CN1821002A

CN1821002A - Bottle-cage device for bicycles

Info

Publication number: CN1821002A
Application number: CN200610054971.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马里奥·梅焦兰
Original assignee: Campagnolo SRL
Current assignee: Campagnolo SRL
Priority date: 2001-11-16
Filing date: 2002-11-15
Publication date: 2006-08-23
Also published as: ITTO20011078A1

Abstract

The invention provided an article supporting device for a bicycle, especially a bottle attaching device with high safety and reliability which is easy to assemble and use. This bottle attaching device comprises a fixing part (2) fixed to a frame (6) of a bicycle, a downward supporting part (4) linked with the fixing part (2) for supporting the bottom of the bottle, and a top annular holding part (3), to which the bottle can be inserted. The annular holding part (3) is cantilevered by the fixing part, so that it can be elastically rotated together with a shaft against the fixing part by insertion of the bottle.

Description

The bottle holding device that is used for bicycle

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of bearing set that is used for auxiliary article, particularly a kind of bottle holding device that is used for bicycle.

Background technology

The device of mentioning type above is generally used for supporting bottle or similar containers.

In most of known solutions, described device comprises a main body that is fixed on the vehicle frame, has a supporting part on it, and this supporting part is configured to by a metal wire frame that limits the socket that is used for bottle.When bottle being inserted in its socket, framework meeting widens slightly is so that be fixed on bottle in the socket by elastic reaction wiry.For example at US-A-5, just disclosed a kind of scheme of the above-mentioned type in 392,971.

The above-mentioned type known devices in, the supporting part of being made by metal filament has bad structural strength.Consider that from this point for example, bottle inserts the permanent deformation that may increase the latter in the framework above-mentioned improperly.

In other known solutions, replace wire frames, rigidity can be inserted bottle in conjunction with an endless member at these parts on device main body.The lower end of described main body combines with the supporting base of bottle, and have in the upper end of this main body one can manual drives locking piece.

In use, along be roughly parallel to the main body longitudinal axis direction, insert in the endless member from the top with bottle, be resisted against on the base of bottom until the bottom of bottle.

Manually locking member is taken to subsequently bottle is locked in position in the device.Can from described device, extract bottle out by the sequence of operations opposite with top described content.For example at US-A-5, disclosed this scheme in 170,981.

Owing to need bicycle rider on Lock Part, to carry out specific M/C so that with respect to installing locking and/or unclamping bottle, therefore, though have intensity greater than the structure of mentioning scheme in the past, known devices above-mentioned is in use not too convenient, particularly by bike the time.

In addition, the one type of prior art syringe of mentioning is in the past formed by a large amount of independently parts, and it can make the assembling of device complicated and can cause being fixed in complicated on the cycle frame.

Summary of the invention

The present invention attempts to solve one or more defectives of mentioning in the past, a kind of attachment supports device that is used for bicycle is provided especially, a kind of holding device of bottle particularly, this device is easy to manufacture and assemble, and is easy to use and have in long-time operation reliability.

These purposes of the present invention are the secondary support means that are used for bicycle by a kind of like this, and particularly bottle holding device is realized, described device defines a socket that is used for installation accessories (particularly bottle), and this device comprises:

Anchorage part on-one vehicle frame that is fixed on bicycle, and

-one fixed part that is roughly ring-type, it links to each other with described anchorage part and defines the axial hole of a perforation, and described hole is used to receive the main body by the annex at this place,

It is characterized in that: described ring-type fixed part is linked to each other with described anchorage part, so that because annex inserts described socket, described ring-type fixed part can be with respect to the axis of described anchorage part, turn to the second place with its axis from primary importance elasticity, its mode is at described second place place, and described ring-type fixed part can flexibly be fixed on described annex in the described socket.

In addition, in the device of some known type, be provided for installing and fixedly the device of bottle comprise at least one annular thin wall or band, it defines one can insert bottle and by the stop motion mechanism that the is fit to axial space with the bottle fix in position.For example, at US-A-5, just disclosed this scheme in 170,981.In other known solutions, replace endless belt, be provided with a pair of thin and crooked relative blade, these blades can be with jaw shape mode flexible fastening bottle.

In some cases, and usually at bottle with respect to during the insertion of its socket or extracting out, bicycle rider may contact the edge of wall above-mentioned or blade, these walls or blade have the thickness that reduces as described like that.Therefore, these edges may be sharp, particularly when the appropriate section of bottle holding device is made by metallic material or carbon fiber, and therefore for example under the situation that accident is fallen down, the hand or the other parts of the bicycle rider of can damaging.

In order to eliminate above-mentioned defective, known above-mentioned edge has been assembled suitable protective cover, described protective cover is made of plastics, and still, so just needs some operation and auxiliary member to make bottle holding device, and the result can increase the produce and market cost.

Another object of the present invention is to solve defective above-mentioned, and a kind of bottle holding device is provided especially, this device safety and be easy to use, and make and assembling all simpler, and operation is reliable.

This purpose of the present invention and other purpose are the secondary support means that is used for bicycle by a kind of like this, and particularly bottle holding device is realized, it defines a socket that is used for installation accessories (particularly bottle), and described device comprises:

-one anchorage part, this part is fixed on the vehicle frame of bicycle, and

-one fixed part, it links to each other with described anchorage part and defines the axial hole of a perforation, and this hole is used to receive the main body by the annex at this place,

It is characterized in that: described fixed part has relatively thin thickness and one first edge, and the cross section shape at this edge should have the profile that has crooked end, and described fixed part also has relatively thin thickness along described first edge.

Description of drawings

The following detailed description and accompanying drawing by only providing with illustrative and indefiniteness embodiment can be expressly understood these and other objects of the present invention, characteristics and advantage, wherein:

Fig. 1 is for enlightening the transparent view of the secondary support means of making that is used for bicycle according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the lateral plan that installs among the Fig. 1 that is installed on the bicycle, and it has a corresponding bottle in the stage that bottle inserts in himself installing;

Fig. 3 is the device and the front elevation of bottle among Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is along the section-drawing shown in Fig. 3 center line IV-IV;

Fig. 5 is the lateral plan similar to Fig. 2, but in the figure, bottle is to insert in apparatus of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the front elevation that possible modification is made according to the present invention, be used for the bearing set of the auxiliary article of bicycle, and described bearing set is installed on the bicycle;

The lateral plan of Fig. 7 for installing among Fig. 6, it has the supporting bottle that inserts in this device;

Fig. 8 is along the section-drawing shown in Fig. 7 center line VIII-VIII;

Fig. 9 is the transparent view of bottle holding device manufactured according to the present invention, that be used for bicycle;

Figure 10 is along the section-drawing shown in Fig. 9 center line II-II.

The specific embodiment

In accompanying drawing 1, reference number 1 ordinary representation enlightens the secondary support means of making that is used for bicycle according to the present invention.

Preferably the main body that forms the device 1 of integral piece by the material as carbon fiber comprises an anchorage part 2 that is bonded on the cycle frame.

Be provided with a supporting or a fixed part that defines axial passage in fact in the upper end of anchorage part 2.In an illustrated embodiment, supporting part is the endless belt by 3 marks, and it has less thickness, and this thickness for example is about 1.5 millimeters.

By the supporting annex of 4 marks lower end vertical extent from anchorage part 2.

Thin slice with a curved end of reference number 5 expressions, this thin slice extends upward from the upper limb with 3 that is positioned at the location that is connected to anchorage part 2 in fact.

In Fig. 2 and 3, device 1 of the present invention is installed on the general pipe 6 that forms the part vehicle frame.

For this reason, on anchorage part 2, be provided with through hole, by these through holes can insert will be screwed into pipe in 6 by the fix screw shown in 7.

In Fig. 2 and 3, reference number 8 ordinary representations are by the bottle of device 1 supporting equally.Along the periphery of bottle 8, form a succeeding vat 9 at an upper portion thereof, this groove is used for combining with curved end from endless belt 3 upwardly extending flexible flakes 5.

Reference number AF represents the axis of endless belt 3, i.e. the axis of its axial passage.AS is axis parallel with the longitudinal axis of anchorage part 2 of expression in addition.Axis AS also is illustrated in when bottle 8 being inserted to the bottom of device 1 downwards, and the axis of bottle 8 has been installed thereon.

According to an important aspect of the present invention, connecting bridge 10 elastically deformables between anchorage part 2 and endless belt 3 or flexible.In this way, as can being expressly understood in the following description, whether endless belt 3 can be in the device 1 according to bottle 8 provides two different obliquities, and axis AF has different degree of dip in these two positions.Therefore, when bottle 8 was inserted to the bottom of device downwards, the mode with a part of inside face of 3 that is pressed against bottle 8 part surfaces with fixing elasticity promoted connecting bridge 10.

To embodiments of the invention shown in Figure 5, when not inserting bottle 8 in the device 1, axis AF has the degree of dip or the leaning angle AI of regulation with respect to axis AS at Fig. 1.

As described in Fig. 3 and 4, anchorage part 2 has two side projections by 2A mark with pipe on the 6 surperficial facing surfaces that contact at it.These protruding 2A pass through its most of length along part 2 longitudinal extensions, thereby define a groove 2B.

As obviously learning in following institute, because the existence of groove 2B, therefore protruding 2A has the function that two separate support faces can be provided for bottle 8, so that when bottle being inserted in the device 1, can prevent its cross motion, and bottle is being inserted in the device 1 or, can guide the motion of bottle equally from installing 1 when extracting out.

The operation of the device 1 in the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1 to 5 is as described below.

Bottle 8 is inserted in the endless belt 3 from the top.As described at Fig. 2, described bottle 8 inserts the leaning angle AI that has formed a regulation with 3 interior directions (this direction is roughly corresponding to axis AF) with respect to axis AS.

This means: during inserting, the bottom of bottle 8 at first contacts with the protruding 2A of anchorage part 2.Therefore, groove 2B can guide bottle 8 further to lower slider.During inserting, same, bottle 8 contacts with thin slice 5, thereby makes it produce elastic deflection towards pipe 6.

Stipulated leaning angle AI above-mentioned, during bottle 8 fell gradually, bottle 8 can contact projection 2A and with the surface of 3 axial passage.Can be created in the propulsive force that connecting bridge 10 places between this endless belt 3 and the anchorage part 2 act on the increase on device 1 main body like this.

Propulsive force above-mentioned can make described part 10 produce elastic deflection, thereby can make endless belt 3 motions.This motion is such, and promptly when the lower end abutment of bottle 8 was on lower part support 4, axis AF overlapped with axis AS.When reaching this position, same, the groove 9 of bottle 8 reaches the curved end of thin slice 5, so that thin slice can elasticity embed in the described groove.

In Fig. 5, provided this operating conditions.

As is understood, under condition shown in Figure 5, under the condition of elastic tension, endless belt 3 is fixed by the main body of bottle 8, thereby bottle is fixed in the device 1.Can guarantee to realize further bottle being fixed on the function at application site place by the effect of thin slice 5.

In this state, same side owing to bottle is resisted against on two distinct faces of the anchorage part of being represented by protruding 2A 2, so between the moving period of bicycle, the influence that bottle 8 can not be vibrated.Because the longitudinal component of the circular surface of bottle 8 is positioned at groove 2B, therefore can prevent the sideway movement that bottle 8 is possible.

Can extract bottle out by the simple upwards extraction action on bottle, thereby can make device 1 return the state of Fig. 2.

At Fig. 6, but provided a kind of selection scheme in the embodiment of the invention in 7 and 8, according to this scheme, endless belt 3 has crushed element or the protruding 3A roughly radially relative with connecting bridge 10.In addition, in this embodiment, with 3 and part 2 between have such relative position, that is, when not inserting bottle 8 in the devices 1, above-mentioned axis AF and AS overlap each other.

Under the situation of the embodiment that adopts Fig. 6 to 8, along bottle 8 being inserted in the endless belt 3 with the direction of part 2 almost parallels.

During inserting, a part of outside face of bottle 8 contacts with protruding 3A, so it can slide on protruding 3A.Afterwards, equally also during inserting, the bottom of bottle 8 contacts with anchorage part 2, and can slide thereon.

Equally in this case, the bottle 8 that contacts with protruding 2A with protruding 3A can produce the propelling action that increases at described connecting bridge 10 places to lower slider gradually, thereby can determine the motion of endless belt 3 with respect to anchorage part 2.

Therefore, equally in this case, as referring to figs. 1 through as described in 5 the embodiment, when the lower end of bottle 8 arrives lower part support 4, endless belt 3 is remained under the state of elastic tension, so that bottle is remained on due position and prevented its vibration and cross motion.In this position, as shown in Figure 6, axis AF and AS are tilted in relation to each other.

According to the another aspect of the present invention shown in reference Fig. 9 and 10, wherein, the identical reference number of having mentioned before having used, endless belt 3 can have relative constant thickness by the upper limb that 3B and 3C represent respectively with lower edge at it equally.

How Figure 10 has shown especially along forming with two edge 3B of 3 and 3C to have such contour structure with 3 so that in the bench section, and promptly this structure has the shell inboard towards bottle, promptly towards the end of the inside bend of the axial space that is limited by endless belt 3.As selectable scheme, edge 3B and/or 3C can be for example to bump projection to avoid cutting greater than 270 ° angle is outwardly-bent.

This structure can reduce greatly as mentioning in this specification sheets background technology, for example injuring the danger of the hand of bicycle rider, or reducing under accident is fallen down situation, to injure the danger at other position of health with respect to device 1 insertion or during extracting bottle out.This point need not just can realize suitable protective element being provided and need not to carry out non-productive operation on this being with 3 edge.In fact by itself just very shirtsleeve operation just can obtain the sweep of

edge

3B and 3C, form device 1 simultaneously.

What should emphasize is: under the situation of the anchor fitting that forms bottle in the mode that is different from single endless belt or wall, be can obtain advantage of the present invention under the jaw shape form situation of (that is, comprising a pair of relative bending blade element) at them particularly.

Fwd is described and has been illustrated according to the present invention the characteristics of enlightenment secondary support means that make, that be used for bicycle, these characteristics has been done to describe in more detail in claims.

Fwd is described and also have been illustrated advantage of the present invention, and these advantages mainly are to make the simplification with operative installations 1, the intensity of its structure, its in time reliability and use in safety.

Obviously, do not breaking away under the situation of the novel concept on the groundwork of the present invention, those skilled in the art as a described device of example, can make various improvement according to herein.

For example, preferably make the upper limb of endless belt 3, so that be easier to insert bottle 8 with the enlarging shape.

Owing to for example just can realize the function of supporting part 4, therefore also can omit the supporting part 4 that is combined as a whole with anchorage part 2 by a part of bicycle rack below the attachment point that is positioned at device 1.

Device 1 of the present invention also is suitable for supporting container different with bottle or article.Consider that by this point therefore, obviously according to the type of institute's supports articles, the cross-sectional plane with 3 (being the cross-sectional plane of its axial passage) if necessary can have the shape different with endless belt.

Equally, lower support annex 4 can have to above with reference to endless belt 3 is described, the content of explanation is similar curved edge.

Claims

1. secondary support means that is used for bicycle, particularly a kind of bottle holding device, it defines a socket that is used for installation accessories (8), particularly bottle, and described device (1) comprising:

Anchorage part (2) on vehicle frame (6) that is fixed on bicycle, and

A fixed part (3), it links to each other with described anchorage part and defines the axial hole of a perforation, and this hole is used to receive the main body of the annex (8) by this place,

It is characterized in that: described fixed part (3) has relatively thin thickness and one first edge (3B), the cross section shape at this edge has the profile that has crooked end, and described fixed part (3) also has relatively thin thickness along described first edge (3B).

2. device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described fixed part (3) comprises that also one second edge (3C) and described fixed part (3) have the profile that has crooked end along the bench section that shape had at described second edge, and described fixed part (3) also has relatively thin thickness along described second edge (3C).

3. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described fixed part (3) has the thickness of constant.

4. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described fixed part (3) has the general toroidal shape.

5. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: it comprises the blade part of a bending, and these parts have a pair of with jaw shape form bool respect to one another.

6. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: it comprises a lower part support (4), and it is used to support the bottom of annex (8).

7. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described anchorage part (2) and described anchor fitting (3,4) form integral piece.

8. device according to claim 7 is characterized in that: described integral piece is made by carbon fiber.

9. device according to claim 4, it is characterized in that: the connecting bridge elastically deformable between described fixed part (3) and the described anchorage part (2), so that because bottle inserts described socket, fixed part (3) can be with respect to the axis (AS) of anchorage part, around its axis (AF) elasticity rotation between at least two different positions, a position in described two positions can be locked in the interior described fixed part of mode resiliency urged (3) of its socket to keep annex (8).