EP0125262B1 - Insbesondere in personenkraftwagen zu befestigende vorrichtung zum einschlagen der scheiben nach verkehrsunfällen - Google Patents

Insbesondere in personenkraftwagen zu befestigende vorrichtung zum einschlagen der scheiben nach verkehrsunfällen Download PDF

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EP0125262B1
EP0125262B1 EP83903499A EP83903499A EP0125262B1 EP 0125262 B1 EP0125262 B1 EP 0125262B1 EP 83903499 A EP83903499 A EP 83903499A EP 83903499 A EP83903499 A EP 83903499A EP 0125262 B1 EP0125262 B1 EP 0125262B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25D—PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
    • B25D1/00—Hand hammers; Hammer heads of special shape or materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B27/00—Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for
    • B25B27/0035—Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for for motor-vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25F—COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B25F1/00—Combination or multi-purpose hand tools

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  • the invention relates to a device, in particular to be fastened in passenger cars, for breaking the windows after traffic accidents, with a mounting plate. which has openings for their attachment and clamps for receiving a hammer.
  • Such devices serve, after traffic accidents in which the doors of the vehicle can no longer be opened, to create a possibility for the incarcerated persons to break the windows of the windows in order to be able to get out of the vehicle in this way.
  • the mounting plate has openings for fastening it to the wall and has holes through which fastening screws pass.
  • clamping brackets are provided on the receiving plate, in which a hammer is clamped with its handle, so that it is held in this way.
  • the hammer consists of a wooden hammer handle and a hammer head made of metal, which is designed differently at both end regions of the head in the known manner. Devices of this type have so far not been used, although there can also be a situation after traffic accidents that, due to jammed doors, the occupants can only leave the vehicle through a broken window.
  • the invention has for its object to develop a device of the type described in such a way that it allows a quick and easy release of the vehicle occupants after traffic accidents when the doors of the vehicle can no longer be opened due to jamming. It is a question of accommodating the device in a protected manner on the one hand due to the limited space available in the passenger car and on the other hand having it quickly accessible and thus available in order to be able to carry out the necessary relief work in the event of an accident of the type in question.
  • the receiving plate consists of a base body with a T-shaped outline, that the hammer is provided with two symmetrically arranged hammer tips in the area of the hammer head and a knife in the area of the free end of the hammer handle for cutting the straps, and that protective walls are provided on the three end regions of the T-shaped outline of the base body to cover the hammer tips and the free end of the hammer handle.
  • the receiving plate is adapted to the outer outline of the hammer by its T-shaped base body, so that the overall device of the receiving plate and hammer has a pleasing overall appearance.
  • the device is also small enough to be arranged in the grip area of the occupants of a motor vehicle, for example in the area of the carpet lining below a front seat or the like. Since the hammer in the area of the hammer head is provided with two symmetrically arranged hammer tips, it is indifferent to which tip is used to break the window panes, the windshield or the rear window of a passenger car. It is therefore not necessary to turn the hammer when breaking the glass. In addition, passenger cars are known to be equipped with seat belts, and in some types of accidents it may happen that the belt can no longer be opened in the buckle, so that it has to be cut.
  • the hammer has a knife in the area of the free end of the hammer handle, which is protected there and allows the ford to be cut quickly and easily, so that the occupants can get out of such an accident vehicle.
  • the hammer provided with the two hammer tips is protected on the base body, the knife also being concealed, so that unintended injuries to the occupants are not to be feared.
  • the hammer tips can be conical, the associated protective walls on the base body being arranged in a V-shape. So there is an adaptation between the mounting plate and hammer, which at the same time serve to protect the tips of the hammer on the one hand and the vehicle occupants on the other. In addition, the hammer is held by these protective walls in addition to the clamps in other places, so that it can not move in the mounting plate or loosen due to vehicle vibrations.
  • the two hammer tips can be provided on a continuous insert body made of metal, the hammer handle consisting of two half-shells which can be connected to one another. Head widenings are provided on the two half-shells, which encompass the insert body. In this way, an extremely effective instrument is created which has a corresponding weight only in the head area due to the metal insert body, while the hammer handle in particular consists of two die-cast aluminum shells with a correspondingly low weight.
  • the insert body can have circumferential grooves, into which ribs engage on the two half-shells of the hammer handle, so that the insert body is held and fixed immovably in the half-shells connected to one another.
  • the hammer handle can expediently have a notch in the region of its free end which penetrates both half-shells and in the notch base of which the knife is held between the two half-shells.
  • the notch is dimensioned such that its edge-open opening and its other design do not allow a finger to penetrate, whereas, of course, a seat belt can penetrate the notch and reach the knife at the notch base. If the notch is arranged obliquely to the axis of the hammer handle, the cutting process on the belt can be carried out by a simple pulling movement, so that this work step can be carried out very quickly.
  • a detachably mounted needle can be provided, which is used for adjusting and / or cleaning the washing nozzles for the windshield wipers of the passenger car.
  • the device is thus useful for achieving several functions.
  • the device shown in Fig. 1 has two components that are adapted to each other, namely a mounting plate 1 and a hammer 2.
  • the mounting plate 1 has a base body 3 with a T-shaped outline, from which the clamps 4, 5 rise.
  • two V-shaped protective walls 6 and 7 and a protective wall 8 are provided, which not only surround the hammer 2 in a protective manner, but also additionally hold and fix it.
  • the hammer 2 has a hammer handle 9 and a hammer head 10, the hammer handle 9 being provided in its central region with corrugation, grooving or the like, which serves to grip the hammer 2 in a non-slip manner.
  • the hammer handle 9 is composed of two half-shells 11 and 12, which can be made of die-cast aluminum and have 10 head widenings 13 in the area of the hammer head, which receive an insert body 14, which can be designed as a continuous metallic body and has two hammer tips 15 and 16.
  • the hammer tips 15 and 16 are conical in shape and end in a tip, so that a window pane of a car can be broken easily and effortlessly.
  • the V-shaped protective walls 6 and 7 are adapted to the shape of the hammer tips 15 and 16 so that they are tightly enclosed and the hammer 2 is thus fixed to the base body 3 in addition to the clamping brackets 4 and 5.
  • the insert body 14 has circumferential grooves 17 which engage in the ribs 18, which are formed by the two half-shells 11 and 12, so that the insert body 14 is held immovably and securely on the hammer handle 9. Screws 19 and 20 serve to connect the two half-shells 11 and 12.
  • the hammer handle 9 at its free end has a notch 21 which is arranged obliquely to its axis and is narrower than the thickness of a finger.
  • a knife 22 is held between the half-shells 11 and 12, the notch 21, which is open at the edge, being used for inserting the seat belt and the knife 22 for cutting the same in a dangerous situation.
  • a needle 23 with a handle 24 is provided in the area of the hammer head 10.
  • the needle extends into the interior of the insert body 14, which has an opening for this purpose.
  • the needle 23 is gripped on the handle 24 and pulled out of the hammer 2; it is used to clean and adjust the washing nozzles of the water cleaning system of the windshield or the headlights.
  • the base body has a ramp-like elevation 25 on which the hammer 2 with the hammer handle 9 rests. (The hammer handle 9 is not shown here). Openings 26, 27 are also provided in the base body 3 for fastening the mounting plate 1 to the motor vehicle. The can be pushed with the help of sheet metal screws which reach through the openings 26, 27. Alternatively, attachment is also possible with long sliding needles, which can be inserted obliquely through other openings in the receiving plate 1, for example in the carpeting of a vehicle tub (indicated by dash-dotted lines in Fig.
  • the sliding needles can have a U-shaped shape. With a bowed back of the bow, the sliding needles can lock into recesses in the ramp-like elevation 25.
  • the hammer 2 is protected in the receiving plate 1, so that there is no risk that the occupants of the vehicle on the hammer 2 or the knife 22 can injure themselves.
  • the hammer 2 can be very easily removed from its mounting plate if necessary, so that in the event of danger after an accident, the seat belts can be cut very quickly and the windows broken.
  • the hammer thus fulfills the function of a lifesaver: it is adapted to the special problems that can occur after an accident in a car, namely the cutting of the belt on the one hand and the breaking of the windows on the other.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Percussive Tools And Related Accessories (AREA)
  • Emergency Lowering Means (AREA)
  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)
  • Lighting Device Outwards From Vehicle And Optical Signal (AREA)
  • Processing Of Stones Or Stones Resemblance Materials (AREA)
EP83903499A 1982-11-18 1983-11-10 Insbesondere in personenkraftwagen zu befestigende vorrichtung zum einschlagen der scheiben nach verkehrsunfällen Expired EP0125262B1 (de)

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JP (1) JPS59502016A (es)
DE (1) DE3367547D1 (es)
ES (1) ES275985Y (es)
IT (1) IT1194461B (es)
WO (1) WO1984001917A1 (es)
ZA (1) ZA838623B (es)

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ES275985Y (es) 1985-03-01
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IT1194461B (it) 1988-09-22
IT8323754A0 (it) 1983-11-17
JPS59502016A (ja) 1984-12-06
IT8323754A1 (it) 1985-05-17
DE3367547D1 (en) 1987-01-02
JPH0428506B2 (es) 1992-05-14
WO1984001917A1 (en) 1984-05-24
ZA838623B (en) 1984-12-24

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