Masking member

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1991-12-23

1993-12-14

Thomas, Alexander S.

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Hollow or container type article

428 99, 118505, 118504, B32B 100

Patent

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052700852

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a masking member which temporarily protects a hole of an article from a surface treatment.
For instance, an anti-corrosion treatment is performed on the steel panel of the floor of a car and occasionally, the anti-corrosion film on said steel panel has received damage through the collision of flying small stones or sand during and when the car is moving. This is called the chipping phenomenon and to prevent this phenomenon, a visco-elastic paint such as polyvinyl-chloride sol, tar-urethane, and the like is coated on the back of said steel panel.
Nevertheless, said steel panel of the floor of a car has many holes such as cable holes, drainage holes, shaft holes and the like and it is necessary to prevent said visco-elastic paint from entering into said holes.


DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Hitherto, a method wherein a plug-type masking member is inserted into each of said holes has been provided to prevent said visco-elastic paint from entering into said holes (Tokkai Sho 62-199173).
In a continuous mass production process such as the car-manufacturing process, it is preferable to use a robot when said masking member is inserted into one of said holes. Recently, a method wherein said masking member is sucked by a sucker equipped on a robot to automatically insert said masking member into said hole has been provided (Japanese Patent Application SN. 1-170880).
Nevertheless, when said plug-type masking member is automatically inserted into said hole by said robot, said masking member should be located correctly in front of said hole, and for this purpose, the precise operation of said robot is required. Further, when said masking member is inserted into said hole by a worker's hand, it may require much labor to fit said masking member into the correct position and the working efficiency may be inferior.


DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a masking member (1) consisting of an inserting part (2) and a tapering guide part (3) extending from the top of said inserting part (2) as a means to resolve said prior problem.
When said masking member (1) of the present invention is inserted into a hole (6) by such as a robot and the like, in a case where said masking member (1) is located in a deflecting position from the correct position in front of said hole (6), said tapering guide part (3) of said masking member (1) may come into contact with the circumference of said hole (6) when said masking member (1) is inserted into said hole (6) to adjust the position of said masking member (1) to the correct position, and then the inserting part (2) of said masking member (1) may be inserted into said hole (6).
Accordingly, in the present invention, even if said masking member is located in a deflecting position from the position in front of said hole before inserting, said masking member is certainly inserted into said hole and the precise operation of the robot may not be necessary and the structure of the robot can be simplified. Further, in a case where said masking member is inserted into said hole by a worker's hand, the position of the masking member may be easily adjusted and the working efficiency becomes higher.


BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1 to 4 each show an embodiment of the present invention and,
FIG. 1 is a perspective view.
FIG. 2 is a side view before the insertion of a masking member.
FIG. 3 is a side view when said masking member is being inserted.
FIG. 4 is a side view after the insertion of said masking member.
FIG. 5 is a side view of another embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a side view of still another embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of still another embodiment.
FIGS. 8, A and B are respectively side views of holders of said masking member for other embodiments.
In the DRAWINGS,


DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Describing the present invention by the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a masking member (1) consists of a flange part (4), an inserting part (2) and a guide part (3) extending from the top of said

REFERENCES:
patent: 3393597 (1968-07-01), Hoaglund
patent: 4764421 (1988-08-01), Horiki et al.
patent: 4879158 (1989-11-01), Horiki et al.

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