JP5590675B2 - Latching device - Google Patents

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a latching device that can be set to a substantially vertical storage state and a usage state protruding forward by mounting an arm on a mounting base attached to a mounted body such as a wall or a column. It is.

  As this type of latching device, an invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-46586 has been proposed, which includes a mounting member 1 for fixing to a mounting target W such as a wall or a column, and the mounting member. 1, the suspension arm 2 having a suspension portion 3 for hanging the hanger H on the tip end thereof, and the attachment member 1 and the suspension arm 2 are coupled at both ends. This is a foldable hanger hanger having a tension member 4 that defines an extension angle when the hanging arm 2 extends to the hanger hanging position A.

JP-A-2005-46586

  In the above conventional example, when the hanging arm 2 extends obliquely upward with respect to the mounting member 1, the hanging arm 2 is suspended from the mounting member 1 when the hanging arm 2 is pivoted upward and stored. There is a problem that when a finger is accidentally pinched near the shaft support portion with the hanging arm 2, there is a problem that a large force is applied to cause injury, and the present invention has a problem of solving this problem.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention projects a substantially vertical storage state and forward by pivotally supporting an arm via a connector on a mounting base attached to a mounted body such as a wall. It is a latching device that can be set to a use state, and the connection device is configured such that one end is pivotally supported on the lower part of the mounting base and the other end is pivotally supported on the lower part of the arm. When a foreign object such as a finger is caught between the arm and the mounting base when turning from the state to the substantially vertical storage state, the other end of the connecting tool pivotally supporting the arm is forward of the mounting base. It is characterized by being configured such that a gap is formed between the mounting base and the arm.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when the arm is folded and stored, there is no gap between the mounting base and the arm even if a finger is accidentally pinched, and there is no effect on injury. There is.

It is a perspective view which shows a use condition. It is a perspective view which shows a storage state. It is a side view which shows the state which pinched | interposed the finger | toe. It is a perspective view which shows the state which rotated the arm a little forward. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition partially cut away in order to show the inside of an attachment base | substrate. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition partially cut away in order to show the inside of an arm. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a use condition. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a storage state. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which rotated the arm a little forward. It is a whole exploded perspective view.

  The latching device according to the present embodiment is attached to a mounting base 1 attached to a body W to be mounted such as a wall or a column so that the lower end of an arm 2 can be indirectly rotated via a connecting tool 8. The arm 2 can be held in an obliquely upward use state.

  The mounting base 1 is a vertically long member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and an upper end piece 20 and a lower end piece 21 are screwed to the upper and lower ends, respectively, and a downward U-shaped spring receiver is attached to an intermediate portion. A tool 9 is attached.

  The upper end piece 20 of the mounting base 1 is vertically long and is provided with an engaging portion 32 at the upper part, and a circular pin conversion tool 10 is attached to the middle part. A bearing portion 31 having a concave shape is provided.

  Further, the attachment base 1 accommodates a stopper 6, which is a vertically long member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, so as to cover the spring receiver 9, between the upper end piece 20 and the lower end piece 21. A lid 17 which is a vertically long member having a substantially U-shaped cross section is attached between the upper end piece 20 and the lower end piece 21, and the upper portion of the lid 17 is a lower portion of the upper end piece 20. A pair of bearing holes 30 and 30 are provided at the lower portion thereof, and a shaft 25 inserted into the pair of bearing holes 30 and 30 is a lower end piece. 21 is supported by the bearing portion 31. Further, the front plate of the lid 17 is provided with a rectangular hole display window 18 and display window 19 at the upper and lower portions in the middle.

  The arm 2 is configured such that a telescopic arm 3 is slidably accommodated in a rotating arm 4, and a hook 11 is attached to the upper end of the telescopic arm 3 and an end cap is attached to the lower end. 33 is attached, and the rotary tool 4 is provided with a rectangular introduction hole 39 in the upper part, and the conversion tool 12 is attached, and the shaft support 23 is attached to the lower end portion.

  The latching tool 11 is provided with a substantially U-shaped latching portion 22 for latching clothespins and the like, and a latching portion 16 latched by the latching portion 32 is provided at the upper end of the latching tool 11 to support the shaft The tool 23 is provided with a pair of bearing holes 27 and 27. A tension spring 24 passes through the shaft support 23 and is fixed at both ends to the latch 11, and the telescopic arm 3 is urged by the tension spring 24 in a contracting direction with respect to the rotating arm 4. .

  The locking device 6 is slidable with respect to the mounting base 1, and a compression spring 7 is disposed between a spring receiving cap 15 attached to the lower end portion and a spring receiving device 9 fixed to the mounting base 1, and the lower side. Moreover, the connecting tool 5 is connected to the upper part. And on the front plate of the fastener 6, in order from the top, the yellow display unit 34, the red display unit 35, and the non-displayed part are sandwiched, and the yellow display unit 36, the red display unit 37, and the red display unit The display portions 38 are provided with a certain width.

  The connecting device 5 has a belt shape, and one end is connected to the connecting device 6 in the mounting base 1, and is led forward by the conversion tool 10 from the upper end piece 20 attached to the upper portion of the mounting base 1. It enters from the upper part and is guided downward by the conversion tool 12, and the other end is connected to the lower part of the telescopic arm 3.

  The connecting tool 8 is provided with a bearing hole 28 and a bearing hole 29 in the upper and lower parts, respectively, and the shaft 25 is inserted into the upper bearing hole 28 together with the pair of bearing holes 30 and 30 of the lid 17. The shaft 26 is inserted into and supported by the lower bearing hole 29 together with the pair of bearing holes 27 and 27 of the shaft support 23. As described above, both end portions of the shaft 25 protrude outward from the bearing hole 28 and the pair of bearing holes 30 and 30 and are pivotally supported by the bearing portion 31 of the lower end piece 21.

  The latching device of the present embodiment is used by fixing the mounting base 1 to a mounted body W such as a wall or a column with mounting screws 13 and 14, and two are installed as a set at intervals. A hanging basket 22 may be hung on the hanging portions 22 and 22 or a single pinch hanger may be hung.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, the engaging portion 16 of the latching tool 11 is engaged with the engaging portion 32 of the upper end piece 20 so that the arm 2 partially overlaps with the mounting base 1 in a compact manner. When the arm 2 is rotated slightly forward from the state housed in the container, the remaining connecting tool 5 is extended (see FIGS. 4 and 9), and the clothespin is left in a state of being stretched. Can be maintained.

  When the rotating arm 4 is further rotated forward and downward from this state, the linking tool 5 is unwound from the rotating arm 4 and the telescopic arm 3 is lifted and extended upward against the force of the tension spring 24. Then, the end cap 33 at the lower end abuts against the conversion tool 12, the telescopic arm 3 extends the longest, and the entire arm 2 is in a use state obliquely upward (see FIGS. 1 and 7). In this state, the connector 8 is in a state of being slightly rotated forward.

  When a load is applied to the latching portion 22 in this state of use, the stopper 6 moves upward against the compression spring 7, and when the load exceeds a preset load, the lid attached to the attachment base 1. The display units 34 to 38 appear from the 17 display windows 18 and 19 to warn in three stages that an excessive load is applied.

  That is, first, the yellow display portion 36 appears in the lower display window 19, and when the load increases, the yellow display portion 34 appears in the upper display window 18 and the red display portion 37 appears in the lower display window 19. When the load is further increased, a red display portion 35 appears in the upper display window 18 and a red display portion 38 appears in the lower display window 19.

  In order to store the arm 2 from the use state, if the rotating arm 4 is rotated upward and folded, the telescopic arm 3 is stored in the rotating arm 4 together with the linking tool 5 by the force of the tension spring 24. The engaging portion 16 of the latching tool 11 is engaged with the engaging portion 32 of the upper end piece 20, and the arm 2 is held in a storage state that partially overlaps the mounting base 1.

  When the arm 2 is rotated from the use state to shift to the substantially vertical storage state, as shown in FIG. 3, when a foreign object is caught between the arm 2 and the mounting base 1, the arm 2 is pivoted. The lower portion of the supporting connector 8 protrudes forward from the mounting base 1 so that a gap is formed between the mounting base 1 and the arm 2. Even if a finger is caught, a large force is applied to the finger. It is hard to get injured without taking a long time.

1 Mounting base 2 Arm 8 Connector

Claims (1)

  It is a latching device that can be set in a substantially vertical storage state and a usage state that protrudes forward by pivotally supporting an arm via a connection tool on a mounting base attached to a mounted body such as a wall. The connecting device has one end portion pivotally supported on the lower portion of the mounting base and the other end portion pivotally supported on the lower portion of the arm, and the arm rotates from the use state to shift to a substantially vertical storage state. When a foreign object such as a finger is caught between the arm and the mounting base, the other end of the connecting tool that pivotally supports the arm protrudes forward from the mounting base, and there is a gap between the mounting base and the arm. A latching device configured to be able to perform.

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