JP4911092B2 - Tapping screw mounting aid and tapping screw holding method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a self-tapping screw mounted aids and self-tapping screws holding method, more particularly, to a mounting aid and self-tapping screws holding method for self-tapping screw to guide hold to use such as the mounting Rutoki equipment using tapping screws .

In recent years, tapping screws are frequently used for assembling various products.
Figure 5 is a diagram for explaining an install them example using self-tapping screws 1 to the equipment (not shown) sheet metal 2.

As shown in FIG. 5, self-tapping screws 1 is constituted of the tap portion 1a is a portion tools used in order attach the self-tapping screws such as a driver 3 is screwed with the head portion and 1b and the device side to be mounted . Tapping screw 1 for hole uncut is notoriously a female screw, because it is a type of screw tightening while cutting the female screw, advance the female screw on the device side to perform the mounting and that no loosening once fixed In recent years, it has become widely used because it is not necessary to perform the above process.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the tip portions of the tap portion 1a of the tapping screw 1 is inserted into the hole of the sheet metal 2, in the mounting so that as tightening the device (not shown) using a driver 3 sheet metal 1 to the device Yes.

Such self-tapping screws in Oh standing screwed 1, it is necessary to tighten perpendicular to the mounting object such as a sheet metal 2, if the vertical tightened write not, in the course of tightening or break a hole in the sheet metal 2 There is a fear that the metal plate 2 cannot be fixed to a device (not shown) with a predetermined holding force because it stops and cannot be completely tightened.
JP-A-10-89339

  An object of the present invention is to provide an attachment auxiliary tool and a holding method for holding a tapping screw in a stable posture.

In order to solve the above-described problem, in the tapping screw mounting assisting tool according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a tapping screw constituted by a head portion engaged with the tool, a tap portion screwed with the member, and the member is screwed to the member. A base member that can be held on the side of the member to which the tap portion is screwed, and has an opening for screwing the tap portion with the member. having a hollow bore open at both ends that can yield volumes of tapping screws and having substantially the same inner diameter as the outer diameter, the attachable structure such that the opening and the hollow hole of one end of said base member communicates And a tapping screw holding member.

  Furthermore, in the invention of claim 2, the base member of the tapping screw mounting aid according to claim 1 has an engaging portion for mounting the tapping screw holding member in the opening, and the base member is provided at one end of the tapping screw holding portion. And an engaging portion.

Further, the invention of claim 3 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1 or 2, the tapping screw holding portion is cylindrical, and at least a part of the tapping screw holding portion is made of a transparent member.

Furthermore, the invention of claim 4 is characterized in that, in the inventions of claims 1 to 3, one of the base member and the tapping screw holding member is made of a magnet material.

Furthermore, in the invention of claim 5, when a tapping screw composed of a head portion engaged with a tool, a tap portion screwed with a member, and a tapping screw constituted by the member is screwed into the member side, the member side to which the tap portion is screwed. A base member having an opening for screwing the tap portion with the member, and an end having an inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the head portion and capable of accommodating a tapping screw. A tapping screw mounting assisting tool comprising a tapping screw holding member having a structure in which a hollow hole is formed and one end of which can be attached so that the opening of the base member and the hollow hole communicate with each other. The tapping screw holding member is inserted from the other end of the tapping screw holding member from the tap portion side of the tapping screw, and the tapping screw holding member is used as a guide. While, wherein the tapping screw retaining method of a tapping screw by inserting a tool from the other end of the self-tapping screw retaining member screwed into the member.

  With the mounting aid of the present invention, it becomes possible to guide the tapping screw vertically with respect to the member (the surface thereof) to which the tapping screw is tightened, so that the tapping screw can be easily tightened (screwed together) without failure. .

Further, according to the mounting aid of the present invention, since the configuration base member and the holding member is made separable, it is possible to remove the holding member after the fastening of the tapping screw has been completed, the mounting member by self-tapping screw ( tightening) can be removed at least part of the undesired become attached aid After completion. Since the tapping screw has various sizes, the holding member corresponding to the tapping screw can be selected and used by making the base member and the holding member separable.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the auxiliary tool is made cylindrical and is made of resin and made transparent so that the tapping screw accommodated therein can be easily seen from the outside, so that the tapping screw can be easily attached. It becomes.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the base member and / or the holding member by constituting a magnet material, when the mounting member is such as ferromagnetic metal mounting aid it is easily mounting Rukoto and also remove Make it possible.

  In the present invention, by performing the tightening operation of the tapping screw using the mounting aid of the present invention, it becomes possible to hold the tapping screw in a stable posture, so that the tightening operation does not fail. Can be tightened.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of a tapping screw mounting aid. In the figure, the same components as those described with reference to FIG.

The configuration of the mounting aid of the present invention includes a base member 4 and a holding portion 5. In this embodiment, the base member 4 is attached to a sheet metal 2 to be attached by a tapping screw 1 as shown in FIG. In the illustrated embodiment, the base member 4 is a plate-like member, and is provided with a hole 4 a having a diameter larger than that of a hole that is previously opened in the sheet metal 2.

The base member 2 is attached to the sheet metal 2 via an adhesive member such as adhesive or double-sided tape. The base member may remain fixed to the sheet metal 2 even after the attachment with the tapping screw is completed, but it is unnecessary after the completion of the attachment with the tapping screw tightening, so that the base member is attached to the sheet metal 2 so that it can be removed. It is desirable.

  The material of the base member 4 is made of resin or metal such as acrylic or plastic. When a resin or the like is configured, it is advantageous from the viewpoint of workability to select a transparent resin. Further, since the magnet attracting force can be used as a fixing method when the sheet metal 2 is a metal, the base member 4 can be made of a magnetizable metal, that is, a permanent magnet material. Constructing this base member 4 from a magnet is convenient because it can be easily removed after the attachment of the tapping screw 1 is completed.

  Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a female screw 4b for mounting a holding member 5 described later is cut around the hole 4 of the base member 4.

On the other hand, the holding member 5 is a member that holds the tapping screw 1 and is configured in a cylindrical shape in the embodiment. It is preferable that the inner diameter (hollow part) 5a of the cylinder is set to such an extent that the outer diameter of the head part of the tapping screw 1 to be used has a slight clearance. Accordingly, for the holding member 5, the inner diameter 5a of the holding member is determined from the outer diameter and the overall length of the head portion 1b of the tapping screw 1 to be used, and the length in the longitudinal direction of the holding member 5 is also appropriate accordingly. It is preferable to be able to choose the right thing. That is, suitable holding members 5 are prepared for each outer diameter and length of the head 1b of the tapping screw 1 used for the mounting operation, and the holding members 5 are selectively attached to the base member 4 for use. It is desirable. Even in this case, as will be described later, the male screw 5b of the holding member 5 is created in a common size so that the base member 4 can be used in common for a plurality of types of holding members 5. Is desirable.

Further, the holding member 5 in the embodiment has a cylindrical shape, but without being limited to the cylindrical shape, the inside may be provided with the hollow hole portion 5a in the same manner as described above, and a tapping screw may be inserted to serve as a guide. For example, the outer diameter of the holding member 5 may be a triangular prism or a quadrangular prism. This is the holding member 5 is provided at one end of the mounting order of the male screw 5b is holding member 5 to the base member 4, screwed into the male thread 4b provided with the male screw 5b into the hole 4a of the base member Ru mounting by. Note that the shape of the portion where the male screw 5b is provided is limited because it is screwed with the female screw 4b of the base member 4, but the other portions are not necessarily cylindrical as described above. Further, it is desirable that the male screw 5b portion shown in FIG. 2 has a common outer diameter without depending on the inner diameter 5a of the cylinder depending on the size of the tapping screw 1 to be used.

  The material of the holding member 5 is not particularly limited. For example, the holding member 5 is made of a resin such as acrylic or plastic, and by being made of a transparent resin, the tapping screw inserted into the hollow portion 5a is attached to the holding portion 5. Therefore, it is easy to tighten the tapping screw 1.

  As described above, in the mounting aid composed of the base plate 4 and the holding member 5, as shown in FIG. 1, the portion of the holding member 5 is perpendicular to the member to which the tapping screw 1 such as the sheet metal 1 is attached. It is configured to be.

  FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a method of holding the tapping screw, and the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 denote the same parts. As shown in FIG. 3, the holding member 5 is vertically attached to the sheet metal 2 by the base member 4, and the tapping screw 1 is inserted from the other end opposite to the side fixed to the base member 4 of the holding member 5. The tool can be maintained perpendicular to the sheet metal 5, and a tool such as a screwdriver 3 is inserted from the other end of the holding member 5 as shown in FIG. Thus, since the tapping screw 1 can be tightened (screwed) while maintaining the vertical state with respect to the sheet metal 2, the tapping screw 1 can be tightened without failure.

Next will be described another embodiment of litho with aid by the FIG. The mounting aid in FIG. 4 is obtained by removing the base member from the structure of the mounting aid described in FIG. 1 and FIG.

  The holding member 5 shown in FIG. 4 is made of a magnet material and is held on the sheet metal 3 by the magnetic force of the magnet. The rest is basically the same as that described in FIGS.

  Therefore, in FIG. 4, the holding member 5 is formed in a cylindrical shape, but the outer shape may be other than that as described in FIG. Further, the opening on the sheet metal side of the holding member 5 has no male screw or the like. The actual method of holding the tapping screw 1 is the same as that shown in FIG. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the example in which the sheet metal 3 is mounted with a magnet has been described, but it may be mounted by other methods.

In the above-described embodiment, the sheet metal 2 has been described as an example of the attachment destination of the tapping screw 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any device or apparatus that performs attachment or assembly work using the tapping screw 1 may be used. Applicable.

The figure explaining one Example of the tapping screw installation auxiliary tool of this invention The figure which shows the specific structure of the tapping screw installation auxiliary tool of this invention The figure explaining the tapping screw holding | maintenance method of this invention The figure explaining the other Example of a tapping screw installation auxiliary tool The figure explaining the attachment method of the conventional tapping screw

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tapping screw 1a Tap part 1b Head part 2 Sheet metal 3 Driver 4 Base board 4a Hole 4b Female screw 5 Holding member 5a Hollow hole part 5b Male screw

Claims (5)

A mounting aid used when screwing a tapping screw composed of a head portion engaged with a tool, a tap portion screwed with a member, and a member,
A base member that can be held on a member side to which the tap portion is screwed, and has an opening for screwing the tap portion with the member;
Mounting such an outer diameter substantially has a hollow bore open at both ends that can yield volumes of tapping screw which has the same inner diameter, the opening and the hollow hole of one end of the base member of the head portion are communicated A tapping screw holding member having a possible structure;
A tapping screw mounting aid composed of The said base member has an engaging part for mounting | wearing with the said tapping screw holding member in the said opening part, and has the said base member and an engaging part in the end of the said tapping screw holding part. Tapping screw mounting aids. 3. The tapping screw mounting assisting device according to claim 1, wherein the tapping screw holding portion is cylindrical, and at least a part of the tapping screw holding portion is made of a transparent member. It said base member and self-tapping screw mounted aid of claims 1 to 3, wherein either one is characterized by being composed of magnetic material of the tapping screw retaining member. When screwing a tapping screw composed of a head portion engaged with the tool, a tap portion screwed with the member, and the member,
The tap part can be held on the member side to be screwed, and the tap part has a base member having an opening for screwing with the member, and an inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the head part. A tapping screw mounting comprising a tapping screw holding member having a hollow hole open at both ends capable of accommodating a tapping screw and having a structure in which one end can be attached so that the opening of the base member communicates with the hollow hole. Attach the auxiliary tool to the position where the tapping screw is screwed,
It is inserted from the tap portion side tapping screw of the self-tapping screw from the other end of the tapping screws holding member, while the self-tapping screws holding member guide and, screwing the tapping screw by inserting a tool from the other end of the tapping screws holding member to the member A tapping screw holding method characterized by that.