JPH106676A - Clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a clip which dispenses with riveting by providing an encircling annular cut line showing a shape cut out at one point like U or V, on an elastic small plate and constituting a main body comprising a framelike clipping piece shaped along a spherical face and a specified tonguelike clipping piece. SOLUTION: A U-shaped cut line 2 with narrow intermediate part and both narrow end parts and a broad intermediate part and both broad end parts is provided on an elastic small metal plate 1 to constitute a main body 5 comprising a tonguelike clipping piece 3 and a framelike clipping piece 4. In addition, the part opposite to the tip of the tonguelike clipping piece 3 is curved and drawn into a projecting shape at the framelike clipping piece 4 to shorten the entire length of the framelike clipping piece 4, and consequently, the framelike clipping piece 4 is shaped along a spherical face to give a clipping force to the framelike clipping piece 4 and thus obtain a clip for office use. The clip of the above constitution need not be riveted contrary to its conventional type and can be mass-produced at a low cost by stamping and drawing fabrication.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an office clip,
The present invention relates to clips such as a hair clip, a decorative clip, a tie clip, and a laundry clip.

[0002] In the text, the shape along the spherical surface is as follows.
It does not necessarily mean a spherical surface with a radius of several cm, and when the frame-shaped sandwiching piece is deformed by applying an external force in a direction to return to a flat state, when it exceeds a so-called dead point, it resiliently warps to the opposite side, In the case of the warped state, when an external force in the direction opposite to the above is applied, a concave shape that performs a function of resiliently returning to the original side at a point past the dead center, for example, a shallow bowl shape, a concave mirror surface shape , And other concave shapes.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a clip of this kind, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 31, there is known a hair clip of a type completed by cutting a metal plate into a Y-shape and fastening the ends of upper and lower sides 34, 35 to each other with rivets 36.

[0004]

When the hair clip described in the above prior art is fastened with rivets during manufacture, the elasticity of the upper and lower sides 34 and 35 makes the fastening work difficult. Therefore, there are defects such as poor productivity and high production cost.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a new clip which solves the above-mentioned defect.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a clip according to the present invention is provided with an encircling ring shape which is separated from a small plate having elasticity at one place such as a U-shape or a V-shape. The cutting line is cut out to form a main body composed of a frame-shaped clip and a tongue-shaped clip, the frame-shaped clip is formed along the spherical surface, and the frame-shaped clip is viewed from the side. It is characterized in that it is formed in a direction in which a piece and a V-shape are formed, and a punching process is performed on an appropriate portion of a hemispherical body made of an elastic metal plate to form a frame-shaped sandwiching piece portion. It is characterized in that a main body having a shape along a spherical surface is constituted, and is separated from a small metal plate having elasticity at one place such as a U-shape or a V-shape. An encircling ring-shaped cutting line is cut out to form a main body composed of a tongue-shaped sandwiching piece and a frame-shaped sandwiching piece. By shortening the middle part of the piece and shortening the entire length of the frame-shaped holding piece, the frame-shaped holding piece is formed into a shape along a spherical surface, and the frame-shaped holding piece is provided. Is in a pinched state, the leading end of the frame-shaped holding piece is caught on the tongue-shaped holding piece so as not to go to the opposite side.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 12 is a U-shaped cut line having a small width at an intermediate portion and both end portions of an elastic metal plate 1 and a wide portion between the intermediate portion and both end portions. 2, a main body 5 composed of a tongue-shaped sandwiching piece 3 and a frame-shaped sandwiching piece 4 (FIG. 1)
And FIG. 2), and a portion of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 4 which is opposed to the tip of the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece 3 is bent into a convex shape and drawn to shorten the entire length of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 4. An office clip 6, which is formed by applying a clamping force to the frame-shaped clip 4 by forming the clip 4 along a spherical surface.

In the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 13 to 16, a U-shaped cut line 8 having a narrow middle portion and a wide end portion is cut into a small metal plate 7 having elasticity, and And frame-shaped sandwiching piece 1
The main body 11 of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 10 is bent in a convex shape at a position opposed to the tip of the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece 9 to reduce the overall length of the same. By forming the sandwiching piece 10 along a spherical surface,
An office clip 14 which applies a clamping force to the frame-shaped clip 10 and locks both side portions 13 of a tip end of the tongue-shaped clip 9 with an inner peripheral edge 12 of the frame-shaped clip 10;

In a third embodiment shown in FIGS. 17 to 24, a U-shaped cutting line 17 is cut in a small metal plate 16 having elasticity to form a main body comprising a tongue-shaped clip 18 and a frame-shaped clip 19. 20, a portion of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 19 facing the tip of the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece 18 is bent into a convex shape, and then drawn up. By forming the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 19 along the spherical surface, a clamping force is applied to the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 19, and the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece 18 is attached to the inner peripheral edge 22 of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 19. Hair clip 2 with both ends 23 locked at the tip
4 and

In a fourth embodiment shown in FIGS. 25 to 28, a hemispherical body 26 is formed by using a metal plate having elasticity, and the hemispherical body 26 is subjected to punching processing at appropriate portions to form the first hemispherical body 26.
A main body 28 having the same planar shape as that of the main body 5 in the embodiment and having a frame-shaped sandwiching piece portion 27 along the spherical surface is obtained. The office clip 30 is completed by returning the piece 27 to the V shape.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the frame-shaped sandwiching piece having a shape along the spherical surface is deformed by applying an external force in a direction of returning to a flat surface from the spherical surface. When an external force in the opposite direction is applied, when the external force is applied in the opposite direction, it returns to the original side when the dead center is passed. Is used as a pinching force for pinching paper, hair, or the like. However, in the second and third embodiments, both ends of the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece are locked to the inner peripheral edge of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece, and when returning to the original side. The frame-shaped sandwiching piece does not jump over the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece.

Next, a procedure for binding a large number of paper sheets 31 using the office clip according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 will be described. First, an external force in a direction of returning to the plane from the spherical surface to the plane is applied to the frame-shaped clip 4 of the office clip by hand to make the frame-shaped clip 4 warped to the opposite side as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. In this warped state, the sandwiching side edge portion of the paper leaf 31 which has been previously overlapped between the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 4 and the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece 4 is inserted (FIG. 8).
In this inserted state, an external force in the opposite direction is applied to the frame-shaped sandwiching piece 4 by a finger in the inserted state to obtain a force to resiliently return to the original side. Is pressed against the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece 3 (see FIGS. 10 to 12), and thus the paper sheet 31 may be stapled.

In the second and third embodiments, the inner peripheral edges 12, 22 of the frame-shaped sandwiching pieces 10, 19 are formed in a convex shape by bending and drawing, and the moving paths of the tips of the tongue-shaped sandwiching pieces 9, 18 are moved. And enters into the inside to perform the locking action of the tip.

The present invention can be implemented as follows. The whole is made of plastic. The position where the frame-shaped sandwiching piece is to be drawn is provided on both sides of the frame-shaped sandwiched piece, or provided at other locations. A plurality of drawing parts are provided. The squeezing portion is provided by extruding in a wart shape. Fold down the drawing part to make it flat. Locking of the tongue clip is provided elsewhere.

[0015]

Since the clip according to the present invention has the above-described structure, it does not need to be riveted as in the conventional example, but is mainly subjected to punching and drawing (press-drawing). In addition, mass production can be performed easily and at low cost by forming and punching a hemispherical body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a main body of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a completed product of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view along the line BB in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state immediately before inserting a paper sheet.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line E-E of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which a paper sheet is pinched;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 10FF-F.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along the line G-G of FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a main body of the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a completed product of the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along the line HH of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along the line JJ of FIG. 14;

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing a main body of the third embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a completed product of the third embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 20 is a sectional view taken along the line KK of FIG. 18;

FIG. 21 is a sectional view taken along the line L-L of FIG. 18;

FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view showing a state before the squeezing section is turned down.

FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a squeezed portion is being formed.

FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional view showing the third embodiment in a pinched state.

FIG. 25 is a cross-sectional view showing the manufacturing process of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a plan view showing a completed product of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 28 is a sectional view taken along the line MM in FIG. 26;

FIG. 29 is a plan view showing a main body of a conventional example.

FIG. 30 is a plan view showing a completed product of a conventional example.

FIG. 31 is a sectional view taken along the line NN in FIG. 30;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Metal plate 2 Cutting line 3 Tongue-shaped clip 4 Frame-shaped clip 5 Main body 6 Office clip 7 Metal plate 8 Cutting line 9 Tongue-shaped clip 10 Frame-shaped clip 11 Main body 12 Inner peripheral edge 13 Both sides 14 Business Clip 16 Small metal plate 17 Cutting line 18 Tongue-shaped sandwiching piece 19 Frame-shaped sandwiching piece 20 Main body 21 Squeeze portion 22 Inner peripheral edge 23 Both side places 24 Hair clip 26 Hemispherical body 27 Frame-shaped sandwiching piece portion 28 Main body 29 Tongue-shaped sandwiching piece Part 30 office clip 31 paper leaf 32 squeezing part 33 folding part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A frame-shaped tongue-shaped tongue-shaped tongue-shaped tongue is formed by cutting an encircling ring-shaped cut line at a single point such as a U-shape or a V-shape on an elastic small plate. The main body is configured, the frame-shaped sandwiching piece has a shape along the spherical surface, and the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece has a V-shaped orientation when viewed from the side. clip. 2. A main body in which a frame-shaped sandwiching portion is shaped along a spherical surface by punching an appropriate portion of a hemispherical body made of a metal plate having elasticity. The clip according to claim 1. 3. An encircling ring-shaped cutting line, such as a U-shape or a V-shape, which is cut off at one place, is cut out on a small metal plate having elasticity, and a tongue-shaped sandwiching piece and a frame-shaped sandwiching piece are cut out. A clip comprising a main body comprising a frame-shaped sandwiching piece, which is narrowed down at an intermediate portion of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece to shorten the entire length of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece, thereby forming the frame-shaped sandwiching piece into a shape along a spherical surface. . 4. When the frame-shaped sandwiching piece is in a sandwiching state, the front end of the frame-shaped sandwiching piece is hooked on the tongue-shaped sandwiching piece so as not to go to the opposite side. The clip according to 1 or 3.