DE8913988U1 - Holding block for everyday objects, especially household items such as knives, wooden spoons, etc. - Google Patents

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Fissler GmbH Im Worth

6580 Idar-Oberstein

Holding block for everyday objects, especially household items such as knives, wooden spoons, etc.

Description:

The invention relates to a holding block for everyday objects, in particular household objects such as knives, wooden spoons or the like, with insertion channels for receiving at least a portion of the objects, e.g. the blade of a kitchen knife.

Such holding blocks, often referred to as knife blocks, are well known. They are usually made in one piece or from permanently connected, e.g. glued parts made of wood, plastic, stone, glass or other materials. The insertion channels are usually milled, sawed and/or drilled into the block. There are also two-part blocks which consist of a housing made of wood, plastic or glass into or onto which an insert or attachment with slots can be inserted. A disadvantage of all known holding blocks is that the dirt that has accumulated in the insertion channels is difficult to remove. The dirt occurs, for example, when a used object, _e.g. a knife, is left without being cleaned beforehand.

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g is inserted into one of the insertion channels of the holding block I. Liquid can also remain in the insertion channels, e.g. after washing, which has a disadvantageous effect.

;| The object of the invention is to create a holding block of the type mentioned at the beginning, which is simple to manufacture and can be cleaned without problems.

I This object is achieved according to the invention essentially by I detachably connectable, e.g. disc-shaped segments, between which the insertion channels are delimited by mutually facing surfaces of the segments.

The detachable connection of the segments makes it easy for the user to disassemble a holding block according to the invention into its individual segments and to clean the surfaces of the segments and in particular the then exposed boundary surfaces of the insertion channels. The segments can then be easily and quickly reassembled to form the holding block. The insertion channels of the holding block according to the invention can also be produced on the surface of the segments by simple machining processes such as milling or the like without much expenditure of time.
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*l The individual segments can, for example, be plugged together detachably. However, if the segments are made of solid wood, for example, which can warp, it is advisable for the segments to be held together by separate fastening means.

According to a further special embodiment of the invention ^: it is provided that the fastening means have at least one ₍ preferably two) substantially U-shaped clamp(s) arranged at a height distance from one another on one side, e.g. the one end face of the segments. With the help of such

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The holding block can be easily held together on one _end using clamps.

An even better way of holding the individual segments together is for the fastening means to have at least one, preferably two, essentially U-shaped clamps arranged at a height distance from one another on an opposite side, e.g. the other end face. With the help of the clamp fastening on two opposite end faces _, it is guaranteed that the holding block or the segments are always held together, even with robust handling.

The two outer segments are preferably provided with grooves or holes on their respective front sides for inserting the legs of the clamps under a certain frictional force. The outer segments are connected to one another via the clamps ^, while the inner segments are clamped between them. If the clamps protrude with a ^grip section beyond the block surface, they can be easily inserted and removed again.

In a particular embodiment of the invention, in the |j

Front side under the respective crossbar of the bracket a %

recess. This recess allows the loading %

user can easily reach under the crossbar when the ?

Clamp for the purpose of cleaning the holding block from the bores \i

ments. In this case, the crossbar itself serves as a handle section.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the crossbar of the clamps can be sunk into a groove on the front side, at least outside the recess serving as a handle. The sunk crossbar is intended to prevent the user from using the clamps as a carrying handle. On the other hand,

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The inner segments are positioned and locked between the outer segments via the crossbars of the clamps and cannot slip out between the outer segments when the holding block is lifted.

From a manufacturing point of view and for cleaning purposes, it is particularly advantageous if the insertion channels are only provided on one side surface of the segments and the adjacent side surface of the neighboring segment is essentially flat. This means that only one surface of a segment needs to be machined during the manufacturing process, while the flat surface is even easier to keep clean.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the segments are preferably connected to one another via a hinge connection on the front side opposite the fastening means. To clean the holding block, all that is needed is to remove the fastening means on one front side and then open up the holding block in the form of a book. The segments thus remain connected to one another - hingedly - even during cleaning, which makes it easier to handle and reassemble the segments into the holding block.

For this purpose, it is particularly advantageous to design the joint as a hinge. In order to avoid tearing or excessive strain on a single hinge when opening and cleaning, the joint advantageously has two hinges that are installed at a distance from one another.

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According to yet another embodiment, the segments are arranged and held together in a container- or sleeve-like holder. The segments can also be clamped and/or connected in an articulated manner, but do not have to be. The package is essentially inserted into the holder in a form-fitting manner using plate-shaped segments, for example, in order to form a holding block that is held together firmly. The package can also be pulled out of the holder just as easily in order to clean the segments at the intermediate surfaces.

According to this inventive concept, the holder can have a casing that runs around the circumference of the holding block and that holds the segments together in an immovable manner.

The holder is conveniently provided with a base plate so that when the holding block is lifted, the individual segments do not fall out of the holder but rest on the base plate as a support surface.

The casing only takes up part of the height of the segments in some areas and preferably reaches almost to the top of the holding block on the front side opposite the fastening means. The segments are thus held reliably in the holder, but can easily be removed from the holder on the side on which the casing is relatively low in order to dismantle the holding block.

Conveniently, the casing on one end is only a small fraction of the height of the segments. On this end, clamps can reliably clamp the segments together. In addition, the segments can be easily tilted out of the holder for cleaning purposes.

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According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the holding block has at least four segments. The number of segments can be chosen as desired and depends on the desired number of objects to be held. However, even with four segments , a sufficient number of objects for a normal household can be held.

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Ki occurs when the segments form an essentially cuboid-shaped outer contour.

The support surface of the holding block is expediently inclined to its longitudinal axis. Due to the resulting inclination, an object can be removed from the holding block more easily because it does not protrude vertically upwards, but rather

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,fc The segments are preferably made of wood and/or plastic.

f ^: . fabric and/or stone and/or other easily cleanable material

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j| and appearance can be made of metal and/or plastic.

f§ The hinges should be made of plastic and/or metal.

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' Further aims, features, advantages and possible applications of the present invention emerge from the following description of embodiments based on the accompanying drawing. All described and/or illustrated features form the subject matter of the present invention on their own or in any meaningful combination, also independently of their summary in the claims or their reference back to them.

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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a holding block according to the invention,

Fig. 2 shows a section along the section line II-II of the assembled segments according to Figs. 3 to 6,

Fig. 3 is a side view of the inner surface of an outer segment,

Fig. 4 is a side view of an inner surface of an inner segment,

Fig. 5 is a side view of an inner surface of another inner segment,

Fig. 6 is a side view of an inner surface of another outer segment,

Fig. 7 a clamp in plan view,

Fig. 8 is a view of the bracket from Fig. 7 in the direction of arrow VIII,

Fig. 9 a hinge in view, and

Fig. 10 the hinge from Fig. 9 in plan view, and

Fig. 11- perspective views of the ^g * receptacles according to the invention (in Fig. 11 with inserted holding block).

The holding block 2 according to the invention as shown in Fig. 1 has two outer segments 4, 10 and two inner segments 6, 8 arranged between the outer segments 4, 10. The outer segments 4, 10

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are connected to one another at their front side 1* by two essentially U- shaped clamps 12,14, which are shown in more detail in Fig. 7 and 8. The legs 15 of the clamps 12, 14 can be inserted into holes 13,21 in the outer segments 4, 10, whereby the diameter of the legs 15 is only slightly smaller than that of the holes 13,21, so that a firm but manually detachable fit can be achieved. The clamps 12,14 can be sunk with their crossbars 37, 39 into a groove 17 running transversely to the dividing joints between the segments 4-10 in the front side 11 of the segment 4-10 or the holding block 2, whereby they then do not protrude beyond the front side 11 or only protrude slightly. A recess or depression 16,18 is formed under the respective crossbar 37,39 of the clamp 12,14 for gripping underneath the inserted clamp 12,14. The recess 16,18 can have any shape that makes it easy to grip underneath the clamps 12,14. In the embodiment shown, the recess 14,16 is elliptical, but it can also be designed such that the depth T of the inner segments 6,8 is less than that of the outer segments 4,10, so that the recess 16,18 is formed due to the depth differences between the outer segments 4,10 and the inner segments 6,8. The contact surface 20 of the holding block 2 is inclined obliquely to its longitudinal axis L, as can be seen in particular from Figs. 3 to 6, in such a way that the top of the holding block 2 slopes down towards the front side 11.

As can be seen in particular from Fig. 2, the holding block 2 in the illustrated embodiment has 8 groove-shaped insertion channels 22-36, which in the illustrated embodiment run continuously from the top 41 to the contact surface 20 of the holding block 2, but this is not absolutely necessary. In the outer segment 4 (Fig. 6) there are three

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Insertion channels 32, 34, 36 are formed, which run approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis L of the holding block 2. Furthermore, recesses 38, 40 are arranged on the outer segment 4 on the surface on which the groove-shaped insert channels 32, 34, 36 are also arranged. The recesses 38, 40 serve to accommodate the wings 44, 46 of hinges 42 (Fig. 9 and 10). The inner segment 6 (Fig. 5) has no insertion channels at all, is formed with essentially flat surfaces and is only provided with the recesses 38, 40 on both surfaces. The inner segment 8 (Fig. 4) has a deeper insertion channel 30, for example for receiving a hex steel, as well as the insertion channel 28. The opposite surface of the inner segment 8 is essentially flat. Here too, however, two recesses 38, 40 are arranged on both surfaces to accommodate the hinges 42. Finally, the outer segment 10 also has three insertion channels 22, 24, 26 and two recesses 38, 40 on the same surface.

The insertion channels 22-36 are provided on only one side of the segments 4, 8, 10, while the adjacent surface of the neighboring segment 4, 6, 8, 10 is designed as a flat surface. The outer segments 4, 10 have the same width B, while the segments 4-10 can otherwise have different widths.

Hinges 42 are attached to the recesses 38, 40. The hinges 42 have hinge wings 44, 46 in which holes 48 are arranged. The hinges 42 are attached to the recesses 38, 40 using screws or the like.

Instead of the hinge connection, clamps 12,14 can also be used on the front side 19 as well as on the front side 11 to hold together the individual segments 4-10 of the holding block 2.

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:£. In order to prevent a retaining block 2 clamped together in this way from falling apart when the retaining block 2 is moved sideways in the transverse direction of the individual segments 4-10, the holes 13,21 can be used to accommodate the

S clamps 12,14 on the front side 19 and/or the front side 11 '! run obliquely to the transverse axis of the holding block 2.

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; holding block 2 represents a receptacle 50 according to Fig. 12, into which the segments 4-10 can be inserted. The receptacle 50 can be designed in such a way that it encloses the segments 4-10 in the manner of a sleeve. The receptacle 50 can, however, also have a base plate 52 with a casing 54 of varying height in the manner of a container. In this case, the casing 54 extends in the area of the rear end face 19 almost to the top of the holding block 2, while in the area of the front end face 11 it only takes up a small fraction of the height of the holding block 2. The connecting

" the side walls have a sloping upper edge. The segments 4-10 are frictionally engaged with each other and with the inner surface of the casing 54, so that they* do not come out of the

: holder 50 can fall out. The segments 4-10 can be removed from the holder 50 via the low edge 56 for cleaning purposes.

' Recording can be tilted.

In the design of the holder 50 according to Fig. 13, the casing 54 is formed by wall sections of the same height that are angled upwards from the base plate 52 or are connected to the latter in some other way, leaving corner angle areas free. The design of a holder 50 according to Fig. 11 is similar, in which, with the retaining block 2 inserted, various variants of the side wall sections of the casing 54 are illustrated.

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The segments 4-10 of the holding block 2 are preferably made of wood and/or plastic and/or stone and/or other easily cleanable materials, such as glass, while the clamps 12, 14 are preferably made of metal and/or plastic. The hinges 42 are preferably made of metal and/or plastic, while the receptacle 50 is/can preferably be made of metal, plastic, wood, stone or glass.

Of course, other types of detachable connection of segments 4-10 are also conceivable. For example, segments 4-10 can engage with each other in a form-fitting and/or friction-locking manner, screw bolts can be used as connecting elements, toggle lever fasteners, Velcro fasteners and the like.

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PATENT ATTORNEYS List of reference symbols:

2 Holding block 4 Outer segment 6 Inner segment 8th Inner segment 10 Outer segment 11 Front side 12 bracket 13 Drilling 14 bracket 15 leg 16 Recess 17 Groove 18 Recess 19 Front side 20 Contact area 21 drilling 22 - 36 groove-shaped insertion channels 37 Crossbar 38 deepening 39 Crossbar 40 deepening 41 Top 42 hinge 44 Hinge wings 46 Hinge wings 48 Holes 50 Recording 52 Base plate 54 Coat 56 edge B Width L Longitudinal axis T depth

Claims (23)

Protection claims: 1. Holding block (2) for everyday objects, in particular household objects such as knives, wooden spoons or the like, with insertion channels (22-36) for receiving at least a section of the objects, characterized by detachably connectable, e.g. disc-shaped segments (4-10), between which the insertion channels (22-36) are delimited by mutually facing surfaces of the segments (4-10). 2. Holding block according to claim 1, characterized in that the segments (4-10) are held together by separate fastening means. 3. Holding block according to claim 2, characterized in that the fastening means have at least one, preferably two, substantially U-shaped clamp(s) (12, 14) arranged at a height distance from one another, e.g. on one end face (11) of the segments (4-10). 4. Holding block according to claim 2, characterized in that the fastening means comprise at least one, preferably two, substantially U-shaped clamp(s) (12, 14) arranged at a height distance from one another on the other end face (19). 5. Holding block according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the outer segments (4, 10) on the front side (11, 19) have grooves or bores (13, 21) for inserting the legs (15) of the clamps (12, 14). 6. Holding block according to claim 5, characterized in that a recess (16, 18) is arranged in the end face (11, 19) behind the respective crossbar (37, 39) of a clamp (12, 14). F 5 G 156 ···. ··- 2M-. KEIL&SCHAAFHAUSEN PATENT ATTORNEYS 7. Holding block according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the crossbar (37, 39) of the clamps (12, 14) can be sunk into a groove (17) of the end face (11, 19). 8. Holding block according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the insertion channels (22-36) are each provided only in one side surface of the segments (4, 8, 10) and the adjacent side surface of the adjacent segment (4-10) is essentially flat. 9. Holding block according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the segments (4-10) are connected to one another via an articulated connection, preferably on the end face (19) opposite the fastening means. 10. Holding block according to claim 9, characterized in that the articulated connection has at least one hinge (42). 11. Holding block according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the articulated connection has two hinges (40) arranged at a height distance from one another. 12. Holding block according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the segments (4-10) are arranged and held together in a container- or sleeve-like receptacle (50). 13. Holding block according to claim 12, characterized in that the receptacle (50) has a circumferential casing (54) corresponding to the holding block circumferential contour. 14. Holding block according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the receptacle (50) has a base plate (52) which serves as a support surface for the segments (4-10) and from which the casing (54) protrudes. F 5 G 156 "" " Keil&Schaafhausen PATENT ATTORNEYS 15. Holding block according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the casing (54) partially takes up only part of the height of the segments (4-10) and preferably extends on the end face (19) opposite the fastening means to almost the top of the segments (4-10). ti 16. Holding block according to one of claims 13 to 15, characterized in that the casing (54) on one end face $' (11) has only a small fraction of the height of the segments (4-10) K. ./;: 17. Holding block according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized by at least four segments (4-10). 18. Holding block according to one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that the segments (4-10) form a substantially cuboid-shaped outer contour. 19. Holding block according to one of claims 1 to 18, characterized in that its support surface (20) runs obliquely to its l! longitudinal axis (L). || 20. Holding block according to one of claims 1 to 19, characterized in that the segments (4-10) consist of wood and/or plastic and/or stone. |3 21. Holding block according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the clamps (12, 14) consist of metal and/or plastic. 22. Holding block according to one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the hinges (42) consist of metal and/or plastic. 23. Holding block according to one of claims 12 to 16, characterized in that the receptacle (50) consists of metal, plastic or stone.