TWI637827B - Toolbox - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a tool box, comprising two cover bodies pivotally connected to each other, wherein at least one cover body comprises a casing, a frame body and a tool holder, the casing has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending from a periphery of the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the peripheral wall Forming an accommodation space, the frame and the tool holder are combined with each other and the casing is sandwiched therebetween, whereby the casing can be made of a plate material, and the casing is used as a main appearance part of the tool box, and the injection molding can be reduced. The technology reduces the cost of production equipment such as molds, and can easily change the appearance of the tool box by replacing the casing, thereby improving the variability of the appearance of the tool box.

Description

Tool box

The present invention relates to a tool box.

The tool box is mainly used for accommodating and protecting tools. It is also common in the market to distribute the tools included in the tool box together.

Most of the existing tool boxes are made of plastic or rubber. They are produced by injection molding. They can provide precise structure and appearance, and have good product quality. Better, they can be produced by secondary injection or double injection molding technology. Specific parts of the tool box provide functions with different hardness or different colors.

Although the above-mentioned tool box produced by injection molding has a good product texture, the production process of injection molding requires the use of corresponding precision molds, and the cost of the precision mold is high, which makes it difficult to reduce the price of the product and affect the market competitiveness; Due to the high cost of precision molds, it is necessary to share the cost of the mold with a large number of products. In the production of tool boxes, each type of tool box needs to produce as many products as possible, which will cause manufacturers to face increased inventory pressure and products. The problem of reduced variability is difficult to quickly follow the changes in the market when the market changes.

An object of the present invention is to provide a tool box which can be manufactured by using other production methods other than injection molding while taking into consideration the texture of the product, so as to avoid injection molding. Has an expensive problem.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tool box that can be used by a manufacturer to reduce the number of each style or each production lot to assist the manufacturer in rapidly changing the product following market changes.

In order to achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a tool box comprising two covers, wherein at least one cover comprises a casing, a frame and a tool holder, the casing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall Extending from a periphery of the bottom wall, the peripheral wall and the bottom wall enclose an accommodating space, the frame surrounding the peripheral wall and being combined with the tool holder, so that the casing is received by the frame and the tool holder, wherein The two covers are pivotally connected to each other such that the two covers can be pivoted relative to each other.

Thereby, the tool box provided by the invention can be divided into a shell, a frame body and a tool holder, and the shell has only a bottom wall and a peripheral wall, and can be processed by using a plate material without using injection molding technology, and is helpful. In order to reduce the cost of molds and other production equipment, reduce the number of products produced in each batch, and easily change the shape of the tool box by replacing the casing, it helps to improve the flexibility of the tool box.

10‧‧‧ cover

11‧‧‧Shell

111‧‧‧ bottom wall

112‧‧‧Wall

113‧‧‧ Lips

114‧‧‧ accommodating space

12‧‧‧ frame

121‧‧‧ inner wall

122‧‧‧Extended wall

123‧‧‧ outer wall

124‧‧‧ clip gap

125‧‧‧ buckle

126‧‧‧ pivotal department

127‧‧‧ switch

13‧‧‧Tool holder

131‧‧‧Ontology

132‧‧‧Connecting wall

133‧‧‧With the wall

134‧‧‧ buckle groove

135‧‧‧ Ribs

20‧‧‧Another cover

21‧‧‧ housing

22‧‧‧ frame

226‧‧‧ pivotal department

23‧‧‧Tool holder

90‧‧‧ Tools

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool box of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the tool box of the present invention after it is opened.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the tool box of the present invention.

Fig. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken at Fig. 3A.

Fig. 3B is a cross-sectional view taken at Fig. 3B.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the tool box of the present invention.

The present embodiment provides a tool box. Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the tool box is provided with a tool 90, such as a wrench, a sleeve or a screwdriver head according to the embodiment. The tool box includes a pivotal connection. The two covers 10, 20, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the two covers 10, 20 are pivotally connected to each other and can be pivoted relative to each other. The structures of the two covers 10, 20 are substantially similar, Only one of the covers 10 is exemplified, and the other cover 20 has a similar shape and configuration.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 , the cover 10 includes a housing 11 , a frame 12 , and a tool holder 13 .

The housing 11 has a substantially thin plate shape. The housing 11 has a bottom wall 111, a peripheral wall 112 and a buckle lip 113. The peripheral wall 112 extends from the periphery of the bottom wall 111 to be substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall 111, so that the peripheral wall 112 and the bottom wall 111 are enclosed together. An accommodating space 114 is opened toward the other cover body 20, and the fastening lip 113 extends outwardly from an end of the peripheral wall 112 away from the bottom wall 111. The fastening lip 113 is substantially perpendicular to the peripheral wall 112 and parallel with the bottom wall 111, so that the peripheral wall 112 is connected to Between the buckle lip 113 and the bottom wall 111. The housing 11 additionally forms a plurality of concave and convex bends on the bottom wall 111 and the peripheral wall 112, thereby improving the structural rigidity of the bottom wall 111 and the peripheral wall 112. Wherein, the casing 11 may be any material of a plate shape, preferably polycarbonate (PC) or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin (ABS resin), or contains cloth or other fiber materials. The PC composite material or the ABS resin composite material, and the possibility of using, for example, aluminum or an aluminum alloy, may be excluded, and the above-mentioned materials in the form of a plate may be formed by the methods of stamping, drawing, hot press molding or blow molding. The housing 11 is.

The frame 12 is looped around the peripheral wall 112. Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3A and FIG. 4, the frame 12 has an inner wall 121, an extending wall 122 and an outer wall 123, and the inner wall 121 is looped and Abutting against the peripheral wall 112 and the fastening lip 113, the extension wall 122 is connected between the inner wall 121 and the outer wall 123, so that A clip gap 124 is defined between the wall 121 and the outer wall 123. The frame body 12 has a plurality of fastening portions 125. The fastening portions 125 protrude from the outer wall 123 and extend in a barb shape toward the inner wall 121. The inner wall 121 forms a notch at the adjacent buckle portion 125. Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , the frame 12 further has a pivoting portion 126 and a switch 127 . The pivoting portion 126 and the switch 127 are respectively located on two sides away from the frame body 12 , and the pivoting portion 126 includes two latches. The two ends of the pivoting portion 226 of the frame 22 of the other cover body 20 are disposed, so that the pivoting portion 126 is pivotally connected to the pivoting portion 226 of the other cover body, and the switch 127 is slidably disposed on the frame body 12. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the switch 127 is slidably and selectively engaged with the frame 22, and the two covers 10, 20 are prevented from being arbitrarily opened when the two covers 10, 20 are closed.

The tool holder 13 has a body 131, a connecting wall 132 and a fastening wall 133. The body 131 is received in the accommodating space 114. The body 131 is detachably assembled in the tool 90. The body 131 is provided with a swingable swing frame. The body has a plurality of insertion holes for the tool 90 to be inserted therein. Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3B and FIG. 4, the connection wall 132 extends outwardly from the body 131 and extends over the peripheral wall 112 and the fastening lip 113. After being connected to the fastening wall 133, the fastening wall 133 is surrounded by the peripheral wall 112, and the fastening wall 133 is located in the clamping gap 124, so that the frame 12 is combined with the fastening wall 133, and the fastening wall 133 is clamped to the inner wall. Between the 121 and the outer wall 123, the lip 113 of the housing 11 is clamped between the inner wall 121 of the frame 12 and the connecting wall 132 of the tool holder 13. Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the tool holder 13 further has a plurality of buckle grooves 134. The position of the buckle groove 134 corresponds to the position of the buckle portion 125, and the buckle portion 125 is engaged with the buckle groove 134 to make the frame body 12 and The tool holder 13 cannot be arbitrarily separated. The tool holder 13 also has a plurality of ribs 135 protruding from the body 131 and abutting against the peripheral wall 112 of the housing 11, so that the body 131 can be tightly assembled in the housing 11 and the production of the body 131 and the housing 11 can be improved. Allowable tolerances for the time.

With the above tool box, the manufacturer can separately process the housing, the frame and the tool holder, and then assemble the frame and the tool holder to fix the housing to the frame and the tool holder. Finally, the pivoting portions 126, 226 of the two frames are pivotally coupled to complete the production process, wherein the casing is the main appearance portion, which can be made of any plate material, and has simple and convenient processing and manufacturing. Features.

Secondly, since the casing is made of sheet metal, it can be produced by means of, for example, stamping, drawing, hot press forming or blow molding, and the processing technology has a lower threshold, and the processing equipment and the mold cost are lower, and the production cost can be reduced. And reduce the number of products produced in each batch, reducing the inventory pressure of manufacturers or retailers. At the same time, when the market demand changes or the manufacturer wants to change the product shape, the frame and the tool holder in the original tool box can be retained for further use, and only the raw material plate or mold of the casing needs to be replaced, and the appearance of the casing can be changed. In turn, the product appearance of the tool box is changed, and the product flexibility is excellent.

In the above embodiment, the number of the buckle portion 125 and the buckle groove 134 is four, and the buckle portion 125 is disposed on the outer wall 123 of the frame 12. The buckle groove 134 is disposed on the fastening wall 133 of the tool holder 13, however, if the buckle is It is feasible to change the number of the part and the buckle groove arbitrarily, or to adjust the position of the buckle part and the buckle groove, or to change the buckle part and the buckle groove to the corresponding positions of the frame body and the tool holder.

In the above embodiment, the frame bodies 12 and 22 of the two covers 10 and 20 are respectively provided with pivoting portions 126 and 226 for pivotally connecting the two covers, but if the pivoting portion is provided on the tool holder 13, 23, nothing.

Summarizing the above description, the tool box of the above embodiment can maintain a good product texture by using a shell made of a plate material, and reduce the cost of the production equipment and the mold, can assist the manufacturer to reduce the inventory pressure, and can easily change the appearance of the product. The above embodiments are only intended to illustrate and explain the technical content of the present invention, and the scope of the invention should be based on the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Claims (10)

A tool box comprising: a cover body, wherein at least one cover body comprises a casing, a frame body and a tool holder, the casing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall extending from a periphery of the bottom wall, the The peripheral wall and the bottom wall enclose an accommodating space, the frame surrounds the peripheral wall and is combined with the tool holder, so that the housing is clamped by the frame and the tool holder; wherein the two covers are pivotally connected to each other The two covers can be opened relative to the pivot. The tool box of claim 1, wherein the housing has a buckle, the peripheral wall is connected between the bottom wall and the buckle lip, and the buckle lip is clamped to the frame and the tool holder. between. The tool box of claim 1, wherein the tool holder has a body, a connecting wall and a fastening wall, the body is received in the receiving space, and the connecting wall is connected to the body and the buckle Between the wall, the fastening wall surrounds the peripheral wall, and the frame is combined with the fastening wall. The tool box of claim 2, wherein the tool holder has a body, a connecting wall and a fastening wall, the body is received in the receiving space, and the connecting wall is connected to the body and the buckle Between the wall, the fastening wall surrounds the peripheral wall, and the frame is combined with the fastening wall, and the buckle lip is clamped between the connecting wall and the frame. The tool box of claim 3, wherein the tool holder has a plurality of ribs projecting from the body and abutting against the housing. The tool box of claim 4, wherein the tool holder has a plurality of ribs projecting from the body and abutting against the housing. The tool box of claim 3, wherein the frame has an inner wall, an extension wall and an outer wall, the extension wall being connected between the inner wall and the outer wall, the inner wall abutting the peripheral wall , The fastening wall is clamped between the inner wall and the outer wall. The tool box of claim 4, wherein the frame has an inner wall, an extension wall and an outer wall, the extension wall being connected between the inner wall and the outer wall, the inner wall abutting the peripheral wall The fastening wall is clamped between the inner wall and the outer wall. The tool box of claim 1, wherein the frame and the tool holder have a buckle portion, and the other has a buckle groove, and the buckle portion is engaged with the buckle groove to make the buckle The frame and the tool holder cannot be arbitrarily separated. The tool box of claim 1, wherein the tool box further comprises a plurality of tools, the tools being detachably assembled to the tool holder.