EP1838184B1 - Cintre pliant - Google Patents

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EP1838184B1
EP1838184B1 EP05818604A EP05818604A EP1838184B1 EP 1838184 B1 EP1838184 B1 EP 1838184B1 EP 05818604 A EP05818604 A EP 05818604A EP 05818604 A EP05818604 A EP 05818604A EP 1838184 B1 EP1838184 B1 EP 1838184B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/14—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
    • A47G25/40—Collapsible hangers
    • A47G25/4015—Collapsible hangers comprising one-piece support arms at least one only pivotally-connected to a central hook member
    • A47G25/4023—Collapsible hangers comprising one-piece support arms at least one only pivotally-connected to a central hook member collapsing downwardly away from the hook member

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  • This invention relates to foldable clothes hangers particularly but not exclusively to clothes hangers to support and preserve the original shape and body of garments of different neck sizes, the folded position of the hanger conveniently enabling the user to insert the arms of the hanger into the neck of the garment and then open those arms so that the garment can be hung onto the hanger easily and effectively.
  • a foldable clothes hanger comprising two foldable arms mounted pivotably on a common axis, each arm having a part provided with a toothed arcuate rack engaging a pinion that is mounted pivotally on an adjacent parallel axis. At least one of the arms carries a generally arcuate limb provided with latch means, and the hanger comprises catch means to engage with the latch means. The hanger also comprises means to effect resilient engagement between the latch means and the catch means and release means manually operable to counter the resilient engagement and permit disengagement of the latch means and the catch means. As shown in GB-2376878 , each of the arms carries a generally arcuate limb provided with latch means engageable by catch means, and the means to effect resilient engagement is common to the catch means associated with both the arcuate limbs.
  • engagement and disengagement between the catch means and the two latch means require considerable accuracy in the formation and location of the parts. This requirement is especially pertinent where the catch means are provided on an elongate arcuate strip constituting the resilient means, and the release means is operable to deflect the strip such that the catch means thereof moves out of engagement of the latch means.
  • a foldable clothes hanger comprising two foldable arms mounted pivotably on a common axis, each arm having a part provided with a toothed arcuate rack engaging a pinion that is mounted pivotally on an adjacent parallel axis, wherein each of the arms carries a generally arcuate limb provided with arcuately extending latch means, the hanger comprises arcuately extending catch means to engage with the latch means; means to effect resilient engagement between the latch means and the catch means, and release means manually operable to counter the resilient engagement and permit disengagement of the latch means and the catch means, wherein the latch means are provided adjacent one another towards one end of a generally arcurate rib resiliently displaceable in a generally arcuate direction about a relatively fixed opposite end of the rib, characterised in that the rib is mounted upon a carrier member moveable arcuately about said common axis.
  • the release means comprises a resiliently depressible pushbutton engageable with a nodule on the strip, depression of the pushbutton onto the nodule causing the strip to deflect and effect disengagement of the catch means with the latch means.
  • the arms protrude from a housing that encloses the toothed arcuate racks, a hook or a ring for the hanger being fast with, e.g. provided integrally with, the housing and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom.
  • the housing comprises a main part moulded of plastics material with axle pins to provide said common axis and adjacent parallel axis, and further comprises a closure plate snap-fit engageable with the main part by engagement means.
  • the closure plate is preferably moulded of plastics material with C-shaped resilient clips or catches to engage the free ends of the axle pins and retain thereon the arms and the pinions.
  • the said elongate arcuate strip is moulded integrally with the main part of the housing, and the pushbutton is provided at the end of a resilient strip moulded as part of the closure plate.
  • one of the latch means and the catch means is formed as a series of ratchet teeth and the other is formed as at least one projection to engage with said ratchet teeth.
  • the part of one arm provided with a toothed arcuate rack is an arcuately extending limb that is concentric with and slidable over another arcuately extending limb projecting from the other arm.
  • the foldable clothes hanger illustrated in Figs 1- 16 and, in a modification, in Figure 17 comprises a shallow generally cylindrical body comprising, as a single molding of plastics material, inter alia a disc-like plate 1 with a shaped spacer block 10, an arcuate wall 31, and with a hook 2 by which the hanger is in use supported (e.g. from a rail).
  • Garment support arms 17 and 22 are provided to support shoulder portions of one or more hanging clothes, and these arms 17,22 extend through apertures in the body's cylindrical wall that are formed by the spaces between block 10 and arcuate wall 31.
  • the body is provided with a protection or cover plate 26 to securely lock the system, and hold the internal working parts in place.
  • a push button 28 for releasing the arms 17,22 from their garment support position is provided in the closure member/cover plate 26.
  • Arm 22 is provided with a boss 21 a having a bore 21 therethrough ( Figs 4 , 13 , 17 ) by which arm 22 is mounted on a spindle 8 upstanding from (and integral with) the disc-like base plate 1.
  • Arm 17 has a similarly positioned sector-toothed gear wheel 14 with a bore 15 therethrough ( Figs 4 , 14 , 17 ) by which arm 17 is mounted on the same spindle 8.
  • the sector-toothed gear wheel 14 engages the smaller diameter gear wheel 24 of a double pinion ( Fig 12 ) which has a central bore 25 by which the double pinion is mounted pivotally on an axle pin 9 upstanding from (and integral with) the disc-like base plate 1.
  • the double pinion is held on axle pin 9 by a C- shaped resilient clip or catch 34 provided integrally on the underside of cover plate 26 ( Fig 16 ).
  • the axle pin 9 is spaced from common spindle 8 by a distance of between 13mm to 15mm, preferably a distance of 14mm.
  • the larger diameter gear wheel 23 of the double pinion engages an arcuate gear track 19 provided on an arcuate limb extension 22 a of arm 22.
  • This arcuate limb extension 22 a can slide arcuately and concentrically within an arcuate limb extension 17 a of arm 17 (see Figs 4 and 17 ).
  • the outer arcuate surface of the limb extension 17 a is provided with raked ratchet teeth 13 ( Figs 4 , 14 , 17 ). These raked ratchet teeth 13 can ratchet past co-operating ratchet teeth 5 provided internally of a resilient arcuate rib 35 that is upstanding from a disc-like carrier plate or member 36 lying in the body above the plate 1 (see Fig 3 ).
  • This rib 35 is also provided with adjacent but oppositely directed raked ratchet teeth 4 which are ratchetingly co-operable with ratchet teeth 18 provided on an arcuate portion 22 b extending radially outwards from arm 22 (see Figs 4 , 9 and 14 ).
  • a downwardly tapered and inwardly directed release nodule 6 is provided integrally on rib 35 between ratchet teeth 4,5. This release nodule 6 is engageable by the depressible push button 28 to push rib 35 outwards and thereby effect substantially simultaneous disengagement both of engaged parts 13,5 and of engaged parts 4,18. It will be appreciated that during engagement the trailing faces of raked ratchet teeth 13 provide a catch for the teeth 5, and that the trailing faces of raked ratchet teeth 18 provide a catch for the teeth 4.
  • a single tooth 5 is engageable by a catch 13
  • a single tooth 4 is engageable by a catch 18.
  • tooth 4 is provided with a sloping edge 4 a to be engaged by the end face of arcuate portion 22 b .
  • This serves to deflect rib 35 outwardly as that end face and end rib 22 c move past tooth 4 and permit tooth 4 enter into the recess of catch 18 and to leave end rib 22 c between tooth 4 and nodule 6.
  • the inner face of end rib 22 c is provided with a taper 22 d (directed in the opposite direction) at its arris with the recess of catch 18. The primary function of taper 22 d is explained below.
  • this angular difference is less than 10° and, in this specific embodiment, is of the order of approximately 5°.
  • the limit to angular motion may alternatively, or additionally, be provided by enlarging aperture 9a in carrier plate 36 such that it is oversize as compared to the diameter of the spindle 9 that extends through it. (Aperture 8 a in the carrier plate may be of the same diameter as the diameter of spindle 8 that extends through it.)
  • Figure 4 shows the parts in a first, pre-engagement stage.
  • the arms 17,22 have been raised to a point at which the leading tooth 13 is about to abut against the first of teeth 5 and, with continued motion of the arms, it causes the carrier plate 36 to move arcuately in an anti-clockwise direction until edge 36 b of its cut-out 36 a abuts against side face 10 b of the spacer block 10 - see Fig 5 .
  • This movement of carrier plate 36 ensures temporary disengagement of teeth 4 and 18 as the raked teeth 13 and 18 move ratchetingly past the raked teeth 5 and 4 respectively - see Figs 6 and 7 - and eases such passage without binding of such relatively moving parts, e.g. due to aggregating of manufacturing tolerances.
  • This position constitutes the open or garment support position of the foldable clothes hanger where the garment support arms 17 and 22 have been pushed out fully to be retained in that open position by the co-operating engagement of parts 4,18 and 5,13.
  • the two arms 17,22 move in unison. If the left arm 22 is lifted manually to move in a clockwise direction, the arcuate limb having the gear 19 rotates over the gear wheel 23 to enter into recess or indent 16 in arm 17, and the arcuate limb having raked ratchet teeth or catch 18 moves towards the ratchet tooth or teeth 4.
  • the arcuate wall 31 of the generally circular housing (from which hook 2 projects) provides an arcuate sliding track perpendicular to the base plate 1 and concentric with an arcuate upper recess or channel 7 provided with open ends 7 a and 7 b .
  • the lower spacer block 10 is provided opposite channel 7 and is likewise integral with the housing's disc-like base plate 1.
  • Recesses 11 and 12 are provided to each side of block 10 and are engageable by respectively tags 29,30 provided on the cover plate 26 for the main body.
  • the block 10 and its recesses 11,12 are designed to keep the system aligned and locked with the cover plate 26 ( Fig 15 ) so that the moving parts are retained in position.
  • Figs 15 and 16 show the cover plate 26 with a system-locking upper lug 32 to enter engagingly into channel 7, a catch 33 to engage the centre axle provided by spindle 8, a catch 34 to engage the off-centre axle provided by spindle 9, and the system-locking lower catch provided by resilient tags 29,30 that enter respectively into the recesses 11,12 of the spacer block 10.
  • the dimensions of the cover plate 26 and the circular main body or housing providing base plate 1 are selected and designed to be suitably commensurate with one another to facilitate system locking.
  • the illustrated hook 2 enables the hanging of the foldable clothes hanger on a rail, coat-hook, or similar support, and its ready removal from off that support in a conventional manner.
  • the folded position shown in Fig 1 for the arms 17,22 enables the user to insert the hanger into the neck of a garment and then, by effecting sideways movement in opposite directions, towards the "12 o'clock" position, bring the arms to the open position or garment support position which allows the user to hang the now-unfolded hanger (with garment thereon) on the said support.
  • the garment can be easily released or removed from off the hanger by the user pressing the pushbutton 28.
  • the pushbutton 28 is moulded integrally with the cover plate 26 at the end of an arcuate resilient strip ( Figs 15,16 ).
  • the pushbutton 28 is positioned above the inwardly projecting release nodule 6 that is moulded integrally with the arcuate resilient rib 35 which extends integrally with and is perpendicular to the separate carrier disc 36. As the pushbutton 28 is depressed, it engages the nodule 6 to push it, and the rib 35 with which it is integral, outwards substantially pivotally of the other (fixed) end 35 a of rib 35 (see Fig 9 ).
  • Such outwards movement of rib 35 effects disengagement of the mutually co-operating teeth or catch/latch 4,18 and of the mutually co-operating teeth or catch/latch 5,13 so that the arms 17,22 can drop down (under gravity and/or under the weight of the garment they support) so as to adopt the arms-folded position shown in Fig 1 .
  • a garment on the hanger can be removed, or alternatively the folded hanger can be inserted into the neck of a garment, in readiness for return of the hanger to its open or unfolded position.
  • Fig 17 incorporates chamfered edges on its enagging parts that provide different impact forces on the on the teeth 4,5 on rib 35 of disc 36 depending on whether the arms 17,22 are being opened outwards rapidly or are being opened outwards slowly (when there is more of a sliding action between parts 4,18 and parts 5,13).
  • the impact between surface 17b of arm 17 and surface 5a of tooth 5 on rib 35 is such as to move the disc 36 anticlockwise(when viewed as in Fig 17 ) so that parts 4,18 interengage momentarily before parts 5,13 fully interengage.
  • the motion of disc 36 is in three distinct stages.
  • the disc 36 moves anticlockwise - due primarily to the urging abutment of face 17b against surface 5a of tooth 5. Then secondly, the disc 36 moves clockwise - due primarily to the urging abutment of chamfered surface 17d against the corner 5 b of tooth 5. Thirdly, and finally, the disc 36 again moves anticlockwise - due primarily to the urging abutment of chamfered surface 22d against corner 4b of tooth 4 so that parts 5,13 engage momentarily before parts 4,18 interengage.
  • the carrier plate 36 is movable arcuately between predefined limits. This allows for catch/latch engagement of the ratchetingly engageable parts 4,18 and 5,13 as the rib-attached parts can, in effect, move around about the common axis of the arcuately movable arms (i.e. the axis of spindle 8) and thereby compensate for arcuate foreshortening that can arise as the rib 35 moves non-radially outwardly away from the common axis 8 and instead moves more generally pivotally outwards about a pivot "axis" 35 a remote from the common axis 8 and from the point of engagement of the ratchetingly engageable parts.
  • the above-described and illustrated embodiment of this invention provides a foldable clothes hanger which, in its folded position, can be easily inserted into the neck of the garment regardless of variations of neck span size and, with minimum effort, the arms of the hanger can then be opened and latched in their open position for hanging the garment thereon.
  • the pushbutton 28 that is integral with the main body cover plate 26
  • the user can be pressed by the user to effect folding of the hanger.
  • This illustrated foldable clothes hanger has exceptional features of folding and unfolding of arms by precise mechanical movements. Notably it removes the need for undoing and doing up buttons on the garment in order to insert or remove the hanger, and the neck span size of the garment no longer hinders or prevents this.
  • the illustrated hook 2 can have the form of a ring or closed eye that in use is threaded onto the end of a rail before the rail is mounted in a manner which prevents hanger removal,. i.e. such that the hanger is retained on the rail and cannot be easily removed from off the rail. Nevertheless, clothes can still be easily put onto the hangers or taken off the hangers due to the folding and unfolding movements to which the arms 17,22 can be subject as described above.
  • the spindle 9 is illustrated as being in the vertical line of gravity between the hook 2 and the axis 8. In fact this spindle 9 can be located up to 54° to each side of this line of gravity.

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  1. Cintre pliant comprenant deux bras pliants (17, 22) montés de manière pivotante sur un axe commun (8), chaque bras (17, 22) ayant une partie dotée d'une crémaillère incurvée dentée (14, 19) venant en prise avec un pignon (24, 23) qui est monté de manière pivotante sur un axe parallèle adjacent (9), dans lequel chacun des bras (17, 22) porte une branche généralement incurvée dotée de moyens de verrouillage (13, 18) s'étendant en arc de cercle et le cintre comprend des moyens de prise (5, 4) s'étendant en arc de cercle pour venir en prise avec les moyens de verrouillage (13, 18), des moyens pour effectuer une mise en prise élastique entre les moyens de verrouillage (13, 18) et les moyens de prise (5, 4), et des moyens de déverrouillage (6, 28) pouvant être actionnés manuellement pour contrer la prise élastique et permettre la désolidarisation des moyens de verrouillage (13, 18) et les moyens de prise (5, 4), dans lequel les moyens de verrouillage sont prévus de manière à être adjacents l'un par rapport à l'autre vers une extrémité d'une nervure (35) généralement incurvée pouvant être déplacée de manière élastique dans une direction généralement incurvée autour d'une extrémité opposée relativement fixe de la nervure (35), caractérisé en ce que la nervure (35) est montée sur un élément de support (36) mobile en arc de cercle autour dudit axe commun (8).
  2. Cintre pliant selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que des moyens limiteurs de mouvement sont prévus pour limiter lesdits mouvements en arc de cercle de l'élément de support.
  3. Cintre pliant selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement en arc de cercle est limité à moins de 10°.
  4. Cintre pliant selon la revendication 2 ou la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement en arc de cercle est limité à approximativement 5°.
  5. Cintre pliant selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de support est généralement discoïde et ladite nervure fait saillie du plan du disque à proximité de la périphérie du disque et s'étend notamment autour d'une partie de la périphérie du disque.
  6. Cintre pliant selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l' élément de support discoïde repose sur la base d'un logement en forme de coupelle, généralement cylindrique et peu profond et qui supporte les deux bras pliants, le logement étant fermé par un élément de fermeture retenant les parties à l'intérieur.
  7. Cintre pliant selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les moyens pour réaliser une mise en prise élastique sont constitués par l'élasticité inhérente de la nervure.
  8. Cintre pliant selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de désolidarisation (6, 28) comprennent un bouton poussoir (28) pouvant être enfoncé de manière élastique et pouvant venir en prise avec un nodule (6) sur la rainure (35), l'enfoncement du bouton poussoir (28) sur un nodule (6) entraînant le fléchissement de la nervure (35) et la désolidarisation des moyens de prise (5, 4) avec les moyens de verrouillage (13, 18).
  9. Cintre pliant selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les bras (17, 22) dépassent d'un logement (1, 26) qui contient les crémaillères incurvées dentées (14, 19).
  10. Cintre pliant selon la revendication 9, dans lequel un crochet (2) pour le cintre est accroché au logement (1, 26), et en particulier il est prévu d'un seul tenant avec celui-ci, et s'étend vers le haut et à l'extérieur de celui-ci.
  11. Cintre pliant selon la revendication 9, dans lequel un anneau (2) pour le cintre est accroché au logement (1, 26), et en particulier il est prévu d'un seul tenant avec celui-ci, et s'étend vers le haut et à l'extérieur de celui-ci.
  12. Cintre pliant selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'axe commun (8) est écarté dudit axe parallèle adjacent (9) d'une distance comprise entre 13 mm et 15 mm.
  13. Cintre pliant selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'axe commun (8) est écarté dudit axe parallèle adjacent (9) d'une distance de 14 mm.
  14. Cintre pliant selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la broche (9) est située jusqu'à 54° de chaque côté de la ligne de gravité verticale passant par l'axe commun (8).
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