JPH0728409Y2 - Rod holder - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention is a holder for mounting a rod on a panel surface or the like having a narrow mounting space, and retains the rod by opening and closing a clip like a conventional one. The present invention relates to a rod holder that is small in size and has a strong holding force.

[Prior Art] A holder for adjustably mounting various rods on a panel surface or the like in a narrow mounting space is conventionally mounted on the panel surface or the like with one touch, and fine adjustment in the length direction of the rod is possible. In addition, from the viewpoint that the rod is surely prevented from moving in the longitudinal direction and that the rod does not come out and the clip is not deformed, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. On one of the heads provided at the upper ends of the two half-split bodies 52, 52, a C-shaped holding frame 53 having an internal thread portion is provided on the other half-split body 52, and the other head is provided. A closed L-shaped cover 56 composed of a closing piece 54 that closes the open side surface of the holding frame 53 and an overlapping piece 55 that overlaps the upper surface of the holding frame 53 is connected to the portion so that it can be raised by the hinge portion 57. A locking projection 58 is provided on the upper surface of the holding frame 53 so as to project upward, and the cover 56 is raised on the overlapping piece 55. A hole 60 into which a tongue-shaped locking piece 59 that is pushed up by slidingly contacting the lower surface of the locking projection 58 is provided.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above holder, the rod can be easily attached, the movement of the rod in the length direction can be adjusted, and the rod is securely held and may not come off. In order to provide 53 with strength and prevent deformation, the H dimension in FIG. 8 must be increased, and if the holder mounting space is narrow, the H dimension cannot be increased, and Since the tool is made of synthetic resin only, it was impossible to have sufficient strength.

Further, when the holder is attached to the attachment hole of the surface of the panel or the like and then the rod is held, if the attachment space is narrow, there is no operation space for raising and lowering the cover 56, and the rod cannot be attached.

Further, since it is an opening / closing type, there are problems that the parts are large and the molding cost is high.

The present invention has no undulations or opening / closing parts for holding the rod, and can be held with a single touch even in a narrow mounting space, and securely holds the rod to prevent movement in the longitudinal direction, and when necessary. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rod holder which eliminates the above-mentioned problems and which enables fine adjustment in the length direction.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a rod holder configured as follows. That is, a head 1 provided with a groove 4 having a circular cross section, the bottom side of which is wider than the opening side, between a pair of elastically deformable holding portions 3 and 3 facing each other, and the head 1 is hung vertically from the head 1. The leg portion 2 has an elastic locking piece 7 projecting outward, and the head portion 1 has a u-shape at a position where both the holding portions 3 and 3 face each other. The slit 5 into which the metal plate 8 having the notch 9 is inserted is provided, and the metal plate 8 is inserted across the slits 5.
The u-shaped notch 9 communicates with the groove 4, and the peripheral edge plate portion 8a of the notch 9 is fitted in a protruding manner from the inner surface of the groove 4.

[Operation] In this rod holder, the rod 2 is held in the groove 4 and then the leg portion 2 is fitted into the mounting hole of the panel or the like, or the rod 2 is attached after the leg portion 2 is mounted in the mounting hole of the panel or the like. Clamping part 3,
The rod can be attached to a panel or the like simply by pushing it into the groove 4 between the three.

Since there is no opening / closing part, undulation part, etc., the rod can be held securely with one touch, so the mounting work is simple, and the small size allows it to be mounted in a narrow mounting space.

Further, the peripheral edge plate portion 8a of the notch 9 of the metal plate 8 is engaged between the large diameter portions (locking collar or screw thread) provided on the rod to prevent the rod from moving in the longitudinal direction.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

This rod holder is made of synthetic resin, and a groove 4 having a circular cross section whose bottom side is wider than the opening side is provided between a pair of opposing elastically deformable holding portions 3, 3. It is composed of a head portion 1, a leg portion 2 vertically extending from the head portion 1, and a metal plate 8 attached to the head portion 1.

The sandwiching portion 3 is connected to the thin wall portion 3a forming the peripheral surface of the groove 4, a rectangular plate portion 3a 'which is continuous with the thin wall portion 3a at the bottom position of the groove 4, and which is orthogonal to the opening direction of the groove 4, and the groove 4 A thin-walled portion 3a sandwiching the groove 4 at a substantially central position in the longitudinal direction, and thick-walled portions 3b and 3b having a constant width, which are provided in a facing manner and are continuous to the outside of the plate portion 3a '. The outer surfaces of the flesh portions 3b, 3b are parallel to each other with the groove 4 sandwiched therebetween, and the cross section of the head portion 1 in the direction orthogonal to the groove 4 is rectangular.

The cross section of the groove 4 of the head 1 is a circular portion 4a having a diameter slightly larger than the large diameter portion of the rod A held by the rod holder on the bottom side, and the opening side of the groove 4 has this circular shape. An opening width of an intermediate size between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion of the rod A which is continuous with the shape portion 4a, and has a parallel portion 4b on both sides, and an outward expanding portion which is continuous with this portion 4b. It is 4c.

In addition, the thick portions 3b, 3b have one thick portion at the center in the width direction.
From the outer surface of 3b toward the other thick portion 3b, the slit 5 between the upper surface position of the plate portion 3a 'and the position slightly inside the opening surface of the groove 4 is located near the outer surface of the other thick portion 3b. It is provided up to the depth.

The leg portion 2 is vertically provided on the bottom surface of the plate portion 3a ′ of the head portion 1 and has a columnar shape. The peripheral surface of the free end portion is an inclined surface and the free end portion is tapered. Square hole along the length
2a is provided over the entire length of the leg portion 2.

Further, an elastic locking piece 7 is provided in the slit 6 at a position on the peripheral wall of the leg portion 2 in a direction opposite to the sandwiching portion 3 by an inverted u-shaped slit 6 extending from the lower portion to the bottom surface of the head 1. This locking piece 7 has a sloped surface 7b that extends outward from the base portion that projects outward from the peripheral surface of the leg 2 and a sloped surface 7a that expands from the free end toward the base side. It has a surface 7c which is parallel to the outer surface of the sandwiching portion 3 between the two inclined surfaces 7a and 7b.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a metal plate having a substantially u-shaped cutout 9 at a position offset to one side from the central portion inserted into the slit 5, and the cutout 9 is a circle wider than the small diameter portion of the rod A. Consists of a shaped portion 9a, a portion 9b connected to the circular shaped portion 9a and parallel to both sides of the narrow width from the small diameter portion of the rod A, and a portion 9c extending to the outside and extending to the outside. There is. Then, when the metal plate 8 is pushed into the slit 5 from the side of the notch 9 which is biased to the inner part of the slit 5, the opening of the notch 9 matches the opening of the groove 4 of the head 1, The notch 9 of the plate 8 communicates with the groove 4, and the peripheral edge plate portion 8a of the notch 9 is projected from the circular portion 4a of the groove 4 and a part of the parallel portions 4b on both sides with a substantially similar protruding width. Has become.

A hemispherical small protrusion 8b is provided on one surface of the metal plate 8 below the cutout 9, and the metal plate 8 is pressed against the inner surface of the slit 5 at the position where the metal plate 8 is pushed. It is designed to prevent slippage.

In this rod holder, the leg portion 2 is pushed into a mounting hole such as the surface of the panel P while elastically deforming the elastic locking piece 7, and the inclined surface 7a of the elastic locking piece 7 and the bottom surface of the plate portion 3a 'of the head 1 are pushed. It is fixed to the hole edge of the panel P between.

The rod A is provided with a plurality of collars f at equal intervals, the diameter of the collar f corresponds to the large diameter portion, and the outer diameter of the rod A corresponds to the small diameter portion. By using the elastic deformation of the holding portions 3 and 3, and in the groove 4 between the ribs 3,
The peripheral plate portion 8a of the cutout 9 of the metal plate 8 is pushed in between, and the rod A is held in the groove 4 so that the diameter of the flange f is parallel to both sides of the groove 4b. Since it is larger than the opening width of the metal plate, it does not come off from the groove 4, and the metal plate 8 is provided between the flanges f.
Since the peripheral edge plate portion 8a is engaged, the movement of the rod A in the longitudinal direction is reliably prevented.

Even in the case where the rod A has a threaded portion, the peripheral plate portion 8a of the metal plate 8 is engaged in a threaded state of the threaded portion in a slightly twisted state, so that the rod is prevented from moving in the longitudinal direction. Retained.

In this case, the rod A can be finely adjusted in the lengthwise direction while being held by twisting the rod A.

[Effect] Since the rod holder according to the present invention is composed of the head and the leg as described above, and the leg is provided with the elastic locking piece protruding outward, the leg is provided. It can be attached to a panel or the like by press-fitting into a mounting hole of the panel or the like.

In addition, a groove having a circular cross-section whose bottom side is wider than the opening side is provided between a pair of elastically deformable sandwiching portions facing each other in the head, and a metal having a u-shaped cutout at the opposing positions of both sandwiching portions. A slit into which a plate is inserted is provided, and a u-shaped cutout of the metal plate inserted between the slits communicates with the groove, and a peripheral plate portion of the cutout is formed to project from an inner surface of the groove. Since the rod is fitted into the groove of the head, a pin having a plurality of flanges or a rod having a male screw portion is press-fitted into the groove so that both clamping portions are elastically deformed and the rod is fitted into the groove. It is securely held on the head, and the rod is attached to the panel and does not come off.

Therefore, the rod can be attached by a one-touch operation by simply press-fitting it in the groove, and since there is no opening / closing or undulating portion, it can be attached even in a mounting space narrower than the conventional one.

Further, since a metal plate is incorporated in the holding portion, even if it is small, it has high strength and does not deform.

Since the peripheral plate portion of the notch of the metal plate is engaged between the collars or threads of the rod, movement of the rod in the longitudinal direction is prevented, and in the case of a rod having a threaded portion, twisting the rod The rod position can be finely adjusted in the length direction.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a rod holder according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the same, FIG. 3 is a side view of a metal plate insertion side, and FIG. 4 is a front view of a metal plate. 5, FIG. 5 is the same sectional view in the rod mounted state, FIG. 6 is the same plan view, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional example, and FIG. 8 is the same sectional view in the rod mounted state. 1 ... head part, 2 ... leg part, 3 ... holding part, 4 ... groove, 5
...... Slit, 6 ...... Split, 7 ...... Elastic locking piece, 8 ......
Metal plate, 9 ... notch, A ... rod.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A head provided with a groove having a circular cross section, the bottom side of which is wider than the opening side, between a pair of opposing elastically deformable holding sections, and a leg section hung from the head section. The leg portion has an elastic locking piece projecting outward, and a metal plate having a u-shaped cutout is inserted into the head portion at a position opposite to each other. And a u-shaped cutout of the metal plate inserted between the slits communicates with the groove, and a peripheral edge plate portion of the cutout is fitted in a protruding shape from the inner surface of the groove. A rod holder characterized in that