EP1656868A2 - Geformte Greif- oder Haltevorrichtung und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung - Google Patents

Geformte Greif- oder Haltevorrichtung und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung Download PDF

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EP1656868A2
EP1656868A2 EP05110482A EP05110482A EP1656868A2 EP 1656868 A2 EP1656868 A2 EP 1656868A2 EP 05110482 A EP05110482 A EP 05110482A EP 05110482 A EP05110482 A EP 05110482A EP 1656868 A2 EP1656868 A2 EP 1656868A2
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Primo Roberto Malini
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K17/00—Other equipment, e.g. separate apparatus for deodorising, disinfecting or cleaning devices without flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers; Holders for toilet brushes
    • A47K17/02—Body supports, other than seats, for closets, e.g. handles, back-rests, foot-rests; Accessories for closets, e.g. reading tables
    • A47K17/022—Wall mounted grab bars or handles, with or without support on the floor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/04—Towel racks; Towel rails; Towel rods; Towel rolls, e.g. rotatable
    • A47K10/10—Towel racks; Towel rails; Towel rods; Towel rolls, e.g. rotatable characterised by being mounted on cabinets, walls, doors, or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B1/00—Knobs or handles for wings; Knobs, handles, or press buttons for locks or latches on wings
    • E05B1/0015—Knobs or handles which do not operate the bolt or lock, e.g. non-movable; Mounting thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K2201/00—Details of connections of bathroom accessories, e.g. fixing soap or towel holder to a wall
    • A47K2201/02—Connections to a wall mounted support

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  • the invention described herein concerns a shaped gripping or supporting element and a method for the production of said shaped element.
  • the shaped element for which patent rights are requested consists preferably of a handle applied to the panel of a door, a drawer or any supporting structure, without excluding the possibility of application on furnishing elements such as, for example, towel rails of a bathroom of a living unit or other building.
  • handles consist of a shaped tubular body fixed by at least one end to a supporting structure, consisting for example of the panel of a door or a wall of a room of any building.
  • the present invention concerns in particular the type of handles in which the tubular body is made of metal, for example steel.
  • the tubular body shaped so as to permit a comfortable safe grip by the user, has in cross section profiles of different shape, usually circular with diameters varying from 20 to 35 mm.
  • the thickness of the tubular body is never less than 2 mm, generally in the range 2 ⁇ 4 mm.
  • connection means consist essentially of an insert, inserted at the end of the tubular body, which is positioned adjacent to the supporting structure, and of a corresponding supporting element, commonly called “bush”, protruding from the supporting structure to which it is fixed via fastening means of the known type, for example a screw that engages in a rawl plug pressed into the supporting structure.
  • screw fastening means consisting for example of a grub screw inserted in coaxial through holes obtained in the tubular body and in the insert, stopping against the outer wall of the bush.
  • the main drawback is constituted by the fact that the coupling between insert and tubular body is obtained via screw means.
  • the tubular body has on its inner walls of each end a nut screw with which a screw obtained on the outer surface of the insert engages.
  • a second drawback is due to the fact that, to obtain the nut screw, the thickness of the tubular body must be no less than a certain value, 2 mm as said.
  • Said aspect is of no small significance, in the light of the market tendency towards increasingly lightweight handles.
  • a further drawback derives from the fact that in the long term the screw means, due to their specific function, and being under the continuous grip of the shaped element, cause a certain play between the tubular body and the insert, thus loosening and affecting even only partly the stability of the coupling between these components.
  • the present invention intends to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks.
  • the main aim of the present invention is to provide a shaped gripping or supporting element that is simpler than equivalent shaped elements of known type.
  • a second aim of the invention is to reduce the times and costs associated with the production of a shaped gripping or supporting element with respect to the known art.
  • a further aim is to produce shaped gripping or supporting elements that are thinner than the shaped elements of the known type, thus making available, consequently, with the same diameter, shaped supporting or gripping elements that are lighter than those produced according to the known art.
  • a further aim of the invention is to obtain a coupling between the inserts and the tubular body of a shaped gripping or supporting element that is more stable and resistant in the long term compared to the shaped elements currently available on the market.
  • the subject of the present invention is also a method for the production of a shaped element of the type comprising a shaped tubular body and at least one shaped insert that connects said tubular body to a supporting structure which, in accordance with the corresponding main claim, is characterised in that it comprises the following operations:
  • the shaped gripping or supporting element subject of the invention is simpler to produce than the elements carried out according to the known art.
  • the shaped element of the invention is produced more quickly than in the known art, with consequent advantages in terms of resulting costs for the producer.
  • the invention concerns the production of particularly thin shaped gripping or supporting elements, thinner than those produced according to the known art.
  • the invention determines a particularly effective connection between the shaped insert and the tubular body, stable and long-lasting, less subject to wear or breakage than equivalent shaped elements of the known type.
  • the shaped gripping or supporting element subject of the invention is illustrated in Figure 1, where it is indicated as a whole by 1 , during application to a supporting structure S .
  • the shaped element 1 is a handle applied to the supporting structure S, for example a door panel.
  • the shaped element may constitute any supporting handle combined with a piece of furniture or a wall of a room of a building, or a supporting body, such as the rail in a bathroom of a living unit, for thin objects folded around it, for example towels.
  • the shaped element 1 comprises:
  • tubular body can be provided with one single end connected to the supporting structure.
  • the construction form of the shaped element 1 will be described with reference to the shaped insert 7 only, connected to the tubular body 2 in correspondence with the end 2b , it being understood that the explanation also applies to the other shaped insert 6, connected to the end 2a of the tubular body 2.
  • the shaped element 1 comprises third fastening means consisting of the drawn-in edge 9 of a pair of first through holes 10, 11 obtained in the tubular body 2, the drawn-in edge 9 extending towards the inner surface 12a, 13a of two radial housings 12, 13 obtained in the shaped insert 7 and visible in greater detail in Figure 4.
  • the shaped insert 7 consists of a tubular element 14, provided with a first end 14a through which the supporting element 4, which protrudes from the supporting structure S, is inserted in the tubular element 14.
  • the radial housings 12, 13 are opposed, develop in a first longitudinal direction Y and are positioned symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis Z of the shaped insert 7.
  • each of the radial housings 12, 13 consists of a second through hole, coaxial with the corresponding one of the first through holes 10, 11 obtained in the tubular body 2, made in the side wall 14c of the tubular element 14.
  • the drawn-in edge 9 belonging to the first through holes 10, 11 of the tubular body 2 thus covers the inner surface 12a, 13a of the respective radial housings 12,13 .
  • Figure 3 highlights the construction form of the shaped element 1 after the provision of a nut screw 18 on the drawn-in edge 9 which covers the inner surface 13a of the radial housing 13, and the inner surface of the first through hole 11.
  • the radial housings can consist of blind holes obtained in the side wall of the shaped insert.
  • Figure 2 highlights that they consist of a grub screw 17 which engages with the above-mentioned nut screw 18.
  • the end 17a of the grub screw 17 is housed in an annular groove 19 obtained in the supporting element 4, delimited by slanting lateral surfaces 19a, 19b which force the end 17a of the grub screw 17 against the bottom 19c of the groove 19 when the grub screw 17 is inserted in the first through hole 11 and in the radial housing 13 to interlock the shaped insert 7 and the supporting element 4 .
  • the lateral surfaces 19a, 19b of the annular groove 19 have an angle of 45°, particularly suitable for the function just described.
  • the shaped element 1 comprises a plastic plug 20 , applied outside the grub screw 17 which otherwise, in application situations, would be undesirably visible.
  • the plug 20 provides a continuous surface between the holed area and the outer surface 2c of the tubular body 2.
  • the shaped element 1 comprises, furthermore, a wedge 21 pressed into the first through hole 10 and into the housing 12 opposite the one in which the grub screw 17 is inserted, intended to support on the outer surface 21a symbols, characters, wording, logos, trademarks or similar for identification purposes, affixed for example by screen-printing.
  • the shaped element 1 comprises, furthermore, a seal gasket 22, preferably made of plastic, positioned adjacent to the shaped insert 7 and protruding from the tubular body 2, which purposely separates the tubular body 2 from the supporting structure S when it is applied to it.
  • This construction solution is important when the shaped element 1 is combined with the supporting structure S, consisting as said of a panel, if this is made of material different from that of the tubular body 2, for example wood.
  • the seal gasket 22 prevents the contact between the tubular body 2 made of steel and the supporting structure S made of wood from causing excess wear of the latter in the long term.
  • Figures 5 and 6 illustrate, therefore, that the tubular element 14 has at a second end 14b a shoulder 15 where a notch 16 is obtained, which develops mainly according to a direction X square to the first longitudinal direction Y identified by the radial housings 12, 13, which acts as a reference in the connection phase between the shaped insert 7 and the tubular body 2.
  • Figures 9 and 10 show a variant of the invention in which the shaped element, generically indicated by 100, differs from the previous one due to the type of radial housings in which the drawn-in edge 106 of the tubular body 101 extends inwards.
  • Each housing 103, 104 consists of an annular recess 107, 108, more clearly visible in the detail of Figure 10, positioned at the level of the outer surface 105a of the tubular element 105 and obtained at the end of a second through hole 109, 110 made in the side wall 105b of the tubular element 105.
  • the annular recess 107, 108 has a diameter D greater than the diameter d of the corresponding second through hole 109, 110.
  • the difference between the diameter D of the annular recess 107, 108 and the diameter d of the second through hole 109, 110 is equal to the thickness of the drawn-in edge 106 of the tubular body 101.
  • the nut screw 113 on which the grub screw 115 of the second fastening means, generically indicated by 114, will engage, is obtained on the drawn-in edge 106 which covers the inner surface of the annular recess 107 and on the inner surface of the second through hole 109.
  • the solution featuring a shaped insert 6, 7 relative to the shaped element 1 is particularly suitable for tubular bodies with very small diameter, even 15 mm, while the solution relative to the shaped element 100 is suitable for tubular bodies with diameter of no less than 20 mm, for example 25, 30 or 35 mm, which are the diameters typically produced.
  • the invention to be protected also refers to a method for the production of a shaped element of the type indicated above by 1 or 100 and comprising a tubular body 2 or 101 and a pair of shaped inserts, indicated for example by 6, 7 for the shaped element 1, which connect the tubular body 2 or 101 to a supporting structure S .
  • the method comprises the following operations:
  • the shaped inserts 6, 7 or 102 are connected to the respective tubular body 2 or 101 by pressure insertion.
  • the insertion operation is performed by positioning the shaped inserts 6, 7 or 102 so as to arrange the housings 12, 13 or 103, 104 according to a first substantially vertical longitudinal direction Y.
  • the shaped element subject of the invention in the construction forms described, has a very high load resistance, superior to that of equivalent known shaped elements.
  • the machining work for drawing-in the edge can furthermore be performed more rapidly, by means of commonly used tools, than in the known technique.
  • tubular body of the shaped gripping or supporting element available to the user can be produced in any thickness, since no threading is performed on the inner surface at its ends.
  • the thickness of the tubular body can drop below said value, extending the range of tubular bodies that can be used for these types of applications and reducing the amount of material required, with evident savings on costs.
  • the shaped element is lightened with respect to those carried out according to the known technique, a particularly important aspect in relation to the market preference for increasingly lightweight shaped elements.
  • the invention furthermore enables the manufacturer to reduce production times and costs associated with the production of a shaped gripping or supporting element of the type previously described, since it simplifies the machining required.
  • the tubular body may, in other applications, be combined with the supporting structure in a different way with respect to what is illustrated in the figures below, for example in a horizontal position.
  • Punching of the tubular body will then be performed by arranging the tubular body in a vertical position, so that upon implementation the plug that covers the fastening grub screw and the wedge that closes the related through holes made in the tubular body and in the shaped insert are not directly visible.
  • the material constituting the tubular body, the shaped insert and the supporting elements that can be combined with the supporting structure can be of the type known to a person skilled in the art.
  • the second fastening means can be different from the grub screws described previously, without affecting the advantage offered by the present patent.

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JP2008148983A (ja) * 2006-12-19 2008-07-03 Toto Ltd 手すり
GB2457379A (en) * 2008-02-18 2009-08-19 Liberty Hardware Mfg Corp Sealing arrangement for bath bar
GB2457793A (en) * 2008-02-26 2009-09-02 Liberty Hardware Mfg Corp Grab bar assembly
WO2014054000A1 (en) * 2012-10-02 2014-04-10 Andrew Keith Maclaren-Taylor A mounting arrangement for mounting an accessory to a surface
WO2014189688A1 (en) * 2013-05-20 2014-11-27 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Handle mounting insert
US9220340B2 (en) * 2014-01-02 2015-12-29 Anthony KUO Bathroom shelf assembly and bathroom shelf having the same
US9351572B2 (en) 2014-01-02 2016-05-31 Anthony KUO Bathroom shelf assembly and bathroom shelf having the same

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DE10103243C1 (de) * 2001-01-25 2002-10-02 Kaldewei Franz Gmbh & Co Montageset zur Befestigung von Gegenständen an der Wannenfläche einer Sanitärwanne

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US5810502A (en) * 1995-01-18 1998-09-22 Hoppe Ag Screw fastener
DE10103243C1 (de) * 2001-01-25 2002-10-02 Kaldewei Franz Gmbh & Co Montageset zur Befestigung von Gegenständen an der Wannenfläche einer Sanitärwanne

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JP2008148983A (ja) * 2006-12-19 2008-07-03 Toto Ltd 手すり
GB2457379A (en) * 2008-02-18 2009-08-19 Liberty Hardware Mfg Corp Sealing arrangement for bath bar
GB2457379B (en) * 2008-02-18 2012-12-05 Liberty Hardware Mfg Corp Sealing arrangement for bath bar
GB2457793A (en) * 2008-02-26 2009-09-02 Liberty Hardware Mfg Corp Grab bar assembly
WO2014054000A1 (en) * 2012-10-02 2014-04-10 Andrew Keith Maclaren-Taylor A mounting arrangement for mounting an accessory to a surface
WO2014189688A1 (en) * 2013-05-20 2014-11-27 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Handle mounting insert
US9297182B2 (en) 2013-05-20 2016-03-29 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Handle mounting insert
US9220340B2 (en) * 2014-01-02 2015-12-29 Anthony KUO Bathroom shelf assembly and bathroom shelf having the same
US9351572B2 (en) 2014-01-02 2016-05-31 Anthony KUO Bathroom shelf assembly and bathroom shelf having the same

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