JPH089309B2 - Container holder device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) This invention is equipped in a room such as a bus, a passenger car,
The present invention relates to a container holder device that holds containers such as canned juice and paper cups.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, there is a container holder device of this type as shown in FIG. The container holder device shown in FIG. 6 is provided with a drawer 2 configured to be able to be taken in and out of the main body housing part 1, and a housing hole for housing a cup in the flat part of the drawer 2 which is drawn out.
Forming 3,3. In addition, the main body storage portion 1 stores the drawer bottom 2 and a cup bottom holding aid 4 that is pulled out to the outside in accordance with the pulling operation of the drawer 2. Auxiliary tool 4
Are rotatably supported on both side plates of the drawer 2.

In the container holder device having such a structure, when a container containing a beverage is placed, when the drawer front in the stored state is pushed, the drawer 2 is automatically propelled, and as shown in FIG. It is pulled out horizontally, and the auxiliary tool 4 is separated from the drawer 2 and obliquely protrudes (the base is stopped and supported by the end of the storage hole of the main body storage portion 1) and is located below the cup storage holes 3,3.
As a result, when the cup is inserted through the cup housing hole 3,
The bottom part of the cup is held by the auxiliary tool 4, and the cup can be held.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional container holder device, since the assisting tool 4 supporting the bottom of the cup is not locked, the assisting tool 4 will be touched when the cup or the assisting tool 4 is touched carelessly. It has a drawback that it rotates from a fixed position to support the cup and drops the cup or spills the beverage in the cup. Also,
The auxiliary tool 4 is housed so as to overlap the front surface of the drawer 2 in the housed state with the drawer 2, and in the height direction of the front surface of the drawer,
That is, the length of the drawer 2 in the thin direction is determined. For this reason, there is a restriction when the drawer 2 is made thin.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a container holder device in which a member for holding a cup up and down is housed compactly so that the cup can be stably held during use.

[Means for Solving the Problems] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has a main body housing part and a first container holding part for holding a container at a predetermined position in the height direction, and forms this container holding part. An elevating member having a tray configured to allow the front portion to be taken in and out of the main body accommodating portion, and a second container holding portion for holding the container at a height position different from that of the first container holding portion; A pair of foldable rod members intersecting each other in a shape, one end of each rod member is rotatably connected to the tray and the elevating member, and the other end is rotatably attached to the tray and the elevating member. In addition, the tray feed is composed of a link means slidably connected in a predetermined range in the tray loading / unloading direction, a driving gear mounted on the tray, and a rack formed in the main body accommodating portion by meshing with the driving gear. Means and a torsion spring for applying a biasing force to the drive gear , The driven gear and rotated integrally has a timing gear with arcuate gear portion, the rack portion to be circular arc-shaped gear portion meshing of the timing gears,
In addition, the slide member includes a slide member that is connected to the other end of the rod member so as to slide the other end of the rod member in the tray insertion / removal direction and is slidably held by the tray.

(Operation) According to such a configuration, when in the housed state, the elevating member is in flat contact with and overlaps the tray via the linking means. In use, when the tray is pulled out so that the front portion where the first container holding portion is formed is exposed to the outside from the main body storage receiver, the lifting member separates from the tray in accordance with the pulling operation of the tray, and the cup Open the upper and lower parts so that they can be held. Further, when the cup is stored in a state in which the cup can be held, the elevating member can be drawn to the tray to accommodate the tray and the elevating member.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an illustrated example.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of a container holder device according to the present invention. (A) shows a state in which a tray is pulled out, and (b) shows an operation of an elevating member (hereinafter referred to as a container holding member). And (c) shows the stored state. 2 to 4 are plan views corresponding to the respective operating states shown in FIG.

In these drawings, reference numeral 11 denotes a container holder storage part attached to an instrument panel of a passenger car, for example. The storage portion 11 has an opening 12 on the front surface and forms a rack 111 that constitutes one of tray feeding means along the inner depth direction. Reference numeral 13 denotes a tray which is configured to be able to be put in and taken out from the storage section 11 and which holds the upper portion of the cup when pulled out. tray
Reference numeral 13 denotes a member that protrudes the head 131 from the opening 12 and extends in a thin box shape from the head 131, and forms a cup housing hole 132 for holding the upper part of the cup on the front side closer to the head 131. The gear 14 meshed with the rack 111 is housed in the rear direction. A container holding member 17 is provided below the tray 13 and holds the bottom of the cup.
It is attached to the tray 13 via a folding link formed by intersecting two rod members 18 and 19.

More specifically, in the link, one end of one bar member 18 constitutes a rotatable support point 136 on a side surface of the tray 13 near the head 131, and a similar support point 171 is connected to one end of the other bar member 19. It is configured between the front end of the container holding member 17. The other end of the rod member 19 is rotatably attached to a slide member 16 having an end portion loosely inserted in a long hole 135 formed on the side surface of the tray 13. Similarly, the other end of the rod member 18 is loosely inserted into the long hole 172 formed in the container holding member 17. The rod members 18 and 19 intersect at a substantially central portion to form a fulcrum 22 which is rotatable. With such a configuration, the rod members 18 and 19 connect the container holding member 17 to the tray 1.
It can be pulled to 3 (upward) or separated (downward). When the container holding member 17 is drawn to the tray 13, both of them have such a thickness that they can be housed in the housing portion 11 through the opening 12 in that state. The rod members 18 and 19 are paired on the left and right to hold the container holding member 17.

Next, the gear 14 is wound around the upper bearing, and
A torsion spring 21 is installed between 11 and. As a result, the gear 14 retains energy from the torsion spring 21 when the tray 13 is in the housed state, and can travel on the rack 111 when the tray 13 is pulled out and pull out the tray 13 to the outside.

The gear 14 meshes with a gear 15 that is axially supported on the upper wall of the tray 13, for example. The gear 15 is the slide member described above.
It is a member that drives 16. Therefore, a rack 161 is formed on the slide member 16. Here, the gear 15 is not formed as a whole gear, but is only a fraction of the entire circumference, that is, the portion of the teeth that mesh with the rack 161. The gear 15 having the arcuate gear portion 151 in which the gear surface of the gear 15 is cut out is hereinafter referred to as a timing gear, and the vertical movement of the container holding member 17 via the above-described link is performed when the tray 13 is moved in and out. The timing of the adjustment is adjusted according to the amount of drawer of the tray 13.

The slide member 16 is guided by a guide 134 (see FIG. 2) formed on the side surface of the tray 13 and has an end extending toward the head 131 formed in a substantially T shape. One end of each is loosely inserted in the long hole 135. The slide member 16 is
Like the rod members 18 and 19, they are on the left and right, and are connected in the embodiment. In addition, a guide hole 112 is formed on the upper wall of the storage unit 11 to guide the tray 13 and to regulate the length of the tray 13 taken in and out. A stopper claw 137 formed on the tray 13 is moved into the guide hole 112. Further, a push-lock open clip 23 capable of catch-locking a pin 138 protruding from the back surface of the tray 13 is attached to the innermost part of the storage section 11 (FIGS. 2 to 4). As a result, the tray 13 is locked in the storage portion 11 in the stored state, and when the head 131 is pressed once, the push lock open clip 23 is unlocked, and when it is pressed the second time, the push lock open clip 23 is locked again. To do.

In the container holder device configured as described above, when not in use, the push lock open clip 23 catches the pin 138 and the tray 13 is stored in the storage portion 11 in a locked state. At this time, the timing gear 151 is in the rotational position farthest from the rack 161.

In use, when the head 131 is pushed to pull out the tray 13, the push lock open clip 23 unlocks and releases the tray 13. When the tray 13 becomes free, the torsion spring 21, which has been narrowed to a narrow angle until then, releases its energy as shown in FIG. 4, causing the gear 14 to rotate in the direction of arrow A. As a result, the gear 14 travels on the side rack 111 to pull out the tray 13.

Gear 15 meshes with gear 14 in the direction of arrow C (see FIG. 4)
Although it rotates, the tray 13 is in an idling state because it is not meshed with the rack 161 at the beginning when the tray 13 starts the drawing operation. As the rotation of the gear 15 progresses, the amount of the tray 13 protruding from the opening 12 increases, and as shown in FIG.
When the 151 and the teeth of the rack 161 mesh with each other, the container holding member
17 escapes completely through the opening 12. Even if the gear 14 meshes with the rack 161, it still meshes with the gear 14,
Tray 13 continues to move forward. On the other hand, when the timing gear 151 meshes with the rack 161, the slide member 16 advances in the elongated hole 135 separately from the advance of the tray 13 by the driving force from the gear 15 based on the force of the torsion spring 21. This makes the rod 18,
19 spreads around the fulcrum 22, and as shown in FIG. 1A (FIG. 2), the container holding member 17 descends and separates from the tray 13,
You can put a cup. When the tray 13 is pulled out so that the cup can be placed in this manner, the torsion spring 21 is in a state where both end angles are sufficiently large as shown in FIG.

When accommodating the container holder device, the head 131 is pushed.
The force generated by this is transmitted through the slide member 16 and gear 15 to the gear.
There are a system that transmits to the gear 14 and a system that transmits to the gear 14 via the torsion spring 21. However, the drag force from the torsion spring 21 is
Since it is stronger than the drag force from the slide member 16, the slide member 16 is first pushed to drive the gear 15 via the rack 161 so as to rotate in the direction of arrow D (see FIG. 2). When the slide member 16 is pushed, the rod members 18 and 19 are moved to the container holding member 1.
Pull 7 to the tray 13 side. The gear 14 rotates by an amount corresponding to the rotation of the timing gear 15 based on the length of the rack 161 in accordance with the raising operation of the container holding member 17 to retract the tray 13 by a predetermined amount. The amount of retraction of the tray 13 by the rack 161 corresponds to the amount by which the container holding member 17 is completely drawn to the tray 13, and the container holding member 17 does not come into contact with the opening 12. FIG. 3 and FIG. 1B show the state at the time when the container holding member 17 is drawn to the tray 13 as described above.

When the container holding member 17 is completely drawn to the tray 13,
The tray 13 and the container holding member 17 are guided into the storage section 11.
In this insertion process, the operator drives the gear 14 in the direction of arrow B (see FIG. 3) against the force of the torsion spring 21 to push the tray 13. In this way, the tray 13 is sent further in the depth direction, and the pin 138 is locked by the push-lock open clip 23 to be in the locked state, and the tray 13 is in the state in which the torsion spring 21 is squeezed as shown in FIG. It is held and stored in the storage unit 11.

According to the above configuration, the container holding member 17 is brought into a combined state in which the container 13 is in surface contact with the tray 13 and does not take a thickness space during storage. Therefore, the container holder device can be made thin without restricting the width of the head 131.
Further, by doing so, the area of the container holding member is formed to be sufficiently large, and the container is stably held. Further, even if a careless force is applied to the tray 13 or the container holding member 17 by a normal force, the container holding member 17 moves upward and the cup is not tilted.
The inadvertent force normally applied causes the cup to move only slightly and does not fall or spill the contents. On the other hand, conventionally, if the drawer 2 is pushed even a little, the auxiliary tool 4 rotates in an arc and tilts the cup. Further, for example, by providing the gear 14 with locking means, the crossed state of the rod members 18 and 19 can be locked, and the tray 13 and the container holding member can be locked.
The cup holding structure by 17 can be made more stable.

In the above embodiment, the torsion spring 21 and the gear 14 for pulling out and driving the tray 13 are provided on one side of the tray 13, but they may be provided on the left and right sides. Such a structure is shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, the storage portion 11 has racks 111 formed on both left and right sides, and gears 14 having a torsion spring 21 are meshed with the racks 111, respectively. The gears 24, 24 meshed in series between the gears 14 and 14 adjust the movement amount of the tray 13 based on the rotation of the gear 14. Also, the gear
An oil damper 25 is meshed with one of 24 and 24 so that the tray 13 can be pulled out smoothly.

According to such an embodiment, rattling in the left-right direction of the tray 13 can be eliminated, and abnormal noise and damage can be reduced when the tray 13 is taken in and out.

As still another embodiment, the tray 13 and the container holding member 17
By reversing the above relationship, the tray 13 may be made flat without providing the cup-accommodating hole and the cup-accommodating hole may be formed in the container-holding member 17 so that the container-holding member 17 floats above the tray 13.

Furthermore, it may be performed manually without using power such as a torsion spring.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, since the container holding member only moves up and down with respect to the cup during the storing operation and does not tilt, the cup does not move even if an unexpected force of normal force is applied. Do not drop or spill contents. Further, since the container holding member is attracted to the tray in the form of surface contact and accommodated therein, the container retaining member does not take up space as a cup holder.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (a) to 1 (c) are configuration diagrams showing an embodiment of the container holder device according to the present invention in correspondence with respective operating states, and FIGS. 2 to 4 correspond to FIG. 1, respectively. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional container holder device. 11 ... Storage, 13 ... Tray, 14 ... Drive gear, 15 ...
... Timing gear, 16 ... Slide member, 17 ... Container holding member, 18,19 ... Bar member (link means).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A main body accommodating part and a first container holding part for holding a container at a predetermined position in the height direction, and a front part forming the container holding part can be put in and out of the main body accommodating part. The configured tray and the first
Second container for holding the container at a height different from that of the container holder
And an elevating member having a container holding part, and two foldable bar members intersecting in an X shape, one end of each bar member being rotatably connected to the tray and the elevating member, and the other end thereof. Is rotatable about the tray and the lifting member,
Further, the tray feed is composed of a link means slidably connected in a predetermined range in the tray loading / unloading direction, a driving gear mounted on the tray, and a rack formed in the main body accommodating portion by meshing with the driving gear. Means, a torsion spring that applies an urging force to the drive gear, a timing gear that rotates integrally with the drive gear and has an arcuate gear portion, and meshes with the arcuate gear portion of the timing gear And a slide member which has a rack portion and which is connected to the other end of the rod member so as to slide the other end of the rod member in the tray inserting / removing direction and is slidably held by the tray. Characteristic container holder device.