Vehicular clip removal jig

Abstract

To provide a vehicular clip removal jig which can efficiently remove a vehicular clip.SOLUTION: A vehicular clip removal jig 10 comprises: a body part 20; and a recess 30 which is disposed in the body part 20. The recess 30 is open for one side in an axial direction in which a claw part 92 of a vehicular clip 90 can be fitted into the recess. An inner peripheral surface 31 of the recess 30 has a shape where a distance from a central axis of the jig 10 continuously changes. Thereby, the jig 10 rotates around the central axis while the claw part 92 of the vehicular clip 90 is fitted into the recess 30 so that the claw part 92 is pressed by the inner peripheral surface 31 of the recess 30 to be in a storage state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

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

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a method for removing a vehicle clip using a tool such as a flat-head screwdriver. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-111451 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle clip removal tool that can efficiently remove vehicle clips. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The vehicle clip removal jig described in claim 1 comprises a main body portion and a recess provided on the main body portion that is open to one axial side and into which the claw portion of the vehicle clip can be fitted, and the inner surface of the recess has a shape in which the distance from the central axis of the jig changes continuously, and by rotating the jig around the central axis with the claw portion fitted in the recess, the inner surface of the recess can press the claw portion and place it in a stored state.

[0006] In claim 1, the vehicle clip removal jig comprises a main body and a recess provided in the main body. The recess is open on one axial side and is configured so that the claws of the vehicle clip can be fitted into the recess. The inner circumferential surface of the recess has a shape in which the distance from the central axis of the jig changes continuously. As a result, by rotating the jig around the central axis with the claws of the vehicle clip fitted into the recess, the inner circumferential surface of the recess can press the claws into a retracted state. Therefore, the claws of the clip can be stored simply by fitting them into the recesses of the jig and rotating the jig, which allows for more efficient removal than the conventional method of pressing the claws of the clip with a finger or a flathead screwdriver to store them. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently remove a vehicle clip. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a vehicle clip removal jig. [Figure 2] 10A and 10B are diagrams illustrating how the claws of the clip can be pressed to put the clip into a stored state by rotating the jig. [Figure 3] 10A and 10B are diagrams showing modified examples of the shape of the recessed portion. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] Hereinafter, a vehicle clip removal jig 10 according to an embodiment will be described.

[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle clip removal jig 10 (hereinafter simply referred to as jig 10) according to this embodiment.

[0011] The jig 10 includes a cylindrical main body 20, a recess 30 formed in the main body 20, a plurality of handles 40A, 40B, and an elastic extrusion portion 50. Note that the elastic extrusion portion 50 is depicted in a simplified form in Fig. 1.

[0012] The central axis of the cylindrical shape of the main body 20 is the central axis of the jig 10. The recess 30 is open on one axial side and is configured so that the claw portion 92 of the clip 90 (see Figure 2) can be fitted into it. Note that in Figure 2, for convenience, the claw portion 92 of the clip 90 is indicated by an arrow. The inner peripheral surface 31 of the recess 30 has a shape in which the distance from the central axis of the jig 10 changes continuously. The shape of the recess 30 is point-symmetrical with respect to the central axis when viewed from one axial side. For example, the shape of the recess 30 is a Tomoe crest shape.

[0013] The multiple handles 40A, 40B are composed of a pair of first handles 40A and a pair of second handles 40B. As shown in FIG. 2(A), the dimension of the recess 30 is larger in the direction in which the pair of first handles 40A face each other, and as shown in FIG. 2(B), the dimension of the recess 30 is smaller in the direction in which the pair of second handles 40B face each other. The first handle 40A is sometimes referred to as the long-side handle, and the second handle 40B is sometimes referred to as the short-side handle. For example, the first handle 40A has a generally L-shape, and the second handle 40B has a generally I-shape.

[0014] The elastic pushing portion 50 is provided inside the recess 30. As shown in FIG. 1, the elastic pushing portion 50 has a contact portion 52 that comes into contact with the claw portion 92 of the clip 90. When the claw portion 92 is fitted into the recess 30, the contact portion 52 is pressed by the claw portion 92 to the other axial side, causing the elastic pushing portion 50 to elastically deform. As a result, an elastic force is generated in the elastic pressing portion 50 that pushes the claw portion 92 to one axial side. The elastic pushing portion 50 includes, for example, a coil spring.

[0015] <Action and effect> Next, the effects of this embodiment will be described.

[0016] In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vehicle clip removal jig 10 includes a main body 20 and a recess 30 provided in the main body 20. The recess 30 is open on one axial side and is configured to allow the claws 92 of a vehicle clip 90 (see FIG. 2) to be fitted therein. The inner circumferential surface 31 of the recess 30 has a shape in which the distance from the central axis of the jig 10 changes continuously. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 2(A) and 2(B), by rotating the jig 10 about the central axis with the claws 92 of the vehicle clip 90 fitted in the recess 30, the inner circumferential surface 31 of the recess 30 can press the claws 92 to place the jig in a stored state (see FIG. 2(B)). Therefore, the claws 92 of the clip 90 can be put into the retracted state simply by fitting the claws 92 of the clip 90 into the recesses 30 of the jig 10 and rotating the jig 10 (for example, counterclockwise as seen from the operator). This allows for more efficient removal than the conventional method of pressing the claws 92 of the clip 90 with a finger, a flathead screwdriver, or the like to put the clip into the retracted state.

[0017] In this embodiment, the jig 10 includes a handle 40A. The handle 40A is configured so that when the claw portion 92 of the clip 90 is fitted into the recess 30 of the jig 10, the rotation angle direction of the jig 10 around the central axis can be recognized. This makes it easy to remove the device out of sight.

[0018] In this embodiment, the jig 10 includes a pair of first handles 40A and a pair of second handles 40B. The first handles 40A and the second handles 40B have different shapes. The first handles 40A are provided on opposite sides of the central axis of the jig 10, and the second handles 40B are also provided on opposite sides of the central axis of the jig 10. The first handles 40A and the second handles 40B are provided at different circumferential positions around the central axis. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish between the first handle 40A and the second handle 40B by the difference in shape, and thereby to recognize the rotation angle direction around the central axis of the jig 10. This makes it easy to perform removal work out of sight.

[0019] In this embodiment, the jig 10 also includes an elastic pushing portion 50 for pushing out the claw portion 92 of the clip 90. The elastic pushing portion 50 is configured to be pressed by the claw portion 92 by fitting the claw portion 92 into the recess 30, thereby generating an elastic force. Therefore, by rotating the jig 10 to store the claw portion 92, the claw portion 92 can be pushed out by the elastic force of the elastic pushing portion 50. In other words, the clip 90 can be removed simply by fitting the claw portion 92 of the clip 90 into the recess 30 of the jig 10 and rotating the jig 10. As a result, the clip 90 can be removed easily and in a short time.

[0020] Incidentally, the sizes of the claw portions 92 of the vehicle clip 90 (e.g., door harness clip) vary (e.g., 9 to 14 mm). In this embodiment, the inner peripheral surface 31 of the recess 30 has a shape in which the distance from the central axis of the jig 10 changes continuously, so that it is possible to accommodate clips 90 of various sizes.

[0021] In this embodiment, the jig 10 is sized to be easy to hold from an ergonomic standpoint. Specifically, the axial dimension of the main body 20 is 13 mm or more (e.g., approximately 18 mm), and the diameter of the main body 20 is 14 mm or more (e.g., approximately 21 mm).

[0022] [Supplementary explanation of the above embodiment] In the above embodiment, the shape of the recess 30 is described as being the shape shown in Fig. 2 etc., but the shape of the recess 30 is not limited to this. For example, the shape of the recess 30 may be the shape shown in Fig. 3. [Explanation of symbols]

[0023] 10 Vehicle clip removal tool 20 Main body 30 recess 31 Inner surface 90 Vehicle Clips 92 Claw

Claims

[Claim 1] a main body; a recess provided in the main body portion, the recess being open to one axial side, and into which a claw portion of a vehicle clip can be fitted; Equipped with the inner circumferential surface of the recess has a shape in which the distance from the central axis of the jig changes continuously; By rotating the jig around the central axis with the claw portion fitted in the recess, the claw portion can be pressed by the inner circumferential surface of the recess to be stored. Vehicle clip removal tool.

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