JPH0646532B2 - Metal button mounting device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a metal button attachment device, and in particular, a large number of connected metal buttons having a U-shaped cross section, for example, on a front panel of a device. The present invention relates to a metal button mounting device that prevents buttons from interlocking with each other and that prevents the mounting positions from becoming uneven.

[Background of the Invention]

In a conventional button mounting device, as described in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 54-171774, a button, an elastic arm portion, and a holding portion are integrally formed with a synthetic resin material, and the elastic arm portion is elastic. This deformation is used to prevent adjacent buttons from interlocking with each other and prevent the buttons from being misaligned.

However, if the button material is metal, it is difficult to solve the interlocking and misalignment of the buttons by elastic deformation of the button material.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to prevent the buttons from interlocking with each other when mounting a metal button having a U-shaped cross section, and to prevent the buttons from becoming uneven. It is to propose a metal button mounting device that prevents the above.

[Outline of Invention]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a large number of metal buttons having a U-shaped cross section in which a stopper is formed on one side and the other side is connected by a joint-mounting mounting foot. It is attached to the front panel by inserting it into the front panel and bending it, and the metal button is pushed up by the elastic body attached to the front panel by engaging the convex portion of the front panel with the stopper at the same height. It is characterized in that it is aligned with the position.

Example of Invention

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the video device 2 showing a mounting state of the metal button 1.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the metal button 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the metal button 1 with its direction changed by 90 °. Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the metal button 1 is formed by punching and bending a metal material to form stoppers 4 having holes 3 on one side at regular intervals and auxiliary mounting on the other side at regular intervals. The material forming the foot 5 and the joint / mounting foot 6 is separately provided by a slit 7 which reaches the base of the joint / mounting foot 6. In this case, the rising dimension F of the slit 7 is, for example, F ≧ 1 mm, and the length L of the joint / mounting mounting foot 6 is L> F.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the front panel 8 to which the metal button 1 is attached, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the front panel 8. The front panel 8 is formed with a hole 9 corresponding to the metal button 1 to be mounted, a hole 10 for inserting the joint-mounting mounting foot 6 and a hole 11 for inserting the auxiliary mounting foot 5.

In the hole 9, a support 13 for the metal button 1 is provided integrally with the front panel 8 in a cantilever manner by a bendable connecting portion 12 bent in a U shape.

6 to 8 are sectional views of the front panel 8 with the metal button 1 attached. FIG. 6 is a line AA in FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a line BB in FIG. The drawing is a cross-sectional view at each position of line CC in FIG.

To attach the metal button 1 to the front panel 8, the joint-mounting mounting foot 6 is inserted into the hole 10 of the front panel 8, and the auxiliary mounting foot 5 is also inserted into the hole 11 so that the above-mentioned joint-connecting foot is also provided on the rear surface of the front panel 8. 6th mounting foot and auxiliary mounting foot
Bend as shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 8.

In this case, the convex portion 8a of the front panel 8 is fitted in the hole 3 of the stopper 4 of each metal button 1 as shown in FIG. 6, and the elastic body 16 attached to the front panel 8 via the holder 15 is supported. Since the convex portion 17 of the base 13 is pressed in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 6, each metal button 1 is pressed in the same direction via each support base 13, and the hole edge of the hole 3 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the metal buttons 1 are brought into contact with the convex portions 8a and aligned at the same height position.

When one of the metal buttons 1 attached as described above is pressed in the direction of arrow E in FIG. 5 with a fingertip, the support base 13 moves to the state shown by the chain line in FIG. Board at the end
A switch 19 provided on 18 is pressure controlled.

In this case, even if the metal button 1 is strongly pressed, the U-shaped both side end surfaces 1a of the metal button come into contact with the front panel 8, so that the switch 19 is not subject to an excessive pressing force.

FIG. 9 shows an enlarged cross-sectional view of the hole 10 portion of the front panel 8 into which the joint / mounting mounting foot 6 is inserted. The hole 10 has a wall surface with a gradient G, and the rattling of the metal button 1 is shown. It is a structure that prevents.

〔The invention's effect〕

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a large number of metal buttons having a U-shaped cross section are formed by forming the stopper on one side and connecting the other side with the joint-mounting mounting foot. It is attached to the front panel by inserting it into the hole of the panel and bending it, and the protrusion of the front panel is engaged with the stopper, and the metal buttons pressed by the elastic body attached to the front panel rise up. Since it is regulated, it is possible to prevent the metal buttons from interlocking with each other when the metal buttons mounted on the front panel are operating, and to reliably prevent the height positions from being uneven when the metal buttons are mounted. To be

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view of a video device, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a metal button, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a metal button whose orientation is changed from that of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a front view of a front panel, and FIG. The figure is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the front panel, and FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 are front panels in FIG. 4 with a metal button attached, taken along the lines AA, BB, and C-, respectively. Sectional views at respective positions along the line C, and FIG. 9 are enlarged sectional views of essential parts. 1 ... Metal button, 2 ... Video equipment 3 ... Hole, 4 ... Stopper 5 ... Auxiliary mounting foot, 6 ... Joint-mounting mounting foot 7 ... Slit, 8 ... Front panel 9, 10, 11 ... Hole, 12 ... Connection part 13 ... Support base, 15 ... Holder 16 ... Elastic body, 17 ... Convex part 18 ... Substrate, 19 ... Switch 8a ... Convex part, G ... Gradient

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of metal members having a U-shaped cross section, whose boundary portions are separated from each other by a slit, a stopper is formed on one side, and the slit extension portion is connected by a joint-mounting mounting foot formed on the other side. A button is provided, the joint-mounting mounting foot is inserted into a hole formed in the front panel of the device and bent to attach the metal button to the front panel, and the stopper is engaged with the convex portion formed on the front panel. A metal button attachment device characterized in that the metal buttons pushed up by an elastic body attached to the front panel are aligned at the same height position. 2. The metal button mounting device according to claim 1, wherein a hole wall surface of a hole formed in the front panel into which the joint-fitting mounting foot is inserted has a slope.