JPH04363601A - Slider and slide calipers using same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a slider whose usage is drastically improved and slide calipers using it. CONSTITUTION:Slide calipers 1 are provided with a pair of longer retention members 6 and 7 where line grooves 4 and 5 are formed mutually in parallel at opposing insides, and are provided with a slider 2 with a configuration where an interlocking member 8 for interlocking the longer retention members 6 and 7 is also formed in one piece. The line grooves 4 and 5 in the longer retention members 6 and 7 and the interlocking member 8 allow an insertion hole 9 penetrating in longer direction to be formed. A pair of sliders 2 are used and then a measurement scale 3 with a calibration along the longer direction is inserted into each insertion hole 9 of each slider 2 for use as the slide calipers 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slider constituting a caliper and a caliper constructed using the slider.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, calipers have been used to measure the dimensions of objects with relatively high precision. A normal caliper consists of a main scale and a slider. The main scale and the slider are provided with a blade having a configuration corresponding to the shape of the measurement point of the object and protruding in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the main scale and the slider. That is, in order to measure the inner diameter of a cylindrical object, a measurement surface is formed on the inner side of the main scale and the slider, which face each other, and in order to measure the outer diameter, the main scale and slider blades are Each of the blades is formed with a measuring surface on the opposite outer side. Further, in order to measure the pitch of a plurality of holes formed in an object, the main scale and the blade of the slider are each formed into a conical shape.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In any case, conventional calipers are used specifically for each type of caliper, each having a blade of a unique shape, corresponding to the measurement content described above. In the actual measurement of an object, the above-mentioned measurement contents are mixed, so it is necessary to keep a plurality of types of calipers on hand, which poses the problem of low usability.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned technical problems and to provide a slider and a caliper using the slider with significantly improved usability.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a pair of longitudinal holding members that are parallel to each other and have grooves formed on their opposing inner sides, and a connecting member that connects the longitudinal holding members. an insertion hole that penetrates in the longitudinal direction is formed by the grooves of each longitudinal holding member and the connecting member, and a conical shape that projects perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction on one side in the longitudinal direction of one longitudinal holding member. A second measuring piece is provided on the one side in the longitudinal direction of the other longitudinal holding member, protruding in a direction opposite to the first measuring piece, and having a measuring surface formed on the axis of the central axis of the first measuring piece. This slider is characterized in that it is provided with a measurement piece.

[0006] In the present invention, a pair of longitudinal holding members that are parallel to each other and have grooves formed on their opposing inner sides, and a connecting member that connects each longitudinal holding member are integrally formed. An insertion hole that penetrates in the longitudinal direction is formed by the groove of the holding member and the connecting member, and a conical first measurement piece that protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is provided on one longitudinal side of one longitudinal holding member. and a second measuring piece is provided on the one side in the longitudinal direction of the other longitudinal holding member, protruding in a direction opposite to the first measuring piece, and having a measuring surface formed on the axis of the central axis of the first measuring piece. This caliper is characterized in that it uses either one slider or a pair of sliders, and is constructed by inserting a measuring scale with scales along the longitudinal direction into an insertion hole of the slider.

In the present invention, the first measuring piece of each slider of a pair is on the same side with respect to its protruding direction, and the first measuring piece and the second measuring piece are on the outside of each other or inside of each other along the longitudinal direction. 3. The caliper according to claim 2, wherein the caliper is inserted into the measuring piece at a position in the measuring piece.

In the present invention, the first measurement piece of each slider of the pair is on opposite sides with respect to the protruding direction, and the first measurement piece and the second measurement piece are on the outside of each other or inside of each other along the longitudinal direction. 3. The caliper according to claim 2, wherein the caliper is inserted into the measuring piece at a position in the measuring piece.

[0009]

[Function] The caliper according to the present invention includes a pair of longitudinal holding members that are parallel to each other and have grooves formed on their opposing inner sides, and a connecting member that connects the longitudinal holding members. The slider includes a slider having a configuration. An insertion hole penetrating in the longitudinal direction is formed by the groove of each longitudinal holding member and the connecting member. A pair of sliders is used, and a measuring scale with scales attached along the longitudinal direction is inserted into each insertion hole of each slider to be used as a caliper.

When measuring the inner or outer diameter of an object to be measured, each slider is inserted through the measuring rod so that the second measuring piece of each slider faces the object to be measured. Further, when measuring the arrangement pitch of a plurality of holes in a measurement object, each slider is inserted through a measuring rod so that the first measurement piece of each slider faces the measurement object. Furthermore, when measuring the distance between the hole and the object, each slider is inserted through the measuring rod so that the first measurement piece and the second measurement piece of each slider face the measurement object. That is, since the measurement surface of the second measurement piece is formed on the axis of the central axis of the first measurement piece, it is possible to measure the distance between the central axis of the hole and the object.

[0011] Therefore, when measuring the inner diameter, outer diameter, and hole pitch of the object to be measured, as well as a combination thereof, each measurement content can be measured with a slider and caliper having a single configuration, which improves usability. It will be greatly improved.

0012

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a caliper 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a measuring rod 3 is inserted into a slider 2 to form a caliper 1. The slider 2 includes a pair of longitudinal holding members 6 and 7 that are parallel to each other and have grooves 4 and 5 formed on their opposing inner sides, and each longitudinal holding member 6,
7 and a connecting member 8 that connects them are integrally constructed. An insertion hole 9 passing through the slider 2 in the longitudinal direction is formed by the grooves 4 and 5 of each longitudinal holding member 6 and 7 and the connecting member 8.

A conical first measurement piece 10 is provided on one side in the longitudinal direction of one longitudinal holding member 6 and is provided on the one longitudinal side of the other longitudinal holding member 7, projecting in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. is provided with a second measurement piece 11 that protrudes in the opposite direction to the first measurement piece 10. The second measurement piece 11 has a configuration in which a measurement surface 13 is formed on the axis of the central axis 12 of the first measurement piece 10 . The measuring scale 3 has graduations along its longitudinal direction, as will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the slider 2, FIG. 3 is a right side view of the slider 2, FIG. 4 is a left side view of the slider 2, and FIG. 5 is a rear view of the slider 2. 6 is a plan view of the slider 2, and FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the slider 2. The configuration of the slider 2 will be described in detail with reference to these drawings. Slider 2 has a width W1 and a length L.
The back plate 14 has a substantially rectangular plate shape, and a protrusion 15 is formed at one end in the longitudinal direction to further protrude in the longitudinal direction and in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. 1 measurement piece 10 is screwed. The second measurement piece 11 is formed at the same longitudinal end of the back plate 14 so as to protrude in a direction opposite to the protrusion 15 .

The vicinity of both ends of the back plate 14 in the width direction are configured as holding parts 22 and 23, and between the holding parts 22 and 33,
It is configured as the connecting member 8. The back plate 14 has a flat surface on one side in the thickness direction, and the holding parts 22 and 23
A recess 18 having a pair of stepped surfaces 18 and 17 parallel to each other and having depths d1 and d2 is formed on the other surface of the recess 18 over the entire length in the longitudinal direction. This recess 18 has a stepped surface 18,
A presser plate 21 having engaging portions 19 and 20 that engage with each other is screwed to each step surface 18 and 19, and the presser plate 21
is the plate thickness d3 that forms the insertion hole 9 between it and the recess 18;
is formed. Both ends of the insertion hole 9 in the width direction are configured as the grooves 4 and 5. Engaging portion 19 of this presser plate 21
, 20 and the holding parts 22, 23 of the back plate 14 constitute the longitudinal holding members 6, 7.

A leaf spring 24 is arranged inside the groove 4.
The holding portion 22 is pressed from outside in the width direction with a set screw 25 to fix and release the measuring scale inserted into the insertion hole 9 as described later.

FIG. 8 shows the first caliper 1 of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing the state of use. The caliper 1 of this embodiment uses a pair of sliders 2, and a measuring scale 3 with scales 29, such as a commonly used ruler, is inserted into the insertion hole 9 of each slider 2a, 2b. 1 and use it. In this embodiment, the distance D1 between the hole 27 of the measurement object 26 and the wall surface 28 is measured. In this case, the first measurement piece 10 and the second measurement piece 11 of each slider 2a, 2b are
Each slider 2a, 2b is attached to the measuring rod 3 so that the sliders 2a, 2b are at opposite positions to each other in the width direction.

As a result, the first measurement piece 10 of one slider 2a is attached to the hole 27, and the second measurement piece 10 of the other slider 2b is attached to the hole 27.
The measurement piece 11 is brought into contact with the wall surface 28. In this state, the distance D1 is calculated from the scale 29 of the measuring rule 3 indicated by the measuring surface 13 of the second measuring piece 11 of the sliders 2a, 2b.

FIG. 9 shows a caliper 1a according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing the state of use. The caliper 1 of this embodiment uses one slider 2. In this embodiment, the distance D2 between the hole 27 or wall surface 28 of the measurement object 26 and another wall surface 30 is measured. In this case, the first measuring piece 1 of the slider 2
0 and the second measurement piece 11 are used in a state facing the wall surface 30.

In this case, the first measurement piece 10 of the slider 2 is attached to the hole 27, or the second measurement piece 11 of the slider 2 is attached to the hole 27.
is brought into contact with the wall surface 28. In this state, the measuring rod 3 is slid on the slider 2, and the tip of the measuring rod 3 is brought into contact with the wall surface 30. Measuring surface 13 of second measuring piece 11 of slider 2
The scale 29 of the measuring rule 3 indicated by indicates the distance D2.

FIG. 10 shows a caliper 1b according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing the state of use. The caliper 1 of this embodiment uses a pair of sliders 2 as in the case of FIG. In this embodiment, the distance D3 between the pair of holes 27 of the measurement object 26 and
The distance D3 between the pair of wall surfaces 28 is measured. In this case, each slider 2a, 2b is placed on the measuring scale 3 so that the first measurement piece 10 and the second measurement piece 11 of each slider 2a, 2b are in the same direction with respect to the width direction of the slider 2a, 2b. Install.

[0023] Each first measuring piece 10 of each slider 2a, 2b
are respectively attached to the pair of holes 27, or each second measurement piece 11 of each slider 2a, 2b is brought into contact with the wall surface 28, respectively. In this state, the scale 29 of the measuring rule 3 indicated by the measuring surface 13 of the second measuring piece 11 of the sliders 2a and 2b, respectively.
From this, the distance D3 is calculated.

As described above, in each of the embodiments described above, the caliper 1 is constructed using one or two sliders 2 of one type and a commonly used measuring scale 3 such as a ruler. . Furthermore, when two sliders 2 are used, various measurement contents such as the inner diameter, outer diameter, and pitch of multiple holes formed in the object can be measured depending on how they are attached to the measuring rod 3. Can be done. Thereby, the slider 2 and the caliper 1 with significantly improved usability can be realized.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, a caliper connects each longitudinal holding member to a pair of longitudinal holding members that are parallel to each other and have grooves formed on their opposing inner sides. The slider includes a slider integrally formed with a connecting member. An insertion hole penetrating in the longitudinal direction is formed by the groove of each longitudinal holding member and the connecting member. A pair of sliders was used, and a measuring scale with a scale attached along the longitudinal direction was inserted into each insertion hole of each slider to be used as a caliper.

When measuring the inner or outer diameter of an object to be measured, each slider is inserted through the measuring rod so that the second measuring piece of each slider faces the object to be measured. Further, when measuring the arrangement pitch of a plurality of holes in a measurement object, each slider is inserted through a measuring rod so that the first measurement piece of each slider faces the measurement object. Furthermore, when measuring the distance between the hole and the object, each slider is inserted through the measuring rod so that the first measurement piece and the second measurement piece of each slider face the measurement object. That is, since the measurement surface of the second measurement piece is formed on the axis of the central axis of the first measurement piece, it is possible to measure the distance between the central axis of the hole and the object.

[0027] Therefore, when measuring the inner diameter, outer diameter, and hole pitch of the object to be measured, as well as a combination thereof, each measurement content can be measured with a slider and caliper having a single configuration, which improves usability. It will be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a caliper 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the slider 2.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the slider 2. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the slider 2.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the slider 2.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the slider 2.

7 is a bottom view of the slider 2. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a first usage state of the caliper 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing how a caliper 1a according to another embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a state in which a caliper 1b according to another embodiment of the present invention is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...Caliper 2...Slider 3...Measuring scale 4, 5... groove 6, 7...Longitudinal holding member 8...Connection member 9...Insertion hole 10...First measuring piece 11...Second measurement piece 12... Central axis 13...Measurement surface

Claims (4)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A pair of longitudinal holding members that are parallel to each other and have grooves formed on their opposing inner sides, and a connecting member that connects each longitudinal holding member are integrally formed, and each longitudinal holding member An insertion hole penetrating in the longitudinal direction is formed by the groove and the connecting member, and a conical first measurement piece is provided on one longitudinal side of one longitudinal holding member, protruding in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; A second measuring piece is provided on the one longitudinal side of the other longitudinal holding member, protruding in a direction opposite to the first measuring piece, and having a measuring surface formed on the axis of the central axis of the first measuring piece. A slider featuring 2. A pair of longitudinal holding members that are parallel to each other and have grooves formed on their opposing inner sides, and a connecting member that connects each longitudinal holding member are integrally formed, and each longitudinal holding member An insertion hole penetrating in the longitudinal direction is formed by the groove and the connecting member, and a conical first measurement piece is provided on one longitudinal side of one longitudinal holding member, protruding in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; A slider comprising a second measuring piece protruding in a direction opposite to the first measuring piece on the one longitudinal side of the other longitudinal holding member and having a measuring surface formed on the axis of the central axis of the first measuring piece. 1. A caliper characterized in that either one or a pair of calipers are used, and a measuring scale having scales along the longitudinal direction is inserted through an insertion hole of a slider. 3. The first measuring piece of each of the pair of sliders is on the same side with respect to its protruding direction, and the first measuring piece and the second measuring piece are located on the outer side of each other or on the inner side of each other along the longitudinal direction. Claim 2 characterized in that the measuring piece is inserted through the measuring piece.
Vernier calipers described in. 4. The first measuring piece of each of the pair of sliders is on opposite sides with respect to the protruding direction, and the first measuring piece and the second measuring piece are located on the outside of each other or inside of each other along the longitudinal direction. Claim 2 characterized in that the measuring piece is inserted through the measuring piece.
Vernier calipers described in.