CN105965459B

CN105965459B - Storage device for tools and arrangement of a plurality of storage devices

Info

Publication number: CN105965459B
Application number: CN201610140009.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 托尔斯滕·伯切尔; 托马斯·埃勒斯托费尔
Original assignee: KWB Tools GmbH
Current assignee: KWB Tools GmbH
Priority date: 2015-03-11
Filing date: 2016-03-11
Publication date: 2021-07-23
Anticipated expiration: 2036-03-11
Also published as: EP3067160A1; DE202015101258U1; EP3067160B1; CN105965459A

Abstract

The invention relates to a storage device for a tool, in particular a drilling tool or a saw blade, comprising: a housing having a receiving region with a receiving plane for one or more tools, and a cover which can be pivoted relative to the housing and which can be brought from a closed position into an open position for removing the tools from the container region, characterized in that the housing has substantially parallel housing walls for delimiting the receiving region relative to the receiving plane, wherein one of the housing walls terminates spaced apart from an upper end of the housing, and the other housing wall has a first wall region and a second wall region, wherein the wall regions are arranged offset from one another. The invention also relates to a device comprising a plurality of storage devices arranged one above the other.

Description

Storage device for tools and arrangement of a plurality of storage devices

Technical Field

The invention relates to a storage device for a tool, in particular a drilling tool or a saw blade, comprising a housing having: a receiving area with receiving planes for a plurality of tools; and a lid which can be pivoted relative to the housing and which can be brought from a closed position into an open position for removing the tool from the container region.

Background

A plurality of different storage devices for tools, such as drilling tools or saw blades, are known, wherein the tools are provided for sale as a tool set, also referred to as a kit. Furthermore, known preservation devices are used to store tools in a protected manner to protect against dirt, moisture or other environmental influences during periods when the tools are not needed.

Known preservation devices typically have a housing in which one or more tools are completely enclosed. Known housings have, for example, a lower housing which forms a receiving region for a tool and a rear wall, in which the tool is inserted into the lower housing side by side in a receiving plane. The upper housing, which is designed as a cover, is fastened to the lower housing and can be pivoted from a closed position into an open position, wherein the entire receiving area is accessible to the outside at the front side of the holding device. It is often relatively difficult to remove tools arranged relatively closely side by side in the accommodation plane by means of a finger only. Therefore, auxiliary mechanisms in the form of pointed objects are often used in order to lift the end of the tool from the receiving plane in order to then grasp the tool with the fingers.

In a further embodiment of the known storage device, a holder for a drilling tool or a saw blade is provided on the lower housing in addition to the lower housing and the upper housing, said holder having a corresponding number of receiving compartments for the tool. The holder is pivotably provided on the lower case of the preservation apparatus. Then, after opening the upper housing, which is designed as a cover, the holder is pivoted out of the receiving plane of the housing together with the received tool. In an orientation in which the tool is inclined or set relative to the receiving plane of the closed housing, the end of the tool projecting from the holder is sufficiently spaced from the lower housing. Such spaced tool ends can be grasped in a simplified manner. However, it is possible that the previous tool-receiving holder could not be pivoted out of the lower shell even without possible auxiliary means. Furthermore, the locking device for the holder becomes inoperative in its inclined orientation relative to the receiving plane, so that the holder automatically pivots back again into the receiving plane of the housing, whereby it is no longer simply possible to remove the tool received within the holder from the holding device.

Furthermore, other tools may be able to automatically fall out of the receiving plane during removal due to the front face of the housing being fully open.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention is therefore based on the object of: a holding device for tools is provided, by means of which tools can be placed back again or inserted back and removed in a simplified and reliable manner.

The invention is also based on the object of: undesired removal of the tool from the receiving region of the housing is avoided.

The invention achieves its object in a preservation device of the initially proposed type by: the housing has substantially parallel housing walls for delimiting the receiving region relative to the receiving plane, wherein one housing wall terminates at a distance from the upper end of the housing, and the other housing wall has a first wall region and a second wall region, wherein the wall regions are arranged offset from one another.

The invention is based on the recognition that: the unintentional or automatic removal of the tool from the receiving region is substantially overcome by the housing wall running substantially parallel to the receiving plane. The tool accommodated in the holding device according to the invention is enclosed over a large part of its length by means of housing walls which delimit the accommodation area over a large area and which preferably run parallel. Furthermore, the shortened design of one of the housing walls and the formation of two wall regions offset from one another on the other housing wall result in: when the lid is opened, the tool end projects beyond the shortened housing wall and is spaced apart from the outwardly offset wall region of the other housing wall. The gripping areas for one or more tools are thus formed at least in sections on both sides of the receiving plane. Accordingly, the tools located in the receiving region can be manually removed in a simplified manner via their freely projecting ends and can also be inserted back into the receiving region of the holding device according to the invention, also referred to as a tool box, if necessary. From now on, there is enough free space along both sides of the receiving area to be able to grip the tool by hand without auxiliary means. The term receiving plane is understood to mean, at the present time, a plane which extends through the center axis of the tools arranged next to one another in the holding device. The receiving plane extends parallel to or at an angle of less than 5 ° relative to the parallel-running section of the housing wall.

The wall regions arranged offset from one another are preferably formed in the housing wall by means of steps or stepped sections. The first and second wall regions, with which the housing walls are arranged offset from one another, preferably extend over the entire height of the housing of the holding device. In a preferred embodiment, the first wall region of the housing wall extends approximately parallel to the receiving plane at a predetermined distance. This spacing is similar to or identical to the spacing of the housing wall of the shortened form from the receiving plane for the tool. The second wall region of the housing wall is arranged offset with respect to the first wall region, so that the second wall region has a greater distance from the receiving plane for the tool than the first wall region. In the transition region between the first and second wall regions of the housing wall, a step or a stepped section is provided, wherein the step or the stepped section has a rectangular or inclined course. The transition between the wall regions arranged offset from one another can also be smooth, with a predetermined radius of curvature being provided in the transition region.

Preferably, the step extends in the housing wall of the holding device according to the invention over the entire width of the receiving area for the tool or tools. In the case of a large number or a plurality of tools accommodated in the holding device, each tool can be removed from the accommodation region by hand in a simplified manner. The term "width of the receiving region" is understood to mean the dimension of the receiving region in a direction parallel to the receiving plane, but transverse to the insertion direction of the tool. In the single circular saw blade, which is accommodated as a tool in the storage device, the second wall region of the housing wall, which is arranged offset from the accommodation plane of the tool by a greater distance, extends in an alternative embodiment only over a partial section of the width of the accommodation region. The width of the second wall region, which is offset outwardly, has a predetermined minimum magnitude in the range of approximately one third or half of the entire width of the receiving region for one or more tools.

In a further embodiment of the storage device according to the invention, the housing wall with the step or step-like portion is formed as a rear wall of the housing and the shortened housing wall is formed as a front wall of the housing, wherein the step or step-like portion extends transversely to the insertion direction of the tool and/or is arranged at a distance from the upper end of the housing wall (6 ') approximately one quarter and one sixth of the entire length of the housing wall (6'). The design of the step or stepped section in the rear wall, preferably in the region of the removal opening of the holding device according to the invention, makes it possible to achieve a structurally simple design for the removal tool in a simplified manner. Furthermore, a sufficiently deep gripping region accessible from above is formed on the holding device by providing the step at a minimum distance of approximately one sixth of the total height of the rear wall from the upper end of the housing, said gripping region enabling an unhindered gripping of the tool end. The step or stepped section is preferably provided in the housing wall designed as the rear wall at a height of the housing at which the shortened housing wall designed as the front wall ends. A preferably uniform gripping area is thus produced on both sides of the receiving plane of the tool.

According to a preferred embodiment, the wall regions arranged offset from one another run in planes which are inclined to one another and which extend in particular at an angle of less than 15 °, preferably in an angle of between 2 ° and 10 °, to one another. Thereby causing: in particular, the wall region arranged offset to the outside with respect to the receiving plane is inclined with respect to the receiving plane of the tool. As long as the holding device according to the invention stands on the support surface with its rear wall with the step or stepped section, the tool has an orientation which is inclined or set relative to the support surface. Thereby, the gripping of the tool is further simplified. Preferably, the second wall region is arranged in alignment with or in a plane with the opposite end of the first wall region of the housing wall designed as the rear wall. This results in a preferably planar and thus tilt-free support surface for the storage device. The angular difference between the wall regions arranged offset from one another in the housing wall of the housing is dependent in particular on the length of the first wall region, which runs parallel to the receiving plane for the tool or tools, and the existing deviation or height difference between the first and second wall regions in the rear wall.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cover is pivotably arranged on a housing wall of the housing and has a locking mechanism for a positive-locking or locking connection with the respectively oppositely arranged housing wall. Preferably, the cover is arranged on housing walls of the holding device according to the invention, which respectively delimit the receiving region for the tool perpendicular to the receiving plane. Preferably, the cover is arranged on a wall region of the housing wall which is arranged offset to one another. In particular, the cover is arranged on the upper end of the second wall region which is arranged offset to the outside with respect to the receiving plane. The pivot axis of the cover for closing the removal opening in the housing preferably runs along the upper edge of the second wall region and parallel to the receiving plane for the tool. The lid provided on the upper end of the rear wall of the holding device according to the invention therefore also has a locking mechanism which engages the shortened first housing wall, i.e. the region of the front wall of the housing, from behind in a form-fitting manner. The cover can thus be locked in a simple manner on the front wall of the receiving device, wherein the form fit is simply cancelled and the cover can be transferred into its open position when required. In an alternative embodiment, the cover is pivotably arranged on a foreshortened front wall of the housing and can be locked on a housing wall formed as a rear wall via a form-fitting connection.

The lid preferably has a lateral reinforcement, at which a locking mechanism for holding the lid in its closed position is formed. The locking mechanism, which absorbs or transmits forces, is therefore formed on the region of the cover with increased rigidity. Thus counteracting undesired deformation of the lid. In addition, the reinforcement on the side of the cover in particular preferably forms the region of the lateral housing wall, which extends approximately perpendicular to the front wall and the rear wall and limits the width of the receiving region for the tool. Preferably, a locking mechanism is provided on the end of the lateral reinforcement of the cover close to the front wall of the housing, said locking mechanism engaging around or from behind a section of the upper edge of the shortened housing wall.

In accordance with a further embodiment of the storage device according to the invention, the receiving area has a plurality of receiving compartments for a plurality of tools to be received in the storage device. The number of receiving compartments for tools in the holding device can be changed depending on the size or type of tool to be received. The receiving region for a plurality of tools has at least two, preferably six, seven, eight, nine or more receiving compartments for tools with approximately the same dimensions, for example wire saw blades, or receiving compartments for tools with different dimensions in terms of tool length and/or tool diameter, for example drills of different sizes.

Preferably, the receiving compartments each have the same width measure and the same length measure or have different width measures and/or different length measures, wherein preferably the width measure of the receiving compartments increases as the length measure becomes larger. In the case of identical or similar tools, for example saw blades, having the same dimensions at the receiving cylinder, all receiving compartments have substantially the same width measurement transversely to the insertion direction of the tool. For example, the receiving compartment for the saw blade can be adjusted with respect to its length in the insertion direction. In the case of a drilling tool, for example a drill bit set, to be received in the receiving compartment, the width and also the depth perpendicular to the receiving plane are varied as a function of the diameter of the drill bit to be received in the receiving compartment. At the same time, the length of the receiving space in the insertion direction is preferably also reduced as the cross-sectional dimension of the respective receiving space is reduced. Preferably, the length and width of the receiving compartment are lowered or raised from one side of the receiving area of the holding device according to the invention towards the other side. In the present case, the side to side of the receiving compartment indicates the width direction of the receiving region, which runs parallel to the receiving plane and transversely to the insertion direction of the tool.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the receiving region for the one or more tools is designed as a replaceable insert between the front wall and the rear wall. The holding device according to the invention can thereby be adapted in an advantageously simple manner to the type or shape of the tool to be received by means of the holding device. The housing of the holding device according to the invention is preferably designed as a standard component. Then, depending on the tool provided for preservation, a correspondingly configured insert is provided between the front and rear walls of the housing.

Preferably, according to a further embodiment of the invention, each receiving compartment has a clamping element for a tool that can be received therein, by means of which a tool inserted into the respective receiving compartment is held within the receiving compartment. By means of the clamping part: in an advantageous manner, the tool is prevented from being automatically or undesirably removed from the receiving compartment even when the lid is open. The clamping means are preferably elastically deformable spring tongues which project in the insertion direction of the tool and are preferably formed as part of the receiving region of the insert. The tool located in the receiving compartment is acted upon by a pressing force by means of a resilient spring tongue and is pressed against the inside of the wall surface of the respective receiving compartment which is arranged opposite the spring tongue.

Preferably, the housing has a lower shell forming the rear wall and an upper shell forming the front wall, which are preferably coupled to one another in a form-fitting manner, wherein the front wall of the housing is formed from a transparent material, preferably a transparent plastic. The construction of the front wall or upper shell of the housing from transparent plastic has the advantage that: it can be very easily recognized by the user: in which compartment there is a tool without having to forcibly open the lid of the holding device according to the invention. The use of a transparent material furthermore advantageously makes it possible to stamp a section of the tool, which is preferably designed as a receiving region for the insert, or a transparent upper shell. The stamp thus applied can therefore always be read from the outside without the risk that it is not readable after a longer use of the holding device. Furthermore, the formation of the housing from an upper shell and a lower shell enables an advantageously simple production by means of a suitable means, for example an injection molding method. The upper and lower shells have locking elements which can engage with one another and which engage with one another in a form-fitting manner.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, a receiving opening for the suspension element is provided on the rear wall of the housing, the suspension element preferably comprising a retaining part which engages into the receiving opening on the rear wall of the housing. An advantageously fixed connection between the suspension element and the housing of the holding device is established by means of the suspension element engaging preferably in a form-fitting manner into the receiving opening on the rear wall. The holding device according to the invention can thus be reliably suspended in one of the shelf systems that are sufficiently known. Preferably, the receiving opening for the suspension element is arranged in a second wall region of the housing wall, wherein the suspension element is arranged in at least two predetermined orientations on the second wall region of the rear wall which is arranged offset to the outside. Due to the preferably form-fitting connection between the receiving opening and the retaining part engaging into the receiving opening, the connection can preferably be disconnected and re-established at will. The holding device can be held via the suspension element, for example in a suspended manner in a shelf system, or also with its rear wall standing upright on the support surface in the case of a folded suspension element.

In a further aspect of the invention, which is not only claimed individually but also in combination with the subject matter described above as an advantageous development of a storage device for tools, in particular for drilling tools or saw blades, a housing is claimed, which has a receiving region with a receiving plane for one or more of the tools, and a cover which can be pivoted relative to the housing and which can be brought from a closed position into an open position for removing the tools from the container region, characterized in that the housing has substantially parallel housing walls for delimiting the receiving region relative to the receiving plane, wherein one of the housing walls terminates spaced apart from an upper end of the housing and the other housing wall has a first wall region and a second wall region, wherein the wall regions are arranged offset to each other. The invention relates to a device, wherein the cover is formed by at least two cover sections which can be respectively introduced from their closed position into the open position separately from the respectively adjacent cover sections, and wherein each cover section is assigned one or more receiving compartments of a receiving region for a plurality of tools. By means of the cover formed from at least two cover sections, the compartments or predetermined sections of the receiving area for the tools can now be opened in a targeted manner, from which the respectively required tool is to be removed. In combination with the gripping areas formed on both sides of the receiving plane, the tool can be removed from the respective receiving compartment without restriction, even if the cover is only partially opened. The lid divided into lid sections also prevents the tool from unintentionally falling out or slipping out of one or more other receiving compartments. When a plurality of receiving compartments are present, preferably at least half of the tool is also held in the respective receiving compartment by the closed lid section.

A preferred embodiment of the invention provides that: the lid has two, three, four, five or more lid sections which are each opened separately from the other lid sections of the lid and can be closed again. The number of cover sections preferably depends on the size and number of tools to be accommodated by means of the holding device according to the invention. According to one embodiment of the invention, at least one receiving compartment on the holding device is closed by means of a cover section. Preferably, two, three or more receiving compartments are simultaneously covered by one cover section.

According to a further development of the invention, the cover sections have the same or different width dimensions in the width direction of the housing, wherein the width of one cover section corresponds at least to the width of one or more assigned receiving compartments. It is thus advantageously achieved that: only one or more receiving compartments are opened, from which the tool is also to be actually removed. Preferably, each cover section has a side wall extending laterally in the insertion direction of the tool, by means of which the receiving compartment is separated in the region of the removal opening for the tool relative to an adjacent receiving compartment, which is covered by an adjacent cover section. The term width of the cover section is understood at present to mean a width measure of the cover section which is determined substantially parallel to the receiving plane of the holding device and transversely to the insertion direction of the tool.

In a storage device having receptacles for tools of different sizes with different cross-sectional dimensions, it is proposed according to a preferred embodiment that: the amount of width of the cover sections having different width dimensions increases from one side of the cover to the other. In particular in the case of drill bit groups which are accommodated by means of the holding device and are arranged side by side according to size in the accommodating plane of the device, the cover sections to which a fixed or arbitrary number of accommodating compartments are assigned preferably each have an individually matched width value. Furthermore, it is possible to ensure in a simple manner: in each case, the receiving compartments of different widths are closed off and preferably adjacent receiving compartments closed off by further cover sections are separated off.

Preferably, the cover section is pivotably hinged to a housing wall of the housing forming the rear wall via a film hinge. By means of the design of the film hinge between the housing and the cover or cover section, a simple and straightforward type of connection or coupling between the two components that can be moved relative to one another is ensured. Furthermore, the design of the film hinge at the preferably upper edge of the wall regions of the housing walls arranged offset from one another ensures a pivotable connection between the rear wall and the cover or cover section. An alternative embodiment of the storage device provides that: the cover or cover section is arranged on the front side of the housing, i.e. on a shortened housing wall which ends below the removal region for the tool, via a film hinge. The cover section which is pivotably hinged to the front wall of the housing preferably overlaps the upper edge of the second wall region of the rear wall of the housing which is offset to the outside in order to be fixed in the closed position. Instead of a film hinge, the housing and the cover can also be connected to one another pivotably via a multi-part folding hinge.

According to a preferred refinement of the invention, each cover section has a latching mechanism which corresponds to the respectively assigned section of the housing. According to one embodiment of the invention, the counterpart assigned to the locking mechanism of the respective cover section is preferably the upper edge of the shortened housing wall. Preferably, a form-fitting connection is established via the locking mechanism with the respectively assigned section, for example the upper edge of the shortened housing wall which ends below the removal region for the tool. The cover section preferably has a hook-shaped projection as a locking mechanism on its inner side facing the removal region for the tool. The positive fit produced between the associated housing wall and the cover or cover section can preferably be simply eliminated in order to transfer the cover sections separately from their closed position into the open position. It is also possible to use the wall section, which is designed as a front side of the receiving region of the insert and its receiving compartment for the tool, as a counterpart for the locking mechanism of the cover section.

The invention further relates to a device comprising a plurality of holding devices arranged one above the other according to one of the preferred embodiments described above, wherein the housing wall of the first holding device and its step or stepped section are designed to: against a section of the housing of the second holding device, wherein the section of the housing of the second holding device has a shape that is adapted to the change or shape of the step or step-like section of the first holding device. The invention according to this aspect is based on the recognition that: the contact surfaces for the housing parts of the second holding device corresponding thereto are formed by wall regions, preferably spaced apart from one another, in the rear wall of the first holding device according to the invention, the wall regions lying in different planes. The step according to the invention therefore counteracts a mutual relative movement of the first and second holding devices. The freedom of movement of the first holding device is limited in at least one direction of movement relative to the second holding device arranged in particular below it. Due to the configuration according to the invention, a plurality of holding devices can advantageously be stacked on top of one another without the holding devices automatically slipping off from one another. When the holding device stands with its rear wall on a flat surface, the front wall of the holding device extends in a plane inclined to the placement surface through a step formed in the rear wall and a second wall region which is arranged offset to the outside, in particular with respect to the receiving plane of the tool. Thus, a preferred sliding direction along the front wall of the holding device is created. The sliding along the front wall is limited by the step or the stepped section in the rear wall. The two upper holding devices, which are stacked on top of one another, thus occupy an automatically fixed orientation relative to the holding device located below.

Preferably, the section of the housing corresponding to the step or step-like section of the first holding device is the cover of the second holding device. The cover of the second holding device according to the invention has approximately the same or a matching shape. Preferably the cover has the form of a stepped or stepped section in the rear wall of the holding device. This results in a relatively large-area support or placement area between two storage devices to be stacked one on top of the other. The large-area support region of the storage devices arranged one above the other thus advantageously prevents tilting of the storage devices. In a preferred embodiment, the step in the cover or in the rear wall has a locally curved transition region with a predetermined radius between wall regions running in predetermined planes of the cover and the rear wall.

The device according to the invention is advantageously improved by: the housing wall or the step or stepped section thereof, which is embodied in a shortened manner, of the first holding device has an outwardly projecting spacer for the outer side of the respective housing wall of the second holding device, which can be brought into contact with the spacer. The spacer ensures a preferably parallel orientation of the wall region of the housing wall, which extends in particular parallel to the receiving plane of the first holding device, relative to the housing wall of the second holding device arranged above or below it. In this way, the stackability of a plurality of holding devices to be arranged one above the other is advantageously further improved.

In a further development of the device according to the invention, it is proposed that: a recess corresponding to the spacer is provided in a housing wall of the first holding device which can be brought into contact with the spacer of the second holding device. In this way, the movement and at the same time the undesired slipping-off of the holding devices stacked one on top of the other, which are substantially transverse to the step in the rear wall of the respective holding device, are overcome in an improved manner. The holding devices, also referred to as tool boxes, which are stacked on top of one another are thus protected against the holding devices sliding laterally off one another. The recesses corresponding to the spacers are preferably arranged in a first wall region of the housing wall, which has wall regions offset from one another. The recess in the first wall region of the rear wall is designed as a material recess or a material undercut. The spacer on the front wall of the second holding device preferably engages in a form-fitting manner in the recess at the rear wall of the first holding device. Preferably, two spacers are arranged at a predetermined distance from one another on a correspondingly shortened front wall of the holding device. The spacers are also formed as material projections. Furthermore, the spacers are each arranged in the vicinity of a lateral edge of the housing and extend parallel to the lateral edge over a predetermined section and preferably project outward perpendicularly to the receiving plane of the tool. Preferably, the spacers are arranged at a distance from each other such that the pivot axis of the first holding device extends between the spacers of the second holding device.

Drawings

The invention is described in detail below with reference to the attached figures according to various embodiments. Shown here are:

figure 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a preservation apparatus according to the invention;

fig. 2 shows a view of the holding device according to fig. 1 with the lid partially opened;

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the holding device with the lid fully open;

fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a plurality of holding devices according to fig. 1 arranged one above the other;

fig. 5 shows a side view of the holding device according to fig. 4 arranged one above the other;

FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a second embodiment of a holding device;

fig. 7 shows a perspective view of the holding device according to fig. 6 with the lid partially opened;

FIG. 8 shows a view of the second embodiment with the lid fully open; and

fig. 9 shows a perspective view of an arrangement of a plurality of holding devices according to fig. 6 arranged one above the other.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a holding device 1 according to the invention for a tool, which has a housing 2 with an accommodating area 4 (fig. 3) for a tool to be accommodated by means of the holding device. The receiving region is delimited by two substantially parallel housing walls 6, 6', wherein a receiving plane 8 extends within the receiving region 4. In the present embodiment, the receiving plane 8 (fig. 3) is oriented obliquely between the parallel housing walls 6, 6' due to the different sizes or diameters of the tools received by the holding device 1. A cover 10 is pivotably arranged on the housing 2, which cover is part of the housing 2 and by means of which the removal region 5 for one or more tools is closed (fig. 3). By means of the pivotable deflection of the cover 10 on the housing 4, it can be brought from the closed position as shown in fig. 1 into the open position shown in fig. 3.

The housing walls 6, 6 'arranged at a distance from one another are connected to one another via the side walls 12, 12' and the base 14. As illustrated in fig. 1: the housing wall 6 has a first wall region 16 and a second wall region 16'. The wall regions 16, 16' are arranged or oriented offset to one another. The second wall region 16' is arranged offset to the outside with respect to the receiving plane 8 for one or more tools. The first and second wall regions 16, 16' are connected to one another via a stepped or stepped section 18. The stepped section 18 has a wall 20 which runs obliquely at an angle to the first and second wall regions 16, 16'. The transition between the first wall region 16 and the wall 20 and the transition between the wall 20 and the second wall region 16' is rounded by a radial extension. Alternatively, the transition between the wall surface 20 of the housing wall 6 and the wall region 16, 16' can be designed as an edge. Preferably, the stepped or stepped section 18 extends over the entire width of the holding device 1 from the side wall 12 at the housing wall 6 to the other side wall 12'.

As can be seen from fig. 2, the cover which is pivotably arranged on the housing has a plurality of, in the embodiment shown, four

cover sections

22, 22a, 22b, 22 c. The cover sections 22 to 22c can each be moved separately from one of the other cover sections from their closed position into their open position. According to embodiments, the cover can have two, three, four, five or even more cover sections 22 to 22 c. Also visible from fig. 2 are: the housing wall 6 is shortened and preferably ends below the removal region 5 for one or more tools. Together with the housing wall 6 'with the wall regions 16, 16' arranged offset to one another, gripping regions for one or more tools held in the receiving region are formed on the storage device 1 according to the invention on both sides of the receiving plane 8. In order to hold the cover 10 or the cover sections 22 to 22c in their closed position, said cover sections have locking means 24a, 24b for positive connection to an upper edge 26 of the housing wall 6 embodied in a shortened manner. Furthermore, the cover 10 or its cover sections 22 to 22c has

lateral reinforcements

28, 28 a. Since the division of the cover 10 into a plurality of cover sections 22 to 22c is possible: only a part of the removal region 5 for the tool is made accessible in a targeted manner, in order to be able to remove the tool from the receiving region 4 of the holding device 1, for example.

Fig. 3 shows: the receiving region 4 has a plurality of receiving

compartments

30, 30a, 30b for different tools in the illustrated embodiment of a drilling tool of different sizes. In the present exemplary embodiment, a total of ten receiving compartments 30 to 30b are provided, wherein the width and height of the receiving compartments 30 to 30b are designed in particular differently from the width and height of the respectively adjacent receiving compartments 30 to 30 b. In addition, the different receiving compartments 30 to 30b are each formed to be of different lengths. In the illustrated embodiment, the width value of the containment compartment increases as the length value becomes larger or the length value increases as the width value of the containment compartment becomes larger. As is not visible in detail from the drawn embodiments: the receiving region for one or more tools is designed as a replaceable insert between the housing wall 6 forming the front wall and the housing wall 6' forming the rear wall of the holding device 1. Furthermore, a clamping

element

32, 32a projecting into the free cross section of the receiving compartment is provided in each receiving compartment 30 to 30 b. By means of

such clamping elements

32, 32a, a pressing force is exerted on the tools accommodated in the receiving compartment, which are additionally held in the holding device 1 in a clamping manner. In the outwardly projecting second wall region 16 'of the housing wall 6' formed as a rear wall, a receiving opening 34 for a retaining part 36 of a suspension element, not shown in detail, engaging into the receiving opening 34 is formed. The holding device 1 can be accommodated in a shopping rack by means of suspension elements.

As can be seen from fig. 1 and 4, the cover sections 22 to 22c have different width-measuring values in the width direction of the housing, wherein the width-measuring value of the respective cover section 22 to 22c corresponds at least to the width of the associated one or more receiving compartments 30 to 30b (fig. 3). The width of the cover elements 22 to 22c is selected such that the respective cover element ends laterally at the transition to the adjacent receiving compartment 30 to 30 b. The width of the cover portions 22 to 22c varies as a function of the number of receiving compartments covered by the respective cover portion, and in particular varies transversely to the insertion direction of the tool into the receiving region 4. The individual cover sections 22 to 22c are arranged or hinged pivotably via film hinges 44 at the housing wall 6 ', in particular at the upper end of the second wall region 16'.

Fig. 4 also shows an arrangement of a plurality of storage devices 1 arranged one above the other, wherein the housing wall 6' and its stepped or stepped sections 18 are designed to: against a section of the outer side of the housing of the holding device 1 arranged below it. In this case, a section of the housing 2, in particular the cover 10 pivotably hinged to the housing 2, is adapted in terms of its shape or its change to a stepped or stepped section 18 of the housing wall 6'. As can be seen from fig. 5, the housing wall 6, which is designed as a front wall of the holding device, has an oblique orientation relative to a planar standing surface when the holding device is placed on said standing surface due to the offset of the first and second wall regions relative to one another. By virtue of the oblique orientation of the front wall, the further holding device arranged thereon slides along the front wall and the section of the cover 10 running parallel to the front wall until the step or stepped section 18 of the housing wall 6' comes into abutment with the cover 10 or the cover sections 22 to 22 c. Thus, the upper holding device is automatically fixed relative to the lower holding device. The spacer 38, 38 'causes the housing wall 6 to be oriented parallel to the first wall section 16 of the housing wall 6' of the storage device arranged above it.

As can also be seen from fig. 5: the stepped or stepped portion 18 is arranged in the housing wall 6' embodied as a rear wall at a distance in the range between approximately one quarter and one sixth from the upper end of the rear wall. The step or stepped portion 18 extends transversely to the insertion direction of the tool or tools. The first wall region 16 and the second wall region 16' run in

planes

40, 40a, which preferably run at an angle range of between 2 ° and 10 ° to one another.

Fig. 6 to 8 show a second embodiment of a holding device 1' according to the invention for in particular a plurality of saw blades. The storage device 1 ' has a housing 2 ' with a receiving region 4 ' (fig. 8) which currently has 10 receiving

compartments

30c, 30 d. The

pockets

30c, 30d are equally large and thus have the same width and length magnitudes. The removal region 5 'of the holding device 1' can be closed by a cover 10 'having five

cover sections

42, 42a, 42b, which is pivotably arranged on the housing 2'. The two

outer cover portions

42, 42a each have the same width measurement value and the three inner cover portions 42b each have the same width measurement value. In the present exemplary embodiment, the width measurement values of the three inner cover portions 42b are smaller than the width measurement values of the two

outer cover portions

42, 42 a. The lid 10 ' is in turn connected with its lid sections 42 to 42b via film hinges 44 to the second wall region 16 ' of the housing wall 6 '. The cover sections 42 to 42b are assigned locking means 46, 46a which engage the housing wall 6 of the holding device 1', which is designed as a front wall, in a form-fitting manner from behind. The illustrated cover section also has

lateral reinforcements

28, 28 a.

The storage device 1 ' shown in fig. 6 to 9 also has a housing wall 6 ' with two wall regions 16, 16 ' arranged offset to one another. The offset between the two wall regions 16, 16 ' is formed by a step or stepped section 18 ' and a wall 20 '. The wall regions 16' are arranged offset to the outside with respect to the receiving plane 8 for one or more tools, as in the first exemplary embodiment described above. Fig. 8 furthermore illustrates: a clamping element 32b is assigned to each receiving

compartment

30c, 30d, by means of which the tool located in the

receiving compartment

30c, 30d is clamped and is thus secured against automatic slipping out of the receiving compartment.

Fig. 9 shows an arrangement of three storage devices 1 arranged one above the other, which are arranged one above the other in a similar manner to the arrangement shown in fig. 5. The holding device 1 ' is held in its predetermined orientation relative to one another by a step or stepped section 18 ' in the rear wall of the holding device 1 ' and the cover 10 ' of the holding device 1 ' arranged thereunder. In contrast to the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the preservation device 1' does not have a spacer on its front side. However, the storage device 1 shown in fig. 9 can also be formed with spacers in each case at the housing wall 6. Similar or identical elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The two above-described embodiments are formed by an upper and a lower housing, by means of which the housing wall 6, 6 ', the side walls 12, 12 ' and the base 14, as well as the cover 10, 10 ' pivotably arranged on the rear wall and its cover section are formed, respectively. The lower shell has a receiving region as long as the receiving region 4, 4' and its

receiving compartment

30, 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d are not formed by an insert which can be inserted between the upper shell and the lower shell. The upper and lower shells are connected to each other in a form-fitting manner and are made of a plastic material. The upper shell is preferably made of transparent plastic, so that already visible from the outside are: in which compartment the respective required tool is present.

Claims

1. A holding device (1, 1') for a tool,

having a housing (2, 2 ') with a receiving region (4, 4 ') with a receiving plane (8, 8 ') for one or more of the tools,

and a cover (10, 10 ') which can be pivoted relative to the housing (2, 2') and which can be brought from a closed position into an open position for removing the tool from the receiving area, wherein the housing (2, 2 ') has a substantially parallel housing wall for delimiting the receiving area (4, 4') relative to the receiving plane (8, 8 '), wherein a front wall in the housing wall ends spaced apart from an upper end of the housing (2, 2'), and a rear wall in the housing wall has a first wall region (16) and a second wall region (16 '), wherein the first wall region (16) and the second wall region (16') are arranged offset from one another,

it is characterized in that the preparation method is characterized in that,

the first wall region (16) and the second wall region (16 ') which are arranged offset from one another are formed in the rear wall by means of a step (18, 18'), wherein the cover is adapted in terms of its shape to the step of the rear wall.

2. The preservation apparatus (1, 1') according to claim 1,

characterized in that the storage device (1, 1') is designed for a drilling tool or a saw blade.

3. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that said step extends in said rear wall at said housing (2, 2 ') over the entire width of said accommodation area (4, 4') for one or more of said tools.

4. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that the shortened housing wall is designed as the front wall of the housing, wherein the step (18, 18') runs in the rear wall and/or transversely to the insertion direction of the tool and/or is arranged at a distance from the upper end of the rear wall from approximately one quarter and one sixth of the entire length of the rear wall.

5. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that the first wall region (16) and the second wall region (16') which are arranged offset to one another run in planes (40, 40a) which are inclined to one another.

6. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 5 wherein,

characterized in that said planes (40, 40a) extend at an angular extent of less than 15 ° to each other.

7. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 5 wherein,

characterized in that said planes (40, 40a) extend at an angle range between 2 ° and 10 ° to each other.

8. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that the cover (10, 10 ') is pivotably arranged on the front or rear wall of the housing (2, 2') and has a locking mechanism (24, 24a, 46, 46a) for form-fitting connection with the oppositely arranged rear or front wall.

9. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that the lid has a lateral reinforcement (28, 28a) at which a locking mechanism (24, 24a) is formed for holding the lid in the closed position.

10. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that the receiving region (4, 4') has a plurality of receiving compartments (30, 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) for a plurality of tools.

11. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 10 wherein,

characterized in that the receiving compartments (30, 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) each have the same width measurement value and the same length measurement value or have different width dimensions and/or different length measurement values.

12. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein,

wherein the width of the receiving compartment increases with increasing length.

13. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that the receiving region (4, 4') for one or more of the tools is designed as an exchangeable insert between the front wall and the rear wall.

14. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 10 wherein,

characterized in that each receiving compartment (30, 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) has a clamping element (32, 32a, 32b) for a tool that can be received therein.

15. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that the housing (2, 2') has a lower shell constituting the rear wall and an upper shell constituting the front wall, wherein the front wall of the housing is composed of a transparent material.

16. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 15 wherein,

characterized in that the lower shell and the upper shell are coupled to one another in a form-fitting manner.

17. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 15 wherein,

characterized in that the front wall of the housing is made of transparent plastic.

18. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that a receiving opening (34) for a suspension element is provided on the rear wall of the housing (2, 2').

19. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 18 wherein,

characterized in that the suspension element has a retaining part (36) which engages into the receiving opening (34).

20. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 1 or claim 2,

characterized in that the cover (10, 10') is formed from at least two cover sections (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42b) which can be brought into the open position from the closed position thereof separately from the respectively adjacent cover section (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42b), and

wherein each cover section (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42b) is assigned one or more receiving compartments (30, 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) of the receiving region (4, 4') for a plurality of tools.

21. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 20 wherein,

characterized in that the cover (10, 10') has two, three, four, five or more cover sections (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42 b).

22. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 20 wherein,

characterized in that the cover sections (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42b) have the same or different width dimensions in the width direction of the housing (2, 2'), wherein the width of one cover section (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42b) corresponds at least to the width of one or more assigned receiving compartments (30, 30a, 30b, 30c, 30 d).

23. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 20 wherein,

characterized in that the cover section (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42b) is pivotably hinged on the rear wall of the housing (2, 2').

24. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 23 wherein,

characterized in that the cover section (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42b) is pivotably hinged on the rear wall of the housing (2, 2') via a film hinge (44).

25. The preservation apparatus defined in claim 20 wherein,

characterized in that each cover section (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 42, 42a, 42b) has a locking mechanism (24, 24a, 46, 46a) which corresponds to the respectively assigned section of the housing (2, 2').

26. An apparatus consisting of a plurality of holding devices (1, 1') according to one of claims 1 to 25 arranged one above the other,

characterized in that the rear wall of the first holding device is designed by means of its step (18, 18 ') for abutting against a section of the outside of the housing (2, 2 ') of the second holding device, wherein the section of the housing (2, 2 ') of the second holding device has a varying form adapted to the step (18, 18 ') of the first holding device, wherein the section of the housing (2, 2 ') corresponding to the step (18, 18 ') of the first holding device is the cover (10, 10 ') of the second holding device.

27. The apparatus as set forth in claim 26, wherein,

characterized in that the rear wall or the front wall of the first holding device has outwardly projecting spacers (38, 38') which are in contact with the respective housing wall of the second holding device.

28. The apparatus as set forth in claim 27, wherein,

characterized in that a recess corresponding to the spacer (38, 38 ') of the first holding device is provided in a housing wall of the second holding device which can be brought into contact with the spacer (38, 38').