JPH054433Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an improvement of a drawer-type cup holder provided in the passenger compartment of an automobile.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as this type of cup holder, a glove box for an automobile (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-44242), a cup holder for a vehicle (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-23480), etc. have been disclosed.

The former has a recess on the back of the glove box door where a cup can be placed.

Moreover, in the latter, a plate-shaped holder member is attached to a storage case attached to an instrument panel so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. When the holder member is stored and not in use, the overall thickness becomes thinner and can be stored extremely compactly in the instrument panel, and when the holder member is pulled out and in use, the cup support part of the operating member is separated from the cup accommodation hole. It has the feature of being deep and capable of stably holding the tip.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In the former case, the depth of the recess on the back of the door cannot be increased, so the cup inserted into the recess lacks stability, and it is far from the driver's seat, making it difficult for the driver to There was a problem with not being able to use it.

Moreover, in the latter case, when the holder member is pulled out, the beverage inside the cup spills and there is a risk that electrical equipment, such as a radio, located below the holder member may become wet and malfunction.

The purpose of this invention is to be able to pull out the two holder members for the driver's seat and the passenger's seat at the same time by operating from one side, so that there is no risk that the beverage spilled from the cup will wet electrical equipment such as a radio, and in a stable manner. To provide a cup holder for an automobile capable of holding a cup.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the automotive cup holder of the present invention is installed horizontally in a through hole penetrating both side walls of a center cluster, and the pinion is rotatably installed. a storage member having a cup housing hole, and a rack that engages with the pinion, each of which is mounted horizontally, and provided on the housing member so as to be retractable in the horizontal direction and in opposite directions from both sides of the housing member. It is equipped with two holder members.

[Operation] When one holder member is pulled out from the side wall of the center cluster, the rack rotates the pinion, so the other rack is driven, causing the other holder member to protrude from the opposite side wall of the center cluster.

[Example] Next, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
penetrate. A storage member 10 is installed horizontally within this through hole 9. Bottom plate 1 of this storage member 10
A shaft 14 is erected at 0a, and a pinion 15 is rotatably attached to this shaft 14. Also storage member 1
Protrusions 16 and 17 for guiding the holder member are horizontally arranged on the opposing walls 10b and 10b of 0. 1
0c is the upper plate, which is connected to the walls 10b and 10b by screws 18.
10b.

The holder members 19 and 20 have one cup accommodation hole 21 and 22, respectively, and are provided in the accommodation member 10 so as to be retractable horizontally from both sides of the accommodation member 10 and in mutually opposite directions. That is, the length including the holder members 19 and 20 is less than or equal to the length of the storage member 10. Racks 24 and 25, which engage the pinion 15, are horizontally attached to the center cluster 11 by screws 26 and 27 on the holder members 19 and 20, respectively. The lengths of these racks 24 and 25 are long enough so that when the holder members 19 and 20 are pulled out from the storage member 10, the cup receiving holes 21 and 22 emerge from the side walls 12 and 13 of the center cluster 11, respectively. has.

Further, guide members 28 and 29 of these racks 24 and 25 are erected on the bottom plate 10a of the storage member 10. The holder members 19 and 20 are guided by these guide members 28 and 29 and the aforementioned protrusions 16 and 17. The cup accommodation holes 21 and 22 are both penetrating holes, and have an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the bottom part of the tapered cup C to be accommodated, but smaller than the outer diameter of the top part thereof. Reference numerals 30 and 31 are pulls, which are integrally formed with the holder members 19 and 20, respectively.

The operation of the automobile cup holder having such a structure will be explained.

When two cups are to be held in this cup holder, for example, by pulling the pull handle 30 on the passenger seat side, the cup receiving hole 21 emerges from the side wall of the center cluster 11, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. When the holder member 19 is pulled out of the storage member 10 to this position, its rack 24 causes the pinion 15 to rotate. When the pinion 15 rotates, the other rack 2
5 is driven to project the holder member 20 on the driver's seat side from the storage member 10 to a position where the cup storage hole 22 emerges from the side wall 13 of the center cluster 11.

In the two cup accommodation holes 21 and 22 that appeared,
For example, if an assistant accommodates and holds the cups, the driver can place the cups at hand without interrupting the driving operation, and the holder members 19 and 20 that have been pulled out can be placed above electrical equipment such as a radio. Because it is not located in the cup, there is no risk of getting the electrical equipment wet even if the liquid inside the cup spills.

In the cup holder of the above example, the holder member is provided with one cup accommodation hole, but two or more cup accommodation holes may be provided in each of the holder members.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, since the cup accommodation hole is formed as a penetrating hole, the cup can be held stably.

In addition, by configuring the two holder members to interlock and retract from both side walls of the center cluster, the two holder members for the driver's seat and passenger seat can be pulled out at the same time by operating from one side, and the cup can be replaced with a new one. If the assistant pulls out the holder member when the driver holds the holder, there is no need to interrupt the driver's driving operation.

Furthermore, there is an advantage that there is no danger that beverages will heat up electrical equipment such as a radio attached to the center cluster and cause them to malfunction.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, showing an automobile cup holder according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is the same as Figure 1.
BB line cross-sectional view. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing its usage condition. 10... Storage member, 11... Center cluster,
12, 13... Side wall of center cluster, 15...
Pinion, 19, 20...Holder member, 21, 2
2... Cup accommodation hole, 24, 25... Rack.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A storage member that is horizontally installed in a through hole penetrating both side walls of the center cluster and has a pinion rotatably attached thereto, and a cup storage hole that meshes with the pinion. 2. A cup holder for an automobile, comprising two holder members, each of which has a rack horizontally attached to the housing member, and is provided on the housing member so as to be retractable in the horizontal direction from both sides of the housing member and in mutually opposite directions.