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US3593386A
US3593386A US881138A US3593386DA US3593386A US 3593386 A US3593386 A US 3593386A US 881138 A US881138 A US 881138A US 3593386D A US3593386D A US 3593386DA US 3593386 A US3593386 A US 3593386A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F55/00—Clothes-pegs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
    • A47G1/16—Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like
    • A47G1/20—Picture hooks; X-hooks
    • A47G1/21—Picture hooks; X-hooks with clamping action
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/02—Dress holders; Dress suspending devices; Clothes-hanger assemblies; Clothing lifters
    • A47G25/06—Clothes hooks; Clothes racks; Garment-supporting stands with swingable or extending arms
    • A47G25/0607—Clothes hooks
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/20—Paper fastener
    • Y10T24/202—Resiliently biased
    • Y10T24/203—Resiliently biased including means to open or close fastener
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44017—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof with specific mounting means for attaching to rigid or semirigid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44291—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof including pivoted gripping member
    • Y10T24/44376—Spring or resiliently biased about pivot
    • Y10T24/44385—Distinct spring
    • Y10T24/44427—Distinct spring with position locking-means for gripping members

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  • a clamp having two hingedly connected clamp portions each provided with a clamp jaw urged into clamping position by spring means is particularly used as a clothes hanger,
  • the two clamp portions are provided with oppositely arranged hemispherical recesses adapted to contain a spherical locking body when the clamp is in closed position.
  • the spherical locking body moves out of said hemispherical recesses, preferably by gravity, into two opposite recesses of smaller depth to hold the clamp jaws in open position.
  • this article is pushed against the locking sphere and moves this latter back A to inactive position, while said spring means close the jaws upon the article.
  • the clamp is primarily intended to be used as a clothes hanger, but also other flat-shaped articles, such as sheets, papers, fabrics, foil and the like may be suspended by this clamp.
  • the clamp according to the invention comprises two hingedly connected clamp portions provided each .with a clamp jaw for holding an article between the jaws, spring means urging theclamp jaws into closed position, a locking member engaged between the two clamp portions, said locking-member being movable, upon openingthe clamp'by hand against the action of said spring:means, between an inactive position and a locking position inwhich theclamp jaws are held in open position against the action'of said spring means, said locking member, when being acteduponby an article introducedinbetween the open jaws, moving'into inactive position to cause closure of said jaws for clamping-said article therebetween.
  • F l6. 1 is a longitudinal sectional viewv of the clamp in closed position
  • F l6. 2 shows the clampin elevation inopen position
  • H6. 3 is a front elevation of the clamp in closed position drawn-to a slightly smaller scale than FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the represented clamp is intended to be fixed to a wall and to be used as aclothes hanger.
  • theclamping jaws l and 2 forming the front portion of the clamp are downwardly directed and eachvjaw is formed on a clamp portion 3 and 12, respectively.
  • the clamp portion is provided at its top and bottom ends with self-sealing adhesive tape portions 4 and 5, respectively.
  • the clamp may also be nailed or screwed to a wall, and for this purpose the top and bottom ends of the portion 3 in addition are provided with holes'6 and 7, respectively.
  • the upper section of the clamp portion 3 is provided with a circular recess 17 receiving one end of a helical compression spring 8.
  • the two clamp portions 3 and 12 are hingedly connected to each other intermediate their length by means of a pin 16 extending the whole width of the clamp.
  • the clamp portion 12 in its upper section is also provided with a circular recess 17' receiving the opposite end of the compression spring 8.
  • the central part of the clamp portion 12 also is provided with a hemispherical recess facing the recess 10 of the clamp portion 3 engaging the other half of the sphere 11.
  • the upper section of the clamp portion :12. is longer than the upper section of the clamp portion 3 while the lower section of the clamp portion 12 is shorter than the corresponding lower section of the clamp portion 3.
  • Theupper end of the clamp portion 12 extends at an angle with: respect to the main body of this portion, and this angularly extending end portion 13 is directed away from the clamp portion 3.
  • the angularly extending end 13 has an arc-shaped. or semicircular outer surface 14.
  • the two clamp portions 3 and [2 Adjacent the recesses 10 and 10 for the ball 11, the two clamp portions 3 and [2 are provided each with a smaller recess 15 and 15, respectively, serving to receive the ball 11 in open position of the clamp.
  • the distance between the two recesses 15 and 15 in open position of the clamp is slightly smaller than the diameter of the'ball 11 so that the ball 11 cannot fall out through the open jaws of the clamp.
  • the end 13 of the clamp portion 12 can now be released, since the open position of the clamp will be maintained'by the ball ll which is jammed in the two recesses 15 and 15' and blocks the clamp in open position.
  • the person which intends to use the clamp now has both hands free and can grasp the trouser legs and insert them from below inbetween the two jaws l and 2 until the edges of the trouser legs push against the ball 11 which moves upwardly out of the recesses 15, 15' and into the recesses l0, 10, while the jaws l. and 2 spring back into closed position bythe action of the spring Sand firmly grip the trousers.
  • the ball 11 is brought by the action of its own weight from its inactive position of FIG. I to jaw locking position of FIG. 2.
  • a feeble compression spring could be provided which. may be supported by the clamp portions 3 or 12 and bear against the ball 11.
  • the clamp could also operate in horizontal position of the clamp portion 3. WHen the clamp is opened as described above, the feeble spring would urge the ball] l into the recesses l5, 15' in jaw locking position.
  • a usual coat-peg can be suspended on the projecting member 9, and the'upperarc-shaped end portion 13itself can be used as a garment peg for other pieces of clothing, for example a shirt can be suspended thereon.
  • the lower hook-shaped projecting member 9 obviously may also be used to directly suspend a garment having a suspension loop.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Clamps And Clips (AREA)
  • Supports Or Holders For Household Use (AREA)
  • Holders For Apparel And Elements Relating To Apparel (AREA)
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CH1832668A CH502809A (de) 1968-12-05 1968-12-05 Klammer und ihre Verwendung

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DE (2) DE6947318U (fr)
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GB (1) GB1252474A (fr)

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US4077092A (en) * 1977-05-09 1978-03-07 John Basevi Pivoted clip
US20040216410A1 (en) * 2003-04-30 2004-11-04 Soi Shatzky Clamp for Holding Solar Collectors on Roofs
US7086346B1 (en) * 2004-09-16 2006-08-08 Van Horn Steven M Apparatus as a flag or banner pole clip
US20100263896A1 (en) * 2007-12-13 2010-10-21 Jens Brennenstuhl Hand-held power tool having a two-part housing
US20120199232A1 (en) * 2011-02-04 2012-08-09 David Mitchell Clamp
US8522826B1 (en) * 2012-10-08 2013-09-03 Chun-Chuan Shih Isolation device for oil circuit
US20140284438A1 (en) * 2013-03-20 2014-09-25 Manuel Dominguez, Jr. Article mounting system
US20190219369A1 (en) * 2018-01-13 2019-07-18 Action Target Inc. Single-hand operable clamping mechanism
US10622328B2 (en) 2016-06-14 2020-04-14 Polygroup Macau Limited (Bvi) Control wire clamp and loop systems and methods
US11292574B2 (en) * 2019-03-14 2022-04-05 Sfs Intec Holding Ag Clamping and holding device for wall modules

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FR2542172A1 (fr) * 1983-03-10 1984-09-14 Itw De France Coulant du type servant a maintenir rapproches deux brins d'un lien
FR2708447A1 (fr) * 1993-08-05 1995-02-10 Riera Rene Lucien Dispositif porte-vêtements.
DE4430752C1 (de) * 1994-08-30 1995-11-16 Corinna Leistner Klemmbügel für Bekleidungsgegenstände
FR2941466B1 (fr) * 2009-01-28 2011-03-11 Philippe Cambon Pince a position ouverte stable, notamment pince a linge

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US150439A (en) * 1874-05-05 Improvement in clothes-pins
US907588A (en) * 1906-02-12 1908-12-22 Fred E Pearsall Paper-clip.
US2303961A (en) * 1940-11-26 1942-12-01 Sprague Junie Etta Clothespin
US2566465A (en) * 1949-06-07 1951-09-04 Frederick P Robbins Paper clip board
US3399429A (en) * 1967-07-06 1968-09-03 Goodman Robert Clamping device

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US150439A (en) * 1874-05-05 Improvement in clothes-pins
US907588A (en) * 1906-02-12 1908-12-22 Fred E Pearsall Paper-clip.
US2303961A (en) * 1940-11-26 1942-12-01 Sprague Junie Etta Clothespin
US2566465A (en) * 1949-06-07 1951-09-04 Frederick P Robbins Paper clip board
US3399429A (en) * 1967-07-06 1968-09-03 Goodman Robert Clamping device

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4077092A (en) * 1977-05-09 1978-03-07 John Basevi Pivoted clip
US20040216410A1 (en) * 2003-04-30 2004-11-04 Soi Shatzky Clamp for Holding Solar Collectors on Roofs
US6948687B2 (en) 2003-04-30 2005-09-27 Heliocol Usa, Inc. Clamp for holding solar collectors on roofs
US7086346B1 (en) * 2004-09-16 2006-08-08 Van Horn Steven M Apparatus as a flag or banner pole clip
US20100263896A1 (en) * 2007-12-13 2010-10-21 Jens Brennenstuhl Hand-held power tool having a two-part housing
US20120199232A1 (en) * 2011-02-04 2012-08-09 David Mitchell Clamp
US8522826B1 (en) * 2012-10-08 2013-09-03 Chun-Chuan Shih Isolation device for oil circuit
US20140284438A1 (en) * 2013-03-20 2014-09-25 Manuel Dominguez, Jr. Article mounting system
US9326624B2 (en) * 2013-03-20 2016-05-03 Manuel Dominguez, Jr. Article mounting system
US10622328B2 (en) 2016-06-14 2020-04-14 Polygroup Macau Limited (Bvi) Control wire clamp and loop systems and methods
US20190219369A1 (en) * 2018-01-13 2019-07-18 Action Target Inc. Single-hand operable clamping mechanism
US10921099B2 (en) * 2018-01-13 2021-02-16 Action Target Inc. Single-hand operable clamping mechanism
US11292574B2 (en) * 2019-03-14 2022-04-05 Sfs Intec Holding Ag Clamping and holding device for wall modules

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DE1961243C3 (fr) 1973-10-11
CH502809A (de) 1971-02-15
DE6947318U (de) 1972-09-28
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AT292960B (de) 1971-09-27
GB1252474A (fr) 1971-11-03
FR2025446A1 (fr) 1970-09-11

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