JPH1164801A - Eyeglass frame - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eyeglass frame which can be assembled by screwing. SOLUTION: A pair of semilooped frame parts are formed from metal materials, and attachment parts 5 and 9 consisting of armor parts on the outside and bridge parts 4 and 8 between both the frame parts are respectively formed. A pair of such semilooped parts are formed and in the state of opposing them each other, nose pad holders 28 are screwed to both the bridge parts 4 and 8. Then, temples 26 are screwed to the armor as a pair of attachment parts, and both the frame parts 3 and 7, nose pad holders 28 and temples 26 are integrally assembled by screwing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an eyeglass frame, and more particularly to an eyeglass frame that can be manufactured by casting or pressing, and can be assembled by screwing without brazing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various types of spectacle frames for spectacles used for correcting eyesight, protecting eyes from ultraviolet rays, and the like. For example, a pair of annular lens frames positioned at predetermined intervals, a rod-shaped bridge spanned between the inner ends of both frames, armor and temples attached to the outer ends of each frame, Glasses frames and the like having a pair of nose pads attached to the ends are commercially available.

[0003] A lens can be fixed by positioning a lens inside each frame of such an eyeglass frame and tightening a screw so as to reduce the diameter of each frame.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional eyeglass frames, both ends of the bridge and both frames are connected by welding, while the frame is in contact with the armor and the nose of the user. Since the nose pad holder that supports the nose pad is also connected to each frame by welding, the number of welding points as a whole is large, it takes time to assemble, and the production efficiency deteriorates. In addition, the quality of welding largely depends on the experience and intuition of the operator, and it has been difficult to always achieve high quality.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to eliminate welding points, thereby greatly reducing the labor required for assembling and improving the production efficiency, and always without depending on the experience and intuition of the operator. An object of the present invention is to provide a connection structure of a bridge portion of an eyeglass frame that can be of high quality. Another object of the present invention is to provide a connection structure of a bridge portion of an eyeglass frame which can always maintain a stable assembly state without being disassembled even when an unexpected force is applied. It is in. Still another object of the present invention is to provide an eyeglass frame which can be manufactured by casting or pressing, and which can be fixed to a nose pad holder or an armor and a temple by screwing.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a pair of semi-annular frames spaced at a predetermined interval, a bridge between the frames, and an outer portion of the frame. The upper and lower halves are formed integrally with each other so that the upper and lower halves face each other, and the upper and lower halves are annular. In this way, the two bridge parts and the mounting part are matched, and when screwing both bridge parts, this screw fixes the nose pad holder to the bridge part, and when screwing both mounting parts, the temple between the two mounting parts , And is screwed so as to be rotatable between a use position and a folded position. The upper and lower halves are formed by bending a metal plate or manufactured by casting. The nose pad holder includes a leg, a nose pad mounting box leg to which a nose pad is attached, which is attached to a lower end of the leg member, and a screw fixing both bridge portions to an upper end of the leg. A plate-like portion having a hole through which a screw is inserted is formed. The lower half bridge portion is provided with a hole through which a screw is inserted, and the upper half bridge portion is provided with a screw hole into which the screw is screwed. It is provided in a recess provided on the lower surface of the bridge portion so that the plate-like portion of the portion can be located, and this recess is provided with a notch for preventing the rotation of the leg. Further, a cutout portion is formed in the mounting portion where the upper and lower halves coincide with each other to form a space on the surface facing each other, and the temple is located in a state where the temple is sandwiched in the space. The temple is fixed with a screw penetrating the temple, and furthermore, the temple is rotatable between a use position and a folded position, and at the time of the use position, a locking portion provided on a peripheral surface is an end portion of both notches. And further rotation is prevented.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned means are adopted.
The upper and lower half bridge portions are tightened and integrated when the nose pad holder is mounted with screws. In addition, when the mounting portions at both ends of the upper and lower halves also hold the temple and are screwed, the mounting portion and the temple can be integrally mounted. Therefore, the upper and lower halves are separately formed, and after the upper and lower halves are aligned, the nose pad holder and the temple are attached by screws, so that the whole is assembled.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below. 1 to 7 show an embodiment of an eyeglass frame according to the present invention. The eyeglasses frame 1 in which this embodiment is used includes an upper half 2, a lower half 6, a pair of nose pad holders 28,
28, and a pair of temples 26, 26.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
A pair of semi-annular upper frame portions formed by bending a metal plate in a book by pressing or the like, or by casting or the like, and opening downward at predetermined intervals in the horizontal direction. 3, 3; a bridge portion 4 connecting the inner ends of the upper frame portions 3, 3; and horizontal portions 5a, 5a and the horizontal portions 5a provided at the outer ends of the upper frame portions 3, 3, respectively. 5
a, which comprises connecting portions 5b and 5b extending rearward from a. Note that the width of the mounting portion 5 is formed wider than other portions.

Like the upper half 2, the lower half 6 is formed by bending a single metal plate by pressing or the like, or by casting or the like. A pair of semi-annular lower frames 7, 7 opening upward at predetermined intervals, a bridge 8 connecting the inner ends of the lower frames 7, 7, and a pair of lower frames 7, 7 It is composed of horizontal portions 9a, 9a provided at the outer ends, and wide attaching portions 9, 9 each consisting of connecting portions 9b, 9b extending rearward from the horizontal portions 9a, 9a.

The upper and lower halves 2 and 6 configured as described above are aligned with each other so that the semi-annular portions are opposed to each other to form an annular shape. Match. Then, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the bridge portion 8 of the lower half 6 is provided with holes 10, 1 at a predetermined interval.
0 is drilled, and a screw hole 1 is formed in the bridge portion 4 of the upper half 2 at a position corresponding to the holes 10 and 10 of the bridge portion 8.
1, 11 are screwed.

On the other hand, the nose pad holder 28
A nose pad 31 is attached to the leg portion 29 and a nose pad attachment box leg 30 attached to the lower end of the leg portion 29. Further, the upper end of the leg portion 29 is formed in a plate-like portion, and a mounting hole 29 for screwing is formed in this portion.
a is drilled.

Therefore, the nose pad holder 28
Is screwed into a mounting hole 29a provided in a plate-like portion at the upper end of the leg portion 29, and the mounting screw 32 is screwed into the hole of the bridge portion 8 of the lower half portion 6. 1
0, and then screwed into a screw hole 11 provided in the bridge part 4 of the upper half part 2 so that the nose pad holder 2
8 can be attached, and at this time, both bridge portions 4, 8 can be fixed integrally.

A plastic or glass lens is mounted between each of the upper frames 3, 3 and the lower frames 7, 7.
The upper and lower mounting portions 5 and 9 are in contact with each other, and the upper and lower mounting portions 5 and 9 form an armor.

In the above-described embodiment, the nose pad holder 28 is provided with a leg 29 having a plate-like portion having an upper end provided with a mounting hole 29a, and a nose pad mounting portion mounted on the lower end of the leg 29. Box foot 30 and nose pad 3 attached to this nose pad mounting box foot 30
1, but without being limited to such a nose pad holder, a concave portion having a small-diameter entrance and a large-diameter interior is provided on the back surface of the nose pad. A resin protrusion is integrally formed, a plate-like portion having a hole at the upper end of the concave portion, and the lower end of the leg having a spherical lower end is inserted into the lower end to form a nose with the leg. A so-called plug-in type nose pad holder to which a pad can be attached may be used.

Further, the nose pad holder 28 is fixed to the bridge portions 4 and 8 by the screws 32. At this time, the two bridge portions 4 and 8 are fixed integrally. In order to prevent free rotation about the center, a recess 10a in which the plate-like portion of the leg portion 29 can be located is formed on the entrance side of the hole 10 of the bridge portion 8 in the lower half as shown in FIG. And the recess 10
If a notch 10b in which the leg 29 can be located is formed in a part of a, the leg 29, that is, the nose pad holder 28
Can be prevented from rotating.

Further, although not shown, the legs 29, 29 of the nose pad holders 28, 28 are connected by a connecting rod or the like to prevent the nose pad holders 28, 28 from rotating freely. Can be.

On the other hand, on both sides of the upper half 2 and the lower half 6, the armors 19, 1 formed by the mounting portions 5 and 9 are provided.
In the portion of No. 9, notch portions 5c, 5c,
9c is formed, and when the mounting portions 5 and 9 are brought into contact with each other, the notches 5c and 9c coincide to form a space. The end of the plate-like temple 26 can be positioned in this space, and a hole 25 is formed in the end of the temple.

The horizontal portions 5a and 9a of the mounting portions 5 and 9 are provided with holes 21 and 21 passing therethrough, and one of the holes 21 and 21 is formed into a screw hole. The notches 5c and 9c of the connecting portions 5b and 9b have holes 20 and 20 passing therethrough.
Are drilled, and one of the holes 20, 20 is a screw hole. Further, the end of the temple 26 is provided with a locking portion 26b that comes into contact with the ends of the cutouts 5c and 9c, and a rotating portion 26a that does not come into contact with the ends.

The mounting portion 5, which is configured as described above,
9, the holes 21, 21 of the two horizontal portions 5 a, 9 a are penetrated by screws 23, while the temples 26 are located between the connection portions 5 b, 9 b, and the holes 20, 9 b of the connection portions 5 b, 9 b
The hole 20 of the temple 20 and the hole 26 of the temple 26 are screwed through the screw 24.

In this mounted state, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the distance between the end of the temple 26 and the peripheral edge from the hole 25 provided therein is the distance between the hole 20 and the end of the notch 5c. 7 and a long locking portion 26b, the temple 26 can be folded as shown by a chain line in FIG. When rotated in the direction, the long locking portion 26b comes into contact with the ends of the notches 5c and 9c, and further rotation is prevented, and the state is maintained.

Therefore, the temple 26 is foldably attached to the armor, which is the attachment portions 5, 5 on both sides of the upper and lower halves 2, 6, and a synthetic resin ear pad is attached to the end of the temple 26. (Modern) 27 and assembled together.

In the eyeglass frame constructed as described above, the upper half 2 and the lower half 6 are each formed from one material, and the bridge 4 and the lower half 6 of the upper half 2 are formed. When the nose pad holders 28, 28 are fixed with the screws 32, 32, the bridge portions 4, 8 are fixed together, so that the bridge portions 4, 8 and the nose pad holders 28, 28 are connected. Does not require any welding work.

The end of the temple 26 is clamped between the mounting portion 5 of the upper half 2 and the mounting portion 9 of the lower half 6 and formed by the notches 5c, 9c. It can be rotated by a screw 24 penetrating them, and the temple 26 has a locking portion 26b having notches 5c, 9
c, and can be pivoted between a use position where it abuts on the end of c and is prevented from further pivoting, and a folded position which is substantially parallel to the upper and lower halves 2 and 6. The connection between the armor and the temple 26 is performed by screwing.

[0025] Since the assembly is performed by screwing as described above, no welding portion is required for assembling the eyeglass frame.
The labor required for assembly can be greatly reduced, and the production efficiency can be greatly improved. In addition, since there is no welding portion, the quality of the product is not affected by the experience and intuition of the worker, and a high-quality product can always be provided.

In the above embodiment, the mounting portions 5, 9 are divided into horizontal portions 5a, 9a, and the horizontal portions 5a, 9a.
And the connecting portions 5b and 9b extending rearward from the front end, and the notches 5c and 9c are formed at the ends of the connecting portions 5b and 9b. However, the mounting portions 5 and 9 are not limited thereto. It can be of various shapes, the point being that the temple 26 can be pinched by screwing so as to be rotatable between the folded position and the use position, and to prevent further rotation at the use position. What is necessary is just to have the notches 5c and 9c.

[0027]

The present invention is configured as described above.
The upper half and the lower half can be formed by bending or casting each of a single metal plate-shaped material, so that manufacturing is easy. In addition, the nose pad holder can be attached to both upper and lower bridges with screws, and temples can be attached to both sides with screws, and the upper and lower halves, nose pad holder, and temple can be attached with screws. They can be securely connected integrally. Therefore, welding and the like are not required at all, and the labor required for assembling can be greatly reduced, and the high quality can always be achieved without relying on the experience and intuition of the operator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an eyeglass frame in which the present invention is used.

FIG. 2 is a side view of what is shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of what is shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between an upper half and a lower half shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of an eyeglass frame according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an exploded state of the one shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a relationship between a lower half-mounted portion and a temple for showing a relationship between one of the mounting portions and a temple.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing another form of the bridge portion shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Glasses frame 2 ... Upper half part 3 ... Upper frame part 4, 8 ... Bridge part 5, 9 ... Mounting part 5a, 9a ... Horizontal part 5b, 9b ... Connection part 5c, 9c, 10b ... Notch 6 ... Lower half 7 ... Lower frame 10, 20, 21, 25 ... Hole 10a ... Depression 11 ... Screw hole 19 ... Armor 23, 24, 32 ... Screw 26 ... Temple 26a Rotating part 26b Locking part 27 Modern 28 Nose pad holder 29 Leg 29a Mounting hole 30 Nose pad mounting box foot 31 Nose pad

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A pair of semi-annular frame portions spaced at a predetermined interval, a bridge portion between the frame portions, and a mounting portion outside the frame portion are integrally formed. One bridge is the upper half, and the other is the lower half. The upper and lower halves are aligned so that their semi-annular portions are opposed to each other to form an annular shape. This screw secures the nose pad holder to the bridge with this screw, and when screwing both mounting parts, the temple is sandwiched between the two mounting parts and screwed, turning between the use position and the folding position. Glasses frame characterized by being movable. 2. The eyeglass frame according to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower halves are formed by bending a metal plate. 3. The eyeglass frame according to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower halves are manufactured by casting. 4. The nose pad holder comprises: a leg;
It is attached to the lower end of this leg member, and comprises a nose pad attachment box foot to which a nose pad is attached,
The eyeglass frame according to claim 1, wherein a plate-like portion having a hole through which screws for screwing the two bridge portions are inserted is formed at an upper end of the leg portion. 5. A hole through which a screw is inserted into the lower half bridge portion, and a screw hole into which the screw is screwed into the upper half bridge portion, respectively. The hole is provided in a concave portion provided on the lower surface of the bridge portion so that the plate-like portion of the leg portion can be located, and the concave portion is provided with a cutout portion for preventing rotation of the leg portion. The connection structure of the bridge part of the glasses frame of the description. 6. A notch for forming a space on the surface facing each other is formed in the mounting portion where the upper and lower halves coincide with each other, and the temple is located in a state where the temple is sandwiched in the space. The temple is fixed with a screw penetrating the mounting part and the temple, and the temple is rotatable between a use position and a folded position. In the use position, a locking portion provided on a peripheral surface has two notches. 2. The eyeglass frame according to claim 1, wherein the eyeglass frame is in contact with an end of the eyeglass frame to prevent further rotation.