DE9006955U1 - Clamp holder for easily detachable holding of objects - Google Patents

Description

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DS Products Dieter Schwarz GmbH, Stormarnring 14, 2000 Stapelfeld/Hamburg 73

Clamp holder for easily detachable holding of objects

The invention relates to a clamp for easily detachable holding of objects with a section that at least partially approximates the cross-section of the cylinder, for holding containers such as spray cans, tubes, bottles, wrenches ^or the like, comprising a support body and at least one spring-like clamping element connected to the support body, partially enclosing the holding section and clamping it in a force-fitting manner, the support body being designed for attachment to a base.

Ex-partial clamp holders made from one piece of plastic are known. These clamp holders consist essentially of a support body with one or a maximum of two clip-like clamping elements fixed to it, which partially encompass the parts to be clamped on a cylindrical section and clamp them in a force-locking manner. Such one-piece clamp holders, "·, are manufactured using the injection molding process, whereby the plastic used must ensure after processing that the clip-like clamp elements have sufficient elasticity so that they can both pick up and hold and clamp the objects to be fastened in the manner of a detachable snap connection and also enable easy release from this receptacle. The clamp holders with two clamp elements are designed so that the clamp elements have the same size and geometric shape and can therefore only pick up and clamp objects of the same size at the clamping points. The clamp holders are attached to supports, such as vertical

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n walls, using screws or by gluing.

The disadvantage of these known clamp holders is that they can only hold and clamp a maximum of two household containers, especially only those with equally spaced clamping sections. For other sizes or circumferences, other clamp holders with differently dimensioned clamping elements are required. Furthermore, varying the arrangement of differently dimensioned clip-like clamp elements is not possible with the known solutions.

The reason for the acceptance of the disadvantages of conventional clamp holders is the problems that arise in tool production and processing when eliminating them. The production of tools for conventional clamp holders with more than two clamping elements would be very complicated and therefore complex and expensive. Furthermore, technological problems would arise when processing plastics with such tools. These problems would be exacerbated if clamp holders with more than two differently dimensioned clamping elements were to be produced.

The invention is therefore based on the object of creating a clamp holder for easily detachable holding of at least two household containers, such as spray cans, spray bottles or other products, which can hold differently sized containers in a freely selectable and variable arrangement, whereby this arrangement should be flexibly changeable and its production should take place with comparatively simply constructed tools and be technologically easy to control.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that each clamping element can be attached to the support body as a separate component in a detachable and variably exchangeable manner.

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By dividing the clamp holder into a support body and several separate clamping elements, which can be connected and detachably coupled to the support body, it is possible to produce a clamp holder that can accommodate more than two clamping elements in a technologically simple manner, while maintaining an uncomplicated tool structure for the individual components.

Preferably, the clamping elements can comprise guide sections with clamping parts arranged thereon, whereby all guide sections have the same geometric shape and size and the clamping parts may be of different sizes.

It is therefore possible to arrange the clamping elements on the support body in a variable manner, which can be flexibly changed, using the identically designed guide sections. The different sizes and differently dimensioned circumferences of the clamping parts mean that household containers of different sizes with differently dimensioned clamping points can be held in a variable and freely selected arrangement within the support body by the clamping elements.

The guide sections on the clamping elements are designed as double guides, which are accommodated in complementary guide pairs of the support body. This ensures that the clamping elements are guided securely in the support body and prevents the clamping elements from twisting.

More than two pairs of guides for the guide sections of the clamping elements can be arranged on the support body. This means that several clamping elements can be attached to the support body and thus the clamp holder according to the invention can also carry more than two household containers.

A further advantageous embodiment can consist in that each of the guide pairs is designed as a sliding guide that converges in the direction of gravity. This prevents the guide sections of the clamping elements from sliding or falling through the guide pairs.

To ensure this additionally, a stop can be provided for the respective guide section in the direction of gravity below each guide pair. By arranging a stop, the guide pairs can also be designed so that their guides are parallel to each other.

For a better fit, the guide sections of the clamping elements can be trapezoidal and complementary to the guide pairs of the support body. Holes can be provided in the support body through which the clamp holder can be attached, e.g. to a wall, using a screw connection.

In order to achieve a good design, each pilot hole is arranged within a guide pair and is therefore no longer visible when the clamping element is inserted.

Example

Further advantages and embodiments or possibilities of the invention emerge from the following description of the embodiment shown in the schematic drawings. It shows

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a clamp holder according to the invention with clamping elements,

Fig. 2 a side view of the clamp holder of the

Fig. 3 is a representation of a guide body of a clamping element.

The clamp holder according to the invention in accordance with the exemplary embodiment can, as can be seen in Fig. 1, accommodate four clamping elements 1. It is of course also possible to produce a clamp holder 8 according to the invention, which can accommodate a different number of clamping elements. On the support body 3 of the clamp holder 8, similar guide pairs 2 are arranged, which converge in the direction of gravity, i.e. they taper downwards. A stop 5 is provided below each guide pair 2. This safely prevents the clamping elements 1 from falling through. A pilot hole 4 can be provided within a guide pair 2, via which the clamp holder 8 can be attached to a wall using, for example, a screw connection. Of course, other types of attachment are also possible, e.g. via an adhesive connection, whereby the back of the support body can also be self-adhesive. The clamping elements 1 are inserted into the guide pairs 2 from above. As can be seen from Fig. 2, the clamping elements 1 consist of a guide section and a clamping part 7. The guide sections 6 have the same geometry and size as one another and are designed to be complementary to the guide pairs 2. Each clamping element 1 can thus be arranged in any of the guide pairs 2. In order to be able to accommodate different sized household containers, the clamping elements 1 have differently dimensioned clip-like clamping parts 7. These clip-like clamping parts must have sufficient elasticity to be able to accommodate and hold the household containers to be fastened. However, this corresponds to the state of the art and is ensured, for example, by the fact that the clamping elements 1 are made of ABS. The clamp holder 8 according to the invention achieves a variable arrangement of different sized or even the same sized household containers.

This arrangement can be changed quickly and easily. All you have to do is
push the clamping element 1 out of the guide pair 2 and reinsert it into any other guide pair 2. In Fig. 3, the trapezoidal design of the guide section 6 of a clamping element 1 can be seen.
The guide section 6 is complementary to the
tapered guide pairs 2. Thus
perfect guidance of the clamping elements 1 in the guide pairs 2 is ensured.

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Claims (9)

• · · · I &igr;- f * • ··*■.( t · Protection claims : 1. Clamp holder for easily detachable holding of objects with a section that at least partially approximates the cylindrical shape in cross-section, e.g. household containers such as spray cans, tubes, bottles, handle tools or the like, comprising a support body and at least one clip-like clamping element connected to the latter, partially enclosing the section to be held and clamping it in a force-fitting manner, the support body being designed for attachment to a base, characterized in that each clamping element (1) can be attached to the support body (3) as a separate component in a detachable and variably exchangeable manner. 2. Clamp holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamping elements (1) comprise guide sections (6) with clamping parts (7) arranged thereon, wherein all guide sections (6) have the same geometric shape and size to one another and the clamping parts (7) may be of different sizes. 3. Clamp holder according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the guide sections (6) on the clamping elements (1) are designed as double guides which are received in complementary guide pairs (2) of the support body (3). 4. Clamp holder according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that more than two guide pairs (2) for the guide sections (6) of the clamping elements (1) are arranged on the supporting body (3). 5. Clamp holder according to claim 3 or 4, characterized characterized in that each guide pair (2) is designed as a sliding guide converging in the direction of gravity. 6. Small stop according to claim 1, 3, 4 or 5, d a - characterized in that in the direction of gravity below the guide pairs (2) stops (5) for the guide sections \6) -narranged. f- 7. Clamp holder according to one of claims 3 to 6, characterized in that the guide sections (6) of the clamping elements (1) are trapezoidal and complementary to the guide pairs (2) of the support body (3). 8. Clamp holder according to one of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that pilot holes (4) are provided in the supporting body (3) for fastening to the base. 9. Clamp holder according to claim 8, characterized in that each pilot hole (4) is arranged within a guide pair (2).