JPH07100462B2 - Bell device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bell device, and more particularly to a bell device suitable for use in bicycles, tricycles and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a bell device used for bicycles, tricycles, etc., a striking lever protruding from the bottom of the bell is pushed downward against the resilience of a spring, and the pushing lever is released. It is known that a striking lever is caused to collide with a bell by the restoring force of the spring, thereby causing the bell to ring. That is, this type of bell device includes a mounting bracket for mounting the bell device on a handle, a hemispherical bell, and the striking lever, and the mounting bracket normally surrounds a half circumference portion of the handle. And a metal fitting surrounding the remaining half circumference of the handle, and a support shaft connected to one metal fitting by welding or caulking. Then, a bolt is integrally welded to the inside of the central portion of the hemispherical bell and the bolt is screwed to a female screw portion screwed on the tip end shaft portion of the support shaft of the mounting metal fitting to connect the bell to the mounting metal fitting. are doing. The striking lever extends radially outward from the support shaft beyond the outer peripheral edge portion of the bell, and pushes the striking lever downwards against the elastic force of the spring, and By releasing the pressing, the striking lever is caused to collide with the outer peripheral edge portion of the bell by the restoring force of the spring and the bell is struck.

[0003]

The bell device having the above-mentioned structure has no problem in that it functions as a bell, but it is difficult to give a novel appearance due to its structure, and has an old-fashioned design. . In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides a bell device having a novel configuration different from the bell device having the above configuration, so that a novel appearance can be obtained.

[0004]

That is, in the bell device of the present invention, a support shaft having a hollow portion at least on the base side, a support member for supporting the base side of the support shaft, and the support member connected to the handle. A grip, a bell provided on the support shaft or the support member and covering a tip end side of the support shaft, and swingably supported by the support shaft or the support member, and one end of the bell from a hollow portion of the support shaft. A striking lever that projects axially outward on the base side, and the other end passes through an opening formed in the support shaft from the inside of the hollow portion and projects radially outward, and the striking lever. A striking portion provided at the other end of the striking portion facing the bell, and a spring for biasing and holding the striking lever at a predetermined position. If necessary, the base of the support shaft is rotatably supported by a support member, and the striking lever is rotatably supported by a pin by projecting the support shaft through the support shaft in a diameter direction. And forming a plurality of engaging portions around the supporting shaft on the supporting member, and further selectively engaging the pin with any one of the plurality of engaging portions to regulate the rotational position of the supporting shaft. You can

[0005]

According to the above construction, the bell is provided on the support shaft, which is the same as the conventional one, but the striking lever projects from the inside of the hollow portion of the support shaft toward the axially outward side on the base side. Is significantly different from the conventional bell device that extends radially outward from the support shaft. Therefore, the appearance can be made novel, and the bell device can be attached in parallel with the handle. Further, in the one in which the base portion of the support shaft is rotatably supported by the support member, the striking lever can be integrally rotated with the pin, so that the swinging direction of the striking lever can be easily operated. It is possible to maintain the state by engaging the pin with the engaging portion in that state.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. In FIG. 1, a bell device 1 is attached to a handlebar 3 of a bicycle by a grip 2. Grip 2 above
Is made of a synthetic resin material in the shape of a strip, and its base 2a
Is a cylindrical support member 4 manufactured integrally with the grip 2.
Have been serialized. Then, the grip 2 is elastically deformed and wound around the handle 3, and the free end 2
b is superposed on the base portion 2a, and a bolt 5 provided on the free end portion 2b is screwed into a nut 6 embedded in the base portion 2a so as to be tightened, whereby the grip 2 is attached to the handle 3
It is fixed to. As shown in FIG. 2, the cylindrical support member 4 includes a cylindrical portion 4a and a wall portion 4b that closes the cylindrical portion 4a. The right side base portion of the support shaft 11 is provided on the wall portion 4b in parallel with the handle 3. They are arranged and connected. This support shaft 11
Is made of a synthetic resin material, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a shaft portion 11a, a lid portion 11b formed at the left end portion of the shaft portion 11a, and a lid on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion 11a. Four positioning ribs 11c are formed along the axial direction from the portion 11b to the right-side base portion. The base portion side of the shaft portion 11a penetrates the wall portion 4b of the support member 4 and is rotatable with respect to the wall portion 4b, and the wall portion of the metal bell 12 is provided between the wall portion 4b and the rib 11c. 12
A is clamped and fixed. The bell 12 is provided with a cylindrical portion 12b continuous with the outer periphery of the wall portion 12a.
The outer diameter of 2b is matched with the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 4a of the support member 4, and the axial length of the cylindrical portion 12b covers the tip of the shaft portion 11a of the support shaft 11 and the lid portion 11b. It is set to the length that can be. The shaft portion 11a is the inner formed in cross section substantially U-shaped as a hollow portion 11d, in this
The hollow portion 11d has a shaft portion 1 through an opening portion 11e having a U-shaped cross section.
It communicates with the outside of 1a. Then, a center portion of a striking lever 13 made of synthetic resin is arranged in the hollow portion 11d, and the pin 1 penetrating the shaft portion 11a in the diameter direction through the center portion.
A shaft 4 is swingably supported by a support shaft 11. The pin 14 has a hole 4c formed in the cylindrical portion 4a of the support member 4.
And is made to abut on the right side surface of the wall portion 4b of the support member 4 by projecting to both sides of the shaft portion 11a, thereby preventing the support shaft 11 from falling off from the support member 4, The bell 12 and the striking lever 13 are rotatably attached to the support member 4 together with the support shaft 11. On the right surface of the support member 4, a plurality of concave-convex engaging portions 4d surrounding the shaft portion 11a of the support shaft 11 are formed, and the pin 14 is formed in any one of the concave portions of the plurality of engaging portions 4d. The support shaft 11 is restricted to a predetermined rotation position by being selectively engaged.

The right end of the striking lever 13 is a support shaft 11
The opening 11e is passed through the inside of the hollow portion 11d to project outward in the axial direction, and the projecting end portion is used as the operating portion 13a of the striking lever 13. In addition, the operation unit 1
A lid portion 13b for closing the opening of the cylindrical portion 4a of the support member 4 is formed on the left side of 3a, and the left end portion of the striking lever 13 is cranked from the inside of the hollow portion 11d toward the outer side in the radial direction of the support shaft 11. And a metal striking portion 15 facing the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 12b of the bell 12 is provided at the tip thereof. Further, the wall portion 4b of the support member 4
The plate 16 is superposed on the right side surface of the support shaft 1 and the plate 16 is connected to the support shaft 11.
When the plate 1 is rotated with respect to the support member 4, the plate 1
6 also rotates together with the support shaft 11. The right end of the spring 17 is connected to the lid 13 of the striking lever 13.
The spring 17 is press-fitted and fixed in a U-shaped groove 13c formed in b, and the left end of the spring 17 is elastically contacted with the plate 16. The plate 16 and the spring 17 can integrally rotate around the support shaft 11 when the striking lever 13 is rotated.

In the above structure, when assembling the bell device 1, first, the shaft portion 11a on the base side of the support shaft 11 is sequentially penetrated through the wall portion 12a of the bell 12 and the wall portion 4b of the support member 4 to form the wall portion. The wall portion 12a of the metal bell 12 is sandwiched between the left surface of 4b and the rib 11c. And the wall 4
A plate 16 is polymerized on the right surface of b and is connected to the support shaft 11. Next, spring 1 in advance
The right end of 7 is press-fitted and fixed in the groove 13c formed in the lid 13b of the striking lever 13, and the striking part 15 is attached to the left end of the striking lever 13. 11 into the hollow portion 11d,
With the left end of the spring 17 elastically contacting the plate 16, the hole of the striking lever 13 through which the pin 14 is inserted, the hole of the shaft portion 11a, and the hole 4c of the cylindrical portion 4a of the support member 4 are formed.
Are arranged on a straight line, and in this state, the pin 14 is inserted through the hole 4c of the cylindrical portion 4a and the hole of the striking lever 13 and the shaft portion 11a.
Press into the hole of. In this state, the pin 14 comes into contact with the right side surface of the wall portion 4b of the support member 4, so that the support shaft 1
1 is prevented from falling off the support member 4. After assembling the bell device 1 in this way, the grip 2 integrally connected to the support member 4 is wound around the handle 3 and the bell device 1 is positioned at an appropriate position with respect to the handle 3. In this state, the bolt 5 provided on the free end portion 2b of the grip 2 is screwed into the nut 6 embedded in the base portion 2a and tightened to fix the bell device 1 at a predetermined position of the handle 3.

After that, by further gripping the operating portion 13a of the striking lever 13 and rotating the operating portion 13a with respect to the support member 4, the operating portion 13a can be oriented in a direction that is easy to operate, and At this time, the pin 14 rotates integrally with the striking lever 13 and the plurality of engaging portions 4
Since it engages with any one of the recesses of d,
Can be positioned in an easy-to-operate direction. In order to ring the bell, the operating portion 13a of the striking lever 13 is pushed against the elastic force of the spring 17 to rotate the striking lever 13 in the clockwise direction of FIG. 2, and the operating portion 13a is pressed in that state. It should be released abruptly. At this time, since the striking lever 13 is rapidly rotated counterclockwise by the elastic force of the spring 17, the striking portion 15 of the striking lever 13 is driven by the inertial force.
Collides with the bell 12 and rings the bell. Since the striking portion 15 can be made to collide with a suitable position on the inner peripheral surface of the bell 12, the bell 12 can be struck with a loud sound. Although the support shaft 11 is rotatably attached to the support member 4 in the above embodiment, the support shaft 11 may be attached to the handle 3 only at a fixed position. The support member 4 may be integrally manufactured. In this case, the striking lever 13 can be provided on the support member 4.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, the striking lever is projected outward in the axial direction from the inside of the hollow portion of the support shaft, so that the appearance is novel as compared with the conventional bell device. And the bell device can be mounted parallel to the handle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Bell device 2 ... Grip 3 ... Handle
4 ... Support member 4a ... Cylindrical part 4b ... Wall part 4c ... Hole
4d ... Engaging part 11 ... Support shaft 11d ... Hollow part 12 ... Bell
13 ... Strike lever 13a ... Operation part 14 ... Pin 15 ... Strike part
17 ... Spring

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A support shaft having a hollow portion at least on the base side, a support member for supporting the base side of the support shaft, a grip for connecting the support member to a handle, and the support shaft or the support member. And a bell that covers the tip end side of the support shaft and is swingably supported by the support shaft or the support member, and one end of the bell protrudes axially outward from the hollow portion of the support shaft toward the base side. At the same time, the other end passes through the opening formed in the support shaft from the inside of the hollow portion and projects outward in the radial direction, and the bell provided on the other end of the striking lever Opposing striking part,
A bell device comprising: a spring that biases and holds the striking lever at a predetermined position. 2. A base portion of the support shaft is rotatably supported by a support member, and the striking lever is rotatably supported by the support shaft by a pin that projects through the support shaft in a diametrical direction. Further, a plurality of engaging portions are formed on the supporting member so as to surround the supporting shaft, and the pin is selectively engaged with any one of the plurality of engaging portions to regulate the rotational position of the supporting shaft. The bell device according to claim 1, which is characterized.