JPH0752762Y2 - Bucket type storage box opening / closing control device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to an opening / closing control device for a bucket type storage box in which the opening / closing of a storage box such as a bucket type glove box in an automobile is controlled by a damper. It is a thing.

(Prior Art) In a conventional automobile, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, a space 2 for arranging a storage box is formed in an instrument panel 1 and a bucket type storage box 3 having an open upper end is provided. By disposing the storage box 3 in the space 2 and rotatably mounting it on the instrument panel 1 around the support shafts 4, 4 provided on both sides of the lower end of the storage box 3 as shown in FIG. There is one in which 3 can be opened and closed in the direction of arrow 5.

In order to smoothly perform such opening / closing control of the storage box 3, an opening / closing control device 6 as shown in FIG. 9 is provided between the fixed portion 1a of the instrument panel 1 and the back lid 3a of the storage box 3. A technique for interposing (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-196752) is disclosed.

The opening / closing control device 6 includes a damper device 7 fixed to the back cover 3a. As shown in FIG. 10, this damper device 7 is slidably fitted into the cylinder body 8 and a cylinder body 8 having a bottomed cylindrical shape, a cap 9 that closes the open end of the cylinder body 8. The piston 10, the operating rod 11 that is integrally provided to the piston 10 and penetrates the cap 9, the seal ring 12 that is installed in the outer peripheral groove 10a of the piston 10, and the seal rod 12 that is interposed between the piston 10 and the cap 9. Spring 13
Have. Moreover, the bottom wall 8a of the cylinder body 8 and the intermediate portion of the cylinder body 8 are provided with orifices 14 and 15. In addition, the control device 6 includes a pulley 16 mounted on the back plate 3a.
And the guide member 17 fixed to the back plate 3a and the operation rod 11
Has a linear member 18 whose one end is fixed to the tip of the. The linear member 18 is supported by the pulley 16 and the guide member 17,
The other end is fixed to the fixed portion 1a of the instrument panel 1.

With this configuration, when the storage box 3 is opened, the storage box 3
Since the storage box 3 itself moves in the opening direction due to its own weight,
The operation rod 11 is pulled out from the cylinder body 8 against the spring force of the spring 13 by the action of the linear body 18 whose other end is fixed to the fixed portion 1a of the instrument panel 1. At this time, until the piston 10 exceeds the orifice 15, the piston 10 moves smoothly and the storage box 3 also opens smoothly. When the piston 10 exceeds the orifice 15, the air in the chamber A of the cylinder body 8 is compressed. As a result, the piston 10 slows down, and the storage box 3 becomes a resistance to open, so that it can be opened only slowly.

On the other hand, when the storage box 3 opened in this way is pushed in the closing direction, the spring force of the spring 13 is also combined, and the operation rod 11
Are allowed to enter the cylinder body 10. As a result, the storage box 3 is rotated around the support shafts 4, 4 and the space 2
Immersed in. At this time, air is introduced into the chamber A of the cylinder body 8 from the orifice 15, and air is discharged from the chamber B of the cylinder body 8 from the orifice 14. The orifices 14 and 15 limit the amount of air flowing in and out, and limit the moving speed of the piston 10 by the spring 13. As a result, the storage box 3 is closed at a constant speed.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) By the way, in the above-described configuration, the damper is removed from the storage box 3 by the position where the guide member 17 is attached to the back plate 3a, that is, the distance L from the axis of the support shaft 4 to the guide member 17. The loads acting on the device 6 are different.

However, the above-mentioned guide member 17 has only the function of deflecting the linear member 18, and the mounting position is constant. Therefore, when the guide member 17 is attached, the storage box 3
Therefore, the load acting on the damper device 6 could not be adjusted.

Therefore, the present invention provides an opening / closing control device for a bucket type storage box capable of adjusting the load acting on the damper device from the storage box when the guide member of such a linear body is attached to the back plate of the storage box. That is the purpose.

(Means for Solving the Problem) To this end, according to the present invention, a space for arranging a storage box is provided in the main body, and a bucket type storage box with an open upper end rotates about a lower end. The damper device is attached to the main body so as to project and retract from the space, the fixing portion is provided in a portion of the main body facing the back plate of the storage box, and the damper device has an operation rod slidable in the longitudinal direction. Guide means mounted on the back plate and spaced apart from the tip of the operating rod is provided on the back plate, and one end of the linear member slidably supported by the guide means is operated by the operation means. An opening / closing control device for a bucket type storage box, which is fixed to a tip portion of a rod and is held by the fixing portion, wherein the guide means directs the filaments along the plate surface of the back plate. Change to a direction that intersects the sliding direction of the operating rod. The direction of the further pipe-shaped first bending guide portion and the portion of the linear body that has passed through the first bending guide portion can be changed to the direction intersecting the plate surface and to the fixing portion side. A second pipe-shaped bending guide portion, and any one of a plurality of guide members having different intervals between the bending guide portions is selectively attached to the back plate as the guide means, or ,
An opening / closing control device for a bucket type storage box, wherein the first and second guide members, which are divided from each other and attached to the back plate so that the distance between them can be adjusted, serve as the folding guide portions of the guide means. And

(Operation) In such a configuration, any one of a plurality of guide members having different intervals between the folding guide portions is selectively attached to the back plate as the guide means, or the first guide members are divided from each other. By adjusting the distance between the first and second guide members to appropriately adjust the distance from the rotation axis of the storage box to the deflection position of the linear member toward the fixed portion, the storage box acts on the damper device. The load is adjusted.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

[First Embodiment] FIGS. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 6, 1 is an instrument panel (main body),
Reference numeral 2 is a space for arranging a storage box formed in the instrument panel 1, and 3 is a bucket type storage box having an open upper end. Support shafts 4, 4 are provided on both sides of the lower end of the storage box 3 as shown in FIG. The storage box 3 is disposed in the space 2 and is rotated around the support shafts 4, 4 so that the storage panel 3 can be retracted from the space 2 in the direction of arrow 5 in FIG. It is installed.

In order to smoothly perform the opening / closing control of the storage box 3 as described above, the opening / closing control is performed between the fixed portion 1a of the instrument panel 1 and the back lid 3a of the storage box 3 as shown in FIGS. The device 6 is interposed.

The opening / closing control device 6 includes a damper device 7 fixed to the back cover 3a as shown in FIG. This damper device 7
Is a cylinder body 8 having a bottomed cylindrical shape as shown in FIG.
A cap 9 that closes the open end of the cylinder body 8, a piston 10 that is slidably fitted in the cylinder body 8, an operation rod 11 that is integrally provided on the piston 10 and that penetrates the cap 9, and a piston. It has a seal ring 12 mounted in the outer peripheral groove 10a of 10 and a spring 13 interposed between the piston 10 and the cap 9. Moreover, the cylinder body 8
In the middle of the bottom wall 8a of the cylinder and the cylinder body 8, the orifice 1
4,15 are formed.

Further, the control device 6 includes a pipe-shaped guide member 19 fixed to the back plate 3a corresponding to the tip of the operation rod 11, a linear body 20 having one end fixed to the tip of the operation rod 11, and a wire. Article 20
Has a metal fitting 21 fixed to the free end of the. This striatum
Reference numeral 20 is inserted through and supported by the guide member 19, and the locking metal fitting 21 is locked to the fixed portion 1a of the instrument panel 1. Moreover, the guide member 19 (guide means) is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, one end has a first bending guide portion 19a directed toward the tip side of the operating rod 11, and the other end has a second bending portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the back plate 3a. Guide part
With 19b. That is, the first bending guide portion 19a is the linear body 20.
Is changed to a direction that intersects the sliding direction of the operation rod 11 along the plate surface of the back plate 3a, and the second bending guide portion 19b changes the first bending guide portion 19a of the filament 20 from the first bending guide portion 19a. The direction of the passed portion can be changed to a direction intersecting the plate surface of the back plate 3a and to the fixed portion 1a side. Incidentally, the guide member 19 which is a guide means
Are arranged on the extension of the operation rod 11 in the sliding direction with a distance from the tip of the operation rod 11.

Next, the operation of the opening / closing control device for the bucket type storage box having such a configuration will be described.

With such a configuration, when the storage box 3 is opened, the operation rod 11 causes the operation rod 11 to move to the spring 13 when the storage box 3 is opened, as described above.
It is pulled out from the cylinder body 8 against the spring force of. At this time, the piston 10 moves smoothly until the piston 10 exceeds the orifice 15, and the storage box 3 also opens smoothly. When the piston 10 exceeds the orifice 15, air is compressed into the chamber A of the cylinder body 8. As a result, the movement of the piston 10 becomes slow and the storage box 3 becomes a resistance to open, so that the storage box 3 can only be opened slowly.

On the other hand, when the storage box 3 opened in this way is pushed in the closing direction, the spring force of the spring 13 is also combined, and the operation rod 11
Are allowed to enter the cylinder body 10. As a result, the storage box 3 is rotated around the support shafts 4, 4 and the space 2
Immersed in. At this time, air is introduced into the chamber A of the cylinder body 8 from the orifice 15, and air is discharged from the chamber B of the cylinder body 8 from the orifice 14. The orifices 14 and 15 limit the amount of air flowing in and out, and limit the moving speed of the piston 10 by the spring 13. As a result, the storage box 3 is closed at a constant speed.

In addition, a large number of guide members 19 having different guide lengths 1 for guiding the linear body 20 along the back plate 3a in the direction intersecting the rotation axis of the storage box 3 are prepared. By selecting one of the large number of guide members 19 when attaching to the 3a, the distance L from the rotation axis of the storage box 3 to the deflection position of the linear member 20 to the fixed portion 1a side is appropriately adjusted. As a result, the load acting on the damper device 6 from the storage box 3 is adjusted.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the guide member 19 in the first embodiment is divided into first and second guide members 19-1 and 19-2 (first and second bending guide portions), and a guide means is configured. The bolts 22 and 23 are integrally provided on the first and second guide members 19-1 and 19-2, and the storage box 3
Insert the bolts 22 and 23 into the insertion hole 24 and the long hole 25 provided in
The fixing nuts 26, 27 are screwed to the bolts 22, 23. Moreover, the long hole 25 extends in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis of the storage box 3. Although not shown, for example, by forming the base of the bolt 22 and the insertion hole 24 in a square shape, the rotation of the first guide member 19-1 is prevented and the base of the bolt 23 is formed in a square shape. It is preferable to prevent the second guide member 19-2 from rotating. However, the regulation of the rotation of the first and second guide members 19-1 and 19-2 is not limited to the above configuration.

According to this embodiment, the fixing nut 27 is loosened, the second guide member 19-2 is moved and adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the elongated hole 25, and then the fixing nut 27 is tightened.
By changing the guide length l between both ends of -1,19-2, by appropriately adjusting the distance L from the rotation axis of the storage box 3 to the deflection position of the linear member 20 toward the fixed portion 1a side. The load acting on the damper device 6 from the storage box 3 is adjusted.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the space for arranging the storage box is provided in the main body, and the bucket-shaped storage box with the upper end opened is rotated about the lower end to move from the space. A damper device is mounted on the main body so as to be retracted, a fixing portion is provided in a portion of the main body facing the back plate of the storage box, and a damper device having an operation rod slidable in the longitudinal direction is mounted on the back plate. In addition, the back plate is provided with guide means arranged at a distance from the tip of the operation rod, and one end of the linear member slidably supported by the guide means is provided at the tip of the operation rod. An opening / closing control device for a bucket type storage box which is fixed and held by the fixing part, wherein the guide means slides the operating rod along the plate surface of the back plate. A pipe that changes to a direction that intersects the moving direction -Shaped first bending guide portion and a pipe-like shape in which the orientation of the portion of the linear body that has passed through the first bending guide can be changed to the fixing portion side in a direction intersecting the plate surface. A second bending guide portion, and one of a plurality of guide members having different intervals between the bending guide portions is selectively attached to the back plate as the guide means, or
Since the first and second guide members which are divided from each other and are attached to the back plate so that the distance between them can be adjusted are used as the both bent guide portions of the guide means, the guide members of the linear body are arranged on the back of the storage box. It is possible to adjust the load that acts on the damper device from the storage box when it is attached to the plate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the relationship between the bucket type storage box according to the present invention and its opening / closing control device. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a state where the bucket type storage box and the opening / closing control device of FIG. 1 are assembled to an instrument panel. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the cylinder body shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of an automobile including the opening / closing control device shown in FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. 7 is a view corresponding to FIG. 5 showing another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an automobile including a conventional bucket-type storage box opening / closing control device. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the bucket type storage box shown in FIG. 8 and its opening / closing control device. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the cylinder body shown in FIG. 1 ... Instrument panel (main body) 1a ... Fixed part 2 ... Space 3 ... Storage box 3a ... Back cover 4 ... Support shaft 6 ... Opening / closing device 7 ... Damper device 11 ... Operating rod 19 ... … Guide member 19-1 …… First guide member 19-2 …… Second guide member 20 …… Linear body

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A space for arranging a storage box is provided in the main body, and a bucket type storage box having an open upper end is attached to the main body so as to rotate around a lower end portion and to be retracted from the space, A fixing portion is provided in a portion of the main body facing the back plate of the storage box, and a damper device having an operation rod slidable in a longitudinal direction is attached to the back plate, and a tip of the operation rod is provided. Guide means arranged at intervals are provided on the back plate, and one end of the linear member slidably supported by the guide means is fixed to the distal end portion of the operation rod and is held by the fixed portion. And a guide means for changing the direction of the filament body to a direction intersecting the sliding direction of the operation rod along the plate surface of the back plate. The first bending guide portion, and A pipe-shaped second bending guide portion that can change the direction of the portion of the strip that has passed the first bending guide portion in the direction intersecting the plate surface and to the fixed portion side, Either one of a plurality of guide members having different intervals between the folding guide portions is selectively attached to the back plate as the guide means, or is divided from each other and attached to the back plate so that the interval can be adjusted. An opening / closing control device for a bucket type storage box, characterized in that the first and second guide members are used as the folding guide portions of the guide means.