JP2568636Y2 - Push latch device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a push latch device which locks at a pressed position when a slide member is pushed once, and returns to an original position when pushed again.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a push latch device used for a door lock device, a push switch, or the like, a casing having an open front end, and a front and rear movably mounted inside the casing along a heart-shaped outer edge. Member having a guide groove formed in a curved shape, a compression spring for urging the slide member forward, and an engagement rotatably connected at one end to the casing and movable along the guide groove at the other end. And a lever member having a portion, when the slide member is pushed once, the engaging portion moves along the guide groove and is engaged with the substantially V-shaped locking portion of the guide groove, and the pushed-back position is changed. The slide member is held, and when it is pressed again,
The engaging part is disengaged from the locking part and moves along the guide groove,
A structure in which a slide member is held at a forward position protruding from a casing has been widely put to practical use.

[0003] As the push latch device, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-12136 discloses a lever member extending in the front-rear direction passing between an upper wall portion of a casing and a sliding member, and a rear end portion protruding outside the casing. A lever portion, an engaging portion extending from the front end of the lever portion into the guide groove and relatively movable along the guide groove, and extending downward from the rear end of the lever portion and projecting from the rear end of the casing. And a mounting portion rotatably engaged with the concave portion of the supporting portion formed on the support member, and the lower end portion of the fixed portion is engaged with the concave portion to support the lever member near the rear end portion. A configuration is described in which a ring member is mounted over the portion and the lever member is rotatably attached to the support portion.

The ring member has a function of preventing the lever member from falling off, a function of pressing the lower end of the engaging portion of the lever member against the deep end face of the guide groove, and a function of positioning the engaging portion of the lever member at the reference position of the guide groove. The ring member has a function of urging the push latch device reliably.

[0005]

In the push latch device described in the above publication, the ring member is an indispensable member and it is impossible to omit it, so that the number of parts increases and the engagement of the lever member increases. Since the ring member is attached while the joint portion is engaged with the concave portion of the support portion, the assembling work of the ring member becomes very complicated, and there is a problem that the productivity of the push latch device is greatly reduced. An object of the present invention is to provide a push latch device which has a small number of parts and can be easily assembled.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a push latch device, wherein a casing having an open front end is mounted in the casing so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and an upper end surface is formed along a heart-shaped outer edge. A slide member having a guide groove formed therein, an elastic member for urging the slide member forward, a lever portion extending between the upper wall of the casing and the slide member in the front-rear direction, and a lever portion. And an engaging portion extending from one end of the lever into the guide groove and relatively movable along the guide groove, and extending vertically from the other end of the lever portion to be rotatable with respect to the casing and movable in the front-rear direction. A torsion part which is immovably mounted, and a fixing part which extends in the front-rear direction from the other end of the torsion part to the same side as the lever part and fixes the other end of the torsion part to be non-rotatable with respect to the casing. You A lever member having elasticity, are those having a.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a push latch device, wherein a front end is opened and a guide groove having a shape along a heart-shaped outer edge is formed on an inner surface of an upper wall portion; A sliding member mounted on the casing, an elastic member for urging the sliding member forward, a lever portion extending in the front-rear direction passing between the upper wall portion of the casing and the sliding member, and one end portion of the lever portion And an engagement portion extending into the guide groove from the other end and being relatively movable along the guide groove, and extending vertically from the other end of the lever portion so as to be rotatable with respect to the slide member and immovable in the front-rear direction. A lever member having a torsion portion provided, and a fixing portion extending in the front-rear direction from the end of the torsion portion to the same side as the lever portion to fix the other end of the torsion portion non-rotatably with respect to the slide member; It includes those were. Here, as in claim 3, the lever portion may be provided with a gentle inclination toward the guide groove side, and the leading end of the engaging portion may be pressed against the deep end surface of the guide groove.

[0008]

In the push latch device according to the first aspect, when the slide member is pushed, the lever portion is bent and the torsion portion is twisted while the engaging portion moves along the guide groove. The engaging portion is engaged with a predetermined position of the guide groove, and the slide member is held at the position where the push operation is performed. Then, when the slide member is pushed again, the engagement portion moves along the guide groove by the return force of the lever portion and the torsion portion and separates from the predetermined position, and the slide member returns to the original position by the urging force of the elastic member. Return to position. The lever member is fixed to the casing at the fixing portion to prevent its falling off, and depending on the setting of the angle formed by the torsion portion and the lever member, the engaging portion is urged to one side of the guide groove, The end of the engaging portion can be pressed against the inner end surface of the guide groove, and the ring member for attaching the lever member to the casing can be omitted. In addition, since the lever portion and the fixing portion are provided facing the same side, the lever member can be attached to the front or rear of the casing.

In the push latch device according to the second aspect, when the slide member is basically pushed in the same manner as in the first aspect, the engaging portion moves along the guide groove and slides to the pushed position. When the member is held and pushed again, the slide member returns to the original position by the urging force of the elastic member. The lever member is fixed to the slide member at the fixing portion to prevent the slide member from falling off, and depending on the setting of the angle formed by the torsion portion and the lever member,
A ring member for attaching the lever member to the slide member can be urged to the engaging portion toward one side of the guide groove, and the end of the engaging portion can be pressed against the inner end surface of the guide groove. It can be omitted. In addition, since the lever portion and the fixing portion are provided facing the same side, the lever member can be assembled from the front or the rear of the slide member. Here, in the third aspect, the lever portion is provided with a gentle inclination toward the guide groove side, and the front end of the engaging portion is pressed against the deep end surface of the guide groove.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a lock device capable of switching a door of a box such as an audio rack between a closed state and a minute open state in which the door can be opened by holding it by hand. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 8, and 9, the lock device 1 includes a lock device main body 3 fixed to a box 2 such as an audio rack, and a hook member fixed to a door 4 of the box 2. When the door 4 is pushed to the closed position, as shown in FIG. 1, a hook member is attached to the holding portions 7a of the pair of holding arms 7 formed integrally with the slide member 6 of the lock device main body 3. 5, the door 4 is held in the closed position, and when the door 4 is pushed again from this state, as shown in FIG. 8, the holding arm 7 protrudes from the casing 8 and the hook 5a is held. The door 4 is detached from the arm 7 and the door 4 is slightly opened. The portion of the lock device main body 3 excluding the holding arm 7 corresponds to a push latch device.

The lock device main body 3 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, a mounting hole 2a is formed in the wall of the box 2, and the mounting hole 2a has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape with an open front end. The casing 8 is mounted, and a locking portion 9 having a front end protruding outward is formed in the middle of the side wall portion of the casing 8 by cutting and raising the side wall portion, and the front end portion of the casing 8 is slightly larger than the side wall portion. Guide / locking wall 10 arranged outside
Is formed, and the casing 8 is fixedly held to the box 2 with the wall of the box 2 sandwiched between the locking portion 9 and the guide and locking wall 10.

A slide member 6 is mounted in the casing 8 so as to be movable back and forth between a retracted position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and a forward position shown in FIGS. The sliding member 6 is always urged forward via an elastic member 12 formed of a compression coil spring. A regulating portion 13 is formed on the lower end surface of the sliding member 6 so as to protrude downward. A long and narrow slit 14 is formed in the front-rear direction for movably guiding, and the regulating portion 13 is
The forward position of the slide member 6 is regulated by contacting the front end of the slide member 6. A taper surface 13a inclined upward and rearward is formed in the rear half of the lower end surface of the regulating portion 13, so that the slide member 6 can be easily attached to the casing 8 from the front. In order to regulate the retreat position of the slide member 6, a guide groove 15 is formed on the upper end surface of the slide member 6 along a substantially heart-shaped outer edge which contracts rearward.
5 is provided with a lever member 16 having an engagement portion 16b which can move relatively along the lever 5.

The lever member 16 is formed by bending an elastic wire, and extends in the front-rear direction through the space between the upper wall of the casing 8 and the slide member 6 as shown in FIGS. A lever portion 16a whose rear end extends rearward through an opening 17 formed in the rear wall of the casing 8, extends into the guide groove 15 from the front end of the lever portion 16a, and moves relatively along the guide groove 15. A pair of left and right holding claws 18 extending downward from the rear end of the lever 16a and protruding from the rear wall of the casing 8 so as to be rotatable and front-rear. The torsion portion 16c, which is immovably held, extends from the lower end of the torsion portion 16c into the casing 8 through the mounting hole 19 in the rear wall of the casing 8, and extends in the front-rear direction formed on the lower end surface of the slide member 6. Slender fixing groove 20 And a fixing portion 16d which is inserted and fixes the lower end portion of the torsion portion 16c so as not to rotate with respect to the casing 8, and the lever portion 16a is engaged with the fixing portion 16d horizontally arranged in the front-rear direction. Part 16b
So that the lower end portion is pressed against the inner end surface of the guide groove 15.
Slowly inclined forward (eg, the inclination angle θ1 with respect to the horizontal direction is θ1 = 5 °), and gradually inclined toward the right side (eg, the engagement portion 16b is biased rightward of the guide groove 15) (eg, , The inclination angle θ2 with respect to the front-rear direction is θ2 = 10
°) is bent.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the guide groove 15 is formed by a guide groove 15a formed at the rear end and opening rearward, and a guide start position BS at a front end of the guide groove 15a. A retraction groove 15b to the left retreat end position BE on the left side of the front end of the groove 15, and a guide groove 15 from the retreat end position BE.
Guide groove 15c from the forward regulation position RP to the forward regulation position RP substantially at the center near the front end of the guide groove 15.
Is formed along a substantially heart-shaped outer edge from the feed-side guide groove 15d from the forward start position FS to the forward start position FS on the right side of the front end portion and the advance groove 15e from the advance start position FS to the retreat start position BS. The rear end face of the groove 15b is formed to be inclined upward and forward, the rear end face of the forward groove 15e is formed substantially flat, and a step 21 is formed at the rear end of the forward groove 15e.

A pair of right and left rotatable holding arms 7 are integrally formed at the front end of the slide member 6, and a holding portion 7 engageable with the hook 5a is formed at the front end of the holding arm 7.
a is formed, and the slide member 6 is held between the holding arms 7.
Is formed with a pressing portion 22 protruding forward, and the slide member 6 is moved to the forward position or the rear end position by the pressing portion 22 being pressed by the rear end portion of the hook member 5, and the slide member 6 is moved to the retreat position. Are held by the guide / locking wall 10, the two holding arms 7 are turned inward to lock the hook 5a between the holding portions 7a, and the slide member 6 is held at the forward position. Then, both holding arms 7 protrude out of the casing 8 to be in an unlocked state in which the front ends are opened due to the elasticity of the material. However, the holding arm 7 may be configured as a member separate from the slide member 6 and may be rotatably attached to the slide member 6.

Next, the operation of the lock device 1 will be described. In a state where the door 4 is opened, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the slide member 6 is urged forward by the urging force of the elastic member 12, and the regulating portion 13 engages with the front end of the slit 14 and slides. The member 6 is held at the forward position, and the engaging portion 16b of the lever member 16 is held at the retreat start position BS. When the door 4 is turned to the closed position, the pressing portion 22 is pressed by the rear end face of the hook member 5 and the sliding member 6 is moved rearward, the lever portion 16a is deformed into a gentle curved shape and the torsion portion 16c is moved. While being torsionally deformed, the engaging portion 16b relatively moves forward through the retreating groove 15b as shown by the arrow in FIG.
The slide member 6 is moved to E and received by the front end face of the retreat end position BE, and the backward movement of the slide member 6 is restricted. At this time, the holding arm 7 rotates inward at the guide / locking wall 10, and the holding portion 7 a of the hook member 5 is held by the holding portion 7 a of the holding arm 7.

In this state, when the user speaks from the door 4, as shown in FIG. 1, the engaging portion 16b moves along the introduction-side guide groove 15c by the return force of the lever portion 16a and the torsion portion 16c, and moves forward. The slide member 6 is moved to the restriction position RP, is held by being engaged with the rear end face of the advance restriction position RP by the urging force of the elastic member 12, and holds the hook member 5 between the holding arms 7 while the slide member 6 is in the retreat position. And the door 4 is held in the closed state.

Next, when the door 4 is pushed backward again to open the door 4, the engaging portion 16b is moved from the forward-restricted position RP through the feed-side guide groove 15d by the return force of the lever portion 16a and the torsion portion 16c. When the user moves to the forward movement start position FS and releases the hand from the door 4 in this state, the slide member 6 is moved forward by the urging force of the elastic member 12, and the engaging portion 16b is moved to the forward groove 15e.
, And the holding arm 7 protrudes out of the casing 8 so that the two holding arms 7 are released, and the engagement between the holding portion 7a and the hook portion 5a is released. The door 4 is slightly opened. Then, the end of the door 4 is held by hand and the door 4 is opened.

Since the lever portion 16a is disposed so as to be gently inclined forward and downward, the lower end portion of the engaging portion 16b is always in pressure contact with the rear end surface of the guide groove 15, and
Since the step portion 21 is formed at the rear end of the forward groove 15e, the engagement portion 16b held at the retreat start position BS is restricted from moving toward the forward groove 15e.
b is prevented from rotating backward along the guide groove 15.

Since the lever member 16 is rotatably held via a pair of holding claws 18 formed integrally with the casing 8 and immovable in the front-rear direction, the lever member 16 is held. It is not necessary to separately provide a member. Further, when assembling the lock device main body 3, with the elastic member 12 attached to the slide member 6, the two are assembled from the front of the casing 8, and the slide member 6 is held at the forward position. The engaging portion 16b and the fixing portion 16d of the lever member 16 are
Then, the torsion portion 16c is inserted between the holding claws 18 to assemble the sliding member 6, the elastic member 12, and the lever member 16 with respect to the casing 8 easily. I can do it.

Next, a modification in which the configuration of the lock device 1 is partially changed will be described with reference to FIGS. The lock device 1A is provided with the hook member 5.
Instead, a plate member 30 made of a magnetic attraction material is fixed to the door 4, and instead of the holding arm 7, a substantially rectangular frame 31 is integrally formed at the front of the slide member 6A of the lock device main body 3A. And a magnet 32 is mounted in the frame 31,
An attraction plate 33 made of a magnetic attraction material that covers the upper and lower end surfaces of the magnet 32 is fixed to the frame body 31. When the plate member 30 is attracted to the attraction plate 33 while the slide member 6A is held at the retracted position, a door is opened. 4 is held in a closed state. When the door 4 is pressed in this state, the slide member 6 protrudes to the advanced position, and the door 4 is slightly opened. In this state, the end of the door 4 is held by hand and the door 4 is held. It will be open.

Next, another embodiment of the lock device main body 3 will be described. In the lock device body 3B, basically, the guide groove 15 of the above embodiment is formed in the lower end surface of the upper wall portion of the casing 8, and the slide member 6 is provided with the lever member 1
6, the same members as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. 12 to 1
As shown in FIG. 5, a thick portion 40 is formed at the rear half of the upper wall portion of the casing 8, and a guide having a shape along the substantially heart-shaped outer edge which is reduced toward the front is formed at the lower end portion of the thick portion 40. Groove 1
5B is formed upside down from the above embodiment.
A slide member 6B is mounted in the casing 8 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The upper rear half of the slide member 6B is cut out so as not to interfere with the thick portion 40 when moved to the retracted position. It is attached to the latter half of 6B.

The lever member 41 is formed by bending a resilient wire, and includes a lever portion 41a extending in the front-rear direction extending between the rear half of the slide member 6B and the upper wall of the casing 8, and a lever 41a. The engaging portion 41b extends from the rear end of the portion 41a into the guide groove 15B and is relatively movable along the guide groove 15B, and the mounting hole 42 formed in the slide member 6B is inserted from the front end of the lever portion 41a. A torsion portion 41c extending downward and rotatably held by the slide member 6B and immovable in the front-rear direction;
A fixing portion 41d which is inserted from the lower end of 1c into a long and narrow fixing groove 43 formed on the lower end surface of the slide member 6B in the front-rear direction and fixes the lower end of the torsion portion 41c so as not to rotate with respect to the slide member 6B. Composed and fixed part 41d
The lever portion 41a is arranged horizontally in the front-rear direction.
Is a gently inclined rearwardly rising shape (for example, the inclination angle θ3 with respect to the horizontal direction is θ3 = 5 °) so that the lower end of the engagement portion 41b is pressed against the inner end surface of the guide groove 15B, and the engagement portion 41b Is urged to the left of the guide groove 15B,
It is bent toward the left side (e.g., the inclination angle θ4 with respect to the front-rear direction is θ4 = 10 °).

In the locking device main body 3B, similarly to the above-described embodiment, the door 4 is rotated to the closed position side to press the pressing portion 22 with the rear end face of the hook member 5, and to push the slide member 6B backward. When operated, the engaging portion 41b is moved to the forward movement restricting position R.
The slide member 6B is held at the retracted position by engaging with the front end face of the P, the hook 5a of the hook member 5 is held by the holding portions 7a of both holding arms 7, and the door 4 is held at the closed position.
By rotating the door 4 again to the closed position side and pressing the pressing portion 22 with the rear end face of the hook member 5 and then releasing the hand, the engaging portion 41b is separated from the advance restriction position RP and the elastic member 12 is attached. The slide member 6B is moved to the forward position by the force, is slightly opened, holds the door 4 by hand, and opens the door 4.

In the lock device main body 3B, the lever member 41 and the elastic member 1 are attached to the slide member 6B.
2 are assembled to the casing 8 from the front with the two assembled. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to the lock device 1.1A of the door 4, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a push switch and the like.

[0026]

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail in the above-mentioned operation section,
The following effects can be obtained. According to the push latch device of the first aspect, the number of parts can be reduced by omitting the ring member for attaching the lever member to the casing, and the lever portion and the fixing portion are provided toward the same side. Thus, the lever member can be assembled from the front or rear of the casing, and the effect of greatly improving the assemblability of the lever member can be obtained.

According to the push latch device of the second aspect, the number of parts can be reduced by omitting the ring member for attaching the lever member to the slide member, and the lever portion and the fixing portion are provided toward the same side. As a result, the lever member can be assembled from the front or the rear of the slide member, and the effect of greatly improving the assemblability of the lever member can be obtained. According to the push latch device of the third aspect, the tip of the engaging portion is pressed against the inner end surface of the guide groove, so that the operation of the push latch device is further ensured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a lock device in a locked state.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the lock device main body.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the lock device main body.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a lever member.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a lever member.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a guide groove.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the lock device in an unlocked state.

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

FIG. 10 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1 of a lock device according to a modification.

FIG. 11 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2 of a lock device according to a modification.

FIG. 12 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1 of a lock device body according to another embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2 of a lock device body according to another embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 8 of a lock device body according to another embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 9 of a lock device body according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 lock device 2 box 2a mounting hole 3 lock device main body 4 door 5 hook member 6 slide member 7 holding arm 7a holding portion 8 casing 9 locking portion 10 guide / locking wall portion 12 elastic member 13 regulating portion 13a tapered surface 14 Slit 15 Guide groove 16 Lever member 16a Lever part 16b Engagement part 16c Torsion part 17 Opening 18 Holding claw 19 Mounting hole 20 Fixing groove 16d Fixing part 15a Introducing groove 15b Retreating groove 15c Introducing guide groove 15d Feeding guide groove 15e Forward groove 21 Step 22 Pressing part BS Retreat start position BE Retreat end position RP Advance control position FS Advance start position 1A Lock device 3A Lock device main body 6A Slide member 30 Plate member 31 Frame 32 Magnet 33 Suction plate 3B Lock device main 6B slide member 15B guide groove 40 thickness Part 41 lever member 41a lever 41b engaging portion 41c torsion portion 41d fixed portion 42 mounting hole 43 clamping groove

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A casing having an open front end, a slide member movably mounted in the casing in a front-rear direction, and having a guide groove formed along an outer edge of a heart shape on an upper end surface thereof; and the slide member. An elastic member for urging the front portion, a lever portion extending in the front-rear direction passing between the upper wall portion of the casing and the slide member, and extending from one end of the lever portion into the guide groove and along the guide groove. And a torsion portion extending vertically from the other end of the lever portion and rotatably attached to the casing and immovably in the front-rear direction, and the other end of the torsion portion. A resilient lever member having a fixing portion extending from the portion to the same side as the lever portion in the front-rear direction and fixing the other end of the torsion portion so as not to rotate with respect to the casing. Push latch device for. 2. A casing having a front end opened and a guide groove formed along an outer edge of a heart shape on an inner surface of an upper wall portion; and a slide member movably mounted in the casing in a front-rear direction. An elastic member for urging the slide member forward; a lever portion extending in the front-rear direction passing between the upper wall portion of the casing and the slide member; and a guide groove extending from one end of the lever portion into the guide groove. A torsion portion extending vertically from the other end of the lever portion and rotatably mounted on the slide member and immovably in the front-rear direction; and a torsion portion. And a fixing member extending in the front-rear direction from the end of the torsion member to the same side as the lever portion and fixing the other end of the torsion portion to the slide member so as not to rotate. Push Latch device. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the lever portion is provided with a gentle inclination toward the guide groove, and a front end of the engaging portion is pressed against a deep end surface of the guide groove. The push latch device as described.