JPH05262096A - Letter clip storage and retrieval device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention relates to a device for storing and taking out a letter clip, and an object thereof is to make it possible to easily take out the clip without using a magnet. A device for storing and taking out a letter clip, which has a bottom and an inner storage space and has an outlet on the upper side of the storage space, wherein a guide, particularly a column, is fixed to the upper side of the bottom. The container portion is movably supported on the pillar so as to be movable obliquely or vertically upward.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a letter clip storage and retrieval device having a bottom and an internal storage space and having an outlet on the upper side of the storage space.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is known to fix a magnet near the outlet of a container wall so that the letter clip can be easily taken out from a letter clip container placed on a writing disc. It adheres to the area of the outlet and can be easily pinched by hand. This type of magnet first magnetizes the letter clip so that when one ejects a clip, one clip is often needed while the other clip is ejected together. Furthermore, magnets of this kind are dangerous to magnetic data carriers such as diskettes and tapes used in computers.

[0003]

The object of the present invention is to improve a device of the kind mentioned at the outset such that the clip can be easily removed without the use of a magnet with a simple construction. is there.

[0004]

This problem is solved by the present invention with the following structure. A guide, in particular a column, is fixed to the upper side of the bottom, on which the container part is mounted so that it can be moved obliquely or vertically upwards, the container part accommodating a clip in its internal space and above it. An upper side of the guide or the pillar is located in or below the outlet in a non-operating state, and the floor of the container portion is at a height above the guide or the pillar when the container portion is lifted. It is located slightly higher than the upper side.

[0005]

The clip dispenser of this kind has no magnet and nevertheless allows easy removal of the clip. This is because the clip is moved to the guide, especially to the upper side of the pillar, simply by moving the upper container part upward.
This is because they can be easily taken out one by one by hand. In that case, the device has a simple structure and high functional reliability. It is also possible to reduce the outer dimensions.

Particularly preferably, a cutout, in particular an opening, is formed in the lower floor, and a guide, in particular a column, extends through the opening, the opening having approximately the same size as the cross-sectional shape of the column. This results in a device having a particularly symmetrical cross section, in particular a rotationally symmetrical structure.

Particularly preferably, the opening in the floor of the container part forms a wall which slides on the outside of the guide or column. Preferably, the cross section of the bottom opening of the container part and the guide or column is square, elliptical or circular.

A particularly reliable and simple movement of the clip from the internal storage space to the upper side of the guide or column is obtained when the upper side of the floor of the container part is descending towards the opening.

In order to ensure that the container part is not completely pulled out of the lower part, at least one projection projects into the opening in the floor of the container part, which is located in the longitudinal groove formed in the outer wall of the guide or column. It is proposed to be inserted, in which case the flutes at the upper ends of the guides or posts are closed. Particularly preferably, the container part forms a coaxial annular space around the guide or the post.

Refilling, removing, and ensuring storage of clips on the top of guides or posts is
The height of the guide or pillar (HS) is the height of the container (H
Achieved if less than B).

Particularly preferably, the outer edges of the bottom of the device fixed to the guides or columns correspond in shape and cross-section to the outside of the container part. Also preferably, the bottom of the device is integrally formed from plastic with the guides or posts. Alternatively, the container portion may be integrally formed of plastic. More preferably, guides or columns are formed rotationally symmetrically and are arranged coaxially with the container part and the bottom.

Two embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings and will be explained in more detail below.

[0013]

The device is provided with a lower part 1 forming a bottom 2,
The device can rest this bottom on a riding table. Provided on the upper side 3 of the horizontal bottom 2 is a guide (guide part) 4, which in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is formed as a vertical post. However, the guide 4 may be slanted, that is, may project from the bottom 2 at an angle different from 90 degrees. The guides or columns 4 have a round, oval or rectangular cross section.

The upper side 5 of the guide or post 4 is flat and horizontal in the embodiment shown in FIGS. However, it is also possible for this upper side to be slightly beveled and / or concave, as shown in the embodiment according to FIG.

An upper container part 6 is axially slidably mounted on the guides or columns 4 so as to be slidable upward.
Since it surrounds the guides or columns 4 with a certain distance, an internal space 8 is formed which accommodates the letter clips. The internal space 8 is a rotationally symmetric annular space when the guide or the pillar 4 and the outer wall 7 are rotationally symmetric.

At the upper end of the outer wall 7 of the container part 6 is provided an inwardly curved wall region 9 surrounding the outlet 10, in which case the diameter of the outlet 10 is greater than the diameter of the guide or column 4. large.

Floor 1 inside container part 6 or interior space 8
1 is formed on the inside of the wall 7 and descends obliquely from the outside to the inside so that when the container part 6 is lifted, the clip slides down on the upper side 5 as shown in FIG.
Both the outer edge and the inner edge of the container floor 11 are provided at a distance from the lower side of the container portion 6, in which case the inner bush portion 12 is located below the lower edge of the container floor 11. The bush section has a cross section corresponding to the cross section of the guide or column 4 and its inner diameter is only slightly larger than the outer diameter of the guide or column.
2 guides the container part 6 on guides or columns 4.

At the lower end of the bushing 12, a projection 13 projects inward, which is inserted in a longitudinal groove 14 formed on the outside of the guide or post 4, in which case the vertical groove 14 Since the upper side 5 is not completely reached and the upper side is closed, the projection 13 abuts the groove end wall 15 when the container part 6 is moved to the uppermost position shown in FIG.

The height HB of the container portion 6 depends on the guide or column 4.
Since the height is slightly larger than the height HS, the outlet 10 is located higher than the upper side 5. This ensures that the clip on the upper side of the post 5 can first easily reach the interior space again, while at the same time not accidentally spilling out of the container.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 3 has almost all the features of the embodiment shown in FIGS. However, this embodiment is different in that the container part 6 and / or the inner space 8 is not enclosed around the guide 4 but is arranged only on the 1, 2 or 3 side with respect to the guide. There is. The side of the upper side 5 opposite the container portion is slightly raised, which ensures that the clip does not fall from the upper side onto the writing dehsk. Another embodiment, not shown, is in particular that the guides or posts 4 and / or the container part 6 are arranged obliquely, so that, for example, the longitudinal axis or the axis of rotation is at right angles to the bottom bottom or the lighting dehesque surface. The disappearance is different from FIGS. 1 to 3.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the first embodiment with the container portion not lifted.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 with a container portion lifted.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the second embodiment with the container portion not lifted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... bottom 3 ... bottom upper side 4 ... guide or pillar 5 ... guide or pillar upper side 6 ... container portion 8 ... internal space 11 ... floor 12 ... wall 13 ... protrusion

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A letter clip storage and retrieval device having a bottom and an internal storage space, wherein an outlet (10) is provided on the upper side of the storage space (8), the upper side of the bottom (2). A guide, especially a pillar (4), is fixed to (3), and a container portion (6) is movably supported on the pillar so as to be movable obliquely or vertically upward, and the container portion (6) is inside thereof. The space (8) accommodates the clip, and has an outlet (10) on the upper side thereof, and in the non-operating state, the upper side of the guide or the pillar (4) is located in or below the outlet, and the container portion ( 6) is raised, the floor (11) of the container part (6) is located at the height of the upper side (5) of the guide or column (4), or somewhat higher than the upper side (5). Storage and retrieval of letter clips Equipment. 2. A notch, in particular an opening, is formed in the bottom of the container part (6), through which a guide or a pillar (4) penetrates, and the opening has a cross section of a substantially pillar. The device of claim 1 having the same size as the shape. 3. A wall (1) in which the opening in the floor (11) of the container part (6) is slidably guided on the outside of a guide or column.
Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it forms 2). 4. The floor opening of the container part (6) and the cross section of the guide or column (4) are square, elliptical or circular. The device according to. 5. The upper part of the floor (11) of the container part (6) descends toward its opening.
The device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. At least one projection (13) protruding into the opening of the floor (11) of the container part, said projection being in a longitudinal groove (14) formed in the outer wall of the guide or column (4). Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has been inserted, in which case the longitudinal groove (14) at the upper end of the guide or post (4) is closed. 7. The container part (6) is a guide or column (4).
7. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it forms an annular space (8) coaxially around the. 8. The height (HS) of the guides or columns (4) is smaller than the height (HB) of the container part (6) according to any one of claims 1 to 7. apparatus. 9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the outer edge of the bottom (2) of the device, to which the guides or columns are fixed, corresponds in shape and size to the cross section of the container part (6). The device according to any one of claims 1 to 8. 10. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom (2) of the device is integrally formed from plastic with the guides or posts (4). 11. The container part (6) is integrally formed of plastic.
The device according to any one of 0 to 0. 12. A guide or a column (4) with the container part (6) and the bottom are formed rotationally symmetrical and arranged coaxially. The described device.