JP2010069894A - Snow guard device for dropping roof snow except to front side of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem wherein, during the driving of an automobile, a fall of snow piled up on a roof to a windshield hinders vision and is dangerous. <P>SOLUTION: A snow guard device having two substantially vertical surfaces 4, which extend from the left and right ends of the device to the center thereof and form a vertex 3 projecting rearward of the vehicle, is attached to a front part of the roof of the automobile along an upper edge of its windshield, so that the vertex 3 between the surfaces 4 causes the snow stopped on the rear side of the device to slide down as if it escaped from a higher side at the apex of a triangle to its lower exterior-angle sides, thereby preventing the fall of the snow to the front side of the vehicle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a device attached to a roof portion of an automobile.

  In a conventional car, if you are driving without removing the snow covered in the park while you are parked outdoors or the snow covered in the snow while driving, it will fall on the windshield and obstruct the field of view or damage the wiper It was dangerous.

  In order to stop the snow that is about to fall on the windshield side, a device that directly attaches something that acts as a kite to the roof has been devised, but if you just stop it, the accumulated snow will eventually collapse, cross over the kite and the front It also falls on the glass side.

In cold regions, the roof of the car was cold, so the snow froze and could not be removed cleanly, and the falling snow piled up.
JP 2008-94338 A

In snowy areas, when you park your car outdoors, you can drive the snow without enough time because there is no time, no tools to get rid of, and the snow falls on the windshield and you see Will be in a dangerous state.

  Even if you try to prevent the snow from falling to the windshield and drop it to the other side, in cold areas where the temperature is low and the snow freezes on the roof, it may not function effectively even if you install a device to stop the snow. is there.

  In order to solve the above-described object, as a feature of the snow stop device of the present invention, the main body has a triangular prism shape having a triangle parallel to the bottom surface and the top surface, and the side surface is provided, so that the snow is provided on the side surface portion. After stopping at, it flowed from the apex of the triangle in the direction of the left and right outer corners, and could be dropped to escape.

  The snow stop device of the present invention, which is attached to the roof along the upper edge of the windshield, hooks the arm provided with hooks to the edge portions of the left and right roofs, and the arm provided with the nut provided in the snow stop device, It is easy to attach and detach because it is connected by bolts and fixed so that it pulls from the left and right, and if you change the position of the arm fixed to the main body, you can make subtle adjustments, and the attached main body for extension between the two divided main bodies If the two are connected, the width can be changed greatly, and it can be handled regardless of the vehicle type.

    By incorporating a heating element in the side surface portion of the snow stop device of the present invention and the roof portion of the automobile, the frozen snow in the cold region can be gradually melted and slid and dropped.

  As described above, according to the present invention, if a little snow is piled up on the roof, the snow can be prevented from falling to the windshield side by the wall surface during traveling without being dropped, as shown in FIG. It could be dropped little by little to the left and right sides or back.

  Even when it was frozen below freezing, even snow that couldn't be removed easily melted away with the built-in heating element and slipped off as described above, making it possible to drive comfortably.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  Since it is a device provided on the roof of an automobile to which the weight of snow is applied, it must be lightweight and have a low air resistance as shown in FIGS.

  Regardless of the vehicle type, the width and shape of the roof can be adjusted by adjusting bolts, arms, connecting plates, etc., and flexible plastic materials that are resistant to snow and resistant to some heat are selected. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the snow stop device main body (1) is divided into halves, and the left and right sides of the main body (1) formed by integrating the connecting plate (12) with screws (13) are fixed with screws (13). A snow stop device comprising an arm (10) provided with a nut (11) and an arm (6) provided with a hook (7) hooked on the edge of the roof, connected by bolts (9), respectively. It is.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, an embodiment of the device that can stop the snow piled up on the roof according to the present invention from falling to the front side and drop it to the side or rear part will be described.
1 and 2 are perspective views when mounted on an automobile. The main body is fixed by an arm provided with hooks on both sides, and a side surface (4) having a height of about 6 cm prevents snow falling to the front side. , It gradually drops to the left and right sides and the rear side by the protruding part of the vertex (3).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the snow is prevented from falling to the front side by the side surface (4) of the snow stop device attached to the roof, and the snow stopped gradually by the structure given the apex (3). As shown in (16), it could be dropped to escape to the side and rear. A rubber shock absorber (14) is applied to the bottom of the snow stop to prevent scratches on the painted parts of the car due to slight movement of the body due to the weight of snow and vibration of the car. It is.

  The snow stop device of the present invention can be fitted to a wide roof of a large vehicle by attaching the extension accessory main body (2) between the two main bodies.

  As shown in Fig. 8, the width of the main body can be finely adjusted by changing the fixing position of the arm with the nut fixed to the main body from the position of the main body (1) to (1 '). Easy to do.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in an industrial field in which automobile parts used in snowy areas are manufactured and sold.

It is the perspective view from the front which attached the snow stopper to the roof of the motor vehicle. It is the perspective view from the upper back which showed the direction where snow falls with the arrow. It is a side view of only the snow stop apparatus main body which gave the shock absorber. It is a perspective view from the side of only the snow stop apparatus main body which attached the shock absorber. It is a bottom view of the snow stop device integrated with accessories. It is a rear view of the snow stop device integrated with accessories. FIG. 5 is a side view of only one side of parts on the left and right sides of a nut, a bolt, and a screw that are connected to an arm provided with a hook for attaching a snow stop device main body. It is a side view of only the one side on the right and left which shows a mode that the arm which gave the nut attached with the screw to the snow stop apparatus main body, and the arm which gave the hook are connected with a nut. It is a perspective view of the roof part of the motor vehicle which incorporated the heat generating body, and the side part of a snow stopper.

Explanation of symbols

1. 1. Snow stop device body 2. Extension main body 3. Vertex in the middle of the body 4. Side surface of the snow stop device applied to the snow stop device 5. Height of snow stop body 6. Arms with hooks that hook on both sides of the roof 7. Hooks given to the arms that hook on both sides of the roof 8. Hole for the bolt to pass through the arm provided with the hook. 9. Bolt for connecting the arm provided with the hook and the arm provided with the nut. 10. Arm with nuts to connect the hook to the given arm 11. Nut on the arm attached to the snow stop body 12. Connection plate for connecting the divided main bodies. Screws for fixing the arm and connecting plate to the main body (A to L are the same screws for fixing, and A ′ to D ′ indicate left and right contrasts.)
14 15. Shock absorber for preventing damage to the roof, etc. Hole for screw to fix arm with nut to snow stop body.16. 18. An arrow indicating the flow of falling snow stopped by the snow stop device. 18. Heating element built in the side surface of the snow stop device body. A heating element built in the roof of an automobile

Claims (4)

  An object with a slender wall surface that extends from side to side on the left and right sides of the roof of an automobile, and has a structure with protrusions from both sides to the center as a feature of the wall surface, and it is attached along the edge of the windshield top It is a snow stop device.   The snow stop device of the present invention is attached by hooking an arm provided with a hook to the edge portions of the left and right roofs, and attaching nuts provided on the left and right sides of the snow stop device body divided into two parts integrated with it. It is a snow stop device that is connected to a given arm with bolts and fixed so as to attract from the left and right.   Medium-sized cars can be finely adjusted by changing the fixing position of the arm provided on the main body, and for large cars, the attached main body for extension between two main bodies integrated with a connecting plate It is a snow stop device that can greatly change the overall width by connecting the two, and can be easily mounted regardless of the type of vehicle.   In cold regions, there are days when snow falls below zero all day, and even if a snow stop device is attached to the roof, the snow freezes and the effect cannot be obtained, so melting the snow by incorporating a heating element on the wall that stops the snow on the rear side It can be made to function.