JP2000007069A - Identifying device for corrugate tube - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily identify a corrugate tube in a short time without a sticking a tag to the corrugate tube as in a conventional manner. SOLUTION: The device for identifying corrugate tubes comprises a box 11 wherein each of corrugate tubes different in outer diameter over a widthwise direction is formed with housings comprising a semicircle of an approximately same shape as each outer diameter and each housing is formed with a mark 17 indicating an outer diameter of the corrugate tube, a scale 18 formed over a lengthwise direction of each housing of the box 11, and a taper formed on a bottom of each housing and having a shorter slope than a length of each kind of corrugate tube.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a corrugated tube discriminator, and more particularly to a corrugated tube discriminator capable of easily discriminating corrugated tubes having different outer diameters and lengths.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a corrugated pipe has been used for attaching a wire bundle such as a wire harness to a panel of a vehicle body or an electric device while protecting the bundle of wires from the outside. Are selected and used according to the outer diameter and length.

[0003] In selecting the wire harness, as shown in FIG.
A tag 2 indicating the outer diameter and length of the corrugated tube 1 is attached by a tape 3, and the corrugated tube 1 is put in one box together with the corrugated tube 1 together with the other corrugated tubes 1. When attaching the corrugated pipes 1 to the wire harness, the operator looks for the corrugated pipes 1 one by one while looking at the tag 2 corresponding to the wire harness from the box.

[0004]

However, in the conventional method of selecting a corrugated pipe 1 of this type, when the corrugated pipe 1 is mounted on a wire harness, an operator can handle the wire harness from within a box. Corrugated pipe 1
Was to be searched one by one while looking at Tag 2,
It takes a lot of time to search for the corrugated pipe 1 required by the operator, and there is a problem that the workability of the sorting operation is very poor.

In addition, it is necessary to attach the bill 2 to the corrugated pipe 1 in advance, and when attaching the corrugated pipe 1 to the wire harness, it is necessary to remove the bill 2 from the corrugated pipe 1, so that extra mounting is required. However, there is also a problem that a removal operation occurs. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a corrugated tube identifier that can easily identify a corrugated tube in a short time without attaching a tag to the corrugated tube as in the related art.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to solve the above problems, corrugated pipes having different outer diameters and different lengths are accommodated, and a corrugated pipe identifier capable of identifying the corrugated pipes, each of which has a different outer diameter across the width direction. A storage box comprising a semicircular portion having substantially the same shape as the outer diameter of the box is formed, and a mark indicating the outer diameter of the corrugated pipe is formed in each storage unit, and the length of each storage unit of the box. It is characterized by comprising a scale formed in the direction and a tapered portion formed on the bottom surface of each of the storage portions and having an inclined surface shorter than the length of each type of corrugated pipe.

In this case, when corrugated pipes having different outer diameters and lengths are stored in the box, if the corrugated pipes are scattered on the box and positioned on the respective storage portions, the outer diameter of the corrugated pipe is reduced. The corrugated pipe is housed in a housing part consisting of a semicircular part having substantially the same diameter. Also, when sorting the corrugated pipes, the corrugated pipe having the desired outer diameter and length is selected by looking at the marks and scales indicating the outer diameter of the corrugated pipe formed in each storage section, and You can easily find the tube.

When the corrugated pipe is taken out of the storage section, if one end of the corrugated pipe is pressed, the corrugated pipe falls down to the tapered surface and the other end of the corrugated pipe rises, so that the corrugated pipe can be easily removed from the storage section. Can be taken out. As described above, according to the present invention, the corrugated pipe can be easily identified in a short time without attaching a tag to the corrugated pipe unlike the related art.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 are views showing an embodiment of a corrugated tube discriminator according to the present invention. First, the configuration will be described. 1 and 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a box as a discriminator. In the width direction of the box 11, storage portions 12 to 16 for storing corrugated pipes having different outer diameters and lengths are formed. . The storage portions 12 to 16 are formed of semicircular portions having substantially the same shape as the outer diameter of the corrugated pipe, and a mark 17 corresponding to the outer diameter of each corrugated pipe is formed at an end of the storage portions 12 to 16. Have been. Specifically, the storage unit 12 is φ7, the storage unit 13 is φ10, the storage unit 14 is φ13, the storage unit 15 is φ15, the storage unit
16 is provided with a mark 17 of φ17, and
16 are semicircular portions having substantially the same diameter.

A scale 18 is formed along the length direction of each of the storage portions 12 to 16 of the box 11, and the scales 18 are provided at intervals of about 20 mm along the length direction of each of the storage portions 12 to 16. Carved. As shown in FIG. 2B, a tapered portion 19 is formed on the bottom surface of each of the storage portions 12 to 16, and this tapered portion 19 has an inclined surface shorter than the length of each type of corrugated pipe. ing.

Next, a method of identifying a corrugated pipe will be described with reference to FIGS. First, when storing corrugated pipes having different outer diameters and lengths in the box 11, the corrugated pipes are separated from each other on the box 11 and positioned on the storage sections 12 to 16, as shown in FIG. 3. The corrugated pipe 20 is stored in the storage sections 12 to 16 having substantially the same diameter as the outer diameter of the corrugated pipe 20.

When sorting the corrugated tube 20,
The corrugated pipe 20 can be easily formed by selecting the corrugated pipe 20 having a desired outer diameter and length by observing the marks 17 and the scale 18 representing the outer diameter of the corrugated pipe 20 formed in each of the storage portions 12 to 16. You can look for Also, corrugated pipe
As shown in FIG. 4A, 20 is mounted on the tapered portion 19 having an inclined surface shorter than the length of each corrugated pipe 20, so that when the corrugated pipe 20 is taken out of the storage sections 12 to 16, As shown in FIG. 4B, when one end of the corrugated pipe 20 is pressed as shown by an arrow P, the corrugated pipe 20 falls down to the surface of the tapered portion 19 and the other end of the corrugated pipe 20 rises. The tube 20 can be easily taken out of the storage sections 12-16.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the corrugated tube 20 can be easily identified in a short time without attaching a tag to the corrugated tube unlike the related art.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the corrugated pipe can be easily identified in a short time without attaching a tag to the corrugated pipe unlike the related art.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of a corrugated tube discriminator according to the present invention, and is an external view of a box body thereof.

2A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, FIG.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a box housing a corrugated tube.

FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view taken along a line CC in FIG. 3;
The figure which shows the state in which the corrugated pipe was stored in the box, (b)
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line CC in FIG. 3, showing a state in which a corrugated pipe is taken out of a box.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a corrugated pipe to which a conventional tag is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Box 12-16 Storage 17 Mark 18 Mark 19 Tapered 20 Corrugated pipe

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A corrugated pipe discriminator for accommodating corrugated pipes having different outer diameters and different lengths, the corrugated pipes being distinguishable from each other. A storage box formed of a semicircular portion having substantially the same shape as that of the box body, and a mark indicating the outer diameter of the corrugated pipe formed in each storage section; And a taper portion formed on the bottom surface of each of said storage portions and having an inclined surface shorter than the length of each type of corrugated tube.