DE29507872U1 - Transport bracket - Google Patents

Description

Description :

The invention relates to a transport bracket
Pieces according to the preamble of claim 1.

for clothing

The transport hangers mentioned here are mainly used in the laundry area. The transport hangers can be used to transport the items of clothing, such as trousers, skirts, shirts, coats, jackets or the like, to individual processing stations in the laundry area (e.g. folding machines).

&iacgr;&ogr; For the purposes mentioned above, transport brackets of various designs are known. They each have two bracket arms that are attached to a (central) hook part.

It has proven to be problematic with the known transport hangers to hold trousers in a way that meets the requirements in practice. The transport hangers are equipped with a clamp (DE 90 12 925 Ul) for this purpose. These do not allow trousers to be held without creases. However, this is a prerequisite for properly folding trousers on folding machines, because the trousers to be folded must be placed on the worktop of the folding machine without creases.

Based on this, the invention is based on the object of creating a transport hanger for clothing items which keeps the clothing items, in particular trousers, essentially wrinkle-free.

A transport hanger for solving this problem has the features of claim 1. Because at least one hanger arm is assigned a holding means which at least partially engages the item of clothing from one edge, a stretching of an edge of the item of clothing, in particular the hem or the leg ends of trousers, which is necessary for the item of clothing to be held on the transport hanger without creases, is inevitably brought about, because the item of clothing is only reliably held by the holding means on the transport hanger if it is in tension against the holding means.

In the simplest case, the holding means is firmly connected to one or each bracket arm. The holding means are then simple nose-like projections that can be integrally formed on the bracket arms or welded to them. However, it is also conceivable to attach separate holding means to the respective bracket arm using snap-in connections. In any case, the additional holding means are characterized by a simple structure that is functionally reliable due to the lack of moving parts.

The holding means, which preferably protrude towards the underside of the transport bracket, are in the preferred embodiment

example of the invention as elongated holding legs. By pulling a part of the item of clothing onto the holding leg, the item of clothing is held by the holding leg from the inside with friction. To increase the frictional connection, it is possible to provide the holding legs with a profile or an anti-slip coating at least on the side that comes into contact with the inside of the item of clothing.

&iacgr;&ogr; Preferably, the holding legs are attached to the or each bracket arm in such a way that they run at an angle to the vertical, with the free lower end of the respective holding leg pointing outwards, i.e. away from the hook part. In this way, the tension created by the holding leg on the waistband or at the end of the leg can be

If trousers or other clothing are stretched out horizontally, they will no longer slip down from the holding leg.

According to a further development of the invention, it is conceivable to design the retaining lugs to be springy and/or pivotable. In this way, the inclination of the retaining legs can be changed by elastic pre-tensioning of the same, whereby this pre-tensioning presses the retaining legs from the inside against the leg end or waistband of a pair of trousers. This creates an additional, improved holding force of the item of clothing (in particular the trousers) on the transport hanger, even if the fabric of the trousers or the like stretches over time. The elastic projections of the retaining legs or the springy pivoting of the same mean that there is always a sufficient force to reliably hold the trousers or the like on the

so that the required (horizontal) tension is exerted by the holding leg on the leg ends of the trousers.

If trousers or a skirt are to be hung on the transport hanger by their waistband, it is sufficient to have two holding devices, each with a holding leg, whereby preferably one holding device or one holding leg is attached to each hanger arm. The two holding legs stretch the skirt or trousers on the waistband in opposite directions, which ensures a frictional hold of the trousers or skirt on the transport hanger.

hanger without additional holding means, in particular additional clips. To adapt the holding means or holding legs to different sized items of clothing with a correspondingly sized waistband, the inclination of each holding leg can be changed to a certain extent, preferably by elastic deformation or pivoting of the same. To adapt to larger differences in waistband widths, the holding means on the hanger arms are arranged in a position that can be changed. They can be adjusted both in stages and continuously.

&iacgr;&ogr; be movable. For the continuous adjustment of the holding means, the bracket arms have various locking steps that follow one another in their longitudinal direction, to which the holding means can be assigned as required by means of suitable locking connections in the area of the respective locking step.

is connected to the corresponding bracket arm by locking it in place.

To hold trousers at the leg ends, each holding device has two holding legs that run parallel to each other at a distance. In the simplest case, the two holding legs are formed by a U-shaped bent holding device. In the area of the connecting web of the holding legs, the holding device is permanently connected to the respective hanger arm by welding or gluing, or detachably connected by clamping, plugging or screwing.

If each bracket arm is assigned a holding device with two holding legs, then the transport bracket has a total of four holding legs, with two holding legs on different bracket arms reaching into the leg end on opposite sides.

For transport brackets with at least one conventional clamp made up of two clamp halves, for example, it is sufficient to use only one

_y Holding devices with one or two holding legs must be provided.

This holding device is then located on only one arm, at a corresponding distance from the clip. In this case, the trousers, a skirt or another item of clothing is held on the one hand by the holding device that engages the inside of the item of clothing or on the other hand by the clip that grips the outside of the item of clothing.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings, in which:
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Fig. 1 a transport hanger with a pair of trousers attached to it,

Fig. 2 the empty transport bracket of Fig. 1 in an enlarged view,

Fig. 3 a section III-III through the transport bar of Fig. 2 with a pair of trousers hanging on it,

Fig. 4 a top view of the transport bar with a pair of trousers hanging on it and

Fig. 5 a holding means of the transport bracket in an enlarged section V-V from Fig. 2.

The transport bar shown here is used to hold items of clothing such as trousers, skirts, coats, shirts or the like, which are transferred to a folding machine (not shown) by placing them on a usually inclined worktop of the folding machine.

The transport bracket 10 shown here has a central hook part 11, which is provided with a bracket arm 12, 13 on opposite sides and with a clamp 14 on the underside. The two bracket arms 12, 13 are mounted on the hook part 11 at their mutually facing ends so that they can be swung in and out about axes of rotation 15. In the unfolded state shown in the figures, the bracket arms 12, 13 can be locked by a locking device arranged in the hook part 11. This locking device can correspond in design to that of the German utility model 92 10 451, to which reference is made in this respect. The locking device can be actuated by an actuating pin 16 protruding from the top of the hook part 11 in such a way that both bracket arms 12, 13 can swing freely down into a folded-in position.

The clamp 14 arranged under the hook part 11 is designed as a three-armed clamp in the embodiment shown. It is made up of two clamp halves 17, which are spring-loaded in the closing direction by a spring 18. Between the clamp halves 17 there is a spreading element 19 which can be actuated by the actuating pin 16 when the bracket arms 12, 13 are folded in such a way that it opens the clamp 18, namely moves the clamp halves 17 apart against the force of the spring 18. To close the clamp 14, the spreading element 19 is pushed up manually after the item of clothing to be hung on the transport bracket 10 has been pushed with a corresponding edge area between the clamp halves 17 of the clamp 14.

In the embodiment of the transport bracket 10 shown here, an additional holding means 20 is assigned to a bracket arm, namely the left bracket arm 12 in relation to the illustration in Figs. 1 and 2. This holding means 20 is designed as a U-shaped bracket (Fig. 5). This bracket of the holding means 20 has two holding legs 21, 22 that run at a distance from one another. The two identically designed holding legs 21, 22 are connected at their ends by a semicircularly bent web 23. The holding means 20 rests on a lower section 24 of the bracket arm 12 bent from a wire with the web 23. The holding means 20 is firmly connected to the section 24 of the bracket arm 12 with the web 23, in the embodiment shown by welding.

The connection of the holding means 20 to the hanger arm 12 is such that the web 23 is at a significant distance from the free end 25 of the hanger arm 12 and when the hanger arm 12 is unfolded, the holding legs 22 are inclined relative to the vertical in relation to their longitudinal direction, in that the free end 26 of each holding leg 22 points towards the free end 25 of the hanger arm 12 (Fig. 2). In the embodiment shown, the outward-facing contact surface 27 for the inside of the item of clothing runs at an obtuse angle to the longitudinal direction.

of section 24. This angle is approximately 55°. Alternatively, the angle can also be in the range of 85° to 45°.

s As can also be seen from Fig. 2 and 5, the contact surface 27 of each holding leg 21, 22 is profiled, namely in the embodiment shown by several recesses 28. At the location of the recess 28, the contact surface 27 can also be provided with projections or other profiles.

As shown in particular in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, the holding means 20 serves to engage from the inside into the item of clothing, in particular the leg ends 29 of a pair of trousers 30. For this purpose, each holding leg 21, 22 extends from the free end 26 into a leg end 29 of the trousers 30 in such a way that the contact surface 27 of each holding leg 21, 22 is largely from the inside against the leg fold extending from the leg end 29.

31 of each trouser leg 32. Each trouser leg 29 is thereby held on the one hand by a holding leg 21 or 22 of the holding means 20. On the other hand, the clamp 14 holds the leg ends 29 of both trouser legs 32 by the clamp halves 17 from the outside against an outer fabric layer of each trouser leg

32 in the area of the leg end 29. The clamp 14 then clamps the leg ends 29 of both trouser legs 32 together.

The trousers 30 are attached to the transport bracket 10 as follows:

With the clamp 14 open and the bracket arms 12, 13 folded out and locked in the folded out position, each trouser leg 32 is first pushed over the holding legs 21, 22 of the holding means 20 with the leg ends 29 pointing upwards. The holding legs 21, 22 engage from the leg end 29 into

3s the trouser legs 32, whereby the holding leg 21 is located in one trouser leg 32 and the other holding leg 22 is located in the other trouser leg 32. In this case, the contact surfaces 27 of the holding legs 21, 22 come to rest from the inside on different leg folds 31 of the trouser legs 32.

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After each trouser leg 32 has been pushed onto a holding leg 21, 22, both trouser legs 32 are held tight at their leg ends 29 and positioned together between the clamp halves 17 of the open clamp 14. With the leg ends 29 held tight, the spreading element 19 is pushed up between the clamp halves 17 and the clamp 14 is thereby closed. The clamp halves 17 are now pressed together by the spring 18 by pushing against the two clamp halves from the outside.

Press the two ends 29 of the trouser legs 32 that are next to each other and hold them taut under the transport bar 10. This tightening causes the two folds 31 of the trouser legs 32 to be pressed with tension against the contact surfaces 27 of the holding legs 21, 22 and held frictionally on the holding means 20, whereby the slanted position of the holding legs 21, 22 ensures that the trousers 30 are held securely under the transport bar 10.

Due to the described manner of fastening the trousers 30 under the transport bar 10, the latter holds the trousers 30 in the stretched-out position shown in Fig. 1, whereby the trousers 30 can be laid down almost crease-free on the worktop of the folding machine or at another location within a laundry operation.

The trousers are removed by removing them from the transport bar

10 by pressing down the actuating pin 16

the spreading member 19 opens the clamp halves 17 of the clamp 14

and the bracket arms 12, 13 are folded in. This releases the clamp 14 from the leg ends 29. At the same time, the

holding force exerted by the clamp 14 of the leg ends 29 against

the retaining legs 21, 22 are removed, whereby the trouser legs 32

can slip off the holding legs 21, 22.

Deviating from the above-described embodiment of the transport hanger 10, other embodiments are conceivable. For example, each hanger arm 12, 13 can be assigned a holding means 20. In this case, it is possible to hold the trousers 30 or another item of clothing, for example a skirt,

to be held solely by the two holding means 20 on the hanger arm 12, 13. In this case, the clamp 14 can be omitted. Preferably, however, in addition to the two holding means 20, the clamp 14 is also provided, whereby a pair of trousers 30s or another item of clothing is held by the clamp 14 and alternatively one of the two holding means 20 on the transport hanger.

A transport bracket according to another embodiment of the invention has the rigid bracket arms 12, 13. The bracket arms 12 and 13 are then not foldable. Such a transport bracket can have either one holding means 20 or several holding means. It is also conceivable to design this transport bracket both with and without a clamp 14.

As a modification of the transport hangers described above, it is conceivable to detachably attach the holding means 20 to the hanger arm 12 and/or 13 using snap-in or plug-in connections. The holding means 20 can then be attached to different points on the hanger arm 12, 13 if necessary to adapt to different widths of clothing.

Finally, it has proven advantageous to design the holding means 20 in such a way that their inclination relative to the bracket arms 12, 13 is variable, preferably in a spring-loaded manner. The spring preload of the holding means 20 is such that their free ends 26 tend to move outwards, as the inclination of the holding legs 21, 22 of the holding means 20 relative to the vertical increases. For this purpose, the holding legs 21, 22 or the entire holding means 20 are articulated to the respective bracket arm 12, 13 via a swivel joint with a horizontal axis of rotation. A spring element, in particular a torsion spring on the axis of rotation, moves the holding legs or the holding means in such a way that the free ends 26 of the holding legs pivot outwards. After pulling the leg ends 29 onto the holding legs 21, 22, they or the entire holding means are pivoted back to pre-tension the spring and only then the

Leg ends 29 are clamped between the clamp halves 17 of the clamp 14. These spring-loaded holding legs 21, 22 then permanently hold the leg end 29 under tension in a horizontal direction. The contact surface 27 of the respective holding means 20 then presses with tension from the inside against the leg fold 31 of the trousers 30 or the like. The holding means thus constantly tightens the leg end 29 held in the clamp 14.

Furthermore, it is conceivable to design the holding legs of the only holding means or of each holding means to be springy, in that they move together in a springy manner - similar to the clamp halves 17 of the clamp 14. The two trouser legs 32, each pulled onto a holding leg, are pressed together in this way in the area of their leg ends 29. This leads to a better hold of the trousers 30 or the like on the holding means or on the holding means.

Applicant: 11 May 1995/7119

Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH + Co. KAN-273-DE

Jug pourer ring

32602 Vlotho

Reference list

10 Transport handle 11 Hook part1 12 Bracket arm 13 Bracket arm 14 bracket 15 Rotation axis 16 Actuating pin 17 Clamp half 18 Feather 19 Spreading organ 20 Haitemi ttel 21 Holding leg 22 Holding leg 23 web 24 Section 25 free end 26 free end 27 On 1agef1ace 28 deepening 29 At nende 30 trousers 31 B e i &eegr; f a 11 e 32 Trouser leg

Claims (1)

Patent attorneys ■ European Patent Attorneys Hans Meissner Dipi.-Ing. (until 1980) ■ Bremen Erich Solte Dipl.-Ing. ■ Bremen Friedrich Möller Dipi.-Ing. ■ Bremen Dr. Eugen Popp Dipl.-Ing. · Munich Note to : Wolf E. Sajda Dipi.-Phys. ■ Munich Herbert KanneqieSSer GmbH + CO. Dr. Johannes Bohnenberger DipWng. · Munich Kannegiesserring ^{VolkmarKruspig Di} 0'-^- ^M ™ Patent Attorney *? ? fi 0 ? Vlotho Karsten Heiland Dipi.-Ing.■ Bremen Attorney Dr. Frank Dettmann · Bremen Address: Hollerallee 73 D-28209 Brennen Telephone: (0421)342019 Telex: 2 46157 meibo d Fax: (0421) 34 2296 Your sign
Your ref. Our sign Our ref. KAN-273-EN Date
Date 11 May 1995/7119 Transport handle Expectations : 1. Transport hanger for items of clothing with a hook part and two hanger arms arranged on the same, characterized in that at least one hanger arm (12) has a holding means (20) which at least partially engages into the item of clothing from one edge. 2. Transport bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that the holding means (20) is firmly connected to (12, 13). 1, characterized in that one or each bracket arm 3. Transport bracket according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the or each holding means (20) projects downwards relative to the or each bracket arm (12, 13). 4. Transport bracket according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the or each holding means (20) has at least one holding leg (21, 22). s 5. Transport bracket according to claim 4, characterized in that the holding legs (21, 22) run obliquely with respect to a longitudinal extension direction of the or each bracket arm (12, 13), in particular at an obtuse angle of 45° to 85°. 6. Transport bracket according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that a free end (26) of each holding leg (21, 22) is inclined towards the free end (25) of the respective bracket arm (12, 13). 7. Transport bracket according to one or more of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that each holding means (2o) has several, in particular two, holding legs (21, 22). 8. Transport bracket according to one or more of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the holding legs (21, 22) of each holding means (20) run parallel to one another at a distance. 9. Transport bracket, in particular according to one or more of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the holding legs (21, 22) or the holding means (20) are at least partially movable relative to the or each bracket arm (12, 13). 10. Transport bracket according to one or more of claims 4 to 8, characterized in that the holding legs (21, 22) are movable back and forth, in particular displaceable, in the longitudinal direction of the or each bracket arm (12, 13). 11. Transport bracket, in particular according to one or more of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the holding legs (21, 22) and/or holding means (20) can be pivoted relative to the or each bracket arm (12, 13) for tightening or loosening. Tensioning the end of the garment held on the holding means (20) in a particularly horizontal direction. 12. Transport bracket according to one or more of claims 4 to 11, characterized in that the holding legs (21, 22) or the free ends (26) thereof are prestressed, in particular spring-elastically, towards the free end (25) of the respective bracket arm (12, 13). &iacgr;&ogr; 13. Transport hanger according to one or more of claims 4 to 12, characterized in that at least one contact surface (27) of the holding legs (21, 22) on the item of clothing is at least partially provided with a profile or the like. 14. Transport bracket according to one or more of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the holding means (20) are self-clamping, preferably by holding legs (21, 22) which are elastically pre-tensioned in the clamping sense. 15. Transport bracket according to one or more of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the holding means (20) are connected to the or each bracket arm (12, 13) by snap-in connections or the like. 16. Transport bracket according to claim 15, characterized in that the or each bracket arm (12, 13) has several locations, to which the holding means (20) can be alternatively assigned. 17. Transport hanger according to one or more of claims 1 to 16, characterized by at least one clamp (14) gripping the item of clothing from the outside. 18. Transport bracket according to claim 17, characterized in that the or each clamp (14) is arranged on the hook part (11). I·· 19. Transport bracket according to one or more of claims 1 to 18, characterized in that the bracket arms (12, 13) are hinged to the hook part (11) so that they can be folded in and out.