JPS633788B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a connecting top for a vehicle, which facilitates repair and replacement of a damaged portion of the top sheet of a top body in which a steel wire core is included in the top frame. Conventionally, canopies with elastic steel wire cores were installed on the upper side (ceiling).
And the lower part (floor part) was severely damaged, especially due to the structure of the rectangular cylindrical canopy, and the rising parts and corner parts of the bottom part were caused by the hood sheets rubbing against each other due to the shaking and twisting of the vehicle. The current situation is that tears, holes, etc. occur early, shortening the lifespan of the canopy and making it less durable. Once the hood sheet is damaged, the repair work involves removing the hood from the vehicle, cutting out the damaged area and sewing it up with hand needles using a piece of cloth, or repairing the damaged area locally, such as removing the hood from the vehicle and sewing the damaged area with hand needles using a piece of cloth. In either case, repair work required a lot of effort and replacement costs were high, such as having to replace the hood with a new one even though the hood could be used, resulting in an economic burden. The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks and also makes it possible to easily restore the damaged part by replacing the top. That is, in the present invention, a hood sheet is wound around a hood bone using a steel wire core and sewn together, and the hood sheet is stretched between each hood bone to form an integrally constructed rectangular cylindrical connecting hood. A split hood body is formed by cutting both side surfaces of a vehicle connecting hood horizontally at one or more locations to form a split hood body having a horizontal portion, and the separate and mutually independent interiors are obtained by connecting the cut ends of adjacent hood bones. A U-shaped hood is constructed by forming hood mounting grooves in a conventional manner on the inner peripheral surface of a U-shaped hood made of a hollow tube, and inserting a hood sheet into the U-shaped hood. This is a connecting hood for a vehicle, in which the cut edges of the hood bones of the split hood bodies are inserted and connected therein, and the edges of both hood sheets are overlapped when the two hood bodies are connected. To explain the present invention in terms of an embodiment, in FIGS. 1 and 2, 4 is a conventional hood that requires repair and repair, and the hood sheet 4b of the rectangular cylindrical hood body has a steel wire core 5 in the intermediate hood.
It is integrally constructed in the shape of a ridge and rosettes that are sutured together within the body. Reference numeral 4a corresponds to a seamed covering portion where a steel wire core 5 is wound around a hood sheet 4b at a folded ridge portion forming a pleat portion of a conventional hood 4 . h indicates a rising part of the lower side (bottom part) of the connecting hood where damage is significant; cut one or more places of the hood approximately horizontally in the Y-Y line direction indicated by the two-dot chain line at the rising part h; By cutting the entire hood into an upward U-shape to include the lower edge (corresponding to the floor) and both side surfaces, and removing the hood, the upper edge (ceiling portion) is opened downward.
A split hood body to be repaired of the conventional hood 4 including the above is obtained.
In addition, when the above-mentioned U-shaped cut portion requires repair of the upper side of the conventional canopy 4 , it goes without saying that the portion corresponding to the upper side may be cut and removed in a downward U-shape. 1
5 is the top covering sheet. Referring to FIG. 2, 1 is a U-shaped hollow tube (hereinafter simply referred to as "hollow tube"), and as shown in FIG. A hood sheet is inserted into the hood mounting groove 2 of the hood rib connected to the hood rib, and connected to the conventional hood 4 as described later. The hollow tube 1 has a frontal shape consisting of a portion corresponding to the underfloor portion and a canopy portion of the rising portion, and the notch portion of the lower portion is connected by an elastic shock absorbing connector 7 in a conventional manner, or a sheath (not shown), Alternatively, it may be formed by continuous hood mounting grooves on the inner circumferential surface of an integral U-shaped hollow tube. However, above, hollow tube 1
The hood sheet inserted into the mounting groove 2 is constructed by fixing the engaging members 6, 6 to both ends of the narrow hood sheet 3 using a conventional method to form a U-shaped hood body as a metal body. The cut ends of the hood ribs of the split hood body are inserted into the end faces of the hollow tubes 1 and 1 through the hood mounting grooves 2, and the lower side of the conventional hood 4 is inserted as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. A U-shaped hood body is connected to the corresponding location. That is, if we focus on the case of restoring the damaged hood sheet in the area corresponding to the floor surface, we will discuss the sectional view taken along the line bb and the sectional view taken along the line cc in FIG. 4 (side view of the vehicle connecting hood). 5 Regarding FIGS. 1 and 2, the end surfaces of the hollow tubes 1, 1 of the above-mentioned U-shaped hood body are brought into contact with the bent ridges 4a of each hood rib portion of the downward U-shaped cut end surface of the conventional hood 4 from below to above. At the same time, the bent ridge portion 4a is pushed into the hollow tubes 1, 1 through the hood mounting groove 2, and at the same time it is inserted about 10 to 20 cm from the end face of the hollow tube, and the end edge of the split hood sheet 4b of the conventional hood 4 is inserted. is hollow tube 1,1
In this connected state, the conventional hood 4
The cut edges of each canopy are removably connected within the hollow tubes 1, 1. During this connection, the hood sheet 4b covers the steel wire core 5 of the conventional hood 4 within the hollow tubes 1, 1.
A narrow sheet 3 inserted into the U-shaped hood body by
The narrow width hood sheet 3 of the U-shaped hood body and the edge of the hood sheet 4b of the conventional hood 4 are joined together by positioning the engagement members 6, 6 of 3 inside the hood sheet 4b so as to be held therein. At the same time, the joint portion is inserted through the fastening vault 8 from the outside of the hollow tubes 1, 1 and fixed. Note that the fixation by the fastening vault 8, which overlaps the hood sheet 4b and the narrow hood sheet 3 of the U-shaped hood body at the l-dimensional portion, can be achieved by attaching the hood sheet 4b to the narrow hood sheet 3 of the U-shaped hood body in advance by making sure that there is no fixation on the tube wall in the opposite direction to the mounting groove 2 of the hollow tube 1. Through-holes 9 for screws are bored and provided, and the tip of the fastening vault 8 is inserted into the through-hole 9, and further passed through the insertion hole 4c of the hole in the hood sheet 4b of the conventional hood 4, and then inserted into the narrow hood sheet 3. , 3, and is fastened to the outside of the hood mounting groove 2 of the other hollow tube 1. That is, the tip of the fastening vault 9 connects the double joint of the hood sheet 4b and the narrow hood sheet 3 together with the fastening nut 1 at the opening edge of the mounting groove 2 of the hollow tube 1 via the packing 10.
1 are screwed together and are firmly and firmly pressed together. In this way, the hood sheet 3 of the U-shaped hood body is similar to the hood sheet 4 of the conventional hood 4.
Since it is located on the inside of b, it is constructed so that even if it rains, it will not enter the connecting canopy from the overlapping part. In this configuration, the double-sided hood sheet 4 inserted into the hollow tube 1
In the part where the fastening vault 8 is inserted through the holes 1 and 3, the bent ridge 4a of the canopy sheet 4b of the conventional canopy 4 is placed slightly on either the left or right side in the hollow space 1a in the hollow tube 1, as shown in FIG. It is biased to the side and is locked in a state in which it is in pressure contact with the inner circumferential wall of the hollow tube 1, so that the edges of both hood sheets can be overlapped and fixed. FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view showing the folded ridge portion 4a of the hood sheet 4b. FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the present invention in which the canopy ribs of each hollow tube 1 of the U-shaped canopy are connected to the inside of the conventional canopy 4 (connecting passage).
It is shown in a state where it is inserted into the canopy bone of the conventional canopy 4 in close contact with each other. That is, in the vicinity of the lower cut edge of the conventional canopy 4 , the seam portion of the steel wire core 5 is slightly removed from the covering canopy sheet 4b to expose the steel wire core 5, and each hollow tube 1 is attached to the end of the steel wire core 5. Abut the ends of the paper and insert the appropriate length l. At this time, the hollow tube 1 is inserted into the space between the steel wire core 5 and the hood sheet 4b. and the seventh
As shown in the figure, the engagement members 6, 6 of the narrow width hood sheets 3, 3 are attached to the hood mounting groove 2 into which the hood sheet 4b is inserted.
Therefore, it is inserted from the inside of the hood sheet 4b of the conventional hood 4, and provided outside the hollow tube 1 at an appropriate position where the two hood sheets 4b and 3, 3 join together in the hollow tube 1. Insert the tip of the fastening vault 8 through the unthreaded through hole 9, and pack the hood sheet 4b and the narrow hood sheets 3 together at the outer part of the hollow tube mounting groove 2 on the other side. It is clamped and fastened with a locking nut 11. In this way, the conventional hood 4
and the replacement hood sheets 3, 3 are connected by the respective hollow tubes 1, 1 via the joint 1, and the rectangular cylindrical connecting hood is restored and completed. As described above, the replacement hood sheet is joined to the inside of the conventional hood sheet 4b, and rainwater does not enter the inside through the joint. The present invention has the above-mentioned configuration , and involves cutting off the connecting hood at the lower side of the hood 4, where damage has been most likely to occur in the past, and attaching a U-shaped hood to the cut end surface of the remaining split hood body, which corresponds to a portion corresponding to the cut portion. When connecting the canopy ribs made of hollow tubes 1 , the bent ridges 4a of the conventional canopy 4 are removably inserted through the canopy attachment grooves 2 of the hollow tubes 1. Then, the engaging members 6, 6 attached to the replacement narrow-width hood sheet 3 inserted into the U-shaped hood body are inserted into the inner position of the hood sheet 4b to be attached to each hollow tube of the U-shaped hood body. It is attached by being removably press-fitted into the hood mounting groove of the empty tube 1, thereby restoring the rectangular cylindrical hood as a whole. In this way, the conventional hood 4 and the replacement new hood sheet inserted into the U-shaped hood body are both coexisting and locked in the hollow tube 1, and the two hood sheets are immovably joined by the fastening vault. Since the parts are removably tightened and fixed, each of the canopy bones existing in each steel wire core of the conventional canopy 4 is securely held by each U-shaped hollow tube 1, and the above-mentioned old and new canopy sheets can be connected. Both hood sheets will not slip out of the joint between the hollow tubes. With the above-described structure, even when the vehicle runs at high speed, the top sheet does not flap around the joints due to vibration or wind pressure. The conventional hood 4 as the upper side and the new hood sheet as the lower side attached to the hollow tubes of each hood bone are each tightly attached and fixed to the hood mounting frame 14 connected to the vehicle body by screws 12 and nuts 13. be done. As described above, in the present invention, a new replacement hood for the damaged hood portion can be made by cutting the replacement part of the conventional hood in a downward U-shape and connecting the cut end separately to the cut pair. The above-mentioned replacement hood sheet is constructed on the hood rib of a hollow tube in which a mounting groove is formed, and the cut ends are inserted into both ends of the hood mounting groove of the hollow tube, and has a separate engagement member. It is installed from the inside of the conventional hood sheet through the hood mounting groove of the hollow tube, and is joined and locked inside the hollow tube to integrally connect the lower hood sheet equivalent to the upper conventional hood sheet. The rectangular cylindrical canopy is constructed by making the canopy body have good elasticity. Furthermore, in the present invention, if the hood sheet in the upper part (ceiling surface) of the conventional hood 4 is damaged, the method for implementing the lower part using a hollow tube may be carried out in the same way as in the reverse manner. Of course, it is also possible to replace the upper and lower canopies at the same time. In the present invention, when assembling the rectangular cylindrical canopy, appropriately shaped plugs (not shown) are fitted into the hollow portions 1a on both end faces of the hollow tubes on the outside of the connecting canopy to prevent rainwater from entering. A through hole can be appropriately provided on the bottom surface of the horizontal portion of the U-shaped hollow tube. As described above, the present invention significantly reduces the labor and time needed to replace and remove the damaged part of the canopy compared to the conventional method, and is extremely easy and flexible, resulting in efficient work and low-cost repairs and restoration. It is extremely economical and has a remarkable effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 (1) is a perspective view showing a partially cutaway state of the conventional connecting hood, and Figure 1 (2) is the X--
X-ray cross-sectional plan view, Figure 2 (1) is a side view of a U-shaped hollow tube with a partial cutout into which an elastic shock-absorbing connector is inserted in the lower part, Figure 2 (2) is Figure 2 (1) a 3 is a partially cutaway front view of a vehicle connecting hood in which a hood sheet is attached to a hollow tube of a hood bone according to the present invention; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along the line A; FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the present invention. A side view of a partially cutaway vehicle connecting hood, Figure 5(1) is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line bb in Figure 4, and Figure 5(2) is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line C-C in Figure 4. , 5th
(3) The figure is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line D-D in Figure 4, Figure 6 is a side view of a partially cutaway vehicle connecting hood showing another embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 7 is Figure 6. FIG. 1: U-shaped hollow tube, 2: hood mounting groove, 3: narrow hood sheet, 4 : conventional hood, 4a: folded crest, 4b: hood sheet, 5: steel linear core, 6: engaging member, 8 ,1
2: Tightening vault, Y-Y: Canopy cutting direction, h:
Rising part, l: Canopy joint part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a connecting hood for a vehicle that uses a steel wire core for the hood frame of the hood frame, covers and stretches a hood sheet between each hood frame, and is integrally formed into a rectangular cylindrical connecting hood in the form of a zigzag. Both side surfaces of the cylindrical connected canopy are cut at one or more locations approximately horizontally to form a divided canopy body that includes the horizontal portion and both side surfaces of each canopy bone, and each adjacent canopy bone of the divided canopy body is The canopy is constructed separately from mutually independent U-shaped hollow tubes so that it can be connected to the end edge and has a horizontal portion and both side surface portions, and on the inner peripheral side of the U-shaped hollow tube by a known method. A hood sheet is inserted into the hood mounting grooves to form a U-shaped hood body as a whole.
The bent ridges of each hood rib of the split hood body are removably inserted and connected through the hood mounting groove from the hollow tube end face of the letter-shaped hood body, and both hood sheets are connected when the two hood bodies are connected. A connecting hood for a vehicle, characterized in that each edge of the hood is overlapped with the other.