The present disclosure claims priority of Chinese Patent Application with the filing number 201911311853.6, filed on Dec. 18, 2019 with the Chinese Patent Office (CNIPA), and entitled “String Collecting Device and Article Having String”, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of tying, in particular to a string collecting device and an article having a string.
Products such as shoes, clothes and medical protective gear are usually provided with strings, wherein a user may achieve a purpose of tightening or loosening the products by adjusting tightness of the string (or rope belt).
At present, adjustment of tightness of a string, especially the tightening of the string, needs to be completed by two hands, for example, when tying shoelace, the shoelace can be tightened only by pulling two ends of the shoelace respectively with two hands.
An object of the present disclosure lies in providing a string collecting device and an article having a string so as to overcome the defects in the prior art and solve the problem in the prior art that the operation of tightening the string is cubersome.
In order to solve the above problem, the present disclosure provides a string collecting device, including a rotating part and a string winding part configured to wind a string;
wherein the rotating part is provided with at least one movable part that can be moved, and
the movable part is configured to be engaged with the string winding part when the rotating part is rotated towards a string collecting direction;
wherein when the movable part is engaged with the string winding part, the rotating part, the at least one movable part and the string winding part are connected in synchronous rotation.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, each movable part includes meshing teeth, and the string winding part is provided with a gear ring corresponding to the meshing teeth.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the rotating part is provided with a sliding groove, and the movable part is provided with an insertion portion; and the insertion portion is inserted into and slidably connected with the sliding groove.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the rotating part is provided with a toggle portion configured to drive the at least one movable part to move in a radial direction of the rotating part;
wherein each movable part includes a pull-out surface interacting with the toggle portion;
the toggle portion includes a pull-out structure, and the pull-out structure is configured to press the pull-out surface, when the rotating part is rotated towards the string collecting direction, so as to drive the movable part to be engaged with the string winding part;
the pull-out structure is provided on a central axis of the rotating part;
the pull-out structure includes at least one pressing portion in one-to-one correspondence with the at least one movable part, and each pressing portion is configured to press against the respective pull-out surface;
the toggle portion further includes a pull-back structure, and each movable part includes a pull-back surface arranged opposite to the pull-out surface;
the pull-back structure is configured to push and press the pull-back surface, when the rotating part is rotated towards a direction opposite to the string collecting direction, so as to drive the movable part to be separated from the string winding part; and
the pull-back structure includes at least one pull-back block, which is in one-to-one correspondence with the at least one movable part.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the string winding part is rotatably disposed inside a fixing part, and the rotating part is sleeved on and rotatably connected with the fixing part.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the fixing part is provided thereon with a rotation restricting part configured to restrict the rotating part to be rotatable only in the string collecting direction;
wherein the rotation restricting part includes a ratchet wheel, and the rotating part is provided thereon with pawls corresponding to the ratchet wheel;
and the rotating part includes a rotary cover and a turnplate rotatably provided in the rotary cover.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the rotary cover is provided thereon with a driving portion configured to drive the turnplate to rotate in the string collecting direction;
the driving portion includes arc grooves, and the turnplate is provided thereon with protrusions which are coaxially arranged with and are in one-to-one correspondence with the arc grooves; and
the protrusions are inserted into the arc grooves respectively, and by abutting against the protrusions, end portions of the arc grooves enable the turnplate to synchronously rotate with the rotary cover;
wherein a plurality of the arc grooves are provided and are distributed in an array which is annular about a central axis of the rotary cover.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the rotary cover is provided thereon with a snap-fit portion configured to be snap-fitted with the turnplate.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the snap-fit portion includes elastic hooks, and the turnplate is provided thereon with engagement grooves snap-fitted with the hooks respectively; and a plurality of the hooks are provided and distributed in an array which is annular about the central axis of the rotary cover.
The present disclosure further provides an article having a string, including the string and the string collecting device as described in the above.
The present disclosure brings about following beneficial effects: the string collecting device provided in the present disclosure includes the rotating part and the stringing winding part, when the user rotates the rotating part towards the string collecting direction, the at least one movable part will be engaged with the string winding part, at which time, the three, namely, the rotating part, the movable part and the string winding part are connected in synchronous rotation. It can thus be seen that when the rotating part is rotated towards the string collecting direction, the string winding part also will rotate towards the string collecting direction, thus completing the operation of tightening the string.
This string collecting device is simple in structure and easy in operation, wherein when the user needs to tighten the string, the operation can be completed just by rotating the rotating part with a single hand towards the string collecting direction.
In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions of embodiments of the present disclosure, accompanying drawings which need to be used in the embodiments will be introduced briefly below, and it should be understood that the accompanying drawings below merely show some embodiments of the present disclosure, therefore, they should not be considered as limitations on the scope, and those ordinarily skilled in the art still could obtain other relevant accompanying drawings according to these accompanying drawings, without using any creative effort.
Reference signs of main elements:
1—rotating part; 2—string winding part; 3—movable part; 4—meshing tooth; 5—gear ring; 6—fixing part; 7—sewing part; 8—string threading hole; 9—string inlet hole; 10—string groove; 11—rotary cover; 12—turnplate; 13—buckle; 14—brim; 15—first connecting portion; 16—second connecting portion; 17—insertion portion; 18—pull-out surface; 19—pull-back surface; 20—pull-out structure; 21—pull-back structure; 22—rotation restricting part; 23—pawl; 24—driving portion; 25—protrusion; 26—snap-fit portion; 27—engagement groove; 28—sliding groove; 29—insertion pin; 30—positioning pin; 31—insertion hole; 32—positioning slot; 33—pressing portion.
Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, and examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which like or similar signs represent like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary, and merely used to explain the present disclosure, but cannot be construed as limitation to the present disclosure.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that orientational or positional relations indicated by terms such as “center (central)”, “longitudinal”, “lateral”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer”, “clockwise”, “anticlockwise”, “axial”, “radial”, “circumferential” are based on orientational or positional relations as shown in the accompanying drawings, merely for facilitating the description of the present disclosure and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that related devices or elements have to be in the specific orientation or configured and operated in a specific orientation, therefore, they should not be construed as limitation to the present disclosure.
Besides, terms “first” and “second” are merely for descriptive purpose, but should not be construed as indicating or implying importance in the relativity or suggesting the number of a related technical feature. Thus, a feature defined with “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly means that one or more such features are included. In the description of the present disclosure, “multiple (a plurality of)” means two or more, unless otherwise explicitly defined specifically.
In the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified and defined explicitly, terms such as “mount”, “join”, “connect” and “fix” should be construed in a broad sense. For example, a connection may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it may be a mechanical connection, and also may be an electrical connection; it may be a direct connection, an indirect connection via an intermediary, or internal communication between two elements or interaction between two elements. For those ordinarily skilled in the art, specific meanings of the above-mentioned terms in the present disclosure can be understood according to specific circumstances.
In the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified and defined explicitly, a first feature being “above” or “below” a second feature may include the first feature and the second feature being in direct contact or the first feature and the second feature being in indirect contact through an intermediary. Moreover, the first feature being “on”, “above” or “over” the second feature may be that the first feature is right above or not right above the second feature, or merely means that the level of the first feature is higher than that of the second feature. The first feature being “under”, “below” or “beneath” the second feature may be that the first feature is directly below or not directly below the second feature, or merely means the level of the first feature being lower than that of the second feature.
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After a user rotates the rotating part 1 by a certain angle towards the string collecting direction, the movable part 3 will be engaged with the string winding part 2, so as to enable the three, namely, the rotating part 1, the at least one movable part 3 and the string winding part 2 to be synchronously in rotational connection. It can thus be seen that when the rotating part 1 is rotated towards the string collecting direction, the string winding part 2 also will be rotated towards the string collecting direction, thus completing the operation of tightening the string.
In the present embodiment, two movable parts 3 may be provided in consideration of production cost, stability and other factors. In the above, the movable parts 3 may be distributed in an annular array about an axis of rotation of the rotating part 1.
However, in an actual production and manufacturing process, the number of the at least one movable part 3 may be set as desired, for example, one, three or four.
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The string collecting device may be mounted to articles having strings such as shoes, backpacks, or medical protective gear by the sewing part 7 by gluing or by sewing with needle and thread and so on.
For the sake of easier understanding, component parts of the string collecting device are illustrated below.
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The movable part 3 may be provided with an insertion portion 17, wherein the insertion portion 17 is provided in a bottom portion of the first connecting portion 15.
The second connecting portion 16 includes two opposite surfaces, which are a pull-out surface 18 and a pull-back surface 19. In the above, the pull-out surface 18 is a surface of the second connecting portion 16 remote from and facing away from the meshing teeth 4, and the pull-back surface 19 is a surface of the second connecting portion 16 close to and facing the meshing teeth 4.
In the present embodiment, the at least one movable part 3 may be made of plastic or hardware through processing and manufacturing, wherein the first connecting portion 15 and the second connecting portion 16 together form a one-piece structure.
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The insertion portion 17 of the movable part 3 is inserted into and slidably connected with the sliding grooves 28. In the above, the sliding grooves correspond to the movable parts 3 one to one.
In the present embodiment, two sliding grooves 28 are provided, which are in one-to-one correspondence with the movable parts 3.
A central portion of the turnplate 12 is provided with a central through hole which is located between the two sliding grooves 28. As shown in
In the present embodiment, each movable part 3 is movable in a radial direction of the rotating part 1.
In order to drive the movable part 3 to move, and realize its engagement with and separation from the string winding part 2, in the present embodiment, the rotary cover 11 of the rotating part 1 may be provided with a toggle portion configured to drive the movable part 3 to move in a radial direction of the rotating part 1. In the above, when the rotary cover 11 is rotated towards the string collecting direction, the toggle portion interacts with the pull-out surface 18 of the movable part 3, so that the movable part 3 is driven to be engaged with the string winding part 2; and when the rotary cover 11 is rotated towards the direction opposite to the string collecting direction, the toggle portion interacts with the pull-back surface 19 of the movable part 3, thereby driving the movable part 3 to be separated from the string winding part 2.
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The pull-out structure 20 may be provided on a central axis of the rotating part 1. In the above, when the turnplate 12 is mounted on the rotary cover 11, the pull-out structure 20 will be inserted into the central through hole of the turnplate 12.
In the present embodiment, the pull-out structure 20 includes pressing portions 33 which are in one-to-one correspondence with the movable parts 3, and the pressing portions 33 are configured to press against the pull-out surface 18. In the above, the pressing portions 33 are regarded as a whole, then on the pull-out structure 20, the pressing portions 33 are farthest from a center of the pull-out structure 20.
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When the rotating part 1 is rotated towards the anticlockwise direction, an end surface of the pressing portion 33 will be attached to the pull-out surface 18 and thereby drive the movable part 3 to move until the meshing teeth 4 of the movable parts 3 are meshed with the gear ring 5. After the meshing teeth 4 are meshed with the gear ring 5, the movable parts 3 cannot continue moving because of restriction by the gear ring 5, so that the three, namely, the pull-out structure 20, the movable parts 3 and the gear ring 5, are in a relatively static state.
In the present embodiment, the cross section of the pull-out structure 20 may be set to be a parallelogram in consideration of the number of movable parts 3, the manufacturing cost and so on. Thus, the pull-out structure 20 has two opposite side surfaces which are in one-to-one correspondence with the movable parts 3.
In the above, in order to ensure the tightness of the attachment between the pull-out surface 18 and the end surface of the pressing portion 33, the pull-out surface 18 may be set as a flat surface.
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In this way, it facilitates the attachment between the end surface of the pressing portion 33 and the pull-out surface 18; meanwhile, once the end surface of the pressing portion 33 is attached to the pull-out surface 18, if the rotary cover 11 is continuously rotated towards the string collecting direction, the end surface of the pressing portion 33 will be attached to the pull-out surface 18 more closely and they won't be separated from each other.
It should be noted that, in the actual manufacturing process, as the number of movable parts 3 changes, the shape of the pull-out structure 20 also needs to be adjusted correspondingly.
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The pull-back structure 21 may include pull-back blocks, which are in one-to-one correspondence with the movable parts 3.
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When the user needs to loosen the string, the rotary cover 11 can be rotated towards the direction opposite to the string collecting direction, so that the pressing portion 33 is separated from the pull-out surface 18, thus realizing the separation of the movable part 3 from the string winding part 2. At this time, the user may loosen the string by pulling the string to reversely rotate the string winding part 2.
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When the rotary cover 11 is rotated towards the string collecting direction, the turnplate 12 is required to move synchronously with the rotary cover to complete the operation of tightening the string. It is because that only when the turnplate 12 is rotated, the movable parts 3 slidably provided on the turnplate 12 can rotate, thereby realizing the rotation of the string winding part 2.
The rotary cover 11 is provided thereon with a driving portion 24 configured to drive the turnplate 12 to rotate in the string collecting direction.
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When the rotary cover 11 is rotated, and the protrusions 25 are moved to reach the end portions of the respective arc grooves, the end portions of the arc grooves will abut against the protrusions 25, thereby pushing the protrusions 25 to rotate, and realizing the synchronous rotation of the turnplate 12 and the rotary cover 11.
A plurality of arc grooves may be provided and distributed in an annular array about a central axis of the rotary cover 11. Thus, the driving force from the rotary cover 11 to the turnplate 12 can be more stable and balanced, thus avoiding the situation that a single protrusion 25 is broken due to excessive stress.
During daily use, in order to avoid looseness between the rotary cover 11 and the turnplate 12 caused by movement or vibration, the rotary cover 11 is provided thereon with a snap-fit portion 26 configured to be snap-fitted with the turnplate 12.
When no external force is applied, the end surface of the pressing portion 33 and the pull-out surface 18 are kept in an attached state with each other by the action of the snap-fit portion 26. Only when the rotary cover 11 is rotated reversely, the snap-fit portion 26 of the rotary cover 11 is separated from the turnplate 12.
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When the engagement grooves 27 are processed, attention needs to be paid to the orientation of an entrance of each engagement groove 27, so that the respective hook can be inserted into and snap-fitted with the engagement groove 27 from the entrance of the engagement groove 27 only when the rotary cover 11 is rotated towards the string collecting direction.
In order to save the space inside the rotary cover 11 and facilitate the processing, the hooks can be integrally molded with the pull-back blocks.
In the present embodiment, an article having a string is further provided, including a string and the string collecting device described in the text above.
In the above, the article having a string includes shoes, backpacks, medical protective gear and so on.
In the description of the present description, descriptions with reference to terms such as “one embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “example”, “specific example” or “some examples” indicate that specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in combination with this embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In the present description, exemplary expressions of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described can be combined in any appropriate manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Besides, a person skilled in the art could compound and combine different embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in the present description, without contradiction.
Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described above, it could be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary, and should not be construed as limitation to the present disclosure, and those ordinarily skilled in the art could change, modify, substitute and vary the above embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure.
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