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EP0613645B1
EP0613645B1 EP94101004A EP94101004A EP0613645B1 EP 0613645 B1 EP0613645 B1 EP 0613645B1 EP 94101004 A EP94101004 A EP 94101004A EP 94101004 A EP94101004 A EP 94101004A EP 0613645 B1 EP0613645 B1 EP 0613645B1
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Siegfried Gerhards
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G33/00—Religious or ritual equipment in dwelling or for general use
    • A47G33/04—Christmas trees 
    • A47G33/12—Christmas tree stands
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G33/00—Religious or ritual equipment in dwelling or for general use
    • A47G33/04—Christmas trees 
    • A47G33/12—Christmas tree stands
    • A47G2033/1233—Christmas tree stands as insert for a plant pot
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G33/00—Religious or ritual equipment in dwelling or for general use
    • A47G33/04—Christmas trees 
    • A47G33/12—Christmas tree stands
    • A47G2033/1286—Christmas tree stands comprising watering means, e.g. a water reservoir

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  • the invention relates to a tree stand with a pot and an insert which can be inserted and removed in the pot for fastening and centering trees.
  • Tree stands of the generic type are known per se (see DE-A-1429969). They are mainly used to set up Christmas trees (Christmas trees).
  • the pot is an open ceramic, porcelain, glass or plastic container. This contains the insert for fastening and centering the respective tree.
  • the mostly metallic insert consists of a base plate, which rests on the bottom of the respective pot, and a metal ring arranged approximately at the level of the pot rim, through which the tree to be fastened is inserted and fastened by means of screws.
  • the base plate and metal ring are firmly connected to each other via several (usually three) web-shaped parts.
  • the Web-shaped parts are shaped in such a way that they touch the inner wall of the pot at predetermined locations in the middle or lower region and thus center the insert in the pot.
  • a disadvantage of the known tree stands is above all that a sufficient hold of the side parts on the outer wall of the pot is only guaranteed if the insert and the pot are largely and contiguously aligned in the edge area. So there must be a flat enclosure of the pot edge on the part of the side. In practice, however, this is not easy to achieve.
  • the specified external dimensions of the pots can only be achieved within certain limit values (manufacturing tolerances). This applies in particular to pots made of ceramic materials, in which a large number of influencing factors (not least when firing and possibly glazing) ensure different results. So it often happens that pre-made inserts cannot be used because the outer dimensions of the pots do not correspond enough to the specified values, ie they are too small or too large. This then forces expensive custom-made products to be used.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying tree stands of the type mentioned, in which a tight fit of the prefabricated inserts in the pots is ensured even if the latter have different external dimensions (noticeable manufacturing tolerances).
  • the invention is based on the knowledge that a purely positive connection between the side parts and the outer wall of the pot, as has been sought up to now as perfectly as possible, is ultimately a hindrance, and that, in contrast, a positive spring connection is not only sufficiently secure, but also to a considerable extent is adaptable.
  • the side parts are bent back inwards towards the longitudinal axis of the insert in such a way that they non-positively touch the outer wall of the pot in at least one area.
  • the radial distance between the longitudinal axis of the insert and the area of the respective side part with which it presses against the outer wall of the pot is preferably selected such that even with a pot with the smallest possible outer diameter in this wall area is still a sufficiently strong one Non-positive connection exists. For pots with a larger diameter, there is inevitably a stronger adhesion, because these are clamped even more resiliently between the individual side parts of the insert. Further preferred features can be found in subclaims 2-6.
  • Fig. 1 denotes a Christmas tree stand which essentially consists of a pot 2 and an insert 3 which can be inserted and removed in the pot 2.
  • the pot 2 is a ceramic container open at the top; It can just as well be a porcelain, glass or plastic container. Its upper edge 4 is bead-shaped.
  • the inner wall, the floor and the The outer wall of the pot 2 are identified by the reference numerals 5, 6 and 7.
  • the insert 3 made here of metal (occasionally also made of plastic) has a base plate 8 with a mandrel 9 thereon and a ring 10 arranged at the level of the pot rim, through which the tree to be fastened (not shown here for reasons of a better overview) inserted and locked by means of adjusting screws (also not shown).
  • Base plate 8 and ring 10 are firmly connected to one another via three web-shaped parts 11-13.
  • the parts 11-13 are shaped in such a way that they touch the inner wall 5 of the areas of the pot 2 designated 14-16 and thus the base plate 8 is fixed approximately in the central area of the pot base 6.
  • three further web-shaped parts 18-20 are attached to the ring 10 which, as shown in FIG. 1, can be parts (extensions) of the above-mentioned web-shaped parts 11-13.
  • the ends 21-23 (side parts) of the web-shaped parts 17-19 facing away from the ring 10 are connected according to the invention to the outer wall 7 of the pot 2 in the region of the bead-shaped edge 4 in a resilient (non-positive) manner.
  • the side parts 21-23 are bent inwards towards the longitudinal axis of the insert (corresponds to the longitudinal axis 17 of the tree stand in FIG. 1).
  • the resilient clamping effect of the side parts that can be generated in the following is included 2 described, which represents an enlarged section of the edge region of the pot 2 designated by 24 in FIG.
  • the position of the side part 22, which it occupies when the insert 3 is not inserted into the pot 2 is also shown in broken lines in FIG.
  • Fig. 2 R and D are shown for the case that the frictional connection is effected by the rounded tip 25 of the side part 22 in the region 26 of the pot 2.
  • the same also applies to the additional non-positive connection area designated 27, which results from the bead-shaped bulge of the edge 4, so that advantageously two resilient non-positive connection areas 26, 27 are present in the illustrated embodiment.
  • Fig. 3 shows an embodiment according to the prior art.
  • a web-shaped part 32 connected to the ring 10 (FIG. 1) is positively placed around the bead-shaped edge 4 of the pot 2.
  • the contour of the surface of the side part 33 facing the edge 4 essentially corresponds to the outer contour of the edge 4.
  • the web-shaped part 32 when the outer diameter of the edge 4 changes, the web-shaped part 32 either no longer fits onto the pot 2 or the insert is no longer firmly attached to it and may fall out of the pot when it is being handled. In both cases it is practically unusable.

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  • Table Devices Or Equipment (AREA)
  • Devices For Warming Or Keeping Food Or Tableware Hot (AREA)
  • Breeding Of Plants And Reproduction By Means Of Culturing (AREA)
  • Organic Insulating Materials (AREA)
  • Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
  • Medicines Containing Plant Substances (AREA)
  • Supports For Plants (AREA)

Claims (6)

  1. Support pour arbre (1) comprenant un pot (2) et une pièce rapportée (3) qui est destinée à fixer et à centrer des arbres et qui peut être introduite dans le pot (2) et retirée de celui-ci, cependant que la pièce rapportée (3) présente une couronne (10) qui entoure son axe longitudinal (17) d'une manière coaxiale et sur laquelle sont fixées au moins deux pièces en forme de languettes (18 à 20), celles-ci s'étendant chacune jusqu'à la paroi extérieure (7) du pot (2), et leurs extrémités (parties latérales 21 à 23) qui sont opposées à la couronne (10) passant autour du bord supérieur (4) du pot (2), caractérisé par le fait que les parties latérales (21 à 23) sont reliées à la paroi extérieure (7) du pot (2) par l'intermédiaire d'au moins une liaison élastique par conjugaison des forces, cependant que les parties latérales (21 à 23) sont repliées vers l'intérieur sous un angle aigu dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (17) de la pièce rapportée (3) en formant un espace libre (28) qui sert à compenser les tolérances, et que les parties latérales (21 à 23) sont en contact par conjugaison des forces avec la paroi extérieure (7) du pot (2), du moins dans une région (26, 27).
  2. Support pour arbre selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que la distance dans le sens radial entre l'axe longitudinal (17) de la pièce rapportée (3) et la région de la partie latérale respective (21 à 23) par laquelle elle s'appuie sur la paroi extérieure (7) du pot (2) est choisie d'une manière telle qu'une conjugaison des forces suffisamment importante soit encore présente dans cette région du bord (26, 27), même dans le cas d'un pot (2) dont le diamètre extérieur est le plus faible qui entre en considération.
  3. Support pour arbre selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que les parties latérales (21 à 23) sont repliées dans la direction de l'axe longitudinal (17) d'une manière telle et que leur longueur est choisie d'une manière telle que, dans le cas de l'utilisation d'un pot (2) dont le bord (4) est en forme de bourrelet, il se produise un contact par conjugaison des forces des parties latérales (21 à 23) dans la région (27) du bord (4) en forme de bourrelet, et aussi, le cas échéant, dans une région (26) qui est située au-dessous de ce bord (4).
  4. Support pour arbre selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé par le fait que la pièce rapportée (3) est constituée par un métal ou par de la matière plastique.
  5. Support pour arbre selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé par le fait que le pot (2) est constitué par de la céramique, du verre, de la porcelaine, de la matière plastique ou similaire.
  6. Support pour arbre selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que les parties latérales (21 à 23) présentent en outre des parties d'extrémité (29 à 31) qui sont dirigées vers l'extérieur et qui servent d'organes de préhension.
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FR2757361B1 (fr) 1996-12-19 1999-01-22 Crea Support pour arbres de noel ou arbustes artificiels
EP0868877A1 (fr) 1997-03-28 1998-10-07 Société Crea Support décoratif pour arbres de noel ou arbustes artificiels

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