EP0495384A1 - Transport device for garments hanging on hangers - Google Patents

Abstract

In a transport device for garments on hangers, a constructional unit is used which is formed from a pusher member and a support member and on which the hangers are hung up by hooks. A securing rod is guided parallel to the support rod via connecting rods and thereby pivoted into a holding position against the support rod, in which position it retains the hooks of the hangers hung on the support rod. The constructional unit is variable in length to correspond to the clear width occurring of the transport container receiving this device. In order to utilise the full available length of the constructional unit, it is proposed to provide the securing rod with a telescopic bar which extends it and to which the one and/or the other of the two connecting rods is attached. Together with the securing rod, the telescopic bar forms a jointly movable securing unit which is variable in length for the hanger hooks which have been hung up. This connecting rod is in turn hinged axially fixedly to the outer end of the pusher member and comes to rest on the pusher member in the holding position. As a result, not only the support rod, but also the extended partial piece of the pusher member can be used for hanging up the hanger hooks. The pusher member and the support rod form a support unit which can be utilised in its full length and is variable in length. <IMAGE>

Description

The invention relates to a device of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1. This comprises an axially variable structural unit which is composed of a support rod and a pushing element which extends it and has end connection heads with which it is fastened to the side walls of transport containers can be. For example, trucks, railroad cars or containers serve as transport containers. The side walls can have perforated rails into which the structural unit can be fastened by means of the connection heads at selectable heights. The clothes hangers equipped with clothing have hooks with which they can be hung on the carrying bar. The hooks can fall off the carrying bar due to movements during the transport of the container. For this reason, a safety rod running parallel to the support rod is used, which should hold the hanging clothes hangers over the hooks during transport.

In a known device (DE-PS 30 08 571) handlebars are attached to the two ends of the securing rod and to the support rod boom, on which the handlebars are pivoted. In order to be able to hang the coat hanger hooks on the support bar, the safety bar is pivoted away from the support bar by means of the handlebars and thus brought into a release position. If the clothes hanger hooks are properly suspended on the support bar, the safety bar is attached using the handlebars pivoted towards the support bar until the safety bar presses the clothes hanger hooks onto the support bar. This holding position of the safety rod is automatically secured by a non-rotatable nose which projects radially from the safety rod. A circumferential area of the support rod in the middle of the path of movement of this nose serves as an obstacle when pivoting the safety rod and the safety rod functions as a flexible member that bends until the nose snaps behind the support rod in the holding rod.

In the device of the type mentioned in the preamble, the length-variable structural unit mentioned above is advantageously present. Their axial length can not only be adapted to the respective needs in accordance with the individual width of the transport containers, but is also useful for a brief axial expansion in the fastening process of the connection heads on the side walls of the transport container. The connection heads usually have a bent back fastening claw. This claw must be guided behind an axially elongated hole when fastening, which delimits a selected connection hole in the side wall of the transport container. In the known assembly, in the holding position of the securing rod, the first link comes to rest on the connection end of the support rod facing the connection head, while the second link rests on the inner end of the support rod facing the push member. The securing rod has a length corresponding to the supporting rod and does not take part in the change in length of the known structural unit. To adjust the change in length by the thrust member, the boom located at the connecting end of the thrust member carries an extended bearing pin for its handlebars. When the pushing element is extended or retracted, the bearing pin slides through the bearing eye on the handlebar. The extended section of the thrust link cannot be used to hang up clothes hangers.

The invention has for its object to develop a reliable, simple device of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1, which can be used over the entire axially variable length of its unit for hanging and securing clothes hangers. This is achieved according to the invention by the measures listed in the characterizing part of claim 1, which have the following special meaning comes to.

With the invention, the structural unit is divided into two assemblies which are variable in length, but which change their overall length in coordination with one another, namely on the one hand a supporting unit and on the other hand a securing unit. The securing unit is created by extending the securing rod on one or both sides by means of a telescopic rod, to the free end of which the handlebars are attached. This can now be directly axially fixed to its boom, which simplifies the known device. It is important that the second link comes to rest in the holding position of the device at the connecting end of the push element, which is why, in the invention, an extended support unit for receiving the hooks of the clothes hangers arises from the support rod with the extended push element. In accordance with this change in length of the support unit, the length of the securing unit has also been set; the telescopic rod or rods are extended by a corresponding thrust path from the securing rod and are available over the entire length of the device for holding the hangers on the carrying unit. The device has not only adapted to the given internal width of the transport container, but can also be used in full length for hanging the hangers.

The construction of inner and outer tube mentioned in claim 2 ensures a smooth transition in the joint area of the supporting unit. The use mentioned in claim 3 facilitates the connection between the inner tube and the connection head provided on the thrust member. A particularly inexpensive embodiment of such an insert results as a plate package according to claim 4.

This construction of the thrust member, comprising an inner tube, can also be used advantageously for mounting a spring according to claim 5, which spring-loads the thrust member formed by it in the insertion direction. Alternatively, the push element can also be spring-loaded in the push-out direction. In this case, the connection heads of the assembly rest on the side walls of the transport container, whereby the useful length of the assembly is increased by a further amount. In the former case, the effect of the spring on the inner and outer tube can be very easily through the Exercise measure of claim 6, which also ensures a very inexpensive, convenient assembly of the device. The design of the security unit should be designed according to the measures according to claim 7 to 9.

The transition of the support unit between the thrust member and the support rod is particularly optimal when using a cover member mentioned in claim 10. For reasons of material savings, it is sufficient to provide the cover member only radially in regions in the transition region of the support unit, for which purpose a cover plate mentioned in claim 11 is suitable. Claim 12 proposes a simple structure of such a cover plate, while claim 13 enables the production of the cover plate without sharp edges from a flat sheet metal blank. If the cover member is designed as a sleeve, a radially all-round cover is obtained, which gives the device a particularly attractive appearance.

Fig. 1

in perspektivischer Darstellung die Anwendung der Vorrichtung nach der Erfindung in einem Transportbehältnis,

Fig. 2

in Bruchstücken die Ansicht der bekannten Vorrichtung nach ihrer Befestigung,

Fig. 3 a und 3 b

eine Querschnittansicht durch die Vorrichtung längs der Schnittlinie III-III von Fig. 2, wo in zwei Arbeitslagen das bei dieser Vorrichtung angewendete Sicherungsprinzip verdeutlicht ist, welches auch bei der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung genutzt wird,

Fig. 4 a

einen vertikalen Längsschnitt durch das eine ausschiebbare Endstück der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung in einer ersten Ausführungsform in ihrer Ruhelage, vor der Befestigung,

Fig. 4 b

einen versprungenen, annähernd horizontalen Längsschnitt durch das in Fig. 4 a gezeigte Stück der Vorrichtung,

Fig. 5 a

in einer der Fig. 4 a entsprechenden Darstellung die Vorrichtung nach ihrer Befestigung in einem Transportbehältnis,

Fig. 5 b

in einer der Fig. 4 b entsprechenden Darstellung die gemäß Fig. 5 a befestigte Vorrichtung.

Fig. 6

in Vergrößerung einen Querschnitt längs der Schnittlinie VI-VI von Fig. 4 b,

Fig. 7

in einer der Fig. 5 a entsprechenden Darstellung eine alternative Ausbildung der Vorrichtung nach der Erfindung,

Fig. 8

einen Längsschnitt durch ein Detail der Vorrichtung von Fig. 7 vor dessen Einbau,

Fig. 9

eine Querschnittansicht durch dieses Detail längs der Schnittlinie IX-IX von Fig. 8 und

Fig.10

in starker Vergrößerung ein Teilstück des in Fig. 9 gezeigten Querschnitts.

For the connection of the cover member, it is recommended to use a pipe section mentioned in claim 15, which is formed in an extension of the support rod. In the claims 16 to 20 further details for an advantageous embodiment and function of this pipe section are emphasized, the meaning of which is explained in more detail in connection with the following description and the drawings. Both the prior art and the invention are shown in two exemplary embodiments in the drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1

a perspective view of the use of the device according to the invention in a transport container,

Fig. 2

in fragments the view of the known device after its attachment,

3 a and 3 b

3 shows a cross-sectional view through the device along the section line III-III from FIG. 2, where the securing principle used in this device is illustrated in two working positions and is also used in the device according to the invention,

Fig. 4 a

2 shows a vertical longitudinal section through the end piece of the device according to the invention which can be pushed out, in a first embodiment in its rest position, before attachment,

Fig. 4 b

a cracked, approximately horizontal longitudinal section through the piece of the device shown in Fig. 4 a,

Fig. 5 a

4 a shows the device corresponding to FIG. 4 a after it has been fastened in a transport container,

Fig. 5 b

in a representation corresponding to FIG. 4 b, the device fastened according to FIG. 5 a.

Fig. 6

in enlargement a cross section along the section line VI-VI of Fig. 4 b,

Fig. 7

5a shows an alternative embodiment of the device according to the invention,

Fig. 8

7 shows a longitudinal section through a detail of the device from FIG. 7 before it is installed,

Fig. 9

a cross-sectional view through this detail along the section line IX-IX of Fig. 8 and

Fig. 10

in large enlargement a portion of the cross section shown in Fig. 9.

The device according to the first exemplary embodiment of the invention 10 according to FIGS. 4 a to 6, according to the second exemplary embodiment 10 ′ according to FIGS. 7 to 10 and the prior art 10 ″ according to FIG. 2 has a matching basic structure, which is why it is called a corresponding one Components should always use the same reference numerals. The existing differences are dealt with in points.

Such a device consists, as can best be seen from FIGS. 2 to 3 b, of a support rod 11 which can be extended by means of an extendable rod Thrust member 12 forms a structural unit that is variable in length 13. Connection heads 14, 15 are fastened at both ends of the structural unit and are designed to match and are arranged in a mirror-image manner to one another. The one connection head 14 is located at the outer end 16 of the support rod, which will be referred to below as the "connection end" of the support rod. The other connection head 15, however, is located at the outer end 17 of the thrust member 12, which is why this is also referred to as the "connection end" of the thrust member 12. At the two connection ends 16, 17 there are two brackets 18, 19 in a rotationally fixed position, but in the known device 10 ″ they are designed differently from one another in terms of their pin length, which is no longer necessary for the invention.

In the invention, both arms 18, 19 have an identical appearance, which can best be described with reference to FIGS. 3a and 4b. In the device 10, 10 'according to the invention, both arms 18, 19 have a bearing journal 23, 24 for axially fixed articulation of a handlebar 21, 22 which is assigned to them and is of identical shape. The handlebar has an arc shape, which is why, as can be seen from FIG. 3b , its two ends in a "holding position" shown there on diametrically opposite sides of the support rod 11. When pivoting, the two links 21, 22 serve to guide an approximately parallel securing rod 31. This consists of a square tube with a square profile 33, which can be seen particularly well from FIG. 6 of the device 10 according to the invention. This securing rod 31 can be transferred from the already mentioned holding position of FIG. 3 b into a “release position” shown in FIG. 3 a by means of the two links 21, 22, which is fixed by stops (not shown in more detail).

In the release position of Fig. 3 a, the securing rod 31 is pivoted away from the support rod 11. The support rod 11 is thus free, as shown in FIG. 1, to hold 43 items of clothing 93 via hangers. This is done by hanging the usual hooks 44 on the hangers 43 from above onto the support rod 11. If this has happened, the securing rod 31 is transferred in the sense of the swivel arrow 34 shown in FIG. 3 a by means of the two links 21, 22 into the already mentioned holding position of FIG. 3 b, where the securing rod 31 is pivoted towards the support rod 11. As a result, the clothes hanger hooks suspended on the support rod 11 are held. In the holding position, both links 21, 22 are supported by a defined system cam 25 in the region of the connection end 16 on the circumference of the support rod 11. Approximately in the middle of the securing rod 31, a nose 40 shown in FIGS. 2 to 3 b is fastened in the non-rotatable position on the square profile 33 and abuts the support rod 11 during the pivoting movement 34, which acts as an obstacle. The nose 40 has a run-up slope 41, which deflects the nose laterally in the course of the further pivoting 34 with elastic deformation of the securing rod 31 until it finally snaps into the holding position of FIG. 3 b on the opposite side of the carrying rod 11. There remains an elastic residual deformation of the safety rod 31, which secures the rear grip of the nose 40 and ensures a resilient pressure on the system cams 25 located on the links 21, 22. In the known device 10 ″ according to FIG. 2, the second link 22 is in contact with the inner end 26 of the support rod 11.

In the case of use, such a device 10, as can be seen in FIG. 1, is fastened to a desired location in the interior of a transport container 42. This can be done on several floors in order to fully utilize the available height of this container 42 in accordance with the given length of the garments 43. For this purpose, the two-sided connection heads 14, 15, which each have a bent-back fastening claw 45. The two opposite side walls 46 of the container are provided with suitable connection holes 47, which here are part of a perforated rail 48 integrated into the side walls 46. The connection holes 47 can be formed as an oval hole or as a keyhole in the sheet material of the perforated rail 48 and expediently have rib-shaped hole enclosures 49 which point axially away from one another from the sheet material. The fastening process taking place is closer to the device 10 according to the invention in FIGS. 4a and 5a explained.

When fastening the device 10, the one connection head 15 is first inserted axially into a selected connection hole 47 with a sufficient depth and then, in the manner of a steering movement, moved vertically downwards under the action of gravity until the connection head 15 on the bottom hole edge comes to rest. Then the device 10 is detected at the opposite end, which is designed analogously to the fixed end 27 of the device 10 ″ drawn on the right in FIG. 2. The transport containers 42 to be equipped with the devices have a different internal width 35, which is in any case larger than the original overall length 13 of the device 10 shown in FIG. 4 a with its end piece. In order to be able to couple the connection heads 14, 15 on both sides, there must be an extension in the area of the loose end 37 of the device 10 located on the left connection head 15, which can be seen from a summary of FIG. 4 a with 5 a. The pushing member 12 is pulled out of the inner end 26 of the support rod 11 in the sense of the extending arrow 28 shown in FIG. 4 a. This takes place to an initially oversized extent in order to be able to move the fastening claw 45 on the connection head 14 over the axially elongated hole surround 49 in the region of the right fixed end 27 of the device in question, which can be seen in FIG. 2, until the claw 45 engages behind this hole surround 49. Under the action of a spring 50 acting between the support rod 11 and the pushing element 12 in the sense of the insertion arrow 58 of FIG. 5a, the pushing element 12 then contracts somewhat axially again, whereby it then grips behind the fastening claws 45 on both sides at the associated connection holes 47 is coming. In a modified construction, a spring could also load the push element 12 in the push-out direction, with which the corresponding connection heads 14, 15 are pressed onto the perforated rails 48. Contrary to the illustration in FIG. 5 a, flanges 94 located on the connection heads 14, 15 are pressed against the front surfaces 95 of the perforated rail 48 in the case of assembly. In the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 5 a, the device 10 has the greater overall length 13 ′, which is determined by the given extension position of the thrust member 12. As a comparison between FIGS. 4 a and 5 a teaches, the overall length 13 ′ of the device 10 has been extended by the extension path 29 from its insertion position shown in FIG. The device 10 is reliably fastened at the desired location in the transport container 42 by the rear grip at 45, 47 and the spring load 50 acting in the insertion direction 58.

For hanging the hooks 44 of the hangers 43 in the invention there is the full distance range 36 'between the two links 21, 22 available. This "useful length" 36 'of the device 10 is the entire available length from the support rod 11 and the thrust member 12, which results in a special "support unit" 20 according to FIGS. 4b, 5b. In the known device 10 ″, on the other hand, according to FIG. 2, this useful length 36 is limited by the given length of the support rod 11, because, as already mentioned above, the first link 21, although at its connection end 16, the second link 22 their inner end 26 come to rest. The given extension path 29 of the thrust member 12 cannot be used in the known device 10 ″ for hanging the clothes hangers 43 because the hooks 44 cannot be secured there. The securing rod 31 extends there only over the invariable length of the support rod 11. In order to ensure its described pivoting movement 34, in the known device 10 ″, according to FIG. 2, the arm 19 assigned to the second link 22 with an extended bearing pin 59 provided on which the handlebar 22 sits with one eye and can be moved longitudinally with the extension movement 28 on the bearing pin 59. The two links 21, 22 are firmly seated there on both ends 61, 62 of the securing rod 31.

4 b and 5 b, the device 10 according to the invention differs from the known device 10 ″ initially by a two-part securing unit 30, which is formed on the one hand from the securing rod 31 and on the other hand from a telescopic rod 32. As has already been mentioned, FIGS. 4b and 5b illustrate the conditions already illustrated with reference to FIGS. 4a and 5a in an essentially horizontal, cracked cut. During the described extension movement 28 of the pushing member 12, there is also an extension 38 of the telescopic rod 32 beyond the inner end face 62 of the securing rod 31, namely against an extension path 39 which corresponds to that 29 of the extension member 12. The telescopic rod 32 is guided in a piston-like manner in the securing rod 31 and has a square contour 63 which, according to FIG. 6, is complementary to the square profile 33 of the securing rod 31. The end of the telescopic rod 62 has a fastening rivet 64 for the rotationally and axially fixed attachment of the second link 22. This link 22 is in turn articulated axially via a bearing pin 24 on the second arm 19, which is seated next to the connection head 15 in a rotationally fixed manner. The handlebar 22 therefore moves when the securing unit 30 is extended 38 axially with and remains as an outer boundary on the thrust member 12. As a result, with any extension path 29, 39 in the stop position shown in FIGS. 4 b and 5 b, the second link 22 always comes into contact with the connecting end 17 of the thrust member 12, as shown by the two different lengths 13, 13 ' 4 a and 5 a can be seen. The useful length 36 'shown in FIG. 5 a in its left end piece for hanging hooks 44 of the clothes hangers 43 not only extends over the entire length of the support rod 11, but also over the extended thrust member 12. It can thus cover the entire length of the device 10 according to the invention can be used for hanging clothes hangers 43; in the invention, the support rod 11 and the thrust member 12 in combination form the "support unit" 20 already mentioned.

In the invention, the thrust member 12 is designed in a special way, which can best be seen from the second exemplary embodiment of the device 10 'according to the invention shown in FIG. 7. The thrust member 12 first comprises an inner tube 60 which is designed to conform to the inside width of the support rod 11 designed as an outer tube. As a result, the inner tube 60 is longitudinally guided in the outer rod 11 of the supporting rod. In the extended position of FIG. 7, the inner tube 60 in the region of the extended path 29 now takes on the described carrying function for clothes hanger hooks 44. There is only a slight height offset corresponding to the wall thickness of the outer tube 11, but which also holds the holding unit 30 described above not affected in this area. However, in order to additionally reduce this height difference, a further cover member 65 is provided as a further component of the thrust member 12, the construction and mode of operation of which will be described in more detail. A further component of the extension member 12 used in the device 10 'also includes an insert 55 of a special type, which in principle has the same structure as in the device 10 according to FIGS. 4 a to 5 b.

The insert 55 consists of four plates 56 of identical shape, which are stacked one above the other and are held together by a rivet pin 57. The insert is thus in the form of a “plate package” 55, which engages in the inner tube 60 and there via a connecting pin 54 is rotatably and axially fixed to the inner tube 60. The plate pack 55 protrudes beyond the end face 69 of the inner tube 60 and, as can be seen from FIG. 4 b, is inserted into a corresponding receptacle of the connecting head 15 made of plastic and is also fixed axially and non-rotatably there via a rivet pin 53. In both embodiments of the device 10, 10 'according to the invention, there is also an identical structure with regard to the spring 50 already mentioned. The assembly takes place in the following way:
4 a to 5 b, the plate pack 55 riveted together at 57 is first provided with the connection head 15 via the rivet pin 53. Then the plate-shaped second arm 19 is pushed over the plate package 55 and further components 70 and 65 belonging to the respective thrust member 12 are applied, which are different from each other in the two devices 10, 10 'and will only be described in more detail below. This assembly is pre-assembled. Then the spring 50 is mounted inside the inner tube 60. The inner tube 60 is not yet inserted into the outer tube of the support rod 11. For this purpose, a cross pin 71 is first inserted at the inner end of the inner tube 60 and then the spring designed as a compression spring 50 is inserted until its inner end 51 is supported on the cross pin 71. In the inner tube 60 prepared in this way, the assembly described above is now assembled by pushing the inner end of the plate pack 55 so far that it first strikes the outer end 52 of the compression spring 50 and sets it under a desired pretension. The inner tube 60 is not yet inserted into the outer tube of the support rod 11. Now the complete thrust member 12 can be comfortably assembled by inserting the mentioned connecting pin 54 into the inner tube 60 and thus holding the plate pack 55 in place.

The thrust link unit 12 thus prepared is now inserted with the inner tube 60 into the inner end 26 of the support rod outer tube 11. The inner end of the plate pack 55 is provided with a transverse groove 73, which finally comes into alignment with a corresponding transverse bore 74 in the supporting rod outer tube 11 and therefore enables the introduction of a further transverse pin 72. For this purpose, the inner tube is also provided with two diametrical axial slots 68, through which the transverse pin 72 projects freely. If there is an extension 28 at the above-described loose end 37 of the device 10 or 10 ', then, as shown in FIGS. 5 a and 5 b, the outer end 52 of the compression spring 50 is supported on this transverse pin 72. Under the action of the compression spring 50, the device strives to transfer the thrust link unit 12 in the sense of the insertion arrow 58 already mentioned into the insertion position of FIGS. 4 a and 4 b.

In the first embodiment of the device 10 according to FIGS. 4 a to 5 b, the thrust link unit 12 initially includes a tube section 70 in front of the inner end 26 of the support rod 70, which is separate from it, but continues axially. In addition, the tube section 70 has a cross-sectional profile 75 that conforms to the outer tube of the support rod and strikes the inner end face 76 of the support rod 11 in the insertion position shown in FIG. 4 a. The compression spring 50 is expediently already pretensioned even in the insertion position. The tube section 70 is provided with an inner collar 77, which engages behind the inner tube 60 on its end face 69 in the case of assembly. In this device 10, the inner collar 77 is arranged between the inner tube 70 and the second arm 19 there and therefore can also be moved as a result of the rivet pin 54 during extension and insertion 28, 58. Thus, the pipe section 70 in the device 10 is at the same time a component of the described support unit 20, which is available for hanging the hangers to the extent of the respective useful length 36 ′ already described for hanging the hangers 43. In the case of an extension section 29, however, there is a correspondingly dimensioned spacer 78 between the tube section 70 and the support rod end face 76, which is radially set back to the extent of the cross-sectional profile 75 mentioned. This radial offset should not interfere with the functionality of the securing unit 30 described, but the situation can be significantly improved by using a cover member 80, the shape and assembly of which should be noted as follows.

The cover member here consists of a sleeve 80, the outer sleeve end 81 is connected to the thrust member 12. This is expediently made use of the pipe section 70 used in this exemplary embodiment. For this purpose, the pipe section is provided with a recess 79 in places, which is most simply designed as a circumferential groove. The sleeve 80 is made of thin-walled material and engages with a complementary one Deformation 82 in the groove 79. With its inner portion, the sleeve 80 extends axially over the support rod 11 and surrounds it radially on all sides. In the course of the aforementioned assembly of this device 10, the sleeve 80 initially remains unattached and is initially freely displaceable over the supporting rod outer tube 11. As a result, the tube area used to set the cross pin 72 described is freely accessible because, in contrast, the sleeve 80 is initially displaced axially on the support rod 11. After this cross pin 72 has been set, the sleeve 80 is pushed back as far as the end stop on the plate of the second arm 19 and the attachment described at 79, 82 is then carried out. The inner sleeve section 83 extends, at least in the insertion position of FIG. 4 a or 4 b, over the transverse bore 74 receiving the transverse pin 72 in the support rod 11 and consequently makes it invisible. However, this sleeve section 83 is particularly useful in the extended position shown in FIGS. 4 b and 5 b, because it bridges the radially offset spacing gap 78 between the pipe section 70 and the support rod 11. Therefore, it can be referred to as "cover portion" 83. There is a smooth support surface for hanging the clothes hanger hook 44. Because of the much thinner design of the sleeve 80, at the end of the cover section 83 there is only a minimal, negligible step in relation to the outline of the support rod 11. This cover section 83 is of course dimensioned larger than the expected maximum extension path 29. Advantageously, this cover section 83 is even somewhat larger than the length of the aforementioned axial slot 68, which in each case interacts as an end stop with the cross pin 72 and thus limits the maximum extension path.

The second embodiment of the device 10 according to the invention shown in FIG. 7 differs primarily in that it has a different design of a cover member which only overlaps the support rod 11 in radial areas. This is a cover plate 65 with an approximately L-shaped longitudinal profile. This cover plate 65 is thus divided into a cover leg 66 running along the circumference of the support rod and a fastening leg 67 running transversely thereto, the appearance of which can be seen in detail from FIGS. 8 to 10. The fastening leg 66 extends at least to the extent of the maximum Extension path 29 axially over the support rod 11 and has a cover profile 84 that conforms to the support rod circumference, the course of which, partly in dash-dot lines, is shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 10. The cover leg 66 overlaps the upper circumferential zone 86 from the inner end piece 85 of the support rod 11. When the pushing element unit 12 is pushed in and out, the cover plate 65 moves along and slides with its cover leg 66 on the upper circumferential zone 86 of the support rod 11. This is achieved by integrating the fastening leg 67 into the thrust link unit 12, which is designed here in the following way:
The fastening leg 67 is provided with an opening 87 which is adapted to the cross-sectional outline of the plate pack 55 mentioned above which passes through it. The outside of the fastening leg 67 abuts the plate-shaped second bracket 19. On the inside of the flat mounting leg 67 there is a washer 88, on which, axially opposite, the inner tube 60 is supported with its end face 69. The cohesion of these components is again achieved by the connecting pin 54 already described in connection with the previous exemplary embodiment 10.

The cover plate 65 is formed from a flat sheet metal section by stamping and molding. Because of the tubular curvature in the profile 84 of the cover leg 65 on the one hand and the flat fastening leg 67 on the other hand, corrugations or folds with sharp edges can occur in the apex region 89. This is counteracted by nose-like radial extensions 90 provided in the apex region 89 of the cover plate, into which the disruptive material can escape when the cover plate 65 is shaped. For this purpose, the tubular profile 84 is pushed out radially in the attachment of the cover leg 66, as a result of which corner regions are formed at the apex transition of the fastening leg 70. For this purpose, the one molding tool has a correspondingly dimensioned end flange or the counter tool has a corresponding groove. A shoulder 91 is then formed on the fastening leg 67, which is overlapped like a roof by the nose-shaped radial extension 90. In the area of the widening 90, the cover leg 66 drops at the angle 92 shown in FIG. 10.

Reference symbol list:

10th

first embodiment of the device (FIGS. 4 a to 6)

10 '

second embodiment of the device (FIGS. 7 to 10)

10 ''

known device (Fig. 2 to 3 b)

11

Support rod, outer tube

12

Thrust link

13

Overall length of 10 in the insertion position

13 '

Length of 10 in extension position

14

first connection head

15

second connection head

16

outer end of 11, connection end

17th

outer end of 12, connection end

18th

first boom

19th

second boom

20th

Support unit

21

first driver

22

second handlebar

23

Bearing journal from 21

24th

Bearing pin of 22 (Fig. 4 b)

25th

System cams from 21, 22

26

Inner end of 11

27th

Fixed end of 10 ''

28

Extension arrow for 12, extension movement

29

Extension path from 12 to 11

30th

Fuse unit from 31, 32

31

Safety bar

32

Telescopic rod

33

Square profile from 31

34

Swivel arrow, swivel movement from 31

35

clear width of 42

36

limited usable length of 10 '' (Fig. 2)

36 '

variable usable length (Fig. 5 a)

37

Lots end of 10

38

Extension arrow from 32

39

Extension path from 32 to 31

40

Instep nose

41

Run-up slope of 40

42

Transport container

43

Hangers

44

Suspension hook vn 43

45

Fixing claw from 14, 15

46

Sidewall of 42

47

Connection hole from 14, 15

48

Perforated rail for 47

49

rib-like hole surround

50

Compression spring, spring

51

Inside end

52

Outer end

53

Riveting

54

Connecting pin

55

Insert, plate pack

56

Plate from 55

57

Rivet pin for 55

58

Insert arrow from 12

59

extended bearing pin of 10 '' (Fig. 2)

60

Inner tube of 12

61

End of 31 at 21

62

inner forehead from 31 to 22

6

3 square outline of 32

6

4 rivets

65

Cover member, cover plate

66

Cover leg

67

Mounting leg

68

Axial slot in 11 for 72

69

Front of 60

70

Pipe section

71

inner cross pin for 50

72

outer cross pin

73

end transverse groove in 55

74

Cross hole in 11 for 72

75

Cross-sectional profile of 70

76

inner face of 11

77

Inner waistband of 70

78

Distance gap between 70, 76

79

70 recess, circumferential groove

80

Cover member, sleeve

81

outer sleeve end

82

Deformation of 81 at 79

83

inner cover section of 80

84

Cover profile from 67

85

inner end piece of 11

86

upper peripheral zone of 85

87

Breakthrough in 67

88

Washer (Fig. 7)

89

Vertex area of 65

90

Radial expansion at 89

91

Paragraph 87

92

Drop angle of 90

93

clothing

94

Flange of 14, 15

95

Front surface of 48

Claims (20)

Device for transporting clothes (93) hanging on hangers (43),

with a support rod (11) for hanging hooks (44) located on the hangers (43),

with a pushing element (12) which extends the support rod (11) and which forms an axially variable (28) structural unit with the support rod (11),

the assembly has connection heads (14, 15) at both ends (connection ends 16, 17) for attaching the assembly to side walls (46) of transport containers (42), such as trucks, railroad cars, containers or the like,

with a securing rod (31) for holding the clothes hanger hook (44) on the support rod (11) and with two links (21, 22) guiding the securing rod (31) in parallel on two brackets (18, 19) which are fixed to the sit at both connection ends (16, 17),

wherein the securing rod (31) can be moved (34) by means of these links (21) between a release position (FIG. 3 a) pivoted away from the support rod (11) and a holding position (FIG. 3 b) pivoted towards the support rod (11),

and the first link (21) is articulated axially fixed to its arm (18) and comes to rest radially in the holding position at the connection end (16) of the support rod (11),

characterized by

that the securing rod (31) is provided with a telescopic rod (32) extending it, which is attached to the second and / or first link (22) and forms an axially variable (39) securing unit (30) with the securing rod (31),

and that the second link (22) is axially fixed (24) to its arm (19), but comes to rest in the stop position at the connection end (17) of the pushing element and the pushing element (12) with the supporting rod (11) is axial variable-length (29) support unit forms. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the thrust member (12) of the support unit (11) has an inner tube (60) which is longitudinally guided in the support rod designed as a conforming outer tube (11). Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the connecting head (15) located on the thrust member (12) is fastened to an insert (55) which engages in the inner tube (60) and is axially fixed and non-rotatably connected (54) there. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the insert consists of a packet (55) of axially extending plates (56) which are stacked on top of one another and connected to one another (57). Device according to one or more of claims 1 to 4 with a spring (50) integrated in the structural unit, which spring-loads the pushing element (12) with respect to the support rod (11) in the insertion direction (58), characterized in that the spring (50) in Inner tube (60) is received, the inner end (51) of the spring (50) is supported on the inner tube (60) and its outer end (52) on the outer tube (11). Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the spring designed as a compression spring (50) between two transverse pins (71, 72) which support their inner and outer ends (51, 52),

the inner cross pin (51) sits in the inner tube (60) and the outer cross pin (72) is fastened in the outer tube (11), but protrudes through two diametrical axial slots (68) in the inner tube (60),

and the length of the axial slots (68) is greater than / equal to the desired thrust path (29) of the inner tube (60) with respect to the outer tube (11). Device according to one or more of claims 1 to 6 with a safety rod (31) having a hollow profile, characterized in that the telescopic rod (32) of the safety unit (30) engages in the hollow profile (33) of the safety rod (31) and is guided there in a piston-like manner . Apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the telescopic rod (32) is connected to the securing rod (31) in a manner which is longitudinally displaceable (38) but in a rotationally fixed manner. Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the telescopic rod (32) and the securing rod (31) have a complementary edge cross-sectional profile (33; 63), such as a square profile. Device according to one or more of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that a cover member (65; 80) is arranged in the transition region (78) of the support unit (20), between the thrust member (12) and the support rod (11),

the cover member (65; 80) is axially fixed to the thrust member (12), rests longitudinally displaceably on the circumference of the support rod (11) and, viewed in the insertion position, extends at least to the extent of the desired thrust path (29) over the inner end piece (85 ) of the support rod (11) extends axially. Apparatus according to claim 10, characterized in that the cover member consists of a cover plate (65) which is fastened to the thrust member (12) in the region of the second bracket (19) and, over the parting line (76) to the support rod (11), at least the upper peripheral zone (86) from the inner end piece (85) of the support rod (11) loosely engages, (see. Fig. 7, 8). Apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that the cover plate (65) has an L-shaped longitudinal profile, consisting of a fastening leg (67) arranged next to the second arm (19) and a radially adjacent area (86) on the support rod (11) Cover leg (86), which with the support rod (11) conforms to the profile (84) (see FIGS. 7, 8). Apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that the cover plate (65) in the apex region (89), between the cover and fastening leg (66, 67), has nose-like radial extensions (90) which result from the effective profile (84) of the cover leg ( 66) protrude. Apparatus according to claim 10, characterized in that the cover member consists of a sleeve (80) enclosing the end piece of the support rod (11) radially on all sides, the outer sleeve end (81) of which is axially fixed to the thrust member (12) (see Fig. 4 a to 6). Device according to one or more of claims 10 to 14, characterized in that a separate tube section (70) located in front of the inner end (26) of the support rod (11) axially continues the support rod (11) and is movable with the thrust member (12) ( 28) is connected (79, 82), (see FIGS. 4 a, 5 a). Apparatus according to claim 15, characterized in that the tube section (70) has a cross-sectional profile (75) conforming to the support rod (11). Apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, characterized in that in the insertion position the tube section (70) strikes the inner end face (76) of the support rod (11) (see Fig. 4 a). Device according to one or more of claims 15 to 17, characterized in that the tube section (70) serves for fastening the cover member or the sleeve (80) to the thrust member (12). Apparatus according to claim 18, characterized in that for attachment to the circumference of the tube section (70) there is at least in places a recess (78), such as a circumferential groove, into which the cover member or the sleeve (80) with a complementary deformation (82) intervenes. Device according to one or more of claims 2 to 19, characterized in that the tube section (70) has an inner collar (77) which engages behind the inner tube (60) on the end face (69) in the case of assembly.

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