JPH11241322A - Partitioning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a partitioning device without requiring a spring or the like, capable of reducing the manufacturing cost and making it thin. SOLUTION: The inside of a belt housing body 3 is provided with a winding member 13 on the side of the belt housing body, and a weight body 16 is provided with winding member 19 on the side of the weight body. One end of a belt 10 is connected to the weight body 16 housed inside the belt housing body 3, and the weight body 16 is suspended by the belt 10, and the belt 10 is drawn out to the outside of the belt housing body 3 from the other end side. In his case, by winding the belt 10 both around the winding member 13 on the belt housing body side and around the winding member 19 on the weight body side, the belt 10 is vertically folded more than twice inside the belt housing body 3. Then, the belt 10 is pulled, the belt 10 is drawn out to the outside of the belt housing body 3, and the weight body 16 is lifted against the gravitational force of the weight body 16. When the restriction of the belt 10 is released, the weight body 16 is dropped, and the belt 10 is pulled into the inside of the belt housing body 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of pulling a belt out of a belt housing when used and forming a partition at a desired place by stretching the belt in a lateral direction, and when the belt is not used, moving the belt into the belt housing. The present invention relates to a partition device that can be accommodated in a partition.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of partitioning device is, for example,
It is used in banks, stores, and the like for partitioning places where users are lined up before a cash dispenser, and for partitioning customer passageways.

[0003] A conventional partitioning device of this type contains a rotating member for winding the belt in a belt container and a spring for urging the rotating member in a direction for winding the belt. When pulled, the rotating body rotates in the direction opposite to the biasing direction of the spring and can pull the belt out of the belt housing. The belt is naturally rotated in the take-up direction, and the belt is wound up and housed in the belt housing.

[0004]

Therefore, in this type of conventional partitioning device, (a) the structure is complicated and the use of a relatively expensive spring requires a high manufacturing cost. (B) In order to increase the maximum withdrawal length of the belt, the diameter of the belt container must be increased, and it is impossible to reduce the thickness of the belt container. (C) The belt container In order to make the size of the belt container as small as possible, the belt container has to be circular in cross section, and even if characters, symbols, etc. are drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the belt container,
There are problems such as poor visibility and (d) a large space required for storage.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and one object of the present invention is to provide a partitioning device which has a simple structure and can be manufactured at low cost.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a partitioning device that can increase the maximum withdrawal length of a belt and make the belt container thin by making the belt container have a flat cross-sectional shape. It is in.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a partitioning device which can improve the visibility when characters, symbols and the like are drawn on the outer surface of the belt container.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a partitioning device that can reduce the space required for storage.

[0009] Still other objects of the present invention will become apparent from the following description.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a partitioning device according to the present invention, a weight body is housed in a vertically extending belt housing so as to be able to move up and down. In addition, a belt container side wrapping member is provided in the belt container, and a weight body side wrapping member is provided in the weight. One end of the belt is connected to the weight, the weight is suspended by the belt, and the belt is pulled out of the belt container from the other end. Here, the belt is folded up and down twice or more in the belt container by being wound around the belt-side member and the weight-side member.

With this configuration, when the belt is pulled, the belt is pulled out of the belt housing, and the weight is raised against the gravity. When the restraint on the belt is released, the weight falls due to gravity, and the belt is drawn into the belt housing and housed in the belt housing.

In the partitioning device according to the present invention, a rotating body for winding the belt and a spring for urging the rotating body are not required, the structure can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Further, since the belt is folded up and down in the belt housing, the maximum withdrawal length of the belt can be increased. Then, since the belt housed in the belt housing may be hung in the belt housing as it is, the belt housing can have a flat cross-sectional shape and the belt housing can be made thin.

Further, since the cross section of the belt container can be made flat as described above, when a character or a symbol is drawn on the outer surface of the belt container, the visibility is very good. Can be

Further, the belt container is erected on a base, and the base is provided with a concave portion which can be fitted into the belt container of another partitioning device from the lateral direction. By superposing the base of the partitioning device with the recess of the upper partitioning device fitted to the belt container of the lower partitioning device, the space required for storage can be made very small.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments.

[0017]

1 to 16 show an embodiment of a partitioning device according to the present invention. 1 to 4 show an overall view of the present embodiment, and a base 2 having a concave portion 1 provided on a metal disk is provided with a belt container 3 extending vertically.
The belt container 3 includes a cylindrical body 4 and an upper member 5. As shown in FIG. 5, the tubular body 4 has an oval flat cross section and a vertically extending fitting groove 6 (see FIG. 3) on both sides near the upper end. See also). 6 and 7 show the upper member 5 alone. The upper member 5 is made of plastic, and is integrally provided with a lid 7 at an upper end thereof and a fitting projection 8 having a shape corresponding to the fitting groove 6 on both sides thereof.
As shown in FIG. 3, the fitting protrusion 8 is fitted to the fitting groove 6, and thus is attached to the upper end of the tubular body 4.
In this mounted state, the lid 7 closes the upper end opening of the tubular body 4. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 11, on one side of the upper member 5, there is provided a belt pull-out opening 9 penetrating through the fitting projection 8. The belt outlet 9 has a slit shape extending vertically. At the lower end of the upper member 5, a guide 11 for vertically guiding a belt 10, which will be described later, is provided integrally.

A winding member shaft 12 is mounted in the vicinity of the guide 11 of the upper member 5 in a lateral direction, and a cylindrical belt container side winding member 13 is rotatable on the winding member shaft 12. Mated. In addition, the upper member 5 is positioned so as to be located on the side of the belt outlet 9, and the winding member shaft 14 is inclined (when the base 2 is placed on a horizontal surface, the horizontal direction and the vertical direction). The tapered cylindrical direction-changing winding member 15 whose diameter becomes larger toward the lower end is rotatably fitted to the winding member shaft 14. ing.

A weight 16 is housed in the belt housing 3 so as to be able to move up and down with respect to the belt housing 3. FIG.
Indicates the weight 16 alone, and the weight 16
A belt mounting shaft 17 and a wrapping member shaft 18 are mounted in the lateral direction near the upper end of the belt. A weight-side wrapping member 19 is rotatably fitted to the wrapping member shaft 18. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, one end of a belt 10 made of a flexible material such as cloth or soft plastic is connected to the weight 16 via a belt mounting shaft 17, whereby the weight is The body 16 is hung on the belt 10. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the belt 10 is folded up and down twice in the belt container 3 by being wound around the belt container-side winding member 13 and the weight-side winding member 19. I have. FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing a simplified folded state of the belt 10 for easy understanding. A buffer 23 made of rubber or the like is attached to the bottom of the weight 16.

The belt 10 is passed through a belt-side wrapping member 13 and a weight-side wrapping member 19, and then wrapped around a direction-changing wrapping member 15, as shown in FIGS. The direction is changed from the direction to the lateral direction, and the belt is drawn out of the belt container 3 through the belt outlet 9. At the other end of the belt,
A fastener 20 is attached, and the size of the fastener 20 is set so as not to pass through the belt outlet 9.

In this partitioning device, when the belt 10 is pulled by holding the fastener 20, the belt 10 is pulled out of the belt container 3 as shown in FIGS. As indicated by the chain line, the weight 16 is raised against the gravity. Therefore, by fastening the fastener 20 in an appropriate place, the belt 1
0 can be stretched in the horizontal direction to form a partition at a desired place. FIG. 14 shows a state in which a fastener locking means 21 is provided on the belt container 3 and the fastener 20 of one partitioning device is provided.
In this example, the belt 10 is stretched between two partition devices by locking the belt 10 to a fastener locking tool 21 of another partition device.

After use, when the restraint on the fastener 20 and thus the belt 10 is released, the weight 16 falls in the belt container 3 due to gravity, and as shown by the solid line position in FIG. The belt 10 is pulled into the belt container 3 until it comes into contact with the belt outlet 9,
It is housed in the belt housing 3.

This partitioning device accommodates the belt 10 by gravity as described above, and does not require a rotating body for winding the belt 10 and a spring for urging the rotating body. And the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Further, since the belt 10 is folded up and down in the belt container 3, the maximum withdrawal length of the belt 10 can be increased. Then, the belt 10 housed in the belt housing 3 may be hung in the belt housing 3 as it is, so that the belt housing 3 is formed to have a flat cross section and the belt housing 3 is made thin. be able to. In this embodiment, the belt 10 is folded up and down only twice in the belt container 3. However, the belt 10 is folded up and down in the belt container 3 more times. Is also good.

Further, since the belt housing 3 can have a flat cross section as described above, the belt housing 3
When the characters, symbols, etc. 22 are drawn on the outer surface of the device, the visibility can be made very good.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, during storage, the bases 2 of the plurality of partitioning devices are fitted into the recesses 1 of the upper partitioning device in the belt housing 3 of the lower partitioning device. By superimposing them in a state in which they are placed, the space required for storage can be made very small.

If the winding member 15 for changing the direction is formed in a cylindrical shape having a uniform diameter over the entire length, the belt 10 is lowered when the belt 10 is pulled out or pulled in. However, in this embodiment, since the direction changing winding member 15 is tapered such that the diameter is larger on the lower side, such inconvenience can be prevented.

In this embodiment, since the cushioning member 23 is attached to the bottom of the weight 16, the weight 16 is dropped suddenly, the belt is extended, and the bottom of the weight 16 collides with the substrate 2. If so, the shock is absorbed by the cushioning material 23.

Further, in the present embodiment, the belt housing-side wrapping member 13, the weight-side wrapping member 19, and the direction changing wrapping member 15 are rotatable. , 19, and 15 can be sufficiently reduced, the winding members 13, 19, and 15 need not be rotatable.

FIGS. 17 to 22 show another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the fastener 20 is a columnar body having the same cross-sectional shape in any part thereof. Both sides 20a and 20b of the cross section of the fastener 20 are inclined so as to widen in the belt withdrawing direction.

A fastener receiving recess 25 is provided at one side end of the upper member 5. The fastener accommodating recess 25 is closed only on the upper and lower sides, and is open on both sides (the direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 18). As shown in FIG. 20, a belt outlet 9 is provided at the bottom of the fastener accommodating recess 25. In addition, the vicinity of the fastener accommodating recess 25 on both surfaces of the upper member 5 is
The inclined surfaces 5a and 5b are depressed as they approach 5.

In the vicinity of the other side end of the upper member 5, a fastener locking hole 26 having a cross sectional shape of the fastener 20 and a cross sectional shape corresponding to the belt 10 is provided in a vertical direction. The fastener locking hole 26 is open on the upper surface of the upper member 5. Other configurations are the same as those of the above embodiment.

In this embodiment, when the belt 10 is completely accommodated in the belt accommodating body 3, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 21 and the solid line in FIG. And the fastener 20
Does not protrude out of the belt housing 3, so that the appearance is improved.

Further, both sides of the fastener accommodating recess 25 (FIG. 1)
8) is open.
When pulling out the belt 10 from the state in which the fastener 20 is stored in the fastener receiving recess 25, the fastener 20 is pulled from both sides.
Can be pulled out with a finger to pull out the belt 10. In this case, the inclined surfaces 5 a and 5 b are provided on both surfaces of the upper member 5, and both sides 20 of the cross section of the fastener 20 are provided.
Since the a and 20b are inclined so as to be widened in the belt withdrawing direction, it is very easy to grip the fastener 20 with a finger.

Also, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 21 and the broken line in FIG. 22, the pulled-out fastener 20 is fitted from above into the fastener locking hole 26 of another partitioning device.
It can be locked to other partitioning devices in a good format.

[0036]

As described above, the partitioning device according to the present invention comprises:
(A) The structure can be simplified, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, (b) the maximum withdrawal length of the belt can be increased, and (c) the belt container has a flat cross section. The belt container can be made thin. (D) The belt container has a flat cross-sectional shape, and when letters and symbols are drawn on the outer surface of the belt container, the visibility is very good. (E) A belt container is erected on a base, and a concave portion which can be fitted into a belt container of another partition device from a lateral direction is provided on the base, so that a plurality of By stacking the bases of the individual partitioning devices in a state in which the recess of the upper partitioning device is fitted to the belt container of the lower partitioning device, the space required for storage can be reduced. It can provide excellent effects

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a partition device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a left side view showing the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the embodiment, in which only the tubular portion and the base of the belt container are sectioned.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a tubular body (cylindrical portion) of the belt container of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing an upper member in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view showing the upper member in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a weight body in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view showing the vicinity of the upper member of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged front view showing a connecting portion between the belt and the weight body in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line XII-XII in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram schematically illustrating a folded state of the belt in the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing an example in which a belt is stretched between two partitioning devices of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing a state in which a large number of the partitioning devices of the embodiment are superimposed.

FIG. 16 is a plan view corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing a belt container in another embodiment of the partitioning device according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a front view showing the vicinity of the upper end of the belt container of the other embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a side view showing the vicinity of the upper end of the belt container of the other embodiment.

20 is a sectional view of the upper member 5 taken along line XX-XX in FIG.

FIG. 21 is a plan view showing a state in which a fastener is fitted in a fastener locking hole of another partitioning device in the other embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a front view corresponding to FIG. 21;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 recess 2 base 3 belt container 4 cylindrical member (cylindrical portion of belt container) 9 belt outlet 10 belt 13 belt container side wrapping member 15 direction conversion wrapping member 16 weight body 19 weight body side wrapping Member 20 Fastener 25 Fastener receiving recess

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A belt container extending in a vertical direction, a belt container-side wrapping member provided in the belt container, a weight stored in the belt container so as to be able to move up and down, and provided on the weight. The weight body-side wrapping member, one end of which is connected to the weight body, suspends the weight body, and is wound around the belt container body-side wrapping member and the weight body-side wrapping member. A partition device comprising: a belt folded up and down two or more times in a belt container and pulled out of the belt container from the other end. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a direction-changing winding member provided in the belt housing, the direction-changing winding member extending in an oblique direction, and the belt being wound around the direction-changing winding member so as to extend in a horizontal direction from a vertical direction. The direction is changed to
2. The partition device according to claim 1, wherein the partition device is drawn out of the belt container. 3. The partitioning device according to claim 2, wherein the direction changing winding member is tapered such that the diameter is larger on the lower side. 4. The belt housing has a tubular portion having a flat cross section, and the weight is accommodated in the tubular portion so as to be able to move up and down. Or 3
A partitioning device as described. 5. A base provided with a concave portion which can be fitted into the belt container of another partitioning device from a lateral direction, and the belt container is erected on the base. ,
5. The partitioning device according to 2, 3 or 4. 6. A belt having a fastener attached to a tip portion of the belt and a fastener accommodating recess provided in the belt container, wherein the belt is completely accommodated in the belt container. 6. The partitioning device according to claim 1, wherein the fastener is accommodated in the fastener accommodating recess. 7. The fastener receiving recess is open on both sides so that the fastener can be picked up with fingers from both sides in a state where the fastener is accommodated in the fastener receiving recess. The partition device according to claim 6, wherein