Patent Grant
11788333
The present claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202120431079.9 filed on Feb. 25, 2021, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The present application relates to the technical field of hinges, and more specially relates to a hinge structure and a packaging box with it.
Hinge is a mechanical device used to connect two objects and allow relative rotation between them. It can be applied to doors and windows or covered devices, such as installed on the packaging box to realize the opening and closing of the packaging box cover. However, the structure of the traditional hinge device is mostly complex, including multiple parts, which increases the production cost of the hinge. In addition, the traditional hinge lacks a positioning mechanism, and the rotation angle between the two objects connected by the hinge is difficult to be fixed. It is easy to have problems such as object damage caused by the collision between the object and the external object or the failure of the hinge due to excessive force of the object, which shortens the service life of the hinge and brings inconvenience to the use of the two objects connected by the hinge.
Based on this, it is necessary to provide a hinge structure and a packaging box with a simple structure and a limited rotation angle in view of the technical problem that the structure is complicated and the relative rotation angle of two objects connected by a hinge is not easily fixed.
The present application provides a hinge structure and the hinge structure comprises a first connecting piece provided with a slot and a second connecting piece provided with a rotating shaft that matches the slot, the second connecting piece rotates relative to the first connecting piece when the rotating shaft is inserted into the slot and subjected to external force;
an inner wall of the slot is provided with a limiting slot and an outer surface of the rotating shaft is convex to form a clipping strip; the clipping strip is inserted into the limiting slot to limit a relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece when the rotating shaft is inserted into the slot and rotates relative to the first connecting piece.
In one embodiment, an outer surface contour of the clipping strip matches with an inner surface contour of the limiting slot.
In one embodiment, the limiting slot extends along a depth direction of the slot, and the clipping strip extends along a length direction of the rotating shaft.
In one embodiment, the outer surface of the rotating shaft is provided with two clipping strips in parallel, the inner wall of the slot is provided with at least one set of limiting slots, and each set of the limiting slots comprises two limiting slots which are matched with the two clipping strips one by one.
In one embodiment, the first connecting piece comprises a first connecting column provided with the slot and a first connecting part integrally formed with an outer surface of the first connecting column;
the second connecting piece comprises a second connecting column and a second connecting part integrally formed with an outer surface of the second connecting column, the rotating shaft is arranged in the middle of the second connecting column along an axial direction of the second connecting column.
In one embodiment, an end face of the first connecting column protrudes at an edge of the slot to form a first sector-annular convex portion, an end face of the second connecting column is recessed to form a second sector-annular recessed portion half surrounding the rotating shaft; when the rotating shaft is inserted into the slot the first sector-annular convex portion is inserted into the second sector-annular recessed portion, and can rotate in the second sector-annular recessed portion to limit a rotation angle range between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece.
In one embodiment, the first connecting part is provided with a first recessed portion that is rotatably matched with the outer surface of the second connecting column, and the second connecting part is provided with a second recessed portion that is rotatably matched with the outer surface of the first connecting column.
In one embodiment, a circumferential angle corresponding to the first sector-annular convex portion is between 90° and 120°, and a circumferential angle corresponding to the second sector-annular recessed portion is between 180° and 270°.
The present application also provides a packaging box, and the packaging box comprises the above hinge structure, the packaging box further comprises a face cover and a bottom cover, and the face cover is connected with the bottom cover through the hinge structure.
In one embodiment, the face cover is provided with a face cover slot, the bottom cover is provided with a bottom cover slot; the first connecting part is inserted into the face cover slot and is fixedly connected with the face cover, and the second connecting part is inserted into the bottom cover slot and is fixedly connected with the bottom cover.
In the hinge structure and the packaging box provided by the present application, by the limiting slot arranged in the slot and the clipping strip arranged on the rotating shaft which is matched with the limiting slot, when the rotating shaft of the second connecting piece is inserted into the slot and the second connecting piece or/and the first connecting piece are subjected to an external deflection force, causing the first connecting piece to rotate relative to the second connecting piece, clipping strip slides along the inner wall of the slot until it is embedded in the limiting slot. In this way, the clipping strip is not easy to fall off from the limiting slot under the restriction of the limiting slot, so as to fix the relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece. On the contrary, when it is necessary to change the relative position of two objects connected through the hinge structure, only the first connecting piece or/and the second connecting piece only needs to be buckled with force from the opposite side, that is, the clipping strip leaves from the limiting slot, so as to facilitate the relative rotation of the first connecting piece and second connecting piece to adjust the relative rotation angle between them. The hinge structure involves few parts and has a simple structure. The relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece can be fixed, so as to avoid the damage of the connecting piece or the failure of the hinge structure caused by the excessively large relative rotation angle, so as to improve the market competitiveness of the hinge structure.
In order to make the above purpose, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiment of the present application is described in detail below in combination with the attached drawings. Many specific details are described in the following description to facilitate a full understanding of the present application. However, the present application can be implemented in many ways different from those described herein. Those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without violating the connotation of the present application. Therefore, the present application is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.
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Further, in one embodiment, the limiting slot 112 extends along a depth direction of the slot 111, and the clipping strip 122 extends along a length direction of the rotating shaft 121. That is, the limiting slot 112 is a straight slot whose length direction is perpendicular to any cross section of the slot 111, and the clipping strip 122 is a long strip-shaped protrusion corresponding to the shape of the straight slot. In another embodiment, the limiting slot 112 is a spiral slot opened along the inner wall surface of the slot 111, that is, while the limiting slot 112 extends along the depth direction of the slot 111, it also extends along the circumferential direction of the inner wall surface of the slot 111. The clipping strip 122 is a spiral protrusion arranged on the outer surface of the rotating shaft 121 and matched with the limiting slot 112. Of course, if the processing conditions permit, the limiting slot 112 can also be divided into a plurality of relatively independent sub slots. Similarly, the clipping strip 122 is designed as a plurality of clipping strips distributed at intervals along the outer surface of the rotating shaft 121. The specific requirements are determined according to the actual needs of the user, which will not be repeated here.
It should be noted that in one embodiment, the height of the clipping strip 122 along the radial direction of the rotating shaft 121 should be slightly less than or equal to the difference between the inner diameter of the slot 111 and the diameter of the rotating shaft 121. In this way, ensuring that before the clipping strip 122 is not embedded in the limiting slot 112, the rotating shaft 121 can rotate freely in the slot 111, while avoiding the possibility that the clipping strip 122 may be separated from the limiting slot 112 by external impact after being embedded in the limiting slot 112 due to the large movable space of the rotating shaft 121 in the slot 111, so as to improve the stability of the cooperation between the clipping strip 122 and the limiting slot 112 and the reliability of the relative corner fixing operation of the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120.
In one embodiment, the outer surface of the rotating shaft 121 is provided with two clipping strips 122 in parallel, the inner wall of the slot 111 is provided with at least one set of limiting slots 112, and each set of the limiting slots 112 comprises two limiting slots 112 which are matched with the two clipping strips 122 one by one. Specifically, when the first connecting piece 110 rotates to a specified angle relative to the second connecting piece 120 and the relative angle between them needs to be fixed, the second connecting piece 120 is limited and matched with the two limiting slots 112 in the slot 111 of the first connecting piece 110 through two clipping strips 122, that is, one clipping strip 122 is correspondingly embedded into one limiting slot 112. In this way, the limit fit area between the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120 is increased, and the stability of the connection between the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120 is improved. After the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120 rotate relative to each other to a specified angle, it is not easy to produce relative shaking, so as that the relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120 can be fixed. In addition, by setting a plurality of sets of limiting slots 112, when the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120 rotate at a plurality of different angles, the clipping strip 122 can be embedded in the limiting slots 112 at different positions and butted with the inner surface of the limiting slot 112, so as to fix a plurality of relative rotation angles between the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120.
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In one embodiment, an end face of the first connecting column 113 protrudes at an edge of the slot 111 to form a first sector-annular convex portion 115, an end face of the second connecting column 123 is recessed to form a second sector-annular recessed portion 125 half surrounding the rotating shaft 121; when the rotating shaft 121 is inserted into the slot 111 the first sector-annular convex portion 115 is inserted into the second sector-annular recessed portion 125, and can rotate in the second sector-annular recessed portion 125 to limit a rotation angle range between the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120. It should be noted that while the end face of the first connecting column 113 bulges at the edge of the slot 111 to form the first sector-annular convex portion 115, the end face of the first connecting column 113 naturally forms a low position with a height lower than the first sector-annular convex portion 115. The low position is the first sector-annular recessed portion 116, and the first sector-annular recessed portion 116 forms a complete ring with the first sector-annular convex portion 115. Similarly, while the end face of the second connecting column 123 is recessed to form a second sector-annular recessed portion 125 that half surrounds the rotating shaft 121, the end face of the second connecting column 123 naturally forms a high position higher than the first sector-annular convex portion 115. It is agreed that the high position is the second sector-annular convex portion 126, and the second sector-annular recessed portion 125 forms another complete ring with the second sector-annular convex portion 126. Thus, after the rotating shaft 121 of the second connecting piece 120 is inserted into the slot 111 of the first connecting piece 110, the first sector-annular convex portion 115 is embedded into the second sector-annular recessed portion 125, and the second sector-annular convex portion 126 is embedded into the first sector-annular recessed portion 116, that is, the end face of the first connecting column 113 is concave convex matched with the end face of the second connecting column 123.
Further, in one embodiment, a circumferential angle corresponding to the first sector-annular convex portion is between 90° and 120°, and a circumferential angle corresponding to the second sector-annular recessed portion is between 180° and 270°. The circumferential angle corresponding to the first sector-annular recessed portion 116 is between 240° and 270°, the circumferential angle corresponding to the second sector-annular convex portion 126 is between 90° and 180°. Thus, when the first sector-annular convex portion 115 is embedded in the second sector-annular recessed portion 125 and the second sector-annular convex portion 126 is embedded in the first sector-annular recessed portion 116, the first connecting piece 110 can only rotate relative to the second connecting piece 120 within the difference angle between the circumferential angle corresponding to the first sector-annular convex portion 115 and the circumferential angle corresponding to the second sector-annular recessed 125, or rotate relative to the second connecting piece 120 within the difference angle range between the circumferential angle corresponding to the second sector-annular convex portion 126 and the circumferential angle corresponding to the first sector-annular recessed 116, and the specific difference is subject to the smaller difference. Thus, the maximum rotation angle range between the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120 is limited to avoid the problem of excessive external load on the hinge structure 10 due to the excessive relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120, so as to prolong the service life of the hinge structure 10.
In one embodiment, the first connecting part 114 is provided with a first recessed portion 117 that is rotatably matched with the outer surface of the second connecting column 123, and the second connecting part 124 is provided with a second recessed portion 127 that is rotatably matched with the outer surface of the first connecting column 113. In this way, when the first connecting piece 110 is inserted into the slot 111 through the rotating shaft 121 and rotates relative to the second connecting piece 120, the first recessed portion 117 is adjacent or attached to the outer surface of the second connecting column 123 to restrict their relative movement in the radial direction of the second connecting column 123, and the second recessed portion 127 is adjacent or attached to the outer surface of the first connecting column 113 to restrict their relative movement in the radial direction of the first connecting column 113. Thus, the stability of the hinge structure 10 is further improved.
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In the hinge structure and the packaging box provided by the present application, by the limiting slot arranged in the slot and the clipping strip arranged on the rotating shaft which is matched with the limiting slot, when the rotating shaft of the second connecting piece is inserted into the slot and the second connecting piece or/and the first connecting piece are subjected to an external deflection force, causing the first connecting piece to rotate relative to the second connecting piece, clipping strip slides along the inner wall of the slot until it is embedded in the limiting slot. In this way, the clipping strip is not easy to fall off from the limiting slot under the restriction of the limiting slot, so as to fix the relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece. On the contrary, when it is necessary to change the relative position of two objects connected through the hinge structure, only the first connecting piece or/and the second connecting piece only needs to be buckled with force from the opposite side, that is, the clipping strip leaves from the limiting slot, so as to facilitate the relative rotation of the first connecting piece and second connecting piece to adjust the relative rotation angle between them. The hinge structure involves few parts and has a simple structure. The relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece can be fixed, so as to avoid the damage of the connecting piece or the failure of the hinge structure caused by the excessively large relative rotation angle, so as to improve the market competitiveness of the hinge structure.
The technical features of the above embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. In order to make the description concise, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they shall be considered to be the scope recorded in this specification.
The above embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description is more specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as a limitation on the scope of the patent of the present application. It should be noted that for ordinary technicians in the art, several deformations and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present application patent shall be subject to the appended claims.
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