WO2000031363A1 - Dispositif porteur de support tel qu'un tube ou une tige - Google Patents

Dispositif porteur de support tel qu'un tube ou une tige Download PDF

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WO2000031363A1
WO2000031363A1 PCT/NL1999/000721 NL9900721W WO0031363A1 WO 2000031363 A1 WO2000031363 A1 WO 2000031363A1 NL 9900721 W NL9900721 W NL 9900721W WO 0031363 A1 WO0031363 A1 WO 0031363A1
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Robin Verkerk
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
    • E04H12/22—Sockets or holders for poles or posts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
    • A45B11/00—Umbrellas characterised by their shape or attachment

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  • Holder for holding a support such as a tube or a post
  • the present invention relates to a holder for holding a support, such as a tube or a post, which holder is provided with attachment means for releasably attaching the holder to a support.
  • a holder of the type referred to in the preamble is known in the prior art. Holders of this nature are used, for example, for attaching a pole or a post of, for example, a parasol to a support.
  • the holder is provided with eyelets for attaching nuts and bolts. With the aid of these nuts and bolts, a clamping bracket can be clamped to the holder. In use, the support will be placed between the holder and the clamping bracket, the clamping bracket and the holder being pressed against the support from either side with the aid of the nuts and bolts. Attaching the known holder to a support involves relatively large amounts of time and effort.
  • the attachment means for attaching the holder to the support comprises a plurality of separate components.
  • the known holder is often used on balconies and also on vessels, such as pleasure boats. If, when a known holder is being attached, one of the components of the attachment means falls off, there is a considerable risk that the component will either fall a relatively great distance (from a balcony) or will fall into the water (from a vessel).
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a holder of a type described in the preamble in which a holder is relatively easy to attach to a support.
  • the attachment means is to be composed of as few separate parts as possible.
  • the attachment means comprise a flexible member, such as a cord or a belt, and a clamping element provided with at least one hole or passage of a diameter which is such that the flexible member can be received in the hole or passage, the flexible member being connected at a first end to the holder and extending in the direction of the second end in such a manner that it can slide through the hole or passage in the clamping element, all this in such a manner that the clamping element can be moved in the direction of the holder as a result of a pulling force being exerted on the second end of the flexible member.
  • This measure ensures that the holder can be attached to a support with the aid of the attachment means by pulling on the flexible member. This means that attachment can be carried out in a relatively simple manner.
  • the holder is advantageous for the holder to be provided with locking means for locking the second end of the flexible member.
  • the holder prefferably be provided with a clamping face, the clamping member being attached to the holder by the first end in the vicinity of the clamping face.
  • the clamping face is delimited on either side by a first and a second side edge, the flexible member being connected, by the first end, in the vicinity of the first side edge of the clamping face, and the locking means being located in the vicinity of the second side edge of the clamping face.
  • the clamping element prefferably be provided with a clamping face.
  • both the holder and the clamping element be provided with a first and a second hole or passage, the flexible member extending, in use, from the point at which the first end is attached to the holder with the aid of a first part, in such a manner that it can slide through the first hole or the first passage of the clamping element, and the flexible member extending further onwards from the clamping element with the aid of a second part, in such a manner that it can slide through the first hole or the first passage of the holder, the flexible member extending further with the aid of a third part onwards from the holder, in such a manner that it can slide through the second hole or the second passage of the clamping element, in the direction of the holder, and the flexible member extending, with the aid of a fourth part, via the second hole or the second passage of the holder to the locking means on the holder.
  • the locking means on the holder can be formed by the second hole or the second passage of the holder, the flexible member can be held in the second hole or the second passage of the holder, and at least one wall of the second hole or the second passage is provided with projections.
  • These measures provide, as it were, a pulley transmission is produced between the holder and the clamping element.
  • the flexible member is held taut between the holder and the clamping element via the various loops.
  • the presence of the pulley action allows the end of the flexible member to be pulled with a relatively low force, while nevertheless allowing a relatively high clamping force to be built up between the clamping element and the holder. Since the second hole or the second passage of the holder is provided with projections, the second end of the flexible member can be locked onto the holder by simply pulling the cord into the second hole or the second passage.
  • the flexible member is surrounded at least over part of its length by the first hole or the first passage of the clamping element. Since at least part of the clamping element completely surrounds the flexible member, it is not possible for the clamping element simply to become separated from the flexible member. In principle, this means that there are no separate components.
  • the clamping element can be taken off the flexible member only when the end of the flexible member has moved all the way through the clamping element. If a thickened section, such as a button or a hand grip, is arranged at the end of the flexible member, it is no longer possible to remove the clamping element from the flexible member. This ensures that there are no separate components and also that it is impossible for any components to be lost.
  • there is provision for at least the clamping face of the holder or the clamping face of the clamping element to be provided with a recess.
  • the recess it is advantageous for the recess to comprise tapering walls.
  • the presence of the recess on the clamping face of the holder or the clamping face of the clamping element allows one or both clamping faces to be correctly attached to the support.
  • the support will engage in the recess and, in addition to a force-fitting connection, will also produce a form-fitting connection between one or both clamping faces in the support.
  • the clamping face of the holder or the clamping face of the clamping element it is possible for the clamping face of the holder or the clamping face of the clamping element to be partially coated with an elastic material.
  • the presence of the coating of elastic material will further improve the clamping force of the holder and the clamping element on the support.
  • the cord can be used to effect a certain deformation of the elastic coating.
  • the elastic energy which has been built up in the elastic coating will maintain secure attachment of the holder to the support.
  • the holder is substantially in the shape of a pipe or a tube, in which case at least two attachment means according to the invention, which are positioned at a distance from one another, are arranged on the pipe or the tube.
  • the pipe or the tube is provided with an opening on both sides.
  • the holder can be placed onto a support with the aid of the attachment means, which are positioned at a distance from one another, and the holder can absorb forces not only in the longitudinal direction of the body of the holder, but also forces in a direction which runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the holder. Since the tube or the pipe is open on the underside, the body which has been placed in the holder can be pushed into the pipe or tube as desired, or can even be pushed further, so that the body comes out of the holder on the underside. This further increases the possibilities of adjusting the height of the body with respect to the holder.
  • the holder it is possible for the holder to be provided with means for fixing in the holder an object which has been introduced into the holder. With the aid of these means it is possible, for example, for a post to be securely clamped in the body of the holder.
  • the present invention relates to a system for attaching a first support to a support, the first support being provided with a flexible member such as a cord, of a length which is such that this cord can be wrapped around the support, the cord being attached to the first support by means of a first end and the first support being provided with means for locking the second end of the cord to the first support.
  • a flexible member such as a cord
  • the system according to the present invention is characterized in that a second support is arranged slidably on the cord, between the first and second ends, both the first support and the second support being provided with a first and a second guide or channel, and in use the cord runs from the point where the first end is attached to the first support, with the aid of a first part, in such a manner that it can slide through the first guide of the second support, and the cord runs further onwards from the second support, with the aid of a second part, in such a manner that it can slide through the first guide of the first support, and the cord runs further onwards, with the aid of a third part, from the first support, in such a manner that it can slide through the second guide of the second support, in the direction of the first support, and the cord, with the aid of a fourth part, runs towards the second guide of the first support, this second guide (10) containing projections, all this in such a manner that the means for locking the second end of the cord to the first support are formed by the
  • the system according to the present invention may, for example, be used to clamp two objects together with a relatively high force. Consideration may be given to clamping glued surfaces securely together.
  • the first body and the second body of the system according to the present invention are in this case placed on either side of the clamping face and then, with the aid of the cord, a clamping force is produced in order to clamp the glued surfaces together with a high force.
  • the system according to the present invention can be improved by providing the first support with a clamping face. It is also possible for the second support to be provided with a clamping face. Moreover, it is possible for at least the clamping face of the first support or the clamping face of the second support to be provided with a recess or for at least the clamping face of the first support or the clamping face of the second support to be provided with a coating of elastic material.
  • Figure 1 shows the holder according to the present invention.
  • Figure 2 shows the holder which has been fixed to a substantially vertically positioned support.
  • Figure 3 shows the reeved loops used to attach the cord to the holder and the clamping element.
  • Figure 4 shows a diagrammatic illustration of the holder which is attached to a support with two webs which are substantially at right angles to one another.
  • Figure 5 shows the holder which is attached to a support which is substantially round in cross section.
  • Figure 6 shows a holder which is attached to a support which is substantially rectangular in cross section.
  • Figure 7 shows the holder which is attached to a support which is substantially square in cross section.
  • Figure 1 shows the holder 1 according to the present invention.
  • a post of a parasol (not shown) can be placed in the holder 1.
  • the holder 1 firstly comprises a tube or a pipe 2 which is preferably open at both ends.
  • a handle mechanism 3 is attached to the top side of this pipe 2. This handle mechanism 3 is known per se in the prior art.
  • the handle 4 When the handle 4 is moved downwards (position shown), a flexible member is pushed towards the inside of the tube. This member locks a post which has been placed in the tube 2 inside this tube.
  • the holder 1 is provided with an attachment means 5 at the top side and at the underside.
  • This attachment means 5 comprises a first element 6 which is connected to the tube 2.
  • the handle section 3 and the first element 6 form a single unit.
  • the attachment means 5 furthermore comprises a clamping element 7.
  • a cord 8 is attached to the first element 6. From the fixed attachment 9, the cord 8 runs towards the clamping element 7. The cord 8 is guided back towards the first element 6 via the clamping element 7. The cord 8 then runs back towards the first element 7 via a following part and is finally guided back towards the clamping element 6 via the groove 10.
  • the way in which the cord 8 is reeved through the two elements is illustrated in detail in Figure 3.
  • Figure 1 it can be seen that the cord 8 is guided from the fixed connection 9 through a closed hole or passage 13 in the clamping element 7, and is then guided back towards the element 6.
  • the cord 8 is provided with a handgrip 1 1 at the end. This handgrip 1 1 cannot be moved through the hole 13. This measure ensures that the clamping element 7 cannot be separated from the cord 8. This means that the attachment means 5 does not comprise any separate components.
  • the cord 8 is guided back towards the element 6 via a channel 12 which is open on the top side.
  • This channel 12 which is open on the top side allows the cord 8 to be released from the clamping element 7 on at least one side of the clamping element 7. This makes it possible to wrap the attachment means 5 around a support in an open position and then to arrange the cord 8 in the channel 12, after which it is moved through the recess 10.
  • a section of the cord 8 will be clamped securely inside the channel 10. This can be achieved by providing at least one of the walls of the channel 10 with projections, such as for example teeth.
  • Figure 2 shows the situation in which the holder 1 is attached to a vertical support 20, in this case a baluster of a balustrade.
  • the clamping element 7 is connected to the first element 6 with the aid of a double-reeve loop. In this way, a pulley action is produced between the two elements 6, 7.
  • the double-reeved loop ensures that a user requires only a relatively slight force to fix the attachment means 5 to the support 20. This also makes the attachment means 5 suitable for users who are relatively weak.
  • the pulley action between the first element 6 and the second element 7 can be reinforced if the cord 8 is guided through the various elements with the aid of small wheels (not shown), which can be arranged in the various channels and guides. These wheels may, for example, be made from nylon.
  • Figure 2 shows the situation in which a pipe 21 is fixed in the tube 2.
  • the pipe 20 may, for example, form part of a parasol.
  • Figure 3 shows the reeved arrangement of the cord 8 in the first element 6 and the clamping element 7.
  • the cord 8 runs from the first element 6 through the clamping element 7, back towards the first element 6.
  • the cord 8 preferably runs through a closed passage. This ensures that the clamping element 7 cannot be separated from the cord.
  • the cord 8 then runs back towards the clamping element 6.
  • the cord 8 runs further through the element 6 and can again be guided towards the clamping element 7.
  • the cord 8 preferably runs through a channel or groove 12 which is open on the top side, back towards the first element 6.
  • the cord 8 in the first element 6, there is a channel 10 in which the cord 8 can be fixed.
  • Figures 4-7 diagrammatically depict various possibilities for attaching the holder 1 according to the present invention to supports 41, 42, 43 and 44 of varying cross section.
  • the holder 1 according to the present invention is attached, with the aid of an attachment means 5, to a support 41, the cross section of which is substantially in the shape of an angle bar.
  • the mutually facing sides of the first element 6 and the clamping element 7 are of substantially mirror-symmetrical design.
  • the mutually facing surfaces 61 and 71 of the first element 6 and the clamping element 7 are referred to in the present text as "clamping faces 61, 71 ".
  • the clamping face 61 has (as seen from the right-hand side in Figure 4), firstly, a flat section 62. Next to this, one or more substantially parallel grooves 63 are arranged in the clamping face 61. Next to the grooves 63, the clamping face 61 may be provided with a recess 64 of substantially rectangular shape. In use, this recess 64 can interact with the opposite recess 65 in the clamping face 61 and the two opposite recesses 74 and 75 of the clamping face 71 of the clamping element 7. In use, these four recesses 64, 65, 74, 75 enclose a rectangular shape between which square or rectangular bodies can be held.
  • the special shape of the clamping faces 61 and 71 allows bodies of extremely variable cross section to be clamped between the clamping faces 61 and 71.
  • clamping faces 61 and 71 are shaped in such a way that they can be placed on a wide variety of different bodies also makes it possible for the object between them to be subjected to as little damage as possible.
  • wooden objects which are provided with a layer of paint can easily be damaged during warm weather. So-called crack marks may appear in the surface.
  • the clever design of the clamping faces 61, 71 prevents the formation of crack marks of this nature.
  • clamping faces 61 and 71 can be achieved not only through the particular shape of the surfaces with the aid of recesses, but also by providing one or both clamping faces 61, 71 with a section 80, 81 which is made from elastic material. This possibility is illustrated in Figures 6 and 7. It is also possible for recesses to be formed in the sections 80 and 81 which are made from an elastic material, in order to make it easier to attach the first element 6 and the opposite clamping element 7 to a support.
  • the present description also refers to a holder which is provided with two attachment means 5.
  • the attachment means 5 per se are also suitable for numerous other applications.
  • a first element 6 and a clamping element 7, together with a cord 8, to be used as a clamp, for example a gluing clamp.
  • a clamp which comprises the component 6, 7 and 8 can be clamped around two or more objects with a very high degree of flexibility.
  • the attachment means 5 as described above may also be attached to numerous other objects.
  • the first element 6 can be coupled to the clamping element 7 with the aid of a cord 8 which has properties which are such that the length of the cord decreases when the cord becomes wet. This provides the possibility of manually tensioning the cord and then increasing the force by wetting the cord.
  • the cord 8 is also possible to design the cord 8 as a cord made from synthetic material.
  • the holder and the attachment means according to the present invention will generally be used in the open air.
  • the cord made from synthetic material is not susceptible to the effects of weather.
  • the present invention is eminently suitable for attaching a holder, for example for parasols and the like, to balusters of balustrades.
  • a holder for example for parasols and the like
  • balusters of balustrades consideration may also be given to the so-called rail stanchions on pleasure boats. Together with a steel wire, the rail stanchions form the sea rail on a ship.
  • the parasol which has been placed in the holder can be moved up and down inside the holder. If the post of the parasol can project out of the bottom of the holder, the freedom of movement of the parasol with respect to the balustrade, for example, is relatively high.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif porteur (1) destiné à tenir un support (21), par exemple un tube ou une tige, muni de fixations (5) permettant de fixer amovible le dispositif porteur (1) à un montant (20, 41, 42, 43, 44). Les fixations (5) comportent un élément souple (8), par exemple une corde ou une courroie, et un élément de serrage (7) doté d'au moins un trou ou passage (12, 13) dont le diamètre est tel que ledit trou ou passage (12, 13) puisse recevoir l'élément souple (8), lequel est relié à une première extrémité du dispositif porteur (1) et s'étend dans la direction de la seconde extrémité de façon à coulisser à travers ledit trou ou passage (12, 13) dans l'élément de serrage (7), ce dernier (7) pouvant alors être déplacé dans la direction du dispositif porteur (1) par suite d'une force de traction exercée sur la seconde extrémité de l'élément souple (8).
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FR2887617A1 (fr) * 2005-06-24 2006-12-29 Franck Falzon Systeme de fixation et de solidarisation d'un parasol de plage avec une glaciere de plage
EP1988795A2 (fr) * 2006-02-07 2008-11-12 TUUCI Engineering & Design, Inc. Ensemble de verrouillage pour montant

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FR2532232A1 (fr) * 1982-08-30 1984-03-02 Orenge Marcel Dispositif de fixation pour parasol
WO1987005679A1 (fr) * 1986-03-12 1987-09-24 John Mellor Pty. Ltd. Dispositif de support reglable
EP0628264A1 (fr) * 1993-06-07 1994-12-14 Daniel Revelut Dispositif de manoeuvre de l'ouverture et de la fermeture d'un parasol

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FR2532232A1 (fr) * 1982-08-30 1984-03-02 Orenge Marcel Dispositif de fixation pour parasol
WO1987005679A1 (fr) * 1986-03-12 1987-09-24 John Mellor Pty. Ltd. Dispositif de support reglable
EP0628264A1 (fr) * 1993-06-07 1994-12-14 Daniel Revelut Dispositif de manoeuvre de l'ouverture et de la fermeture d'un parasol

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FR2887617A1 (fr) * 2005-06-24 2006-12-29 Franck Falzon Systeme de fixation et de solidarisation d'un parasol de plage avec une glaciere de plage
EP1988795A2 (fr) * 2006-02-07 2008-11-12 TUUCI Engineering & Design, Inc. Ensemble de verrouillage pour montant
EP1988795A4 (fr) * 2006-02-07 2010-03-03 Tuuci Engineering & Design Inc Ensemble de verrouillage pour montant

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