Tool

Abstract

To reliably install an electronic tag in a grip on a tool provided with an electronic tag in a grip covering a handle body.SOLUTION: A tool provided with an electronic tag in a grip covering a handle body includes a tag holder for holding the electronic tag. The tag holder includes a hook part hooking on at least part of the handle body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a tool. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, in aircraft maintenance sites, the loss of tools is directly related to safety, so strict tool management is performed.

[0003] Patent Document 1 discloses a tool that has an electronic tag attached to the outer surface of a grip that is placed over the handle body, and is configured to enable wireless communication between the electronic tag and a reader. With such a tool, it is possible to manage, for example, whether the tool has been returned to a tool box.

[0004] Since there was a concern that the electronic tag exposed to the outside of the tool shown in Patent Document 1 might come off during use, the applicant attempted to attach a sticker-like electronic tag to the handle body and then cover the handle body with a grip, thereby installing the electronic tag inside the grip.

[0005] However, in order to cover the handle body with the grip, when the handle body is inserted into the grip, the electronic tag attached to the handle body gets caught on the grip and comes off, making it impossible to install the electronic tag inside the grip. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] U.S. Patent No. 10,807,228 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to ensure that an electronic tag can be securely attached inside a grip. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] In other words, the tool of the present invention is a tool having an electronic tag attached inside a grip that is placed over a handle body, and is characterized in that it is equipped with a tag holder that holds the electronic tag, and the tag holder has a hook portion that hooks onto at least a part of the handle body.

[0009] According to the present invention, the tag holder that holds the electronic tag has a hook portion that hooks onto at least a part of the handle body, so that when the handle body is inserted into the grip, the tag holder hooks onto the handle body, allowing the electronic tag to be securely attached to the grip.

[0010] A specific embodiment of the hook portion is one in which the handle body is inserted into the grip, and the hook portion hooks onto an end surface of the handle body facing the insertion direction.

[0011] For example, if the tag holder is made by folding one end of a long sheet, when the handle body is inserted into the grip, the folded part may stretch and not get caught on the handle body.

[0012] Thus, the tag holder may be a long sheet folded midway in the longitudinal direction, and the folded portion may function as the hook portion.

[0013] With this configuration, the tag holder is a folded long sheet, so when the handle body is inserted into the grip, the folded part does not stretch and gets caught on the end face of the handle body, so the electronic tag can be more reliably attached inside the grip.

[0014] In this case, if the folding portion is narrowed, the tag holder can be folded easily.

[0015] However, if the electronic tag is held in the tag holder so as to face the grip, when the handle body is inserted into the grip, the electronic tag may get caught on the grip and be peeled off from the tag holder.

[0016] Therefore, the tag holder may be in the form of a sheet, have a recess surrounded by ridges protruding from one side, and further include a holding portion that houses and holds the electronic tag in the recess.

[0017] With this configuration, the electronic tag is housed in the recess, so the electronic tag does not get caught on the grip and does not come off from the tag holder.

[0018] Recently, electronic tags have been developed that have reader sensitivity that improves the closer they are to metal.

[0019] Therefore, the electronic tag may be held in the tag holder so as to face the handle body.

[0020] According to this configuration, the electronic tag can be attached near the handle body.

[0021] Furthermore, when an electronic tag is attached to a curved handle, the electronic tag is prone to bending and being damaged.

[0022] Therefore, the electronic tag may be held by the tag holder so as to face the grip.

[0023] According to this configuration, since the tag holder is interposed between the handle body and the electronic tag, the electronic tag is more gently bent and less likely to be damaged. Effect of the Invention

[0024] According to the present invention configured in this manner, the electronic tag can be securely mounted inside the grip. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0025] [Figure 1] 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a tool according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2]3A and 3B are a plan view and a side view showing a schematic configuration of a tag holder of the tool of the embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a tag holder of the tool according to the embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a tool according to a modified example of the embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a tag holder of a tool according to a modified example of the embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a tag holder of a tool according to a modified example of the embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a tool according to another embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a tool according to another embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0026] First Embodiment A first embodiment of a tool according to the present invention will be described below.

[0027] The tools according to the present invention are used in the maintenance of aircraft, vehicles, railroad cars, ships, etc., and specific examples thereof include hand tools such as pliers, drivers, and hammers.

[0028] The tool 100 according to this embodiment is for pinching or cutting objects, specifically, a pair of pliers. As shown in Fig. 1, this tool has a pair of rotatably connected main bodies 10 and a pair of handles 30 formed by covering a handle main body 11, which is the rear end of the pair of main bodies 10, with a grip 20 placed thereon. By opening and closing the pair of handles 30, the tip end 12 of the main body 10 opens and closes in conjunction with the opening and closing of the pair of handles 30. An electronic tag 40 is also provided in the grip 20, and in this embodiment, it is provided only in one of the handles 30.

[0029] Each of the main bodies 10 is made of metal, and a connection portion 13 is provided between the tip portion 12 and the handle main body 11 described above.

[0030] As shown in FIG. 1, the pair of handles 30 are adapted to be gripped by an operator at their outer sides, and are rotatably connected to each other.

[0031] The grip 20 constituting the handle 30 is cylindrical, into which the handle body 11 is inserted. The grip 20 in this embodiment has a bottom so as to cover the rear end of the handle body 11, but it does not necessarily have to have a bottom. The grip 20 is formed of, for example, an elastically deformable resin so that it expands and contracts when the handle body 11 is inserted.

[0032] Here, the manner in which the handle body 11 is inserted into the grip 20 includes not only the manner in which the handle body 11 is inserted by moving it relative to the grip 20, but also the manner in which the grip 20 is inserted by moving it relative to the handle body 11.

[0033] The electronic tag 40 wirelessly communicates with a reader (not shown), and stores various information that can be read by this reader.

[0034] Specifically, the electronic tag 40 has at least an IC chip (not shown) and an antenna (not shown) on which the IC chip is provided.

[0035] In this embodiment, the electronic tag 40 has an elongated shape extending along the axial direction of the handle body 11 .

[0036] 1, the electronic tag 40 is attached to the inside of the grip 20, opposite the outside. The outside of the grip 20 is the side that the palm of the operator touches, and the inside of the grip 20 is the side that faces the other handle 30.

[0037] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the tool 100 is provided with a tag holder 50 for holding the electronic tag 40, and the tag holder 50 is adapted to be hooked onto at least a part of the handle body 11.

[0038] The tag holder 50 is in the form of a sheet, and is made of flexible plastic such as PET, and holds the electronic tag 40 on one side thereof.

[0039] More specifically, the tag holder 50 of this embodiment is formed by folding a long sheet 51 midway in the longitudinal direction, and the folded portion 51a is hooked on the rear end surface 11a facing the insertion direction of the handle body 11. In other words, the folded portion 51a functions as the hook portion 50a.

[0040] The folded portion 51a is constricted and has a width narrower than each of the pair of opposing pieces 51b, 51c connected by the folded portion 51a.

[0041] Of the pair of opposing pieces 51b, 51c, one opposing piece 51b is aligned along the inner side surface facing inward of the handle body 11, and the other opposing piece 51c is aligned along the outer side surface facing outward of the handle body 11. A holding portion 50b for holding the electronic tag 40 is formed on one surface of one opposing piece 51b. In this embodiment, the holding portion 50b is formed on the outer surface of one opposing piece 51b. Here, the outer surface of one opposing piece 51b is the surface opposite to the inner surface facing the other opposing piece 51c.

[0042] More specifically, the holder 50b of this embodiment has a recess 53 surrounded by a protrusion 52 protruding from the outer surface of one of the facing pieces 51b, and the electronic tag 40 is housed in this recess 53.

[0043] This recess 53 has a rectangular shape when viewed from the opening, and has a side surface 531 formed by the inner circumferential surface of the protrusion 52, and a bottom surface 532 surrounded by this side surface 531, and the electronic tag 40 is affixed to this bottom surface 532.

[0044] The protrusions 52 are higher than the thickness of the electronic tag 40, and as a result, the depth of the recesses 53 is deeper than the thickness of the electronic tag 40. The protrusions 52 are formed to have a hollow cross section. The protrusions 52 of this embodiment are formed by blister molding, and open in the opposite direction to the protruding direction. The hollow cross section also includes a form in which the internal space of the protrusions 52 opens in the opposite direction to the protruding direction. The protrusions 52 are formed of the same material as the long sheet 51, but they do not necessarily have to be formed of the same material, and may be formed of different materials.

[0045] With this configuration, a part of the tag holder 50 is interposed between the electronic tag 40 and the handle body 11. Therefore, the electronic tag 40 faces the grip 20.

[0046] Next, a method for assembling the tool 100 according to this embodiment will be described.

[0047] First, the electronic tag 40 is affixed to the bottom surface 532 of the recess 53, and the long sheet 51 is folded at the bent portion to form the tag holder 50. Next, the folded portion 51a of the tag holder 50 is hooked onto the rear end surface 11a of the handle body 11, and the pair of opposing pieces 51b, 51c are aligned along the outer surface or inner surface of the handle body 11. In this state, the handle body 11 together with the tag holder 50 is inserted into the grip 20.

[0048] According to the tool 100 configured in this manner, the tag holder 50 that holds the electronic tag 40 is provided with a hook portion 50a that hooks onto at least a part of the handle body 11. Therefore, when the handle body 11 is inserted into the grip 20, the tag holder 50 hooks onto the handle body 11, and the electronic tag 40 can be securely attached to the grip 20.

[0049] In addition, since the folded portion 51a of the long sheet 51 constituting the tag holder 50 is narrowed, the long sheet 51 can be easily folded.

[0050] Furthermore, since the electronic tag 40 is housed in the recess 53, the electronic tag 40 is not caught on the grip 20 and is not peeled off from the tag holder 50.

[0051] Furthermore, since the tag holder 50 is interposed between the handle body 11 and the electronic tag 40, even if the handle body 11 is curved, the electronic tag 40 bends gently along the handle body 11, making it less likely to be damaged.

[0052] <Modification of the first embodiment> It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the first embodiment.

[0053] For example, in the above embodiment, the holding portion 50b is formed on the outer surface of one of the opposed pieces 51b, but as shown in FIG. 3, it may be formed on the inner surface of one of the opposed pieces 51b.

[0054] With this configuration, there is nothing between the electronic tag 40 and the handle body 11, and the electronic tag 40 faces the handle body 11. For example, if an electronic tag 40 whose reader reading sensitivity improves the closer it is to metal is used, the reading sensitivity is improved.

[0055] In addition, in the above embodiment, the protrusions 52 are hollow in cross section, but they may be solid in cross section.

[0056] In this case, for example, the protrusions 52 can be formed by stacking a plurality of annular sheets 52a of the same shape on one surface of one of the facing pieces 51b. Specifically, as shown in Fig. 4, a plurality of annular sheets 52a of the same shape are connected in series along the longitudinal direction from one end of the long sheet 51. Then, by folding these annular sheets 52a in an accordion shape and stacking them to form the protrusions 52, the tag holder 50 can be formed simply by folding the sheets.

[0057] <Other embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

[0058] In the first embodiment, the tag holder 50 is configured to hook onto the rear end surface 11a of the handle body 11, but for example, as shown in Fig. 7, a notch 60 extending in the axial direction may be formed in the handle body 11, and the tag holder 50 may be hooked onto a side surface 601 of the notch 60 facing the insertion direction of the handle body 11. This notch 60 is formed on both the outer surface and the inner surface of the handle body 11, but it may be formed on only one of them.

[0059] Specifically, this notch 60 reaches from midway in the axial direction of the handle body 11 to the rear end face 11a, and has a bottom surface 602 facing perpendicular to the axial direction, and a side surface 601 that rises from the bottom surface 602 and faces the insertion direction of the handle body 11.

[0060] The tag holder 50 is a sheet interposed between the bottom surface 602 of the cutout 60 and the grip 20, and the electronic tag 40 is affixed to one surface of the sheet.

[0061] With this configuration, when tag holder 50 is inserted into grip 20 together with handle body 11, one end 51d facing the opposite direction to the insertion direction of tag holder 50 is caught on side surface 601 of notch 60. In other words, this one end functions as hook portion 50a.

[0062] In the first embodiment, the tag holder is a folded long sheet, but as shown in Fig. 8, for example, the tag holder 50 may be a long sheet 51 folded into a substantially L-shape, and the folded portion 51e may be hooked on the rear end surface 11a facing the insertion direction of the handle body 11. In other words, the folded portion 51e functions as the hook portion 52.

[0063] In this case, the portion of the tag holder 50 other than the folded portion 53 is aligned along the side surface of the handle body 11, and the electronic tag 40 is attached to one surface of that portion (the inner surface in FIG. 8).

[0064] In addition, in the first embodiment, the hook portion of the tag holder is formed by folding a long sheet, but for example, a bottomed tubular portion into which the rear end of the handle body is inserted may be formed at one end of the long sheet, and this tubular portion may serve as the hook portion.

[0065] In addition, in the first embodiment, pliers are used as an example of a tool, but the tool is not limited to this and may be, for example, a tool with one handle, such as a screwdriver or a hammer. In addition, in the case of a tool with two handles, electronic tags may be attached to both handles.

[0066] Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0067] 100...Tools 10 Main unit 11...Handle body (rear end) 20 Grip 30 ···Pattern 40 Electronic Tags 50 ···Tag holder 50a Hook section 50b...Holding part 51 Long sheet 52...projection 53: Depression

Claims

1. This tool has an electronic tag attached inside the grip that covers the handle body. A tag holder for holding the electronic tag is provided. The tool, wherein the tag holder has a hook portion that hooks onto at least a portion of the handle body.

2. The handle body is inserted into the grip, The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the hook portion hooks onto an end surface of the handle body facing the insertion direction.

3. 2. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the tag holder is formed by folding a long sheet midway in the longitudinal direction, and the folded portion functions as the hook portion.

4. 4. The tool of claim 3, wherein the folded portion is constricted.

5. 2. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the tag holder is sheet-like, has a recess surrounded by ridges protruding from one side, and further comprises a holding portion that houses and holds the electronic tag in the recess.

6. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic tag is held by the tag holder so as to face the handle body.

7. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic tag is held by the tag holder so as to face the grip.

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