JPH08119021A - Housing type cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To hardly narrow a fitting allowable space for a drawer case and the like in a console box and the like. CONSTITUTION: This housing type cup holder is constituted so that it is fitted to a fixed box body 11 such as a console box of an automobile, and it can be taken in or out against the drawing out part position A on the top board part 13 of the fixed box body 11 through an opening part 15 for taking in/out formed on the top board part 13 in front of the drawing out part position A. A cup holder main body 17 is provided with a receiving operation mechanism capable of reciprocating in a circular arc between the drawing out part position A over the top board part 13 and the receiving part position B under the top board part 13 through the opening part 15, and formed with a cover body part 19 closing the opening part 15 when the cup holder is housed, on the bottom part side.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage type cup holder (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as "cup holder") attached to a fixed box body such as a console box of an automobile. Here, a console box of an automobile will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to passenger seats of trains, ships, airplanes, and the like.

[0002] In this specification, the front and rear and the upper and lower sides showing the positional relationship are the same as the front and rear and the upper and lower sides in the vehicle compartment when the cup holder is attached to the console box, unless otherwise specified.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a cup holder attached to a console box or the like is housed in a front bulge portion to which a middle box on the front side of a vehicle is attached and then horizontally pulled out for use. It was the type to do.

For this reason, the space for mounting the inner box of the front bulging portion is relatively small, which is not desirable.

In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cup holder that does not substantially reduce the installation allowable space of a middle box or the like in a console box or the like.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the inventors of the present invention, in the process of diligently working, in the console box and the like, in front of the front bulging portion, that is, at the portion where the cup holder is taken out. Focusing on the existence of a dead space below the top plate, the present inventors conceived a cup holder having the following configuration.

It is attached to a fixed box body such as a console box of an automobile, and can be freely moved in and out of a drawer portion on a top plate portion of the fixed box body through an appearing / retracting opening formed in the top plate portion in front of the drawer portion. A storage-type cup holder, wherein the cup-holder main body is provided with a storage operation mechanism capable of reciprocating arc movement between a drawer part above the top plate part and a storage part below the top plate part through a retractable opening. With the bottom side,
It is characterized in that a lid body portion is formed to close the projecting / retracting opening portion when the cup holder is housed.

[0008]

According to the cup holder of the present invention, the cup holder is provided between the drawer portion above the top plate portion and the storage portion below the top plate portion.
The cup holder drawer such as the console box is equipped with a storage operation mechanism that allows reciprocating arc movement through the retractable opening and a lid that closes the retractable opening when storing the cup holder on the bottom side. The cup holder can be housed in the dead space below the top plate of the part. Therefore, the cup holder according to the present invention hardly narrows the installation allowable space of the middle box or the like in the console box or the like.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the storage operation mechanism is
A pair of rotating arms formed on the cup holder main body by curving and projecting from the front end side to the lower rear side, and a pair of support walls formed on the lower surface of the fixed box body and around which the pair of rotating arms are coupled in pairs. In the case where it is constituted by at least one of the rotating arms and the sandwiching type reversing biasing spring mounted between the supporting wall, the operability for taking out and storing is increased, which is desirable.

Further, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the cup peripheral surface pressing piece is attached to the front side of the cup holder main body so as to be rotatable inward and downward, and is biased horizontally by the spring. Stable holding of cup holders of various diameters is possible.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A detailed description will be given below based on an embodiment of the present invention. Here, as shown in the figure, a two-cup holding type will be described as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to a one-cup holding type.

(1) The cup holder of this embodiment has the following basic structure.

It is attached to a fixed box body 11 such as a console box of an automobile, and a top plate portion 13 in front of the drawn-out portion A is attached to a drawer portion A on the top plate portion 13 of the fixed box body 11.
It has a configuration capable of freely appearing and disappearing through the appearing and disappearing opening 15 formed in (see FIGS. 2 to 5). Here, the projecting / retracting opening 15 is formed on the slanted wall, but the projecting / retracting opening 1 may be formed on the vertical wall or the flat wall depending on the type of the fixed box body or the pull-out portion.
5 can also be formed.

(2) In the above structure, in this embodiment, the cup holder body 17 has the retractable opening 15 between the drawer portion A above the top plate portion 13 and the storage portion B below the top plate portion 13. A storage operation mechanism capable of reciprocating arc movement is provided, and a lid portion 19 that closes the retractable opening 15 when the cup holder is stored is formed on the bottom side. Lid part 19
In the illustrated example, a handle hole 20 is formed in the central portion of the lid body portion 19 in order to have a handle function, but when the cup holder is pulled out, a sufficient space is provided between the ceiling portion 13 and the lid body portion 19. If there is a gap, a protruding handle such as a knob may be formed, and further, a recess (bent portion) or the like for hooking a finger may be formed on the storage stopper 61 formed at the tip of the lid body portion 19. May be. The upper end of the cup holder body 17 on the back side projects and serves as a stopper 63 for pulling out.

Since this embodiment is a two-cup holding type, it has the following structure.

A partition standing wall 21 whose upper surface 21a is a curved surface having a shape along the arcuate movement L, and both side surfaces are concave arcuate holding standing surfaces 21b for holding the cup C peripheral portion is formed in the center of the cup holder body. Is formed in the portion and can hold a pair of cups, that is, a two-cup holding type.

Further, on both sides of the cup holder main body 11, the cup side holding arms 23 having an arcuate outer surface are guided by both side edges 15a of the protruding / withdrawing opening, and resist the spring force when the cup holder is stored. It is spring-biased and attached in the horizontal opening direction so as to close inward. Specifically, the cup side holding arm 23 is the rotating shaft 2 of the holding arm 23.
9 is attached to the boss portion 17a of the cup holder body 17 via a torsion coil spring 31 and is biased in the opening direction.

Further, in order to accommodate cups C having various diameters, the cup holder main body 17 has a front upper end, in the illustrated example, a front upper end of each holding vertical surface 21b of the central partition vertical wall 21, and moves downward inward. A cup peripheral surface pressing piece 33 is rotatably spring-biased in the horizontal direction (upward) and attached to the cup peripheral surface pressing piece 33. That is, the pressing piece 33 is attached to the pivots 35 formed on both side walls of the upper end cutout of the holding standing surface 21b via the torsion coil spring 37, and is biased upward.

The holding standing surface 21b of the central partition standing wall 21
The inner side surface 23b of the cup side holding arm 23 constitutes one circle for holding the cup when the cup holder is pulled out, but constitutes a hexagonal or octagonal polygon. You may do it. In addition, the central division standing wall 2
Each of the cup bottom receiving walls 25 and 27, which are continuously formed at the lower end of the holding vertical surface 21b of FIG. 1 and the inner side surface 23b of the cup side holding arm 23, do not interfere with each other when the cup holder is housed. Side cup bottom receiving wall 25
However, the cup bottom receiving wall 27 of the cup side holding arm 23
Corresponding to, it has a shape in which a split circle is cut out.

(3) The storage operation mechanism is not particularly limited as long as it can perform a reciprocating arc motion,
Also, from the viewpoint of stability of holding a cup, the following constitution is desirable.

The storage operation mechanism is formed on a lower surface of the cup holder main body 17, which is formed by curving and projecting rearward and downward from the front end of the cup holder body 17, and on the lower surface of the top plate portion 13 of the fixed box body 17.
It is composed of a pair of support walls 39 to which the pair of rotating arms 18 and 18 are coupled in pairs, and a pinch-type reversing biasing spring 41 mounted between at least one of the rotating arms 18 and the supporting wall 39.

Specifically, the support wall 39 is the fixed box body 17.
It is formed by a frame 45 having a U-shaped horizontal cross section, which is attached to the lower surface of the via a flange portion 43 by a screw or the like.
A shaft pin 47 is provided on the outer surface of the tip of the rotating arm 18, respectively.
Are formed, bearing holes 49 are formed in each support wall 39 correspondingly, and the cup holder body 17 is attached to the support wall 39 so as to be capable of reciprocating arc rotation.

Further, the pinch-type inversion urging spring 41 has the first and second lever portions 41b, 4b and 4d via the coil spring portion 41a.
1c is formed, and the first and second lever portions 41b and 41c respectively have a coupling ring portion 41d and a bending locking portion 41e at their tips.
It is a structure having. Then, the reversing biasing spring 41
The coupling ring portion 41d is slidably and rotatably coupled to the spring holding pin 51 formed on the outer surface of the one rotating arm 18, and the bending locking portion 41e is provided on the one support wall 39.
Is locked in the locking hole 53 formed in the
And the support wall 39. A spring holding pin escape hole 55 and a coil spring portion escape hole 57 are formed in the support wall 39 on the side where the reversing bias spring 41 is attached. Further, a mounting screw hole 59 and a rectangular hole 65 are formed in the flange portion 43.

Here, the reversing biasing spring 41 is mounted on only one side, but it may be mounted on both sides.

(4) Next, the mode of use of the above embodiment will be described.

At the time of pulling out the cup holder, it is integrated with the cup body 17 and hooks the handle hole 20 of the lid portion 19 to rotate it forward (rearward). Then, the cup holder main body 17 in the stored state of FIG. 6 is partially pulled out onto the top plate portion 13 of the fixed box body 11, and when the reversing spring 41 shown in FIG. 7 passes through the neutral position, the spring urging direction. Is in the pull-out direction, the cup holder is automatically rotated until it is pulled out until the stopper 63 engages with the upper edge back side of the retractable opening portion 15 and is positioned on the top plate portion 13 (FIGS. 3 and 4).・
5). At the same time, the cup side holding arms 23, 23
Is released from the restraint by the side walls 15a, 15a of the retractable opening portion 15 and is expanded from the closed state by the spring bias so that the cup C can be held. That is, the cup C is inserted into the cup holding cylindrical portion formed by the holding standing surface 21b of the partition standing wall 21 and the inner side surface of the cup side holding arm 23 from above. At this time, the cup peripheral surface pressing piece 33 pivots downward against the spring force while being pressed by the bottom or peripheral surface of the cup, and the cup bottom reaches the bottom receiving walls 25 and 27. The pressing piece 33 presses the peripheral surface of the cup 33 to prevent the cup C from shaking when the vehicle vibrates.

When the cup holder is to be stored after use, a hand is put on the lower end of the lid portion 19 and rotated upward. Then, in the cup holder main body 17 at the pull-out portion A in FIG. 7, when the reversing biasing spring 41 shown in FIG. 7 passes through the neutral position, the spring biasing direction becomes the storing direction. The roller 61 is automatically rotated until it engages with the upper edge front side of the retractable opening portion 15, and is positioned at the storage portion B on the lower surface of the top plate portion 13 (Figs. 2.6). At the same time, the cup side holding arms 23, 23 are guided by both side walls 15a, 15a of the retractable opening 15 and closed inward against the spring force to be stored.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of a cup holder of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the console box when the cup holder is stored.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the console box when the cup holder is pulled out.

FIG. 4 is a partially omitted sectional view when the cup holder is pulled out.

FIG. 5 is a partially omitted plan view of the same when the cup holder is pulled out.

FIG. 6 is a partially omitted sectional view of the same when the cup holder is housed.

FIG. 7 is a partially omitted cross-sectional view when the reversing biasing spring is in a neutral state while the cup holder is being pulled out or stored.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Console Box (Fixed Box Body) 13 Top Plate Section of Fixed Box Body 15 Ejection and Opening Section 17 Cup Holder Main Body 18 Rotating Arm 19 Lid Body Section 21 Standing Wall 33 Cup Holding Piece 39 Support Wall 41 Clamping Reversing Spring A cup holder pull-out area B cup holder storage area L cup holder circular motion C cup

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A fixed box such as a console box of an automobile, which is attached to a fixed box body, and at a draw-out portion on the top plate section of the fixed box body, through a retractable opening formed in the top plate section in front of the draw-out section. A retractable storage type cup holder, wherein a cup holder main body is capable of reciprocating circular arc movement between a drawer portion above the top plate portion and a storage portion below the top plate portion through the retractable opening portion. A storage-type cup holder comprising a storage operation mechanism, and a lid portion that closes the projecting / retracting opening when the cup holder is stored on the bottom side. 2. The cup holder main body according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the cup holder body is a curved surface having a shape along an arc motion, and both side surfaces of the partition wall are concave arc-shaped holding surfaces for holding a cup peripheral portion. A storage-type cup holder, which is formed in a central portion of the cup and is capable of holding a pair of cups. 3. The rotating arm according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage operation mechanism is formed on the cup holder main body by curving and projecting rearward and downward from a front end side thereof, and a lower surface of a top plate portion of a fixed box body. And a pair of support walls to which the pair of rotating arms are coupled in pairs, and a pinch-type inversion urging spring mounted between at least one of the rotating arms and the supporting wall. A storage cup holder that is characterized by. 4. The cup side holding arm according to claim 1, wherein the cup side holding arms are guided by the side edges of the protruding / withdrawing opening on both sides of the cup holder main body to resist a spring force when the cup holder is stored. The retractable cup holder is spring-biased and attached in the horizontal opening direction so as to close inward. 5. The cup peripheral surface pressing piece according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a cup peripheral surface pressing piece is attached to the front side of the cup holder main body so as to be rotatable inward and downward so as to be horizontally biased by a spring. Storable cup holder.