TWM605153U - Socket set holder - Google Patents

Abstract

A socket set holder comprising a lower tray, a rail, and plurality of retainers. Each retainer comprises a post sized to fit within a central bore of a socket, a left slot and a right slot sized to receive left and right elongate edges of the rail, whereby each retainer is slideable along the rail while being vertically attached to the rail. An upper barrier comprising a central slot extending through the upper barrier, the central slot being sized to receive a plurality of vertically oriented sockets that each have an internal bore of standard configuration. Wherein, the upper barrier is attached to the lower tray, thereby trapping the rail and the retainers in an immobile condition in relation to the lower tray and the upper barrier.

Description

Socket set fixing parts

This creation relates to a tool fixture, especially a sleeve set fixture.

Generally, common cylindrical objects and tools (such as sleeves) are stored together to form a combination of scales of different sizes. The prior art has developed many convenient "combined" systems for storing such tools together, in order to find a sleeve of the required size in a very short time. Some systems lay the tools flat in groups and collect them together in a box with a closable lid. Some use magnetism to hold tools. Some systems are designed to store tools vertically, so that the end can be easily seen when used, and the correct size can be seen and placed in the correct position. Generally speaking, such systems contain fixing holes or bolts for inserting or installing sleeves.

However, there are still some problems in this area. One of the problems is the manufacturing process in the production of storage cylindrical tool systems. When a manufacturer sells many different types and sizes of tools, many different types and sizes of tool holders will also be needed. However, manufacturing different types and sizes of frame parts will increase the cost of producing and selling different types of tools.

Therefore, there is a need in the art for a tool holder that can be mass-produced, and it can be arranged with many different tool sets of different types and sizes to produce different combinations.

In a preferred embodiment, a sleeve set fixing member includes: a lower bearing plate has a substantially flat surface and a first elongated rectangular profile; a guide rail includes: a substantially flat surface and a second elongated rectangular profile , The size of which can be completely placed in the first slender rectangular outline; a left side thin frame; and a right side thin frame; a plurality of fixing parts, and each fixing part includes: a convex column whose size is exactly the same as that of a sleeve A standard configuration inner hole with a central hole; and a left slot and a right slot, where the size of the left slot can accommodate the left side frame of the slide rail, and the size of the right slot can accommodate the right side of the rail A thin frame, so that each fixing member can slide along the guide rail and be installed vertically on the guide rail; an upper block frame, including: a third elongated rectangular outline, the size of which is the same as the first elongated rectangular outline; and a center through The slot passes through the lower surface and the upper surface of the upper baffle frame. The central slot is surrounded by a left side wall and a right side wall. The central slot can accommodate a plurality of vertically arranged sleeves, and each sleeve has There is an inner hole conforming to the standard configuration; and the upper block frame is installed on the lower bearing plate, so as to fix the guide rail and the plurality of fixing parts so that they cannot move relative to the upper block frame and the lower bearing plate.

In another embodiment, the lower bearing plate further includes a first corner portion having a first length and extending to the edge adjacent to the first elongated rectangular contour, and the upper blocking frame further includes a second corner portion having A second length extends to the edge adjacent to the third elongated rectangular profile.

In another embodiment, the lower bearing plate further includes a first corner portion having a first length and extending to the edge adjacent to the first elongated rectangular contour, and the upper blocking frame further includes a second corner portion having a The second length extends to the edge adjacent to the third elongated rectangular profile.

In addition, the second length is greater than the first length, and the first corner portion is placed above the second corner portion. The protrusion has a square top. The protruding column is wrapped in a compressible material. The sleeve set fixing member further includes a sphere partly embedded in the convex column and pushed away from the convex column by a spring. Any one of the left side wall and the right side wall has a first height, and the lower support plate has a second width; in addition, the first height is in the range of 0.8 to 1.2 times the second width.

On the other hand, the present invention also provides a method for assembling a sleeve set fixing member, which includes: providing a lower support plate with a substantially flat surface; providing a guide rail including a plane with a left side thin frame and a right side thin frame; A plurality of fixing parts, each fixing part is designed to support a sleeve with a standard inner hole, and has a left slot and a right slot; insert the left thin frame of each fixing part into the left slot, The right thin frame is inserted into the right slot; each fixing member is slid along the guide rail and arranged at a predetermined interval; an upper block frame is provided, which includes a central slot extending through the upper block The lower surface and an upper surface of the frame; insert each fixing member through the central slot; clamp the guide rail between the lower support plate and the upper stop frame; and connect to the upper stop frame and the lower support plate.

In another embodiment, connecting the upper baffle frame to the lower support plate further includes positioning a corner portion of the upper baffle frame on a corner portion of the lower support plate. In another embodiment, the above method further includes applying an adhesive between the upper baffle frame and the lower retainer. In another embodiment, the above method further locating a beveled portion of the upper baffle frame to a beveled portion of the lower support plate further includes generating an annular tension on a beveled portion of the upper baffle frame. In another embodiment, the above method further includes generating an annular tension at a corner of the lower bearing plate. In another embodiment, the above method further clamps the guide rail between the lower retainer and the upper retainer frame so that the guide rail cannot move relative to the upper retainer frame and the lower retainer.

In order to make the above-mentioned purposes, features and advantages of this creation more simple and understandable, one or more preferred embodiments are given as follows in detail with the accompanying drawings.

10: Fixed parts

12: convex column

14: top surface

16: left clip

18: Right clip

20: Left support flange

22: Right support flange

24: left slot

26: right slot

28: Sphere

30: Rail

32: flange

100: fixed parts

200: sleeve

202: inner hole

300: Undertake

302: recess

304: Knuckle

400: upper frame

402: central slot

404: Knuckle

412: left wall

414: right wall

Figure 1 is a vertical perspective view of a sleeve set fixing member shown in Figure 7 with the creative feature.

Figure 2 is a vertical perspective view of the assembly of a sleeve set holder with the creative features shown in Figure 7, and shows how to install the sleeve in the assembly.

Figure 3 is a vertical perspective view of the assembly of Figure 2 and shows more sleeves installed in the assembly.

Figure 4 is a partial view of the assembly of Figures 2 and 3.

Figure 5 is a partial exploded top view of the sleeve set holder shown in Figure 7.

Figure 6 is a partially assembled side view of the sleeve set holder shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7 is a side perspective view of a sleeve set fixing member with the creative features.

With reference to the above-mentioned drawings, the present invention is a sleeve set fixing member 100 as shown in the drawings, revealing the characteristics of the present invention. The characteristics of this creation will be described from the smaller component parts of this creation until the entire creation.

FIG. 1 shows a fixing member 10 for holding a single sleeve 200 in a stationary fixed position relative to the sleeve group fixing frame 100. As shown in the figure, the fixing member 10 includes a protrusion 12, which has a square portion when viewed from above. The top surface 14 of the fixing member is square. The fixing member 10 has a left clamping member 16 and a right clamping member 18 at the bottom thereof. The left clamping member 16 has a left supporting flange 20 and the right clamping member 18 has a right supporting flange 22. The left supporting flange 20 is positioned below the left clamping member 16 and used to provide a left slot 24, and the right supporting flange 22 is positioned below the right clamping member 18 to provide a right slot 26. A ball 28 that presses a spring can be arranged on a vertical surface of the boss 12. The ball system acts as a pawl and interacts with the recess in the sleeve. The notch in the sleeve is also matched with similar balls on a drive shaft hand tool. In another embodiment, the size of the boss can be designed to produce a friction fit with the inner hole 202 of the sleeve, and in this embodiment, the boss can be covered with a compressible rubber or polymer to interact with The sleeves 200 provide an enhanced mechanical friction design.

Please also refer now to Figure 2, which shows a guide rail 30 made of a rigid material, such as metal or rigid polymer.

The guide rail 30 can be made by extrusion or molding. The main feature of the guide rail 30 is that its left and right sides each include a flange 32, and the size of the left and right flanges 32 is designed to fit tightly in the left slot 24 and the right slot 26. Based on the structure of the guide rail 30 and the fixing member 10, a plurality of fixing members 10 can be installed on one end of the guide rail 30 and slide to the other side of the guide rail. One side so as to be distributed over the entire length of the rail.

Figure 2 shows that a total of eight fixing members 10 are installed on the guide rail 30, but only three sleeves 200 are respectively installed on the three fixing members.

Figure 3 is similar to Figure 2, but shows that all fixing parts (not visible) have a sleeve 200 installed.

Figure 4 shows the relationship between the guide rail 30, the fixing member 10 and the sleeve 200 in more detail. The top 14 of the fixing member 10 is inserted upwardly into the inner hole 202 of the sleeve 200. The ball 28 of the fixing member 10 is biased toward the inner hole 202 of the sleeve 200 and is recessed into a negative pawl whose shape matches the ball 28. The above structure further includes an internal spring (not shown) that provides an outward bias to the ball 28 and locks the sleeve 200 to the fixing member so that a user can selectively remove it.

Each of the eight slots provides the same function, so each sleeve 200 is detachably fixed to each fixing member 10, and each fixing member 10 can be installed on the guide rail 30 . As described above, in another embodiment, the boss 12 is covered with a compressible polymer or rubber to provide a friction fit between the boss 12 and the inner hole 202 of the sleeve 200.

Please refer to Figures 5-7, which show that the guide rail 30 is fixed and will not rotate during use. Therefore, during use, the sleeve 200 can be placed vertically on the work table or table and will not roll over when impacted. . The design of the lower holder 300 is to achieve the above purpose. The lower holder 300 may be made of a polymer or plastic flat plate through a hot molding process. The lower support plate 300 is basically a plastic flat plate, in which the peripheral edge can be strengthened by arranging a corner portion 304 near the peripheral edge thereof to enhance the structural rigidity.

In addition, a recess 302 (FIG. 5) is designed to tightly accommodate the guide rail 30, so that the upper surface of the guide rail 30 and the top surface of the lower support plate 300 are on the same plane.

Finally, another design is to provide additional stability after installing the sleeve 200 on the holder 10 and installing the guide 30 on the lower retainer 300 to prevent the sleeve 200 from shaking sideways. The upper blocking frame 400 is designed to achieve the above purpose. The upper baffle frame 400 may be made of a polymer or plastic flat plate through a hot molding process, and its peripheral edge may be provided with a corner 404 near the peripheral edge to enhance structural rigidity.

An important feature of the upper block frame 400 is that the central slot 402 basically extends from one end to the other end of the upper block frame, and its width can accommodate a row extending upward from the guide rail 30 provided on the lower support plate 300 Sleeve (for example, sleeve 200). The upper blocking frame 400 further has a left side wall 412 and a right side wall 414 along the central slot 402.

The left side wall 412 and the right side wall 414 provide additional safety and stability to prevent the sleeve from falling out of the central slot 402 of the upper block frame 400 when the fixing member 100 is hit. The height of the two side walls extending upward is approximately equal to the width of the upper blocking frame 400. A maximum height ("H") of the left and right side walls is from the lowest point of the upper block frame 400 to the highest point of the left and right side walls 412, 414 as the first dimension; and the lower holder 300 has a width ("W"). It is the second size (Figure 6).

In a preferred state, the first size should be in the range of 0.8 to 1.2 times the second size. In theory, the length of the sleeve is at least as large as the depth of the central slot 402, and the height of the sleeve can be higher than the depth of the central slot. The upper baffle frame 400 is installed on the lower bearing plate 300 to fix the guide rail and the fixing member to be immovable inside. The above-mentioned structure can be completed by combining the corner portion 304 of the lower bearing plate and the corner portion 404 of the upper blocking frame 400.

As shown in Figures 6-7, through precise design, the circumference of the corner portion 404 of the upper baffle 400 is only slightly larger than the circumference of the corner portion 304 of the lower support plate, and a ring-shaped tension is generated at the corner portion 304, and the The corner portion 304 of the retainer 300 provides annular compression to strengthen the corner portion 404 and the corner portion 304 connections. In addition, a small amount of adhesive can be applied to the connection and/or staples can be stapled, and the upper stop frame 400 can be installed on the lower tray 300.

It can be seen that the sleeve set fixing member 100 of the present invention can provide the following novel advantages. The fixing members 10 can be arranged at any distance along the guide rail 30. Therefore, the same guide rail and the same fixture can be used for many different sleeves, tools or other equipment. When the size of different tools requires a longer or shorter interval between the fixing members 10, the user can use the same guide rail and fixing member to adjust the required interval. When assembling, the spacing of the fixing member 10 on the guide rail 30 can be set to any distance required for the arrangement of the sleeve sets.

In addition, the lower retainer 300 can be used for many different tools, sleeves or products without changing its shape. However, the upper stop frame may require some transformation to accommodate the sleeve or wider or narrower tool. However, this design only has one element, namely the upper block frame 400, which may need to be modified to accommodate completely different products. All other elements can still be used, but the arrangement needs to be adjusted to accommodate different product groups.

10: Fixed parts

12: convex column

14: top surface

16: left clip

18: Right clip

20: Left support flange

22: Right support flange

24: left slot

26: right slot

28: Sphere

Claims (6)

A sleeve set fixing member includes: a lower bearing plate has a substantially flat surface and a first elongated rectangular profile; a guide rail includes: a substantially flat surface and a second elongated rectangular profile, the size of which can be completely inserted In the first slender rectangular profile; a left side thin frame; and a right side thin frame; a plurality of fixing parts, and each fixing part includes: a convex post whose size fits within a standard configuration of a central hole of a sleeve Hole; and a left slot and a right slot, where the size of the left slot can accommodate the left side thin frame of the slide rail, the size of the right slot can accommodate the right side thin frame of the guide rail, so each fixing can Sliding along the guide rail and vertically mounted on the guide rail; an upper block frame, comprising: a third elongated rectangular profile, the size of which is the same as the first elongated rectangular profile; and a central slot passing through the upper block frame On the lower surface and the upper surface, the central slot is surrounded by a left side wall and a right side wall. The central slot can accommodate a plurality of vertically arranged sleeves, and each sleeve has an inner hole conforming to the standard configuration ; And where the upper block frame is installed on the lower bearing plate to fix the guide rail and a plurality of The fixing parts make it impossible to move relative to the upper baffle frame and the lower bearing plate. The sleeve set fixing member according to claim 1, wherein the lower bearing plate further includes a first corner portion having a first length and extending to the edge adjacent to the first elongated rectangular contour; and the upper The baffle frame further includes a second corner portion having a second length extending to the edge adjacent to the third elongated rectangular contour: in addition, the second length is greater than the first length, and the first corner portion is positioned at the second Above the corners. According to the sleeve set fixing member described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the protruding column has a square top. According to the sleeve set fixing member described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the protruding column is covered in a compressible material. As described in the first item of the scope of patent application, the sleeve set fixing member further includes a sphere partly embedded in the protrusion and pushed away from the protrusion by a spring. For the sleeve set fixing member described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein any one of the left side wall and the right side wall has a first height, and the lower bearing plate has a second width; in addition, the first width A height is in the range of 0.8 to 1.2 times the second width.

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