Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
  • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
  • B25H3/003—Holders for drill bits or the like
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
  • A45F5/00—Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
  • A45F2005/008—Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or to the leg
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
  • A45F5/00—Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of devices for carrying tools, more particularly screw bits or other similar tools, and to be worn on the body of a user, and relates to a device magnetic wristband holder.
• the tips when the tips are stored in a storage box, they are difficult to access when the box is located at a location remote from the user.
• the choice and gripping of the tips are not easy because they are not visible and are difficult to access.
• the user is often forced to perform work in particular and binding conditions such as for example in a manhole or in recumbent or more acrobatic positions, in height, on a scaffolding or in a position of suspended on a wall inside or outside a building.
• work in particular and binding conditions such as for example in a manhole or in recumbent or more acrobatic positions, in height, on a scaffolding or in a position of suspended on a wall inside or outside a building.
• Such working conditions make it even more difficult to grip or grasp the tips, either in the user's pocket or in a box placed nearby.
• the object of the present invention is to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a magnetic wristband device, intended to be worn on the wrist of the user and to carry screwdriver bits or the like, conferring high visibility on the endpieces and allowing easy and fast grip of the latter with effective restraint and maintenance, whatever the working conditions and the evolution of the user.
• the magnetic bit holder device which is intended to be worn on the wrist of a user and to wear screwdriver bits or similar tools, comprises, on the one hand, a bracelet in the form of a polymer material, preferably made of plastic material, more preferably of natural or synthetic rubber, which can be attached or fastened to said wrist by having a generally cylindrical or annular shape with an axis of revolution substantially coinciding with the axis of the wrist, said bracelet incorporating , over all or part of its circumference, a row of cells and, on the other hand, receiving cavities, of generally cylindrical and / or conical shape, integrated into said bracelet each being formed by one of said cells or , if any, reported in said bracelet each in one of said cells, each receiving cavity being provided with a bottom and a receiving opening opposite said bottom and being adapted to axially receive, removably, one of said end pieces so that it comes in abutment, by one of its free ends, against the bottom of said receiving cavity while protruding from
• FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a bracelet device according to the present invention in a preferred embodiment where the reception cavities are attached to the bracelet permanently having a generally cylindrical or annular shape, in a configuration where the tips are inserted in the bracelet,
• FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a device according to the present invention in a preferred embodiment in which the reception cavities are attached to the bracelet constituted by a band able to be attached to the wrist and having a generally cylindrical shape or annular, in a phase of introduction of the sockets in the alveoli of the bracelet provided for this purpose,
• FIG. 3 shows a view in longitudinal section of a bush shown in FIG. 2,
• FIG. 4 shows a side view of the bush shown in FIG. 3,
• FIG. 5 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the device represented in FIG. 1
• FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of a receiving cavity of a device according to the present invention in a particular embodiment in which the cavities are integrated into the bracelet,
• FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of a socket in the insertion phase of a magnet in the latter
• FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the bushing shown in FIG. 7 with the magnet mechanically fixed by crimping in said bushing
• Figure 9 shows the device shown in Figure 2 in the state of attachment to the wrist of a user and in a phase of insertion of the tips.
• FIG. 10 shows the device according to the present invention in another embodiment in the state of insertion of three endpieces into cells integrated in the bracelet and each comprising a system of opening and lateral extraction
• Figure 1 1 shows the device shown in Figure 10 with a single cell receiving a tip and the tilting state of the latter in said cell for transverse extraction
• Figure 12 shows the device shown in Figure 1 1, in the tilted state of the nozzle in the transverse extraction position for its grip for its transverse extraction,
• FIG. 13 shows a profile view of the cell of the device represented in FIG. 11, in which the tip is inserted axially and longitudinally,
• FIG. 14 shows the tip shown in FIG. 13 in the tilted state
• FIG. 15 shows the tip shown in Figure 13 in the tilted state in the transverse extraction position for its grip for its transverse extraction.
• the figures show a magnetic wristlet device intended to be worn on the wrist of a user and to wear screwdrivers 1 or the like.
• such a device comprises, on the one hand, a bracelet 2 or 2 'of polymeric material, preferably of plastic material, more preferably of natural or synthetic rubber, which can be attached or fastened to said wrist, presenting a generally cylindrical or annular shape of axis of revolution substantially coincides with the axis of the wrist or forearm of the user, said bracelet 2 or 2 'incorporating, over all or part of its circumference, a row of cells 3 or 3' and, on the other hand on the other hand, receiving cavities 4 or 4 'of generally cylindrical and / or conical shape.
• the receiving cavities 4 ' can be reported in said bracelet 2', each in one of the cells 3 'adapted for this purpose.
• the reception cavities 3 can be integrated into the bracelet 2 by being each formed by one of said cells 3, in particular coming from molding with the bracelet 2.
• each receiving cavity 4 or 4 ' is provided with a bottom 5 or 5' and a receiving opening 6 or 6 'opposite said bottom 5 or 5' (FIGS. 6) and is capable of axially receiving, removably, a tip 1 so that it comes into abutment, by one of its free ends, against the bottom 5 or 5 '( Figure 5) of the cavity of receiving 4 or 4 'while protruding from the latter by its other free end to allow gripping of the tip 1.
• each receiving cavity 4 or 4' comprises a magnet 7 or 7 ' capable of exerting a force of magnetic attraction on the tip 1 concerned, more particularly on its free end opposite to that protruding from said cavity, to retain it and effectively hold it in the latter.
• each receiving cavity 4 or 4 ' may extend axially along a generatrix of a conical surface of axis substantially coinciding with the axis of revolution of the bracelet 2 or 2 ', so as to position each end 1 obliquely with respect to said axis of revolution to facilitate its gripping ( Figures 1, 5, 10, 1 1, 12, 13, 14 and 15).
• the conical surface is preferably common to all the receiving cavities 4 or 4 '.
• each endpiece 1 with respect to the axis of revolution of the bracelet 2, in the worn state of the latter, or the wrist axis, thus makes it possible to disengage and move away from the wrist, or from a fabric covering the latter and surrounded by said bracelet 2, the free end portion of each tip 1, facilitating their gripping so as to extract them from the receiving cavity 4 or 4 'the recipient or their insertion into one of said cavities.
• the receiving cavities 4 or 4 ' may extend substantially parallel to the axis of revolution of the bracelet 2 in the generally cylindrical or annular state of the latter ( Figures 2, 9 and 6).
• the bracelet 2 or 2 ' has an outer side and an inner side forming the lapel of said outer side and being intended to be in contact with the wrist, each receiving cavity 4 or 4' can extend on said outer side (FIGS. , 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15).
• the parts of the bracelet 1 which connect two cells 3 or 3 'or two adjacent receiving cavities 4 or 4' may be of lesser thickness.
• such connecting portions may be advantageously elastically deformable so as to allow the user to be able to put the bracelet 2 directly around the wrist by simply passing the hand through the elastically deformable bracelet 2 and automatically adjusting to wrist.
• the bracelet 2 may be in a first embodiment elastically deformable permanently having a generally annular or cylindrical shape ( Figure 1). Such a bracelet can then be put on and removed at will.
• the bracelet 2 can be constituted by a band that can be fixed or attached to the wrist in a generally annular or cylindrical shape, by connecting its free ends provided for this purpose.
• a link not shown, can be made for any type of known fastener and preferably by means of a removable connection known under the name of the trademark "VELC O".
• the bracelet can also be provided to be elastically deformable, so that it can adjust and adjust, at first, the bracelet 2, which then has a range of adjustment, around and at the waist wrist, big or small, then, afterwards, to put on and remove at will like the previous case.
• such a bracelet 2 may be provided to be elastically deformable over its entire circumference or only partially, more particularly at the level of the parts connecting two cells 3 or 3 ', as previously seen and / or at one or more area (s) outside the row of said cells.
• the bracelet 2 according to the present invention may be made from a rubber material, more preferably of high quality hypoallergenic so as to avoid any allergic reaction due, for example, to perspiration during hard work or by strong heat.
• each receiving cavity 4 'or 4' may have a generally conical shape flaring towards the receiving opening 6 or 6 'of said cavity.
• each receiving cavity 4 or 4 ' may be constituted by a first section 8 or 8' integrating the receiving opening 6 or 6 'of said cavity and having a generally conical shape ranging by flaring towards the receiving opening 6 or 6 'of said cavity and by a second section 9 or 9', of generally cylindrical shape, axially extending said first section 8 or 8 'towards the bottom 5 or 5' of said cavity (see in particular Figures 3, 5 and 6).
• each receiving cavity 4 or 4 ' at least in its portion integrating the receiving opening 6 or 6', to facilitate the insertion and in particular the extraction of the end piece 1 concerned.
• the user when inserting a tip 1 or, more particularly, when it is extracted from a receiving cavity 4 or 4 ', the user is generally naturally led to naturally incline said tip 1 relative to the axis of said cavity which has the effect of blocking the tip 1 because of the friction of the latter against the inner edge of the receiving opening 6 or 6 '.
• Such taper then allows a withdrawal or insertion at an angle of the tip 1 limiting the friction between the latter and the edge of the receiving opening 6 or 6 '.
• each nozzle 1 in one of the receiving cavities 4 or 4 ' may provide that the inner edge of each receiving opening 6 or 6' is rounded.
• the present invention may also provide that said inner edge is rounded in the case where the receiving cavity 4 or 4 'is entirely cylindrical, ie without taper.
• each magnet 7 or 7 ' it may have a pellet or wafer shape, preferably round, and may be provided to be fixed in one of the receiving cavities 4 or 4' extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of the latter so as to form, at least partially, the bottom 5 or 5 '( Figures 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 1 1 and 12).
• each reception cavity 4 is integrated into the bracelet 2 by being formed by one of the cells 3, that is to say that each cell 3 consists of a receiving cavity 4, and each magnet 7, preferably in the form of a pellet or round wafer, can be fixed in the corresponding receiving cavity 4 by being fitted at the bottom of the latter in a housing 10 having a bottom 1 1 and an inlet opening 12 delimited by a reentrant edge 13, preferably circular, continuous or not, formed in the inner wall of said receiving cavity 4.
• the re-entrant edge 13 is elastically deformable so as to allow the passage of the magnet 7 which is then locked axially in the housing 10 between the bottom 1 1 and the reentrant edge 13 of the latter.
• each magnet 7 can be locked between a first shoulder, by similar example to the reentrant edge 13 above, and between a second shoulder formed in the inner wall of the corresponding cell 3 recessed from the first shoulder.
• each receiving cavity whose walls are plastic of a certain thickness provides effective protection of the tip 1 inserted in said cavity.
• each receiving cavity 4 is integrated into the bracelet 2 by being formed by one of the cavities 3
• at least one of the integrated cells 3 may comprise in its lateral wall, the external side of the bracelet 2, a system opening and lateral extraction 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d ( Figures 10, 1 1, 12, 13, 14 and 15) for optionally moving, by pivoting or tilting, the tip 1 inserted into said cell 3 (FIGS. 11 and 14) from its axial or longitudinal insertion position (FIGS. 10 and 13) in said cell to a position or extraction position transverse section (FIGS. 12 and 15), substantially perpendicular to the axis of said cell 3.
• the transverse extraction position has the effect essentially of releasing a gripping surface of the tip 1 greater than that of the tip 1 in the axial or longitudinal insertion state in order to improve the gripping of the tip 1 to facilitate its extraction, and / or release the tip 1 of the magnet 7 of said cell (3) to further facilitate its extraction.
• such a transverse extraction position may allow the operator to extract the tips 1 in all situations and especially in special situations where it can not exercise or with difficulty, in the insertion state or longitudinal extraction of the tips 1, a gripping force and extraction thereon sufficient to oppose the holding or retaining forces of the tips 1 in their respective cells 3.
• These forces can be generated, for example, by the magnetic attraction of the magnets 7 on the tips 1 or by the elastic clamping forces or friction of the inner walls of the cells 3 on the end pieces 1.
• the lateral opening and extraction system 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d may consist of a cutout or opening 3a made longitudinally, on the outside of the bracelet 2, in the side wall. of the cell 3 concerned, from the edge of the receiving opening 6, opening on the latter, towards the bottom 5 of said cell 3.
• the cutout 3a may comprise a bottom 3b set back from the magnet 7.
• each cutout 3a may have a straight, round or conical shape or a combination of one and the other of said shapes (FIGS. 10, 11 and 12), for example having a generally shaped profile. drop of water.
• each cutout 3a having a generally drop-shaped profile. of water may comprise successively, from the edge of the receiving opening 6, a slot or a narrowing 3c, preferably straight or conical, forming a receiving part and guiding the tip 1 concerned in the cutout 3a when its tilting ( Figure 1 1), then an enlarged portion, preferably round or conical, forming a lateral extraction opening 3d adapted to receive the tip 1 in the tilted state so as to position it in the position of transversal extraction ( Figure 12).
• each tip 1, in the tilted state or in the transverse extraction position, can pass through the lateral extraction opening 3d of the cell 3 receiving it, extending more particularly substantially parallel to the axis. of said lateral extraction opening ( Figure 12).
• each integrated cell 3 may be flexible or elastically deformable so that the two edges or lips of each cut 3a may be flexible or elastically deformable.
• the bottom 3d of the cutout 3a set back from the magnet 7 of the corresponding cell 3 may form a pivoting abutment, for example in the form of a shoulder, around which the tip 1 can pivot or tilt. concerned.
• a pivoting abutment set back from the magnet 7 may have the effect of releasing the tip 1 of the magnet 7, that is to say to separate the tip 1 of the magnet 7 or reduce the effect of the magnetic attraction force of the latter on the tip 1.
• each tip 1 which is in contact with the inner wall of the latter, has a reduced contact surface with the cell 3 releasing all its gripping surface and reducing all the frictional forces between the nozzle 1 and the inner wall of the cell, which facilitates its extraction.
• each tip 1 concerned may be performed by the operator, for example by means of one of his fingers, by simply exerting on the end of the tip 1 protruding, in the axial insertion state or longitudinal of the latter, the cell 3 a force towards the outside of the bracelet 2 and towards the system of opening and lateral extraction.
• the particular shape of the teardrop shaped cutout having the narrowing 3c delimited by the edges elastically deformable allows to insert the tip 1 when it tilts in the narrowing 3c ( Figure 1 1) ordered by one of his fingers, and under the effect of the elastic pressure of the edges of the narrowing 3c on the part of the tip 1 passing through them, the tip 1 can be guided and automatically tilted by a propulsion effect in the lateral extraction opening 3d in the transverse extraction position. Therefore, each tip 1 can be positioned automatically and effortlessly transversely or substantially perpendicular to the axis of the cell 3 corresponding after insertion or passage, during its tilting, in the narrowing 3c ordered by one fingers of the operator.
• each cutout 3a and in particular the dimensions of each lateral extraction opening 3d may be substantially equal to or smaller than those of the parts of the endpieces 1 passing therethrough to prevent them from falling, in particular when the endpieces 1 are released from the magnets 7 to tipped state.
• cutouts 3a also make it possible to create a window in the front face of each cell 3 concerned, enabling the operator to read the normalized recognition numbers engraved on the faces of the endpieces 1 either in their axial or longitudinal insertion position in their respective cells 3, either in their transverse extraction position.
• the device according to the present invention may further comprise metal sockets 14 each capable of being removably introduced into one of said cells 3 '( Figures 1, 2, 5 and 9).
• Each bushing 14 can be fixedly held in the cell 3 'concerned by means of removable fixing means 15 and the hollow portion of each bushing 14 can then form one of the receiving cavities 4' of the bracelet 2 '(FIG. 4, 5, 7 and 8).
• each receiving cavity 4 ' may be formed by the hollow portion of the corresponding sleeve 14 which can be removably inserted and fixed in one of the cavities 3' adapted to receive such a socket 14. More particularly, it will be noted that the dimensions of a cell 3 'in this case may preferably be larger than those of an alveolus 3 forming a receiving cavity 4 integrated in the bracelet 2 according to the particular embodiment, so that the integrated receiving cavities 4 and 4 'reported receiving cavities have substantially identical dimensions and adapted to receive a tip 1 of screwing or the like known in the tooling market.
• these may consist of anchoring means, such as for example annular notches, formed in the outer face of each sleeve 14 so as to allow the anchoring of each sleeve 14 by friction of said anchoring means against the inner wall of the cell 3 'concerned.
• each magnet 7 ' may have a pellet or wafer shape, preferably round, and may be mechanically fixed in the socket 14 extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of said sleeve and forming, at least partially, the bottom 5 'of the latter.
• each magnet 7 'in the sleeve 14 concerned may be carried out for example by mechanical crimping of the sleeve 14 after insertion of the magnet 7 into the latter.
• each magnet 7 ' can be locked axially in the sleeve 14 between a first internal shoulder 16 and a second internal shoulder 17 of the sleeve 14.
• Each internal shoulder 16 or 17 can be made by crimping or be made in the inner wall of the corresponding socket 14 (FIGS. 7 and 8).
• each magnet 7 'could then be located in the cell 3', under the integrated bottom of the sleeve 14 in question and preferably in contact with or in the immediate vicinity of the latter and be provided to exert a sufficient force of attraction through the integrated bottom to retain the tip 1 inserted in the sleeve 14.
• sockets 14 comprising an integrated bottom
• each bushing 14 may be provided to prevent the sleeve 14 concerned from coming out of the cell 3 'receiving it under the effect of the traction exerted by the user on the end piece 1, in order to its withdrawal magnetically fixed to the bottom of said socket.
• each bushing 14 can be introduced and maintained in the cell 3 'concerned so that the receiving opening 6' of each bushing 14 is flush with or slightly set back from the receiving opening of said cell 3 ', this so that there is no apparent socket portion 14 may scratch an object such as a glass or a grindstone lacquered during various work.
• each bushing 14 may comprise an outer annular flange 18 and each cell 3 'may comprise an inner annular rim 19 so as to allow each bushing 14 inserted in one of the cells 3' to rest by its outer annular flange 18 on the inner annular flange 19 of said cell 3 'by positioning the receiving opening 6' of said bushing 14 concerned set back from the receiving opening of the cell 3 '.
• each reported receiving cavity 4 ' formed by the hollow portion of one of the sockets 12, can be made removable, which has the advantage of allowing the user to change socket 14 when, despite the material and the thickness of the walls of the cells, one of the receiving cavities 4 'is still damaged following a crash or shock bracelet 2 or when one of the magnets 7' is damaged or broken due to such shock or crushing.
• a cell 3 ' may be adapted to receive a socket or a tip whose dimensions are smaller, in particular in diameter, than that of a socket. Moreover, it will be understood that when removing a socket 14 from its 3 'cell, the latter will retract naturally because of its elasticity and therefore automatically adapt to the lower diameter of the tip 1 inserted into said cell.
• such a device attached around the wrist allows the operator to be able to grasp and extract the end pieces with one hand, while the wrist hand around which is fixed the device can carry for example a tool such as a screwdriver.
• the bracelet of the device according to the present invention could also be provided, without departing from the scope of the present invention, to be fixed around a support element of similar shape or similar to that of the wrist of a person such that, for example, but not limited to, a scaffold tube.

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