JPH0736509Y2 - easel - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to an easel.

(Prior Art) An easel is usually constructed by framing wood and includes an easel body having a fixed frame and a canvas pedestal. By the way, even in the case of large-sized easels, the canvas pedestal can be moved up and down according to the number of canvas, or the body of the easel can be tilted according to the reflection of light on the surface of the painting. There are things that can be done.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the conventional easel, the canvas pedestal is moved up and down or the easel body is tilted and rotated manually, and this operation is troublesome especially for elderly people. It was awkward. Also, to determine whether the tilt of the easel body and the vertical position of the canvas cradle are located at the desired position, it is desirable to look at a certain distance on the front of the easel. To do this, you have to do it close to the easel, so traditionally, with a little adjustment,
It was necessary to move away from the canvas, judge whether the adjustment was good, and repeat this step by step. In adjusting the tilt of the easel body, the above-mentioned problem was particularly remarkable because this adjusting work had to be performed at the rear portion of the easel.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an easel that can easily adjust the tilt of the easel body or the vertical position of the canvas cradle.

(Means for Solving the Problem) An easel according to a first invention of the present application is a canvas pedestal installed so as to be movable in the vertical direction, a vertical movement driving means for moving the canvas pedestal in the vertical direction, and It is characterized in that it is provided with a control means for controlling the vertical movement drive means by remote control.

An easel according to a second aspect of the present application has an easel body that has a frame, a canvas pedestal, and the like and is rotatably installed in the inclination direction, an inclination drive unit that pivots the easel body in the inclination direction, and It is characterized in that it comprises a control means for controlling the tilt drive means by remote control.

An easel according to a third invention of the present application has a frame and a canvas pedestal arranged vertically movable with respect to the frame, and an easel main body rotatably installed in a tilt direction, the canvas pedestal. A vertical drive means for moving the vertical direction, an inclination drive means for pivotally moving the easel body in the inclination direction, and a control means for remotely controlling the vertical drive means and the inclination drive means. It is characterized by that.

(Advantages and effects of the invention) In the easel of the present invention, since the vertical position of the canvas pedestal and / or the tilt of the easel body can be adjusted by the remote control means, the front of the easel can be separated. At the position, the above adjustment can be performed while observing, so that the above adjustment can be performed efficiently and easily.

Embodiment Hereinafter, an easel according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, 2 and 3 are a perspective view, a front view and a side view of an easel according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

In these drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates an easel, and the easel 1 includes a base 2. On the base 2, a tiltable frame 3 formed in a vertically long rectangle is attached at its lower portion by a pivoting member 4 so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 4, the front surface of the vertical member 5 arranged on the side of the tiltable frame 3 is provided with a groove 6 formed in the longitudinal direction of the vertical member 5, that is, in the vertical direction. Has been. Although not shown in the drawings, slide rails 7 (see FIG. 7), which are usually made up of a large number of balls, ball retainers, inner members, outer members, etc., are arranged in these grooves 6. This slide rail 7 is conventionally known and is used for pulling out a rocker or the like.

A vertically movable frame 8 is vertically movably attached to the front surface of the tiltable frame 3 via the slide rail 7. As shown in FIG. 7, guide grooves 11 extending in the longitudinal direction of the vertical members 9 are formed on the inner side surfaces 10 of the vertical members 9 on both sides of the vertically movable frame 8. In these guide grooves 11, a fixed guide member 13 attached to a canvas pressing base 12 located above the vertically movable frame 8 and a canvas receiving base 14 located below the vertically movable frame 8 were mounted. A ball 15 provided at the tip of a fixed guide member (not shown, which has the same structure as the fixed guide member 13) is fitted. Due to this structure, the canvas pressing base 12 and the canvas receiving base 14 can move up and down along the vertically movable frame 8. In order to fix the vertically movable canvas pressing base 12 and the canvas receiving base 14 at a predetermined height position, as shown in FIG. 7, on the front surface of the central vertical member 16 of the vertically movable frame 8, A magnetic material, for example, an iron plate 17 is arranged, and on the other hand, on the vertical members 12a, 14a of the canvas pressing table 12 and the canvas receiving table 14, a magnet fixing member 18 capable of moving in and out of contact with the iron plate 17 is provided.
(A magnet fixing member for the canvas pedestal 14 is not shown, but has the same structure as the magnet fixing member 18). After arranging the canvas holder 12 and the canvas holder 14 at a predetermined height position, if the magnet fixing member 18 is brought close to the iron plate 17, the magnet fixing member 18 is attracted and fixed to the iron plate 17, By
The canvas holder 12 and the canvas holder 14 are fixed at predetermined height positions. Therefore, according to this structure, the canvases C having various numbers can be fixed.

Above canvas holder 12 and canvas holder 14
Since they have the same structure, the following is a canvas cradle
The structure will be described on behalf of 14. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the canvas pedestal 14 includes a pedestal body 19 attached to the lower front surface of the vertical member 14a. The cradle main body 19 has a fixing member 20 fixed to the lower part of the front surface of the vertical member 14a. A groove 21 extending in the width direction of the easel is formed on the upper surface of the fixing member 20, and a slide rail arranged in the groove 21.
A slide member 23 is disposed via 22 to be slidable in the width direction of the easel. The slide member 23 is fixed at a predetermined position by an appropriate stopper member. An anti-slip sheet 24 is attached to the surface of the slide member 23.

In order to electrically move the vertically movable frame 8 up and down with respect to the tiltable frame 3, a vertically moving mechanism 30 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is provided. The vertical movement mechanism 30 has a rack 31 arranged on the back surface of the central vertical member 16 of the vertically movable frame 8 at a predetermined interval and extending in a vertical direction for a predetermined length. This rack 31
Fits in a notch 33 formed on the front side of the center in the widthwise direction of a horizontal rail 32 provided at the approximately center in the vertical direction of the tiltable frame 3, and this notch 33 You can move up and down inside. Notch 33 of the horizontal rail 32
A gear box 34 is fixed on the upper surface of the rack 31, and a pinion gear (not shown) in the gear box 34 is engaged with the rack 31. The pinion gear is connected to the reversible motor 35 via a gear train (not shown).
The motor 35 is provided with an electromagnetic lock 36 for fixing the vertically movable frame 8 to the desired position when the vertically movable frame 8 is moved to a desired position by the operation of the motor. The motor 35 and the electromagnetic lock 36 are operated and operated by remote control.

Therefore, the remote operation control circuit 37 is arranged in the base 2, and the remote operation control circuit 37 is provided in the base 2
Is connected to an optical sensor 38 provided on the front surface of the motor, and an infrared ray R including a command issued by a remote control switch 39 receives a command via the optical sensor 38 to cause the motor 35 and the electromagnetic lock 36 to operate in a predetermined manner. The up-down movable frame 8 is moved up and down, stopped, or locked by operation control through a gear train, a pinion gear, and a rack 31. Since the vertically movable frame 8 is automatically stopped at the upper limit position and the lower limit position, the limit switch L1,
L2 is provided.

A turning mechanism 40 is provided as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 6 for tilting the tiltable frame 3, that is, turning it back and forth. This rotating mechanism 40
It has a link member 42 whose upper end is pivotally attached to the central portion of the rear surface of the horizontal crosspiece 32 and whose lower end is pivotally attached to a front-rear moving member 41 arranged in the base 2. When the tiltable frame 3 is moved, the tiltable frame 3 is rotated forward, and when the front-rear moving member 41 is moved backward, the tiltable frame 3 is rotated backward. The front-rear moving member 41 extends in the front-rear direction of the base 2 as shown in FIG. 6 with a nut-shaped member (not shown) fixed to the front-rear moving member, and the nut-shaped member is screwed into the nut-shaped member. It can be moved back and forth by a lead screw mechanism including a lead screw 43. The lead screw 43 is, for example, a power transmission mechanism 47 including a chain 44 and a pair of chain sprockets 45 and 46.
Is operably connected to the motor 48 via. Similar to the above, the motor 48 has an electromagnetic lock 49 for locking the motor 48 in order to lock the tiltable frame 3 at that position when the tiltable frame 3 has a desired angle, that is, a desired tilt. I have it. The motor 48 and the electromagnetic lock 49 are also remotely operated by the remote operation control circuit 37 and the remote control switch 39 to perform the tilting operation of the easel. A push-button type operation panel 50 is provided on the front surface of the base 2 and is used when the remote control switch 39 fails.

With the above structure, the easel can be electrically tilted and moved up and down, and the canvas holder and the canvas receiver can be manually moved up and down and left and right.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an easel according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the easel, FIG. 3 is a side view of the easel, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the easel. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing the main part of the vertical movement mechanism, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the main part of the rotating mechanism, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the upper part of the canvas holder, and FIG. 9 and FIG. 9 are perspective views for explaining the structure of the canvas pedestal. 1 …… Easel 2 …… Base 3 …… Tiltable frame 8 …… Vertical movement frame 30 …… Vertical movement mechanism 37 …… Remote operation control circuit 39 …… Remote operation switch 40 …… Rotation mechanism

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A canvas pedestal installed so as to be movable in the vertical direction, a vertical movement driving means for moving the canvas pedestal in the vertical direction, and a control means for controlling the vertical movement driving means by remote control. Easel that is equipped with. 2. Having a frame and a canvas cradle,
An easel including an easel body rotatably installed in a tilt direction, a tilt drive means for pivotally moving the easel body in the tilt direction, and a control means for remotely controlling the tilt drive means. . 3. An easel body having a frame and a canvas pedestal arranged vertically movable with respect to the frame, rotatably installed in an inclination direction, and the canvas pedestal vertically moved. Vertical movement drive means for
Tilting drive means for pivoting the easel body in a tilting direction,
An easel comprising: a control means for controlling the vertical movement drive means and the tilt drive means by remote control.