arranged around the pocket portion 108 than in the center of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114. Formed on the side.

  In addition, the base core 112 is also generally provided with a hole in the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 with respect to the inner peripheral edge 99 in the width direction (thin direction) in plan view of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114. A plurality of hole portions 98 (second holes) are formed at positions facing the portion 98.

  The first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 have higher hardness at the end portion than the center C in plan view. That is, referring to FIGS. 15 and 16 again, the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 have higher hardness at the point A than at the point B.

  As in the first embodiment, as a method of increasing the hardness of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114, for example, sewing is performed on at least a part of the end portions of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114. Alternatively, there is a method of compressing the finger cores 113 and 114 in advance by performing heat fusion. Alternatively, methods for increasing the hardness of the finger cores 113 and 114 include resin impregnation or a method of attaching a material for increasing hardness to leather. By the above method, the deformation amount in the thickness direction of the finger cores 113 and 114 can be set to 90% or less of the same deformation amount of the softest part at the center of the finger cores 113 and 114, for example.

  That is, in the present embodiment, at least a portion of the hole 98 for passing the strap leather 115a in the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 has a deformation amount of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core. It is formed in an area of 90% or less of the softest part of the center C of 114. In consideration of the results in Table 2, specifically, in FIG. 14, at least a part of each of the plurality of holes 98 is less than 15 mm from the outer peripheral ends 22 of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114. Preferably, it is formed in an area of less than 13 mm. In other words, of the outer peripheral end 99 on the inner side (the side where the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 face each other) of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114, particularly the center C, and the hole 98 It is preferable that the shortest distance D (see FIG. 14) with a portion close to the inner peripheral end 99 is less than 13 mm. Among these, in FIG. 14, at least a part of each of the plurality of hole portions 98 is more preferably formed in a region within 10 mm from the outer peripheral edge 99 inside the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114. .

  The first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114, the catching surface leather 104, and the palm leather 105 are fixed to each other by a string leather 115a.

  Here, the first finger core 113 will be specifically described. With reference to FIG. 12 and FIG. 17, the hole H1 (first hole), the first finger core 113 and the base core 112 of the trapezoidal leather 104 and the palm leather 105 overlapped in a plane with the trapped leather 104. The hole portion 98 is disposed at a position substantially overlapping in plan view. At this time, the hole 98 is arranged at a position sandwiched between the hole H1 of the trapped surface leather 104 and the hole H1 of the palm leather 105. Similarly, each hole H2 (first hole) of the trapped surface leather 104 and palm leather 105 substantially overlaps the hole 98 of the first finger core 113 in a plane.

  In this state, the strap leather 115a passes through each hole so as to reach the hole H1 of the palm leather 105 through the hole 98 from the hole H1 of the trapped surface leather 104. The strap leather 115a extends inward in the width direction of the user's hand through the outside of the palm leather 105 (that is, the surface of the palm leather 105 that touches the user's palm). 99, the hole H2 of the palm leather 105 formed at a position shifted by one along the hole 99 passes through the holes H2 and the holes 98 of the foundation core 112 so as to reach the hole H2 of the trapezoidal leather 104. To do. The strap leather 115a extends outside the trapezoidal leather 104 in the width direction of the user's hand, and is displaced by one along the outer peripheral end 99 from the hole H1 described above. It reaches the formed hole H1 and makes a round.

The second finger core 114 is basically the same as the first finger core 113 described above.
In this manner, the strap leather 115a has a cross-sectional direction (from the first finger core 113 or the second finger core 114 to the pocket portion 108), particularly inside the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 in the width direction of the user's hand. The ends of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 are fixed by rotating so as to extend in the direction toward the head, that is, the width direction of the user's hand. As a result, the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 are fixed to both the catching leather 104 and the palm leather 105. The strap leather 115a that has come out of the hole portions H1 and H2 extends along the width direction of the user's hand so that the end portions of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 (particularly the user's hand). Circulate around the inner peripheral edge 99 in the width direction).

Next, the effect of this Embodiment is demonstrated.
Similar to the glove 10, the mitt 100 of the present embodiment has the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 in order to fix the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 and the catching surface leather 104 and the like. In addition, at least a part of the hole 98 formed in the base core 112 is formed so as to include a region within 13 mm from the outer peripheral end 99 of the finger core 113, 114 on the pocket portion 108 side with respect to the center C. The strap 115a fixes the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 so as to go around the outer peripheral end 99. As a result, the hardness of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 in the vicinity of the hole 98 is higher than the hardness of the center C, and the amount of deformation is small. Can be sufficiently pulled, and slack of the trapped surface leather 104 or the like can be suppressed. The above effect is that the pitch P (see FIG. 14) between the adjacent hole portions 98 is 7 mm or more and 30 mm or less, and the end portions of the first finger core 113 and the second finger core 114 are heat-sealed portions. It will be even higher.

  Although there is a part which overlaps with embodiment mentioned above, the characteristic structure of this invention is enumerated below.

  (1) A baseball or softball catcher 10, 100 according to the present invention comprises a leather member 10p, 104 on the side of the catch surface in which the first holes H1, H2 are formed, and a leather member 10p, 104. A core member 20, 113, 114 disposed on the inner side and formed with second holes 21, 98, and a strap leather 6, 115a for fixing the leather members 10p, 104 and the core members 20, 113, 114 are provided. ing. The strap members 6, 115a are passed through the first and second holes H1, H2, 21, and 98, and the end portions of the core members 20, 113, and 114 are circulated in the cross-sectional direction, thereby forming the leather members 10p and 104 and the core member. 20, 113, 114 are fixed. The core materials 20, 113, 114 have higher hardness at the end than the center C. At least a part of the core material around the second holes 21 and 98 has a deformation amount of 90% or less of the softest portion at the center C of the core materials 20, 113, and 114.

  Since at least a part of the core material 20, 113, 114 around the second hole 21, 98 is formed in a region having a higher hardness than the softest part of the center C of the core material 20, 113, 114, the string Even if the tension of the leather 6, 115a is increased, excessive deformation of the core materials 20, 113, 114 can be prevented, so that the leather members 10p, 104 can be sufficiently pulled by the tension of the strap leather 6, 115a, and the leather member 10p. , 104 can be suppressed.

  (2) In the baseball or softball catcher 10 of (1) above, the leather member 10p includes a finger part f2 into which the user's index finger is inserted, and the core member 20 is connected to the user's wrist from the finger part f2. The second hole 21 is formed on the finger portion f2 side from the center C of the core member 20.

  Since at least a part of the second hole 21 is formed in a region having a higher hardness than the softest portion of the center C of the core member 20, the portion where the finger portion f <b> 2 and the core member 20 are located due to the tension of the strap 6. It is possible to sufficiently pull the leather member 10p in the region (pocket portion) between the two and the sagging of the leather member 10p.

  (3) In the baseball or softball catcher 10 of (2) above, the strap 6 wraps around the end of the core member 20 so as to extend along the extending direction of the finger portion f2.

  In this case, since the strap 6 is arranged so as to extend in the direction from the pocket portion toward the wrist portion, the leather member 10p in the pocket portion can be pulled directly by increasing the tension of the strap leather 6.

  (4) In the baseball or softball catcher 100 of (1) above, the leather member 104 includes a pocket portion 108 provided on the catching surface side. The core members 113 and 114 are arranged around the pocket portion 108. The second hole 98 is formed closer to the pocket portion 108 than the center C of the core materials 113 and 114.

  Since at least a part of the second hole 98 is formed in a region having a higher hardness than the softest portion of the center C of the core members 113 and 114, the region (pocket) inside the leather member 104 due to the tension of the string leather 115a. Part) of the leather member 104 can be sufficiently pulled, and the sag of the leather member 104 can be suppressed.

  (5) In the baseball or softball catcher 100 of (4) above, the strap leather 115a extends from the core material 113, 114 to the pocket portion 108 in the direction from the core material 113, 114 to the end of the core material 113, 114. Go around the section.

  In this case, the strap leather 115a is disposed so as to extend in the direction from the pocket portion toward the outer periphery of the ball catcher 100, so that the leather member 104 in the pocket portion can be pulled directly by increasing the tension of the strap leather 115a. .

  (6) In the baseball or softball catching tools 10 and 100 of the above (1) to (5), at least a part of the second holes 21 and 98 are the outer peripheral ends 22 of the core members 20, 113, and 114. , 99 to 13 mm.

  Since at least a part of the second holes 21 and 98 is formed in a region having higher hardness than the center C of the core materials 20, 113, and 114, the leather members 10 p and 104 are sufficiently secured by the tension of the strap leather 6 and 115 a. And the slack of the leather members 10p and 104 can be suppressed.

  (7) In the baseball or softball catching tools 10 and 100 of (1) to (6) above, a plurality of second holes 21 and 98 are formed along the ends of the core materials 20, 113, and 114. The pitch between the pair of second holes 21 and 98 adjacent to each other among the plurality of second holes 21 and 98 is 7 mm or more and 30 mm or less.

  If it does in this way, core material 20,113,114 can be fixed to leather member 10p, 104 with sufficient tension.

  (8) In the baseball or softball catching device 10, 100 of (1) to (7) above, at least a part of the end of the core member 20, 113, 114 or around the second hole 21, 98 Is a heat fusion part.

  If it does in this way, core material 20,113,114 can be fixed to leather member 10p, 104 with sufficient tension.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  1 web connection part, 2 hand insertion connection part, 3, 4 wrist adjacent connection part, 5 web part, 5b back side web part, 5p palm side web part, 6 strap leather, 10 gloves, 10b back leather, 10p palm side arrangement Leather, 10p1,104 Capped surface leather, 10p2 Palm leather, 11 opening, 12 hand insertion, 20 core material, 21, H1, H2 hole, 22 outer edge, 30 jig, 31 tip, 100 mitt, 102 Outer leather, 112 base core, 113 first finger core, 114 second finger core, f1 thumb bag, f2 index finger bag, f3 middle finger bag, f4 ring finger bag, f5 little finger bag.

Claims (8)

A leather member on the catching surface side in which the first hole is formed;
A core member disposed inside the leather member and having a second hole formed thereon;
Comprising a leather strap for fixing the leather member and the core material;
It further comprises a hand insertion part into which the user's hand is inserted,
The leather member includes a finger portion into which a user's index finger is inserted,
The strap member is passed through the first and second holes, and the leather member and the core material are fixed by turning the end portion of the core material in a direction connecting the finger portion and the hand insertion portion. And
The core material has a higher hardness at the end than at the center,
At least a part of the core material around the second hole has a deformation amount of 90% or less of the softest part at the center of the core material. Before Kishinzai is located on the wrist side of the user from the finger portion,
The baseball or softball catcher according to claim 1, wherein the second hole is formed closer to the finger than the center of the core.   The baseball or softball catcher according to claim 2, wherein the strap leather circulates around an end portion of the core member so as to extend along an extending direction of the finger portion. The leather member includes a pocket portion provided on the catching surface side,
The core material is disposed around the pocket portion,
The baseball or softball catcher according to claim 1, wherein the second hole is formed on the pocket portion side from the center of the core member.   The ball strap for baseball or softball according to claim 4, wherein the strap wraps around an end portion of the core material so as to extend along a direction from the core material toward the pocket portion.   The baseball or softball catcher according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein at least a part of the second hole is formed in a region within 13 mm from an outer peripheral end of the core member. A plurality of the second holes are formed along the end of the core material,
The baseball or softball according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a pitch between a pair of the second holes adjacent to each other among the plurality of second holes is 7 mm or more and 30 mm or less. Ball catcher.   The ball catcher for baseball or softball according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein at least a part of the periphery of the end portion or the second hole of the core member is a heat-sealed portion.

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