WO2011155167A1

WO2011155167A1 - Cup holder

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Publication number: WO2011155167A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/003154
Authority: WO
Inventors: 純一松原
Original assignee: 株式会社ニフコ
Priority date: 2010-06-11
Filing date: 2011-06-03
Publication date: 2011-12-15
Also published as: JP5535781B2; JP2011255865A

Abstract

A cup holder for holding a container in an upwardly open recess having a side wall tilted relative to the bottom of the recess, the cup holder stably holding containers having various shapes. A cup holder (15) for holding a container (70, 75, 80), the cup holder (15) being provided with an upwardly open recess (16) having a bottom section (21) and a side wall section (22); a flap (18) and a plunger (19) which are supported by the side wall section; a helical torsion spring (38) for pressing the flap toward the inside of the recess; and a helical compression spring (44) for pressing the plunger toward the inside of the recess. The side wall section has a tilted surface section tilted so that the opening end side of the recess is larger than the bottom section side thereof. The plunger is provided to the tilted surface section. The flap is provided so as to face the plunger in a plan view. The force with which the helical torsion spring presses against the flap is less than the force with which the helical compression spring presses against the plunger.

Description

Cup holder

The present invention relates to a cup holder, and more particularly to a cup holder that holds a container in a concave portion of an upper opening.

There is a cup holder in which a movable member urged inward of the concave portion is provided on the side wall portion in order to hold the container stably in the concave portion of the upper opening composed of the bottom portion and the side wall portion (for example, Patent Document 1). ). In such a cup holder, the movable member presses the container to one of the side wall portions to sandwich the container between the side wall portions, and enables holding of containers of various shapes and sizes.

JP 2009-12515 A

However, in the cup holder as in Patent Document 1, when the side wall portion of the concave portion is inclined with respect to the bottom portion, the container pressed by the movable member is inclined along the side wall portion of the concave portion and becomes unstable. There is a problem of becoming. For example, the side wall of the recess may be inclined so that it can be adapted to an inverted frustoconical container (for example, a general paper cup). In this case, when the cylindrical container having a constant outer diameter is held by the recess, the container is pressed by the movable member along the side wall, and a part of the bottom of the container is lifted from the bottom of the recess, thereby impairing stability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and in a cup holder that holds a container in a concave portion of an upper opening whose side wall is inclined with respect to the bottom, the container having various shapes can be stably held. Is an issue.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a cup holder (15) for holding a container (70, 75, 80), which includes a bottom (21) and a side wall ( 22) an upper opening recessed portion (16), a first movable member (18) and a second movable member (19) respectively supported by the side wall portion so as to be able to protrude and retract toward the inside of the recessed portion, A first urging member (38) for urging the first movable member inward of the recess, and a second urging member (44) for urging the second movable member inward of the recess. The side wall portion has an inclined surface portion inclined with respect to the axis of the concave portion orthogonal to the bottom portion so that the opening end side of the concave portion is larger than the bottom portion side, and the second movable member Is provided on the inclined surface portion, and the first movable member is a front end when viewed from the axial direction. The force that is provided so as to face the second movable member and that the first biasing member biases the first movable member is greater than the force that the second biasing member biases the second movable member. Characterized by weakness.

According to this configuration, when the container is pressed toward the inclined surface portion by the first movable member, it is possible to prevent the second movable member from coming into contact with the container and inclining the container along the inclined surface portion. .

In another aspect of the present invention, the second movable member is inclined so that the second movable member does not enter the bottom portion beyond the boundary between the bottom portion and the inclined surface portion when viewed from the axial direction. The first contact portion where the amount of protrusion from the surface portion is regulated and the first movable member contacts the container is a second contact portion where the second movable member contacts the container in the axial direction of the recess. It is arranged at the same position or on the bottom side with respect to the second contact portion.

According to this configuration, when a cylindrical container having a constant outer diameter is supported by the recess, the bottom edge of the bottom of the container is the boundary between the bottom of the recess and the side wall (referred to as the third contact portion) and the second container. 2 Abuts against the abutting part. Since the 2nd contact part and the 3rd contact part are arranged on the virtual line parallel to the axis of a crevice, the container will be in an upright state to the bottom. In addition, in the axial direction of the recess, the first contact portion is disposed between the second contact portion and the third contact portion, so that rotation of the container due to the pressing force of the first movable member is prevented. Is done.

In another aspect of the present invention, at least one of the first movable member and the second movable member has a plurality of convex portions (so that it can contact the container at at least two points on a virtual plane orthogonal to the axis. 35)

According to this configuration, the container can be supported at at least three points by the first movable member and the second movable member when viewed from the axial direction of the recess, and the cup holder can be supported with good stability of the container. .

In another aspect of the present invention, at least the second movable member of the first movable member and the second movable member is provided so as to be capable of appearing and retracting along a direction orthogonal to the axis, An inclined surface portion (46) is provided at a portion of the projecting end facing the bottom surface so that the projecting end is tapered.

This configuration allows the container to be easily extracted from the recess even when the side surface of the container is uneven.

In another aspect of the present invention, the first movable member is rotatably supported by the side wall portion at one end portion, and the other end portion protrudes inward of the recess portion by rotating. And

According to this configuration, the support portion of the first movable member on the side wall portion can be downsized in the radial direction centered on the axial direction of the recess.

According to the above configuration, the container can be stably supported in the concave portion having the inclined surface portion of the cup holder.

The principal part perspective view which shows the console box provided with the cup holder which concerns on embodiment The top view which shows the cup holder which concerns on embodiment The side view which shows the cup holder which concerns on embodiment The side view which shows the cup holder which concerns on embodiment VV cross section of Figure 2 Sectional drawing which shows the cup holder which concerns on embodiment at the time of hold | maintaining a 1st container Sectional drawing which shows the cup holder which concerns on embodiment at the time of hold | maintaining a 2nd container Sectional drawing which shows the cup holder which concerns on embodiment at the time of hold | maintaining a 3rd container.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a cup holder provided in a console box of an automobile will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, each azimuth is determined as indicated by the coordinate axes in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a console box 11 is provided between the driver's seat and the passenger seat of the automobile 10. A substantially rectangular mounting hole 13 is formed in the upper surface 12 on the front side of the console box 11. The cup holder 15 is attached to fit in the attachment hole 13.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the cup holder 15 includes a body 17 in which a recess 16 for accommodating and holding a container is formed, and a flap 18 and a plunger 19 which are provided on the body 17 so as to be displaceable. As prepared. The body 17, the flap (first movable member) 18, and the plunger (second movable member) 19 may each be a molded product of synthetic resin. The body 17 is coupled to the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 13 by a fastening means such as a predetermined fastening clip or screw.

The concave portion 16 includes a circular flat plate-like bottom portion 21 disposed so as to be substantially horizontal when the body 17 is attached to the attachment hole 13, and a cylindrical side wall portion erected along the peripheral edge portion of the bottom portion 21. 22 and is open upward. The axis A of the recess 16, that is, the axis A orthogonal to the bottom 21 and passing through the center of the bottom 21 is substantially vertical (extends in the vertical direction). The side wall 22 is inclined with respect to the axis A over the entire circumference (that is, has an inclined surface), and the cross-sectional area thereof is larger on the opening end side than on the bottom side. That is, the recess 16 has an inverted truncated cone shape. The inclination angle of the side wall portion 22 with respect to the axis A may be set so as to conform to an arbitrary shape such as a general paper cup or container. The body 17 includes an upper surface 23 that extends outward from the recess 16 along a virtual plane orthogonal to the axis A from the upper end of the side wall portion 22. The upper surface 23 is continuous with the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 13 and constitutes the upper surface 12 of the console box 11.

A substantially square-shaped through hole 25 is formed on the right side of the side wall portion 22 so as to penetrate from the inner surface to the outer surface of the side wall portion 22. A protruding portion 26 protruding outward from the sidewall portion 22 is formed outside the left side portion of the sidewall portion 22, and a bottomed opening that opens toward the inside of the sidewall portion 22 is formed inside the protruding portion 26. The holding hole 27 is formed. The through hole 25 and the holding hole 27 are opposed to each other. That is, it is provided at a rotationally symmetric position about the axis A in plan view.

The through hole 25 is closed by a bracket 28 from the outer surface side of the side wall portion 22. The bracket 28 has a rectangular parallelepiped box shape with one side opened, and is attached to the side wall portion 22 so that the opening fits the through hole 25. A screw hole (not shown) and a locking claw 29 are formed in the peripheral portion of the through hole 25, and a coupling piece having a through hole (not shown) corresponding to the screw hole at the opening end of the bracket 28. 30 and a coupling piece 31 provided with an engagement hole (not shown) that engages with the locking claw 29 are projected. The bracket 28 is coupled to the outer surface of the side wall portion 22 by engagement with the locking claw 29 and fastening by a screw 51 screwed into a screw hole of the side wall portion 22. The bracket 28 forms a bottomed accommodation hole 32 that continues to the inside of the recess 16 when attached to the side wall 22.

The flap 18 is rotatably supported by the bracket 28. The flap 18 is a plate-like member extending from the base end portion 33 to the tip end portion 34, and support shafts 39 that are coaxial with each other are protruded from opposite sides of the base end portion 33. Each support shaft 39 of the flap 18 is supported by a bearing hole (not shown) formed in the upper portion of the accommodation hole 32 of the bracket 28. As a result, the flap 18 is rotatable about the support shaft 39 as a rotation center. The front end portion 34 of the flap 18 is bifurcated in the front-rear direction, and two convex portions 35 are formed.

The flap 18 extends generally in the vertical direction, and extends in a generally horizontal direction (a direction perpendicular to the axis A), and most of the flap 18 extends into the recess 16. It can rotate with respect to the bracket 28 between the maximum projecting position projecting in the direction. A locking hole 36 is formed in the bracket 28, and the maximum projecting position of the flap 18 is defined by the base end 33 of the flap 18 coming into contact with the hole wall of the locking hole 36. The flap 18 forms a wall surface that is substantially flush with the inner wall of the side wall portion 22 at the immersion position.

Further, the bracket 28 is provided with a spring support shaft 37 parallel to the rotation axis of the flap 18, and the coil portion of a torsion coil spring (first urging member) 38 is supported on the spring support shaft 37. . One end of the torsion coil spring 38 presses the flap 18, and the other end presses the bracket 28. As a result, the flap 18 is biased to the maximum projecting position by the torsion coil spring 38.

The plunger 19 is held in the holding hole 27 so as to be movable back and forth along a direction orthogonal to the axis A. As shown in FIG. 5, a guide groove 41 extending in the left-right direction is recessed in the wall surface of the holding hole 27, and an engaging claw 42 that engages with the guide groove 41 is protruded from the plunger 19. Yes. When the plunger 19 moves in and out with respect to the holding hole 27, the engaging claw 42 is guided by the guide groove 41, and the engaging claw 42 abuts on the end of the guide groove 41, whereby the holding hole 27 ( The maximum projecting position with respect to the side wall portion 22) is restricted and the retaining hole 27 is prevented from coming off. In a plan view, the flap 18 and the plunger 19 face each other across the axis A, and can protrude in directions close to each other.

The protruding end portion (end portion facing inward of the concave portion 16) 43 of the plunger 19 has a triangular cross section that is tapered (see FIG. 5), and the inclined surface portion 46 is formed at a portion facing the bottom portion 21 side. Is formed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the protruding end 43 is disposed on the boundary B between the bottom portion 21 and the side wall portion 22 in a plan view (viewed from the direction of the axis A) at the maximum protruding position. In other words, the protruding end 43 of the plunger 19 does not always overlap the bottom 21 (does not enter above the bottom 21) in plan view. When the plunger 19 is in the most immersed position with respect to the holding hole 27, the plunger 19 is entirely received in the holding hole 27, and the protruding end portion 43 of the plunger 19 is on a virtual surface extending the inner wall of the side wall portion 22. Is arranged.

A compression coil spring 44 is interposed between the plunger 19 and the holding hole 27, and the plunger 19 is biased to the maximum projecting position by the compression coil spring 44. The force by which the compression coil spring (second biasing member) 44 projects the plunger 19 inward of the recess 16 is greater than the force by which the torsion coil spring 38 projects the flap 18 inward of the recess 16. Is set to Thereby, even when the plunger 19 receives the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 38 via the flap 18 and the container to be described later, the plunger 19 is held at the maximum projecting position.

A flexible mat (not shown) may be laid on the bottom 21 of the recess 16 in order to improve the adhesion with the bottom of the container described later. The mat may be, for example, a nonwoven fabric or a rubber plate, and may be affixed to the bottom portion 21 with a double-sided tape or an adhesive.

Next, a support form when holding containers of various shapes using the cup holder 15 described above will be described. The first container 70 shown in FIG. 6 is a bottomed inverted frustoconical container, for example, a paper cup. The inclination angle with respect to the axis of the side peripheral portion of the first container 70 is the same as the inclination angle of the side wall portion 22 with respect to the axis A. Moreover, the 1st container 70 is formed in the magnitude | size which the side peripheral part can contact the side wall part 22 over the whole region.

When inserting the first container 70 into the recess 16, the flap 18 is pressed by the first container 70, and rotates from the maximum projecting position to the immersive position against the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 38. A wall surface that is substantially flush with the inner surface of the portion 22 is formed. Similarly, the plunger 19 is similarly pressed against the first container 70 and retracts from the maximum projecting position to the immersive position against the biasing force of the compression coil spring 44. As described above, the flap 18 and the plunger 19 do not hinder the contact of the side peripheral portion of the first container 70 with the inner surface of the side wall portion 22. In a state where the first container 70 is placed on the bottom 21 of the recess 16, the first container 70 is in surface contact with the bottom 21 and the side wall 22 of the recess 16 at the side periphery and the bottom, and is stable to the cup holder 15 It is supported well.

The second container 75 shown in FIG. 7 is a bottomed cylindrical container having a constant outer diameter, for example, a metal can. When the second container 75 is inserted into the recess 16, the flap 18 is pressed by the second container 75 and rotates from the maximum protruding position toward the immersive position against the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 38. To do. In a state where the second container 75 is held in the concave portion 16, that is, in a state where the bottom portion of the second container 75 is placed on the bottom portion 21 of the concave portion 16, the second container 75 is pressed by the convex portion 35 of the flap 18. The bottom peripheral edge abuts on the lower end of the side wall 22 (that is, the boundary B between the side wall 22 and the bottom 21), and the side periphery abuts on the protruding end 43 of the plunger 19. The contact portion between the second container 75 and the flap 18 at this time is defined as a first contact portion C, the contact portion with the plunger 19 is defined as a second contact portion D, and the contact portion with the side wall portion 22 is defined as a third contact portion E.

As shown in FIG. 7, in a state where the second container 75 is held in the recess 16, the urging force of the compression coil spring 44 is larger than the urging force of the torsion coil spring 38, so that the plunger 19 is positioned at the maximum projecting position. The second contact portion D and the third contact portion E are arranged on one straight line parallel to the axis A. That is, the second contact portion D is located above the third contact portion E, and the second container 75 is in an upright state along the axis A.

At this time, the first contact portion C is disposed between the second contact portion D and the third contact portion E in the vertical direction. Since the plunger 19 is not displaced by the pressing force applied by the flap 18 to the second container 75, the second contact portion D acts as a fixed point. Therefore, even if the flap 18 presses between the second contact portion D and the third contact portion E, which are fixed points, the second container 75 does not rotate and is maintained in an upright state. In order to prevent the second container 75 from rotating, the first contact portion C may be located at the same position as the second contact portion D or below the second contact portion D in the vertical direction.

Since the flap 18 has the two convex portions 35, the flap 18 can abut on the side surface of the second container 75 at two points on a virtual plane orthogonal to the axis A. Thereby, seeing planarly, the flap 18 and the plunger 19 can pinch | interpose the 2nd container 75 by three points, and can support the 2nd container 75 with sufficient stability.

A third container 80 shown in FIG. 8 is a bottomed cylindrical container, and has an outer diameter that changes in the vertical direction and includes a recess 81 on the circumferential surface. The recess 81 is arranged at a position facing the plunger 19 in the direction of the axis A. Moreover, the peripheral part 82 of the bottom part of the 3rd container 80 is formed in the curved surface shape (the chamfering is made | formed). The third container 80 is, for example, a plastic bottle.

Unlike the second container 75, the third container 80 is positioned below the holding hole 27 in the side wall part 22 without being in contact with the boundary part between the bottom part 21 and the side wall part 22, while being accommodated in the recess 16. The third contact portion E contacts the side wall portion 22. The plunger 19 abuts on the container 80 in the recess 81. Thus, when the recessed part 81 is provided in the position facing the plunger 19, the 3rd container 80 is supported by the recessed part 16 with sufficient stability.

This is the end of the description of the specific embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be widely modified. For example, in the embodiment, the side wall portion 22 is configured to be an inclined surface over the entire circumference, but only the vicinity where the plunger 19 is provided may be an inclined surface. In the embodiment, only one pair of the flaps 18 and the plungers 19 is provided in the concave portion 16, but a plurality of pairs may be provided in other embodiments. In addition, as a means for urging the flap 18 and the plunger 19, separate torsion coil springs 38 and compression coil springs 44 are used. Instead, an elastic piece integrated with the flap 18 and the plunger 19 is provided. Also good.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Console box, 15 ... Cup holder, 16 ... Recessed part, 17 ... Body, 18 ... Flap (first movable member), 19 ... Plunger (second movable member), 21 ... Bottom part, 22 ... Side wall part, 27 ... Holding Holes, 32 ... receiving holes, 35 ... convex portions, 38 ... torsion coil spring (first biasing member), 43 ... projecting end, 44 ... compression coil spring (second biasing member), 70 ... first container, 75 ... second container, 80 ... third container, 81 ... concave, 82 ... periphery, A ... axis of the recess, B ... boundary part, C ... first contact part, D ... second contact part, E ... third Contact area

Claims

A cup holder for holding a container,
A concave portion of an upper opening having a bottom portion and a side wall portion standing on a peripheral portion of the bottom portion;
A first movable member and a second movable member that are supported by the side wall portion so as to be able to protrude and retract toward the inside of the concave portion,
A first biasing member that biases the first movable member inward of the recess;
A second biasing member that biases the second movable member inward of the recess,
The side wall has an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the axis of the recess perpendicular to the bottom so that the opening end side of the recess is larger than the bottom.
The second movable member is provided on the inclined surface portion,
The first movable member is provided so as to face the second movable member when viewed from the axial direction,
The cup holder, wherein the force that the first biasing member biases the first movable member is weaker than the force that the second biasing member biases the second movable member.
The amount of protrusion of the second movable member from the inclined surface portion is restricted so that the second movable member does not enter the bottom portion beyond the boundary between the bottom portion and the inclined surface portion when viewed from the axial direction. ,
The first contact portion where the first movable member contacts the container is the same position as the second contact portion where the second movable member contacts the container or the second contact portion in the axial direction of the recess. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the cup holder is also disposed on the bottom side.
At least one of the first movable member and the second movable member has a plurality of convex portions so as to be able to contact the container at at least two points on a virtual plane orthogonal to the axis. The cup holder according to claim 1.
Among the first movable member and the second movable member, at least the second movable member is provided so as to be able to project and retract along a direction orthogonal to the axis, and the bottom surface side of the projecting end is provided. 2. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the facing portion includes an inclined surface portion so that the protruding end is tapered.
The said 1st movable member is rotatably supported by the said side wall part in one end part, and the other end part protrudes inward of the said recessed part by rotating. Cup holder.