DE8901093U1 - Device for holding and storing brushes - Google Patents

Description

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Description

Device for holding and storing brushes

Brushes are often held and stored in perforated strips or wooden blocks by inserting their handles into a hole from above. Such devices are not suitable for transporting brushes as they are bulky and cannot be stored in a container to save space.

The innovation is based on the task of developing a device for holding and storing brushes that is as compact as possible during transport, but from which the brushes can be easily removed for use and into which they can be inserted as conveniently as possible.

This task is solved in accordance with the innovation by a large number of tubes that are firmly attached to a container base at one end and are designed for inserting brush handles and can be swiveled outwards.

This design allows the tubes to be moved outwards at an angle when the container is open, similar to the stems of a bouquet, and the brush handles can then be easily pushed into or removed from the tubes. By spreading the tubes after the container is opened, the ends of the tubes are sufficiently spaced apart to allow the individual brushes to be gripped by the bristle body.

The individual tubes could each have their ends mounted in a socket, which in turn is arranged so that it can pivot in the lower part of the container. The device is particularly simple if the tubes each have a joint piece directly above the upper edge of the lower part of the container. This allows the tubes to be pivoted very far outwards. The inserted brushes hit the bent joint with their handles. If the tubes are pivoted into an extended position, the handles reach deeper into the tubes and block the respective joint.

The joint pieces can also be designed very differently. The new device is particularly cost-effective if the joint piece is formed by a bellows-like area of the respective pipe. Pipes with such joint pieces are available at low cost because they are used for other purposes, for example as drinking straws.

Another embodiment of the invention consists in that the tubes are made of a flexible material and are held together in the lower part of the container or near the lower part of the container by a winding.

Egg* Falling over of the upright container base

The weight of brushes inserted on one side or pipes swung out on one side can be easily prevented by the fact that, according to a further development of the innovation, the lower part of the container has a base plate of great weight.

The innovation allows for numerous designs. To further clarify its basic principle, one of them is shown in the drawing and is described below. This shows in

Mg. 1 a closure cap of the new device/

Fig. 2 a container bottom part of the device,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the container base H along the line III - III in Figure 2.

Figure 1 shows a cylindrical closure cap 1, which has an internal thread 2 on the inner surface of its open front side. This closure cap 1 can be screwed from above onto a container base 3 shown in Figure 2. For this purpose, an external thread 4 is provided on the outer surface of the container base 3 in the upper area.

In the middle of a base plate 5 of the container base 3

a multitude of pipes 6-12 are arranged upright.

These tubes 6-12 each have above the upper edge

of the lower part 3 of the container, a joint piece 13, which in this embodiment is formed by a bellows- like area. The lower ends fj of the pipes 6-12 are fastened in the lower part 3 of the container. 7'

Figure 2 also shows two brushes 14, 15, which

with their handles 16, 17 are placed from above in a tube 12” 10. The corresponding brushes can be inserted into the §§

remaining pipes. I

The sectional view according to Figure 3 shows that jf the pipes 6 - 12 are combined into a bundle and j§ fill the lower part of the container 3.

If the closure cap 1 is to be screwed onto the container base 3, then the tubes 6-12 are first bent together so far that the closure cap 1 can be put over the tubes 6-12 with the brushes 14, 15 in them. If the brushes are to be used later, then after opening the device, the tubes 6-12 can first be bent outwards again into the positions shown in Figure 2 in order to be able to insert the brushes easily. A sliding ring 18 shown in Figure 3 can be pushed up when the tubes 6-12 are swiveled up to prevent the tubes 6-12 from swiveling apart.

Not shown is an embodiment in which the individual tubes 6-12 consist entirely of a flexible material and are held together to form a bundle by a winding near the upper edge of the lower part of the container.

Claims (6)

I · &eegr; ti ·· . ■ ■ ; S "&iacgr; S Protection claims 1. Device for holding and storing brushes, characterized by a plurality of tubes (6 - 12) which are fixedly attached to one end of a container base (3) and are designed for inserting brush handles (16, 17) and can be pivoted outwards. 2. Device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the tubes (6 - 12) each have a joint piece (13) immediately above the upper edge of the container base (3). 3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the joint piece (13) is formed by a bellows-like region of the respective tube (6 - 12). 4. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the tubes (6 - 12) consist of a flexible material and are held together in the container bottom part (3) or near the container bottom part (5) by a winding (13). 5. Device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container lower part (3) has a base plate (5) of great weight. 6. Device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a sliding ring (18) is pushed over the bundle of adjacent tubes (6 - 12).