Information
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Patent Grant
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6199815
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Patent Number
6,199,815
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Date Filed
Wednesday, December 2, 199825 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, March 13, 200123 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Ramirez; Ramon O.
- Landry; Walter
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 248 454
- 248 371
- 248 397
- 248 4411
- 248 4471
- 248 449
- 040 492
- 040 532
- 040 536
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A holder capable of being fixed on a wall or support column carries swivelling panels which can be hung in the area of opposite front sides on pins formed from pairs of pins. The holder is provided in the area of a receiving cavity with clamping jaws which are suitable for mounting roller-shaped inserts useful for fastening the holder to support columns.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a holder for flip boards and/or flip pockets and flip sheaths which are provided in the region of the upper and lower end of one of their edges with swivel bearings for pins arranged in each case in a row at the upper and lower edge of the holder.
Holders of the above type are widely used, inter alia, in offices, laboratories, workshops and supermarkets. They are easy to manipulate and permit the user rapid access to information contained in subject indexes, lists, standard sheets, price lists and similar documents. In order to be able to take account of different spatial features, the holders are regularly constructed such that they can be fastened both on walls and on holding columns. Holders are known in the case of which use is made for both abovementioned types of fastening of screws which are screwed either as wood screws into wall plugs, or as threaded screws into threaded bores of holding columns. The known holders are incapable of providing full satisfaction to the extent that when used in connection with holding columns they do not permit a change in position of the holder with respect to the column.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to provide a holder which with the aid of easily exchangeable accessories permits both the angular position of the holder to be set with respect to the longitudinal axis of a holding column, and the height of the holder to be set on the holding column, and which moreover is suitable in a known way for wall fastening. This object is achieved in the case of a holder of the generic type considered by virtue of the fact that the latter has a basic body with clamping jaws which are suitable for mounting a roller-shaped insert which can swivel about an axis running transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pins and is provided with a transverse bore for a holding column.
The holder according to the invention offers the advantage that, in conjunction with accessories formed by roller-shaped inserts, it can be more effectively adapted than known holders to spatial and application-specific features. The use of clamping jaws for holding the inserts permits not only rapid and convenient attachment as well as exchange of said inserts, but also, in the case of the use of the holder in conjunction with holding columns, permits the height and/or angular position of the holder with respect to the holding columns to be set in a fashion adapted to the respective situation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Further details and features of the invention follow from the subclaims and the following description of a particularly advantageous embodiment represented in the attached drawing, in which:
FIG. 1
is a front elevational view of a holder in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 2
is a side elevational view of the holder illustrated by
FIG. 1
,
FIG. 3
is a rear elevational view of the holder illustrated by
FIG. 1
,
FIG. 4
is a top plan view of the holder illustrated by
FIG. 1
,
FIG. 5
shows a cross section of the holder in the region of the line V—V in
FIG. 1
,
FIG. 6
shows a cross section of the holder in the region of the line VI—VI in
FIG. 1
,
FIG. 7
shows the upper part of
FIG. 1
on an enlarged scale,
FIG. 8
shows a longitudinal section through a part of the holder in the region of line VIII—VIII in
FIG. 1
,
FIG. 9
shows a longitudinal section of the holder in the region of line IX—IX in
FIG. 2
showing a first insert clamped in the receptacle illustrated by
FIG. 8
,
FIG. 10
shows the possibility, provided with the aid of the insert represented in
FIG. 9
, of changing the angular position of a holder plugged onto a holding column,
FIG. 11
shows the longitudinal section in accordance with
FIG. 8
with a second insert clamped in the receptacle, and
FIG. 12
shows the possibility, provided with the aid of the insert represented in
FIG. 11
, of setting the height of a holder plugged onto a holding column.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BEST MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
In the figures,
1
denotes the basic body of a holder for known (and therefore not represented) swivel boards which are provided at mutually opposite ends of one of their edges with swivel bearings for rows of pins
2
arranged at the upper and lower edge of the holder. The holder shown has ten pairs of pins, and is therefore suitable for holding ten swivel boards which are constructed, for example, as scale-type boards. In order to permit cost-effective production of the holder, which is constructed as a plastic injection-moulded part, its rear wall
3
is provided in the region of the pins
2
with windows
4
which permit the insertion of injection moulds without splits. In order to lend the holder a satisfactory stability, it is of shell-shaped construction. It has end and side walls
5
,
6
,
7
and
8
, constructed from a continuous web, and a central trough
9
. In the region of the trough
9
, the rear wall of the holder comprises two wall sections
10
and
11
which merge into one another in the lower third of the holder with the formation of an obtuse angle. Longitudinal struts
12
and transverse struts
13
in the region of the trough
9
make a considerable contribution to the stability of the holder. Four transverse struts
13
arranged in the centre of the trough
9
and running perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the holder are provided with aligned plug-through openings
14
which permit a holding column to be pushed into the trough
9
. Windows
15
are located in the wall section
10
, in order also to be able to produce these cutouts cost-effectively. A guide channel
16
for a holding column is let into the wall section
11
. As may be seen from
FIGS. 1
,
5
and
7
, the height H of the window
4
is greater than the length L, and the width B of the window
4
is greater than the diameter d of the pins
2
. By contrast, the width W of the window
15
is equal to the breadth b of the cutouts
14
.
In order to be able to fasten the holder on a wall with the aid of screws, the wall section
10
is fitted with cutouts
17
and
18
which are formed by elongated holes and whose longitudinal axes are perpendicular to one another, in order to be able to adjust the position of the holder within certain limits.
As already stated, it is desired to be able to fasten the holder not only on a wall, but also on a holding column. In order to render the latter possible, in the deepest region of the trough
9
the holder has a receptacle
19
, open towards the front side of the holder, for exchangeable inserts
20
and
21
, as they are represented in
FIGS. 9 and 11
.
Clamping jaws
22
, which are arranged in pairs and between which the roller-shaped inserts
20
,
21
can be pressed, serve the purpose of fastening the inserts
20
,
21
on the holder or in the receptacle
19
. The spacing between the clamping jaws
22
of each pair of clamping jaws is tuned in this case to the outside diameter of the respective insert
20
or
21
in such a way that the latter can be swivelled into the receptacle
19
about its longitudinal axis
23
without being loosened. As may be seen from
FIGS. 3
,
6
and
8
, the guide channel
16
let into the wall section
11
of the trough
9
opens into the receptacle
19
and is aligned with the plug-through openings
14
in the central transverse struts
13
arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis
24
of the holder. Adjoining the guide channel is a cutout
25
which extends in the base region of the receptacle
19
and is required in order as indicated in FIG.
10
—to be able to swivel the holder about the longitudinal axis
23
, and this at an angle α of at most 90°.
The insert
20
represented in
FIG. 9
extends over the entire inside width of the receptacle
19
, that is to say its end faces bear in the sliding fit against the inner surfaces, facing them, of the side walls of the receptacle
19
. A holding column
27
, which is formed by a tube and is provided in the region of its ends with transverse bores
28
,
29
, projects into a transverse bore
26
of the insert
20
. The transverse bores
28
,
29
are aligned with a longitudinal bore
30
of the insert
20
. A threaded screw
33
with a knurled head
34
projects through the longitudinal bore
30
of the insert
20
and through bores
31
,
32
in the side walls of the receptacle
19
; a knurled nut
35
is screwed onto the end, averted from the head
34
, of the threaded screw
33
. It is possible by tightening the knurled nut
35
to press the side walls of the receptacle
19
firmly against the end faces of the insert
20
and to lock the latter in this way in a desired oblique position of the holder with respect to the holding column
27
.
If there is no interest in the possibility of changing the angular position of the basic body
1
with respect to the longitudinal axis of the holding column
27
, but is desired merely to render the basic body
1
capable of height adjustment by limited amounts in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the holding column
27
, use is made of an insert
21
of the type represented in FIG.
11
. The insert
21
has a threaded bore
36
into which the end of a threaded screw
37
is screwed which, in turn, has a knurled head
34
. By pressing the free end of the threaded screw
37
against the circumference of the holding column
27
, the position thereof is locked with respect to the insert
21
in a force-closed fashion.
FIG. 12
shows two positions of the holder offset in height by the amount X on the holding column
27
.
Claims
- 1. Holder for flip boards, or flip pockets, or flip sheaths; said boards, or pockets, or sheaths each defining at least one edge and being provided, in a region of an upper and lower end of said at least one edge, with a swivel bearing adapted to receive pins arranged in each case in a row in pairs at an upper and lower edge of the holder, characterized in that the holder has a basic body (1) with clamping jaws (22) which are suitable for mounting a roller-shaped insert (20, 21) which can swivel about an axis (23) running transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pins (2) and is provided with a transverse bore (26) for a holding column (27).
- 2. Holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamping jaws (22) are arranged on mutually opposite sides of a receptacle (19) open towards the front side of the holder.
- 3. Holder according to claim 2, characterized in that the basic body (1) has a rear wall (3) which is provided in a central region of the receptacle (19) with an insertion opening for the holding column (27) which can be plugged into the transverse bore (26) of the insert (20, 21).
- 4. Holder according to claim 3, characterized in that the insertion opening is arranged at an upper end of a guide channel (16), arranged in the rear wall (3) of the basic body (1), for the holding column (27).
- 5. Holder according to claim 3, characterized in that its sear wall (3) is provided with cutouts (17, 18) for screws serving to fasten the holder on a wall.
- 6. Holder according to claim 5, characterized in that the cutouts (17, 18) are formed by elongated holes whose longitudinal axes are mutually offset by 90°.
- 7. Holder according to claim 3, characterized in that its rear wall (3) has two wall sections (10, 11) which merge into one another with the formation of an obtuse angle.
- 8. Holder according to claim 7, characterized in that the two wall sections (10, 11) of the rear wall (3) merge into one another in the lower third of the holder.
- 9. Holder according to claim 2, characterized in that the basic body is provided with circumferential end and side walls (5, 6, 7, 8) and with a central trough (9) having the receptacle (19) for the roller-shaped insert (20, 21).
- 10. Holder according to claim 9, characterized in that the basic body (1), which is constructed as a plastic injection-moulded part, is provided in the region of its central trough (9) with longitudinal and transverse struts (12, 13) serving the purpose of reinforcement.
- 11. Holder according to claim 4, characterized in that the guide channel (16) is aligned with plug-through openings (14), for use in holding and guiding the holding column (27), in transverse struts (13).
- 12. Holder according to claim 5, characterized in that the side walls of the receptacle (19) are provided with aligned bores (31, 32) for a threaded screw (33) which can be plugged through an elongated bore (30) of the insert (20) and a transverse bore (28, 29) of the holding column (27) and serves to fix the angular position of the insert.
- 13. Holder according to claim 5, characterized in that at least one side wall of the receptacle (19) is provided with a bore (32) for a threaded screw (37) which can be screwed into a threaded bore (36) of the insert (21) and serves to lock in position a holding column (27) plugged into a transverse bore (26) of the insert (21).
Priority Claims (1)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
196 23 895 |
Jun 1996 |
DE |
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PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
Country |
Kind |
102e Date |
371c Date |
PCT/DE97/01155 |
|
WO |
00 |
12/2/1998 |
12/2/1998 |
Publishing Document |
Publishing Date |
Country |
Kind |
WO97/48087 |
12/18/1997 |
WO |
A |
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