JP2009298141A - Document holder accessory - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document holder accessory which can hold a document exactly irrespective of the thickness of the document. <P>SOLUTION: The back piece 3 and the first pressing piece 5 of the document holder accessory 1 are constituted of material having elasticity, and the document 10 of the thickness below a standard gap GS is sandwiched between the tip part 62 of a second pressing piece 6 disposed at the sandwiching position and a document placing piece 2. The document 10 of the thickness exceeding the standard gap GS is sandwiched between the document pressing unit 52 of the first pressing piece 5 and the document placing piece 2 in the state where the second pressing piece 6 is disposed at the opening position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a document holder assisting tool used for storing documents.

  As a document holder auxiliary tool, for example, a “document holder auxiliary device” (hereinafter referred to as “document holder auxiliary tool”) shown in FIG. 4B or FIG. 10C of Patent Document 1 is known.

  When these auxiliary tools are used, when a document is stored in a pipe-type or ring-type document holder device, the document can be stored without making an insertion hole. In addition, documents can be held for each same item, and the held documents can be easily bound and taken out. Furthermore, the document can be viewed while being held in the document holder device.

  However, the conventional document holder auxiliary tool has the following problems. The document holder auxiliary tool shown in FIG. 4B of Patent Document 1 is suitable for holding a thin document (a document with a small number of sheets), but it is difficult to hold a thick document (a document with a large number of sheets). Conversely, the document holder auxiliary tool shown in FIG. 10C of Patent Document 1 is suitable for holding a thick document, but it is difficult to hold a thin document.

  For this reason, when the case of a thin document and the case of a thick document are mixed, the two types of document holder assisting tools must be prepared, which is not necessarily economical. In addition, when it is necessary to store a thin document case and a thick document case in one document holder device, the use of the two types of document holder assisting tools is likely to be complicated in appearance.

JP 2007-83701 A

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve such problems in the prior art and to provide a document holder auxiliary tool that can reliably hold a document regardless of the thickness of the document.

  A document holder auxiliary tool according to the present invention includes a document placement piece for placing a document, a back piece standing from the vicinity of the rear end of the document placement piece, and a gap from the vicinity of the top of the back piece. A first pressing piece formed to face the document placing piece, comprising a base coupled to the back piece and a document pushing portion for pushing the document, the document pushing portion and the document placing piece A first pressing piece that is configured such that a reference gap that is a gap between the base and the document placing piece is smaller than the first pressing piece, and a second pressing piece that is rotatably supported by the first pressing piece, The closest position where the front end is closest to the document placement piece, the clamping position where the document is placed between the closest approach position and the back piece side by rotating from the closest position, and the back piece from the closest position And an open position where the document is not pinched by rotating to the opposite side, and from the holding position toward the closest position A second pressing piece biased to move, and an operating piece fixedly coupled to the second pressing piece for rotating the second pressing piece, the back piece and the first pressing piece The document having a thickness equal to or smaller than the reference gap is sandwiched between the tip of the second pressing piece at the clamping position and the document placing piece, and has a thickness exceeding the reference gap. The document is configured to be sandwiched between the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece and the document placing piece with the second pressing piece in the open position.

  The features of the present invention can be broadly shown as described above, but the configuration and contents thereof, together with the objects and features, will be further clarified by the following disclosure in view of the drawings.

  The document holder auxiliary tool according to the first invention of the present application is a document placement piece for placing a document, a back piece standing from the vicinity of the rear end portion of the document placement piece, from the vicinity of the top portion of the back piece, A first pressing piece formed to face the document placing piece with a gap therebetween, a second pressing piece rotatably supported by the first pressing piece, and fixed to the second pressing piece And an operation piece for rotating the second pressing piece.

  The first pressing piece includes a base portion coupled to the back piece and a document pressing portion for pressing the document, and a reference gap, which is a gap between the document pressing portion and the document placing piece, is set between the base portion and the document mounting portion. It is comprised so that it may become smaller than the gap | interval with an installation piece.

  The second pressing piece has a closest position at which the tip thereof is closest to the document placement piece, a clamping position where the document is placed between the closest placement position and the document placement piece by rotating to the back piece side, It is configured to take an open position where the document is not held by rotating from the closest position to the opposite side of the back piece, and is biased to rotate from the holding position toward the closest position.

  The back piece and the first pressing piece are made of an elastic material, and a document having a thickness equal to or smaller than the reference gap is sandwiched between the tip of the second pressing piece in the holding position and the document placing piece, The document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap is configured to be sandwiched between the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece and the document placing piece in a state where the second pressing piece is in the open position.

  To hold a document with a thickness less than the reference gap on the document holder auxiliary tool, place the document between the first pressing piece and the document placing plate with the second pressing piece in the open position, and then By rotating the operation piece, the second pressing piece fixed to the operation piece is rotated to the clamping position. In this state, an urging force that rotates from the clamping position toward the closest position acts on the second pressing piece, and therefore a frictional force based on the urging force acts between the second pressing piece and the document. Therefore, when the document is to be pulled out, the gap between the document placing plate and the tip of the second pressing piece becomes narrower as the second pressing piece tries to rotate toward the closest position. For this reason, when pulling out the document, a strong force works as if the document is bitten, and the document can be held with an extremely strong force. To remove the document, the operating piece is rotated to return the second pressing piece to the open position.

  On the other hand, the document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap is configured to be sandwiched between the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece and the document placing piece in a state where the second pressing piece is in the open position. That is, when a document is inserted between the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece and the document placing piece, the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece and the document placement are resisted against the elastic restoring force of the first pressing piece. The gap between the pieces is expanded so as to be larger than the reference gap. At this time, the second pressing piece is set to the open position so as not to obstruct insertion. The inserted document is held by a frictional force using the elastic restoring force of the first pressing piece. To remove the document, pull it out against the frictional force.

  That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a document holder auxiliary tool that can reliably hold a document regardless of the thickness of the document.

  The document holder auxiliary tool according to the second invention of the present application is the document holder auxiliary tool according to the first invention of the present application, and is provided with a locking mechanism for locking the second pressing piece to the open position when the second pressing piece is set to the open position. It is characterized by that.

  Therefore, before the document is inserted between the first pressing piece and the document placing plate, the second pressing piece is locked at the open position by the locking mechanism so that the second pressing piece is inserted into the document. It is possible to prevent obstruction. For this reason, it becomes easy to insert the document between the first pressing piece and the document placing plate regardless of the thickness of the document.

  In addition, when holding a document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap, the second pressing piece that is not directly involved in the holding is locked in the open position, so that the document is dropped due to unexpected rotation of the second pressing piece. And complication of the appearance can be prevented.

  The document holder auxiliary tool according to the third invention of the present application is the document holder auxiliary tool according to any one of the first or second inventions of the present application, wherein the first pressing piece extends from the base portion to the document pressing portion, and the document placement piece side is concave. The operation piece is formed into a shape having an arch shape with substantially the same curvature as the first pressing piece, and the portion having the arch shape of the operation piece is the first when the second pressing piece is in the open position. The first press piece is configured to overlap with almost no gap.

  As described above, when the document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap is held by forming the first pressing piece in an arch shape in which the document placing piece side is concave from the base portion to the document pressing portion, depending on the document, Even if the first pressing piece is expanded and elastically deformed, it is possible to suppress the first pressing piece from being deformed to the reverse arch. For this reason, even if the first pressing piece is expanded and elastically deformed, it is possible to maintain the document pressing by the document pressing unit.

  Further, the operation piece is formed in a shape having an arch shape with substantially the same curvature as the first pressing piece, and the portion having the arch shape of the operation piece is substantially free from the first pressing piece when the second pressing piece is in the open position. When the second pressing piece is set to the open position, the operation piece fits neatly and compactly in appearance. For this reason, it is possible to further reduce the complexity of the appearance when a product is displayed or when a document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap is held.

  The document holder assisting tool according to the fourth invention of the present application is the document holder assisting tool according to any one of the first to third inventions of the present application, and when the second pressing piece is in the open position, The gap with the document placement piece is larger than the reference gap, and a substantially smooth document introduction surface is formed from the tip of the second pressing piece to the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece, and the first The present invention is characterized in that a document retaining portion for preventing document slippage is provided on the back side of the document pressing portion of the pressing piece.

  Thus, when the second pressing piece is set to the open position, the gap between the tip of the second pressing piece and the document placing piece is larger than the reference gap, and the first pressing piece starts from the tip of the second pressing piece. By constructing so as to form a substantially smooth document introduction surface over the document pressing portion of the pressing piece, especially between the first pressing piece and the document placing plate when holding a document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap. It becomes easier to insert documents into

  In addition, by providing a document retaining portion for preventing the document from slipping out on the back side of the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece, it is possible to more reliably hold a document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap once inserted.

  A document holder auxiliary tool according to a fifth invention of the present application is the document holder auxiliary tool according to any one of the first to fourth inventions of the present application, wherein the tip of the second pressing piece is configured by a convex curved surface, and the second pressing piece is It is characterized in that the curvature of the curved surface on the back piece side of the distal end portion when set to the closest position is smaller than the curvature of the curved surface on the side opposite to the back piece.

  Therefore, when the second pressing piece is rotated from the open position to the clamping position through the closest position in the process of holding a document having a thickness less than the reference gap, the tip of the second pressing piece has a small curvature. Since it begins to contact the document from a curved surface (having a large radius of curvature), the pressure applied to the document is small, and the document and the tip of the second pressing piece are relatively slippery. For this reason, when pinching a document, it can suppress that a document is drawn in the rotation direction of a 2nd press piece.

  On the other hand, once the second pressing piece is rotated to the clamping position, the document is pressed by the curved surface portion having a large curvature (small curvature radius) in the tip portion of the second pressing piece. The document becomes larger and the tip of the second pressing piece is relatively less slippery. For this reason, it can suppress that the document once hold | maintained falls out carelessly.

  Further, when the second pressing piece is in the open position, the gap between the second pressing piece and the document placing piece is a curved surface having a smaller curvature (a larger curvature radius) as it goes to the tip of the second pressing piece. It spreads in a trumpet shape from the part to the curved part with a large curvature (small curvature radius). For this reason, it becomes easier to insert the document when the second pressing piece is in the open position regardless of the thickness of the document.

  A document holder auxiliary tool according to a sixth invention of the present application is the document holder auxiliary tool according to any one of the first to fifth inventions of the present application, wherein the document holder cover is erected in a direction opposite to the document placement piece from the back piece. It is characterized by having a piece.

  Accordingly, the document is sandwiched between the tip portion of the second pressing piece and the document placing piece, or between the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece and the document placing piece, and in this state, the document holder is attached. The piece can be locked to the document holder device. Thereby, it is possible to eliminate the need to make an insertion hole for locking the document to the document holder device.

  In addition, each document of the same case can be held by a document holder assisting device and locked to the document holder device. Even if there is no mark etc., each document of the same case can be simply locked to the document holder device. Can be stored. Moreover, it is possible to turn over and view all the documents locked to the document holder device.

  Further, when taking out the document from the document holder device, it can be removed while being held between the document holder auxiliary tools. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the document removed from the document holder device from being separated. In addition, after taking out the necessary documents, another document can be re-locked to the document holder device for each document holder auxiliary tool, which makes it easy to move documents in and out of the document holder device. it can.

  That is, according to the present invention, the document can be easily held in the document holder device without opening a through hole in the document, and can be held for each same item, and the operation of taking out the held document can be easily performed. Moreover, it is possible to realize a document holder auxiliary tool that can view a document while being held in the document holder device.

  The document holder auxiliary tool according to the seventh invention of the present application is characterized in that, in the document holder auxiliary tool according to the sixth invention of the present application, the document placing piece and the document holder attaching piece are formed so as to form substantially the same plane. To do.

  In this way, even if the operation piece is positioned near the top of the back piece when the second pressing piece is in the open position, the operation piece and the document holder attachment piece interfere in the vicinity of the top of the back piece. Never do. For this reason, operation of an operation piece becomes easy. Further, when the second pressing piece is set to the open position, it is possible to configure the vicinity of the tip of the operation piece and the vicinity of the top of the back piece, so that the appearance is more compact. Further, when providing a locking mechanism for locking the second pressing piece to the open position when the second pressing piece is in the open position, the locking mechanism is provided between the vicinity of the tip of the operation piece and the vicinity of the top of the back piece. Can be provided. As a result, the second pressing piece can be more reliably locked at the open position.

  In addition, when holding a document holder with a document holder auxiliary tool on a plane such as a desk, for example, the document placement piece and the document holder attachment piece constitute substantially the same plane. High work efficiency.

  In addition, when using the document holder auxiliary tool alone without using the document holder device, that is, for example, when the document holder attachment piece is hooked on a hook such as a wall or stopped with a push pin or the like, the stability is improved. It is convenient because it is expensive.

  A document holder auxiliary tool according to the eighth invention of the present application is the document holder auxiliary tool according to any of the sixth to seventh inventions of the present application, wherein the document placement piece is made of a transparent or translucent material, and It is characterized in that at least a part of the piece is made of a material having a color different from that of the document placing piece.

  Therefore, when a document is held on the document holder adherent piece, a portion ("colored portion") made of a material having a different color as seen from the first pressing piece side, or conversely, seen from the document placement piece side. Can be visually recognized.

  For this reason, on the contrary, even when holding the document on the document holder auxiliary tool, which is performed with the first pressing piece side up so as not to hinder the rotation of the operation piece, it is transparent or translucent. The document holder is viewed with the document holder side facing up so that the contents of the document can be seen through the various document holders. In this case, the colored portion can be visually recognized.

  Therefore, if the color of the colored part is changed for each case of the document to be held, even when holding the document, it is possible to view the held document, bind it to the document holder device, and remove it. Can be easily identified by the color of the colored portion.

  That is, it is possible to more easily perform the document holding operation for each same item and the operation of binding and taking out the held document from the document holder device.

FIG. 1A is a plan view of the document holder auxiliary tool 1. FIG. 1B is a view of FIG. 1A as viewed from IB. 2A is an enlarged sectional view taken along line IIA-IIA in FIG. 1A. FIG. 2B is a drawing corresponding to an enlarged sectional view taken along line IIA-IIA when the second pressing piece is at the closest position. FIG. 2C is a drawing corresponding to an enlarged sectional view taken along line IIA-IIA when the second pressing piece is in the open position. It is drawing equivalent to the IIA-IIA line expanded sectional view at the time of hold | maintaining the document below the reference | standard gap | interval in the document holder auxiliary tool 1. FIG. It is drawing equivalent to the IIA-IIA line expanded sectional view at the time of hold | maintaining the document of the thickness exceeding a reference | standard gap to the document holder auxiliary tool 1. FIG. 5A is a plan view of the document holder auxiliary tool 101 when a document having a thickness equal to or smaller than the reference gap is held in the document holder auxiliary tool 101, and FIG. 5B is a bottom view thereof. FIG. 5C is an enlarged view of FIG. 5A viewed from the VC.

  First, the document holder auxiliary tool 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1A is a plan view of the document holder auxiliary tool 1. FIG. 1B is a view of FIG. 1A as viewed from IB.

  2A is an enlarged sectional view taken along line IIA-IIA in FIG. 1A. FIG. 2B is a drawing corresponding to an enlarged sectional view taken along line IIA-IIA when the second pressing piece is at the closest position. FIG. 2C is a drawing corresponding to an enlarged sectional view taken along line IIA-IIA when the second pressing piece is in the open position.

  FIG. 3 is a drawing corresponding to an enlarged sectional view taken along the line IIA-IIA when a document having a thickness equal to or smaller than the reference gap is held in the document holder auxiliary tool 1. FIG. 4 is a drawing corresponding to an enlarged sectional view taken along line IIA-IIA when a document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap is held in the document holder auxiliary tool 1.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the document holder auxiliary tool 1 includes a document placing piece 2 for placing the document 10, a back piece 3 erected from the vicinity of the rear end portion 21 of the document placing piece 2, A document holder attached piece 4 erected from the back piece 3 in a direction opposite to the document placing piece 2 and formed near the top 32 of the back piece 3 so as to face the document placing piece 2 with a gap. The first pressing piece 5, the second pressing piece 6 rotatably supported by the first pressing piece 5, and the second pressing piece 6 fixedly coupled to the second pressing piece 6 are rotated. And an operation piece 7 for operation.

  The document placement piece 2 has a substantially rectangular cross section. The document 10 is inserted and placed in a direction (X1 direction) from the front end portion 22 of the document placement piece 2 through the intermediate portion 23 toward the rear end portion 21.

  The back piece 3 is erected from the vicinity of the rear end portion 21 of the document placement piece 2 in a direction substantially orthogonal to the document placement piece 2. The cross section is formed in a substantially rectangular shape from the base portion 31 to the top portion 32 through the intermediate portion 33.

  In this example, the back piece 3 is slightly obliquely rearward with respect to the document placement piece 2 (from the base portion 31 through the intermediate portion 33 to the top portion 32 so as to be displaced in the X1 direction). ) It is erected. By comprising in this way, the radius of the round part 31a by the side of the document mounting piece 2 in the connection part of the document mounting piece 2 and the back piece 3 can be enlarged. As a result, it is possible to improve the durability against the force in the P1 direction applied to the first pressing piece 5 and the back piece 3.

  The first pressing piece 5 includes a base 51 coupled to the back piece 3 and a document pressing part 52 for pressing the document 10, and is a reference that is a gap between the document pressing part 52 and the document placing piece 2. The gap GS (see FIG. 2C) is configured to be smaller than the gap GB (see FIG. 2C) between the base 51 and the document placing piece 2.

  From the top 32 of the back piece 3 to the base 51 of the first pressing piece 5, the cross section is smoothly connected in a substantially arc shape.

  The second pressing piece 6 rotates toward the back piece 3 from the closest approach position (position shown in FIG. 2B) where the tip 62 is closest to the document placement piece 2 and from the closest position. 2 to hold the document 10 (position shown in FIG. 3), and an open position that rotates from the closest position to the opposite side of the back piece 3 and does not hold the document 10 (position shown in FIG. 2C). And is biased to rotate in the R1 direction from the clamping position toward the closest position. The method for applying the urging force is not particularly limited. For example, an elastic restoring force of the hinge portion 8 described later can be used.

  In this example, at the closest position shown in FIG. 2B, the tip 62 of the second pressing piece 6 and the upper surface (the surface on which the document is placed) of the document placing piece 2 are connected to the first pressing piece 5 and It is comprised so that it may be in a press-contact state with the elastic restoring force of the back piece 3. FIG. Thereby, even if the document 10 is very thin, the document 10 can be held by the second pressing piece 6 in the clamping position.

  However, in the case where it is only necessary to hold the sheet 10 having a certain thickness or more, the tip 62 of the second pressing piece 6 and the upper surface of the document placing piece 2 are equal to or less than the certain thickness at the closest position. It is sufficient to configure so as to have a gap of.

  The second pressing piece 6 has a substantially rectangular cross section from the base 61 to the intermediate part 63, and the base 61 and the vicinity of the document pressing part 52 of the first pressing piece 5 can be rotated by the thin hinge 8. It is connected.

  The operation piece 7 is fixedly coupled to the base 61 of the second pressing piece 6 at the base 71.

  The back piece 3 and the first pressing piece 5 are made of an elastic material, and the document 10 having a thickness equal to or smaller than the reference gap GS is, as shown in FIG. 3, the tip of the second pressing piece 6 in the clamping position. As shown in FIG. 4, the document 10 sandwiched between the portion 62 and the document placing piece 2 and having a thickness exceeding the reference gap GS has the first pressing piece 6 in the state where the second pressing piece 6 is in the open position. 5 between the document pressing part 52 and the document placing piece 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a locking mechanism 9 is provided that locks the second pressing piece 6 in the open position when the second pressing piece 6 is set in the open position. The locking mechanism 9 includes a first engagement portion (engagement protrusion) provided in the vicinity of the top portion 32 of the back piece 3 (substantially arcuate outer portion from the top portion 32 of the back piece 3 to the base portion 51 of the first pressing piece 5). ) 9a and a second engagement portion (engagement protrusion) 9b provided near the tip 72 of the operation piece 7.

  In other words, the first engaging portion 9a and the second engaging portion 9b are arranged so as to be substantially opposed to each other at the open position, and are configured to engage with each other at the open position. When in the open position, the second pressing piece 6 is locked to the back piece 3 or the first pressing piece 5 via the operation piece 7.

  The first pressing piece 5 is formed in an arch shape in which the document placing piece 2 side is concave from the base portion 51 through the intermediate portion 53 to the document pressing portion 52. The operation piece 7 is formed in a shape having an arch shape with substantially the same curvature as the first pressing piece 5 from the vicinity of the distal end portion 72 to the base portion 71 through the intermediate portion 73, and the second pressing piece 7 is set to the open position. When the operation piece 7 has an arch-shaped portion, it is configured to overlap the corresponding portion of the first pressing piece 5 with almost no gap.

  When the second pressing piece 6 is set to the open position, the gap GP (see FIG. 2C) between the tip 62 of the second pressing piece 6 and the document placing piece 2 becomes larger than the reference gap GS, and the second pressing piece 6 A portion of the first pressing piece 5 extending from the front end 62 to the document pressing portion 52 of the first pressing piece 5 through the hinge portion 8 is configured to form a substantially smooth document introduction surface 95.

  On the back piece 3 side of the document pressing portion 52 of the first pressing piece 5, a document retaining portion 52a for preventing the document 10 from coming off is provided. The document retaining portion 52 a is configured by a protrusion protruding toward the document placement piece 2 side of the document pressing portion 52.

  The curvature of the curved surface 62a on the back piece 3 side of the distal end portion 62 when the distal end portion 62 of the second pressing piece 6 is configured by a convex curved surface and the second pressed piece 6 is at the closest position (see FIG. 2B) The curvature is smaller than the curvature of the curved surface 62b opposite to the piece 3.

  The document placing piece 2 and the document holder attaching piece 4 are configured to form substantially the same plane. That is, the document holder attaching piece 4 has a substantially rectangular cross section, and includes a base 41, an intermediate portion 43, and an end portion 42 formed continuously from the rear end portion 21 of the document placing piece 2. From the document placing piece 2 to the document holder attaching piece 4, it is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape having substantially the same thickness.

  In this example, the document placing piece 2, the back piece 3, the document holder attached piece 4, the first pressing piece 5, the second pressing piece 6, the operation piece 7, the hinge portion 8, the first engaging portion 9 a, the second piece. The engaging portion 9b is configured to have the same length in the longitudinal direction of the document holder auxiliary tool 1 (Y direction in FIG. 1A). These cross-sectional shapes are the same in the longitudinal direction except that a pair of holder fitting locking holes 44 are formed in appropriate portions of the document holder adherend piece 4 (in this example, a substantially intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction). Is substantially constant.

  The document holder auxiliary tool 1 is obtained, for example, by integrally molding a synthetic resin. Although the method of integral molding is not particularly limited, for example, it can be formed by pultrusion molding. After the pultrusion molding, as shown in FIG. 1A, post-processing is performed such as making a holder metal fitting locking hole 44 or rounding corners (four in this example).

  In this example, each part (the document placing piece 2, the back piece 3, the document holder attaching piece 4, the first pressing piece 5, the second pressing piece 6, and the operation piece 7) has the same thickness ( For example, about 1 mm).

  The thickness of the hinge portion 8 is configured to be thinner (for example, a thickness of about 0.3 mm), and when the hinge portion 8 is elastically bent and deformed, the second portion is centered on the hinge portion 8 as described above. The pressing piece 6 and the operation piece 7 are rotatable with respect to the first pressing piece 5.

  In order to hold the document 10 having a thickness equal to or smaller than the reference gap GS in the document holder auxiliary tool 1, the following may be performed.

  That is, first, the document 10 is placed between the first pressing piece 5 and the document placing plate 2 in a state where the second pressing piece 6 is in the open position shown in FIG. The second pressing piece 6 fixed to the operation piece 7 by rotating in the R2 direction (see FIG. 3) around the hinge portion 8 passes through the closest position shown in FIG. Rotate until.

  In this state, an urging force in the R1 direction is applied to the second pressing piece 6 so as to rotate from the sandwiching position toward the closest approach position. It acts between the leading end 62 and the document 10. Therefore, when the document 10 is pulled out in the X2 direction, the gap between the document placement plate 2 and the tip 62 of the second pressing piece 6 is narrowed as the second pressing piece 6 tries to rotate toward the closest position. Become. For this reason, when the document 10 is pulled out in the X2 direction, a strong force works as if the document 10 is bitten, and the document 10 can be held with a very strong force.

  In order to remove the document 10, the operation piece 7 is rotated in the R1 direction around the hinge portion 8 to return the second pressing piece 6 to the open position through the closest approach position.

  On the other hand, in order to hold the document 10 having a thickness equal to or larger than the reference gap GS in the document holder auxiliary tool 1, the following may be performed.

  That is, first, the document 10 is inserted in the X1 direction (see FIG. 4) between the first pressing piece 5 and the document placing plate 2 with the second pressing piece 6 in the open position shown in FIG. 2C. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, against the elastic restoring force in the P2 direction of the first pressing piece 5 and the back piece 3, The first pressing piece 5 is expanded in the P1 direction by the document 10 itself so that the gap becomes larger than the reference gap GS.

  At this time, the second pressing piece 6 is locked at the open position so as not to obstruct the insertion of the document 10. Alternatively, the document 10 may be inserted while the tip of the second pressing piece 6 in the open position is hooked with a fingertip or the like to widen the gap with the document placing piece 2 in the P1 direction.

  The inserted document 10 is held by a frictional force using an elastic restoring force of the first pressing piece 5 and the back piece 3 in the P2 direction. In this way, the document 10 is sandwiched between the document pressing portion 52 of the first pressing piece 5 and the document placing piece 2 in a state where the second pressing piece 6 is in the open position.

  To remove the document 10, the document 10 is pulled out in the X2 direction against the frictional force.

  As described above, when the document holder auxiliary tool 1 is used, the document can be held even when the thickness of the document 10 is larger than the reference gap GS.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, since the locking mechanism 9 is provided to lock the second pressing piece 6 to the open position when the second pressing piece 6 is set to the open position, the first pressing piece 5 and the document placement are provided. The second pressing piece 6 can be locked at the open position by the locking mechanism 9 before the document 10 is inserted between the plate 2 and the plate 2. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the second pressing piece 6 from interfering with the insertion of the document 10. Therefore, regardless of the thickness of the document 10, that is, whether the thickness of the document is equal to or less than the reference gap GS or exceeds the reference gap GS, the gap between the first pressing piece 5 and the document placement plate 2 is increased. The document 10 can be easily inserted into the document.

  Further, when holding the document 10 having a thickness exceeding the reference gap GS, the second pressing piece 6 that is not directly involved in the holding is locked in the open position, so that the second pressing piece 6 can be rotated unexpectedly. It is possible to prevent the document 10 from dropping and the appearance from becoming complicated.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the thickness of the first pressing piece 5 exceeding the reference gap GS is formed by forming the first pressing piece 5 from the base 51 to the document pressing portion 52 in an arch shape in which the document placing piece 2 side is concave. When the document 10 is held, even if the first pressing piece 5 is pushed and expanded elastically by the document 10, it is possible to suppress the first pressing piece 5 from being deformed to an inverted arch. For this reason, even if the 1st press piece 5 is expanded and elastically deformed, it becomes possible to maintain the press of the document by the document press part 52. FIG.

  In addition, the operation piece 7 is formed in a shape having an arch shape with substantially the same curvature as the first pressing piece 5, and the portion having the arch shape of the operating piece 7 is the first pressing piece when the second pressing piece 5 is in the open position. When the second pressing piece 5 is set to the open position, the operation piece 7 is neatly and compactly accommodated in appearance.

  In addition, the operation piece 7 is overlapped with the first pressing piece 5 with substantially no gap, and both are integrated by being locked by the locking mechanism 9 described above, whereby a document 10 having a thickness exceeding the reference gap GS is obtained. The elastic restoring force in the P2 direction when holding can be increased. For this reason, it becomes possible to hold the document 10 having a thickness exceeding the reference gap GS more reliably.

  In order to release the engagement between the operation piece 7 and the first pressing piece 5 by the locking mechanism 9, it is formed between the distal end portion 72 of the operation piece 7 and the top portion 32 of the back piece 3 shown in FIG. 4. The operation piece 7 may be rotated in the R2 direction around the hinge portion 8 by inserting a fingertip or the like into the gap, but if this is difficult, the longitudinal direction of the document holder auxiliary tool 1 shown in FIG. Both ends 1a and 1b may be held with both hands and twisted in opposite directions.

  Further, in this example, a pair of holder fitting locking holes 44 are provided at appropriate portions of the document holder attaching piece 4. By providing the holder fitting locking hole 44, the document holder auxiliary tool 1 can be bound into a two-hole document holder device (not shown) while the document 10 is being held. However, the size, shape, and number of the holder fitting locking holes 44 and the size and shape of the document holder attaching piece 4 are not particularly limited, and are suitable for the configuration of the document holder device (not shown) to be used. It should just be. Of course, depending on the configuration of the document holder device, it is possible not to provide the holder fitting locking hole 44.

  In this embodiment, the document placing piece 2, the back piece 3, the document holder attaching piece 4, the first pressing piece 5, the second pressing piece 6, the operating piece 7, the hinge portion 8, and the first engaging portion. 9a and the second engaging portion 9b are configured to have the same length in the longitudinal direction of the document holder auxiliary tool 1 (the Y direction in FIG. 1A). Also, it can be configured to be shorter (or longer) than other members.

  Moreover, you may make it form some (for example, 2 pieces) these parts, for example, the document holder adherence piece 4, discontinuously in a longitudinal direction.

  In this embodiment, the document placing piece 2 and the document holder attaching piece 4 are configured to form substantially the same plane, but the positions of the document placing piece 2 and the document holder attaching piece 4 are the same. The relationship and the angle formed by each other are not limited to this. For example, the document placing piece 2 and the document holder attaching piece 4 form a substantially parallel flat surface, or the document placing piece 2 and the document holder attaching piece 4 have a predetermined angle with each other. Can be configured. Further, for example, in the case where a document holder auxiliary tool alone is used for storing documents without using a document holder device, the document holder attachment piece may be omitted.

  In this embodiment, the X-direction dimension of the document placement piece 2 is smaller than the total X-direction dimension of the first pressing piece 5 and the operation piece 7 at the clamping position (position shown in FIG. 3). Although described as an example, the dimension in the X direction of the document placement piece 2 is not limited to this. For example, the X-direction dimension of the document placement piece 2 can be configured to be equal to or greater than the total X-direction dimension of the first pressing piece 5 and the operation piece 7 at the holding position. In this case, the X direction dimension of the document placing piece 2 can be configured to exceed the X direction dimension of the document 10.

  Further, in this embodiment, the case where the document placement piece 2 is configured by a single member has been described as an example, but the configuration of the document placement piece is not limited to this. For example, as the document placement piece, a part or whole of two or more members bonded together can be used. In this case, the materials of the members to be joined may be the same or different.

  Next, a document holder auxiliary tool 101 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  5A is a plan view of the document holder auxiliary tool 101 when a document having a thickness equal to or smaller than the reference gap is held in the document holder auxiliary tool 101, and FIG. 5B is a bottom view thereof. FIG. 5C is an enlarged view of FIG. 5A viewed from the VC.

  The document holder assisting tool 1 described above and the document holder assisting tool 101 differ in the following points. That is, the color and pattern of the document holder assisting tool 1 are not particularly limited. However, in the document holder assisting tool 101, the document placing piece 2 is made of a transparent or translucent material, and the document holder cover At least a part of the dressing piece 4 is made of a material having a color different from that of the document placement piece 2. A portion of the document holder attached piece 4 made of a material having a color different from that of the document placing piece 2 is referred to as a colored portion for convenience.

  With this configuration, for example, as shown in FIG. 5C, when the document 10 is held on the document holder auxiliary tool 1, the document 10 is viewed from the first pressing piece 5 side (the state shown in FIG. 5A). Even when viewed from the mounting piece 2 side (state shown in FIG. 5B), the colored portion 45 can be visually recognized, which is convenient.

  This is for the following reason. When the document 10 is held by the document holder auxiliary tool 1, as shown in FIG. 5C, the document holder auxiliary tool 101 is placed on a plane such as a desk so that the document placement piece 2 side is down. This is because the operation of the operation piece 7 is facilitated by working in such a state.

  Then, when looking at the document 10 held by the document holder auxiliary tool 101, or when binding or removing it from the document holder device (not shown), conversely, the document placement piece 2 side should be up. To do. Since the document placement piece 2 is made of a transparent or translucent material and is in direct contact with the document 10 as shown in FIG. 5C, the document placement piece 2 is viewed from the document placement piece 2 side. This is because the description content of can be seen through the document placement piece 2. In this case, the front side 10a of the document 10 is set to the document placing piece 2 side, and the back side 10b is set to the first pressing piece 5 side.

  In other words, the document 10 can be seen from the first pressing piece 5 side (see FIG. 5A) or the document placement piece 2 side (see FIG. 5B) so that the colored portion 45 can be seen. Even when the holding work is performed, or when the held document 10 is viewed, bound to the document holder device, or removed, the work can be performed while visually confirming the colored portion 45.

  Therefore, if the color of the colored portion 45 is changed for each case of the document 10 to be held, the holding of the document 10 can be performed even when the held document 10 is viewed, bound to the document holder device, or removed. The item of the document 10 can be easily identified by the color of the colored portion 45. That is, it is possible to more easily perform the holding operation of the document 10 for each same case and the operation of binding and taking out the held document 10 from the document holder device.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the colored portion 45 is partially in the middle of the direction (X direction) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the document holder adherend piece 4 and The document holder adherence piece 4 is continuously formed in a linear shape from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction. As shown in FIG. 5C, the colored portions 45 are formed so as to be exposed on both sides of the document holder attached piece 4 in the plate thickness direction (Z direction).

  In this embodiment, the second pressing piece 6 and the operation piece 7 are also made of a material having the same color as the colored portion 45. The hatched portion in FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C indicates a colored portion 45 and a portion made of a material having the same color. With this configuration, when holding the document 10, the holding operation of the document 10 for each same item is further facilitated.

  In this embodiment, the portions other than the hatched portions are made of the same color material (transparent or translucent) as the document placing piece 2.

  The portions other than the hatched portions (including the document placement piece 2) are preferably colorless and transparent, but may be colorless and translucent. Further, it may be colored and transparent or colored and translucent.

  The hatched portion (including the colored portion 45) may have a color different from that of the portion other than the hatched portion (including the document placing piece 2), and may be colored / colorless, transparent / translucent / opaque. It doesn't matter. However, when the portion other than the hatched portion (including the document placement piece 2) is colorless and transparent or colorless and translucent, the hatched portion (including the colored portion 45) is colored transparent or colored translucent, respectively. It is preferable in terms of design.

  The remaining structure of the document holder auxiliary tool 101 is the same as that of the document holder auxiliary tool 1. Moreover, the variations in the document holder assisting tool 1 are also applied to the document holder assisting tool 101 except for those that cannot be applied to the document holder assisting tool 101 due to its nature.

  Although the present invention has been described above as a preferred embodiment, the terminology has been used for description rather than limitation and departs from the scope and spirit of the present invention. Without departing from the scope of the appended claims. Also, while the above describes only some exemplary embodiments of the present invention in detail, those skilled in the art will recognize the exemplary implementations described above without departing from the novel teachings and advantages of the present invention. It will be readily appreciated that many variations in form are possible. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

1: Document holder auxiliary tool 2: Document placement piece 3: Back piece 5: First pressing piece 6: Second pressing piece 10: Document 52: Document pressing part 62: Tip part GS: Reference gap

Patent Applicant Yamamoto ▲ Yoshihiro Hiroshi Applicant Agent Patent Attorney Koichi Tagawa

Claims (8)

A document placement piece for placing a document;
A back piece erected from the vicinity of the rear end of the document placement piece;
A first pressing piece formed so as to face the document placement piece with a gap from the vicinity of the top of the back piece, and a base portion coupled to the back piece and a document pressing portion for pressing the document A first pressing piece configured such that a reference gap that is a gap between the document pressing portion and the document placing piece is smaller than a gap between the base portion and the document placing piece;
A second pressing piece rotatably supported by the first pressing piece, the tip of which is closest to the document placement piece, and is rotated from the closest position to the back piece side to place the document. A holding position for holding the document between the holding piece and an open position where the document is not pinched by rotating from the closest position to the opposite side of the back piece, and from the holding position to the closest position. A second pressing piece biased to rotate,
An operation piece fixedly coupled to the second pressing piece for rotating the second pressing piece;
With
The back piece and the first pressing piece are made of an elastic material, and a document having a thickness equal to or smaller than the reference gap is sandwiched between the tip of the second pressing piece in the holding position and the document placing piece, The document having a thickness exceeding the reference gap is configured to be sandwiched between the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece and the document placing piece in a state where the second pressing piece is in the open position.
Document holder auxiliary tool. The document holder auxiliary tool according to claim 1,
Providing a locking mechanism for locking the second pressing piece to the open position when the second pressing piece is set to the open position;
It is characterized by. The document holder auxiliary tool according to claim 1,
The first pressing piece is formed in an arch shape in which the document placing piece side is concave from the base portion to the document pressing portion,
When the operating piece is formed into a shape having an arch shape with substantially the same curvature as the first pressing piece, and the second pressing piece is in the open position, the portion having the arch shape of the operating piece overlaps the first pressing piece with almost no gap. Configured as
It is characterized by. The document holder auxiliary tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
When the second pressing piece is in the open position, the gap between the tip of the second pressing piece and the document placing piece is larger than the reference gap, and the document of the first pressing piece extends from the tip of the second pressing piece. It is configured to form a substantially smooth document introduction surface over the pressing part,
A document retaining portion for preventing the document from being pulled out on the back side of the document pressing portion of the first pressing piece;
It is characterized by. The document holder auxiliary tool according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The curvature of the curved surface on the back piece side of the distal end portion when the distal end portion of the second pressing piece is configured by a convex curved surface and the second pressing piece is at the closest position is smaller than the curvature of the curved surface on the side opposite to the back piece. What
It is characterized by. The document holder auxiliary tool according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
It was equipped with a document holder attachment piece erected in the direction opposite to the document placement piece from the back piece,
It is characterized by. The document holder auxiliary tool according to claim 6,
The document placing piece and the document holder attaching piece are configured to form substantially the same plane,
It is characterized by. The document holder auxiliary tool according to any one of claims 6 to 7,
The document placement piece is made of a transparent or translucent material,
That at least a part of the document holder attachment piece is made of a material having a color different from that of the document placement piece;
It is characterized by.

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