DE6945952U - TOW HOOKS FOR VEHICLES. - Google Patents

Description

The innovation relates to a tow hook for detachable fastening in a tubular spar of the body provided on the front or rear of a motor vehicle and to a device for fastening such a tow hook on the motor vehicle.

In various types of motor vehicle, for example in the vehicles from Peugeot, the tubular spars of the body, which are usually rectangular in cross-section, are designed for inserting the jack directly below the bumper on the front or rear of the vehicle.

It is the task of the innovation to create a tow hook which can be produced cheaply and which can easily be attached to the front or rear of such vehicles.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by a tow hook, which is characterized by a flat iron which is bent back on a hook at one end and has a ring at its other end.

Further advantageous refinements of the tow hook according to the invention and of the device for its fastening emerge from the subclaims.

To attach a tow hook according to the invention to a motor vehicle of the type mentioned at the outset, it is only necessary, for example, to make a transverse bore for inserting a socket pin either later or at the factory on the tubular spars accessible from the outside on the front or rear of the vehicle, namely at a distance from the pipe spar mouth, which is chosen to be slightly smaller than the distance between the ring and the hook end of the tow hook. If your own motor vehicle is to be towed, the tow hook according to the invention is inserted, for example, into the left or right front tubular spar provided for attaching the jack and then the socket pin is then inserted through the tubular spar bore so that the hook end comes to a stop on this socket pin when the tow hook is subjected to tensile stress . To tow another vehicle, the same tow hook can simply be plugged into one of the rear tubular spars and locked with the bolt. Since the ring protrudes slightly from the body, the tow hook according to the invention is not only suitable for attaching a tow rope, but also for attaching a tow bar.

In some cases, only short pieces of tubular spar about 10 cm long are attached to the body. In such cases, the bolt and the cross hole in the tubular spar can be omitted if the distance between the ring acting as a stop shoulder when the hook is inserted into the tubular spar and the hook end is selected to be equal to or slightly greater than the length of this tubular spar piece. In this case, the tow hook can be pushed right through the tubular spar piece until the end of the hook protrudes from the rear. If the tow hook is then pushed down a little and then pulled back a little, the end of the hook can get caught on the edge of the tubular spar. To facilitate this snapping, an additional leaf spring can be provided on the top of the flat iron, which after the complete

Pushing the tow hook through automatically pushes it down to hook it onto the end of the tubular spar.

The innovation is explained in more detail below with reference to schematic drawings of exemplary embodiments.

1 shows the side view of a tow hook according to the invention inserted into a tubular body spar shown in section along the line I - I according to FIG. 3.

FIG. 2 shows the plan view with a section of the tubular spar along the line II-II according to FIG. 3.

FIG. 3 shows the cross section along the line III - III according to FIG. 1.

Fig. 4 shows the tow hook inserted into a short tubular spar that is open on both sides.

The tow hook 1 according to the innovation consists of a flat iron piece 2 approximately 25 cm long, which is bent back at one end to form a hook 3. At the other end, a U-shaped curved iron bar 4 is welded to the side with its legs. As a result, a ring 5 is formed from hooking a tow rope or a tow bar.

The tow hook 1 according to the invention can be releasably steered into a tubular spar 6, which is rectangular in cross section, of a body of a motor vehicle, not shown, which extends either the front or the rear of the motor vehicle outwards in the direction of travel
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On this tubular spar 6 is at the factory or only after
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a through hole 7 is provided, in which a
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can be inserted into an arranged retaining pin 9.

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Claims (1)

1. Tow hook for releasable attachment in a tubular spar of the body provided at the front or rear of a motor vehicle, characterized by a flat iron (2) which is bent back at one end on a hook (3) and at its other end has a ring (5) . 2. Tow hook according to claim 1 for releasable fastening in a tubular spar with a rectangular inner cross-section, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the width of the flat iron (2) is slightly narrower than the inner width of the tubular spar (6). 3. Tow hook according to claim 1 or 2, d a d u c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the end of the flat iron (2) is bent back such that the height of the hook (3) is slightly less than the inner height of the tubular spar (6). 4. Tow hook according to claim 1 to 3, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the ring (5) is wider than the flat iron (2). 5. Tow hook according to claim 4, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the ring (5) is formed by a U-shaped bent, with its legs laterally on the flat iron (2) welded round iron bracket (4). 6. tow hook according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that
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11. The device according to claim 9 or 10, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the socket pin (8) and / or its releasable retaining pin (9) is connected to the tow hook (1) via a chain.