KR20170115280A - Backward folding type automatic folding umbrella - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic folding umbrella of the inverted type. An automatic folding umbrella of an inverted folding type according to the present invention is a folding type automatic folding umbrella which is formed in a long direction in one direction and has a handle for allowing a user to grip the folding umbrella; An elevating assembly installed on the center bar so as to be vertically movable up and down, one end of a lower rib supporting the lower shining film is hinged and selectively locked and unlocked to the center bar; A fixing assembly for hinging one end of the upper rib for supporting the upper shining film and fixing the upper rib to the center bar to allow relative lift and lowering of the lifting assembly; A pair of tension ribs disposed between the upper rib and the lower rib and hinged to one end of the raising and lowering assembly and hinged to the upper rib, A dragon; And a remote releasing means for releasing the locking state of the lifting assembly with respect to the center frame of the lifting assembly with fingers positioned in the hand holding the pulling handle, wherein the lifting and lowering assembly is locked to the center frame, The tension ribs of the tension railing ribs have an elastic force, and when the locking of the lifting and lowering assembly is released by the remote releasing means, the upper railing member is automatically lowered by the elastic force, To be folded.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an umbrella type folding type automatic folding umbrella,

More particularly, the present invention relates to an umbrella, and more particularly, to a foldable umbrella structure having a double orifice structure, wherein when the umbrella is folded, the inner side of the lower washer is outwardly projected, To an automatic unfolding umbrella of an inverted folding type.

Typical umbrellas are usually used and when folded, the outside of the damp umbrella cloth faces outward with rain.

As a result, there is a problem that moisture remaining on the umbrella cloth is likely to be adhered to the clothes of the user holding the umbrella in a folded state or the clothes of the other persons adjacent to the user.

In order to solve this problem, prior art techniques for folding an umbrella in an inverted manner are disclosed in various methods such as Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0278644 and Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2005-0010091.

However, these prior arts have a problem in that they are not easy to manufacture due to their very complicated construction, have a high possibility of failure during use, and have a problem in that they can not be smoothly operated when the umbrella is folded and folded due to its complicated structure.

In order to solve such a problem, the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 10-1323312 has been proposed. However, the umbrella according to the prior art has a problem in that the second umbrella stand 40 is divided into the first umbrella stand 40 The structure of the first umbrella stand 40 and the second umbrella stand 40 can not be improved in complexity due to the structure of entering and leaving the entrance and exit space 31. Rather, The structure is weak and is easily damaged by strong winds.

Accordingly, there is an urgent need to develop a product capable of improving such problems, and further development of a product capable of automatically folding an umbrella rather than a manual operation is required for the convenience of the user.

Particularly, in the product development, unlike the umbrella which adopts the general folding structure instead of the conventional one having the umbrella cloth or the inverted folding structure in the case of implementing the automatic spreading function, the structure is complicated, Points should be considered.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a double shading film structure capable of achieving high- Folding type umbrella which allows other shading films other than rain-contacting shade films to be exposed to the outside and maintains the rigidity of the structure with a simple structure.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an upside-down type automatic folding umbrella which can be automatically folded to improve user's convenience.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides an automatic folding umbrella of an inverted-fold type, comprising: a center bar having a handle formed to be long in one direction and capable of gripping a user; An elevating assembly installed on the center bar so as to be vertically movable up and down, one end of a lower rib supporting the lower shining film is hinged and selectively locked and unlocked to the center bar; A fixing assembly for hinging one end of the upper rib for supporting the upper shining film and fixing the upper rib to the center bar to allow relative lift and lowering of the lifting assembly; A pair of tension ribs disposed between the upper rib and the lower rib and hinged to one end of the raising and lowering assembly and hinged to the upper rib, A dragon; And a remote releasing means for releasing the locking state of the lifting assembly with respect to the center frame of the lifting assembly with fingers positioned in the hand holding the pulling handle, wherein the lifting and lowering assembly is locked to the center frame, The tension ribs of the tension railing ribs have an elastic force, and when the locking of the lifting and lowering assembly is released by the remote releasing means, the upper railing member is automatically lowered by the elastic force, To be folded.

Wherein the upper rib is formed so that the upper wing film is accommodated in a space between the center band and the lower rib when the lifting assembly is lowered in a direction away from the fixing assembly, And a pair of folding ribs hinged to each other at an end of the folding ribs.

The present invention is characterized in that one side is hinged to the upper rib and the other side is movably mounted to the lower rib so that the lower rib is guided during the approach of the lifting assembly to the fixing assembly, And an auxiliary rib for maintaining the bending state of the lower rib after the assembling operation is completed.

The inverted folding type automatic folding umbrella according to the present invention having such a configuration has a double shading film structure so that the product can be upgraded without being easily damaged and the folding structure can be reversed, And the inverted folding structure can also be realized by hinging a plurality of ribs, so that it is possible to achieve a robust structure with a simple structure, It is possible to fold the umbrella so that the convenience of the user can be improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view for explaining a basic structure of an inverted-fold type automatic spreading umbrella according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing a part of the configuration of part II of Fig. 1 in an enlarged plan view. Fig.
3 is a view for explaining the operation state of the portion II in Fig.
Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged views of part IV of Fig. 1; Fig.
6 and 7 are operational state diagrams according to an operation procedure of an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a view for explaining a structure and a function in a folded state of an embodiment of the present invention.
9 and 10 are views for explaining a process of remotely folding an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a view for explaining a structure of an umbrella according to the prior art;

Hereinafter, an upside down type automatic unfolding umbrella according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view for explaining a basic structure of an inverted-fold type automatic unfolding umbrella according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a part of the configuration of part II of FIG. 3 and 4 are enlarged views of part IV in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are views for explaining the operating state of part II of FIG. FIG. 8 is a view for explaining a structure and a function in a folded state according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are views for explaining a process of remotely folding an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in these drawings, an inverted folding type automatic folding umbrella (hereinafter referred to as 'umbrella') according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower shingling film A ) And the upper shingling film (B). In the double shingling film structure, as shown in FIG. 8, it is preferable that the surface to be exposed to rain or snow is not exposed during storage after use, The inner surface of the lower shining cloth A is exposed to the outside.

The umbrella according to this embodiment comprises a center frame 1, a lifting assembly 2, a tension railing and a remote releasing means,

As best shown in Fig. 1, the center bar 1 is elongated in one direction. Here, the term " one-way " means a direction in which the lifting assembly 2 is lifted up and down. At one end of the center frame 1, a handle 11 for smoothly gripping the user is generally provided.

 The lifting and lowering assembly 2 is provided so as to be vertically movable with respect to the center frame 1 and includes a lower shingling film B and a lower shingling film A (see lower double-dotted line) So that the upper shingles B and the lower shingles A can be lifted up and down.

In the present embodiment, the ribs include a lower rib 4, an upper rib 5 and an auxiliary rib 6, and the upper rib 5 may be variously embodied, And a pair of folding ribs 51 and 52, the opposite ends of which are hinged to each other.

Here, the upper ward 5 is supported by the upper wing film B, and the lower ward 4 is supported by the lower wing film A.

The lifting assembly 2, which is organically coupled to these ribs, has a structure in which one end of the lower rib 4 can be raised and lowered together with the lower rib 4 by being hinged. 3, when the lifting assembly 2 is lowered with respect to the center frame 1, one end of the lower rib 4 hinged to the lifting assembly 2 is lifted by the lifting assembly 2 ) Is lowered.

This lifting assembly 2 makes a relative movement with respect to the fixing assembly 3 fixed to the center frame 1, thereby enabling folding and unfolding of the umbrella.

One end of the upper rib 5 is hinged to the fixing assembly 3 and is fixed to the center frame 1 so that the elevating assembly 2 can be relatively lifted and lowered together with the elevating assembly 2 .

The present invention further includes a tension railing 8 disposed between the upper ribs 5 for supporting the upper shining film B and the lower rib 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, one end of the tension railing 8 is hinged to the lifting assembly 2 and the other end is hinged to the upper railing 5, As best seen in the drawing, a pair of tension ribs 81 are provided which are spaced apart from each other between one end and the other end.

FIG. 3 (a) is a view showing a state in which the tension ribs 81 are spaced apart from each other in a state in which the umbrella is unfolded as shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 (b) And the ribs 81 are in close proximity to each other.

9 and 10, the remote releasing means is provided for releasing the locking state of the lifting and lowering assembly 2 with respect to the center cradle 1 with a finger placed in the hand holding the pulling claw 11 remotely And includes a remote button 9 that is connected to a hook 12 to be described later in a power-linking manner.

Here, the term 'remote' refers to a comparison between the proximity releasing means shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the releasing method by the other hand rather than the hand holding the umbrella, in which the hand holding the umbrella, It is possible to control the locking means shown in Fig.

4 and 5, the lock release button 21 is pushed by a finger placed in the other hand that does not hold the umbrella so that the hooking hook 12 provided on the center frame is pressed, And the lift assembly 2 is released so that the folded umbrella can be folded.

However, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the umbrella can be folded by the general method, as well as the remote button 9 provided on the handle, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, It is possible to operate the hooking hook 12 that is connected to the remote button 9 to be able to operate the hooking hook 12 to smoothly release the locking state between the hooking hook 12 and the lifting assembly 2.

In order to fold the umbrella in an upside down type umbrella structure, it is necessary to fold the umbrella in the upside down type, And the lower side ribs 4, and the tension releasing rib 8 and the remote releasing means, which are configured to be able to be remotely folded, are combined with each other.

Particularly, in the case of the umbrella type having a double-gauge structure and folded upside down as in the present embodiment, the manufacturing cost is increased due to an increase in the number of components and a complicated structure, and therefore, a simplification of the structure and an optimum design of the structure are required.

The present invention is such that the tension raft 8 and the remote release means are organically coupled to other arrangements to meet these design requirements.

That is, according to the present invention, when the lifting assembly 2 is locked to the center frame 1, the tension ribs 81 of the tension razor 8 have an elastic force in a state in which the upper shining film B is unfolded The upper shining film B is automatically lowered to the lifting assembly 12 by the elastic force when the lifting assembly 12 is released from locking with respect to the center belt 1 by the remote releasing means, It can be folded.

The inverted folding type automatic folding umbrella according to the present invention having such a configuration can realize a folding umbrella structure having an inverted folding structure of a double cloth structure by a simple structure and also can be realized by using a hand holding the umbrella, So that the convenience of the user can be improved.

On the other hand, the double shading film structure as in the present embodiment requires a greater structural rigidity. In order to achieve such a structural rigidity, the present embodiment includes the auxiliary rib 6.

That is, as shown in the enlarged part of FIG. 1, the auxiliary rib 6 has a structure in which one side is hinged to the upper rib 5 and the other side is movably hooked to the lower rib 4 .

The auxiliary rib 6 may be formed by pulling the lower rib 4 upward while the lift assembly 2 is approaching the fixing assembly 3 as shown in FIG. And also serves to maintain the bending state of the lower rib 4 after the lifting operation of the lifting assembly 2 is completed as shown in FIG.

The upper ribs 5 are composed of a pair of folding ribs 51 and 52 hinged to each other at their opposite ends so that the lifting assembly 2 is lowered in the direction away from the fixing assembly 3 so that the upper shining film B is accommodated in the space between the center belt 1 and the lower rib 4, Allow the inside surface to be exposed to the outside.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, an umbrella is used in a state in which the umbrella is unfolded, and thereafter, the umbrella is stored in a folded state as shown in FIG. 8. In this embodiment, The upper shroud B shown in Fig. 8 is housed in the space between the center bar 1 and the upper rib 5 and the outer two-dot chain line B shown in Fig. So that the lower shroud film A shown in FIG.

As described above, the inverted folding type automatic folding umbrella according to an embodiment of the present invention has a double shading film structure, so that the product can be upgraded without being easily damaged, and it is possible to realize an inverted folding structure, And the inverted folding structure can also be realized by hinging a plurality of ribs, which leads to an advantage that the structure can be made robust with a simple structure.

1, after the lifting operation of the lifting and lowering assembly 2 is completed, the portion of the auxiliary rib 6 attached to the lower rib 4 is arbitrarily moved And an elastic member (7) for applying an elastic force to the auxiliary rib (6).

That is, one side of the elastic member 7 is installed in the folding ribs 51 and 52 connected to the fixing assembly 3 among the pair of folding ribs 51 and 52, As a result, when the umbrella is unfolded as shown in Fig. 1, tension is applied to the auxiliary rib 6 so that the gap between the upper rib 5 and the lower rib 4 can be maintained tight.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Do.

1: center base 11: handle
12: hooking hook 2: lifting assembly
21: Unlocking button 3: Fixing assembly
4: lower rib 5: upper rib
51,52: Folding Rib 6: Parabolic Ribs
7: Elastic member 8: Tension strip
81: Tension rib 9: Remote button
A: Lower shade B: Upper shade

Claims (3)

A center bar which is elongated in one direction and is provided with a handle for enabling a user to grip;
An elevating assembly installed on the center bar so as to be vertically movable up and down, one end of a lower rib supporting the lower shining film is hinged and selectively locked and unlocked to the center bar;
A fixing assembly for hinging one end of the upper rib for supporting the upper shining film and fixing the upper rib to the center bar to allow relative lift and lowering of the lifting assembly;
A pair of tension ribs disposed between the upper rib and the lower rib and hinged to one end of the raising and lowering assembly and hinged to the upper rib, A dragon; And
And remote releasing means for releasing the locking state of the lifting assembly with respect to the center frame with fingers positioned in the hand holding the pulling handle,
Wherein the tension ribs of the tension railing have an elastic force when the lifting assembly is locked to the center bar so that the locking ribs of the tension railing have elastic force and when the locking of the lifting assembly to the center bar of the lifting assembly is released by the remote releasing means, And the upper shining film is automatically folded by being lowered to the lifting assembly by an elastic force, so that the upper shining film can be automatically folded. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the upper rib is formed so that the upper wing film is accommodated in a space between the center band and the lower rib when the lifting assembly is lowered in a direction away from the fixing assembly, And a pair of folding ribs hinged to each other at an end portion of the folding ribs. The method according to claim 1,
The one side is hinged to the upper rib and the other side is movably mounted on the lower rib so that the lower rib is guided during the approach of the lifting assembly to the fixing assembly and the upward movement of the lifting assembly And an auxiliary rib for maintaining the bending state of the lower rib after the completion of the folding operation.

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