JP4650766B2 - Storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage device that is mounted in a passenger compartment of an automobile, for example, and puts an article such as a card into and out of a case.

  Various storage devices are provided in the passenger compartment. Among them, as a storage device exclusively used by the driver, for example, an instrument panel is provided near the steering. 5 and 6 show the structure of Patent Document 1 as a conventional example. The storage device (card holder) shown in the figure is pushed rearward by a case (holder body) 50 for inserting / removing the card 60 through an inlet / outlet on one end side and a card 60 which is slidably inserted in the case 50 and inserted. A slider 51 to be slid, a biasing means (coil spring) (not shown) for biasing the slider 51 in the direction of extracting the article, a latch means 53 for releasably locking the slider 51 at the article storage position, and a case A plate 54 provided to face the card 60 inserted into the card 50, a biasing member (plate spring) 55 that biases the plate 54 to hold the card 60, and the like. The front doorway is exposed in the passenger compartment and is horizontally embedded in the panel. The latch means 56 includes a pin (lever) 56 that is swingably supported on the rear side of the case 50, and a cam portion 57 with a turning groove provided on the slider 51 and traced by the pin 56.

In the above storage device, when the card 60 is inserted into the case 50 and pushed in, the slider 51 is pushed on the corresponding end side of the card 60 to slide backward, and when the card 60 reaches the storage position, the slider 51 is latched. 56. When the card 60 is pushed in again and released, the locking is released, and the slider 51 is slid forward by the urging force of the urging means 52, and the card 60 is also moved to the protruding position where the card 60 can be pulled out. The Further, as a result of the card 60 being held in contact with the plate 54 urged by the urging member 55 at the storage position, it is possible to prevent the card 60 from rattling or the like even when traveling vibration is applied.
Japanese Patent No. 3313924

  In the structure of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, in addition to the pushing slider 51 that moves the card 60 to the protruding position, the latch means 53 that acts on the slider 51, and the urging means (not shown), the card 60 is pressed from above to be loose. Since the holding plate 54 to be prevented and the urging member 55 acting on the plate 54 other than the urging means are essential, it is complicated and expensive. In this structure, the card 60 is pressed and held in the case 50 by the plate 54 urged by the urging member 55, but the card holding force is constant regardless of the position of the card 60. For example, if the urging force of the urging member 55 is increased, the card holding force cannot be increased because it becomes difficult to pull out the card 60.

  The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-described problems, and in particular, reduce the number of parts to enable cost reduction, or storage that does not impair pulling operability even if the holding power of articles such as cards is increased. To provide an apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a case in which an article is taken in and out from an inlet / outlet on one end side, and the article inserted into the case so as to be slidable back and forth and inserted through the inlet / outlet is slid into the rear of the case. In a storage device comprising a slider, an urging means for urging the slider in the direction in which the article is withdrawn, and a latch means for releasably locking the slider at an article storage position, the case extends forward and backward. A guide groove provided, and a spring latch protrusion protruding in the case,
The slider includes a main body and a holding portion provided on the front side of the main body, and includes a shaft portion provided below the upper wall of the main body and a spring latching protrusion provided on the upper wall of the main body. has been, possible longitudinal sliding along the guide groove with respect to the casing, and the article swings vertically direction of the shaft portion substantially intersects with the sliding direction as a fulcrum and the sandwiching portion and the incorporates so as to be capable sandwiched between the case of the corresponding inner surface portion, the urging means comprises a torsion coil spring or the compression coil spring, engaged at one end to said case side locking projection, the other end in the state of locked to the slider-side locking projection, and front Symbol biasing force for extrusion presses the slider forward with the sliding of the casing backward of the slider, and by oscillating the slider the clamping portion The article is placed between the corresponding inner surface of the case. It is characterized that it is possible increasing the urging force for clamping the lifting.

In the present invention described above, the latch means includes a pin provided on the slider and a cam member provided on the case side so as to be swingable and forming a turning groove traced by the pin. from state locked in the article storage position, the locking, be composed of a push-push locking mechanism for releasing the pressing operation to further insertion direction of the article (claim 2) is preferred.

In the first aspect of the invention, the slider functions to slide forward, that is, to extrude the product, and swings to function as a product for holding the card between the corresponding inner surface portion of the case, that is, for retaining the product. It becomes easy to simplify by reducing. Further, since the biasing means increases the pushing biasing force and the clamping biasing force as the slider slides rearward of the case, for example, when the article is pulled out at the protruding position even if the clamping biasing force is increased. The pulling operability can be maintained well without receiving an excessive load. Further, in this invention, the slider has a shaft portion, and slides back and forth in a state where the shaft portion is fitted in the case side guide groove, or swings around the shaft portion as a fulcrum, thereby pushing out the article and Good operation can be maintained for holding articles.
In the invention of claim 2 , the advantage of the push-push locking mechanism, that is, it is excellent in operability because both locking and unlocking can be performed by pushing in the insertion direction of the article, and a release lever member or the like is required. It is easy to simplify because there is no.

(Summary) The storage device of the embodiment includes a case 1 in which a main member is a plate-like article C such as a card, and the like, and a slider 2 disposed in the case 1 so as to be slidable back and forth, and a slider 2 3 and the urging means 4 for urging the slider 2 in the direction in which the article C is pulled out. The urging means 4 as shown in FIG. The front door 1a of the case 1 is mounted in a state of being horizontally embedded in the panel with the door 1a exposed to the vehicle interior. Further, the main structure is such that the slider 2 can slide back and forth with respect to the case 1 and can swing in the vertical direction substantially intersecting the sliding direction so that the article C can be sandwiched between the corresponding inner surface portions of the case 1. The latch means 3 is composed of a pin 24 provided on the slider 2 and a cam member 30 which is swingably provided on the case 1 side and forms a turning groove 32 traced by the pin 24. The biasing means 4 pushes the slider 2 forward as the slider 2 slides backward, and the slider 2 swings between the slider 2 and the corresponding inner surface of the case 1. The urging force for clamping the article C is gradually increased. Details are as follows.

(Structure) As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the case 1 is composed of a main body 10 opened upward and an upper lid 18 that substantially closes the upper side of the main body 10, and includes a slider 2, an urging means 4, and a latch means. In the state where the cam member 30 constituting 3 is disposed in the case, the article C such as a card is in the shape of a flat container for taking in and out from the front entrance 1a. The main body 10 and the upper lid 18 are each a resin molded body, and are integrated by screws (not shown) or the like. However, the upper lid 18 may have a shape that substantially closes the upper side of the main body 10, and an attachment piece or the like is attached to the outer surface as necessary. Further, the upper lid 18 may be formed integrally with the main body 10. Note that the upper lid 18 is omitted in each of FIGS. 3 and 4B.

  The main body 10 defines an appearance by a bottom wall 11 and left and right side walls 12 and 13. The upper surface of the bottom wall 11 has a plurality of support ribs 14 projecting forward from the front and rear intermediate portions, and a guide portion 15 projecting rearward from a location where the support ribs 14 are located in the middle of the left and right. A relief portion 16 which is lower on both sides of the guide portion 15, a pair of holding ribs 17 located on the rear side and projecting next to the relief portion 16 on one side, and a holding rib 17 located on the rear side. And a latching protrusion 10a provided on the opposite side.

  Of these, the support ribs 14 have the same height, and the left and right support ribs 14 are connected to the guide portion 15 to support the article C slidably along the ribs. The guide portion 15 has the same height as the support rib 14, and allows the article C to slide along the guide portion 15 from the support rib 14. On both sides of the guide portion 15, guide grooves 15a extending in the front-rear direction are provided so as to be slidable along the both guide grooves 15a. The escape portion 16 allows part of the slider 2 to escape or swing up and down about the shaft portion 23 of the slider 2 in a state where the slider 2 is fitted with a shaft portion 23 described later in the guide groove 15a. The holding ribs 17 are opposed to each other with a space therebetween, and have shaft holes 17a penetrating in the width direction. The latching protrusion 10 a is a place where one end 4 b of the torsion coil spring that is the biasing means 4 is locked.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 (a), the slider 2 has a substantially inverted L shape in side view, the rear side corresponds to the vertical portion of the main body 20 and the inverted L shape, and the front side The sandwiching portion 25 corresponds to an inverted L-shaped horizontal portion. The main body 20 is partitioned by both side walls 21 and an upper wall 22, and the inside is cut out in a hollow shape in the front-rear direction so that the guide portion 15 can be inserted into the hollow portion. The side walls 21 are formed in a circular arc shape on the lower side, protruded so as to face the inner surfaces of both sides and fitted with the guide groove 15a, and on one side outer surface and on the same axis as the shaft part 23. And a projecting pin 24. The upper wall 22 has a latching protrusion 22a projecting from the center. The latching protrusion 22a is a place where the other end 4c of the torsion coil spring which is the biasing means 4 is locked.

  The sandwiching portion 25 is partitioned by both side walls 26, an upper wall 27, and intermediate ribs 28 provided in the inner cavity. The side walls 26 and the intermediate ribs 28 are formed in an arc shape on the lower side. And the clamping part 25 uses the axial part 23 as a fulcrum for the article C pushed in along the guide part 15 from the support rib 14 in the state in which the main body 20 fits the axial part 23 into the guide groove 15a. It can be clamped between the guide portion 15 by elastic contact from above with swinging.

  The cam member 30 is sized so as to be finely movable between both holding ribs 17 and has a shaft portion 31 projecting on both sides of the rear side, and a thickness on the front side of the shaft portion 31 is reduced. The elastic protrusion 32 provided on the outer surface and the turning groove 35 provided on the front inner surface are provided. The cam member 30 is pivotally supported with respect to the holding rib 17 by fitting both shaft portions 31 into the corresponding shaft holes 17a. The elastic protrusion 32 is provided as a small convex portion between the vertical slits, and is slightly moved up and down against the elastic contact force of the elastic protrusion 32 in a state where the cam member 30 is pivotally supported via the shaft portion 31. Like that.

  As shown in FIG. 3C, the above-described turning groove 35 is formed around a convex portion 34 that is a substantially heart-shaped island. Specifically, the guide groove 35a that widens the front end side of the cam member 30 on the front side of the convex portion 34 and extends along the upper side of the convex portion 34, and the rear upper and lower sides of the guide groove 35a. A locking guide groove 35b and a release guiding groove 35d, a locking groove 35c between the grooves 35b and 35d and on the convex portion 34 side, and a return groove 35e extending from the guiding groove 35d to the lower side and the lower side of the convex portion 34. And have. Although not shown in detail, for example, in the turning groove 35, the boundary between the return groove 35e and the introduction guide groove 35a is a step where the return groove 35e is higher than the introduction groove 35a. Is set to

  The biasing means 4 uses a torsion coil spring in which a winding portion 4a is formed in a portion between both ends 4b and 4c, but may be a simple coil spring. That is, the urging means 4 increases the pushing urging force that presses and urges the slider 2 forward in conjunction with the sliding of the slider 2 to the rear of the case 1, and the slider 2 It is essential to increase the urging force for squeezing the article C between the squeezing part 25 and the guide part 15 by oscillating around 23 as a fulcrum. Therefore, the urging means only needs to satisfy this requirement. For example, a latching protrusion is provided behind the guide portion 15 in the bottom wall 11 of the case 1 and one end of the coil spring is used by using a compression coil spring. The other end of the coil spring may be locked to the latching projection 22a on the slider side. The urging means 1 in FIG. 1 is shown in a state in which the urging force is released, and the urging means 1 in FIG. 2 is shown in a state in which the urging force is increased by bringing both ends 4b and 4c closer to each other.

(Assembly) The slider 2, the cam member 30 constituting the latch means 3 and the biasing means 4 are assembled to the case 1 in the following manner. In FIG. 2, first, the cam member 30 is disposed between the holding ribs 17, and the shaft portion 31 is fitted into the shaft hole 17a so as to resist the elastic force of the elastic protrusion 32 described above. It is assembled so that it can be finely moved up and down with the portion 31 as a fulcrum. The slider 2 is slidably assembled to the guide portion 15 by fitting the main body side shaft portion 23 into the corresponding guide groove 15a. For example, the biasing means 4 locks the other end 4c close to the one end 4b against the biasing force from the state in which the one end 4b is locked to the latching protrusion 10a and is locked to the slider side latching protrusion 22a. Then, the slider 2 is slid to the groove front end of the guide groove 15a through the shaft portion 23 by the increased urging force of the urging means 4, and reaches the protruding position in FIG. At the protruding position, the urging means 4 uses up the horizontal urging force, that is, the force to slide the slider 2 forward, but the slider 2 rotates counterclockwise with the shaft portion 23 as a fulcrum, that is, the clamping portion 25 is A vertical urging force elastically contacting the upper surface of the guide portion 15 is received.

(Operation) In the above storage apparatus, as shown in FIG. 3, when the article C is pushed in along the support rib 14 in the case 1 from the entrance 1a, it hits the lower side of the sandwiching portion 25 of the slider 2. . Thereafter, when the slider 2 is further pushed rearward by the pressing force of the article C, as shown in FIG. 4, the horizontal biasing force of the biasing means 4 is increased and the guide portion 15 is interposed via the shaft portion 23. Is slid rearward along the guide groove 15a to reach the storage position. At the same time, the slider 2 moves the timepiece with the shaft portion 23 as a fulcrum while the article C lifts the clamping portion 25 with respect to the upper surface of the guide portion 15, that is, resists or increases the urging force in the vertical direction of the urging means 4. The article C is held in a state of being pinched between the guide portion 15 and the pinching portion 25 by rotating or swinging around. At the same time, when the slider 2 is slid rearward, the pin 24 enters the guide groove 35a and the locking guide groove 35b in the turning groove 35 of the cam member 30 in this order, and the pressing force of the article C against the slider 2 Is released, it is locked in the locking groove 35c as shown in FIG. By this locking, the slider 2 is locked at the article storage position against the biasing force of the biasing means 4.

  When the article C is used, the article C is pushed again from the storage position in FIG. 4A to release the pushing force (release the pushed hand). Then, in the latch means 3, the slider 2 slides slightly rearward by the pressing force of the article C, and in synchronization therewith, the pin 24 reaches the release guiding groove 35 d from the locking groove 35 c described above. Thereafter, the slider 2 automatically slides forward through the shaft portion 23 by the urging force of the urging means 4 in the horizontal direction and pushes the article C to a protruding position where it can be pulled out. At the same time, after the pin 24 reaches the guide groove 35a again through the return groove 35e, it is detached from the turning groove 35. From this state, the article C is pulled out from between the guide portion 15 and the clamping portion 25 against the urging force in the vertical direction of the urging means 4 acting on the slider 2. In the above storage device, the main member can obtain the function of pushing out the article C and the function of holding it in the storage position by the cam member 30 in which the slider 2, the biasing means 4 and the turning groove 35 are formed. As a result, simplification and significant cost reduction can be achieved, which can contribute to expansion of applications.

  As described above, the storage device of the present invention can be variously changed except for the requirements specified in claim 1. For example, as the latch means 3, instead of the above form, a turning groove 35 is formed on the side surface of the slider 2, and a pin member traced along the turning groove 35 is supported on the case 1 side so as to be swingable. It may be.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows typically the storage apparatus of the example of an invention. It is a block diagram which decomposes | disassembles and shows the principal part of the storage apparatus of FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 at the left and right intermediate portion, FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view at a position deviated from the left and right intermediate portion, and FIG. (A)-(c) is a figure corresponding to Drawing 3, and showing the state where the article was made into the storage position from the state of Drawing 3. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the conventional apparatus structure. It is explanatory drawing which shows the apparatus detail of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Case (10 is a main body, 18 is an upper lid, 14 is a support rib, 15 is a guide)
2 ... Slider (20 is a main body, 25 is a clamping part, 23 is a shaft part, 24 is a pin)
3 ... Latch means (30 is a cam member, 31 is a shaft part, 35 is a turning groove)
4 ... Biasing means (4a is winding part, 4b is one end, 4c is the other end)
C ... Goods

Claims (2)

A case in which an article is taken in and out from an inlet / outlet on one end side, a slider which is slidably moved back and forth in the case and is slid into the case with the article inserted from the inlet / outlet, and a direction in which the slider is pulled out In a storage device comprising urging means for urging to and a latch means for releasably locking the slider at an article storage position,
The case has a guide groove extending in the front-rear direction, and a spring latching protrusion protruding in the case,
The slider includes a main body and a holding portion provided on the front side of the main body, and includes a shaft portion provided below the upper wall of the main body and a spring latching protrusion provided on the upper wall of the main body. has been, possible longitudinal sliding along the guide groove with respect to the casing, and the article swings vertically direction of the shaft portion substantially intersects with the sliding direction as a fulcrum and the sandwiching portion and the It is built in such a way that it can be clamped with the corresponding inner surface of the case,
Said biasing means comprises a torsion coil spring or the compression coil spring, engaged at one end to said case side locking projection, in a state that the other end locked to the slider-side locking projection, the case behind the front Symbol slider A pushing biasing force that pushes the slider forward as it slides on and a clamping biasing force that swings the slider and clamps the article between the clamping portion and the corresponding inner surface portion of the case. The storage device is characterized in that it can be increased. The latch means is composed of a pin provided on the slider and a cam member which is swingably provided on the case side and forms a turning groove traced by the pin, and the slider is engaged at the article storage position. The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a push-push locking mechanism that releases the locking by a pressing operation in a further insertion direction of the article from a stopped state.

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