JPH0633511U - Accessories for accessories - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The present invention relates to a connector for an accessory used for connecting end portions of an accessory such as a necklace or a bracelet. The accessory can be attached and detached easily with one hand. The purpose of this is to improve the safety because it can be carried out and cannot be attached or detached unless a predetermined operation is performed and the connection is not accidentally disconnected due to an external force. [Structure] A column portion 7 having a substantially conical taper slope 7a is erected on the attached rotating plates 2 attached to both ends of the accessory S, and a predetermined installation length L is provided on the outer periphery of the column portion 7. The lock groove 7b is provided, and the spring body 6 is internally provided in the connector body 1, so that the pillar portion 7 can be pushed by a predetermined operation of rotating the attached rotating plate 2 with respect to the connector body 1. Against the urging force of the spring member 6 to rotate between the lock position (a) and the lock release position (b) to detachably connect the connector body 1 and the attached rotating plate 2.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a connector for accessory used to connect ends of a necklace and a bracelet to each other.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, as a connector for accessory that connects the ends of a necklace and a bracelet to each other, for example, a connector body attached to both ends of a necklace and a bracelet respectively, and an adherend plate body detachably attached to the connector body. A connector for accessory that adopts a snap type locking component made of so-called male and female, in which a convex portion and a concave portion to which the convex portion is removably engaged are provided on the front and back surfaces of there were.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, since the above-described conventional connector for accessory has a structure in which the convex portions provided on the connector body and the adherend plate are engageably and disengageably engaged with the concave portion, either the connector body or the adherend plate is used. When pulling, rotating, twisting, or other vibration or external force is applied, the connection between the two is disconnected, causing the inconvenience of losing expensive jewelry.

In addition, for example, when wearing a necklace, the connector body and the adherend plate have to be connected and operated with the connector body and the adherend plate positioned behind the neck. When fitting or removing both parts by fitting the convex parts inside the concave parts provided on the adherend, it is necessary to use both hands, and the handling is troublesome, and the installation or removal is troublesome. Moreover, it was impossible to confirm whether or not the convex portion was fitted into the concave portion to ensure the connection between the main body of the coupling tool and the adherend plate, which was unsafe.

Therefore, the present invention has a good operability of attachment and detachment, can be easily operated with one hand, and if the operation according to a predetermined procedure is not performed, the coupling body and the adhered rotating plate are not separated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a connector for accessories that is highly safe in that it cannot be attached or removed, and that it cannot be inadvertently attached when it is subjected to vibrations or external forces such as tension, rotation, and twisting.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and includes a connector main body, an attached rotary plate rotatably and detachably attached to the connector main body, and the attached rotary plate. A column portion having a tapered conical surface with a substantially conical shape at the tip, a lock groove of a predetermined installation length provided on the outer periphery of the column portion, and an inner portion of the connector main body for pushing the column portion. A means is adopted which includes a spring member which is expanded by pressing the taper inclined surface at the time of insertion and allows the insertion, and which is engaged and disengageably engaged with the lock groove when the pillar is rotated.

[0007]

[Action]

 By rotating the attached rotating plate with respect to the connector body, a predetermined operation of pushing the column portion provided on the attached rotatable plate into the hole provided in the connector body while rotating is performed. Then, the spring material installed inside the connector body is pushed open to the tapered slope of the column portion and retracts to allow the column portion to be pushed in, and then the spring material is inserted into the lock groove provided on the outer periphery of the column portion. The inner edge is engaged and locked.

[0008]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, details of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a connector body that is connected to one end of an accessory S such as a necklace or bracelet, and 2 is connected to the other end of the accessory S so that the connector body 1 is connected to the connector body 1. The attached rotating plate is rotatably and detachably attached.

The connector main body 1 is formed of a thin metal plate into a substantially dish shape having an accommodation space therein, and an outer flange step 1 a is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the connector main body 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, reference numeral 3 denotes a lid component which is closed on the upper surface of the connector main body 1, and a hole 3 a into which a post portion 7 described later can be inserted is formed substantially at the center of the lid component 3. Further, the lid member 3 is opened, and the lower surface of the lid component 3 is provided with a tall space for holding the space between the parallel inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring member 6 described below at a position facing each other in the front-back direction around the hole 3a. Plates 4 and 4 are erected, and stopper plates 5 and 5 which are shorter than the space holding plates 4 and 4 are erected at the left and right opposite positions of the hole 3a with the space holding plates 4 and 4 interposed therebetween. It is set up.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, reference numeral 6 denotes a spring material that is installed inside the connector main body 1, and this spring material 6 is formed by bending one metal wire rod material. The parallel inner edge portions 6a, 6a in which a constant distance K is maintained in the plane by the distance holding plates 4, 4 and the bent portion bent from the inner edge portions 6a, 6a in a substantially plane S shape. 6b, 6b; 6c, 6c and the inner circumference of the outer flange step 1a of the connector body 1 for stable seating on the connector body 1 via the bent portions 6c, 6c without rattling. The outer curved portion 6d is placed on the upper surface of the outer collar stepped portion 1a, and has a flat surface having a substantially matching diameter, and substantially the most part is circular.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring member 6 have the open end portion side of the tip end thereof on the side surface to the outer curved portion in order to urge the post portion 7 upward. It is formed with an arbitrary inclination angle θ with respect to 6 d.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the attached rotating plate 2 is slightly larger than the connector main body 1 so that it can be attached / detached while being capped on the upper surface of the connector main body 1. A column portion 7 having a diameter and formed with a tapered conical sloped surface 7a having a tapered end is provided on the lower surface of the center thereof.

2, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6, reference numeral 7b denotes two lock grooves provided at opposing positions on the outer circumference of the column portion 7 and used for performing a predetermined operation (pushing while rotating). When the pillar portion 7 is pushed into the hole 3a as a result, the two inner edge portions 6a and 6a of the spring member 6 are elastically engaged and disengaged in the lock grooves 7b and 7b. By being fitted together, they are locked and the attached rotating plate 2 is detachably attached to the connector body 1.

In FIG. 2, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6, by selecting the installation length L of the lock grooves 7b, 7b formed on the outer periphery of the pillar portion 7 to a desired length, the two inner sides of the spring member 6 are selected. The lock position (a) at which the edge portions (6a, 6a) are engaged, and the rotation of the attached rotating plate (2) as a release position (b) at which the engagement of the inner edge portions (6a, 6a) of the spring member (6) is released from the lock position (a). You can easily adjust the moving distance.

In FIG. 1, reference numerals 8 and 9 are retaining rings for connecting the connector main body 1 and the attached rotating plate 2 to the left and right ends of the accessory S.

One embodiment of the present invention is constructed as described above, and the attachment and detachment of the connector body 1 and the attached rotating plate 2 will be described together with the operation. First, in the attaching operation, the accessory S such as a necklace or bracelet is wound around the neck or wrist, and the connector body 1 attached to one end thereof is placed on the upper surface of the forward tilted neck or the upper surface of the wrist. To do.

Next, by placing the attachment turning plate 2 on the upper surface of the connector main body 1 with one hand and rotating it, as described above, the attached rotary plate 2 is placed in the hole 3a of the connector main body 1 in the stationary state. By performing a predetermined operation of pushing the pillar portion 7 of the attachment / rotation plate 2 while rotating, the inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring member 6 in the connector main body 1 which are parallel to each other and have an upward biasing force. Since the substantially cone-shaped column portion 7 is inserted between the stopper plates 5 and 5 over the stopper plates 5 and 5 from the solid line position in FIG. 4 to the position indicated by the imaginary line by the substantially cone-shaped tapered slope 7a provided at the tip of the column portion 7. Is pushed downwards to the left and right.

After that, when the column portion 7 is rotated to a predetermined position with respect to the two parallel inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring material 6, the inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring material 6 are inwardly moved by the restoring force. The edge portions 6a, 6a are engaged and locked in two lock grooves 7b, 7b provided around the column portion 7 so as to be opposed to each other, so that the attachment rotating plate 2 can be attached to the connector main body 1. (Connection) is completed.

When the attaching operation of the adhered rotating plate 2 to the connector body 1 is completed, the impact sound generated when the inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring member 6 are engaged with the lock grooves 7b, 7b by the urging force. Thus, a confirmation sound of the completion of the attachment state of the connector body 1 and the attached rotating plate 2 is produced.

As described above, when the attached rotating plate 2 is attached to the connector body 1, an impact or external force such as pulling, turning, and twisting is applied to the connector body 1 and the attached rotating plate 2, or Even if it is applied to either one of them, the two inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring member 6 surely and elastically engage with the lock grooves 7b, 7b of the pillar portion 7, and the stopper plate Since the inner edge portions 6a, 6a are prevented from expanding by 5, 5, the column portion 7 does not come out of the hole 3a, and the inadvertent removal of the coupling body 1 and the attached rotating plate 2 is prevented. To be done.

When detaching the attached rotating plate 2 from the connector main body 1, the attached rotating plate 2 can be removed while applying a pressing force to the attached rotating plate 2 with one hand, contrary to the above operation. When rotated in the opposite direction by a predetermined installation length L, the two inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring member 6 are disengaged from the lock grooves 7b, 7b provided in the column portion 7 and the inner side is released. The edge portions 6a, 6a are pushed open by the outer peripheral surface 7c of the column portion 7 having a diameter larger than the installation position of the lock grooves 7b, 7b as shown in the image line of FIG.

When the taper slope 7 a of the column 7 receives the upward biasing force of the inner edge portions 6 a, 6 a of the spring member 6, the attached rotating plate 2 is rapidly lifted with respect to the connector main body 1. Then, the attached rotating plate 2 is removed from the connector body 1.

In the above embodiment, the connector main body 1 is substantially dish-shaped, and the attached rotating plate 2 is substantially disk-shaped. However, these are examples and the connector main body 1 and The attached rotary plate 2 is not limited to this, and is not limited to a polygonal shape such as a quadrangle, a pentagon, and a hexagon, and an oval shape.

Moreover, the spring member 6 has two parallel inner edge portions 6a, 6a and is formed into a substantially circular shape, and is engaged with the two lock grooves 7b, 7b formed on the peripheral surface of the column portion 7. Although a structure that fits together is adopted, instead of the above-mentioned embodiment, a spring material having a substantially C-shaped outer shape having one inner edge portion 6a is used, and one lock is provided on the outer periphery of the pillar portion 7. By providing the groove 7b, the inner edge portion 6a may be freely engageable with the lock groove 7b.

Furthermore, by adjusting the installation length L of the lock grooves 7b, 7b provided on the outer periphery of the column portion 7 of the attached rotating plate 2 to the inner edge portions 6a, 6a of the spring member 6, the lock groove 7b, It is possible to easily adjust the turning distance of the attached turning plate 2 between the lock position (7b) and the releasing position (b) for releasing the engaged state.

[0028]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the operability of attaching and detaching the connecting body and the attached rotating plate can be easily performed with one hand, and moreover, either the attaching rotating plate or the connecting body can be rotated. However, it is not possible to attach or detach the connecting tool body and the attached rotating plate until after the operation of the prescribed procedure of pushing in, while pulling, rotating, twisting, etc. under the connected state. It is extremely safe because the connector body and the attached rotating plate cannot be removed carelessly even when subjected to external forces.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a panoramic view of an embodiment of a connector for accessory according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state immediately before the attached rotating plate is attached to the connector body of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the connecting body and the attached rotating plate when attached.

FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view of a state in which it is cut at a displaced position of 90 degrees with respect to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of a connector main body showing the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Connecting Tool Main Body 1a Outer Collar Part 2 Adhering Rotating Plate 3 Lid Part 4 Interval Holding Plate 5 Stopper Plate 6 Spring Material 6a Inner Edge 7 Pillar 7a Tapered Slope 7b Lock Groove S Personalize L Installation Length

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A connector main body, an attached rotary plate rotatably and detachably attached to the connector main body, and a taper slope having a substantially conical shape at the tip, which is provided upright on the attached rotary plate. And a lock groove having a predetermined installation length provided on the outer periphery of the pillar portion, and is internally provided in the connector main body, and when the pillar portion is pushed, the tapered slope is pressed to expand and push. A connector for accessory, which is allowed and which is spring member releasably engaged with the lock groove when the pillar portion is rotated.