EP2383052B1 - Dent-removal tool - Google Patents

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EP2383052B1
EP2383052B1 EP11002086A EP11002086A EP2383052B1 EP 2383052 B1 EP2383052 B1 EP 2383052B1 EP 11002086 A EP11002086 A EP 11002086A EP 11002086 A EP11002086 A EP 11002086A EP 2383052 B1 EP2383052 B1 EP 2383052B1
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    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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  • the present invention relates to a paintless body removal tool for vehicle bodies, as described in the patent application published under the number FR2883203 , of the same inventor.
  • An auto-body tool with the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known from, for example, the document DE-A-165 2 621
  • the body builder grasps the tool with one hand, possibly hooks the rod to a post of the bodywork, applies the end piece to the back of the body. sheet metal, pushes, pulls or biases the tool in such a way that a force pushing the hump is applied. Simultaneously, the bodybuilder visually checks the effect of its action on the place of the sheet, repeats its action and if necessary moves the position of the tip, until the bump is straightened.
  • the tool is in fact an interface that makes it possible to transmit and multiply the forces from the user's hand to the tip.
  • the tip forms the sheet on which it acts with a precision that may be greater than 1/10 of a millimeter.
  • the forming force is applied by the hand, transmitted by the rod, then possibly multiplied by a point of leverage.
  • the invention aims at acting on the interface hand / outiL
  • the part of the flared flange is further away from the axis than the rest of the flange, and has a demarcation with respect to the reduced section portion.
  • the part of the faded flange moves away less from the axis than the flared part.
  • the particular shape of the handle of the tool allows for various grips, one of which, thumb resting on the rod, allows to bring the hand closer to the point of application of the force in order to carry out a direct thrust (without point of leverage) on the sheet.
  • the curved portion of the body is at least 10% wider in the first direction to the second side than in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and offset by 90 ° with respect to the first direction. This makes it possible to effectively immobilize in rotation around the axis of the rod during torsional stress on the rod.
  • the curve of the body of the first side is closer to the rod than the curve of the body of the second side. This helps that, when the tool is turned to advance the thumb resting on the rod, the curve is still positioned in the palm of the hand.
  • the collar is also on the first side also an axial support side rod for the thumb.
  • the flange is on the first side offset towards the rod relative to the part of the collar located on the second side. This allows the passage of the thumb resting on the rod, and also avoids having too much offset between the curves of the two sides, so the fingers can be positioned comfortably in opposition to the palm of the hand.
  • the rod is rectilinear and has a tip whose thrust face is rounded, but many other forms of rod and end variants are possible, and have been described in the previous application FR2883203 , the tips and rods allowing direct thrust without lever on the sheet being however preferred with this handle.
  • the figures show a tool (1) for dent removal comprising a rod (2) equipped at one end with a handle (3) integral with the rod (2), to grasp and control the tool with one hand, and to its other end, an embossing tip (4) for applying pressure on the reverse of a sheet to be debossel, the rod (2) having a longitudinal axis (x) at least on the departure of its integral section of the handle.
  • the handle (3) comprises a body (5) curved elongated along an axis substantially parallel to the rod, and intended to be positioned in the hollow of the hand, extending towards the rod by a reduced section portion and a flange (6) integral with the body between the rod and the body, the flange being of a first flared side (7) so as to form a body side axial abutment for the thumb in abutment, the flange being on a second side opposite to the longitudinal axis to the first, dimmed (8) thus allowing the passage of the thumb resting on the rod, the flange constituting the second side an axial support side of the rod for the thumb.
  • the part of the flared flange is further away from the axis than the rest of the flange, and has a demarcation with respect to the reduced section portion.
  • the part of the faded flange moves away less from the axis than the flared part.
  • the shrink collar of the reduced section portion of 8 mm in the flared portion, 3 mm in the other parts.
  • the curved portion of the body and the reduced section portion are respectively 30% wider in the direction from first to second side than in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and offset by 90 ° with respect to the first direction.
  • their section along a plane perpendicular to the axis has an oval shape.
  • the curve of the body of the first side is closer to the stem than the curve of the body of the second side, this contributes to that, when we turn the tool to advance the thumb resting on the stem, the curve is still positioned in the palm of the hand.
  • the collar is also flared side axial support side rod for the thumb.
  • the flange is on the first side offset towards the rod relative to the part of the collar located on the second side. This allows the passage of the thumb resting on the rod, and avoids also to have too big a gap between the curves of the two sides, so the fingers can be positioned comfortably in opposition of the palm of the hand.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate the preferential grips of the tool.
  • the thumb resting on the rod, allows to bring the hand of the point of application of the force in order to carry out a direct push (without point of lever) on the sheet metal.
  • the arrows that are shown indicate the directions of the stresses of the tool during an auto-body removal operation.
  • the rods may be of cylindrical, square, rectangular section depending on the type of tip chosen.

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The tool has a shank (2) comprising an end equipped with a handle (3) to seize and control the tool with a hand and another end equipped with a dent removal end fitting. The handle comprises a flange ring (6) forming a body side axial stop for thumb in support from a flared side (7). The flange ring forms a shank side axial support for the thumb from a blurred side (8) opposite to the flared side with respect to a longitudinal axis. The blurred side allows passage of the thumb in support on the shank.

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La présente invention concerne un outil de débosselage sans peinture de carrosseries de véhicules, tel qu'en décrit la demande de brevet publiée sous le numéro FR2883203 , du même inventeur. Un outil de débosselage avec les caractéristiques du préambule de la revendication 1 est connu par exemple du document DE-A-165 2 621 The present invention relates to a paintless body removal tool for vehicle bodies, as described in the patent application published under the number FR2883203 , of the same inventor. An auto-body tool with the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known from, for example, the document DE-A-165 2 621

L'introduction d'outils de débosselage sans peinture de carrosseries de véhicules a constitué une simplification majeure dans le domaine du débosselage. En effet, auparavant, le carrossier devait redresser la tôle en utilisant soit un perçage de la tôle, soit en soudant sur la tôle une tige permettant de tirer la bosse, et enfin, terminer par les inévitables étapes de mastic, ponçage et peinture. Dans le cas de véhicule atteints par de nombreux impacts, comme lors d'un orage de grêlons, il était même nécessaire de découper des pans entiers de carrosserie, pour venir souder des tôles de remplacementThe introduction of paintless body removal tools for vehicle bodies has been a major simplification in the field of auto body repair. Indeed, before, the bodybuilder had to straighten the sheet using either a drilling of the sheet, or by welding on the sheet a rod to pull the bump, and finally end with the inevitable stages of mastic, sanding and painting. In the case of a vehicle affected by numerous impacts, such as during a storm of hailstones, it was even necessary to cut off entire body panels to weld replacement plates.

Si l'avantage de la méthode de débosselage sans peinture est indéniable, elle requiert cependant un long apprentissage, il convient à ce point de rappeler comment ce type d'outil est utilisé :If the advantage of the paintless dent removal method is undeniable, it requires a long apprenticeship, it is appropriate to remember how this type of tool is used:

Après avoir, dans un souci d'accessibilité, dégarni le revers de la tôle à débosseler, le carrossier saisit l'outil d'une main, accroche éventuellement la tige à un montant de la carrosserie, applique l'embout sur le revers de la tôle, pousse, tire ou sollicite en torsion l'outil de manière à ce qu'un effort repoussant la bosse soit appliqué. Simultanément, le carrossier contrôle de visu l'effet de son action sur l'endroit de la tôle, répète son action et au besoin déplace la position de l'embout, jusqu'à ce que la bosse soit redressée.After having, for the sake of accessibility, stripped the reverse side of the sheet to be dismembered, the body builder grasps the tool with one hand, possibly hooks the rod to a post of the bodywork, applies the end piece to the back of the body. sheet metal, pushes, pulls or biases the tool in such a way that a force pushing the hump is applied. Simultaneously, the bodybuilder visually checks the effect of its action on the place of the sheet, repeats its action and if necessary moves the position of the tip, until the bump is straightened.

Les outils décrits dans FR2883203 ont considérablement amélioré l'ergonomie des outils de débosselage, notamment avec une poignée de gros diamètre et recouverte de matériau tendre et/ou antidérapant Dans un souci de perfection il est apparu un besoin pour un outil qui puisse, une fois mis en position, redresser de larges bosses grâce à une action énergique mais aussi aplanir totalement la tôle grâce à une répétition de petits mouvements précis et de faible intensité, en gardant, dans un cas comme dans l'autre, un contrôle total du carrossier sur l'outil de débosselage.The tools described in FR2883203 have considerably improved the ergonomics of dent removal tools, especially with a large diameter handle and covered with soft and / or non-slip material. For the sake of perfection, a need has arisen for a tool that can, once put in position, straighten out large bumps thanks to an energetic action but also completely flatten the sheet thanks to a repetition of small precise movements and of low intensity, keeping, in one case as in the other, a total control of the bodybuilder on the tool of dent removal .

L'outil est en fait une interface qui permet de transmettre et multiplier les efforts de la main de l'utilisateur vers l'embout L'embout forme la tôle sur laquelle il agit avec une précision pouvant être supérieure au 1/10 de millimètre. L'effort de formage est appliqué par la main, transmis par la tige, puis éventuellement démultiplié par un point de levier.The tool is in fact an interface that makes it possible to transmit and multiply the forces from the user's hand to the tip. The tip forms the sheet on which it acts with a precision that may be greater than 1/10 of a millimeter. The forming force is applied by the hand, transmitted by the rod, then possibly multiplied by a point of leverage.

Pour améliorer le contrôle du la main sur l'embout, l'invention se fixe pour buts d'agir sur l'interface main/outiLIn order to improve the control of the hand on the mouthpiece, the invention aims at acting on the interface hand / outiL

L'invention palie aux inconvénients des outils de l'art antérieur et résout ces problèmes par son objet, un outil de débosselage comprenant une tige équipée à une extrémité d'une poignée solidaire de la tige, pour saisir et contrôler l'outil d'une seule main, et à son autre extrémité, d'un embout de débosselage destiné à appliquer une pression sur le revers d'une tôle à débosseler, la tige comportant un axe longitudinal (x) au moins sur le départ de sa section solidaire de la poignée, ladite poignée comportant :

  • un corps galbé allongé selon un axe sensiblement parallèle à la tige, et destiné à être positionné au creux de la main, se prolongeant vers la tige par une partie de section réduite puis une collerette solidaire du corps entre la tige et le corps
  • la collerette étant d'un premier côté évasée de manière à constituer côté corps une butée axiale pour le pouce en appui, caractérisé en ce que
  • la collerette est d'un second côté opposé par rapport à l'axe longitudinal au premier, estompée permettant ainsi le passage du pouce en appui sur la tige, la collerette constituant du second coté un appui axial coté tige pour le pouce.
The invention overcomes the drawbacks of the tools of the prior art and solves these problems by its object, an auto body removal tool comprising a rod equipped at one end with a handle integral with the rod, to grasp and control the tool. one hand, and at its other end, an embossing tip for applying pressure on the reverse side of a sheet to debosseler, the rod having a longitudinal axis (x) at least on the departure of its integral section of the handle, said handle comprising:
  • an elongate shaped body along an axis substantially parallel to the rod, and intended to be positioned in the hollow of the hand, extending towards the stem by a portion of reduced section and a collar secured to the body between the rod and the body
  • the flange being of a first flared side so as to constitute on the body side an axial abutment for the thumb in support, characterized in that
  • the flange is of a second opposite side with respect to the longitudinal axis to the first, blurred thus allowing the passage of the thumb resting on the rod, the flange constituting the second side an axial support side rod for the thumb.

L'adjectif « sensiblement » introduit une marge dans les positions relatives, car les axes et plans de formes ergonomiques complexes ne peuvent pas toujours être définis avec précision, marge de jusqu'à 5 mm et en angle jusqu'à 5° ou 10°.The adjective "substantially" introduces a margin in the relative positions, because the axes and planes of complex ergonomic shapes can not always be defined precisely, margin of up to 5 mm and angle up to 5 ° or 10 ° .

La partie de la collerette évasée s'éloigne davantage de l'axe que le reste de la collerette, et présente une démarcation par rapport à la partie de section réduite. La partie de la collerette estompée s'éloigne moins de l'axe que la partie évasée.The part of the flared flange is further away from the axis than the rest of the flange, and has a demarcation with respect to the reduced section portion. The part of the faded flange moves away less from the axis than the flared part.

Ainsi, la forme particulière de la poignée de l'outil permet des prises variées, dont l'une, pouce en appui sur la tige, permet de rapprocher la main du point d'application de la force afin d'effectuer une poussée directe (sans point de levier) sur la tôle.Thus, the particular shape of the handle of the tool allows for various grips, one of which, thumb resting on the rod, allows to bring the hand closer to the point of application of the force in order to carry out a direct thrust ( without point of leverage) on the sheet.

Avantageusement, la partie galbée du corps est au moins 10% plus large dans le sens premier vers second coté que selon un sens transversal à l'axe longitudinal et décalé de 90° par rapport au premier sens. Ceci permet de pouvoir efficacement immobiliser en rotation autour de l'axe de la tige lors de sollicitations en torsion de la tige.Advantageously, the curved portion of the body is at least 10% wider in the first direction to the second side than in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and offset by 90 ° with respect to the first direction. This makes it possible to effectively immobilize in rotation around the axis of the rod during torsional stress on the rod.

Avantageusement, le galbe du corps du premier coté est plus proche de la tige que le galbe du corps du second coté. Ceci contribue à ce que, lorsque l'on retourne l'outil pour avancer le pouce en appui sur la tige, le galbe soit encore positionné au creux de la main.Advantageously, the curve of the body of the first side is closer to the rod than the curve of the body of the second side. This helps that, when the tool is turned to advance the thumb resting on the rod, the curve is still positioned in the palm of the hand.

Avantageusement, la collerette constitue aussi du premier coté aussi un appui axial coté tige pour le pouce.Advantageously, the collar is also on the first side also an axial support side rod for the thumb.

Avantageusement, la collerette est du premier coté décalée vers la tige par rapport à la partie de la collerette située du second coté. Ceci permet le passage du pouce en appui sur la tige, et évite aussi d'avoir un trop grand décalage entre les galbes des deux côtés, donc les doigts peuvent être positionnés confortablement en opposition du creux de la main.Advantageously, the flange is on the first side offset towards the rod relative to the part of the collar located on the second side. This allows the passage of the thumb resting on the rod, and also avoids having too much offset between the curves of the two sides, so the fingers can be positioned comfortably in opposition to the palm of the hand.

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  • Les figures 1 à 4 représentent un outil selon l'invention, qui comporte ici une tige courte et rectiligne.The Figures 1 to 4 represent a tool according to the invention, which here comprises a short and straight rod.
  • La figure 1 représente une vue de dessus de l'outil, la figure 2 une vue de côté. Les figures 3 et 4 représentent des vues de coté de première et seconde possibilités de prise de l'outil.The figure 1 represents a top view of the tool, the figure 2 a side view. The Figures 3 and 4 represent side views of first and second possibilities of taking the tool.

Dans le mode de réalisation des figures 1 à 4, la tige est rectiligne et comporte un embout dont la face de poussée est arrondie, mais de nombreuses autres formes de tige et de variantes d'embouts sont possibles, et ont été décrites dans la demande précédente FR2883203 , les embouts et tiges permettant un poussée directe sans levier sur la tôle étant cependant privilégiés avec cette poignée.In the embodiment of Figures 1 to 4 , the rod is rectilinear and has a tip whose thrust face is rounded, but many other forms of rod and end variants are possible, and have been described in the previous application FR2883203 , the tips and rods allowing direct thrust without lever on the sheet being however preferred with this handle.

Les figures représentent un outil (1) de débosselage comprenant une tige (2) équipée à une extrémité d'une poignée (3) solidaire de la tige (2), pour saisir et contrôler l'outil d'une seule main, et à son autre extrémité, d'un embout de débosselage (4) destiné à appliquer une pression sur le revers d'une tôle à débosseler, la tige (2) comportant un axe longitudinal (x) au moins sur le départ de sa section solidaire de la poignée. Selon l'invention la poignée (3) comporte un corps (5) galbé allongé selon un axe sensiblement parallèle à la tige, et destiné à être positionné au creux de la main, se prolongeant vers la tige par une partie de section réduite puis une collerette (6) solidaire du corps entre la tige et le corps, la collerette étant d'un premier côté évasée (7) de manière à constituer côté corps une butée axiale pour le pouce en appui, la collerette étant, d'un second côté opposé par rapport à l'axe longitudinal au premier, estompée (8) permettant ainsi le passage du pouce en appui sur la tige, la collerette constituant du second coté un appui axial coté tige pour le pouce. La partie de la collerette évasée s'éloigne davantage de l'axe que le reste de la collerette, et présente une démarcation par rapport à la partie de section réduite. La partie de la collerette estompée s'éloigne moins de l'axe que la partie évasée. Ici la collerette de démarque de la partie de section réduite de 8 mm dans la partie évasée, de 3 mm dans les autres parties.The figures show a tool (1) for dent removal comprising a rod (2) equipped at one end with a handle (3) integral with the rod (2), to grasp and control the tool with one hand, and to its other end, an embossing tip (4) for applying pressure on the reverse of a sheet to be debossel, the rod (2) having a longitudinal axis (x) at least on the departure of its integral section of the handle. According to the invention the handle (3) comprises a body (5) curved elongated along an axis substantially parallel to the rod, and intended to be positioned in the hollow of the hand, extending towards the rod by a reduced section portion and a flange (6) integral with the body between the rod and the body, the flange being of a first flared side (7) so as to form a body side axial abutment for the thumb in abutment, the flange being on a second side opposite to the longitudinal axis to the first, dimmed (8) thus allowing the passage of the thumb resting on the rod, the flange constituting the second side an axial support side of the rod for the thumb. The part of the flared flange is further away from the axis than the rest of the flange, and has a demarcation with respect to the reduced section portion. The part of the faded flange moves away less from the axis than the flared part. Here the shrink collar of the reduced section portion of 8 mm in the flared portion, 3 mm in the other parts.

La partie galbée du corps et la partie de section réduite sont respectivement 30% plus larges dans le sens premier vers second coté que selon un sens transversal à l'axe longitudinal et décalé de 90° par rapport au premier sens. Ainsi leur section selon un plan perpendiculaire à l'axe a une forme ovale. Le galbe du corps du premier coté est plus proche de la tige que le galbe du corps du second coté, ceci contribue à ce que, lorsque l'on retourne l'outil pour avancer le pouce en appui sur la tige, le galbe soit encore positionné au creux de la main.The curved portion of the body and the reduced section portion are respectively 30% wider in the direction from first to second side than in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and offset by 90 ° with respect to the first direction. Thus their section along a plane perpendicular to the axis has an oval shape. The curve of the body of the first side is closer to the stem than the curve of the body of the second side, this contributes to that, when we turn the tool to advance the thumb resting on the stem, the curve is still positioned in the palm of the hand.

La collerette constitue aussi du coté évasé un appui axial coté tige pour le pouce. La collerette est du premier coté décalée vers la tige par rapport à la partie de la collerette située du second coté. Ceci permet le passage du pouce en appui sur la tige, et évite aussi d'avoir un trop grand décalage entre les galbes des deux côtés, donc les doigts peuvent être positionnés confortablement en opposition du creux de la main.The collar is also flared side axial support side rod for the thumb. The flange is on the first side offset towards the rod relative to the part of the collar located on the second side. This allows the passage of the thumb resting on the rod, and avoids also to have too big a gap between the curves of the two sides, so the fingers can be positioned comfortably in opposition of the palm of the hand.

Les figures 3 et 4 illustrent les prises en main préférentielles de l'outil. Sur la figure 3, le pouce, en appui sur la tige, permet de rapprocher la main du point d'application de la force afin d'effectuer une poussée directe (sans point de levier) sur la tôle. Les flèches qui y sont représentées indiquent les sens des sollicitations de l'outil lors d'une opération de débosselage.The Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the preferential grips of the tool. On the figure 3 , the thumb, resting on the rod, allows to bring the hand of the point of application of the force in order to carry out a direct push (without point of lever) on the sheet metal. The arrows that are shown indicate the directions of the stresses of the tool during an auto-body removal operation.

Les tiges peuvent être de section cylindrique, carrée, rectangulaire selon le type d'embout choisi.The rods may be of cylindrical, square, rectangular section depending on the type of tip chosen.

Sans s'écarter de la portée des revendications, c'est-à-dire en conservant les caractéristiques de la revendication indépendante, l'homme du métier pourrait associer aux outils de débosselage décrits ici une combinaison des différentes caractéristiques décrites dans l'art antérieur, tout particulièrement, l'homme du métier associerait à l'outil de l'invention toute combinaison de caractéristiques décrites dans la demande de brevet FR2883203 du même inventeur, en particulier pour ce qui concerne les matériaux et la forme de la tige et son éventuel coude, les différents embouts, un matériau antidérapant pour la poignée.Without departing from the scope of the claims, that is to say, while retaining the characteristics of the independent claim, the skilled person could associate with the dent removal tools described here a combination of the various characteristics described in the prior art. in particular, those skilled in the art would associate with the tool of the invention any combination of features described in the patent application. FR2883203 from the same inventor, in particular with regard to the materials and the shape of the rod and its possible elbow, the different end pieces, a non-slip material for the handle.

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  1. Dent-removal (1) tool comprising a rod (2) fitted at one end with a handle (3) secured to the rod (2), used to grip and control the tool with one hand, and at its other end, a dent-removal tip used to apply pressure on the reverse side of a metal sheet requiring dent removal, the rod (2) comprising a longitudinal axis (x) at least along the first part of the section thereof secured to the handle, characterised in that the said handle (3) comprises:
    - a curved (5) body elongated along an axis substantially parallel to the rod, and intended to be placed in the palm of the hand, extending towards the rod via a reduced part of the section, then a flange (6) secured to the body between the rod and the body,
    - the flange being splayed on its first side (7) so as to constitute on the body side an axial abutment for the supporting thumb,
    - the flange being, on its second side opposite the longitudinal axis (x) of the first, indented (8) thus accommodating the thumb against the rod, the flange constituting on the second side an axial support on the rod side for the thumb.
  2. Tool according to claim 1 characterised in that the rounded part of the body (5) is at least 10% wider in the first direction towards the second side than in a transverse direction to the longitudinal axis (x) and at a 90° angle in relation to the first direction.
  3. Tool according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the curve of the body (5) on the first side is closer to the rod (2) than the curve of the body on the second side.
  4. Tool according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the flange (6) also constitutes on the first side an axial support on the rod side for the thumb.
  5. Tool according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the flange (6) is on the first side offset towards the rod in relation to the part of the flange situated on the second side.
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