JP3303207B2 - Umbrella water drop catcher and umbrella using it - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an umbrella cloth, which is provided with an umbrella and a umbrella cloth. When the umbrella is closed with a sword facing down, water droplets adhering to the umbrella cloth are naturally captured and accommodated in a container attached to the tip of the sword. As much as possible, the captured water drops are not inadvertently leaked to the outside, preventing the water drops adhering to the umbrella cloth from dropping and scattering around, and the troublesome use of a vinyl cover etc. that covers the entire umbrella And an umbrella using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional water drop catching device for such an umbrella, there is, for example, one described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 56-69018. However, the structure is generally relatively complicated. The efficiency of catching water droplets is low just by attaching it, and there is a high risk of inadvertent leakage of trapped water droplets to the outside.
It was not very practical because it was troublesome to attach and detach, and it was not excellent in durability.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, has a simple, compact, and stable structure, has an excellent water droplet capturing efficiency, and does not care for the captured and stored water droplets to the outside. It is an object of the present invention to provide an umbrella water droplet catching device which is suitable for use because it eliminates the fear of excessive leakage as much as possible, is easy and secure to attach and detach, is excellent in durability and decorativeness, and an umbrella using the same.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs the following means as a configuration of a waterdrop catching tool of an umbrella.

[0005] First, as a first means, a spherical storage container which is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the center rod protruding tip portion of the umbrella via the mounting neck and stores therein water droplets adhered to the umbrella cloth, An annular projecting edge that surrounds the mounting neck portion on the upper outer surface and that is formed to project in an annular shape with the peripheral wall surface expanding toward the outside to receive dripping of water droplets attached to the umbrella cloth; and an annular projecting edge surrounded by the annular projecting edge. A water drop introduction hole provided near the peripheral wall surface of the annular protruding edge portion on the upper outer surface of the storage container, and connected to the water drop introduction hole, inclined obliquely downward and having a tip portion substantially inside the spherical container. And a water drop introducing pipe protruding to the vicinity of the center. Water drops adhering to the umbrella cloth are dropped on the upper outer surface of the container surrounded by an annular protruding edge that, when the umbrella is closed and the stone pokes down, is transmitted through the umbrella cloth and the peripheral wall expands upward and outward. Then, they are all properly received and captured, guided to a water droplet introduction hole provided on the outer peripheral surface of the upper portion of the container near the peripheral wall surface of the annular protruding edge portion, and stored in the container via a water droplet introduction pipe connected thereto. Since the water drop introduction pipe is inclined obliquely downward and its tip protrudes to near the center of the spherical storage container, the water level of the water drop in the spherical storage container and the water drop introduction pipe tip Depending on the positional relationship, the umbrella may be laid down after storing water droplets,
Water droplets trapped and stored are prevented from leaking to the outside as much as possible, even if it is slanted or a stone stick is raised. As means for fitting the protruding tip of the center rod of the umbrella to the mounting neck of the storage container, an appropriate means such as screw fitting or adhesive bonding is used.

As a second means, an annular protruding edge portion which receives a drop of water is disposed concentrically with the mounting neck of the container and horizontally with respect to the outer surface of the upper portion of the container.

As a third means, in order to smoothly introduce water droplets into the water droplet introduction holes, a lower part of an outer peripheral surface of an upper portion of the container or an inner peripheral surface of the annular projecting edge portion surrounded by an annular projecting edge portion for receiving the drop of water droplets is provided. The overhanging edge formed on the side portion is gradually and gradually inclined downward from one side toward the other opposite side along the inner peripheral surface of the annular protruding edge portion, and the inclined lowermost portion A water drop introduction hole is provided on the outer surface of the upper part of the storage container corresponding to the position.

As a fourth means, an annular protruding edge portion which receives a drop of water droplets, which is eccentric to the mounting neck portion of the container and is inclined with respect to the outer surface of the upper portion of the container, is used.

As a fifth means, a drainage port and an opening / closing plug for the drainage port are attached to the storage container. As a sixth means, the storage container is divided into two parts vertically and horizontally to form an upper container and a lower container, and these are detachably joined and connected.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIGS. 1 to 8 relate to the first embodiment. 1 is a cylindrical mounting neck at the top end of a spherical container 2
A female screw part 3 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the mounting neck part 2, and a screw rod attached to a central rod (shaft) protruding tip part of the umbrella K via the female screw part 3. It is fitted and attached to the male screw part on the outer peripheral surface. An annular protruding edge portion 4 surrounding the mounting neck portion 2 and having a concentric peripheral wall surface expanding upward and outward is provided on the upper outer peripheral surface of the storage container 1.
Are disposed horizontally with respect to the outer surface of the upper portion of the storage container 1. The annular projecting edge 4 and the container 1 surrounded by the annular projecting edge 4
The upper outer surface catches the drop of the water droplet attached to the umbrella cloth K. A water drop introduction hole 5 is provided on the outer surface of the upper portion of the storage container 1 near the peripheral wall surface of the annular projecting edge 4, and the water drop introduction hole 5 is inclined obliquely downward and has a spherical end. A water drop introducing pipe 6 protruding to near the center in the container 1 is connected and disposed. Reference numeral 7 in the figure denotes a stone stick attached to the bottom of the container 1. The fitting of the outer peripheral surface of the center rod protruding tip portion of the umbrella K to the mounting neck 2 of the storage container 1 may be performed by any suitable means such as bonding, in addition to the above-described screw fitting. When the threaded portion is not formed at the center rod projecting tip, a screw member is fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the center bar projecting tip.

When the waterdrop catching tool according to the first embodiment is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the tip of the central rod projecting from the umbrella K, the umbrella is closed when the umbrella is wet with rain and the umbrella is erected as shown in FIG. Water droplets adhering to the cloth are transmitted through the umbrella cloth because the umbrella cloth has been subjected to waterproof processing, and are dropped into the annular protruding edge portion 4 located below. Water drop introduction hole 5 provided near the peripheral wall surface of part 4
It is led to. And it is accommodated in the container 1 via a water droplet introducing pipe 6 which is inclined obliquely downward from the water droplet introducing hole 5 and protrudes to near the center of the spherical container 1. In order to open the umbrella for the next use after storing the water droplets, even if the umbrella is turned sideways, inclined, or turned up, the tip of the water droplet introducing pipe 6 is inclined and the inside of the spherical container 1 is opened. Since it protrudes almost to the vicinity of the center and is located above the storage water level (normally, it is rare that water droplets are completely stored in the storage container 1 by one use). It is unlikely that the water droplets will be accidentally leaked to the outside.
If the umbrella is to be opened vertically with the umbrella facing upward with the umbrella at hand in a state in which the water drops are completely contained in the storage container 1, the tip of the water drop introduction pipe 6 is set at the storage water level. Some of the water droplets will be leaked to the outside until it is located above the umbrella, but once the umbrella wet with the rain is opened, it will suddenly be turned upright with a stone foot up at hand. This is rarely the case, and the umbrella is usually opened sideways or in an inclined state, so that the above-mentioned inconvenience is extremely rare. And if you open the umbrella and insert it, even if water leaks, the presence of the umbrella cloth will not wet your hands. Container 1
When discharging the water droplets trapped and stored inside, the umbrella K
The threaded fitting of the mounting neck 2 is removed from the center rod, and the container 1 is turned upside down to discharge water droplets from the opening of the mounting neck 2.

FIG. 5 shows a device designed to smoothly introduce water droplets into the water droplet introducing holes 5. In this case, the outer surface of the upper portion of the container 1 surrounded by the annular projecting edge portion 4 has an annular outer surface. Along the inner peripheral surface of the edge 4, it is gradually and gradually inclined downward from one side to the other side opposite to the edge 4,
The water drop introduction hole 5 is formed on the outer surface of the upper portion of the container 1 corresponding to the lowermost position of the inclination. This is the same even if the upper outer surface of the storage container 1 is formed with such an inclined surface, and a projecting edge having such an inclined surface is formed below the inner peripheral surface of the annular projecting edge portion 4. is there.

As shown in FIG. 6, the container 1 may be provided with a drain port 8 and an opening / closing plug 9 in consideration of drainage. As shown in FIG. 7, the storage container 1 is divided into two parts in the vertical direction to form an upper container 1a and a lower container 1b, which are detachably joined and connected by appropriate means such as screw fitting. In some cases.

FIGS. 9 to 14 show a second embodiment.
In this case, the means for forming the annular projecting edge portion 14 is different from that of the first embodiment, and the other structure is the same as that of the first embodiment. The annular protruding edge portion 14 is disposed on the outer surface of the upper portion of the container 1 so as to be inclined with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the upper portion of the container 1 in a state of surrounding the mounting neck portion 2 and eccentric to the mounting neck portion 2 and expanding the peripheral wall surface upward and outward. Have been. That is,
It is inclined downward from the peripheral surface side closer to the mounting neck 2 to the peripheral surface farther away from the opposite side, so that the outer peripheral surface of the upper portion of the storage container 1 corresponding to the lowermost position of the inclined surface is formed. Water droplets smoothly flow down and are introduced into the formed water droplet introduction holes 5. In this case as well, a drain port 8 and an opening / closing plug 9 may be provided as shown in FIG. 6, or the storage container 1 may be divided into an upper container 1a and a lower container 1b so as to be freely joinable as shown in FIG.

[0015]

Since the present invention has the above-described structure, it solves the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art and has the following unique effects.

First, by attaching the water droplet catching tool according to the present invention to the outer surface of the stake at the tip of the center rod of the umbrella,
If the umbrella wet in the rain is closed and the stone butt is set up, the water droplets that travel down the umbrella cloth will drop at the annular projecting edge where the peripheral wall provided on the upper outer surface of the container expands upward and outward. While being surrounded, the container is securely received naturally and smoothly guided to the water drop introduction hole provided near the peripheral wall surface of the annular protruding edge portion, connected thereto, and via a water drop introduction pipe inclined obliquely downward. Is captured and housed within. Therefore, it has a simple, compact, and stable structure that is extremely good at capturing water droplets attached to the umbrella, and eliminates the inconvenience of attaching and detaching a cover such as a plastic bag, eliminating the inconvenience of wet hands. It is possible to reliably prevent the attached water drops from falling and scattering around.

Secondly, since the tip of the water drop introducing pipe connected to the water drop introducing hole is inclined obliquely downward and protrudes to the vicinity of the center of the spherical container, the inside of the spherical container is removed. Depending on the positional relationship between the water level of the water droplet and the position of the tip of the water inlet pipe, the captured water droplets are inadvertently leaked to the outside, even if the umbrella is turned sideways, inclined, or turned up after the water droplet is stored. Is prevented as much as possible.

Third, the attachment of the waterdrop catching tool to the outer end of the stone at the tip of the umbrella protruding from the center rod is carried out by a suitable fitting operation such as screwing or gluing the mounting neck of the container. Therefore, it can be easily attached to and detached from existing umbrellas, and it is small, stable and durable. There is no risk of being easily detached or damaged by impact, and there is no inconvenience of water leakage. It is suitable for use because it is rich in decorativeness in the form of a stone butt.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view (a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2) of a water droplet capturing device of an umbrella according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the above.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional front view of a water droplet capturing device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional front view of a water droplet capturing tool according to another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional front view of a water droplet capturing device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the use of the water droplet capturing device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional front view (a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 10) of a water droplet capturing tool according to still another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 12 is a left side view of the same.

FIG. 13 is a right side view of the same.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the use of the water droplet capturing device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Water-drop container 2 Mounting neck 3 Screw part 4 Annular protruding edge part 5 Water-drop introduction hole 6 Water-drop introduction pipe 7 Stone bump 8 Drain port 9 Opening / closing stopper 14 Annular protruding edge part 1a Water-drop container upper container 1b Water-drop container lower container K Umbrella

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A spherical container for receiving water droplets adhered to an umbrella cloth, which is fitted to an outer peripheral surface of a center rod protruding tip portion of an umbrella via a mounting neck, and said mounting container is attached to an upper outer surface of the container. An annular protruding edge that is formed to protrude annularly in a state in which the peripheral wall surface is expanded toward the outside and surrounds the neck, and that receives a drop of water droplets attached to the umbrella cloth; and a housing container surrounded by the annular protruding edge. A water drop introduction hole provided near the peripheral wall surface of the annular protruding edge on the upper outer surface, and connected to this water drop introduction hole, inclined obliquely downward and its tip reaches almost the center of the spherical container. An umbrella for catching water drops, comprising: a water drop introduction pipe protruding from the umbrella. 2. An annular projecting edge for receiving a drop of water droplets,
2. The umbrella waterdrop catching tool according to claim 1, wherein the umbrella is disposed concentrically with the mounting neck and horizontally with respect to the upper outer surface of the container. 3. An overhang formed on the outer surface of the upper portion of the container or the lower portion of the inner peripheral surface of the annular protruding edge portion surrounded by the annular protruding edge portion for receiving the drop of the water droplet in order to smoothly introduce the water droplet into the water droplet introducing hole. The edge is gradually and gently inclined downward from one side to the opposite side along the inner peripheral surface of the annular protruding edge, and water droplets are introduced into the upper outer surface of the container corresponding to the lowermost position. The water droplet catching device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a hole is provided. 4. An annular projecting edge for receiving a drop of water droplets,
2. The umbrella water catching tool according to claim 1, wherein the umbrella is disposed eccentrically with respect to the mounting neck and inclined with respect to the outer surface of the upper portion of the container. 5. An umbrella for catching water drops according to claim 1, wherein the storage container is provided with a drain port and an opening / closing plug therefor. 6. A container according to claim 1, wherein said container is vertically divided horizontally into an upper container and a lower container, and said upper and lower containers are detachably connected to each other.
The umbrella water-trapping device according to 3, 4 or 5. 7. An umbrella having a central rod protruding distal end portion on an outer peripheral surface thereof.
An umbrella characterized by being fitted with a water droplet capturing tool having the configuration described in 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.