JP6729928B2 - Automotive film sticking aid - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a film sticking assisting device used for sticking a film for the purpose of protecting or decorating the body of an automobile.

A protective film is attached to the car body to prevent scratches and dirt on the car body and discoloration of the paint due to dust, iron powder, etc. before the car reaches the purchaser's hand. It may be done. In addition, in order to enhance the design of the automobile, some parts of the automobile such as the roof, bonnet, and outer mirror may be decorated in a color different from that of the body. Not only the method of replacing the original body with another member of a different color, but also the method of sticking a decorative film of a color different from the original body to those parts, or only those parts of the original body The method of painting in a different color from is adopted. When a part of the body is painted in a different color, it is necessary to attach a film to the other part for masking.

As described above, when the film is attached to protect or decorate the body, for example, when attaching the film to the roof of an automobile, a plurality of work vehicles are installed in front of and behind the automobile, respectively. Then, the front and rear edges of the large-area film are gripped, and the film is brought into close contact with the roof in order from one end. Further, a film sticking device (painting protective film sticking device) as described in Patent Document 1 has been developed as a device for automatically sticking a film onto a body of an automobile.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-156862

However, the conventional work of sticking a film by a worker requires a plurality of workers, so that the work efficiency is low and wrinkles and the like easily occur on the stuck film. Further, the film sticking apparatus as in Patent Document 1 is large in size, requires a large space for installation, and has a drawback that it costs a lot to install. Further, the protective film sticking device as in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the protective film is easily torn by tension when the protective film is cut, and wrinkles and the like are easily formed on the stuck protective film.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-described conventional method for attaching a film to an automobile and the film attaching device for an automobile, and to provide a protective film for a body to a vehicle by adding a compact, simple and inexpensive structure. An object of the present invention is to provide a film sticking auxiliary device capable of efficiently reducing the load of sticking work of a film such as a decorative film or a masking film and improving the finish of the sticking work of the film. ..

Of the present invention, the invention described in claim 1 is a film sticking assisting device used for sticking a film (protective film, decorative film, masking film, etc.) to an automobile body, A pair of left and right fixing means for fixing, a pair of left and right bar-shaped supporting means having a base end rotatably fixed to the fixing means, and a bar-shaped supporting means suspended at the tips of these supporting means, A gripping member for gripping the film, and a film pulling unit made of a stretchable string-shaped member having the gripping member fixed to one end and the other end fixed to the supporting unit. Is.

The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention described in claim 1, the fixing means is fixed to a vehicle body by a suction mechanism.

The invention described in claim 3 is the invention described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the support means is rotatable about a central axis along the longitudinal direction. To do.

According to the automobile film sticking assistance device of the first aspect, the work of sticking a film to the body of a car, which conventionally requires two workers, is performed by one person, despite the simple structure. Can be easily performed by a person.

According to the automobile film sticking assisting device of the second aspect, the fixing means can firmly fix the car body to the car body without damaging the car body. It becomes possible to efficiently perform the work in a very short time.

According to the vehicle film sticking assisting device of the third aspect, the tension of the film (the degree of slackness) of the film pulling means can be easily adjusted by the rotation of the supporting means. It will be possible to finish the attachment work without fail.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the film sticking auxiliary|assistance apparatus of a motor vehicle (a is a front view, b is an enlarged view of A part in a). It is explanatory drawing (right side view) which shows the use condition of the film sticking assistance apparatus of a motor vehicle.

<Structure of film sticking assistance device>
Hereinafter, an embodiment of an automobile film sticking assisting device (hereinafter, simply referred to as a film sticking assisting device) according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a film sticking auxiliary device. The film sticking auxiliary device 1 includes a pair of left and right fixing members 2 and 2 (fixing means) for fixing to a vehicle, and a base end to a fixing member 2. A pair of left and right rod-shaped supporting members 3 and 3 (supporting means) rotatably fixed to each other, a rod-shaped supporting member 4 (supporting means) suspended at the tips of the supporting members 3 and 3, an automobile film .. (pulling means) and the like for grasping and adjusting the tension (tension).

The fixing members 2 and 2 include a housing 11, a suction cup 12, a fixing lever 13, a shaft member (not shown), and the like. The housing 11 is made of a hard synthetic resin (polyvinyl chloride or the like), and has a shape in which a cylindrical fixing portion 11b is projected from the upper surface of a flat cylindrical storage portion 11a. A suction cup 12 made of a soft synthetic resin (urethane resin, styrene resin, silicon resin, etc.) is fixed to the lower side of the housing 11. The suction cup 12 is formed in a disk shape, the lower surface of which is a concave suction surface, and the upper surface of which is convex. A substantially cylindrical shaft member (not shown) vertically arranged is fixed to the upper surface of the suction cup 12. Further, a fixed lever 13 is rotatably attached to the upper edge of the shaft member.

The fixing members 2 and 2 configured as described above are arranged on a flat arbitrary place such as a windshield of an automobile or a body while the fixing lever 13 is erected, and the suction cup 12 contacts the windshield of the automobile. When they are attached (closed) to each other and the fixing lever 13 is rotated and turned sideways in this state, a shaft member (not shown) rises inside the housing 11, and the central portion of the suction cup 12 moves upward with the rise. By being lifted, it can be fixed with an extremely high suction force (20 kg or more per area of the suction surface).

In addition, the fixing members 2 and 2 are disposed inside the fixing portion 11b of the housing 11 at the left and right edges of the connecting arm 14 formed of a hard synthetic resin (such as polyvinyl chloride) in a long tubular shape. It is fixed to the connecting arm 14 in the inserted state. Supporting members 3 are fixed inside the respective fixing members 2 and 2 at the left and right edges of the connecting arm 14, respectively.

The support members 3 and 3 are composed of two upper and lower joints 15 and 15 and a support arm 16. Each of the joints 15 and 15 is integrally formed of a hard synthetic resin (polyvinyl chloride or the like), and has a cylindrical penetrating portion and a coupling portion provided with a cylindrical concave portion. On the other hand, the support arm 16 is formed of a hard synthetic resin (polyvinyl chloride or the like) into a long tubular shape, like the joints 15 and 15. The support members 3 and 3 are integrally assembled by fitting the upper and lower two joints 15 and 15 into the support arms 16 at their joints. The support members 3 and 3 thus assembled are rotatably fixed to the connecting arm 14 with the connecting arm 14 being inserted through the penetrating portion of the lower joint 15. It is rotatably fixed by the frictional force between the inner peripheral surface of the joint 15 and the surface of the connecting arm 14 and the elastic force of those members).

On the other hand, the support member 4 is composed of a support arm 19, a joint 18, and a handle 17 for facilitating rotation with respect to the support members 3, 3. The support arm 19 is formed of a hard synthetic resin (polyvinyl chloride or the like) into a long tubular shape like the connecting arm 14 and the like, and is formed similarly to the joints 15 and 15 of the support members 3 and 3. The joint 18 is fixed to the left end edge. The handle 17 is made of hard synthetic resin (polyvinyl chloride or the like) and has a rod shape, and is fixed to the joint 18 while being inserted into the through portion of the joint 18. Then, the support member 4 is rotatably fixed to the joints 15, 15 in a state of being inserted into the penetrating portions of the upper joints 15, 15 of the support members 3, 3 (support member 4 is rotatably fixed by the frictional force between the inner peripheral surface of 4 and the surface of the joint 15 and the elastic force of those members).

Further, the film pulling means 5, 5,... By the gripping member 6 for gripping the film, the connecting member 7 which is a string-like body, and the fixing member 8 for fixing the base end of the connecting member 7 to the support arm 19. It is configured. The gripping means 6 is equipped with a clip mechanism using a spring so that the film can be gripped and released. On the other hand, the connector 7 is formed of a stretchable rubber cord. The film pulling means 5, 5,... Are fixed to the middle of the support arm 19 so as to be movable left and right while the ring-shaped fixing member 8 is inserted in the middle of the support arm 19.

Further, the supporting arms 16 and 16 of the supporting members 3 and 3 fixed (rotatably fixed) so as to be orthogonal to the connecting arm 14 utilize the connecting joints 21, 21... The member 9 and the lower reinforcing member 10 are fixed so as to be parallel to the connecting arm 14 and the supporting arm 19. That is, the coupling joints 21, 21... Are integrally formed of a hard synthetic resin (polyvinyl chloride or the like) in a shape in which two tubular penetrating portions are orthogonal to each other. The lower reinforcing member 10 is formed of a hard synthetic resin (polyvinyl chloride or the like) into a long tubular shape like the connecting arm 14 and the supporting arm 19. The left and right upper coupling joints 21 and 21 are located at the upper edge of the bearing arm 16 in a state where the supporting arm 16 is penetrated through one of the penetrating portions and the upper reinforcing member 9 is penetrated through the one penetrating portion. , The left and right edges of the upper reinforcing member 9 are fixed, and the left and right lower coupling joints 21 and 21 have the supporting arm 16 penetrating one penetrating portion, and the one penetrating portion, With the lower reinforcing member 10 penetrating, the left and right end edges of the lower reinforcing member 10 are fixed at the lower end edges of the support arm 16. A cover 22 is coated on the outside of the lower reinforcing member 10.

<How to use the film sticking assistance device>
FIG. 2 shows a usage state of the automobile film sticking auxiliary device 1 configured as described above. The film sticking auxiliary device 1 is used to form a film (for example, a protective film) on the roof R of the automobile V. ) When attaching F, first, using the fixing members 2 and 2, the film attachment auxiliary device 1 is mounted on the upper surface of the windshield of the vehicle V so that the support arm 19 is orthogonal to the front-back direction of the vehicle V. , And the two support arms 16 and 16 are fixed so as to be inclined at about 60 to 80° with respect to the upper surface of the windshield of the automobile V. That is, the suction surfaces of the suction cups 12 of the fixing members 2 and 2 are attached to the windshield of the automobile V, and the support arms 19 and the support arms 16 and 16 are arranged so as to be in the above-described predetermined state, and then fixed. By rotating the lever 13, the suction cups 12 of the fixing members 2 and 2 are firmly fixed (adhered) to the windshield of the automobile V.

Next, one end edge of the film F, which is cut into a substantially rectangular shape, in the front-rear direction is gripped by the gripping members 6, 6,... Of the film tensioning members 5, 5,. After that, the other end of the film F whose one end is gripped by the gripping members 6, 6,... Is attached to the rear end of the roof R of the automobile V. Then, after adjusting the tension of the film F by a method described later, a single worker sequentially uses the predetermined tool (or the The film F is attached (adhered) (by hand).

As described above, when it is desired to change the height of the film F (distance H from the body) when the film sticking assistance device 1 is used while being fixed to the automobile V, or the tension T applied to the film F. If it is desired to adjust, the inclination angles of the support arms 19 and 19 are changed. Since the upper reinforcing member 9 and the lower reinforcing member 10 are suspended between the two support arms 19 and 19, when changing the inclination angle of the support arms 19 and 19, the support arms 19 and 19 are provided. It is difficult for the inclination angle to shift between the two. Further, the tension T applied to the film F can be finely adjusted by rotating the support arm 19 with respect to the support members 3 and 3.

Further, by changing the fixing position of the supporting members 3 and 3 to the supporting member 4 and changing the distance between the supporting members 3 and 3, the fixing members 2 and 3 are adjusted according to the size of the automobile V to which the film F is attached. The fixed position of 2 can be adjusted. Further, by changing the fixing position of the fixing members 8, 8... With respect to the support arm 19, the position where tension is applied to the film F can be changed, and the film F that matches the size of the automobile V can be gripped. Become. In addition, by changing the fixing position of the fixing members 8, 8... With respect to the support arm 19 and changing the position of applying tension to the film F, the film F attached to the automobile V is wrinkled. It is possible to effectively prevent such a situation.

<Effects of film sticking assistance device>
As described above, the film sticking assisting device 1 includes a pair of left and right fixing members 2 and 2 for fixing to the automobile V, and a pair of left and right rod-shaped bearings whose base ends are rotatably fixed to the fixing member 2. The members 3 and 3, the rod-shaped support member 4 suspended at the tips of the supporting members 3 and 3, the gripping member 6 for gripping the film F, and the gripping member 6 fixed to one end, .. and film tension members 5, 5... Consisting of expandable joints 7 whose ends are fixed to the support member 4. Therefore, according to the film sticking assisting device 1, although the structure is simple, the sticking work of the film F to the body of the automobile V, which conventionally requires two workers, is performed by one worker. It becomes possible to easily carry out.

Further, in the film sticking assisting device 1, since the fixing members 2 and 2 are fixed to the body of the automobile V by the suction cup mechanism, the fixing members 2 and 2 may scratch the windshield or the body of the automobile V. Since the film can be firmly adhered to the upper surface of the body (roof R) of the automobile V, the operation of attaching the film F to the upper surface of the vehicle V can be efficiently performed within an extremely short time.

Further, in the film sticking assisting device 1, since the support member 4 is rotatable around the central axis along the longitudinal direction, the rotation of the support member 4 causes the film pulling members 5, 5... Since the tension state (the degree of slackness) of F can be easily adjusted, the work of attaching the film F to the upper surface of the body (roof R) of the automobile V can be finished neatly without failure.

<Example of changing the film sticking assistance device>
The structure of the film sticking assisting device according to the present invention is not limited to the mode of the above-described embodiment, and includes a fixing means, a supporting means, a supporting means, a film pulling means (a gripping means, a string-shaped body) and the like. Can be appropriately changed as necessary without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, the film sticking assisting device is not limited to one provided with four film tension members as in the above embodiment, but may be changed to one provided with three to two film tension members or five or more film tension members. It is also possible to do so. Further, the film sticking assisting device is not limited to the one provided with the reinforcing members on the upper and lower sides as in the above-described embodiment, but may be the one without the reinforcing members or the one having the reinforcing members on the upper and lower sides. When the reinforcing members are provided on the upper and lower sides as in the above embodiment, there is an advantage that it is possible to reduce the variation in the inclination angle of the rod-shaped member of the supporting means.

Further, the film sticking assistance device is not limited to the one in which one fixing member is provided on the left and right as in the above embodiment, and may be changed to one having a plurality of fixing members on the left and right. Is. In addition, the film sticking assist device is not changed to the one in which the film tension member is a rubber cord as in the above-described embodiment, and may be changed to one in which the film tension means is a (long) coil spring or the like. It is possible.

Further, the joint of the film sticking assistance device (joint of the bearing member or the support member, or the joint joint) is not limited to the one formed of a hard synthetic resin as in the above embodiment, but may be iron, stainless steel, aluminum, or the like. It is also possible to change to a metal joint or the like formed of the above metal. In addition, the support arm, the support arm, the connecting arm, the upper reinforcing member, and the lower reinforcing member are not limited to those made of hard synthetic resin as in the above embodiment, but are made of iron, stainless steel, aluminum, or the like. Metal pipes, columnar, prismatic, H-shaped or C-shaped metal members (frames), and those whose metal pipes or frames are wholly or partially coated with resin It is also possible to change. When the support arm is a metal pipe or frame whose surface is resin-coated, there is an advantage that it is less likely to be damaged even when a large tension is applied during the film sticking operation.

1..Film sticking auxiliary device 2..Fixing member (fixing means)
3... Bearing member (bearing means)
4... Supporting member (supporting means)
5 ··· Film tension member (film tension means)
6...Gripping member (grasping means)
7. Connection tool (string-shaped body)
V... Automotive F. Film (protective film)

Claims (3)

A film sticking assisting device used for sticking a film to an automobile body,
A pair of left and right fixing means for fixing to the vehicle,
A pair of left and right rod-shaped support means having a base end rotatably fixed to a fixing means,
A rod-shaped support means suspended at the tip of the support means,
An automobile, comprising: a gripping member for gripping a film, and a film pulling means formed of a stretchable string-like body having the gripping member fixed to one end and the other end fixed to the supporting means. Film sticking assistance device. 2. The film sticking assisting device for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means is fixed to the body of the automobile by a suction mechanism. 3. The automobile film sticking assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the support means is rotatable about a central axis along the longitudinal direction.

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