FR3077754A1 - RING PORTES-TOOLS FOR BUCKET - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a tool ring (1) which can be fitted inside the walls (91 and 91 ') of the buckets (9 and 9') because it is provided on the wall (11) of the top of the orifices (212 to 216) placed outwardly allowing the passage of multi-adjustable reversible clips (5) to adapt the ring (10) to various diameters of buckets (9 and 9 '). The ring (1) is composed of two identical half-cores (10) of shaped section (1000) of U provided on the walls (15 and 16) which close the half-toroid (10) on either side of a female dovetail (160) and, respectively, a male dovetail (150) cooperating during the assembly of two half-tori (10) facing each other and provided with means for clamping them (17 and 18) at the same level. The outer wall (13) of the ring has pins distributed on its periphery to increase the pressure on the inner wall (91 and 91 ') of the bucket (9 and 9') to lock them together. To be in agreement with the draft of the wall (91 and 91) of the bucket (9 and 9 ') the walls (13') of the half tori (10) are at a closed angle with respect to the wall (11) from above. It is equipped with orifices (130 to 137 and 111 to 122) and some are provided with counterbores serving as scabbard for various tools. Spacers (7) can transform the ring (1) into an oblong ring (1 ')

Description

TOOL HOLDER RING

The subject of the present invention is a tool holder ring which is integrated into a bucket enabling the inner circumference of the latter to be fitted with a manual tool holder such as 5 screwdrivers, pincers, pliers, wrenches or any other tool suitable for a particular sector of activity while retaining central access to the bucket to store the largest tools.

In what follows, the term bucket should be understood in its widest sense. The term bucket includes both buckets for masons, standard buckets for household use as packaging containers for plaster, paint or retrievable tile adhesive or other such containers.

Whether they are professionals, craftsmen, handymen, amateurs, the intervention of this one on a site often requires the use of multiple tools. These tools must be easy to move and ideally it must be possible to quickly identify the right tool necessary for the work to be performed.

There are a large number of containers on the market for storing these tools, such as tool boxes, various types of boxes with lockers, workbenches equipped with lockers or covers suitable for buckets with multi pockets for storing tools. In all cases, this requires being ordered in the management of its tools and taking the time to store them correctly. If there are a large number of accessories for storing and moving your tools, you can however note that a large number of operators for ease use a simple bucket to store loose their work tools at least those most frequently used. The worker has often been seen to empty the contents of his bucket on the ground to find the tool he needs. It would therefore be interesting to be able to partially structure this bucket, thus keeping it easy to use and allowing the tool to be used to be identified at a glance.

The present invention aims to remedy this state of affairs by providing a ring that can be quickly mounted in a bucket and provided with fittings.

The main object of the invention is a tool-holder ring for buckets of various diameters easy to place by simple fitting on the inner wall thereof and having a large number of housings for inserting tools therein maintaining them vertically.

To do this, the tool-holder ring for arranging the interior of a bucket is composed of two U-shaped half-toruses of section which are identical, provided with means for their assembly forming, once assembled, a ring for accommodating the inside the buckets. They are provided with holes opening on the high wall intended to receive manual tools, like screwdrivers, keys, pliers, pincers. The half torus of U-shaped section is closed on either side by a wall provided with a notch provided for one with a female dovetail and for the other with a complementary male dovetail allowing the assembly of the two toroids opposite. During the dovetail assembly of the half toroids, the top of the wall on the side where the female dovetail is located is provided with a tab serving as supports during the nesting of the dovetail. male dovetail making it possible to position the two half toroids at the same level and comprises, opposite the leg, a chamfered claw and is projecting from the bottom of the female dovetail making it possible to snap under the male dovetail and to butt on the second half torus, the chamfer allows its mounting.

According to an important characteristic of the invention, the two faces of the outer wall of the half toroids are in an inward angle relative to the top wall allowing the outer face to have better cooperation with the skin of the inner face of the bucket . On the other hand, the periphery of the external face is provided with claws protruding from the external periphery increasing the grip with the internal face of the bucket. We find the same characteristic on each side of the clips to cooperate with the draft on the inside of the bucket because when we use the clips to change the diameter of the ring it is the edges of the clips that take support on the bucket.

/ C To do this, the outer wall of the torus forming the top of the U is perforated by orifices intended to receive on the outer wall of the torus clips having means to guide them, these clips for compensating the diameter of the ring allow its adjustment with the inner diameter of the buckets. Arrangements are provided on the inner face of the wall corresponding to the perforations in the wall which are two ribs per orifice 75 serving as a rail for the clips. These clips slide astride this wall between the two ribs. They fit opposite to the top wall to benefit the mounting of the wall clearance and they are fitted with lugs which come back, by the spring effect of the material, on the top of the wall outside through the holes provided on the top wall. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the notches of the clips have a shape 0 cooperating with the section of the wall of the half torus and their ends are parallel with this said wall. To obtain several ring diameter adjustments, the clips have several notches which allows multiple adjustment according to the notch used or their mounting direction because the ends taking support on the wall of the bucket are of different lengths.

According to an important characteristic of the invention, the top wall of the torus is fitted with through holes for holding various tools and they are provided with counterbore on the face of the underside of the wall to act as a sheath.

In a preferred variant of the invention, the walls closing the half-torus of U-shaped section are each provided with a through notch allowing the passage of a screw to fix it on a vertical wall. In this use the half torus is fixed on the wall of the workshop, cellar or garage for the storage of tools. The invention also relates to the possibility of mounting a set of rectangular spacers of section corresponding to the U-shaped section of the torus and which are equipped on one side with a female dovetail fitted with a stop and a lug cooperating with the male dovetail of the torus and that on the other face is equipped with a male dovetail cooperating with the female dovetail of the torus. These spacers are identical and are mounted head to tail on either side on the ends of the dovetails of the half toroids to assemble them and to widen the ring which becomes an oblong ring to equip rectangular buckets.

The invention is therefore a tool holder ring which fits inside the buckets and can be adapted to different diameters.

The invention will be better understood and other characteristics and advantages will appear on reading the description which follows with reference to the appended figures and among which:

- Figure 1 illustrates, a bucket tool holder ring according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;

- Figure 2 illustrates, a tool holder ring for bucket with widening clips;

- Figure 3 illustrates, two half toroids assembled to form a tool holder ring. - Figure 4 illustrates, a half torus seen from below with the arrangements and the closing faces of the half torus U-shaped arranged by the assembly in female dovetail and in male dovetail;

-Figure 5 schematically illustrates an adaptable clip on the ring to adapt the circumference thereof;

- Figure 6 illustrates, schematically the underside of a half torus equipped with clips respectively positioned in the adjustment holes differently;

- Figure 7 illustrates, two half toroids connected by a set of spacers;

FIG. 8 schematically illustrates a spacer seen from above and from below Although the ring can take different shapes and configurations without departing from the scope of the invention, for the purpose of simplification and to fix ideas, a mode preferred embodiment of the invention will be described in detail, in connection with the accompanying figures.

Figure 1 In this detailed embodiment of a real example of two half toroids 10 are assembled opposite to form the ring 1 tool holder which interpenetrates in a bucket 9 and 9 '. The ring is blocked when the face 13 '(Figure 4) of the outer wall 13 (Figure 4) thereof is blocked on the face of the inner wall 91 and 91' of the bucket 9 and 9 ' which has a more flared draft angle on the top. The blockage occurs when the ring can no longer slide on the wall of the bucket 91 and 91 '. The main arrangements 111 to 122 with which the tool-holder ring is provided appear clearly on the face of the top 11 (FIG. 4), which in a preferred embodiment of the invention are circular orifices of different diameters 111 to 122 in order to make hold tools 8 to 8 (figure 2).

FIG. 2 In this detailed embodiment of a real example of two half toroids 10 are assembled opposite to form the ring 1 tool holder provided with clips 5 positioned in housings 212 to 216 (FIG. 3) adapted to its periphery and the whole of which interpenetrates in a bucket 9 and 9 '. The ring 1 is blocked when the faces 520 and 510 (FIG. 5) of the external walls of the clips 5 are blocked on the face 91 and 91 'of the internal wall of the bucket 9 and 9' of which the latter has a more flared draft angle on the top. The blockage occurs when the ring 1 can no longer slide on the wall of the bucket 91 and 91 '. For a better understanding, various tools 8 to 8 are positioned in their housings 111 to 122 schematically.

Figure 3 illustrates schematically the assembly of two half toroids 10 forming a ring 1 tool holder according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, and in particular the positioning of circular orifices 111 to 122 and 130 to 138 of various diameters provided to receive the tools 8 to 8 According to this embodiment, it can be seen that certain orifices 111 to 122 for the larger diameters are complemented by counterbores 111 'to 122' (Figure 4) below the bottom of the wall 13 from above. The outer periphery 13 (FIG. 4) is provided with orifices 216 to 212 equidistant in a semicircle shape provided for the passage of the clips 5.

Figure 4 illustrates a half torus 10 seen from below which will be detailed. According to the preferred embodiment of the invention the orifices 111 to 122 of the largest diameters are provided with counterbore 111 'to 122' which increases the guiding and the vertical hold of the various tools 8 to 8 '”’. One of the countersinks 115 ′ protrudes from the torus 10 of section in the shape of a U to be interpenetrating with the neighboring orifice 117 allowing two half toroids 10 to be joined head to tail in order to facilitate marketing in stores. The smallest orifices 130 to 138 are only a piercing of the top wall 11. The two faces 12 ′, 12 and 13 ′, 13 of the inner 12 and outer 13 circular walls are at an inward angle relative to the wall 11 from above technically essential for demolding the part but also for the face of the outer wall 13 necessary for cooperation with the skin of the inner face of the bucket 9 (Figure 1) and 9 '(Figure 2) and blocking the 'ring

1. The inner face 13 of the outer wall 13 is provided with two ribs 2110 and 2110 'to 2160 and 2160' each orifice 211 to 216 (FIG. 3) opening out equidistant on its periphery which serve as rails for the compensation clips 5 during of their mounting if the diameter of the ring has to be adapted to larger bucket diameters. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, one of the two walls 15 and 16 for closing the half torus 10 of section in the shape of a U, is arranged by the male dovetail assembly key 150, we find, suitable for an assembly of this type, the two sides of the post 150 'and 150 ”in a re-entrant angle to allow its female counterpart 16' and 16 to be maintained. This wall is provided with a notch 1500 opening out in its center for passage a screw that will allow with its counterpart 1600 placed on the other wall 16 to fix on a wall or on a partition a half torus 10 whose arrangements allow 130 to 138 and 111 to 122 to receive various tools 5 to 5 for storing them . The second wall 16 which is provided with the female dovetail 160, cooperating with its male counterpart 150. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, an extra-thick tab 17 on the top wall 11 closes the mortise and serves as a butted on the tenon of the other torus 10. To complete this assembly, a lug 18 is placed opposite and is provided on its top with an angled face allowing the mounting of the other torus 10, when the latter is fully engaged it comes to touch the tab 17 which is placed on the wall 11 from above and the lug 18 comes to fold down under the half toroid 10 25 closing the slide of the dovetail. This wall 16 is provided with a notch 1600 opening out to allow the passage of a screw which is symmetrical to the notch 1500 which is placed on the wall 15 opposite.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the clip 5 is diagrammatically illustrated by FIG. 5 in which the orifices 55 to 58 clearly appear, the shape of which cooperates with the outer wall 13 (FIG. 4) of the half torus 10 in view of their mounting. on this said wall 13. They are provided to avoid inadvertent disassembly of two lugs 55 'and 55 to 58' and 58 ”allowing to hang on top of this wall 13. The thicknesses of the outer walls 51 and 52 of the clips 5 are of different sizes allowing the fact that the clip 5 is reversible to double its adjustment, their external faces 510 and 520 are parallel to the internal face of the orifices provided for bearing on the external face 13 of the external rib 13 (FIG. 4 )

Figure 6 illustrates in detail in a preferred embodiment of the invention clips positioned on the periphery of the outer wall 13 of the ring 1, each clip 5 is 5 shown in a different arrangement. The clips 5 have notches 55 to 58 (FIG. 5) cooperating with the re-entrant angles of the two faces 13 ′ and 13 of the exterior wall 13 (FIG. 4) of the half torus 10 and are provided at the end with these notches on the part and 'other lugs 55' to 58 'and 55 to 58 (Figure 5) provided to fold over the top of the outer wall 13 of the torus to avoid any involuntary disassembly. The opposite walls 510 and 520 10 (FIG. 5) of the clip (5) which are in the continuity of their notches 55 to 58 (FIG. 5) have the same angle as the face 13 'of the external wall 13 (FIG. 4) of the torus 10, which allows when the clips 5 are mounted on the ring 10 to compensate for its diameter to cooperate in the same way with the face 91 (Figure 1) and 91 '(Figure 2) inside the bucket.

Figures 7 and 8 schematically illustrate in a preferred embodiment according to the invention, two half toroids 10 assembled by two spacers 7 to form an oblong ring 1 '. The spacers 7 are identical and provided on their face 70 and 71 allowing the assembly of the two half toroids (10] for one a male dovetail 700 cooperating with the female dovetail 160 of the half torus 10 (FIG. 4) and for the other face 71 a female dovetail 710 cooperating with the male dovetail 150 of the half torus 10. On the side of the female dovetail 710 of the spacer we find at identical the various arrangements 17 and 18 (FIG. 4) for blocking the half toroids 10 and previously described.

The invention is not limited only to the embodiments precisely described with FIGS. 1 to 7. It is in particular possible to design a ring according to the invention with quite different proportions and shape which could be rectangular for s '' interpenetrate with buckets of rectangular shape or holes for holding tools in number or in various shapes. Similarly, the assembly of two half toroids could be done by a system of clips or by a screw and a nut or the clips which allow the adjustment of the ring to the circumference of the wall of the bucket could be replaced by a strip of various thickness which would fit onto the outer wall of the ring. This also comes from a simple technological choice within the reach of a person skilled in the art.

Claims (8)

1. Tool holder ring for bucket (1] having a body composed of two half toroids (10) of identical U-shaped section (1000) provided with means (150, 150 ', 150 ”and 160, 160', 160 ”) For their assembly forming once assembled a ring to be housed inside the bucket (9 and 9 ') provided with holes (111 to 122 and 130 to 138) opening onto the wall (11) above intended to receive hand tools (8 to 8), characterized in that the half-torus (10) of U-shaped section (1000) is closed on either side by a wall (15 and 16) provided with a notch ( 1500 and 1600) and provided for one with a female dovetail (160) and for the other with a complementary male dovetail (150) allowing the assembly of two identical toroids (10) in opposite with locking means (17 and 18) and that the wall (11) forming the top of the U-shape (1000) is perforated by orifices (211 to 216) intended to receive on the wall (11) toroid exterior (10) clips (5) with means (2110 and 2110 'to 2160 and 2160') to guide them, these clips (5) for compensation of the diameter of the ring (1) allow its adjustment with the diameter of the walls (91 and 91 ') inside the buckets (9 and 9'). 2. Tool holder ring for bucket (1) according to claim 1 characterized in that during the dovetail assembly (150,150 ', 150 ”and 160,160', 160) of the half toroids (10), the top of the wall (11) on the side where the female dovetail (160) is located is provided with a tab (17) serving as supports during the fitting of the male dovetail (150) making it possible to position the two half toroids (10) at the same level and comprises, opposite the lug (17), a triangular claw (18) projecting from the bottom of the female dovetail (160) making it possible to engage under the tail d 'male dovetail (150) and to butt. 3. Tool holder ring for bucket (1) according to claim 1 characterized in that the wall (13) of the outer toroid (10) is provided on its inner face (13) corresponding to the perforations (211 to 216) of the wall ( 11) from above two ribs (2110 and 2110 'to 2160 and 2116') serving as rails and cooperating with clips (5) which are positioned astride this said wall (13). 4. Tool holder ring for bucket (1) according to claim 1 characterized in that the wall (11) of the top of the torus is provided with through holes (130 to 137) for holding various tools and through holes (111 to 122) provided with counterbore (111 'to 22 ') on the underside of the wall (11) above to act as a sheath for the various tools (8 to 8 ”). 5. Tool holder ring for bucket (1) according to claim 1 characterized in that the two faces (13 and 13 ’) of the outer wall (13) of the half toroids are in re-entrant angle 5 relative to the wall (11) above having for the outer face (13 ') better cooperation with the skin of the inner face (91 and 91') of the bucket (9 and 9 ') and that they are provided claws (1100, 1100 ', 1100 ”, 1100'”, 1100 ') protruding on the outer periphery (13') increasing the grip with the inner face of the bucket (91, 91 '). 6. Tool holder ring for bucket (1) according to claim 1 characterized in that the 10 walls (15 and 16) closing the half torus (10) of U-shaped section (1000) are each provided with a notch ( 1500 and 1600) opening allowing the passage of a screw to fix it on a vertical wall using a tool holder (8 to 8) on the wall. 7. Tool holder ring for bucket (1) according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that there are provided on the clips notches (55 to 58) cooperating during the 15 mounting them astride with the outer wall (13) of the half torus (10) allowing, depending on the notches used and the mounting side, due to the different widths (52 and 51) of the outer walls of the clips (10), multiple ring diameter adjustments (1), and these notches are provided with a claw (55 'and 55 to 58' and 58 ”) on both sides so that the clips come to lock by the spring effect of the material on the top of the outer wall (13) of the torus (10) during their mounting. 8. Tool holder ring for bucket (1) according to any one of claims from 1 to 7, characterized in that a rectangular spacer 7 of section corresponding to the U-shaped section (1000) of the torus is fitted on one face (71) a female dovetail (710) fitted with a stop (712) and a lug (713) cooperating with the male dovetail 25 (150) of the torus (10) and that on the other face (70) is equipped with a male dovetail (700) cooperating with the female dovetail (160) of the torus (10), allowing an assembly of the two half toroids spaced the width of the spacer (7) to obtain a ring (1 ') of oblong shape.