JPH0716722U - Electrical equipment cord reel device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To allow the orientation of the cord outlet of a cord reel attached to an electric appliance to be freely changed according to the position of a power outlet. [Structure] The cord reel 9 is rotatably attached to the instrument body 3.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a cord reel device for various electric appliances.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Electric appliances such as rice cookers, hot plates, and oven toasters store cord reels. When used, the cords are pulled out from the cord reels, and the plugs at the tip of the cords are inserted into a power outlet.

The cord reel described above is fixed to the instrument body, and the cord outlet is usually provided on the right side of the instrument body in consideration of the ease of handling with the right hand.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The electric appliances as described above do not always have the same place of use and the same orientation when used, and in some cases, the place of use may change, or the orientation may be changed considering the ease of use. is there.

In such a case, the outlet of the cord does not always face the direction of the power outlet, but may face in the opposite direction, and in such a case, usability is extremely deteriorated. In addition, recently, the above electric appliances are often put on a wagon with a service outlet for use. In this case, it is convenient to have a cord outlet on the front of the appliances.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to freely change the direction of the cord outlet of the cord reel according to the position of the power outlet.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a structure in which a cord reel is rotatably attached to an instrument body.

[0008]

[Action]

 The cord reel device with the above configuration rotates the cord reel in accordance with the location where the device is used and the position of the power outlet, and pulls out the cord with the cord outlet facing toward the power outlet.

[0009]

【Example】

 The embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings relates to a cord reel device 2 of a rice cooker 1 as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 being the first embodiment, and FIG. 6 to FIG. 8 being the second embodiment. FIG. 9 shows a third embodiment.

In the cord reel device 2 of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a circular recess 4 having a relatively large diameter is provided at the rear of the bottom surface of the main body 3 of the rice cooker 1, and the center of the recess 4 is provided. A mounting hole 5 is provided in the part. Grooves 6 communicating with the outer surface of the main body 3 are provided at three locations around the circular recess 4. Further, five fitting holes 7 are provided around the center of the mounting hole 5 at a constant angle on a constant radius. Further, an arc-shaped guide groove 8 centered at the center point of the mounting hole 5 is provided outside the fitting holes 7 over a certain range.

A holder 11 accommodating a cord reel 9 is rotatably fitted in the circular recess 4 described above. The holder 11 is provided with a cylindrical rotation guide portion 12 fitted in the attachment hole 5 at the center thereof, and the rotation guide portion 12 is provided with four engaging holes 13. Further, the holder 11 is formed with a peripheral wall 14 facing downward (upward in FIG. 2) of the main body 3, and a plug guide port 15 is provided by cutting out a part of the peripheral wall 14. The cord take-out port 16 of the cord reel 9 is fitted into the plug guide port 15.

Further, engaging recesses 17 are provided at two locations on the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 14, and horizontal ribs 18 provided on the peripheral wall of the cord reel 9 are fitted into the engaging recesses 17. (See Figure 3). Further, a tongue piece 19 projecting from the peripheral wall 14 of the cord reel 9 and a guide projection 21 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the holder 11 are engaged with a screw 22, and the guide projection 21 is slidable in the guide groove 8. Mate (see Figure 3).

Further, fitting protrusions 23 are provided at two locations on the upper surface (lower surface in FIG. 2) of the holder 11. These fitting protrusions 23 are provided on the same radius with a central angle twice as large as the central angle between the fitting holes 7 (70 degrees in FIG. 2), and select any two fitting holes 7. Then, the direction of the holder 11 can be changed by 70 degrees. The groove 6 provided in the main body 3 is formed in the direction of taking out the cord 20 at a position facing the plug guide port 15 of the holder 11 whose direction is changed as described above (see FIG. 3).

As means for attaching the holder 11 to the main body 3, a stopper 24 is fitted into the attachment hole 5 from the inside of the main body 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the stopper 24 has an annular shape as a whole, and an engaging claw that engages with the engaging hole 13 of the rotation guide portion 12 of the holder 11 from its inner surface around the central hole. 25 are provided at four positions, and the holder 11 is attached to the main body 3 by their engagement. Further, the stopper 24 has a brim edge 26 formed on the periphery thereof, and elastic pieces 27 cut and raised downward (upward in FIG. 2) are provided at four positions of the brim edge 26.

In a normal state, the elastic piece 27 has its highest part elastically pressed against the lower surface of the circular recess 4 of the main body 3 as shown in FIG. 4, so that the holder 11 is pulled toward the circular recess 4. Let Further, when the holder 11 is slightly separated from the circular recess 4 as shown by the arrow in FIG. 5, the stopper 24 moves together with the holder 11 and its elastic piece 27 is pressed to be flush with the brim edge 26. At this time, the fitting hole 7 and the fitting projection 23 are disengaged from each other, and the holder 11 is freely rotatable.

That is, the compression amount of the elastic piece 27 is determined to be larger than the fitting depth of the fitting hole 7 and the fitting projection 23.

The cord reel device of the first embodiment is as described above, and when there is the plug 28 in the groove 16 at the position (A) shown in FIG. 3, it is moved to the next position (B). When changing, the holder 11 together with the cord reel 9 is pulled away from the circular recess 4.

Then, the elastic piece 27 is compressed from the state of FIG. 4 to the state of FIG. 5, and the fitting protrusion 23 is disengaged from the fitting hole 7, so that the holder 11 is rotated with the cord reel 9 by 70 degrees, and its position is changed. When the force is removed with, the fitting protrusion 23 fits into the next fitting hole 7, so that it is stabilized at that position, and the plug 28 enters the groove 6 at the position (B). The same applies when moving to the position of (C).

Although the groove 6 is provided at three locations (A), (B), and (C) in the first embodiment, the groove 6 is further provided at the intermediate portion between (A) and (C). It is also possible to provide 6 so that the plug 28 can be pulled out in front of the main body 3.

Next, in the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the plug 28 can be taken out in a direction with a finer angle. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, a mounting recess 32 is formed behind the bottom surface of the main body 3 and surrounded by a semicircular peripheral wall 31, and the remaining half circumference is opened to the side surface of the main body 3. A mounting hole 5 having a center coinciding with the center point of is provided. An arcuate guide groove 8 is provided on the bottom surface of the recess 32 between the mounting hole 5 and the peripheral wall 31. The bottom surface of the recess 32 between the mounting hole 5 and the guide groove 8 is cut out in a U shape to form an elastic piece 33.

As shown in FIG. 8, the elastic piece 33 has a U-shaped sharp bent portion 34 at the root portion, and is bent at that portion. A projecting portion 35 is formed on the lower surface of the elastic piece 33, and the projecting portion 35 projects slightly downward (upward in FIG. 7) from the surface of the recess 32.

A holder 11 accommodating the cord reel 9 is rotatably fitted in the recess 32. The holder 11 is provided with a cylindrical rotation guide portion 12 fitted into the mounting hole 5, and engaging claws 36 provided at four positions of the rotation guide portion 12 are engaged with the peripheral wall of the mounting hole 5. (See FIG. 8).

A peripheral wall 14 similar to that of the first embodiment is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the holder 11, and a part of the peripheral wall 14 is cut out to provide a plug guide port 15. The cord take-out port 16 of the cord reel 9 fits into the plug guide port 15.

Further, engaging recesses 17 are provided at two locations on the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 14, and horizontal ribs 18 provided on the peripheral wall of the cord reel 9 are fitted in the engaging recesses 17. . Further, a tongue piece 19 projecting from the peripheral wall of the cord reel 9 and a guide protrusion 21 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the holder 11 are coupled with a screw 22, and the guide protrusion 21 is slidable in the guide groove 8. It is fitted.

Between the rotation guide portion 12 of the holder 11 and the peripheral wall surface thereof, a large number of positioning holes 37 are provided at a radial position where the elastic piece 33 is fitted with the positioning holes 37 at fine intervals over about half a circumference.

The cord reel device of the second embodiment is as described above, and when the plug 28 is taken out at the position (A) shown in FIG. 6, this is changed to (B) or (C). To move to the position, the holder 11 is rotated together with the cord reel 9 in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. Then, the protruding portion 35 of the elastic piece 33 is successively inserted into and removed from the positioning hole 37. When stopped at a predetermined position, the protrusion 35 fits into the positioning hole 37, and the take-out position of the plug 28 is positioned in (B) or (C) or any other direction.

Next, in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the cord reel 9 is directly attached to the attachment hole 5 of the main body 3 (without using the holder 11 described above). That is, as in the second embodiment, a mounting recess 32 is formed behind the bottom surface of the main body 3 and surrounded by a semicircular peripheral wall 31, and the remaining half circumference is open to the side surface of the main body 3. A mounting hole 5 having a center coinciding with the center point of the circular arc is provided. An arc-shaped guide groove 8 is provided on the bottom surface of the recess 32 between the mounting hole 5 and the peripheral wall 31. Further, along the inner side of the guide groove 8, a large number of positioning holes 37 with a small interval are provided over about half the circumference of the mounting hole 5, while the upper surface (lower surface in FIG. 9) of the cord reel 9 is provided with A tubular rotation guide portion 12 fitted inside is provided, and the rotation guide portion 12 is provided with a plurality of engaging claws 36. Each engaging claw 36 is engaged with the peripheral wall of the mounting hole 5 and rotatably supports the cord reel 9.

Further, the elastic piece 33 is formed by notching the upper surface of the cord reel 9 in a U-shape. Similar to the case of the second embodiment, the elastic piece 33 has a U-shaped sharp bent portion and is bent at that portion. A protrusion 35 is formed on the lower surface of the elastic piece 33, and the protrusion 35 engages with the positioning hole 37. Further, the guide protrusion 21 ′ provided near the elastic piece 33 is fitted into the guide groove 8.

The third embodiment is as described above. Since the cord reel 9 is guided by the guide groove 8 and can be stepped at the interval of the positioning holes 37, the position corresponding to the direction of taking out the plug 28 can be achieved. And then remove the plug 28.

[0031]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the cord reel is rotatably attached to the main body of the device, so that the cord reel extraction position can be freely changed according to the position of the power outlet.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rice cooker according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the above.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the above.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view when changing the plug take-out position in the above.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a partially exploded perspective view of the above.

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the above.

FIG. 9 is a partially exploded perspective view of the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Rice Cooker 2 Cord Reel Device 3 Main Body 4 Circular Recess 5 Mounting Hole 6 Groove 7 Fitting Hole 8 Guide Groove 9 Code Reel 11 Holder 12 Rotation Guide 13 Engagement Hole 14 Circumferential Wall 15 Plug Guide Port 16 Cord Extraction Port 17 Joint recess 18 Rib 19 Tongue piece 20 Cord 21, 21 'Guide protrusion 22 Screw 23 Fitting protrusion 24 Stopper 25 Engaging claw 26 Collar edge 27 Elastic piece 28 Plug 31 Circumferential wall 32 Mounting recess 33 Elastic piece 34 Bending portion 35 Projection Part 36 Engaging claw 37 Positioning hole

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cord reel device for an electric appliance, comprising a cord reel rotatably attached to an appliance body.