JPH0321208A - Document stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To hold documents having a relatively thin thickness by providing a coupling means for coupling a holding member and a document support member so as to stand the document support member in an inclined posture. CONSTITUTION:A holding plate 24 is rotated about a hinge 22 to a position where it is laid on an extension of a document loading plate 12, and a document support plate 16 is also rotated about a hinge 14 to a position where it is laid substantially in parallel with the document loading plate 12. Accordingly, the overall thickness of the document stand 10 which is in a folded condition becomes thin so that it can be easily handled. Documents P set on a friction member 18 are supported by the document support plate 16 in an inclined posture. Even though the thickness of the documents P is thin, the dead weight of the document P is mainly born by the document support plate 16, and accordingly, the component of the dead weight of the documents P along the surface of the documents P, that is, the force which is given by the dead weight of the documents P at a standing angle is extremely small so that the documents P never buckle. Further, since theses documents P abut against the friction member 18 so as to produce a friction force at the lower end part, the documents P never slip on the friction member 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document stand for holding documents such as books, magazines, catalogs, etc. in an upright position.

[Conventional technology]

Bookends have traditionally been used to hold documents such as books and catalogs in an upright position.

This bookend has a supporting member vertically erected from a horizontally installed board, and is designed to hold a book or the like in a vertical position.

In this way, conventional bookends are convenient for holding documents vertically, but they are useful for holding documents vertically, such as magazines with loose covers or relatively thin documents such as catalogs and leaflets with a small number of pages. If you try to do this, these documents will buckle under their own weight, bending the upper and lower intermediate parts, and causing distortion. These distorted documents become impossible to straighten after a long period of time.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned facts, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document rack that can store even relatively thin documents in an upright position.

[Means to solve the problem]

The document stand according to the present invention includes a document placement member in which a friction portion is provided in the document placement portion, a document support member erected at an intermediate portion of the document placement member, and an end portion of the document placement member. The present invention is characterized in that it has a holding member that stands upright from above and comes into contact with the document support member, and a connecting means that connects the holding member and the document support member to stand the document holding member in an inclined state.

For this reason, in the present invention, the document support member is erected in an inclined state from the document placement member, and supports the document placed on the document placement member in an inclined manner. Therefore, even if the document is relatively thin, its own weight acts not only in the vertical direction but also in the horizontal direction, and the document's own weight in the horizontal direction is reliably supported by the inclined document support member. As a result, even if the document is thin, its own weight acting in the direction along the surface of the document is reduced, thereby eliminating buckling of the document and ensuring that the thin document is supported in an inclined state. Since the supported document's own weight acts horizontally as well, the lower end of the document holder tends to move horizontally, but since the document holder is equipped with a friction section, this upright position is prevented. It is possible to prevent documents in a state from slipping at the lower edge.

[Embodiments of the invention]

1 to 3 show a document rack according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Each part of this document stand 10 is made of laminated resin or resin, and a document placement plate 12 is installed horizontally on the top surface of a table (not shown) or the like. One end of a document support plate 16 is pivotally supported by a hinge 14 approximately in the middle of this document placement plate 12 . The document placement plate l2 has one side serving as a document placement portion centered around the connecting portion of the document support plate 16, and a friction member 18 on the surface.
is given, and the horizontal movement of the document P to be erected is
I! It is designed to be stopped by frictional force.

The friction member 18 may be made of a relatively highly elastic material such as rubber or soft plastic, or hard plastic, metal, wood, or the like. In either case, in order to prevent the document P from slipping on the friction member 18, a minute groove, for example 0. It is preferable to provide about 2 to 20 grooves/10 mm with a depth of about 1 to 3 mm. Alternatively, unevenness of the same degree as this may be provided.

The document placement plate l2 has a hinge 2 at the opposite end of the friction member l8.
One end of the holding plate 24 is pivotally supported via 2. The tip of the holding plate 24 comes into contact with a stopper 26 fixed to the rear surface of the intermediate portion of the document supporting plate 16 and serving as a connecting means. This stopper 26 has a block shape and has the role of substantially increasing the thickness of a part of the document support plate 16, and the tip of the holding plate 24 is connected to the stopper 26.
6 to support the document P and maintain the standing angle of the document support plate 16 even when the weight of the document P and the weight of the document support plate 16 are applied to the document support surface, which is one side of the document support plate 16. It is supposed to be done.

Next, the operation of this first embodiment will be explained.

In FIG. 3, this document stand 10 is in a folded state. That is, the holding plate 24 is rotated about the hinge 22 and placed on an extension of the document placement plate 12, and the document support plate 16 is also rotated about the hinge 14 and placed substantially parallel to the document placement plate 12. There is.

For this reason, the document stand 10 in its folded state has a thin overall thickness, making it convenient to carry.

During assembly, the document support plate 16 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 26, the assembly state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be achieved.

The document P placed on the friction member l8 is supported in an inclined state by the document support plate 16. Therefore, even if the thickness of the document P is thin, the weight of the document P is mainly due to the document support plate 1.
6, so the direction along the surface of this document P,
That is, the dead weight that acts on the document support plate 16 at its upright angle is extremely small, so that the document P does not buckle.

Further, since the document P comes into contact with the friction member l8 and generates a friction force at the lower end, the document P does not slip on the friction member 18.

The vertical angle θ of the document support plate 16 with respect to the document placement plate 12 is preferably between 30 degrees and 80 degrees, particularly between 50 degrees and 70 degrees.

Also, as shown in FIG.
The protrusion length L from the document support plate 16 is made to protrude further than the length M from the hinge 14 of the perpendicular line drawn down from the 1/2 height part of the document support plate 16. Even when the IP is supported, the document stand 10 can be prevented from inadvertently falling to the right in FIG.

Next, FIGS. 4 to 6 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
2 is formed from a single thin plate made of laminated resin. That is, centering on the integral hinge 34, which is a deformable thin wall portion formed at the longitudinal center of the thin plate material, one side is the document placement plate 12, and the other side is the document support plate 16. 16 is pivoted about this integral hinge 34 with respect to the document placement plate 12 so that it can be erected as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

A pair of through slits 36 and 38 are formed in the center of the document support plate 16 substantially perpendicular to the integral hinge 34, and the portion between these slits 36 and 38 is formed on the document placement plate 12.
An extension part 42 is formed by extending a part of the part. This extension part 42 has an integral hinge 3 between it and the document placement plate 12.
4, and cannot be deformed relative to the document placement plate 12.

Further, the tips of the slits 36 and 38 are connected to a substantially rectangular through-slit 44, forming a retaining plate 24 connected to an extension 42 at the center of the document support plate l6. An integral hinge 46 similar to the integral hinge 34 is formed at the connecting portion between the holding plate 24 and the extension portion 42, and the holding plate 24 is connected to the extension portion 42 and the document placement plate 12 by this integral hinge. It is rotatable around 46.

Further, a substantially U-shaped through slit 48 is formed near both sides of the document support plate 16, and the inside thereof serves as a stopper 52. An integral hinge 54 similar to the integral hinges 34 and 46 is formed at the connecting portion between the stopper 52 and the document support plate 16, and the stopper 52 is connected to the document support plate 16.
It can be rotated against.

Similarly, the frictional force with the document P is increased by providing minute irregularities or narrow grooves perpendicular to the sliding direction of the document on the surface of the friction member 18 on the surface of the document placement plate 12.

When using this second embodiment, the document support plate 16 is erected with respect to the document placement plate 12 with the integral hinge 34 as the center, and the holding plate 24 is similarly placed on the extension portion 4.
2. The integral hinge 46 is erected on the document placement plate 12, and the tip of the holding plate 24 is engaged with the stopper 52 protruding from the document support plate 16.

As a result, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the document support plate 16
is held in an upright position with respect to the document placement plate 12, and the document P can be held in an inclined position as in the previous embodiment.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention has the above structure, it has an excellent effect that even thin documents can be stood upright without buckling.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a perspective view showing a document stand according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the document stand in FIG. 1, and FIG.
4 is a perspective view of the document stand according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing the folded state of the document stand shown in FIG.
-V line sectional view and FIG. 6 are perspective views showing the document stand of the second embodiment in a folded state. P...Document, IO...Document stand, 12...Document placement rack, 14...Hinge, 16...Document support plate, 22...Hinge, 24...Holding plate, 26 ...Stopper 32...Document stand, 34...Integral hinge, 46...Integral hinge, 52...Stopper.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A document placement member in which a friction portion is provided in the document placement portion, a document support member erected from an intermediate portion of the document placement member, and a document support member erected from an end of the document placement member. A document stand comprising: a holding member that comes into contact with the document supporting member; and a connecting means that connects the holding member and the document supporting member to stand the document supporting member in an inclined state. (2) Claim (1), wherein the end of the document support member on which the holding member is erected projects further than a perpendicular line drawn from 1/2 of the height of the document support member in the erect state. Document stand listed. (3) The document stand according to claim (1), wherein the document placement member is pivotally supported by the document support member so as to be able to change an angle thereof.