Supports – Brackets – Of wire
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-28
2002-04-16
Ramirez, Ramon O. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Of wire
C248S229160
Reexamination Certificate
active
06371426
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a holder of a rod-shaped member wherein in order to hold a rod-shaped member to an installed member, the holder is constituted so that it can connect the rod-shaped member and the installed member. For example, the invention relates to a holder of a rod-shaped member such as a rod-shaped member to support display cards of articles arranged at the shop front or a long rod-shaped member similar to this or the like. In addition, the rod-shaped member described here includes the metallic member, the resin material or a flexible member such as resin material or a flexible member such as a rope or a string.
(2) Description of the Related Art
In the prior art, a holder which holds a rod-shaped member in order to support a display card of an article is constituted so that a part of the outer circumferential surface of the rod-shaped member is grasped. For example, a holder of a rod-shaped member shown in JP-A 10-286149 is constituted as shown in
FIG. 10
, by a first support member
31
subjected to elastic deformation, and a second support member
32
into which the first support member
31
is fitted, and rod-shaped member
33
with one end bent in a dog-leg
33
a
is inserted in a through hole
34
of the first support member
31
. The member of the dog-leg
33
a
is pressed to an inner circumferential wall
35
around the through hole
34
, thereby the rod-shaped member
33
is fixed. Also a holder of the rod-shaped member
40
shown in
FIG. 11
is constituted by a support member
42
which supports a rod-shaped member
41
by inserting it thereinto, and a cap member
43
into which the support member
42
is fitted in the diameter reducible state. In the support member
42
, slits
44
are formed in cross shape and support pieces
45
divided in four are arranged in that the rod-shaped member
41
is inserted at the center and each support piece
45
has a taper surface
45
a
on the outer circumferential surface. The cap member
43
a
with a taper
43
a
formed on the inner surface is fitted so as to cover the support member
42
thereby each support piece
45
is deformed so that its diameter is reduced to the side of the inserted rod-shaped member
41
thus the rod-shaped member
41
is fixed.
Consequently, in the holder of the rod-shaped member
30
shown in
FIG. 10
, the rod-shaped member
33
is held by the top end part on the member of the dog-leg
33
a
abutting on the inner circumferential wall
35
and the bent part at the opposite side of the top end part. Also in the holder of the rod-shaped member
40
shown in
FIG. 11
, the diameter is reduced thereby the rod-shaped member
41
is held at four points on the top end part of respective support pieces
45
divided in four. Therefore in any of
FIGS. 10 and 11
, the rod-shaped member is held in the point contact state.
In the holder of the rod-shaped member
30
shown in
FIG. 10
, however, since the rod-shaped member
33
must be bent in the dog-leg
33
a
in conformity with the through hole
34
of the first support member
31
, the special rod-shaped member must be manufactured therefore the cost becomes high. Also since the rod-shaped member
33
must be bent in the dog-leg
33
a
in conformity with the through hole
34
of the first support member
31
, the special rod-shaped member must be manufactured therefore the cost becomes high. Also since the rod-shaped member
33
is held in the point contact state, the contacting area to hold the rod-shaped member is small, therefore grasping force to rod-shaped member is weak, a problem exists in that the first support member
31
is liable to be detached from the first support member
31
. Further when the first rod-shaped member is detected, the first support member
32
will be harmed by the top end part of the dog-leg
33
a.
Also in the holder of the rod-shaped member
40
shown in
FIG. 11
, since the rod-shaped member
41
is pressed at the four points on the top end part of the respective support pieces
45
deformed so that the diameter is reduced, the contacting area to hold the rod-shaped member
41
is small therefore the holding force of the rod-shaped member
41
is weak. Moreover, since the rod-shaped member
41
to be inserted in the center part of the slits
44
of cross shape is liable to be deviated from the center part, there is a defect in that the rod-shaped member
41
can not be sufficiently held.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a holder of the rod-shaped member constituted in that the contacting area to grasp the rod-shaped member is made large thereby the rod-shaped member can be held firmly to the holder of the rod-shaped member.
That is, a holder of the rod-shaped member according to the present invention connects a rod-shaped member to an installed member, in order to hold the rod-shaped member to the installed member,
said holder of the rod-shaped member comprising first support means which supports the rod- shaped member, and second support means which acts so that the rod-shaped member can grasped to the first support means,
wherein the first support means comprises a rod-shaped member grasping part having grasping means with the diameter to be reduced by twisting, an acting part connected to the rod-shaped member grasping part for acting so that the rod-shaped member grasping part can be reduced in the diameter, and a diameter reduction position holding part which holds the rod-shaped member grasping part at the diameter reduced position,
the second support member is formed so as to be engaged with the acting part and the diameter reduction position holding part of the first support means, and
the rod-shaped member is arranged to be inserted within the grasping means with the diameter reduction by twisting, and the rod-shaped member is rotated by the second support means thereby the grasping means with the diameter reduction by twisting is reduced in the diameter and the rod-shaped member can be grasped.
In a holder of the rod-shaped member according to the present invention, a rod-shaped member is inserted within grasping means with diameter reducing by twisting of a rod-shaped member holding part, and the acting part of the first support means is engaged with second support means, and then the second support means is rotated in one direction thereby the acting part is rotated and the grasping means with the diameter reducing by twisting is twisted thereby the grasping means with the diameter reducing by twisting is reduced in the diameter. Therefore the rod-shaped member inserted within the rod-shaped member grasping means with the diameter reducing by the twisting is grasped by the diameter reducing of the diameter reducing means by the twisting. Since the grasping means with diameter reducing by twisting grasps the outer circumferential surface of the rod-shaped member in the whole circumferential surface of the formed grasping means with diameter reducing by the twisting, the grasping contacting area can be made large and the rod-shaped member can be grasped firmly. Consequently the rod-shaped member can not be easily detached from the first support means.
Since a rod-shaped member grasped by the grasping means with the diameter reducing by twisting is engaged by the second support means and the diameter reducing position holding part, the rod-shaped member is held at the diameter reducing position and is held to the installed member.
More preferably if the grasping means with the diameter reducing by twisting is formed by a spiral part, for example, even if the rod-shaped member is formed in small diameter, since a part of the rod-shaped member corresponding to length formed in spiral shape in the spiral part is grasped throughout the whole circumferential surface, the rod-shaped member can be firmly held to the installed member.
More preferably if the grasping means with the diameter reducing by twisting is formed by a spiral part, for
Maruzen Products Company Limited
Ramirez Ramon O.
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