EP0464168A1

EP0464168A1 - Grasping device for a case on rollers or the like

Info

Publication number: EP0464168A1
Application number: EP19910902189
Authority: EP
Inventors: Georg Bartsch
Original assignee: Sudhaus Schloss und Beschlagtechnik GmbH and Co
Current assignee: Sudhaus Schloss und Beschlagtechnik GmbH and Co
Priority date: 1990-01-25
Filing date: 1991-01-18
Publication date: 1992-01-08
Also published as: DE9000808U1; WO1991011126A1

Abstract

Système de poignée pour valise à roulettes, ou produit similaire, placé sur une face frontale de la valise. Pour déplacer la valise facilement, d'une part et, d'autre part, éviter le renversement de celle-ci lors de changements de direction, le système présente une tige qu'on peut tirer de la face frontale de la valise en direction verticale ainsi qu'une poignée située à l'extrémité libre de la tige.Handle system for rolling suitcase, or similar product, placed on a front face of the suitcase. To move the case easily, on the one hand and, on the other hand, to avoid it overturning during changes of direction, the system has a rod that can be pulled from the front of the case in a vertical direction as well as a handle located at the free end of the rod.

Description

"Handle devices for a suitcase standing on wheels or the like"

The invention relates to a handle device for a roller or the like. standing suitcase according to the preamble of claim 1.

DE-GM 83 00 286 discloses a suitcase which can be moved on rollers and which is equipped with a pull strap which can be pulled out of the suitcase wall. A grip part is provided on the tension belt. The case can be moved by pulling the handle manually.

When driving through curves, etc., the case described above can tip over.

The invention has for its object a handle device for the like on rollers or the like. to create standing suitcase, by means of which the suitcase can be moved comfortably on the one hand and by means of which, on the other hand, the case tipping over is reliably avoided even when the direction of travel changes.

This object is achieved by the features in the characterizing part of claim 1. As a result of rigid connection between the handle and the case allows a more precise guidance of the case when the direction of travel changes. In addition, a possible tilting movement of the case can be counteracted immediately, as this is noticed immediately due to the rigid connection. In addition, the pulled-out rod can serve as hanging devices for bags etc. As a result of the rigid connection between the handle and the case, the case can also be pushed instead of being pulled. Another advantage of the handle device according to the invention is that one can - selectively and temporarily lift the case - without having to grasp the handle device - and thus drive on two wheels instead of four, particularly when overcoming thresholds or similar obstacles is advantageous.

A less complex and exact guidance of the rod during its movement in relation to the case end wall is ensured if a guide receptacle is formed on the inside of the case end wall.

By means of the locking device according to claim 3, the rod can be fixed in different vertical positions on the case end wall. This results in a high adaptability of the handle device to different great users of the suitcase.

By means of the rod-side stop and the guide-receiving side stop part according to claim 4, a

Pulling out the rod from the guide holder can be reliably avoided.

A pivoting of the handle on the rod according to claim 5 can be realized particularly advantageously and with little effort by a hinge joint.

Due to the spring device according to claim 6, the handle 5 always returns to a defined position when the handle device is not in use.

The arrangement of a pawl on the upper end portion of the rod according to claim 7 in cooperation with an engagement part formed on the guide receptacle

Blocking of the bar in its rest position. By pivoting the handle against the force of the spring device, the pawl can be reliably released from engagement with the engagement part each time the handle device is intended to be used.

The pawl can advantageously by means of which biases the handle towards the bar

Spring device are always brought into engagement with the engagement part when the rod is in its inserted position in the guide receptacle.

A particularly compact design results according to claim 9, since then the guide receptacle can be made much shorter.

In an embodiment of the handle device according to claim 10, a pivotability of the handle is also made possible to the case end wall.

Advantageously, the handle should be designed according to claim 11 from its outer shape so that it more or less merges into the contour of the case in the rest position of the rod, in which the handle rests on the rod or on the front wall of the case. This is intended to avoid inadvertent actuation of the handle 5.

To adapt to the respective user, the handle can be positioned in different pivot positions with respect to the rod.

If the handle device according to the invention in a Suitcase is used, which only has rollers on the end face not provided with the handle device, the rod must be fixable in a vertical position in which the case on the front side, which has the handle device, is slightly raised from the ground.

If, according to claim 13, a slide is arranged in the trunk end wall, which in a cavity formed at the upper end of the rod and in the

When the rod is fully extended, the slide is formed in the lower region opposite the region of the rod

Recess can be latched, both the pawl and the locking device can be realized by means of this slide.

If the slide according to claim 14 by means of a

Spring is biased towards the rod is only a manual operation of the

Slider required when off the shelf

must be moved away while all movements

towards the bar due to the preload by the

Spring done automatically.

The displaceability of the

Slider with respect to the guide receptacle or the case end wall can be ensured if an elongated hole is formed in the slide according to claim 15, into which engages a pin formed in the case end wall.

If the slider is designed according to claim 16 at its rod end with a bevel and the lower recess on its upper boundary wall with a bevel, a downward movement of the rod can move the slide away from the rod by the interaction of the two bevels without manual operation of the slide can be reached. Manual actuation of the slide is only necessary if it has to be removed from the cavity formed at the upper end of the rod.

Fixable intermediate positions of the rod with respect to the guide receptacle can be realized in a simple manner if at least one central recess is formed on the rod between the cavity and the lower recess, the number of intermediate positions depending on the number of central recesses. Intermediate positions are in particular to adapt the handle to different sizes of those using the case

Person required.

If the upper boundary wall of the central recess is designed with a slope, the rod can be moved downward by simply pressing on its upper end, even if the slide is snapped into the central recess. A manual operation of the

Slider to disengage from the central recess is only required if the rod is to be moved further up.

In order to prevent the slide from engaging in the middle recess when the rod is pulled out and accordingly would have to be manually disengaged to further pull out the rod, the middle recess can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the cavity by means of a rod arranged in a cavity Lockable be lockable.

An automatic opening of the central recess covered by the locking piece results if according to claim 20, the locking piece in the direction of

its position closing the middle recess is prestressed and can be moved by means of the slide to be moved from below onto the locking piece from its position closing the middle recess into its position releasing the middle recess. Manual actuation of the locking piece is not necessary at all in this embodiment. If an intermediate position is to be set, the rod will be slightly above the one to be set

Intermediate position out of the leadership position

pulled out and then pushed back into the guide receptacle so that the slide approaches the central recess from below, pushes the locking piece upwards and engages in the central recess

A significant simplification when pulling out the

Rod results if, according to claim 21, a lifting spring is arranged between the lower end of the rod and the guide receptacle. This will make the

Rod moves upward once the slider is off

the cavity formed at the top of the rod is withdrawn. The upper end of the rod then protrudes from the guide receptacle so that it

can be gripped well. A trouble-free storage of the handle with regard to the case contour is possible if according to

Claim 22 near the top of the rod in

this has a recess in which

the handle can be picked up. Then the handle with the rod can be completely inside the

Leadership recordings are included. hereby

improves the appearance of the suitcase; about that

In addition, the handle is better protected against external influences when the handle device is at rest.

The invention is explained in more detail below with the aid of an exemplary embodiment with reference to the drawing. Show it:

Figure 1 shows a case with the invention

Handle device;

Figure 2 shows the handle device in the extended

Position;

Figure 3 shows the handle device in the inserted

Rest position;

Figure 4 shows a further embodiment of the handle device according to the invention in the inserted rest position; FIG. 5 shows the handle device according to FIG. 4 in the fully extended position; and

6 shows the handle device according to FIG. 4 in a

Intermediate position.

An upright case 11 is equipped with front rollers 8 at the front portion of its underside and with rear rollers 9 at the rear portion of its underside. The case 11 can be moved on these rollers 8, 9. At the upper section of the front luggage compartment wall 10 there is a handle 1 having a rod 1 and a handle 5. The rod 1 can be moved in the vertical direction to the trunk end wall 10, ie it can be pushed or pulled into or out of it. At the upper and free end of the rod 1, the handle 5 designed as a handle is pivotally attached. A guide receptacle 2 is attached to the inside of the trunk end wall 10. The rod 1 can be moved back and forth in this guide receptacle 2. Near the lower end of the rod 1 it has a latching device 3, by means of which the rod 1 can be fixed in the guide receptacle 2 in various vertical positions. For this purpose, 2 suitable recesses are formed in the inner wall of the guide receptacles. By a short push or pull on the rod 1, the engagement between the locking device device 3 and the recesses provided in the guide receptacle 2 releasable. In the upper area of the guide receptacle 2, a stop part 12 is arranged, which interacts with a stop 4 of the rod 1 seated near the lower end of the rod 1. When the rod 1 is pulled upwards, the stop 4 comes into contact with the stop part 12, so that a further upward movement of the rod 12 out of the guide receptacle 2 is prevented.

At the upper free end of the rod 1, as previously mentioned, the handle 5 is pivoted. A hinge joint 13 serves as the articulated connection. A spring device 14 is arranged between the handle 5 and the rod 1. In the embodiment shown, this spring device is designed as a torsion spring 14 arranged around the hinge joint 13. By means of this torsion spring 14, the handle is biased into a position in which it rests on the rod 1.

On the handle 5, near the hinge joint 13, a shoulder 7 is formed which can be brought into engagement with a pawl 6 which is articulated on the upper end section of the rod 1. The pawl 6 can be set in and out of engagement with an engagement part 15 formed on the guide receptacle 2. From the rest position of the handle device shown in FIG. 3, it can be brought into its driving position in the following manner:

The handle 5 is pivoted manually against the force of the torsion spring 14 around the hinge joint 13 with respect to the rod 1. During this pivoting movement, the shoulder 7 of the handle 5 comes into contact with the pawl 6 and moves it against the force of another section of the torsion spring 14 out of engagement with the engagement part 15 which is provided or formed on the guide receptacle 2. As a result, the blocking of the rod 1 within the guide receptacle 2 is released. By pulling the handle 5, the rod 1 can now be pulled up out of the guide receptacle 2. During this upward movement, the latching device arranged at the lower end of the rod 1 engages one after the other in the recesses formed in the inner wall of the guide receptacle. As soon as the desired position of the rod 1 is reached, the train on the handle 5 is released. In this position of the rod 1, the case 10 can be easily moved by means of the handle device by pulling or pushing. Pulling the rod 1 out of the guide receptacle 2 is reliably effected by the stop 4 provided at the lower end of the rod 1 and by the trained in the guide receptacle impact part 12 prevented.

If the rod 1 is to be inserted into the guide receptacle 2, it is simply pressed down. When it is in its retracted position in the guide receptacle 2 or its rest position, the relieved handle is by the

Spring device brought into their position against the case wall. The torsion spring 14 also causes the pawl 6 to engage the engaging member 15. The rod 1 is thus blocked within the guide receptacle until the handle 5 is operated manually.

In the embodiment of the handle device shown in FIGS. 4-6, neither a locking device 3 on the rod side nor a pawl 6 articulated on the rod 1 is provided. In addition, the contour of the

Handle 5 is not adapted to the contour of the corresponding section of the case 11.

In the vicinity of the free end of the rod 1, a recess 30 is formed within the rod 1,

in which the handle 5 can be received. The one in the top

The area of the recess 30, which is designed as a helical spring, is supported

at one end to one within the recess 30 trained approach 31 and at its other end on a shoulder 32 formed near the hinge joint 13 on the handle 5. As a result, the handle 5 is prestressed clockwise around the hinge joint 13 by the spring force of the helical spring 14, so that it is in the unactuated state in the rest position shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, in which it is completely within the recess formed in the rod 1 30 is included. In this rest position received in the recess 30, the handle 5 with the rod 1 can be inserted into the guide receptacle 2 formed in the front end wall of the case.

In the free end of the rod 1 arranged above the recess 30, a cavity 24 is formed, which is open in a direction which is different from that

Shows the outside of the trunk end wall 10 away. In an opposite of this cavity 24

Section of the guide receptacle 2, a slide 19 is arranged. The slider 19 is held on a pin 1B formed in the guide receptacle 2, which engages in an elongated hole formed in the slider 19. By means of a spring 20, the sits between the cavity-distant side of the slide 19 and the guide receptacle 2, the

Slider 19 biased towards the cavity 24, wherein the movement of the slider 19 towards the cavity 16 by the

Stop of the pin 18 against the boundary of the slot of the slider 19 remote from the cavity is limited. At its end facing the cavity 24, the slide 19 is formed with a bevel 27 which extends over the entire longitudinal extent of the section of the slide 19 which can be displaced into the cavity 24.

Approximately in the region of the lower end of the recess 30, a cavity 26 is formed on the side of the rod 1 opposite the recess 30, in which a locking piece 16 is arranged. The locking piece 16 serves to close and open a central recess 23 which is formed below the cavity 26 in the rod 1. For this purpose, the locking piece 16 is movable up and down in

Cavity 26 arranged. To ensure the

Verschiebl ichkeit is the locking piece 16 with an elongated hole extending in the vertical direction

21 designed, in which a trained on the rod 1 deter, protruding into the cavity 26 retaining pin

17 engages. The locking piece 16 can be biased by means of a correspondingly arranged spring device in the direction of its position closing the central recess 23. The upper boundary wall of the central recess 23 is designed as a slope 29.

In the area of the rod that at full out of the

Guide holder 2 withdrawn position of the

Rod 1 opposite the slide 19, a lower recess 25 is formed. Between the above-described central recess 23 and this lower recess 25, further recesses can be formed within the rod 1 to enable further fixed intermediate positions of the rod 1, which then are like the central recess

23 are formed and provided with locking pieces.

The lower recess 25 is formed on its upper boundary wall with a bevel 28.

The bevels 28, 29 of the lower 25 or middle

Recess 23 correspond in terms of their inclination to the inclination of those formed on the slide 19

Slant 27. Between the lower end of the rod 1 and the bottom surface of the guide receptacle 2, a lifting spring 22 is arranged, the rod side on a on the underside of the

Rod 1 formed retaining pin and on the guide receiving side is mounted on a retaining pin formed on the bottom surface of the guide receptacle 2. The rod 1 is biased in the direction extending out of the guide receptacle 2 by means of the lifting spring 22.

In the rest position of the handle device, the rod takes

1, shown in Fig. 4, in the guide receptacle

2 inserted position. To start up the

Handle device, the slide 19 is pushed against the force of the spring 20 as far from the rod 1 until the pin 18 against the rod-side limit

of the elongated hole formed in the slider 19 strikes.

In this position, the slide 19 is no longer in the formed in the upper end of the rod 1

Cavity 24 before, i.e. the rod 1 is now in

Vertical direction freely movable. Accordingly, the

Rod 1 raised so far by means of the lifting spring 22,

that the upper end of the rod 1 is slightly out of stock

and thus the rod 1 can be pulled further out of the guide receptacle 2. Once the rod 1 is out protrudes far enough from the guide receptacle 2, the handle 5 can be moved out of the recess 30 into its operating position by simply pivoting about the hinge joint 13 against the force of the helical compression spring 14. In the further upward movement of the rod 1, the central recess 23 is closed by the locking piece 16, so that the slide 19 biased by the spring 20 does not enter the

middle recess 23 can snap. The rod 1 can be pulled out until the slide 19 engages in the lower recess 25. A further upward movement of the rod 1 is then no longer possible.

When pressure is applied to the top of the bar

1, the slide 19 is due to the interaction of the bevels 27 and 28, which are formed on it or on the upper boundary wall of the lower recess 25, against the force of the spring 20 from the lower

Cutout 25 pushed out. During the slide

19 longitudinally when pushing the rod 1 further

the rod 1 wanders, due to the formation of an inclined portion 33 on the rod 1, it pushes against the lower end of the locking piece 16 and moves it upwards until it releases the central recess 23 into which the slide 19 due to the action of the spring 20 then clicks into place. If the rod 1 continues into the

Guide receptacle 2 is to be pushed in

this is possible because with a further downward movement

the rod 1 of the slider 19 due to the interaction of its slope 27 with the slope 29 on the

upper boundary wall of the middle recess 23

is pressed out of the central recess 23 against the force of the spring 20. Pulling out the rod with the slider 19 engaged in the central recess 23 is only possible by manually operating the slider 19.

If the rod 1 is to be fully inserted into the guide receptacle 2, the handle 5 is relieved, so that it is due to the action of the helical compression spring

14 is pivoted into the recess 30. The pole

is then pushed into the guide receptacle 2 until the slide 19 in the upper end

the rod 1 formed cavity 24 engages.

When inserting the rod 1 into the guide holder

2, the lifting spring 22 must be compressed.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS:

1. Handle device for a on wheels or the like. standing suitcase, which is attached to a suitcase end wall (10), characterized by a rod (1) which can be pulled out of the suitcase end wall (10) in the vertical direction, and a handle (5) which is located at the free end of the rod (1) is appropriate.

2. Handle device according to claim 1, characterized in that on the inside of the trunk end wall (10) a Fuhrungsauf name (2) is attached, in which the rod (1) is guided in the vertical direction.

3. Handle device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that near the case-side end of the rod (1) a locking device (3) is formed, by means of which

Rod (1) can be fixed in at least one vertical position in the trunk end wall (10).

4. Handle device according to one of claims 1-3, characterized in that near the case-side end of the rod (1) has a stop (4) is formed which when pulling out the rod (1) against an on the suitcase wall (10) or strikes in the guide receptacle (2) formed stop part (12) and prevents the rod (1) from being pulled out beyond the highest permissible position.

5. Handle device according to one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the handle (5) by means of a hinge joint (13) is attached to the free end of the rod (1).

6. Handle device according to one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the handle (5) by means of a spring direction (14) is biased towards a position on the rod (1).

7. Handle device according to one of claims 1-6, characterized by a pawl (6) which is articulated on the upper section of the rod (1), which in the inserted position of the rod (1) with one on the guide receptacle (2) Engagement part (15) is engaged and prevents vertical movement of the rod (1) and that when the handle (5) is pivoted away from the rod (1). is disengaged from the engaging part 1 (15).

8. Handle device according to claim 7, insofar as it relates to claim 6, characterized in that the pawl (6) can be adjusted into its engagement position by means of the spring device (14).

9. Handle device according to one of claims 1-8, characterized in that the rod (1) consists of telescopically telescopic tubes.

10. Handle device according to one of claims 1-9, characterized in that the rod (1) has a circular cross section.

11. Handle device according to one of claims 1-10, characterized in that the handle (5) has such an outer shape that it is largely fitted into the contour of the case when it is pivoted to the rod (10) in the retracted position thereof.

12. Handle device according to one of claims 1-11, characterized in that the handle (5) can be fixed in different pivot positions.

13. Handle device according to one of claims 1, 2, 4 - 6, 9, 10 or 12, characterized in that a slide (19) is arranged in the trunk end wall (10) which in one at the upper end of the rod (1) formed cavity (24) and in the slide (19) when the rod (1) is fully extended, the region of the rod

(1) trained lower recess (25) can be snapped into place.

14. Handle device according to claim (13), characterized in that the slide (19) by means of a spring

(20) is biased towards the rod (1).

15. Handle device according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that in the slide (19) an elongated hole

is formed in the one in the trunk end wall (10) trained pin (18) engages.

16. Handle device according to one of claims 13 - 15, characterized in that the slide (19) at its rod end with a slope (27) and the recess (25) on its upper boundary wall with a slope (29) are designed.

17. Handle device according to one of claims 13 - 16, characterized in that on the rod (1)

at least one central recess (23) is formed between the cavity (24) and the lower recess (25).

18. Handle device according to claim 17, characterized in that the upper boundary wall of the central recess (23) is designed with a slope (29).

19. Handle device according to claim 17 or 18,

characterized in that the central recess (23) by means of a in a cavity (26)

the rod (1) arranged in the longitudinal direction of the

Cavity (26) movable locking piece (16) can be closed.

20. Handle device according to claim 19, characterized in that the locking piece (16) in

Biased towards its position closing the central recess (23) and displaceable by means of the slide (19) to be moved from below onto the locking piece (16) from its position closing the central recess (23) into its position releasing the central recess (23) is.

21. Handle device according to one of claims 13 - 20, characterized in that a lifting spring (22) is arranged between the lower end of the rod (1) and the guide receptacle (2).

22. Handle device according to one of claims 13 - 21, characterized in that near the upper end of the rod (1) in this a recess

(30) is formed in which the handle (5) can be received.