WO1994003082A1

WO1994003082A1 - Hand tool

Info

Publication number: WO1994003082A1
Application number: PCT/DE1993/000691
Authority: WO
Inventors: Walter Prus
Original assignee: Walter Prus
Priority date: 1992-08-08
Filing date: 1993-08-03
Publication date: 1994-02-17
Also published as: DE9210637U1; AU4558893A

Abstract

The description relates to a hand tool (10) for tightening screws in holes (12) with a spike (16) having a spike stub (14) between them for golf shoes having a recess (36) to accept the spike stub (14) and two threaded (38) pins beside it. The hand tool (10) also has at least one cleaning blade (30). The hand tool (10) is advantageously also fitted with a scraper (48), a cleaning device (44) and a cleaning component (42). The cleaning blade (30) and the scraper (48) can be arranged to pivot at one end section (64) of a handle (56) and the cleaning device (44) and the cleaning component can be arranged to pivot at the opposite end section (68) of the handle (56).

Description

Hand tool

The invention relates to a hand tool for tightening tightening holes and, in the middle between them, spikes of golf shoes having a spike pin, which has a recess for receiving the spike pin and, to the side, two screw pins which can be tucked into the tightening holes.

When playing golf, the sole of the golf shoes is contaminated and, in particular, the tightening holes formed in the spikes are contaminated. In order to be able to retighten the spikes, which can be necessary several times, particularly in the case of new golf shoes, it is necessary to press the hand tool against the sole of the corresponding golf shoe or against the corresponding spike with such force that the screw pins in the dirty tightening holes can still penetrate. However, if the dirt in the tightening holes is not compressible, it is not possible to insert the screw pins of the hand tool into the tightening holes of the spike by applying appropriate force, but it is necessary to free the tightening holes from said dirt. If no suitable tool is available for this, then this is hardly possible, or only with great effort or inadequate. This applies not only to the tightening holes but also to the cleaning of the dirty sole of golf shoes because the accessibility to the sole is impeded by the spikes

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The invention has for its object to provide a hand tool of the type mentioned, which is an excellent tool for a golf player and which is suitable for tightening the spikes and at least for cleaning the sole and cleaning the spikes of golf shoes .

This object is achieved according to the invention in a hand tool of the type mentioned at the outset in that the hand tool is designed with a cleaning blade provided for cleaning the spike surface.

The hand tool according to the invention is therefore not only designed with two screw pins which are provided for insertion into the corresponding remaining holes in the spikes of golf shoes, but also at least with a cleaning blade for cleaning the spike surface of the spikes of golf shoes. With the cleaning blade it is possible to clean the spike surface of the individual spikes in a time-saving manner without effort. For this purpose, the hand tool with the cleaning blade is placed on the spike to be cleaned and rotated in order to remove the dirt on the surface of the spike.

An optimal cleaning effect is achieved if the cleaning blade has a cutting edge, the longitudinal or cutting profile of which is at least approximately equal to the profile of the

Spike surface is adapted. Since the spike surface is usually curved in a conical shape away from the sole of the golf shoe, it is therefore expedient to design the cutting edge of the cleaning blade with a conically drawn-in profile adapted to it. The cleaning blade is expediently interrupted by a central recess which serves to receive the corresponding spike pin during the cleaning process. The spike pin thus serves, as it were, as an axle stub around which the tool can be rotated in a screw-like manner in order to use the cleaning blade to free the respective spike to be cleaned of adhering dirt. It is sufficient if the cleaning blade only protrudes from the cutout on one side. In this case, the tool must be rotated by at least approximately 360 degrees to completely remove the dirt from the spike. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, however, the cleaning blade is symmetrical with respect to the central recess, so that it is possible to free the spike from adhering dirt by rotating the hand tool by at least approximately 180 degrees. Of course, the last-mentioned tool can also be rotated several times around the corresponding spike pin in order to achieve an excellent cleaning effect.

A further development of the hand tool according to the invention is characterized in that it has a scraping device for scraping off dirt adhering to the shoe sole of a golf shoe and / or for scraping off dirt adhering to a golf club and / or with a cleaning member for cleaning the tightening holes the spikes of a golf shoe and / or with a cleaning element for cleaning the grooves of a golf club and / or with a cleaning brush. With the help of the scraper device, it is possible to free or clean the surface sections of the shoe sole between the spikes of a golf shoe or a golf club in a time-saving and energy-saving manner. The cleaning device for cleaning the fixed holes of the spikes can be made like a thin spiral

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drill, a thin milling tool or a thin brush. A simple design is obtained if the said cleaning member is simply designed in the form of a nail, needle or pin.

With the cleaning element, it is possible to clean the tightening holes without any problems, i.e. to get rid of the dirt in them, after which the cleaned spike e.g. to be able to follow suit. Since the tool according to the invention expediently has such a size that it lies well in the hand of a user, it is easily possible to provide a cleaning element on the handle of the tool for cleaning the grooves of a golf club. This cleaning element can be simply designed in the form of a pin or needle or in any other way. Likewise, a cleaning brush can be provided for the same purpose.

In order to accommodate the said individual parts in their non-use position on the hand tool in a space-saving and non-disturbing manner, it is advantageous if the scraper device and / or the cleaning element and / or the cleaning element and / or the cleaning brush on a handle part of the hand tool between an inactive, space-saving rest or storage position and an active cleaning position are provided adjustable. This adjustability can be designed similar to the adjustability of knife blades and other accessories of pocket knives. The scraper device can be formed with at least one scraping blade. The cleaning element can have a twist drill section and the cleaning element can simply have a tip. The cleaning brush can be a metal brush, in particular a brass brush. It has proven to be advantageous if, in the hand tool according to the invention, the scraping device is formed with two opposing scraper blades, of which the scraper blade provided for scraping off dirt adhering to the shoe sole of a golf shoe has teeth which are spaced apart from one another. With the help of the teeth mentioned, there is a good cleaning effect, so that it is possible to save time by removing dirt from the sole of a golf shoe without any particular effort. The second scraper blade opposite the toothed scraper blade, which is provided for cleaning a golf club, can be simply designed in a knife-like manner in order to be able to reliably rule out damage to a golf club to be cleaned.

A tool which is easy to handle results if the cleaning blade and the scraper device are provided on one end section of the handle part according to the invention and if the cleaning member and the cleaning element are pivotably provided on the opposite second end section of the handle part.

When playing golf, there is in particular the problem that a golf ball compresses the lawn after a long stroke when it hits the lawn. The zusammenge¬ expressed lawn should ^'be edoch loosened again by golfers. Such loosening of the lawn is easily possible if, in the hand tool according to the invention, the cleaning member and the cleaning element together form two fork tines in the pivoted or unfolded active cleaning position. In the active operating position, these fork tines advantageously have a distance from one another which corresponds to the distance between known so-called pitch forks. A further development of the hand tool according to the invention is characterized in that it is provided with a releasably arranged marking button for marking the position of a golf ball. Such a hand tool practically leaves nothing to be desired, ie it represents an optimal auxiliary device for a golf player. It serves the same purpose if the two screw pins are provided on a web part which is formed with the recess in the middle between the two screw pins and which is adjustable between an inactive storage position resting on the handle part and an active screwing position which projects vertically from the handle part. In the case of a hand tool of this type, the handle part forms, as it were, a handle similar to a corkscrew, from which the web part with the two screw pins protrudes in a central section of the handle part in the active operating position.

In the inactive folded or swiveled position, the hand tool according to the invention can be accommodated in a space-saving manner. It expediently consists of a suitable plastic material, which can be colored in different colors to achieve a special overall visual impression and / or can be provided with inserts and / or decorative elements.

Another embodiment of the hand tool according to the invention is characterized in that the cleaning blade is provided on an end section of a web part of the hand tool, on the opposite second end section of which the tightening pins are provided, and in that on the first end section of the web part or having the cleaning blade. a handle covering the cleaning blade or the screw pins is arranged on the first end section tJ of the web part in a rotationally fixed and detachable manner. In this embodiment of the hand tool according to the invention, the handle is therefore optionally attached to one end section. arranges to tighten a spike with the screw pins provided on the second end section of the web part. to be able to, or the handle part is rotatably arranged on the second end portion of the sliding part in order to be able to clean a soiled spike with the cleaning blade which is now free from the first end portion.

In order to be able to turn the handle on the one or other end section of the web part with the tool of the last-mentioned type without problems, it has proven to be advantageous if the two end sections of the web part have the same cross-sectional profile that differs from the circular shape, and if the handle is designed to be snapped onto one or the other end section of the web part with a recess whose light cross-sectional profile has been adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the two end sections of the section.

Further details, features and advantages emerge from the following description of exemplary embodiments of the hand tool according to the invention shown in the drawing. Show it:

1 shows a side view of a first embodiment of the Hanc tool at a distance from a spike provided on a partially indicated sole of a golf shoe, FIG. 2 shows a view of the tool according to FIG. 1 along the line II-II, i.e. a view of the tool according to Fig.l from below,

3 shows a section along the section line III-III in

Fig.l, that is, by the handle and by the Sτeg- part of the hand tool, Fig.M- a side view of the hand tool according to Fig.l, which differs from the representation drawn in Fig.l thereby distinguishes that the handle is arranged on the second end section of the web part so that it cannot rotate, in order to be able to use the cleaning blade which protrudes from the first end section of the web part 5,

5 shows a view of a second embodiment of the tool from above in order to illustrate the accessories provided in this embodiment of the hand tool, such as a scraper device, cleaning member, cleaning element and C a cleaning brush, and

6 shows a preferred embodiment of the hand tool in a spatial representation.

Fig.l shows a side view of a hand tool 10 for 5 screwing the spikes 16 of golf shoes. In this

A section of a sole 18 of such a golf shoe is shown in the figure. It can be seen from this figure that the / each spike 16 has two tightening holes 12, a spike pin 14 provided between them and a surface C 20 which tapers conically away from the sole 18 towards the spike pin 14.

The hand tool 10 has a web part 22 and a handle 24 which can be detachably attached to either the first end section 26 of the 5 web part 22 or the second end section 28 thereof. The first end section 26 of the web part 22 is formed with a cleaning blade 30, the cutting edge 32 of which has a longitudinal profile which is at least approximately matched in shape to the profile of the surface 20 of each spike 16.

1 shows a cleaning blade 30, the cutting edge 32 of which is interrupted by a central recess 34. The recess 34 has dimensions such that 5 of the spike pins 14 of a spike 16 to be cleaned in it riatz finds. There? means that the blade 32 of the cleaning blade 30 can be brought into contact with the spike surface 20 and that the spike surface 20 can be cleaned by means of the cleaning blade 30 by rotating the hand tool 10 around the spike 16 to be cleaned.

A central recess 36 is formed on the second end section 28 of the web part 22. To the side of the recess 36 there are screw pins 38 which can be inserted into the tightening holes 12 of a spike 16 in order to secure said spike 16 on the sole 18 of a golf shoe e.g. to be able to tighten.

FIGS. 2 and 3 each show the second end section 28 of the web part 22 with the two screw pins 38 and the recess 36 provided centrally between them, or the first end section 26 with the cleaning blade 30 and the recess 34 dividing them centrally. It can also be seen from these figures that the first end section 26 and the second end section 28 of the web part 22 have a cross-sectional shape that deviates from the circular shape. The handle 24 is formed with a recess 40 (see also FIG. 1), the light cross-sectional profile of which is adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the two identically shaped end sections 26 and 28 of the web part 22. It marked square ^{'cross-sectional} profiles; However, it goes without saying that the first and the second end sections 26 and 28 can also be shaped in any other way, deviating from the circular shape. It is only important that the handle 24 can be plugged onto one or the other end section 26 or 28 and that, in the plugged-on state, there is a twist-proof connection between the handle 24 and the web part 22.

The cut-out recess 34 on the first end portion 26 of the

HE _SATZB LATT Web part 22 has dimensions similar to the recess 36 between the two screw pins 38, ie the recess 34 is also suitable for receiving the spike pin 14.

1 shows the hand tool 10 in the state in which the handle is arranged on the first end section 26 of the web part 22, the cleaning blade 30 being protected against unwanted contact by means of the handle 24, so that there is a risk of injury from the cleaning blade 30 is excluded. In this state of the tool 10, it is possible to insert the screw pins 38 into the tightening holes 12 of a spike 16 in order to be able to tighten them as desired. Of course, the tool 10 can also be used to unscrew a spike 16 from the sole 18 of a golf shoe, for example to replace a damaged spike 16 with a new spike 16.

In contrast, the hand tool 10 according to FIG

Figures 1 to 3 drawn in the operating state in which the handle 24 is non-rotatably detachably attached to the second end portion 28 of the web part 22, so that the cleaning blade 30 with its cutting edge 32 is free from the hand tool 10 for use. In this state, it is possible with the tool 10 to clean a soiled spike 16 (see FIG. 1) in order to then be able to subsequently tighten the spike 16 on the sole 18 if necessary.

The same details are given the same reference numerals "in FIGS. 1 to 4, so that it is unnecessary to describe all these details again in detail in connection with FIG.

By means of the at the first end section 26 of the web part 22 provided cleaning blade 30, it is possible to clean the spike surface 20 of impurities, but removal of dirt located in the tightening holes 12 is not yet possible with the cleaning blade 30. It can therefore be expedient to design the hand tool 10 - as can be seen from FIG. 5 - with a cleaning member 42 which is in the manner of a small, thin twist drill, in the manner of a small pin-shaped brush, in the manner of a thin milling cutter or in the manner of a thin needle or a simple pin can be formed in order to be able to clean the tightening holes 12 of a spike 16 with the aid of this cleaning member 42. Such a cleaned spike 16 can then easily be tightened on the sole 18 of a golf shoe.

5 shows an embodiment of the hand tool 10 as viewed from above, the handle 24 being formed with a cleaning member 42 which is adjustable and in between a space-saving folded rest or storage position and an active cleaning position away from the handle 24 the respective position can be determined. This figure also shows a cleaning element 4-4 that is suitable for cleaning the grooves of a golf club. In addition, a cleaning brush 46 is illustrated, with cleaning element 44 and

Cleaning brush 46 by which the cleaning member 42 can be adjusted independently of one another, for example in the manner of the blades of a pocket knife, between a space-saving storage position and an active cleaning position standing away from the handle 24. 5 also shows a scratching device 48 which can be adjusted about an axis 50 between an inactive rest position shown in the drawing and an active operating position away from the handle 24. The scraping device 48 is formed with a scraping blade 52. In this embodiment of the hand tool 10, the pivoting axis 50 of the scraper device 4S is oriented perpendicular to the axis 54 about which the cleaning member 42, the cleaning element 44 and the cleaning brush 46 can be pivoted.

6 shows in a spatial representation a preferred embodiment of the hand tool 10 according to the invention with a handle part 56, on which a scraper device 8 with two opposing scraper blades 52 and 58, a cleaning blade 30, a cleaning element 42 and a cleaning member 44 and a web part 60 can be adjusted in each case between a space-saving inactive position and an active operating position standing away from the grip part 56. Here is the dirt intended to scrape off the shoe sole of a Gcl shoe

Scraper blade 52 is formed with teeth 62 spaced apart from one another, while the two scraper blade 58, which is provided for scraping off dirt adhering to a golf club, is simply in the form of a cutter. The cleaning blade 30 with a cutting edge 32 provided with a central recess 34 can be adjusted with the scraper device 48 at one end section 64 of the handle part 56 between the inactive and the active operating position. In order to be able to accommodate the scraper device 48 and the cleaning blade 30 in the inactive operating position in the handle part 56 in a space-saving manner, the handle part 56 or its first end section 64 is designed with a suitable receiving space 66. The cleaning blade 30 and scraper device 48 can be moved independently of one another out of the receiving space 66 into the active operating position.

The cleaning element 42 and the cleaning member 44 are adjustable at the second end section 6δ of the handle part 56 between an inactive, space-saving rest position and an active operating position. To the cleaning element 42 and to be able to accommodate the cleaning member 44 in the inactive rest position in a space-saving manner in the handle part 56, this is formed on the second end section 68 with suitable receiving spaces 70, of which only the receiving space for the cleaning element 42 can be seen in this figure.

In the active position shown in FIG. 6, the cleaning element 42 and the cleaning member 44 together form two fork prongs 72 with which it is possible to loosen up a golf lawn.

The handle part 56 of the hand tool 10 according to FIG. 6 is formed with a recess 74 which is used for space-saving reception and storage of a marking button 76. Such a marking button 76 is provided for marking the position of a golf ball.

The above-mentioned web part 60, which is provided with the two screw pins 38 and with a recess 36 formed centrally between the said screw pins 38, is in a central section of the handle part 56 between a space-saving inactive rest position and one of the Handle part 56 standing active operating or screw position adjustable.

The handle part 56 is also formed with a fastening eyelet 78 in order to hold the hand tool 10, for example, on a piece of clothing or the like. to be able to bind or attach.

Claims

Expectations :

1. Hand tool for screwing down tightening holes (12) and in the middle between these a spike pin (14) having spikes (16) of golf shoes, which have a recess (36) for receiving the spike pin (14) and

5 next to it has two screw pins (38) which can be inserted into the tightening holes (12), so that the hand tool (10) is designed with a cleaning blade (30) C provided for cleaning the spike surface (20).

2. Tool according to claim 1, so that the cleaning blade (30) has a cutting edge (32) 5 whose longitudinal profile is at least approximately matched to the profile of the spike surface (20).

3. Tool according to claim 1 or 2, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, 3 that the cleaning blade (30) is interrupted by a central recess (34) which is provided during the cleaning process for receiving the corresponding spike pin (14).

5 4. Tool according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has a scraping device (48) for scraping dirt adhering to the shoe sole (18) of a golf shoe and / or scraping dirt adhering to a golf 0 club and / or with a cleaning element (44) for cleaning the tightening holes (12) of the spikes (16) of a golf shoe and / or with a cleaning element (42) for cleaning the grooves of a golf shoe racket and / or with a cleaning brush (46).

5. Tool according to claim 1 and 4, characterized in that the cleaning blade (30) and / or the Kratzein¬ device (48) and / or the cleaning member (42) and / or the cleaning element (44) and / or the cleaning brush (46) are provided on a handle part (56) of the tool (10) between an inactive storage position and an active cleaning position.

6. Tool according to claim 4 or 5, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the scraping device (48) is formed with at least one scraping blade (52).

7. Tool according to claim 6, characterized in that the scraping device (48) is formed with two opposing scraping blades (52, 58), of which the scraping blade provided for scraping dirt adhering to the shoe sole (18) of a golf shoe (52) has teeth (62) spaced from one another.

8. Tool according to one of claims 5 to 7, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the cleaning blade (30) and the scraping device

(48) on one end section (64) of the handle part (56) and that the cleaning member (4-4) and the cleaning element (42) are pivotably provided on the opposite second end section (68) of the handle part (56).

9. Tool according to claim 8, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the cleaning member (44) and the cleaning element (42) together in the pivoted active cleaning position form two fork tines (72).

10. Tool according to one of the preceding claims, ie that it is provided with a detachably arranged marking cap (76) provided for marking the position of a golf ball.

11. Tool according to one of claims 4 to 10, characterized in that the two screw pins (38) are provided on a web part (60) which is formed centrally between the two screw pins (38) with the recess (36) and the between an inactive storage position resting on the handle part (56) and an active screwing position that is perpendicular to the handle part (56) can be adjusted.

12. Tool according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the cleaning blade (30) is provided on an end portion (26) of a web part (22) of the tool (10), on the opposite second end portion (28) the tightening or Screw pins (38) are provided, and that a handle (24) can be detachably attached to the first end section (26) or the second end section (28) of the web part (22).

13. Tool according to claim 12, characterized in that the two end sections (26, 28) of the web part (22) that have the same cross-sectional profile that deviates from the circular shape, and that the handle (24) is designed to be plugged onto one or the other end section (26, 28) of the web part (22) with a recess (40) whose light cross-sectional profile is adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the two end sections (26, 28)