JP3096450B2 - Spelling device and files using this spelling device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spelling tool for binding a transparent pocket or the like into which a document or the like is to be placed, and a file using the spelling tool.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are various types of spelling tools for binding a transparent pocket body or the like for holding documents or the like and files using the spelling tools. For example, a plurality of transparent pockets can be used as a front cover, a back cover, and a back cover. There is a welding file which is welded to the spine portion of the front cover made of and a document or the like is inserted into the transparent pocket portion. There is also a multi-hole ring file in which a transparent pocket having a large number of holes formed at an end is sewn into a multi-hole ring spelling tool and a document or the like is inserted into the transparent pocket.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional welding file, since the transparent pockets are welded, the number of the transparent pockets cannot be increased or decreased.
Since the transparent pocket is welded, equipment such as a heating device is required, and there is a problem that the production is complicated. Further, in the multi-hole ring file, the configuration of the multi-hole ring spelling tool is complicated, and its manufacture and assembly are complicated and expensive. In addition, some multi-hole ring files have a metal cover attached to a plastic cover,
In terms of resource recycling, there is a need to separate these plastics and metals.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has a simple structure, is easy to manufacture, is inexpensive and thin, and allows easy and reliable attachment and detachment of a spelling tool. An object of the present invention is to provide a spelling device that does not use metal and a file that uses the spelling device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a spelling device according to the present invention comprises a center piece, and two side pieces which are openably and closably connected to both sides in the longitudinal direction of the center piece. A plurality of spelling rods are protruded at predetermined intervals along the inner surface of one of the side pieces, and a plurality of receiving portions into which the tips of the spelling rods are inserted on the opposite inner surface of the other side piece are provided. On the outer surfaces of the two side pieces, a spelling tool body that forms a locking groove along the longitudinal direction, a bottom surface, and two side pieces extending on both sides of the bottom surface in the longitudinal direction. A holding member for extending the open ends of the side pieces inward in the longitudinal direction to form locking projections, and detachably engaging the locking projections with the locking grooves of the spelling device body; Consists of

[0006] A lock mechanism may be provided between the spelling tool main body and the holding member. The locking mechanism is constituted by a locking claw provided on the spelling tool main body and an end face of the holding member. Is also good.

Further, a file using the spelling tool according to the present invention is characterized in that the holding member for the spelling tool is fixed to a spine.

The holding member has a plurality of ridges formed on a surface of the file which is in contact with the spine of the file, and the holding member may be welded to the spine by melting the ridges.

According to the spelling implement configured as described above,
The structure can be simplified, the manufacture is easy, and the transparent pocket body or the like in which a document or the like is to be inserted can be reliably and easily sewn with a small pressing force. Further, according to the file using the spelling tool, a transparent pocket or the like for storing a document or the like can be easily spelled into the file, and the file can be configured inexpensively and thinly.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5, the spelling tool 10 includes a spelling tool main body 12 and a holding member 14 attached to the spelling tool main body 12. As shown in detail in FIGS. 2 and 3, the spelling body 12 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene having a self-hinge function, and has an elongated rectangular central piece 15 and a longitudinal direction of the central piece 15. And two side pieces 17 and 18 which are respectively opened and closed via self hinge portions 16 and 16 respectively. Four spelling rods 19 are integrally protruded from the inner surface of one side piece 17, and a concave portion 20 is formed on the opposite inner surface of the other side piece 18 as a receiving portion into which the tip of the spelling rod 19 is inserted. Have been. That is, when the side pieces 17 and 18 are opened and closed by the self hinge portions 16 and 16 and the spelling tool main body 12 is closed at right angles to the central piece 15 and the spelling tool body 12 is closed, the distal end of the spelling rod 19 is indented. 20.

On one side piece 17 of the spelling tool body 12, a locking groove 21 is formed in a longitudinal direction on a surface opposite to a surface on which the spelling rod 19 is provided, and similarly, the other side piece 18 is formed. Has a locking groove 22 formed in the longitudinal direction on the surface opposite to the concave portion 20. The locking grooves 21 and 22 are formed equidistant from the self-hinge portions 16 and 16, and the spelling tool body 12 is
7 and 18 are formed so as to face the outer side surface when opened and closed to form a U-shape. The locking grooves 21 and 22 have openings 21a and 22a on one end side, that is, the lower side in FIG. 2, and are closed by stoppers 21b and 22b on the other end side, that is, the upper side in FIG.

At one longitudinal end of the spelling tool body 12,
A spring piece 23 is formed by the slits 15a, 15a formed in the central piece 15, and an operation piece 24 extends upward from the spring piece 23. A locking claw 25 is provided on the lower surface of the spring piece 23 so as to protrude from the lower surface of the center piece 15.
Are protruding. An interval is provided between the operation piece 24 and the spelling tool main body 12, and the operation piece 24 is pressed toward the other end portion direction (the direction of the arrow x) of the spelling tool main body to bend the spring piece 23. The locking claw 25 can be displaced upward. On the side pieces 17, 18, stoppers 26, 26 for regulating the displacement of the spring piece 23 are provided in a protruding manner.

The spelling tool main body 12 is configured as described above, and the side pieces 17 and 18 are provided at the self hinge portions 16 and 16.
When the injection molding is performed in an open state, that is, in the state of FIGS. 2 (a) and 3 (a), the mold does not require a slide portion, and the structure of the mold can be simplified, and the cost can be reduced. It can be easily manufactured. For this reason, the cost of the spelling implement main body 12 can be reduced.

The holding member 14 is formed of an elastic synthetic resin such as polypropylene, and has an elongated rectangular bottom surface 27 as shown in detail in FIGS. The side pieces 28, 28
Locking protruding sides 29, 29 extending in the longitudinal direction inward from the upper portions of the side pieces 28, 28 in parallel with the bottom surface 27.
It is composed of The locking protruding sides 29, 29 are detachably engageable with the locking grooves 21, 22 when the spelling tool main body 12 is closed in a U-shape, and engage the holding member 14 with the spelling tool main body 12. Thereby, the spelling tool main body 12 is held in a closed state. Locking protrusion 2 of holding member 14
The distance d between 9 and 29 is the locking groove 21 of the spelling tool main body 12,
The distance D is set slightly larger than the distance D between the two.

On the lower surface of the bottom surface 27 of the holding member 14, four elongated ridges 30 project in the longitudinal direction. The lower surface of the bottom surface 27 of the holding member 14 serves as a contact surface with the file when the holding member 14 is fixed to the file. At one end of the bottom surface 27 of the holding member 14, a locking hole 31 with which the locking claw 25 of the spelling tool main body 12 can be engaged is formed. The locking mechanism 32 is formed by the locking claw 25 and the locking hole 31.
Is configured. As shown in the figure, the holding member 14 has a constant cross section in the longitudinal direction and can be formed from an extruded material. Since the locking hole 31 and the like can be formed by post-processing, the cost can be reduced.

Note that, as shown in FIG.
The lock mechanism 33 may be configured by the end surface 14 a of the holding member 14. In this case, since it is not necessary to form a locking hole in the holding member 14, the configuration can be further simplified, and the manufacturing can be facilitated, so that the cost can be reduced. The other components are substantially the same as those of the above-described embodiment, and thus the same reference numerals are given and the description is omitted.

The binding device 10 of the present invention comprises the binding device main body 12 and the holding member 14 described above, and the operation will be described below. As shown in FIG. 7, a transparent pocket body 41 having four holes 42 is used in the present embodiment. When spelling the transparent pocket body 41, the spelling device main body 12 is opened, the two side pieces 17, 18 are rotated by the self hinge portions 16, 16 through the holes 42 in the spelling rod 19, and the spelling device main body 12 is opened. Close. As a result, the spelling tool main body 12 is in a state where the two side pieces 17 and 18 are at right angles to the central piece, and the tip of the spelling rod 19 is inserted into the recess 20, thereby preventing the transparent pocket body 41 from falling off.

With the spelling tool body 12 closed as described above, the locking projections 29, 29 of the holding member 14 are engaged with the openings 21a, 22a of the locking grooves 21, 22, and the holding member 1
4 is slid in the longitudinal direction. The holding member 14 is the locking groove 2
Abut on the stoppers 21b, 22b of the first and the second 22 and stop;
The locking claw 25 is locked by engaging with the locking hole 31, and the transparent pocket body 41 does not fall off. In the case of the lock mechanism 33 shown in FIG. 6, the locking claw 25 is locked by being locked to the end surface 14 a of the holding member 14. The spelling tool body 12 is held closed by the holding member 14 and the transparent pocket body 41 is spelled out, and the distance d between the locking projections 29, 29 is larger than the distance D between the locking grooves 21, 22. , Locking groove 2
The locking projections 29, 29 of the holding member 14 can be easily engaged with the first and the second with a small pressing force. in this way,
The transparent pocket body 41 can be spelled with the spelling tool 10 very easily by a simple operation.

Next, an embodiment of a file using the spelling tool according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The file 50 includes a front cover 51, a back cover 52, and a spine 5
The holding member 14 of the binding tool 10 shown in the above-described embodiment is fixed to the spine portion of the plate made of No. 3 by welding. Four ridges 30 are formed on the lower surface of the holding member 14, and when the holding member 14 is welded to the spine 53 of the file, the ridges 30 are provided with heating means 60, as shown in FIG. It is heated and melted by 60, and welding can be performed reliably by pressing the heating means 60, 60 in the direction of arrow y. That is, the ridge 30 is connected to the heating means 6.
0, 60 and melts, and this molten ridge 30A
Is filled in the space between the ridges 30 as shown in FIG.
The welding can be performed reliably without deforming the holding member 14. As described above, the number and the cross-sectional area of the ridges 30 are set so that the space can be substantially filled when the ridges are melted.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view after welding in the case of a holding member 14A without a ridge. In the figure, when the holding member 14A without a ridge is welded, the distance d1 between the locking ridges 29A, 29A is reduced due to the side edges 28A, 28A falling down (in the direction of the arrow z) resulting from deformation due to heating. 8B, the side edges 28 are prevented from falling down as shown in FIG.
Holding member 1 while maintaining the distance d between them 29 before welding.
4 can be fixed to the spine 53.

The file 50 has the above-described configuration, and the operation will be described below with reference to FIGS. When spelling the transparent pocket body 41 in the file 50, first, the spelling tool main body 12 is held by the holding member 14 fixed to the file 50.
Remove. That is, by pressing the operation piece 24 with one finger in the longitudinal direction (the arrow x direction) of the spelling tool main body,
As shown in FIG. 5B, the spring piece 23 curves upward and abuts the stoppers 26, 26, and the locking claw 25 is
The spelling device main body 12 moves along the locking protrusions 29, 29 by pressing out the operation piece 24 as it is, and can be detached from the holding member 14. In this way, by only pressing in one direction (the direction of the arrow x), the release of the locking claw 25 and the removal of the spelling tool main body 12 can be performed at the same time, and the pressing force can be reduced. In the case of the lock mechanism 33 shown in FIG. 6, the locking claw 25 is released from the end surface 14a of the holding member 14 by pressing the operation piece 24, and can be subsequently removed by the same operation.

The side pieces 17, 1 of the removed spelling tool body 12
8 is opened and closed by the self-hinge portions 16, 16, and the spelling tool main body 12 is opened. In this state, the spelling rod 19 is inserted into the hole 42 of the transparent pocket body 41,
Side pieces 17 and 18 are closed via the self-hinge portions 16 and 16 so as to be closed in a U-shape. This makes the spelling rod 1
9 fits into the recess 20 and the transparent pocket body 41 does not fall off. Thereafter, the spelling tool body 12 closed in a U-shape is attached to the holding member 14. That is, the locking groove 2
The locking projections 29, 29 are made to correspond to the openings 21a, 22a of the first and second 22, respectively, and the spelling tool main body 12 is slid in the direction opposite to the arrow x direction. At this time, the locking claw 25 is pushed up to the inner surface of the holding member 14, and the spring piece 23 is in a curved state. When the sliding is completed, one ends of the locking projections 29, 29 come into contact with the stoppers 21b, 22b, and the locking claw 25 is
1 and falls into the end face 14a in the case of FIG. Thus, the attachment of the spelling tool body 12 to the holding member 14 can be performed very easily. Moreover, as in the above-described embodiment of the spelling device, the spelling device main body 1 is provided with a small pressing force.
2 can be attached to the holding member 14.

In the above-described embodiment, the spelling rod is 4
Although the embodiment has been described, the invention is not limited to this. In addition, although the form of the concave portion has been described as the receiving portion, it is needless to say that the receiving portion may be changed to a through hole or the like.
Furthermore, although the case where the transparent pocket file is spelled is shown, a document or the like may be spelled directly.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The attachment of the spelling body to the holding member can be easily performed with a small pressing force, and the transparent pocket body or the like can be reliably and easily spelled by the spelling tool. Removal of the spelling body from the holding member can be unlocked with one finger, and can be extremely easily performed by one operation of pushing out the spelling body as it is. The spelling device main body and the holding member have a simple configuration, are easy to manufacture, can reduce costs, and can be provided at a low price. In addition, the file can be made thin, and the usability is similar to the transparent pocket of the welded file, so that the file can be used without discomfort. Furthermore, the spelling device main body and the holding member are made of only the same material polypropylene,
Since the plate portion of the file is also made of the same plastic, the resources can be easily recycled and the resources can be effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a spelling tool according to an embodiment of the present invention in an unfolded state.

2A is a partially broken front view showing an opened state of the spelling device main body, FIG. 2B is a partially broken front view showing a closed state of the spelling device main body, and FIG. It is a side view.

3A is an end view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2, and FIG.
2B is an end view taken along the line BB, and FIG. 3C is a view taken along the line CC in FIG.

4A is a cross-sectional view of a holding member, and FIG. 4B is an end view of a state where the spelling tool main body and the holding member are combined.

5A is a cross-sectional view of the lock mechanism in a state where the spelling tool main body and the holding member are combined, and FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view of the lock mechanism in the released state of FIG.

FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a lock mechanism.
(B) is a sectional view of the unlocked state of the lock mechanism of (a).

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a file using the spelling tool according to the present invention in a developed state.

8A is a cross-sectional view showing a state before welding of a holding member and a spine of a file, and FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional view showing a state after welding.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state after welding of a holding member without a ridge and a spine of a file.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Spelling tool 12 Spelling tool main body 14 Holding member 14a End surface 15 Center piece 15a, 15a Slit 16, 16 Self hinge part 17, 18 Side piece 19 Spelling rod 20 Concave part 21, 22 Locking groove 21a, 22a Opening 21b, 22b Stopper 23 Spring piece 24 Operation piece 25 Locking claw 26, 26 Stopper 27 Bottom surface 28, 28 Side piece 29, 29 Locking ridge 30 Protrusion 30A Melting ridge 31 Locking hole 32, 33 Locking mechanism 41 Transparent pocket body 42 Hole 50 File 51 front cover 52 back cover 53 spine 60 heating means

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-6-340195 (JP, A) JP-B-46-11888 (JP, B1) Jiko-sho 33-1010 (JP, Y1) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B42F 13/20-13/26

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A spelling machine comprising a central piece and two side pieces which are respectively openably and closably connected to both sides in the longitudinal direction of the central piece, and a plurality of spellings are formed at predetermined intervals along an inner surface of one of the side pieces. A plurality of receiving portions into which the tips of the spelling rods are inserted are provided on the opposing inner surfaces of the other side pieces, and the outer side faces of the two side pieces are respectively provided with locking grooves along the longitudinal direction. A bottom surface, two side pieces extending on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the bottom face, and a longitudinally extending open end of each of these side pieces in the longitudinal direction. A spelling tool, comprising: a stopper protruding side; and a holding member for detachably engaging the locking protruding side with the locking groove of the spelling tool body. 2. The binding device according to claim 1, wherein a lock mechanism is provided between the binding device main body and the holding member. 3. The spelling tool according to claim 2, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking claw provided on the spelling tool main body and an end face of the holding member. 4. A file using a spelling tool according to claim 1, wherein a holding member of the spelling tool is fixed to a spine. 5. The holding member has a plurality of ridges formed on a surface of the file in contact with the spine of the file, and the holding member is welded to the spine by melting the ridges. A file using the spelling tool according to claim 4.