GRIP FOR EDGED TOOL
20240149426 ยท 2024-05-09
Inventors
Cpc classification
B25G3/04
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B25G3/04
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
Provided is a grip for an edged tool in which the operation of fitting split grip bodies can be performed only in a prescribed procedure, thereby reducing variations in fitting, and in which the hand movement when fitting the split grip bodies is in a highly safe direction. A handgrip portion 120 has essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 at the front, split grip bodies 210, 220 have essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 at the front, and fitting the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 to the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 achieves positioning between fitting protrusions and recesses 211, 212, 221, 222 of the split grip bodies and fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122 of the handgrip portion, while in the case where the fitting protrusions and recesses 211, 212, 221, 222 are first fitted to the fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122, the fitting between the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 and the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 is rendered impossible.
Claims
1. A grip for an edged tool, the grip being composed of a pair of split grip bodies fitted to a handgrip portion of an edged tool body from a back side and a belly side thereof, wherein in the handgrip portion having fitting protrusions and recesses provided on each of the back and belly sides, a fitting protrusion at a front of the handgrip portion is configured to be an essential positioning fitting protrusion protruding diagonally forward significantly, in the pair of split grip bodies each having fitting protrusions and recesses provided corresponding to the fitting protrusions and recesses of the handgrip portion, a fitting recess at a front of the split grip body is configured to be an essential positioning fitting recess protruding diagonally forward significantly, and in fitting each split grip body to the handgrip portion of the edged tool body, the essential positioning fitting recess in the split grip body is fitted to the essential positioning fitting protrusion of the handgrip portion to thereby achieve positioning between the remaining fitting protrusions and recesses of the split grip body and the remaining fitting protrusions and recesses of the handgrip portion, while in the case where any of the fitting protrusions and recesses of the split grip body is first fitted to any of the fitting protrusions and recesses of the handgrip portion, the fitting between the essential positioning fitting recess of the split grip body and the essential positioning fitting protrusion of the handgrip portion is rendered impossible.
2. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 1, wherein the fitting between the essential positioning fitting recess of each split grip body and the essential positioning fitting protrusion of the handgrip portion is achieved by an attachment operation of attaching the essential positioning fitting recess to the essential positioning fitting protrusion in a direction from diagonally forward to diagonally rearward, and the positioning between the remaining fitting protrusions and recesses of the split grip body and the remaining fitting protrusions and recesses of the handgrip portion is achieved by a relative movement of the split grip body in a longitudinal direction of the handgrip portion accompanying the attachment operation.
3. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 1, wherein in the case where the fitting protrusions and recesses of each split grip body are first fitted to the fitting protrusions and recesses of the handgrip portion, a misalignment occurs between a position of a receiving opening of the essential positioning fitting recess of the split grip body and a position of the essential positioning fitting protrusion of the handgrip portion.
4. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 1, wherein each split grip body includes a position marker that indicates an attachment starting position in attaching the essential positioning fitting recess to the essential positioning fitting protrusion of the handgrip portion.
5. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 1, wherein each split grip body includes a slip-out preventing portion at the front configured to expand significantly sideward, and the essential positioning fitting recess is formed within a wall thickness of the slip-out preventing portion.
6. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 2, wherein in the case where the fitting protrusions and recesses of each split grip body are first fitted to the fitting protrusions and recesses of the handgrip portion, a misalignment occurs between a position of a receiving opening of the essential positioning fitting recess of the split grip body and a position of the essential positioning fitting protrusion of the handgrip portion.
7. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 2, wherein each split grip body includes a position marker that indicates an attachment starting position in attaching the essential positioning fitting recess to the essential positioning fitting protrusion of the handgrip portion.
8. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 3, wherein each split grip body includes a position marker that indicates an attachment starting position in attaching the essential positioning fitting recess to the essential positioning fitting protrusion of the handgrip portion.
9. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 2, wherein each split grip body includes a slip-out preventing portion at the front configured to expand significantly sideward, and the essential positioning fitting recess is formed within a wall thickness of the slip-out preventing portion.
10. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 3, wherein each split grip body includes a slip-out preventing portion at the front configured to expand significantly sideward, and the essential positioning fitting recess is formed within a wall thickness of the slip-out preventing portion.
11. The grip for an edged tool according to claim 4, wherein each split grip body includes a slip-out preventing portion at the front configured to expand significantly sideward, and the essential positioning fitting recess is formed within a wall thickness of the slip-out preventing portion.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0052] Referring first to
[0053] The edged tool body 100 includes an edged portion 110 at the front and a handgrip portion 120 at the rear.
[0054] The grip body 200 is composed of a pair of split grip bodies 210 and 220 fitted to the handgrip portion 120 of the edged tool body 100, with the split grip body 210 fitted from a back side 120a and the split grip body 220 fitted from a belly side 120b of the handgrip portion 120.
[0055] In the above, the back side 120a is a side of the edged tool body 100 provided with no edge, and the belly side 120b is an edged side.
[0056] In the present embodiment, the edged tool is a hatchet, and the edged tool body is made of a metallic material.
[0057] The edged tool body 100 can of course be configured in a similar manner for edged tools other than the hatchet, such as a sickle, kitchen knife, knife, saw, and the like, and the material used can be, besides metal, a ceramic or other material suitable for such edged tools.
[0058] Further, the edged portion 110 is described as one having a cutting edge on one side (belly side). The edged portion 110 may of course be one having cutting edges on both sides. In this case, the above-described back side 120a and belly side 120b would be referred to as one side and the other side, respectively.
[0059] Referring also to
[0060] In the present embodiment, the handgrip portion 120 is configured to have a longitudinal axis Ax slightly curved toward the belly side 120b for ease of use. However, it does not necessarily have to be curved.
[0061] The handgrip portion 120 has fitting protrusions 121 and fitting recesses 122 formed on both an end face on the back side 120a and an end face on the belly side 120b along its longitudinal direction.
[0062] Of the fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122 formed on the back side 120a of the handgrip portion 120, the fitting protrusion 121 located at the front of the handgrip portion 120 is configured to be an essential positioning fitting protrusion 123 that protrudes diagonally forward significantly.
[0063] Similarly, of the fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122 formed on the belly side 120b of the handgrip portion 120, the fitting protrusion 121 located at the front of the handgrip portion 120 is configured to be an essential positioning fitting protrusion 123 that protrudes diagonally forward significantly.
[0064] The pair of essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 and 123 configured in the handgrip portion 120 are actually the fitting protrusions 121 and 121 located at the very front on both sides, configured to serve as the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 and 123.
[0065] The pair of essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 and 123 on the back side 120a and the belly side 120b of the handgrip portion 120 are configured symmetrically, although they do not necessarily have to be symmetrical. Making the protrusions symmetrical facilitates the operation of fitting the pair of split grip bodies 210 and 220 from the back side 120a and the belly side 120b of the handgrip portion 120, and also ensures a good fit condition after completion of the fitting.
[0066] The fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122 and the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 can be formed, for example, by laser machining, cutting, or other methods.
[0067] Referring also to
[0068] The split grip body 210 on the back side and the split grip body 220 on the belly side do not have to be symmetrical in shape.
[0069] The pair of split grip bodies 210 and 220 have insertion grooves 214 and 224, respectively, formed at the center of their split surfaces 210a and 220a along the longitudinal direction. The pair of split grip bodies 210 and 220 are fitted together, with their insertion grooves 214 and 224 engaged from the back side 120a and the belly side 120b of the handgrip portion 120. Upon completion of the fitting, the split surfaces 210a and 220a abut against each other.
[0070] At the bottom of the insertion grooves 214 and 224 of the split grip bodies 210 and 220, fitting protrusions 211 and 221, fitting recesses 212 and 222, and essential positioning fitting recesses 213 and 223, respectively, are formed.
[0071] The fitting protrusions 211 and 221, the fitting recesses 212 and 222, and the essential positioning fitting recesses 213 and 223 provided in the pair of split grip bodies 210 and 220 are formed in correspondence with the fitting protrusions 121, the fitting recesses 122, and the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 constituted in the handgrip portion 120 of the edged tool body 100.
[0072] Of the fitting protrusions 211 and the fitting recesses 212 of the split grip body 210 on the back side 120a, one of the fitting recesses 212 provided at the front of the split grip body 210 serves as the essential positioning fitting recess 213. However, this essential positioning fitting recess 213 differs significantly from the other fitting protrusions 211 and fitting recesses 212 in terms of shape and function.
[0073] Similarly, of the fitting protrusions 221 and fitting recesses 222 of the split grip body 220 on the belly side 120b, one of the fitting recesses 222 provided at the front of the split grip body 220 serves as the essential positioning fitting recess 223. However, this essential positioning fitting recess 223 differs significantly from the other fitting protrusions 221 and fitting recesses 232 in terms of shape and function.
[0074] The essential positioning fitting recesses 213 and 223 in the pair of split grip bodies 210 and 220 provided on the back side 120a and the belly side 120b of the handgrip portion 120 are formed so as to fit corresponding respectively to the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 and 123 on the back side 120a and the belly side 120b of the handgrip portion 120 of the edged tool body 100.
[0075] The fitting protrusions 121 and the fitting recesses 122 of the handgrip portion 120 are each configured to protrude or recess in a direction approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (axis Ax direction) of the handgrip portion 120.
[0076] Similarly, the fitting protrusions 211 and 221 and the fitting recesses 212 and 222 of the pair of split grip bodies 210 and 220 are each configured to protrude or recess in a direction approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (axis Ax direction) of the split grip bodies 210 and 220.
[0077] Further, the shapes of the fitting protrusions 121 and fitting recesses 122 in the handgrip portion 120 and the shapes of the one-to-one corresponding fitting recesses 212, 222 and fitting protrusions 211, 221 in the split grip bodies 210, 220 are configured to fit exactly with each other.
[0078] The locations of the fitting protrusions 121 and fitting recesses 122 in the handgrip portion 120 and the locations of the one-to-one corresponding fitting recesses 212, 222 and fitting protrusions 211, 221 in the split grip bodies 210, 220 are configured to correspond to each other on a one-to-one basis in the longitudinal direction.
[0079] In the above-described manner, the fitting protrusions 121 and fitting recesses 122 in the handgrip portion 120 and the fitting recesses 212, 222 and fitting protrusions 211, 221 in the split grip bodies 210, 220 are all configured to protrude or recess in a direction approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and their shapes and locations are configured to correspond to each other on a one-to-one basis. This allows the mutual fitting of the fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122, 211, 221, 212, 222 to be achieved with a simple operation of pressing the grip bodies 210, 220 against the handgrip portion 120 and applying a force thereto from sides (perpendicular to the longitudinal direction) of the handgrip portion 120.
[0080] On the other hand, the above-described essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 of the handgrip portion 120 are configured to protrude significantly forward diagonally to the longitudinal direction of the handgrip portion 120.
[0081] The corresponding essential positioning fitting recesses 213 and 223 of the split grip bodies 210 and 220 described above are also configured to protrude significantly forward diagonally to the longitudinal direction of the split grip bodies 210 and 220.
[0082] By thus configuring each essential positioning fitting protrusion 123 to protrude diagonally forward significantly, there is created a misalignment G between the position of a base portion 123a and the position of a head portion 123b of the essential positioning fitting protrusion 123 in the longitudinal direction (axis Ax direction) of the handgrip portion 120.
[0083] Similarly, in each of the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 of the split grip bodies 210, 220, there is created a misalignment G between the position of a receiving opening 213a, 223a at its base and the position of a receiving head 213b, 223b at its head in the longitudinal direction (axis Ax direction) of the split grip body 210, 220.
[0084] To put it further, by configuring the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 and the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 to protrude significantly forward diagonally in the above-described manner, fitting them together is configured to be impossible by merely aligning the positions of the receiving heads 213b, 223b of the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 in the split grip bodies 210, 220 with the positions of the head portions 123b of the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 in the handgrip portion 120 in the longitudinal direction.
[0085] In the present embodiment, the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 of the split grip bodies 210, 220 are each configured to protrude significantly forward diagonally, to thereby create a misalignment G between the receiving head 213b, 223b and the receiving opening 213a, 223a.
[0086] It is then configured such that, if the head portions 123b of the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 of the handgrip portion 120 fail to come to the positions of the receiving openings 213a, 223a at the base of the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 of the split grip bodies 210, 220, the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 cannot be attached to the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123, making it unable to fit them together.
[0087] Aligning the essential positioning fitting protrusions 213 (more specifically, the head portions 123b) of the handgrip portion 120 with the receiving openings 213a, 223a of the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 of the split grip bodies 210, 220 makes it possible to attach the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 to the essential positioning fitting protrusions 213 and to allow the head portions 123b of the handgrip portion 120 to enter as far as the receiving heads 213b, 223b of the split grip bodies 210, 220, thereby completing the fitting of the two.
[0088] The fitting of the split grip bodies 210, 220 to the handgrip portion 120 is configured as follows. In each of the split grip bodies 210, 220, the essential positioning fitting recess 213, 223 is first attached to the essential positioning fitting protrusion 123 of the handgrip portion 120, and, once the fitting is achieved, the above-described misalignment G is eliminated, enabling all the positioning between the remaining fitting protrusions 211, 221 and fitting recesses 212, 222 of the split grip body 210, 220 and the remaining fitting recesses 122 and fitting protrusions 121 of the handgrip portion 120 to be achieved.
[0089] On the other hand, referring also to
[0090] More specifically, in the case where the fitting protrusions 211, 221 and fitting recesses 212, 222 of the split grip body 210, 220 are first fitted to the fitting recesses 122 and fitting protrusions 121 of the handgrip portion 120, a misalignment G of the position of the head portion 123b of the essential positioning fitting protrusion 123 from the position of the receiving opening 213a, 223a of the essential positioning fitting recess 213, 223 occurs, in which case the entry of the essential positioning fitting protrusion 123 (head portion 123b) into the essential positioning fitting recess 213, 223 is prevented by a side wall portion 213c, 223c of the essential positioning fitting recess 213, 223.
[0091] The side wall portions 213c, 223c of the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 are walls formed at the bottom of the insertion grooves 214, 224 as the side walls of the recesses due to the shape of the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 protruding diagonally forward significantly. These side wall portions 213c, 223c prevent the entry of the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 into the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 from the directions perpendicular to the axis Ax.
[0092] It should be noted that the fitting described above is actually elastic fitting by the split grip bodies 210, 220 made of an elastic body. In addition, the protrusions and recesses to be fitted are designed such that the fitting cannot be easily released.
[0093] The insertion grooves 214, 224 can be configured to be slightly smaller in dimension than the thickness of the handgrip portion 120. This allows the split grip bodies 210, 220 to be firmly engaged with the handgrip portion 120 using their elasticity, and to be securely mounted in a tight fit on the surface of the handgrip portion 120 with their elasticity.
[0094] The split grip bodies 210, 220 are provided with position markers 215, 225. The position markers 215, 225 are markers that indicate the attachment starting positions in attaching the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 to the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123, 123 of the handgrip portion 120.
[0095] The position markers 215, 225 are represented by triangles in the present embodiment. Each marker indicates the attachment direction by making the direction of the vertex angle of the triangle match the attachment direction of the essential positioning fitting recess 213, 223, i.e., direction from diagonally forward to diagonally rearward.
[0096] Of course, the position markers 215, 225 do not necessarily have to be a triangle; they may be other marks as long as they can indicate the attachment position. In a position marker that also indicates the attachment direction, the means for indicating the attachment direction is not particularly limited.
[0097] Providing the position markers 215, 225 allows the operator to start attaching the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223, even if they protrude diagonally forward significantly, to the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 correctly by aligning the position markers 215, 225 on the split grip bodies 210, 220 with the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123, 123 in the handgrip portion 120, to thereby fit them together. In other words, even if there is a significant misalignment G in the longitudinal direction between the attachment starting position and the attachment finishing position (fitting completion position), the position markers 215, 225 thus provided enable reliable fitting of the two.
[0098] Furthermore, by making the position markers 215, 225 also indicate the attachment directions, the operator can simply attach and move the split grip bodies 210, 220 in accordance with the directions of the markers, whereby the fitting between the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 and the essential positioning fitting protrusions 123 of the handgrip portion 120 can be achieved more easily and more reliably.
[0099] The split grip bodies 210, 220 include slip-out preventing portions 216, 226. The slip-out preventing portions 216, 226 are provided for preventing the hand holding the grip from slipping off to the edged portion 110 at the front, which is important for safety in a hatchet or other tool with a sharp edged portion 110.
[0100] In the present invention, these slip-out preventing portions 216, 226 are utilized to form the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 within their wall thicknesses. Since the slip-out preventing portions 216, 226 are configured to expand significantly sideward at the front of the split grip bodies 210, 220, they can be arranged, even in the case where the essential positioning fitting recesses 213, 223 are formed to protrude significantly forward diagonally, to well absorb their large dimensions and orientation.
[0101] An operation of fitting the split grip bodies 210 and 220 to the handgrip portion 120 will be described with reference to
[0102] Referring first to
[0103] Referring next to
[0104] At this point, fitting has not yet been made between the fitting protrusions and recesses 221, 222 other than the essential positioning fitting recess 223 of the split grip body 220 and the corresponding fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122 of the handgrip portion 120.
[0105] On the other hand, with the completion of the fitting between the essential positioning fitting recess 223 and the essential positioning fitting protrusion 123, positioning is all completed between the remaining fitting protrusions and recesses 221, 222 of the split grip body 220 and the fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122 of the handgrip portion 120.
[0106] After the completion of the fitting between the essential positioning fitting recess 223 and the essential positioning fitting protrusion 123, the operation proceeds to fitting the fitting protrusion 221 immediately beneath the essential positioning fitting recess 223 to the fitting recess 122 immediately beneath the essential positioning fitting protrusion 123. This is a simple operation, as indicated by the arrow sign Q, of pressing the split grip body 220 against the handgrip portion 120 and applying a force thereto from a side perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (axis Ax direction) of the handgrip portion 120. Since the fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122 of the handgrip portion 120 and the fitting protrusions and recesses 221, 222 of the split grip body 220 are each configured to protrude or recess in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (axis Ax direction), the fitting can be completed with such a simple pressing operation of them in the directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (axis Ax direction).
[0107] Referring to
[0108] Then, referring to
[0109] The fitting of the split grip body 210 is the same as that of the split grip body 220 described above in conjunction with
[0110] The fitting can be easily completed by aligning the position marker 215 of the split grip body 210 with the essential positioning fitting protrusion 123 of the handgrip portion 120 and by attaching the split grip body 210 to the handgrip portion 120 and moving it from diagonally forward to diagonally rearward, as indicated by the arrow sign P. At the same time as the completion of this fitting, the positioning between the remaining fitting protrusions and recesses 211, 212 and the fitting protrusions and recesses 121, 122 is completed.
[0111] Referring to
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0112] The present invention has industrial applicability as a grip for an edged tool, which is applicable to various edged tools.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
[0113] 100 edged tool body [0114] 110 edged portion [0115] 120 handgrip portion [0116] 120a back side [0117] 120b belly side [0118] 121 fitting protrusion [0119] 122 fitting recess [0120] 123 essential positioning fitting protrusion [0121] 123a base portion [0122] 123b head portion [0123] 200 grip body [0124] 210 split grip body [0125] 210a split surface [0126] 211 fitting protrusion [0127] 212 fitting recess [0128] 213 essential positioning fitting recess [0129] 213a receiving opening [0130] 213b receiving head [0131] 213c side wall portion [0132] 214 insertion groove [0133] 215 position marker [0134] 216 slip-out preventing portion [0135] 220 split grip body [0136] 220a split surface [0137] 221 fitting protrusion [0138] 222 fitting recess [0139] 223 essential positioning fitting recess [0140] 223a receiving opening [0141] 223b receiving head [0142] 223c side wall portion [0143] 224 insertion groove [0144] 225 position marker [0145] 226 slip-out preventing portion [0146] Ax axis [0147] G misalignment [0148] P arrow sign [0149] Q arrow sign