FR2652531A1 - Wedge for a tool handle, and tool thus produced - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wedge for a tool with a handle. This wedge has a fastening ring (7) at its upper part making it possible to hang the tool on the peg of a display stand. … …

Description

of The present invention relates to a corner for

handle tools.

  Handle tools such as hatchets, axes, merlins, weights and hammers can be displayed on sales shelves upside down. The handle then has the opposite end to the head, a hole previously drilled by which the tool is hung. This hanging method does not allow the tool to be presented in the

  better conditions, and is therefore not very satisfactory.

  We have sought to remedy this drawback by proposing a method of attachment of the handle tool to the display unit using a pair of pins. The tool is placed on these pins, one of which comes into contact with the junction of the handle and the head, and the other comes into contact with the lower end of the handle. It is thus possible to present the tool head up, o at least in certain positions compatible with the rules of gravity. This mode of presentation is however not entirely satisfactory because the balance of the tool on these two spindles is relatively precarious, and it only takes a blunder to cause the tool to fall. This method of attachment thus presents a danger which is all the more significant since tools such as hatchets include

  a sharp edge and have a significant weight.

  It has also been proposed to hang such tools using two pins coming into contact with the tool head on either side of the handle, at the connection between the tool head and its handle. . The tool is certainly presented head up in this mode

  but the risk of falling remains.

  The object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks by presenting a corner which makes it possible to secure it on a display, highlighting the product and bringing together the best conditions for

  tool safety in sales situations.

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  attached to the corner by any known means, screwing, gluing,

racking-in, setting, etc.

  The present invention relates more particularly to a corner comprising on its upper part at least one hooking means. This attachment means is arranged so that the straight line passing through said attachment means and the center of gravity of the tool in which

  the corner is implemented either parallel to the axis of the handle.

  So, by the simple game of gravity, the tool is presented

  with the head up and the vertical handle.

  According to an advantageous embodiment, the attachment means consists of at least one ring. This ring can thus cooperate with the pins usually used on store displays. This attachment means, in particular produced in the form of a ring, can be molded with the corner to form a monolytic part, or on the contrary be attached to the corner by any known means, screwing, gluing, plugging, wedging, etc. According to another variant, the corner comprises on its upper edge a plurality of eyelets. These carnations

  can also cooperate with display pins.

  The storekeeper chooses the one of the eyelets which ensures a presentation head up with the vertical handle. It is thus possible to make a unique type of corner for

tools of different types.

  According to another variant, the attachment means is movable along an axis parallel to the upper edge of the corner. According to a first variant, the lower end of the attachment means has a sole of trapezoidal section. This sole can slide in a linear slot made on the upper face of the wedge. The attachment means can thus be positioned so that the tool is perfectly balanced. Advantageously, the attachment means is movable along a convex path contained in the median plane of the corner, the apex of which substantially intercepts a straight line parallel to the axis of the handle of the tool and passing through the center of gravity of

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  the tool in which the wedge is intended to be used. This embodiment automatically ensures positioning of the attachment means such that the tool is

  present with its vertical handle when hung.

  According to a particular embodiment, the attachment means is connected to the corner by a weakening zone. This weakening zone makes it possible to eliminate the means of attachment by breakage at the time of use. But it is entirely possible to make a corner without a weakening zone, the hanging means remaining after the purchase and thus makes it possible to store it on a

pin system.

  According to an advantageous embodiment, the corner has along its upper edge a guide rail cooperating with a bridge on which is fixed the attachment means. This is a particular embodiment

a self-stabilizing system.

  The present invention also relates to the tool provided with a wedge conforming to any one of the modes of

  achievement previously mentioned.

  The description which follows will explain

  non-limiting examples of various embodiments intended to better understand its operation and its advantages. Figure 1 shows a perspective view

  of a tool provided with a wedge according to the present invention.

  Figure 2 shows a corner variant.

  Figure 3 shows a perspective view

of a second variant.

  Figure 4 shows a perspective view

of a third corner variant.

  Figure 1 shows a tool consisting of a head (1) provided with a handle (2). The handle (2) is inserted into the socket (3) of the head (1). A corner (4)

  is pressed into the upper end (5) of the handle (2).

  This corner (4), of usual shape, has on its upper edge (6) a hooking ring (7). The position of

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  the ring (7) on the upper edge (6) of the corner (4) is defined so that the straight line (8) passing through said ring (7) is through the center of gravity (9) of the tool is

  parallel to the axis (10) of the handle (2).

  Figure 2 shows an alternative embodiment of the corner (4). The corner has at its upper part (11) a series of eyelets (12). Weakening lines (13) make it possible to separate the upper strip (11) provided with the eyelets (12) from the corner (4). The breakage of this upper strip allows to give back to

  the tool a traditional form after its purchase.

  Figure 3 shows another alternative embodiment of a corner according to the present invention. The corner has along its upper edge a guide rail (14) extending along a convex path whose apex (15) intercepts the line (8) passing through the center of gravity (9) of the tool. A bridge (16) provided with a hooking ring (7) is movable along this guide rail (14). FIG. 4 represents another alternative embodiment in which the corner (4) has on its upper edge a guide rail (17) delimited by two upper lips (18, 19). A movable bridge (16) provided with a hooking ring (7) is movable inside the guide rail (17). As before, the top (15) of the path defined by the guide rail (17) intercepts the straight line passing through the center of gravity (9) of the tool and

  being parallel to the axis (10) of the handle.

  The present invention is of course not limited to the embodiments described in the foregoing, but on the contrary extends to all possible variants.

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Claims (6)

  1 - Corner for tool handle, characterized in that it comprises at its upper end at least one attachment means. 2 - Corner for tool handle according to claim 1, characterized in that the attachment means is arranged so that the straight line (8) passing through said attachment means (7) and the center of gravity ( 9) of   the tool are parallel to the axis (10) of the handle.   3 - Corner for tool handle according to one   any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that   the attachment means is constituted by at least one ring (7). 4 - Corner for tool handle according to one   any one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that   the attachment means is constituted by a plurality   eyelets (12) distributed on the upper edge of the corner.   - Corner for tool handle according to one   any one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that   the attachment means is movable along a parallel axis   at the upper edge of the corner (4).   6 - Corner for tool handle according to one   any one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that   the attachment means is movable along a convex path contained in the median plane of the corner, the apex (15) of which substantially intercepts a straight line (8) parallel to the axis (10) of the handle, said straight line (8 ) passing through the center of gravity (9) of the tool.   7 - Corner for tool handle according to one   any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that   the hooking means is connected to the corner (4) by a zone weakening (13).   8 - Corner for tool handle according to one   any of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that it   has along its upper edge a guide rail cooperating with an easel (16) on which is fixed the means attachment (7). 6 2652531   9 - Tool consisting of a head and a handle, characterized in that a corner provided with a hooking means   according to any of claims 1 to 8 is   introduced into the upper end of the handle.