EP1033430A2 - Halterung für eine Wäscheständerabdeckung - Google Patents

Halterung für eine Wäscheständerabdeckung Download PDF

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EP1033430A2
EP1033430A2 EP00301817A EP00301817A EP1033430A2 EP 1033430 A2 EP1033430 A2 EP 1033430A2 EP 00301817 A EP00301817 A EP 00301817A EP 00301817 A EP00301817 A EP 00301817A EP 1033430 A2 EP1033430 A2 EP 1033430A2
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bracket
clothes line
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mounting
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Thomas Seward Holland
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F57/00—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired 
    • D06F57/02—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  mounted on pillars, e.g. rotatably
    • D06F57/04—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  mounted on pillars, e.g. rotatably and having radial arms, e.g. collapsible

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  • This invention relates to apparatus.
  • cover for a rotary clothes line the cover is mounted over the rotary clothes line by having a fixing bracket secured to each of the outwardly projecting arms of the rotary clothes line, with each of these brackets serving as a locator for a rod or spar which is coupled to the cover itself.
  • the brackets are customarily made to be a snap fit onto the rotary arms.
  • the brackets can be so designed that if the cover has a large force exerted on it, for example in high winds, the brackets will become unfixed from the rotary arms before those rotary arms suffer damage.
  • Such a bracket is disclosed in W095/01476. However this bracket could be improved in a number of ways.
  • a mounting bracket for mounting a clothes line cover on a clothes line arm, said bracket being comprised of an upper part and a lower part, said upper part having retaining means whereby said upper part is attachable to said cover, said lower part having anchoring means whereby said lower part is anchorable to said arm, characterised in that said upper part and said lower part have therebetween releasable connecting means whereby, with said cover attached to said arm by way of said bracket and when a predetermined force is applied to said upper part, said upper part is released from said lower part which remains anchored to said arm.
  • a mounting bracket for mounting a clothes line cover on a clothes line arm, characterised in that said bracket includes a clamping device comprised of a pair of jaws of which at least one is openable and closable to receive an edge zone of said cover and to clamp said edge zone.
  • a mounting bracket for mounting a clothes line cover on a clothes line arm, characterised in that said bracket is provided with a recess to receive an elongate member for mounting said cover, and said bracket extends around more than 180° of said recess.
  • bracket can grip and retain the elongate member that mounts the cover, mounting of the cover over a spider of arms is made easier.
  • a combination comprising a mounting bracket for mounting a clothes line cover, a clothes line arm, and a transverse member for locking said bracket to said arm, said bracket being provided with a cut-out below said arm, said cut-out being arranged to receive said member and to allow release of said bracket from said member and thus from said arm, when a predetermined force is applied to said bracket, characterised in that said cut-out has one or more of the following features:
  • the cut-out does not need actually to be cut out from the bracket but is preferably moulded into the bracket which is advantageously a one-piece moulding.
  • a mounting bracket for mounting a clothes line cover on a clothes line arm, said bracket having a channel bounding legs, characterised in that said channel, in a section taken in an upwardly extending plane progressing from the mouth of said channel, includes a substantially circular portion for closely receiving a clothes line arm of substantially circular cross-section followed by a substantially rectangular portion for closely receiving a clothes line arm of substantially rectangular cross-section.
  • the mounting bracket can be fitted selectively to a clothes line arm of circular cross-section or a clothes line arm of rectangular cross-section.
  • a kit comprising a bracket for connecting a clothes line cover to a clothes line arm, and a plurality of channelled inserts of channel cross-sections differing from each other for fitting in said bracket for accommodating respective clothes line arms of differing cross-sections.
  • the bracket 1 includes a lower part 2 designed to be fitted onto a projecting arm of a rotary clothes line (not shown).
  • the part 2 includes a pair of resilient legs 2a, 2b which define a channel 3 to house the supporting arm (not shown).
  • the channel 3 is so shaped as to receive a circular cross-section arm (although it could additionally or alternatively be so shaped as to receive a rectangular cross-section arm) and to have a substantial surface area to grip the arm.
  • Each of the legs 2a and 2b is provided with a horizontal through bore 4 which receives a transverse member in the form of a fastening bolt (not shown) of the bracket device. By tightening a nut on the bolt, the lower part 2 can be tightened onto the supporting arm. This gives a secure anchoring for all conditions of use.
  • the bracket 1 further includes an upper part 5 and there is, between the lower part 2 and the upper part 5 a releasable connection 6.
  • the connection 6 includes two tongues 7 and 8 extending from respective edges of a substantially flat underneath surface 5a of the part 5, these edges being respectively radially inner and radially outer with respect to the middle of the rotary clothes line.
  • Each of the tongues 7 and 8 curves downwardly and inwardly, roughly parallelly to each other, the tongue 7 being of substantially constant cross-section, but the tongue 8 being formed with an inwardly projecting rib 9 at its free edge.
  • the releasable connection 6 also includes a slot 10 at the radially inner and a groove 11 at the radially outer sides of the part 2.
  • the slot 10 is of rectangular cross-section of a size relatively closely to receive the tongue 7 and is of a curved form to correspond to the curved shape of the tongue 7.
  • the groove 11 is of a U-shaped cross-section corresponding to that of the rib 9 and is disposed at a distance from a substantially flat top surface 2c of the part 2 substantially equal to the distance at which the rib 9 is spaced from the surface 5a.
  • the part 5 includes a clamping device 12 comprised of a lower jaw 13 and an upper jaw 14 interconnected at their radially outer edge by a hinge 15.
  • the jaws 13 and 14 protrude laterally to a significant extent and both extend across the whole width of the part 5.
  • the clamping device 12 further includes screws 16 for fastening the jaws 13 and 14 together and an upward termination 17 providing a handle for swinging the part 5 inwardly or outwardly relative to the part 2.
  • the purchaser of the cover and mounting bracket arrangement for a rotary clothes line would first fit a plurality of parts 2 onto the ends of the arms of his rotary clothes line and clamp them to the arms by means of nut-and-bolt devices. To fit the cover to an open rotary clothes line with the parts 2 fitted, the purchaser will first fit the upper parts 5 to respective edge zones of the cover by opening each clamping device 12 of each part 5 and fitting the respective edge zones of the cover thereto and closing the jaws and tightening screws 16. If the cover is so designed, the screw 16 can pass through holes in that cover.
  • a particular advantage of forming the bracket 1 in upper and lower parts 2 and 5 is that the releasable connection 6 can be designed without any constraints being imposed by the form of the arm. Moreover, the anchoring of the bracket to the arm can be designed without any constraints being imposed by any necessity for it to be releasable. Moreover, the parts 5 can be identical to each other irrespective of whether the parts 2 need to be a variety of shapes to match varieties of shapes of arm.
  • the cover could be sewn or otherwise attached to the part 5.
  • bracket shown Another advantage of the bracket shown is that, when the cover is to be dismounted, particularly when the rotary clothes line is to be folded up for storage or carrying, the upper parts 5 can simply be released from the lower parts 2 and then the arms folded up, with the parts 2 remaining permanent fixtures on the arms.
  • the parts 2 are advantageously sufficiently small that they do not obstruct full folding-up of the arms.
  • the bracket 1 is again designed to be fitted onto a projecting arm of a rotary clothes line and provided with a pair of resilient legs 2a, 2b which define a channel 3 to house the supporting arm (not shown).
  • the channel 3 is so shaped as to receive selectively a rectangular cross-section arm or a circular cross-section arm and to have a substantial surface area to grip the arm, whichever shape the arm is.
  • the channel 3 in a section taken upwardly from the mouth includes a circular portion 3a for closely receiving a clothes line arm of substantially circular cross-section followed by a rectangular portion 3b for closely receiving a clothes line arm of substantially rectangular cross-section.
  • each of the legs 2a, 2b is provided with a cut-out 24 which has a diverging mouth and, inwardly of the mouth, a portion that grippingly embraces more than 180° around a transverse member in the form of a fastening bolt 25 which is positioned with the bolt 25 extending through the cut-outs 24.
  • a fastening bolt 25 By tightening a nut on the bolt, the bracket 1 can be tightened onto the supporting arm. This gives a sufficiently secure fastening for normal conditions of use.
  • the bracket 1 includes a recess 26 at the end remote from the supporting arm and at the side of the bracket remote from the cut-outs 24.
  • This recess 26 has lips 27 that can hold a supporting elongate member (not shown) in the form of a rod or stay for the cover for the rotary clothes line.
  • the lips 27 ensure that the recess grippingly embraces more than 180° of that rod or stay.
  • Alternative arrangements for gripping the rod or stay are possible.
  • the bracket 3 could be provided with a groove on its top for receiving the rod or stay with clips that then can be closed to encircle totally the rod or stay.
  • the bracket 3 could simply have a hole through it that the rod or stay could be threaded through.
  • the cut-out 24 is so shaped with its diverging mouth that, as the bracket 1 breaks free from the bolt 25, the body of the bracket 1 does not restrain the bolt from being released.
  • the cut-out 24 is shown as extending in a generally downwards direction; alternatively it could be so shaped that the cut-out 24 extends generally backwards i.e. to the left in Figure 3.
  • the cut-out 24 has a generally curved shape, so designed to follow the path that the bolt 25 would make when it breaks free from the body of the bracket 1, thereby not blocking the path of the bolt 25 when it is ejected.
  • the generally curved shape of the cut-out 24 extends around an axis of turning of the bracket 1 relative to the arm under the force exerted by the cover on the bracket 3 during extremely windy conditions.
  • the channel 3 is designed to receive the largest cross-section of arm that is commercially available. Either of inserts 30 and 31 can be fitted into the channel 3 in order to allow the bracket to be fitted to an arm of a smaller rectangular or circular cross-section.
  • the external shape and size of the insert 30 or 31 is of the same shape and size as the channel 3.
  • the bracket 1 is provided with a bolt 25 and wing-nut 33 that can be tightened to retain any insert in place in the bracket 1 and on the arm.

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EP00301817A 1999-03-04 2000-03-06 Halterung für eine Wäscheständerabdeckung Withdrawn EP1033430A3 (de)

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GB9904884 1999-03-04
GBGB9904884.5A GB9904884D0 (en) 1999-03-04 1999-03-04 Apparatus
GBGB9915494.0A GB9915494D0 (en) 1999-07-03 1999-07-03 Apparatus
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GB2466894A (en) * 2005-01-11 2010-07-14 Parker Hannifin Plc Connection module and connector
WO2013076449A2 (en) 2011-11-24 2013-05-30 Holland Thomas Seaward Improvements in or relating to covers and bracket assemblies

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US3141221A (en) * 1962-11-13 1964-07-21 Amtec Inc Closure for flexible bags
DE3365540D1 (en) * 1982-04-22 1986-10-02 Kuettenbaum Valentin Joining device for the detachable joining of two construction elements
NL8203850A (nl) * 1982-10-04 1984-05-01 Gustaaf Van Lenthe Overkapping voor een droogmolen.
WO1995001476A2 (en) * 1993-06-26 1995-01-12 Dorchester House (Home & Garden) Limited Fixation means and products using a flexible sheet

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2466894A (en) * 2005-01-11 2010-07-14 Parker Hannifin Plc Connection module and connector
GB2421992B (en) * 2005-01-11 2010-08-04 Parker Hannifin Plc Connection module and connector
GB2466894B (en) * 2005-01-11 2010-08-25 Parker Hannifin Plc Connection module and connector
WO2013076449A2 (en) 2011-11-24 2013-05-30 Holland Thomas Seaward Improvements in or relating to covers and bracket assemblies
WO2013076449A3 (en) * 2011-11-24 2013-12-05 Holland Thomas Seaward Improvements in or relating to covers and bracket assemblies

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