JPH0778401B2 - Scale holder - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a scale holder for holding a scale used for length measurement and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a scale used for measuring a length, a tape measure made of a flexible material and housed in a plastic case is generally used.

Since a scale of this kind is frequently required during work, a leather case with a lid is conventionally used for convenience of carrying the scale.

In this type of case with a lid, an operator attaches the scale to the belt, and the scale is stored in the case, and the lid of the case is originally closed and carried.

[0005]

However, since workers often wear work gloves during work, it is difficult to put the scale in and out of the case while opening and closing the case lid. Workability is impaired by attaching and detaching, so some people carry it around without closing the lid.

However, when carrying the scale in the case without closing the lid in this way, the scale may slightly come in and out, but the scale may be accidentally dropped from the case.

The present invention has been made under these circumstances, and the scale can be reliably and easily put in and taken out even with gloves on, and the scale does not fall off accidentally. The purpose is to provide a holder for use.

[0008]

In order to achieve this object, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a substrate portion is held vertically by a belt of clothes, and a restraint member is extended from the substrate portion to extend the substrate. A scale holder in which a storage space surrounded by the restraint member is formed outside the central portion of the portion, and the restraint members are separately installed on both sides of the substrate portion, and each of the restraint members has A side wall portion vertically erected along both side edge portions of the substrate portion, and extending from the lower end portion of each side wall portion to the other side wall portion side along the lower edge portion of the substrate portion. A bottom wall portion and an outer wall portion extending substantially parallel to the substrate portion from the outer edge portion of each side wall portion toward the other side wall portion are provided to form the storage space inside these, In addition, the scale stored in the storage space is placed inside the peripheral wall of the storage space. And having a pressing spring for pressing the.

[0009]

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, the restraint members extending from the base plate portion of the scale holder are separated so as to face each other at the positions of both side edges in the front-back direction of the base plate portion. The restraint member is provided with a side wall portion, a bottom wall portion, and an outer wall portion.

Therefore, when the scale held in the storage space formed on the outer side of the base plate portion by the restraint member is taken in and out, the center portion of the scale can be grasped and even when the gloves are worn. The operation is easy and reliable.

In this scale holder, since the scale accommodated in the storage space surrounded by the restraining member is pressed against the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the storage space by the pressing spring, the gloves are worn as described above. It is possible to reliably prevent the scale from falling out of the holder without impairing the operability of putting in and out the scale as it is.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

In the figure, S is a scale, H is a holder,
B is a clothing belt. In addition, in FIG. 1, an arrow F indicates the front of the worker.

The scale S is, for example, a tape measure having a total length of 5.5 m and is housed in a plastic case so as to be drawn out.

The holder H has a substrate portion 1 and restraining members 2 and 3 formed separately on both sides of the substrate portion 1.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the board portion 1 has a double structure including a board body 4 and a back plate 5 attached to the back surface of the board body 4. Spacers 6 and 7 are arranged above and below between the backing plate 4 and the back plate 5, and a belt insertion hole 8 penetrating the substrate portion 1 to the left and right is formed between them.

The belt insertion hole 8 is used for the worker to attach the holder H to the body by inserting the belt B of the clothes, and the holder H is used for the substrate portion 1.
Can be worn vertically and firmly on the body along the belt B.

In addition, a hanging hole 22 is formed in the upper part of the back plate 5 so that when the holder H is not used, a hook installed on a wall or the like can be engaged with the hook to store it. It has become. Regarding the substrate portion 1 of the holder H, reference numeral 21 is a slip stopper.

On the surface of the substrate body 4, as shown in FIG. 5, a locking member plate member 11 having a locking member to be described later is fixed, and the locking member plate member 11 is provided outside the locking member plate member 11. A frame body 12 that is positioned and has integrally formed restraint members 2 and 3 is fixed to both sides.

The frame body 12 has an inner wall portion 13 arranged and fixed along the surface of the plate member 11 for the locking portion on the side of the substrate body 4. A notch is formed in the ridge, and a narrow connecting portion 14 is formed in the vertical direction (FIG. 1).

The connecting portion 14 engages with the clip 16 of the scale S, as will be described later, and as shown in a cross section in FIG. The side surface is formed as a curved surface protruding in the vertical direction.

Restraining members 2 and 3 are formed on both side edges of the inner wall portion 13.

These restraint members 2 and 3 are provided with side wall portions 2a and 3a, bottom wall portions 2b and 3b, and outer wall portions 2c and 3 respectively.
An accommodating space 1 for accommodating the scale S exactly between the restraint members 2 and 3 and the inner wall portion 13 fixed to the front surface side of the substrate portion 1, which integrally has c.
5 is formed.

Side wall portions 2a, 3a of the restraining members 2, 3
Is erected substantially vertically from the surface of the inner wall portion 13 at both side edge portions of the inner wall portion 13 and restrains both sides of the scale S stored in the storage space 15.

The bottom wall portions 2b and 3b extend from the side wall portions 2a and 3a along the outer shape of the substrate portion 1 at a right angle, and are integrally formed with the lower end portion of the inner wall portion 13. Has been done.

These bottom wall portions 2b and 3b support the lower portion of the scale S stored in the storage space 15 from both sides and prevent the scale S from falling.

The outer wall portions 2c and 3c are the side wall portion 2
a, 3a and the bottom wall portions 2b, 3b are formed by being bent in parallel with the inner wall portion 13 at the outer edge portions thereof, and restrain the outer sides of both side portions of the scale S stored in the storage space 15. is there.

Therefore, the scale S housed in the housing space 15 surrounded by the restraining members 2 and 3 and the substrate portion 1 is held by the holder H without being undesirably dropped.

Further, in this embodiment, in order to further securely hold the scale S by the holder H, the following holding structure is provided.

That is, the scale S of this embodiment has a clip 16 formed by bending a leaf spring on the back surface thereof.

On the other hand, the connecting portion 14 of the frame 12 is formed to be slightly larger than the width of the clip 16, and the connecting portion 1 is formed on the surface of the plate member 11 for the engaging portion.
4 is formed with a groove 17 including the portion on the lower surface side and extending substantially vertically with the width of the connecting portion 14, and the groove bottom of the groove 17 is formed with appropriate irregularities.

Therefore, when the clip 16 is stored toward the base plate 1 side when the scale S is stored in the storage space 15, the clip 16 on the back side of the scale S is stored.
While being guided by the groove 17 to be hooked on the connecting portion 14, the tip end of the clip 16 is engaged with the locking projection 18 formed on the groove bottom to prevent the scale S from easily falling off.

In particular, the clip 1 to the locking projection 18
The engagement of 6 prevents rattling of the scale S in the holder H in the vertical direction.

When the scale S is stored, the clip 16 is located in the storage space 15 in a slightly compressed and deformed state. As a result, the scale S is pressed against the inner surfaces of the outer wall portions 2c and 3c as described above, and the scale S in the storage space 15 does not rattle, the worker can comfortably work, and the scale S falls off the holder H. There is nothing to do.

When the scale S is taken out from the storage space 15, the flexibility of the clip 16 causes the clip 16 to bend, so that the engagement between the tip portion and the locking projection 18 is released, and the scale S is taken out freely. be able to.

The holder H of this embodiment is for a right-handed person, and normally this holder H is used by a right-handed person while being worn on the belt B on the right-hand side.

In this embodiment, the holder H at that time is
The following consideration is made to facilitate the operation of taking in and out the scale S from.

That is, in this embodiment, the upper end position of the side wall portion 2a of the restraint member 2 located on the rear side is set lower than the upper end position of the side wall portion 3a of the restraint member 3 located on the front side.

Therefore, the side wall portion 3a of the front restraint member 3 is
Using the inner surface of the as a guide surface when storing the scale S,
The scale S can be smoothly guided to the storage space 15 and securely stored when the insertion operation is performed obliquely from the rear.

Further, since the upper end position of the rear restraint member 2 is lower than that of the front restraint member 3, even if the scale S is lifted obliquely upward and backward when the scale S is taken out, the storage space 15 It can be taken out from the door, and it is easy to take out with your right hand.

Further, since the side wall portion 3a and the outer wall portion 3c of the front restraint member 3 are formed large, the scale S stored in the storage space 15 is reliably held, and the rear restraint member 2 is correspondingly retained. It is possible to make the side wall portion 2a and the outer wall portion 2c small, which makes it possible to further facilitate the above-mentioned operation of taking in and out.

As described above, in the holder H of this embodiment, the restraining members 2 and 3 are separately installed so as to face each other at the both side edge portions of the substrate portion 1, so that the slip stopper 21 is provided. The scale S in the storage space 15 can be grasped in the palm of the hand by attaching the thumb to the user's thumb and extending the other fingers downward to grasp the scale S even when the gloves are worn. The operation is easy and reliable.

Since the scale S in the storage space 15 of the holder H is pressed by the clip 16 toward the inner surfaces of the outer wall portions 2c and 3c, there is no rattling or undesired detachment.
As described above, the operability of taking in and out the scale S with the gloves attached is not impaired.

Although the clip 16 provided on the scale S is a pressing spring for pressing the scale S in the embodiment described above, the clip 16 of the scale S is used in the present application.
Can be omitted, and the pressing spring can be provided on the holder H side, and the inner peripheral wall surface of the storage space 15 in which the scale S is to be pressed is limited to the inner side surfaces of the outer wall portions 2c and 3c as in the above embodiment. Needless to say, the direction may be set appropriately.

[0045]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the restraint member extending from the base plate portion of the scale holder is located at both side edges of the base plate portion in the front-rear direction. They are separately installed so as to face each other, and a side wall portion, a bottom wall portion, and an outer wall portion are installed on each restraint member.

Therefore, when the scale held in the storage space formed on the outer side of the base plate portion by the restraining member is taken in and out, the center portion of the scale can be grasped and even when the gloves are worn. The operation is easy and reliable.

In this scale holder, since the scale housed in the storage space surrounded by the restraining member is pressed against the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the storage space by the pressing spring, the gloves are worn as described above. It is possible to reliably prevent the scale from falling out of the holder without impairing the operability of putting in and out the scale as it is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a scale holder.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a scale holder.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the scale holder.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the scale holder.

FIG. 5 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the scale holder.

[Explanation of symbols]

 B belt H holder S scale 1 substrate part 2,3 restraining member 2a, 3a side wall parts 2b, 3b bottom wall parts 2c, 3c outer wall part 8 belt insertion hole 15 storage space 16 clip (pressing spring)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The substrate portion is vertically held by a clothing belt,
A scale holder in which a restraint member is extended from the substrate portion to form a storage space surrounded by the restraint member outside the central portion of the substrate portion, wherein the restraint member is separated into both side portions of the substrate portion. In addition, each of the restraint members is provided with a side wall portion vertically installed along both side edge portions of the board portion, and from the lower end portion of each side wall portion to the lower edge portion of the board portion. A bottom wall portion that extends along the other side wall portion side, and an outer wall portion that extends substantially parallel to the substrate portion from the outer edge portion of each side wall portion toward the other side wall portion side. A holder for a scale, wherein the scale holder is provided with the storage space formed inside of the storage space, and a pressing spring for pressing the scale stored in the storage space against an inner surface of a peripheral wall of the storage space.