CA2332670A1 - Operating handle - Google Patents

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CA2332670A1
CA2332670A1 CA002332670A CA2332670A CA2332670A1 CA 2332670 A1 CA2332670 A1 CA 2332670A1 CA 002332670 A CA002332670 A CA 002332670A CA 2332670 A CA2332670 A CA 2332670A CA 2332670 A1 CA2332670 A1 CA 2332670A1
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Ralf Jurgens
Uwe Dingert
Joerg Dunkel
Richard Schilling
Hans-Jurgen Wendelken
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Carl Freudenberg KG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25GHANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G3/00Attaching handles to the implements
    • B25G3/02Socket, tang, or like fixings
    • B25G3/12Locking and securing devices
    • B25G3/30Locking and securing devices comprising screwed sockets or tangs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25GHANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G1/00Handle constructions
    • B25G1/04Handle constructions telescopic; extensible; sectional

Abstract

An operating handle for an apparatus, especially cleaning apparatus, such as wipers, wiper mops, brooms or the like is disclosed, whereby the handle includes at least a pair of first and second tubular handle elements which are connectable with one another. The tubular handle elements form a cavity, whereby a connecting member is provided for connection of the first and a second handle elements, which connecting member projects at least partially into the hollow interior of the handle elements. The connecting member includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, whereby the first connecting portion is for connection with the first handle element and the second connecting portion is for connection with the second handle element. The first and/or second connecting portion is provided with a screw-in thread engageable with connecting means positioned on the first and/or second handle element. The first and/or second connecting portion has a supporting surface for engagement with the inner surface of the associated handle element and the screw in thread is positioned in the region of the supporting surface.

Description

Operating Handle Field of the Invention The present invention relates to operating handles for apparatus, especially cleaning apparatus, such as wiper apparatus, wiper mops, brooms or like, whereby the handle includes a pair of tubular handle elements which can be connected with one another. More particularly, the invention relates to operating handles with two handle elements which form a hollow interior and a connecting member for connection of the handle elements.
Background of the Invention Operating handles are know which include interconnecting first and second hollow handle portions and interconnecting connecting members which extend at least partially into the hollow interior of the handle elements. The connecting members thereby include first and second connecting portions which are constructed for connection with the first and second handle elements respectively. In the known handles, the first andlor second connecting portion of the connecting members include a screw-in thread, which can be engaged with connecting means on the first and/or second handle element. However, this construction requires two connecting members respectively provided for attachment to one of the two tubular handle elements. One connecting member is affixed to the first handle element and the other to the second handle element. For that purpose, one of the connecting members includes a connecting pin with a helical thread and the other an internal thread complementary thereto. It is a disadvantage of this known construction, that the manufacture is difficult and thus, expensive, since two separate connecting members are required for the connection of two handle elements.
Furthermore, the known handles do not have optimal stability in the region of connection of the handle elements.
Summary of the Invention It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a handle of the above-mentioned principle construction which can be especially easily and cheaply manufactured and has a high stability.
This object is solved in an operating handle in accordance with the invention in that the first and/or second connecting portion has a supporting surface for resting against the inner surface of the handle elements and that the thread is positioned in the region of the supporting surface. A
stable connection of two handle elements with only a single connecting member is achieved in this manner. An especially good transmission of forces can be achieved because the location of the engagement with the supporting surface is on the inside of the handle elements. Since furthermore only a single connecting member is required for the connection of the two handle elements, the manufacturing costs are significantly reduced.
Connecting means are preferably provided on the handle elements which are formed as at least one projection extending into the interior cavity of the handle element. This projection can then engage a thread provided on the connecting member in the region of the supporting surface.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the connecting means are at least a pair of projections, which are placed on an imaginary, helical connecting line. The pitch of the imaginary helical connecting line thereby preferably corresponds to the pitch of the screw-in thread on the connecting member. This construction has the advantage that the manufacturing costs are significantly lowered since it is not necessary to form any threaded insert or to form a thread on the handle element which is expensive to manufacture.
The tubular handle element is preferably made of metal, especially steel.
The projections can be made especially costs efficiently by localized deformation of the handle element when the handle element is made of metal. Point embossments are preferably provided on the outside of the handle elements, which result in inward deformation of the handle material and formation of projections that project into the hollow interior of the handle elements.
In a further improved embodiment, a flange is provided on the connecting member in the region between the first and the second connecting portions, which flange protrudes from the supporting surface of the first and/or second connecting portion. The flange functions especially as a stop for the screw in thread and allows the build-up of tension or pressure in the connection which increases the stability of the connection between the handle element and the connecting member.
In yet another preferred embodiment of the invention, the connecting portions are essentially cylindrically shaped. This renders them substantially complementary in shape to the also preferably cylindrical hollow interior of the tubular handle elements. A large area engagement between the support surfaces of the connecting portion and the tubular handle elements can be achieved in this manner.
The connecting member is preferably hollow to further reduce manufacturing costs. It is further preferred to make the connecting member of plastic, especially polyamide.
An especially cost-efficient manufacture is achieved by providing a thread on the connecting member only in the region of the first connecting portion, while shaping the supporting surface in the region of the second connecting portion as a cylinder. A connection between the second connecting portion and the second handle element can in this case be achieved by inserting the cylindrical connecting portion into the handle end and subsequently deforming the tube material to achieve a force transmitting and/or tight connection between the second handle element and the second connecting portion. It is thereby sufficient for a safe connection to limit the deformation to only a localized deformation, for example point embossing or punching.
Brief Description of the Drawings Preferred embodiments of the invention will be further described in the following with regard to the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of an operating handle in accordance with the invention;
Figure 2 is a partial top plan view of an operating handle element in accordance with the invention;
Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the handle element in accordance with the invention shown in Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a top plan view of a connecting member in accordance with the invention.
Detailed Description of the Invention Figure 1 shows a preferred embodiment of an operating handle 1 in accordance with the invention for an apparatus. The handle can be used especially for cleaning apparatus, such as wiper apparatus, wiper mops, brooms or the like. The handle 1 thereby has at least a pair of first and second tubular handle elements 2, 2', which can be connected with one another. At its upper end, the handle 1 has a grip 3, which is positioned at the end of the first handle element 2 and upwardly terminates the latter. Additional identically formed handle elements can be added to the lower end of the illustrated second handle element 2'. In this manner it is possible to achieve a handle with relatively large overall length, using multiple relatively short handle elements 2,2'.
This is especially then advantageous when the handle 1 is to fit into relatively small packaging.
A connecting member 4 is provided for connection of the first handle element 2 with the second handle element 2'. A comparable and identically constructed connecting member 4' is found at the lower end of the second handle element 2'.
In one application in accordance with the invention, the handle 1 is connected by way of connecting means (not illustrated) at the lower end with cleaning apparatus, for example a wiper apparatus, wiper mops, brooms or the like.
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Further details of the connection between the tubular handle elements 2,2' by way of first and second connecting members 4,4' are illustrated in Figures 2 to 4 The first connecting member 4 is constructed in such a way that it extends at least partially into the hollow interior 5 of one of the handle elements 2,2'. The first connecting member 4 thereby has a first connecting portion 6 and a second connecting portion 7. The first connecting portion 6 is thereby constructed for connection with the first handle element 2 and the second connecting portion 7 is constructed for connection with a second handle element 2'. In the embodiment shown in Figure 4, the first and second connecting portions 6,7 both have a screw-in thread, which can be brought into engagement with connecting means provided on the first and/or second handle element 2, 2'. Furthermore, the first and second connecting portions 6,7 are respectively provided with first and second supporting surfaces 9,9', which are positioned and constructed for engagement with the inner surfaces of the first and/or second handle element 2, 2'. The outer shape of the supporting surfaces 9,9' is thereby adapted in shape and size to the respectively engaged inner surface 10 of the handle element 2,2' shown in broken lines.
Furthermore, a screw in thread I 1 or 11' is provided in the region of the supporting surfaces 9,9'.
The screw in thread 11, 11' thereby preferably only takes up a relatively small portion of the supporting surface 9,9'. Preferably, the screw in thread 1 l, 11' takes up less than 40 %, most preferably less than 20 % of the supporting surface 9,9'.
In the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4, the screw-in thread 1 l, 11' at the base of the thread has a radius adapted to the dimensions of the connecting means 8 of the handle elements 2,2' in such a way that the handle element 2 or 2' and the connecting member's 4 or 4' can be screwed together by hand.
The connecting means 8 are shaped as at least one projection which projects into the hollow interior 5 of the handle element 2. In the embodiment illustrated in figures 2 and 3, four projections are provided. However. a reliable connection between the handle element 2 and the connecting member 4 can already be achieved with only two projections. The projections 8 are thereby positioned on an imaginary helical connecting line, the pitch of which corresponds to the pitch of the screw-in thread 11, 11'.
According to the preferred embodiment, the tubular handle elements 2,2' are made of metal, in particular steel. The projections 8 are formed by point deformations of the handle elements 2,2'.
This can be achieved especially cost-efficiently by providing point embossments or punch points on the outer surface of the handle elements 2,2' which sufficiently deform the handle elements to produce corresponding projections on the inside of the handle elements.
An annular flange 12 is provided on the connecting member 4 in the region of the first and second connecting portions 6,7, which flange projects above the supporting surface is 9,9' of the first and second connecting portions 6,7. The height of the flange is thereby selected such that it corresponds at least to the material thickness of the tubular handle element 2,2', so that a continuous outer surface of the assembled handle 1 is achieved.

The outside of the connecting portions 6,7 is preferably essentially cylindrically shaped, while their inside is preferably hollow. The connecting members 4, 4' are preferably made of plastic, especially polyamide.
Different from the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4, the connecting member 4 is preferably provided with a thread only in the region of the first connecting portion 6, while the supporting surface 9' in the region of the second connecting portion 7 is preferably a continuous, especially cylindrical surface. A reliable and lasting connection between the second connecting portion 7 and the handle element 2' can then be produced by first inserting the second connecting portion 7 into the interior of the handle element 2,2' and then deforming the tubular material of the handle elements, for example by embossing or punching, to achieve a force tight connection between the connecting member 4 and the handle element 2. The deformations produced on the handle elements 2,2' can be formed as described above in relation to the connecting means 8 and essentially encompass any deformation of the handle material which essentially guarantees a permanent connection.

Claims (13)

1. An operating handle for manipulation of an apparatus, comprising at least a pair of first and second tubular handle elements which are connectable to one another and a connecting member for connecting the first and second handle elements, whereby the tubular handle elements define a hollow interior and the connecting member is shaped and constructed for fittingly extending at least partially into the hollow interior of the handle elements, whereby the connecting member includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion being shaped and constructed for connecting with the first handle element and the second connecting portion is shaped and constructed for connecting with the second handle element, and whereby at least on of the first and second connecting portions is provided with a screw-in thread for engagement with connecting means provided on at least one of the first and second handle elements; at least one of the first and second connecting portions being provided with a supporting surface for engaging the inner surface of one of the handle elements, the screw-in thread being positioned in the region of the supporting surface.
2. The handle as defined in claim 1, for use with a cleaning apparatus selected from the group of wiper apparatus, wiper mops and brooms.
3. The handle according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means is constructed as at least one projection which projects into the hollow interior of the handle elements.
4. The handle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the connecting means are constructed as at least two projections which are positioned on an imaginary helical connecting line.
5. The handle according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one of the tubular handle elements is made of metal.
6. The handle according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the tubular handle elements is made of steel.
7. The handle according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the projections are formed by point form deformations of the handle element.
8. The handle according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the connecting member is provided with a flange positioned in the region between the first and second connecting portions, which flange projects from the supporting surface of at least one of the first and second connecting portions.
9. The handle according to one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the connecting portions have a substantially cylindrical shape.
10. The handle according to one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the connecting member is hollow.
11. The handle according to one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the connecting member is made of plastic.
12. The handle according to one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the connecting member is made of polyamide.
13. The handle according to one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the connecting member has a thread only in the region of the first connecting portion, while the supporting surface on the second connecting portion is cylindrically shaped.
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