KR20100039266A - Cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A cup holder is provided to reduce components and manufacturing costs by integrally forming a support unit in a holder body, and to easily absorb a load applied to an abutting member. CONSTITUTION: A cup holder comprises a holder body(1), abutting members(2), and elastic units(3). The holder body forms a receiving part(11) for accepting the bottom surface of a container. Support units(14) are integrally formed on the side surface of the holder body. When the container is inserted into the receiving part, the abutting members restrain the movement of the container. The elastic units support the abutting members.

Description

Cup Holder {CUP HOLDER}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup holder in which various beverage containers (including cans, cups, plastic bottles, and the like) can be supported in a restrained state.

This type of cup holder supports various beverage containers of different diameters in a restrained state to prevent the container from falling over or leaking of liquid in the container even when the vibration of the vehicle is applied. It needs to be simple and certain. As a conventional structure, there have been various designs for satisfying the above requirements, and as one of them, the present applicant has developed the cup holder described in Patent Document 1 above.

The cup holder has a substantially concave shape accommodating portion capable of accommodating the bottom of the container, and has a holding unit attached around the accommodating portion. The holding unit includes a first guide groove with respect to the first shaft portion and a second shaft portion with a case attached to the housing portion of the holder body and a load received from the container when the container such as a can is placed in the housing portion. 2 With the guide operation of each guide groove, a contact member which swings in the direction of retracting from the inside of the accommodating part to the outside of the accommodating part, restrains the movement in the radial direction of the container, and the contact member is supported in the protruding direction. It is provided with the fingering means.

The feature of this structure is that when the container is inserted into the holder body-side accommodating portion, the abutting member swings outward of the accommodating portion due to the load received from the container, so that the structure inclined toward the inner circumferential side of the accommodating portion. Compared to the container circumference, approximately the same location of the contact member is brought into contact with the circumference of the container regardless of the size of the container, whereby the retention is less likely to be affected by the size of the container outer diameter. Can be maintained.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Publication No. 2006-1428

However, in the above-described conventional structure, the case and the contact member and the holding means are required together with the holder body, and the attachment structure of the case to the holder body must also be taken into account, and the number of parts increases, which leads to a complicated structure. The production cost was high. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, to reduce the number of parts while maintaining good container accessibility and maintainability, and to simplify the structure and to reduce the production cost.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1, wherein the holder body forms a substantially concave shape accommodating portion for accommodating a container bottom, such as a can, and the load received from the container when the container is placed in the accommodating portion, With each guide of the first guide groove relative to the first shaft portion and the second guide groove relative to the second shaft portion, it swings in the direction of retracting from the inside of the accommodating portion to the outer side of the accommodating portion, A cup holder comprising a contact member for restraining movement and a holding means for holding the contact member in a protruding direction, wherein the holder body is formed around the accommodating portion so that a part of the contact member is formed. An opening-receiving opening portion and a supporting portion protruding integrally with the peripheral outer surface of the accommodating portion corresponding to the opening portion, wherein the abutting member is provided with respect to the supporting portion, And the first shaft portion is fitted to the first guide groove and the second shaft portion is fitted to the second guide groove.

More preferably, the present invention is embodied as in Claims 2 to 5. In other words,

(A) The first shaft portion and the second shaft portion are protrudingly formed in the support portion, and the first guide groove of the linear shape in which the first shaft portion is fitted to the abutting member, and the second shaft portion are formed in the first portion. It is the structure by which the said non-linear 2nd guide groove fitted so that a shaft part can be rotatably fitted is provided (claim 2).

(B) The said support part is the structure which protrudes along the both side edge parts of the said opening part among the outer peripheral surfaces of the said accommodating part (claim 3).

(D) The abutment member has an indenter protruding from the opening portion and a side plate disposed outside the support portion, and the gripping means is a torsion spring, and one end thereof is It is the structure which hangs on the back side of an indenter, and hangs the other end to the said support part side (claim 4, Claim 5).

In the invention of claim 1, since the supporting portion holding the abutting member is formed integrally with the holder body, the number of parts for achieving the same function as that of Patent Literature 1 can be reduced, and the assembling is also easy, resulting in low cost. I can make it.

In the invention of claim 2, for example, forming each shaft portion of a simple shape on a relatively large holder body side and forming each guide groove of a complicated shape on a relatively small contact member side becomes easy. In addition, when the container is obliquely inserted into the receiving portion or obliquely exits from the holding state, for example, by the groove shape, the second shaft portion is supported by the first shaft portion in the second guide groove. By rotating, it becomes easy to absorb the load applied to the contact member.

In the invention of claim 3, in addition to being able to reliably support the abutting member by the supporting portions on both sides, the outer side of the receiving portion is less prominent from the opening by both supporting portions protruding along both edge portions of the opening. It is easy to maintain the appearance characteristics.

In the inventions of claims 4 and 5, for example, since the torsion spring is provided in a state in which the abutting member is assembled to the support portion, the assembling work can be easily performed.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the cup holder which applied this invention is demonstrated based on drawing. 1 and 2 show a cup holder configuration, FIGS. 3 and 4 show operation, and FIG. 5 shows a modification. In this description, details will be given in the order of structure, assembly, operation, and modification.

(Structure) The cup holder of the embodiment corresponds to the number of holder bodies 1, at least one abutting member 2, and abutting member 2, as illustrated in Figs. It consists of a torsion spring 3 which is a gripping means. That is, the holder body 1 forms a substantially concave receiving portion 11 inside the cylinder portion 10, and the load received from the container when the container A is placed in the receiving portion 11. Accommodating the inside of the accommodating part 11 by accommodating each guide operation of the 1st guide groove 26 with respect to the 1st shaft part 16a, and the 2nd guide groove 27 with respect to the 2nd shaft part 16b. A contact member 2 which swings in the retracting direction toward the outside of the container and restrains the movement of the container A in the radial direction, and a torsion spring 3 which holds the contact member 2 in the protruding direction. Doing.

At this time, the cylinder part 10 is a resin molded article, and has comprised the cylindrical shape which has the bottom surface which partitions the accommodating part 11. As shown in FIG. The flange part 12 is formed in the upper edge of the cylinder part 10. In the circumference | surroundings of the cylinder part 10, the several opening part 13 which enables the contact member 3 to protrude from the outer side of the accommodating part 11 inside, and protrudes integrally with the outer peripheral surface corresponding to the opening part 13 are formed. It has the support parts 14 and 15 of the up-and-down long protrusion shape.

The accommodation part 11 accommodates the container A inserted in the upper side by the bottom face 11a. The diameter of the accommodating part 11 is set slightly larger than the outer diameter of the comparatively large container among the containers A generally provided in various forms, such as a drink can, a plastic bottle, and a paper cup. The flange portion 12 functions to wrap the edge when the support portions 14 and 15 are hard to see or when the holder body 1 is mounted to an attachment recess formed on an installation location side of a vehicle console box or the like. . Each opening 13 is a substantially rectangular opening which is formed below the flange portion 12 and is vertically long. In this example, each opening 13 is formed while maintaining an angle of 90 to 120 ° from the center of the cylinder portion 10.

The support portions 14 and 15 protrude from both edge portions of the opening 13 to have a shape of protruding pieces that are vertically long. In the support portions 14 and 15, the first shaft portion 16a and the second shaft portion 16b are formed to protrude from the outer surface on the opposite side (hereinafter simply referred to as outer surface) of the opposing surfaces of the support portions, respectively. Each 1st shaft part 16a is formed in the place far from the outer periphery of the cylinder part 10, and the 2nd shaft part 16b is formed in the location which approached the outer periphery of the cylinder part 10. As shown in FIG. Moreover, the locking part 14a which hangs the other end 3b of the torsion spring 3 protrudes from the support part 14 of one side of both support parts.

On the other hand, the abutment member 2 is wrapped with and not to show the support parts 14 and 15, and the left and right side plates 20 and 20 which contact | connect the outer periphery of the cylinder part 10 so that access / separation is possible, and both An upper connecting plate portion 21 connecting the side plates 20, an inner portion 22 formed inside each side plate 20 and partitioning an arrangement space for supporting portions between the side plates 20, and both side walls. A notch 23 formed at the rear side portion integrated with the 20 to evacuate the locking portion 14a rearward from the gap between the side plate 20 and the inner portion 22, and the connecting plate portion 21 of the connecting plate portion 21. The presser 24 which protrudes forward from the front middle part and the hollow part 25 which are notch-shaped at the back side and the lower side of the upper connecting plate part 21 are integrally formed.

Both side plates 20 are formed with a linear first guide groove 26 located below and a non-linear second guide groove 27 located above. The first guide groove 26 is composed of a downwardly inclined groove that moves away from the outer circumference of the tube portion 10 toward the bottom thereof, and the first shaft portion 16a is slidably fitted or the first shaft portion ( The groove shape slides 16a) without shaking. The second guide groove 27 is formed above the first guide groove 26, and the width of the groove is larger than the second shaft portion 16b, that is, the second shaft portion 16b contacts in a normal state. It has an upper edge part 27a which slides, and the space 27b for escape is formed in the lower side of this upper edge part 27a.

In other words, the upper side portion 27a is formed at the same inclination as the first guide groove 26. The escape space 27b is formed in a triangle, and the upper edge portion 27a is formed on one side of the triangle. The second guide groove 27 allows the second shaft portion 16b to slide along the upper side portion 27a without shaking in a normal state. However, when the load is applied to the contact member 2 (pressor 24 of the contact member) in the inclined direction, as shown in Fig. 3B, the second shaft portion 16b is the first shaft portion 16a. ) Is rotated from the upper edge portion 27a to the lower evacuation space 27b, whereby the load applied to the abutting member 2 can be alleviated or absorbed.

The indenter 24 is formed in the state which substantially V-shaped as shown in FIG.1 (b), and when the protruding tip 24b is made into the place where two sides of V shape cross | intersect, the upper inclination part 24a connects to the upper side The inclined portion 24c is inclined downward toward the protruding tip 24b from the plate portion 21 side, and the lower inclined portion 24c is inclined upward from the lower side of the hollow portion 25 toward the protruding tip.

(Assembly) When the above-mentioned contact member 2 and the torsion spring 3 are assembled to the holder main body 1, it is completed as a cup holder of this invention. In this assembling operation, the abutting member 2 is arranged such that each of the supporting portions 14 and 15 is inserted into a space between the corresponding side plate 20 and the inner portion 22, wherein each first shaft portion is provided. The 16a is fitted to the corresponding first guide groove 26, and the respective second shaft portions 16b are fitted to the corresponding second guide groove 27. Then, the abutment member 2 is fitted to the first guide grooves 26 with respect to the respective support portions 14 and 15, and with respect to the second guide grooves 27. It is assembled through the fitting of the two shaft parts 16b. In this state, the torsion spring 3 is assembled. As for the torsion spring 3, one end 3a of the spirally wound part is caught by the back side of the presser 24, and the locking part 14a is in the state in which the other end 3b of the spirally wound part showed the holding force. Takes on

In the produced cup holder, the contact member 2 is in the state which protruded the presser 24 to the inner side of the accommodating part 11 from the opening part 13 by the holding force of the torsion spring 3 to the maximum. . In this non-use state, the abutting member 2 is formed from the outer periphery of the tube portion 10 in the first guide groove 26 to which each first shaft portion 16a corresponds, as shown in Fig. 3A. The outer periphery of the cylindrical part 10 of the upper side part 27a in the 2nd guide groove 27 which is fitted to the inner end part (inner end part of a groove lower side) of the distant side, and each 2nd shaft part 16b corresponds. In the state fitted to the inner end of the side far from the side, the front end surfaces of both side plates 20 abut against the outer periphery of the cylinder part 10.

(Operation) In the above cup holder, the abutting member 2 operates as follows when the container A is inserted into or removed from the inside of the receiving portion 11 of the barrel 10 as shown in FIG. That is, when the container A is inserted into the accommodating part 11 in the non-use state of FIG. 3 (a) mentioned above, it contacts the upper inclination part 24a of the presser 24. As shown in FIG. Then, the contact member 2 resists the holding force of the torsion spring 3 by the downward load (load) of the container A applied to the upper inclination part 24a like FIG.3 (b). Further, while the first shaft portion 16a slides along the first guide groove 26 and the second shaft portion 16b slides along the upper edge portion 27a of the second guide groove 27, the indenter 24 ) Is retracted from the inside of the accommodating portion 11 to the outer side of the accommodating portion through the opening 13 in an amount corresponding to the outer diameter of the container.

And the contact member 2 is further allowed to insert the container A, when it retracts until it substantially matches with the outer diameter of the container A. As shown in FIG. 3 (c) shows that the beverage container A abuts against the inner bottom surface of the container 11, and the container is moved radially by the tip 24b of the presser 24. It is in a state. In this structure, the contact member 2 always has its front end 24b (upper slope 24a) irrespective of the magnitude of the outer diameter of the container A, and regardless of the process of inserting and removing the container. And the leading edge portion formed by the lower inclined portion 24b abut on the circumference of the container A, so that a stable holding state can be maintained and an excessive load on the container when the container A is taken out. Is not added, the texture at the time of taking out is also favorable. Moreover, when the container A falls out to the position of FIG. 3 (a), it returns to original non-use state by the holding force of the torsion spring 3 which the contact member 2 accumulate | stored.

FIG.3 (d) has shown typically the operation | movement at the time of container A falling out rapidly or obliquely. In this structure, when the container A is pulled out obliquely (even when inserted obliquely) in the state held by the accommodating part 11, the 2nd axial part 16b is the upper edge part of the 2nd guide groove 27 ( It enters inside the escape space 27b in 27a), and is rotated by using the 1st shaft part 16a as a support point, and the load applied to the contact member 2 can be absorbed or alleviated.

(Modification) In the above embodiment, two abutting members 2 are formed on the outer circumference of the holder body 1, but the number of use of the abutting members 2 depends on the size of the holder body 1 and the manufacturing cost. It can be set to single or 3 or more accordingly. As an example, as shown in FIG.5 (b), the contact member 2 is formed in three places by 120 degree space | interval from the center inside the holder main body side cylinder part 10, as shown to FIG. 5 (a). The structure provided in four places by 90 degree space is mentioned. In such a case, the center of the container A can be supported in a restrained state in a state coinciding with the center of the inside of the tubular portion 10 (the receiving portion 11), and the number of arrangement of the contact members 2 increases. Each time, even if the pressure of each torsion spring 3 is small, it can be reliably maintained.

Thus, this invention should just be equipped with the specific structure in Claim 1, and can change variously as needed. As an example, the first shaft portion 16a and the second shaft portion 16b are formed on the side of the contact member 2 rather than the support portions 14 and 15, and the first guide groove 26 and the second guide groove 27 are formed. Is formed on the support portions 14 and 15 side.

Figure 1 (a) is an exploded perspective view of the cup holder of the embodiment of the present invention exploded, Figure 1 (b) is a block diagram showing a state in which the contact member is cut in the center left and right

2 is a perspective view showing a state of use of the cup holder;

3 (a) to 3 (d) are partial sectional views showing the movement of the contact member when holding or removing the container in the cup holder.

4 is a plan view showing the operation when the container is held in the cup holder;

5 (a) and 5 (b) are plan views showing examples in which the cup holder is modified as shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1-Holder body 10-Tube part

11-receptacle 12-flange

13-opening 2-contact member

20-Both Side Plates 21-Upper Connection Plate Section

22-inner part 25-hollow part

3-torsion spring (cartage means) 14, 15-support

14a-spring engaging portion 16a-first shaft

16b-2nd shaft part 24-indenter

24a-Upper Slope 24b-Protruding Tip

24c-Lower slope 26-First guide groove

27-2nd guide groove 27a-upper edge

27b-Evacuation Space A-Container

Claims (5)

The holder body 1 forms a substantially concave shape accommodating portion 11 for accommodating a bottom surface of a container A, such as a can, and the container A when the container A is placed in the accommodating portion 11. ), With the respective guides of the first guide groove 26 for the first shaft portion 16a and the second guide groove 27 for the second shaft portion 16b, by the load received from (11) Abutting member (2) and abutting member (2), which oscillate in the retracting direction from the inside to the receptacle (11) outside to restrain the radial movement of the container (A), and the abutting member (2) in the protruding direction. In the cup holder provided with the holding means (3) which is supported by The holder body 1 is formed around the accommodating part 11 so that a part of the abutting member 2 can be recessed and the accommodating part 11 corresponds to the opening part 13. Has support portions 14, 15 integrally formed on the peripheral outer surface of The contact member 2 is fitted to the support portions 14 and 15, to the fitting of the first shaft portion 16a to the first guide groove 26, and to the second guide groove 27. Cup holder, characterized in that assembled through the fitting (16b) of the second shaft portion. The method according to claim 1, The first shaft portion 16a and the second shaft portion 16b are protrudingly formed on the support portions 14 and 15, and the first shaft portion 16a is fitted to the abutting member 2. The first guide groove 26 and the non-linear second guide groove 27 in which the second shaft portion 16b is rotatably fitted with the first shaft portion 16a as a supporting point are formed. Cup holder, characterized in that. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The support part (14, 15) is a cup holder, characterized in that protruding along both edges of the opening portion (13) of the outer peripheral surface of the receiving portion (11). The method according to claim 1 or 2, The contact member 2 integrally has a presser 24 protruding from the opening 13 and a side plate 20 disposed outside the support parts 14 and 15. And the gripping means (3) is a torsion spring, one end of which is fastened to the back side of the presser (24), and the other end to the support portion (14). The method according to claim 3, The abutment member 2 has an indenter 24 protruding from the opening 13, and side plates 20 arranged outside the support parts 14 and 15, and the finger holding means. (3) is a torsion spring, and one end thereof is fastened to the back side of the presser 24, and the other end is fastened to the support part 14 side.

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