AU2008101076A4

AU2008101076A4 - Glass door clamping fixture having an ornamental blade

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Publication number: AU2008101076A4
Application number: AU2008101076A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Shih-Chang Huang
Original assignee: EPCO Architecture Hardware Taiwan Corp
Current assignee: EPCO Architecture Hardware Taiwan Corp
Priority date: 2008-10-31
Filing date: 2008-10-31
Publication date: 2008-12-04
Anticipated expiration: 2016-10-31

Description

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CKI GLASS DOOR CLAMPING FIXTURE HAVING AN ORNAMENTAL O BLADE FIELD OF THE INVENTION _The present invention relates to a glass door clamping fixture equipped with an ornamental blade and particularly to an ornamental blade 00 equipped with a plurality of flexible elements at one end thereof to (-i achieve rapid wedging and latching on a left plate and a right plate of the clamping fixture to mask screwing elements fastened thereon.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a conventional glass door clamping fixture has a left plate 10 and a right plate 20 fastened together to clamp a glass door (not shown in the drawings). The left and right plates 10 and have respectively a clamping end 11 and 21 at the bottom end and a concave curve 111 and 211 formed at a distal end thereof. The left and right plates 10 and 20 also have respectively an aperture 12 and 22 adjacent to the clamping ends 11 and 21 and corresponding to each other with screw threads (not shown in the drawings) formed thereon to be fastened by screwing elements 100 and 200 when the left and right plates 10 and 20 are opposing and in contact with each other so that the left and right clamping ends 11 and 21 are spaced from each other to form a clamping trough 30 with an appropriate width to hold the glass door. When in use and the glass door is clamped between the left and 00 right plates 10 and 20, the heads of the screwing elements 100 and 200 N are exposed without aesthetic appealing.

O To remedy the aforesaid problem some fixture producers have Cc developed ornamental blades 13 and 23 latched on an outer side of the left and right plates 10 and 20. The ornamental blades 13 and 23 have respectively a latch end 131 and 231 with an indented portion 14 and 24 formed thereon corresponding to the left and right plates 10 and 20. In 00 the event that the space of the indented portions 14 and 24 is too large (namely too loose), plastic strips 15 and 25 are provided to thread through the loose space for padding. But even the plastic strips 15 and could be loosened off when the space of the indented portions 14 and 24 is still too large. On the other hand, if the space of the indented portions 14 and 24 is too small (namely too tight), to thread the plastic strips 15 and 25 is difficult. Then the ornamental blades 13 and 23 cannot be fully latched on the left and right plates 10 and 20. All this leaves a lot to be desired. There are still rooms for improvement.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to provide a glass door clamping fixture equipped with an ornamental blade to solve the problem occurred to the conventional technique that does not provide proper coupling (too loose or too tight) of the ornamental blade and padding plastic strip. The ornamental blade provided by the present invention is equipped with a plurality of flexible elements and can be simply, quickly and securely latched on the left and right plates of the clamping fixture to mask the 00 O exposed screwing elements.

To achieve the foregoing object, the glass door clamping fixture O according to the present invention includes a left plate, a right plate, two corresponding ornamental blades and flexible elements.

NO 5 The left and right plates have respectively a clamping end at the bottom _end and a distal concave curve, and can be positioned in contact with each other and fastened by screwing.

00 The two ornamental blades have respectively a latch end at one end and an indented portion formed at the latch end corresponding to the concave curve of the left and right plates. The indented portion is wedged in by at least one flexible element. The ornamental blade has an inclined hook at another end.

The flexible element has a start end at one side formed with a smooth surface to be in contact with an inner side of the latch end of the ornamental blade and a convex arched end extended upwards from another side to form an opening with the start end.

The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a conventional clamping fixture and an ornamental blade.

FIG. 2 is a top view according to FIG. 1 in an assembled condition.

00 FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the clamping fixture and ornamental blade of the present invention.

O FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the clamping fixture and ornamental blade CC of the present invention in a coupling condition.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the clamping fixture and ornamental blade of the _present invention in an assembled condition.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the clamping fixture, ornamental blade 00oO and flexible elements of the present invention in an assembled condition.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED

EMBODIMENT

Please refer to FIGS. 3 and 4 for an embodiment of the present invention. The clamping fixture according to the present invention is structured substantially like one formed by the conventional technique previously discussed, namely it also has a left plate 10 and a right plate to be fastened at the top end of a glass door (not shown in the drawings). The left plate 10 and the right plate 20 have respectively a clamping end 11 and 21 at the bottom end and a concave curve 111 and 211 at the distal end thereof, and are to be positioned in contact with each other and fastened by screwing elements 100 and 200 to form a clamping trough 30 between them to clamp two lateral sides of the glass door (not shown in the drawings). The clamping fixture is located at the top end of the glass door. The present invention further provides features as follow: After the left and right plates 10 and 20 have been fastened together by 00 O screwing, the screw head of the screwing elements 100 and 200 is exposed. Two ornamental blades 40 are provided to be latched on the O left and right plates 10 and 20 to mask the exposed screwing elements CC 100 and 200.

Each of the two ornamental blades 40 has a latch end 41 formed an Sindented portion 42 corresponding to the concave curve 111 and 211 of the left and right plates 10 and 20. The indented portion 42 is wedged in 00 by at least one flexible element 50. The ornamental blade 40 has another end formed an inclined hook 43.

The flexible element 50 has a start end 51 formed with a smooth surface to be in contact with an inner side of the latch end 41 of the ornamental blade 40, and a convex arched end 52 extended upwards from another side to form an opening 53 with the start end 51. When in use, the latch end 41 is moved respectively towards the concave curve 111 and 211 of the left and right plates 10 and 20 to latch the convex arched end 52 on the concave curve 111 and 211 for anchoring (referring to FIGS. 4 and As the flexible element 50 is resilient, it can be latched and fit snugly in the space of the indent portion 42 at the latch end 41. Thus the problem of loose latching or latch hindering caused by too large or too small of the space of the indented portion 42 that might otherwise occur can be prevented.

Referring to FIG. 6, the flexible element 50 is wedged in the space of the indented portion 42 at the latch end 41 of the ornamental blade and latched on the concave curve 111 and 211 of the left and right plates 10 and 20. The number of the flexible element 50 may be more 00 than one according to the length of the clamping fixture.

N_ As shown in FIG. 6, with the ornamental blade 40 latched respectively O on the left and right plates 10 and 20, the screw heads of the screwing Cc elements 100 and 200 on the left and right plates 10 and 20 can be INO 5 masked without exposing. The inclined hook 43 at another end of the _ornamental blade 40 is latched on another end of the left and right 0plates 10 and 20. The indented portion 42 at the latch end 41 of the oO ornamental blade 40 can be coupled with at least one flexible element To do coupling, first, the start end 51 of the flexible element with the smooth surface is wedged in on an inner side of the latch end 41 of the ornamental blade 40; the opening 53 is formed between the start end 51 and the convex arched end 52, and the convex arched end 52 can be compressed and latched on the concave curve 111 and 211 of the left and right plates 10 and 20. Thus the ornamental blade 40 can be securely latched on the left and right plates 10 and As a conclusion, the present invention provides a glass door clamping fixture equipped with an ornamental blade. The clamping fixture has a left plate 10 and a right plate 20, and an ornamental blade 40 equipped with a plurality of flexible elements 50 to mask the screwing elements 100 and 200 fastened to the left and right plates 10 and 20. The ornamental blade 40 has a latch end 41 to allow the start end 51 of the flexible element 50 to be wedged inside, and an opening 53 is formed between the start end 51 and the convex arched end 52 of the flexible element 50 so that the convex arched end 52 can be compressed and latched on the concave curve 111 and 211 of the left and right plates 00 and 20. Thus the ornamental blade 40 can be simply, quickly and c, securely latched on the left and right plates 10 and 20. It provides a 0 O significant improvement over the conventional technique.

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Claims

1. A glass door clamping fixture having an ornamental blade, comprising: a left plate and a right plate each having a bottom end formed a clamping end with a distal concave curve, the left plate and the right plate being positioned in contact with each other and screwed together; two corresponding ornamental blades each having one end formed a latch end which has an indented portion corresponding to the concave curve of the left plate and the right plate, and another end formed an inclined hook; and an flexible element which is wedged in the indented portion of the latch end of the ornamental blades.

2. The glass door clamping fixture of claim 1, wherein the flexible element has a start end at one side formed a smooth surface to be in contact with an inner side of the latch end of the ornamental blades and another side extended upwards to form a convex arched end to form an opening with the start end.

3. The glass door clamping fixture of claim 1, wherein the number of the flexible element is more than one.

4. A glass door clamping fixture having an ornament blade, substantially as herein described with reference to any one of the embodiments of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings.