JPH09193864A - Bicycle having storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stabilize the movement of a saddle, move the saddle by a single operation, and facilitate mounting and dismounting of a battery. SOLUTION: In a bicycle provided with a power transmission device which is driven by human power and an auxiliary power device which is driven by electric power, a battery storage case 26 is provided between a seat tube 3 and a mud-guard 15 of a rear wheel 14 in such a manner that it can be mounted and dismounted freely. A saddle hold member 27 is provided in an upper end part of a seat post 12 inserted into the seat tube 3 in such a manner that it is orthogonal to the seat post 12. A slide body which fixes a saddle 13 on the saddle hold member 27 is fixed at a predetermined position and can slide in the longitudinal direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bicycle provided with a battery storage case for an auxiliary power driving device or a general article storage case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional bicycle equipped with a battery for an auxiliary power driving device, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-270867.
Is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2000-205,878.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
The conventional device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 70867 has the following problems. (1) Since the tilting of the saddle is performed by bending one seat post, the strength of the operating shaft portion is not sufficient when a force in the direction perpendicular to the tilting surface is applied. (2) There is a risk that the operating part may become stuck and become stuck in a tilted state due to deformation due to external force, entrapment of foreign matter, or the like, and in such a case, the saddle cannot be seated. (3) When pulling out the battery upward, the operation is troublesome because it requires a two-step operation of pulling up the seat post with the saddle fixed and tilting it.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, a battery storage case and a battery storage case are housed in a bicycle equipped with a power transmission device driven by human power and an auxiliary power device driven by electric power. The battery is detachably provided between the seat tube and the rear wheel, and a saddle holding member is provided at the upper end of the seat post inserted into the seat tube so as to be substantially orthogonal to the seat post, and the saddle is attached to the saddle holding member. A bicycle having a storage device is configured so that a fixed slide body can be fixed at a predetermined position and can slide in a front-back direction.

According to the present invention, in the bicycle described above, the saddle holding member and the slide body may be formed in a U-shaped cross section, and the slide body may be slidably provided in the groove of the saddle holding member.

Further, according to the present invention, in the bicycle described above, long holes are provided along the longitudinal direction of the saddle holding member and the slide body, and a pin penetrating the long hole of the slide body is provided in the front portion of the saddle holding member. In addition, a pin that penetrates the long hole of the saddle holding member is provided at the rear portion of the slide body, and a lock lever having a claw portion that engages with the saddle holding member and the rear edge of the slide body is pivotally supported on this pin to lock the lock. A spring for rotating the claw portion of the lever downward may be provided, and the spring may be spanned between the two pins.

Further, according to the present invention, in a bicycle equipped with a manually driven power transmission device, an article storage case is detachably provided between a seat tube and a rear wheel, and an upper end of a seat post inserted into the seat tube. The saddle holding member is provided in the portion so as to be substantially orthogonal to the seat post,
The slide body having the saddle fixed to the saddle holding member may be fixed at a predetermined position and may be slidable in the front-rear direction.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, 1 is a head pipe of a bicycle frame, 2 is a main pipe, 3 is a seat tube (a standing pipe), 4 is a chain stay, 5 is a back hawk, 6 is a front hawk, 7 is a front wheel, 8 is a mudguard, 9 Is a front basket, 10 is a handle post, 11 is a handle, and 12 is a seat tube 3.
Seat post inserted inside, 13 saddle, 14 rear wheel, 15 mudguard, 16 crankshaft, 17 crank arm, 18 pedal, 18 pedal, 19 electric unit, 20 motor, 21 controller, 22 Is a front gear, 23 is a rear gear, and 24 is a chain.

1 to 8 show an embodiment for a bicycle having an auxiliary power driving device, and in this embodiment, a box-shaped battery storage case 2 having an opening / closing lid 25 on the upper portion thereof.
6 and the battery 37 housed in the seat tube 3
It can be inserted from above into a space provided between the rear wheel 14 and the mudguard 15 and is detachably provided so that it can be pulled out upward.

Further, a channel-shaped section having a U-shaped cross section is formed at the upper end portion of the seat post 12 which can be vertically moved in the seat tube 3 and can be fixed at any position. The saddle holding member 27,
The web portion 27a is located below, and both flange portions 27b are attached so as to face upward and fixed by welding or the like. In the groove of the saddle holding member 27,
Similarly, a channel-shaped slide body 28 having a U-shaped cross section is provided so that its web portion 28a is slidably overlapped with the web portion 27a of the saddle holding member 27, and a flange portion 28b of this slide body 28 is provided. The rear portion is provided so as to project upward, and the saddle 13 is fixed to the slide body 28 via the pin 29 that is inserted into the protrusion portion 28c.

Both flange portions 2 of the saddle holding member 27
7b along the longitudinal direction of the saddle holding member 27
7c is provided and both flange portions 2 of the slide body 28 are provided.
8b, a long hole 28d is formed along the longitudinal direction of the slide body 28.
Is provided. Further, a pin 30 penetrating the long hole 28d of the slide body 28 is provided by being inserted into the front hole 27d of the saddle holding member 27, and a pin 31 penetrating the long hole 27c of the saddle holding member 27 is provided on the rear part of the slide body 28. A lock lever 32 having a claw portion 32a that engages with the saddle holding member 27 and the rear edge of the slide body 28 is pivotally supported by the pin 31.

Reference numeral 32b (see FIG. 6) is a hole for the pin 31.
Reference numeral 2c is a holding plate for the lock lever 32. Reference numeral 32d is a small hole provided above the pivotal support portion of the lock lever 32. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a coil spring 33 is provided in this small hole 32d.
One end 33a of the coil spring 33 is locked, and the other end 33b of the coil spring 33 is locked to the pin 29 to urge the pawl 32a of the lock lever 32 to always rotate downward. Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a coil spring 34 is bridged between the two pins 30 and 31 described above to lock the lock lever 32.
When the claw portion 32a of the slide member 2 is disengaged from the rear edge of the saddle holding member 27, as shown in FIG.
Slide 8 together with saddle 13 forward.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those used in the drawings denote the same elements. In the present embodiment, in a bicycle equipped with a manually driven power transmission device, an article storage case 36 having an opening / closing lid 35 is detachably provided between the seat tube 3 and the mudguard 15 of the rear wheel 14, and Similar to the above-described embodiment, a saddle holding member 27 is provided at the upper end of the seat post 12 inserted into the seat tube 3 so as to be substantially orthogonal to the seat post 12, and the saddle 13 is attached to the saddle holding member 27.
The bicycle having the storage device is configured so that the slide body 28 having the fixed body can be fixed at a predetermined position and can slide in the front-back direction.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention configured as described above will be described. FIG. 1 shows a state in which batteries are stored in the battery storage case 26, and in this case, the saddle 13 is in the state shown in FIGS. 3 and 7. To take out the battery from this state, first, the lock lever 32 is rotated as shown by an arrow B in FIG. In this way, the claw portion 32a of the lock lever 32 comes off the rear edge of the saddle holding member 27,
By the action of the coil spring 34, the slide body 28 moves forward together with the saddle 13 as shown by an arrow C (see FIG. 2) as shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 8. If the saddle 13 moves forward in this way, there is no obstacle above the battery storage case 26. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the opening / closing lid 25 can be opened and the battery 37 can be pulled out as shown by arrow D. it can.

Next, when the battery 37 is stored in the battery storage case 26, with the saddle 13 moved forward,
The opening / closing lid 25 may be opened, the battery 37 may be inserted into the case 26 from above, the lid 25 may be closed, and the saddle 13 may be pulled rearward against the coil spring 34. That is, when the state of FIG. 8 is changed to the state of FIG. 7, the lock lever 32 is rotated by the action of the coil spring 33 as shown by an arrow E in FIG.
The claw portion 32a engages with the rear edge of the saddle holding member 27 and locks the saddle 13 together with the slide body 28.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 9 is different from the ordinary bicycle in that
An article storage case 36 is provided in place of the battery storage case 26 described above, and in this case as well, the procedure is the same as the operation described above when loading and unloading the article into and from the case 36, and a description thereof will be omitted. To do.

[0017]

Since the device of the present invention is constructed as described above, the following operational effects can be obtained. (1) Unlike the conventional device described above, the seat post is bent and the saddle is tilted, which is not tilting by only one axis, but the device of the present invention is configured such that the two pins 30 and 31 move in parallel. Because I move the saddle,
The saddle is stable against external force during and after movement. (2) Since the saddle can move in parallel while maintaining a normal seating angle, it can move even in a seated state. (3) Saddle movement operation is possible with one touch,
It is easy to attach and detach the battery in the battery storage case.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bicycle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state in which a battery is pulled out from the bicycle shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a saddle portion of the bicycle shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a saddle portion of the bicycle shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a joint portion between the saddle and the seat post of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state where a member on an upper portion of a seat post is disassembled.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5;

8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lock lever of FIG. 7 is released and the slide body is moved forward.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing another embodiment of the bicycle of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Head Pipe 2 Main Pipe 3 Seat Tube (Stand Pipe) 4 Chain Stay 5 Back Hawk 6 Front Hawk 7 Front Wheel 8 Mudguard 9 Front Luggage 10 Handle Post 11 Handle 12 Seat Tube 13 Saddle 14 Rear Wheel 15 Mudguard 16 Crankshaft 17 Crank arm 18 Pedal 19 Electric unit 20 Motor 21 Controller 22 Front gear 23 Rear gear 24 Chain 25 Opening / closing lid 26 Battery storage case 27 Saddle holding member 27a Web part 27b Flange part 27c Long hole 27d hole 28 Sliding body 28a Web part 28b Flange portion 28c Projection portion 28d Long hole 28e Hole 29,30,31 Pin 32 Lock lever 32a Claw portion 32b Hole 32c Presser plate 32d Small hole 33,34 Coil spring 35 Open / close lid 36 Article storage case 3 Battery

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiharu Furukawa 3-1-1 Nakazuma, Ageo-shi, Saitama Prefecture Inside the Bridge Cycle Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yuki Sato 3-1-1 Nakazuma, Ageo-shi, Saitama Bridge Cycle Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bicycle equipped with a power transmission device driven by human power and an auxiliary power device driven by electric power, wherein a battery storage case and a battery stored therein are detachably provided between a seat tube and a rear wheel, and A saddle holding member is provided at the upper end of the seat post inserted into the seat tube so as to be substantially orthogonal to the seat post, and the slide body having the saddle fixed to the saddle holding member can be fixed at a predetermined position. A bicycle having a storage device, characterized in that it can slide in any direction. 2. The bicycle according to claim 1, wherein the saddle holding member and the slide body are formed in a U-shaped cross section, and the slide body is slidably provided in the groove of the saddle holding member. Bicycle having a storage device for storing. 3. The bicycle according to claim 2, wherein elongated holes are provided along the longitudinal direction of the saddle holding member and the slide body, and a pin penetrating the elongated hole of the slide body is provided at a front portion of the saddle holding member. , A pin penetrating through the long hole of the saddle holding member is provided at the rear portion of the slide body, and a lock lever having a claw portion that engages with the saddle holding member and the rear edge of the slide body is pivotally supported on the pin. A bicycle having a storage device, characterized in that a spring for rotating the claw portion of the above is provided and a spring is bridged between the two pins. 4. A bicycle equipped with a manually driven power transmission device, wherein an article storage case is detachably provided between a seat tube and a rear wheel, and a seat post is provided at an upper end portion of a seat post inserted into the seat tube. A saddle holding member is provided so as to be substantially orthogonal to, and a slide body having the saddle fixed to the saddle holding member can be fixed at a predetermined position and can be slid forward and backward. Bicycle with device.