An embodiment of this utility model—semi-flexible handle is a handle for the extension rod for the cases or bags. Its structure is as shown in
As for the structure for each part of this embodiment, referring to
The rubber lagging 4 is the one whose cross-section is a long bar like a U. In the right and left ends ere respectively set the first inner clip flange 41 and the second inner clip flange 42 which raise inwardly, look like a U and stretch from the bottom to the neighboring two long sides. A U-shaped clip groove 43 is formed between the flanges of 41 and 42. The two sides of the rubber lagging 4 stretch inwardly at the opening. The extension part 44 are respectively formed in the two sides. The inner side in the upper part of each extension part 44 is a straight and horizontal and inner raised line 45 and the external side of the top is straight and horizontal and external raised line 46. Between the two raised lines of 45 and 46, a straight clip groove 47 is formed. The inner side of the rubber lagging is an open space 48. Referring to
The main part 1 looks like a long bar. The part 12 for installing the rubber lagging 4 between the two pins 11 of its right and left ends of wholly sink inward. The first and second grooves of 121 and 122 which respectively stretch to front and back long sides and are U-shaped are respectively set in the right and left ends of the bottom long side. The bottom long side, the waists of its neighboring front and back long sides further sink inward to form the inner-sink space 16 which may is hold the gel 5. The long side in the top of the main part 1 is a plane, in which the groove 13 is cut to hold the press button 3. Two straight upper raised flanges 123 are formed between the front and back long sides and grooves 13, in the middle of which two raised dots located in the right and left ends to fix the spring and two raised guiding pillars 14 for the press button 3 to move up and down are set. An installing hole 15 and a via hole 17 are opened in each the two right and left ends of the bottom of the groove 13. The installing hole 15 is used to fixly install the gland 2 while the via hole 17 to establish the link between the press button 3 and inner locking parts of the extension rod. The inner holes 18 are used to cover and link the ends of extension rod while the horizontal holes 19 to install rivets for riveting the extension rod.
The gland 2 looks like a long bar, the bottom of which opens downwardly. In the periphery the hem 24 is provided which can cover the tops of the main part 1 and rubber lagging 4. The sink arc 22 is set in the middle of the gland 2. The hole 22 is set in the middle of the sink arc 22 for the raised press button surface 31 in the middle of the press button 3. Please refer to
The middle of the press button 3 looks like a long bar in which the inner hole is set which opens downwardly. A lower horizontal pin 32 stretches out from the right and left sides of the press button 3, which makes the press button surface 31 raised. In each of the horizontal pins 32 there is a guiding hole 33. Please refer to
As for the process of installing each part of the embodiment and their inter relation, please refer to
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When a man holds the handle according to the embodiment, the palm presses the handle of the gland 2 while the four fingers from forefinger to little finger lean against the rubber lagging 4. When we move or lift the case or the bag, each winding finger presses the rubber lagging 4, causing the gel 5 transformed by force. Thus, the external shape of the rubber lagging 4 gets well with the winding fingers, which makes them feel comfortable. What's more, the palm directly touches the gland 2 fixed with the rigid main part 1, which is easy for the man to exert force?
In this embodiment, because the gland 2 and the main part 1 are linked by means of transition fit with the inserting pins 23 and the installing holes 15. It is necessary to dismantle them. However, the inserting pins 23 and the installing holes 15 are also connected by static matching or sticky means, but after that, they are not allowed to be dismantled.
Another embodiment of the utility model—semi-flexible handle is one for an umbrella. Its external shape is as shown in
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The press button 300 is a rigid hollow oval plastic tube. In the opening near its lower part is set a via hole 310 for the umbrella middle rod to pass through.
The gland 200 is a thin shell with the bottom 240 and the front end equaled and opened and its upper part rose like an arc. In the front of the press-button via hole 210 in the lower surface of the front part of the gland 200 there is a clip pillar 270 which stretches downwardly, in the lower surface at the small hole 220 in the middle and rear part of the gland 200 a tube 250 stretching out. There is a screw via hole 260 in the bottom center of the tube 250.
When the main part 100 is leveled, it looks like a long cylinder with its head cut smooth. Its middle part is a pass-through hole 101 used to install the umbrella middle rod. Its front is a truncated cone 120 used to install the lid ring 700 and its rear is an echelon truncated cone 130 used to install the tail hood 600. The press button hole 110 is vertically opened in the front of the upper plane 140 of the main part 100 corresponding to the via hole 210 in the front of the gland 200. The press-button hole 110 passes through the central hole 101 to reach the lower part of the main part 100. In the bottom of the press button hole 110 a blind hole 119 is made to install the spring. A raised truncated cone 190 is made in the middle and rear of the upper plane 140 of the main part 100 corresponding to the small hole 220 in the middle and rear of gland 200. At the center of the upper surface of the raised truncated cone 190 a blind hole 191 is made to hold the tube 250 in the lower surface of the gland 200. A screw hole 192 is set in the center of the bottom of the blind 191 corresponding to the screw via hole 260 in the bottom of the tube 250. A square pierce 141 is opened between the press-button hole 110 and the raised truncated cone 190 in the upper pane 140 of the main part 100 to reach the bottom side wall of the central hole 101. A square pierce 142 is opened between the raised truncated cone 190 and echelon truncated cone 130 to reach the bottom side wall of the central hole 101. These two pierces of 141 and 142 are used to decrease the consume of the raw material in the main part 100. The two sides of the plane 140 in the main part 100 stretch downwardly to become a long plane 150 to link the rubber lagging 400. A U-shaped groove 160, which connects the two long planes 150, is made in the front of the lower part located in the two long planes 150 of the main part 100 while in its rear A U-shaped groove 180, which connects the two long planes 150, is made. A long U-shaped grove 170, which does not connects the two long planes 150, is made in the waist of the middle, used to hold the gel 500. The two sides of the rear of the main part 100 each stretch downwardly to become chamfered groove 138 which is lower corresponding long plane 150. The two symmetry chamfered grooves 138 all cut into the large end 139 and periphery of the small end of the echelon truncated cone 130.
The semi-cylinder-shaped rubber lagging 400, with a U-shaped cross-section, the two sides stretch at the opening inwardly to form the two opposite extension parts 410. A recession groove 420 is opened in each the front of the inner sided wall of the two opposite extension parts 410 corresponding to the press button 300. A U-shaped inner clip flange 430 is set in the front of the rubber lagging 400 to correspond to the root of the truncated cone 120 in the front of the main part 100. A U-shaped inner clip flange is set in the groove 160 of the front of the corresponding main part 100 to clip with it. A U-shaped groove 440 is formed between the inner clip flange 430 and inner clip flange 450 of the main part 100, the rear of which sets a U-shaped inner clip flange 480 to correspond to the large end echelon 139 of the root of the echelon truncated cone 130 in the main part 100. A U-shaped inner clip flange 460 is set in the groove 180 in the rear of the main part 100 to clip with it. A U-shaped groove 470 is formed between the inner clip flanges 460 and 480 in the rear of the rubber lagging 400. The long waist U-shaped groove 490 is formed between the front inner clip flange 450 and rear inner clip flange 460 of the rubber lagging 400.
The Plastic tail hood 600 is a semi-sphere thin shell, in the periphery of the top of which a sink downward arc echelon 610 is opened to make room for the end of the gland 200. In the echelon 610 the two locating holes 620 respectively correspond to the two chamfered grooves 138 in the rear of the main part 100. The inner side of the tail hood 600 stretches foreword to be a tube 630 so as to cover and connect the small end of the echelon truncated cone 130 in the rear of the main part 100.
Lid ring 700 is a ring for matching the central hole 710 and the truncated cone 120 in the front of the main part 100. The periphery of its top is cut a sink arc echelon 710 so as to make room for the front of gland 200. A locating hole 730 is set in the echelon 710 to correspond to the clip pillar in the lower surface of the front of the gland 200. The circle shaped handicraft groove is set in the rear side of the lid ring 700 to reduce the weight. The external diameter of the upper section 740 of the circle shaped handicraft groove is small while the lower one 750 to make the thickness of each part of the lid ring 700 equally.
As for the process of installing of each part of this embodiment and their inter relation, please refer to
First put the gel 500 into the long groove 170 in the inner sink space of the waist of the main part 100. Then open the extension parts 410 of the two sides of the rubber lagging 400 to make the recession groove 420 in its inner sided wall aligned with the press button hole 110 in the front of main part 100. The clip flange 430 in the front of the rubber lagging 400 is inserted into the root of the truncated cone 120 in the front of the main part 100. The inner clip flange 450 is connected with the groove 160 in the front of the main part 100. The bottom of the groove 440 in the front of the rubber lagging 400 touches the raised part of the front of the main part 100. The inner clip flange 480 in the rear of the rubber lagging 400 blockes the large-end echelon 139 in root of the echelon truncated cone 130 in the rear of the main part 100. The inner clip flange 460 is clipped with the groove 180 in the rear of the main part 100. The bottom of the groove 470 in the rear of the rubber lagging 400 touches the raised part in the rear of the main part 100. The long groove 490 in the waist of the rubber lagging 400 covers and holds the gel 500 and the two neighboring raised parts of the main part 100. The extension parts 410 of the two sides in the rubber lagging 400 are respectively connected with the long planes 150 of the two sides in the upper plane 140 of the main part 100.
Insert the inner-sided tube 630 of the tail hood 600 into the small end of the echelon truncated cone 130 in the rear of the main part 100, and turn the tail hood 600 to make the two locating holes 620 respectively aligned with the two chamfered groove 138 in the rear of the main part 100. When necessary, an axis is inserted into each of the two locating holes 620 and makes the two axes touch the vertical wall of the corresponding chamfered groove 138. After making sure the tail hood 600 correctly fixed in the rear of the main part 100, we press foreword the tail hood 600 to make the bottom of the periphery of the tail hood 600 and the bottom of the tube 630 lean tightly against the inner clip flange 480 of the rear of the rubber lagging 400 so as to make the double seal structure formed by the rears of the main part 100 and the rubber lagging 400 guarantee that the gel will not leak from the rear of the rubber lagging 400. The close transition fit can be adopted in the external of the small end of the echelon truncated cone 130 in the rear of the main part 100 and the inner tube 630 of the tail hood 600 and fixed by inserting and connecting. The clearance fit will also be adopted and fixed by stickiness.
Insert the central hole 710 of the lid ring into the truncated cone 120 in the front of the main part 100. Turn the lid ring 700 to make the center of the locating holes 730 and those of the press-button holes 110 and those of the round raised platform 190 in the same line. That's to say, the axis line of the locating hole 730 is vertical with the upper plane 140 of the main part 100. Press backward the lid ring 700 to lean the back side of the lid ring 700 tightly against the inner clip flange 430 in the front of the rubber lagging 400. The double seal structure formed by the fronts of the main part 100 and the rubber lagging 400 guarantee that the gel will not leak from the front of the rubber laging 400. The close transition fit can be adopted in the periphery of the truncated cone 120 of the front of the main part 100 and the central hole 710 of the lid ring 700 and fixed by inserting and connection. The clearance fit can also be adopted and fixed by stickiness.
Make the clip pillar 270 of the lower surface of the front of the gland 200 aligned with the locating hole 730 of the lid ring 700 and tube 250 with blind hole 191 in the round raised platform 190 of the main part 100. Press downward the gland 200 to make the clip pillar 270 wholly into the locating hole 730 of the lid ring 700 and tube 250 into the blind hole 191 of the raised truncated cone 90 of the main part 100.1 Put the screw 280 into the tube 250 to make the screw-driving grain part pass through the rivet via hole 260. Tightly lock the screw hole 192 in the blind hole 191 of the main part 100. The end part of the gland 200 is covered in the arc echelon 610 in the periphery of the upper part of the tail hood 600. The bottom 240 of the gland 200 tightly press on the upper surface 411 of the extension parts 410 of the two sides of the rubber lagging 400. Make the inner wall of the long groove 490 in the waist of the rubber lagging 400 tightly touch the two sides of the main part 100, which makes the seal of the two sides of the rubber lagging 400. Thus, the gel will not leak from the two sides of the rubber lagging 400.
Finally, put a spring into the blind hole 119 in the bottom of the main part 100. Then put the opening of the press button 300 downwardly and insert it into the press-button hole 110 via the press-button via hole 210 in the front of the gland 200. Then install the umbrella middle rod in the central hole 101. The umbrella middle rod passes through the via hole 310 in the press button 300. Thus, the umbrella middle rod will not come off the press-button via hole 210 in the gland 200 and the press button hole 110 in main part 100.
When we hold the handle according to this embodiment, our palm presses on the gland 200. The four fingers from forefinger to little finger are winding to lean against the rubber lagging 400. The drawing the winding fingers will presses the rubber lagging 400. The shape of the gel 500 will be changed. Thus, the external shape will get well with the each winding finger and make the fingers feel comfortable. Because the palm directly touches the gland 200 fixed with the main part 100, we feel very good. Drawing in the fingers or loosing them is very easy.
All mentioned above is only the better embodiments for this utility model, will not limit the range of it. Any equally effective changes or decoration made according to the technological plan and illustration booklet of the utility model should belong to the scope covered by it.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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200620084553.0 | May 2006 | CN | national |