HOLDER ASSEMBLY

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present invention relates to a holder according to claim 1.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

[0002] In many industries there is frequently a need of a quick and simple cleaning. Different types of serviettes, usually wet wipes, have therefore been more and more usual. It is usual that such wet wipes are available in a pot 1 with a lid, in which there is a discharge means, through which serviettes may be taken. At the use of many of these pots, the user must use one hand to hold the pot, which is not always desirable.

[0003] Holder assemblies of different kinds are known in a great variety. In US 5,624,095, for instance, it is shown that one preferably may use the inherent resilient properties of a material to achieve a holder assembly, which then in a simple and good way may keeps an article in place. This category of holder assemblies, however, consists of a homogeneous material, which is not always desirable, especially with respect to the material cost if expensive materials are to be used. Through US 2,460,906 , it is previously known to use a holder assembly which is made of a continuous bent rod and where the inherent resilient property of the rod material is used to keep an article/container within the holder assembly. A drawback with this latter known holder assembly is, however, that there is no anvil, which may keep the article/container within the holder assembly if an upwardly directed force is applied on it. This is a problem if the article/container in the holder assembly is e.g. a container for wet wipes, where the user when taking out a serviette has to apply an upwardly directed force, if the discharge opening is arranged in the lid. DE 87 10763 U1 discloses a container holder arrangement according to the preamble of claim 1.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

[0004] An object of the present invention is to eliminate or at least minimize the problems mentioned above, which is achieved with a holder assembly according to claim 1.

[0005] Thanks to the solution according to the invention the user may by means of the use of only one hand in a safe manner take out an object from a container in the holder assembly, e.g. a wet wiper, and with a minimized risk for squeezing, as well as the risk for outer damage of the mechanism for the function of the holder is minimized.

[0006] According to preferred aspects of the invention, the objects are:

• that said spring means (5) are encapsulated inside said stationary part (2), which offers the advantage that the mechanism for the function of the holder is protected more safely;
• that said spring means (5) is encapsulated inside said stationary part (2) by means of a tube (250), wherein preferably said tube (250) also is a part of, or the entire of said guide arrangement (25); or
• that said spring means (5) is encapsulated by means of a housing-shaped portion (27);
• that said spring means (5) constitutes of a helical spring which is arranged coaxially with and preferably around an inner leg (33), which implies an extremely effective solution;
• that said legs (32, 33) are formed of two essentially in parallel arranged rods, which are preferably arranged in a plane extending essentially perpendicularly in relation to a flat portion (20) of said stationary part (2);
• that both said holding means (21, 31) are made of wire comprising portions (21C, 31B), which are arranged to form a stationary and a movable clamping plane, respectively, wherein said portions preferably comprise wire portions running across each other in the respective plane;
• that at least one of said holding means (21, 31), preferably both, is provided with a gripping portion (21A, 31A) extending from said clamping plane and is arranged to be able to grip around a package (4) clamped between the holding means (21, 31).

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] Below, the invention will be described more in detail with reference to the attached drawings, of which:

Fig. 1 shows a holder assembly according to a preferred embodiment of the invention with a package in an inserted position;

Fig. 2 shows the holder assembly according to Fig. 1 without any package;

Fig. 3 shows an additional embodiment of a holder assembly according to the invention; and

Fig. 4 shows the embodiment according to Fig. 3 from a different angle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0008] Two different embodiments of a holder 1 according to the invention are shown in the figures. Common for both embodiments is that they comprise partly a stationary part 2, partly a movable part 3. On the stationary part 2 there is a flat-shaped portion 20 intended to be attached to a wall, e.g. by screws (not shown). A lower holding means 21 extends from said stationary part, which part 21 forms a lower support surface for a package 4 containing serviettes. Further, a anvil means 22 is arranged on the stationary part 2, which means is a fixed anvil for a spring 5 (see dashed lines in Fig. 2).

[0009] The movable part 3 comprises an upper holding means 31 intended to keep a package 4, e.g. containing wet wipes, by means of the force from the spring 5. The upper holding means 31 is arranged at a U-shaped rod 30 with an outer leg 32, an inner leg 33 and an upper, bridging portion 34. A second anvil 35 for the spring 5 is arranged at the inner leg 33. Further a guide arrangement 25 is arranged at the stationary part 2, which arrangement guilds the leg 33 so it may be linearly displaced, so that the U-shaped rod 31 may be linearly displaced from and towards, respectively, a package 4 resting on the lower holding means 21. The spring 5 is clamped between the two anvils 22, 35, so that a continuously effecting force is achieved aiming at pressing the two holding means 21, 31 towards each other. Thanks to the solution according to the invention the spring 5 is arranged in a protected manner, so that the spring mechanism is protected from outer effects of different kinds, as well as that the squeezing risk of a user is eliminated. As may be seen, the length L1, L2 of each leg is essentially larger than the width B of the bridging portion 34. Further, it is shown that the movable holding means 31 is arranged at a larger distance L3 from the bridging portion 34 at said outer leg 32 than said width B, wherein said inner leg 33 is arranged to interact with a first part 25 of said guide arrangement 25, and said outer leg 32 is arranged to interact with a second part 28 of said guide arrangement.

[0010] In the Figs. 1 and 2 a first embodiment of the invention is shown, wherein a tube 250 is used as a part of the guide arrangement 25, wherein the lower anvil 35 is protectively arranged inside said tube 250 at the inner leg 33 (at a distance above the lower end of the leg), and the upper anvil 22 is a part of a plate 26 extending like a roof perpendicularly from a base plate 22, which at the same time is said flat portion 20 for the attachment of the holder 1. Thus, the spring 5 is arranged inside the tube 250 between the lower 35 and the upper 22 anvils. The inner leg 33 extends at the top through the roof 26 through an opening 26A therein, and the U-shaped bridging part 34 is then arranged at the top in relation to the flat portion 20. Further, the outer leg 32 is provided with a handle part 32A, suitably in the form of a bent portion, which is easier to grip, e.g. in the form of an outwardly bent, lower part of the leg 32.

[0011] Further, it is shown, that preferably at least one of the holding means 21, 31 is provided with grip means 21A, 31A, which contribute to the possibility to fix a package in the desired position between the holding means 21, 31. The holding means 21, 31 are suitably formed of a wire, which has been bent to the desired shape, wherein the movable holding means 31 is provided with wire parts 31B running perpendicularly outwards in relation to the flat portion 20, and the stationary holding means 21 is provided with wire parts 21C running in parallel to the flat portion 20 (or vice versa) and constitutes the grip means 21A, 31A which are arranged so that two of them 21A run across the flat portion 20 and one 31A runs in parallel to the flat portion 20, so that they together with the base plate 22 form a gripping formation which may safely keep a package 4 in the desired position.

[0012] In the embodiment shown in Figs. 3 and 4 (which schematically show that also small packages 4 may be kept in place), the flat part 20 for the attachment of the holder 1 is only a periphery part and is a kind of abutment plane for a bulging housing-shaped portion 27 surrounding an inner cavity 270. Inside this inner cavity 270 there is an abutment 271, which is partly a part of the guide arrangement 25, partly a anvil for the spring 5. In the same manner as according to the embodiment in Fig. 1 and 2, a anvil 35 is arranged at the inner leg to biass the spring 5 in the corresponding way in accordance with what is described above, wherein thus a transverse part 22 at the abutment constitutes both said anvil and an upper part of the guide arrangement, which upper aprt is provided with holes. Further, it is shown that the housing-shaped part 270 in its lower edge is provided with an hole 273, which constitutes an additional part of the guide arrangement 25 for a linear displacement of the movable part 3 by means of the inner leg 33 through the holes 273, 274. Further it is shown, that there will well be an additional part included in the guide arrangement 25, in the form of a guiding part (suitably in the form of a washer with holes arranged between two inner wire parts) arranged at the stationary holding means 21, which guiding part guides/holds the outer leg 32 at the desired distance from the flat portion 20. As may be seen from this embodiment, a bridging part 34 is then arranged below the flat portion 20. In order to achieve a more gripping movable part, a bending 36 is arranged above the bridging portion 34. This bending may be used as a limitation of the motion of the movable part 3 implying that the movable part 3 cannot move any further into the cavity 270 than to the bent portion 36, i.e. when the bent portion 36 meets the holder edge 273. A conceivable alternative for the limitation of the motion is to let the upper end of the inner leg 33 be limited by the upper end wall of the housing 27 (or any other hindering part arranged at the housing 27).

[0013] The invention may be varied within the scope of the claims. For instance, it is realized that a holder arrangement 1 according to the invention is not limited to having a movable part 3 arranged to clamp the package 4 from above but that an arrangement according to the invention also has the function at an inverted attachment, i.e. when the upper part is instead fixed in relation to the housing and the lower part is movable. Further, it is realized that the invention is not limited to the use of a helical spring 5 but that other spring means may be used, e.g. a gas spring, with the same principal functionality. It is also realized that the holder arrangement may be used for containers containing articles of very varying kinds (e.g. papers from a paper roll, plastic bags on a roll, etc.) for a safe and practical fetching/discharge from a container with a discharge opening.

Claims

1. A container holder arrangement for containers with a discharge opening, comprising a stationary part (2) fixed to a stationary holding means (21), and a part (3) movable with a movable holding means (31), wherein the movable part (3) comprises a device (33) arranged to be guided by a guide arrangement (25), arranged at the stationary part (2), and a spring means (5) is arranged to supply a force to press said movable holding means (31) towards said stationary holding means (21), characterized in that the stationary holding means (21) forms a stationary clamping plane and the movable holding means (31) forms a movable clamping plane, in that at least one of said holding means (21, 31) is made of wire, and in that said movable part (3) comprises a U-shaped rod (30) with an outer leg (32), an inner leg (33) , and a bridging portion (34), where the length (11, L2) of each leg (32, 33) is essentially larger than the width (B) of the bridging portion (34) of said U-shaped rod (30), wherein said movable holding means (31) is arranged at said outer leg (32) at a larger distance (L3) from the bridging part (34) than said width (B) of the bridging portion (34) of said U-shaped rod (30), wherein said inner leg (33) is arranged to interact with a first part (25) of said guide arrangement (25) and said outer leg is arranged to interact with a second part (28) of said guide arrangement to provide linear displacement.

2. A holder arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that said spring means (5) is encapsulated inside said stationary part (2).

3. A holder arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that said spring means (5) is encapsulated inside said stationary part (2) by means of a tube (250).

4. A holder arrangement according to claim 3, characterized in that said tube (250) also is a part of, or the entire of said guide arrangement (25).

5. A holder arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that said spring means (5) is encapsulated by means of a housing-shaped portion (27).

6. A holder arrangement according to any of claim 1 to 5, characterized in that said spring means (5) consists of a helical spring which is coaxially arranged with and preferably around said inner leg (33).

7. A holder arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that said legs (32, 33) are formed by two essentially in parallel arranged rods, which are preferably arranged in a plane extending essentially perpendicularly in relation to a flat portion (20) of said stationary part (2).

8. A holder arrangement according to any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that both said holding means (21, 31) are made of wire, which comprises portions (21B, 31B) which are arranged to form said stationary and a movable clamping plane.

9. A holder arrangement according to claim 8, characterized in that said portions (21B, 31B) comprise wire parts running across each other in the respective clamping plane.

10. A holder arrangement according to claim 9, characterized in that at least one of said holding means (21, 31), preferably both, is provided with a gripping portion (21A, 31A), which extends from said clamping plane and is arranged to be able to grip around a package (4) squeezed between the holding means (21, 31).

Ansprüche

1. Behälterhalteranordnung für Behälter mit einer Auslassöffnung, umfassend ein feststehendes Teil (2), das an einem feststehenden Haltemittel (21) befestigt ist, und ein Teil (3), das mit einem beweglichen Haltemittel (31) bewegbar ist, wobei das bewegbare Teil (3) eine Vorrichtung (33) umfasst, die angeordnet ist, durch eine Führungsanordnung (25) geführt zu werden, die an dem feststehenden Teil (2) angeordnet ist, und ein Federmittel (5) angeordnet ist, um eine Kraft auszuüben, um das bewegbare Haltemittel (31) in Richtung des feststehenden Haltemittels (21) zu drücken, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass das feststehende Haltemittel (21) eine feststehende Klemmebene bildet und das bewegbare Haltemittel (31) eine bewegbare Klemmebene bildet, dass wenigstens eines der Haltemittel (21, 31) aus Draht hergestellt ist und dass der bewegbare Teil (3) einen U-förmiger Stab (30) mit einem äußeren Schenkel (32), einem inneren Schenkel (33) und einem Überbrückungsabschnitt (34) umfasst, wobei die Länge (11, L2) jedes Schenkels (32, 33) wesentlich größer ist als die Breite (B) des Überbrückungsabschnitts (34) des U-förmigen Stabes (30), wobei das bewegbare Haltemittel (31) an dem äußeren Schenkel (32) in einem größeren Abstand (L3) von dem Überbrückungsteil (34) angeordnet ist als die Breite (B) des Überbrückungsabschnitts (34) des U-förmigen Stabes (30), wobei der innere Schenkel (33) angeordnet ist, um mit einem ersten Teil (25) der Führungsanordnung (25) zusammenzuwirken, und der äußere Schenkel angeordnet ist, um mit einem zweiten Teil (28) der Führungsanordnung zusammenzuwirken, um lineare Verschiebung bereitzustellen.

2. Halteranordnung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Federmittel (5) innerhalb des feststehenden Teils (2) eingekapselt ist.

3. Halteranordnung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Federmittel (5) innerhalb des feststehenden Teils (2) mittels eines Rohres (250) eingekapselt ist.

4. Halteranordnung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Rohr (250) auch ist ein Teil von oder die Gesamtheit von der Führungsanordnung (25).

5. Halteranordnung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Federmittel (5) mittels eines gehäuseförmigen Abschnitts (27) eingekapselt ist.

6. Halteranordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Federmittel (5) aus einer Schraubenfeder besteht, die koaxial mit und bevorzugt um den inneren Schenkel (33) angeordnet ist.

7. Halteranordnung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schenkel (32, 33) von zwei im Wesentlichen parallel angeordneten Stäben gebildet sind, die bevorzugt in einer Ebene angeordnet sind, die sich im Wesentlichen senkrecht in Bezug auf einem flachen Abschnitt (20) des feststehenden Teils (2) erstreckt.

8. Halteranordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass beide der Haltemittel (21, 31) aus Draht hergestellt sind, der Abschnitte (21B, 31B) umfasst, die angeordnet sind, die feststehende und eine bewegliche Klemmebene zu bilden.

9. Halteranordnung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Abschnitte (21B, 31B) Drahteile umfassen, die in der jeweiligen Klemmebene übereinander laufen.

10. Halteranordnung nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens eines der Haltemittel (21, 31), bevorzugt beide, mit einem Greifabschnitt (21A, 31A) bereitgestellt ist, der sich von der Klemmebene erstreckt und angeordnet ist, um um eine Einheit (4) greifen zu können, die zwischen den Haltemitteln (21, 31) eingeklemmt ist.

Revendications

1. Un agencement de support de récipient pour des récipients avec une ouverture de décharge, comprenant une partie stationnaire (2) fixée à un moyen de maintien stationnaire (21), et une partie (3) mobile avec un moyen de maintien mobile (31), la partie (3) mobile comprenant un dispositif (33) agencé pour être guidé par un agencement de guidage (25), agencé au niveau de la partie stationnaire (2), et un moyen à ressort (5) est agencé pour fournir une force afin de presser ledit moyen de maintien mobile (31) vers ledit moyen de maintien stationnaire (21), caractérisé en ce que le moyen de maintien stationnaire (21) forme un plan de serrage stationnaire et le moyen de maintien mobile (31) forme un plan de serrage mobile, en ce qu'au moins un desdits moyens de maintien (21, 31) est en fil métallique, et en ce que ladite partie mobile (3) comprend une tige en forme de U (30) avec une branche extérieure (32), une branche intérieure (33) et une partie de jonction (34), la longueur (11, L2) de chaque branche (32, 33) étant sensiblement plus grande que la largeur (B) de la partie de jonction (34) de ladite tige en U (30), lesdits moyens de maintien mobiles (31) étant agencés au niveau de ladite branche extérieure (32) à une distance (L3) plus grande de la partie de jonction (34) que ladite largeur (B) de la partie de jonction (34) de ladite tige en forme de U (30), ladite branche intérieure (33) étant agencée de façon à interagir avec une première partie (25) dudit agencement de guidage (25) et ladite branche extérieure étant agencée de façon à interagir avec une deuxième partie (28) dudit agencement de guidage pour fournir un déplacement linéaire.

2. Un agencement de support selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen à ressort (5) est encapsulé à l'intérieur de ladite partie stationnaire (2).

3. Un agencement de support selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen à ressort (5) est encapsulé à l'intérieur de ladite partie stationnaire (2) au moyen d'un tube (250).

4. Un agencement de support selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit tube (250) est également une partie ou la totalité dudit agencement de guidage (25).

5. Un agencement de support selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen à ressort (5) est encapsulé au moyen d'une partie (27) en forme de boîtier.

6. Un agencement de support selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen à ressort (5) consiste en un ressort hélicoïdal qui est agencé coaxialement à ladite branche intérieure (33) et de préférence autour de celle-ci.

7. Un agencement de support selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que lesdites branches (32, 33) sont formées par deux tiges agencées essentiellement en parallèle, qui sont de préférence disposées dans un plan s'étendant essentiellement perpendiculairement par rapport à une partie plate (20) de ladite partie stationnaire (2).

8. Un agencement de support selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que lesdits deux moyens de maintien (21, 31) sont constitués de fil métallique, qui comprend des parties (21B, 31B) qui sont agencées pour former lesdits plans de serrage stationnaire et mobile.

9. Un agencement de support selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que lesdites portions (21B, 31B) comprennent des parties de fil métallique se croisant dans le plan de serrage respectif.

10. Un agencement de support selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un desdits moyens de maintien (21, 31), de préférence les deux, est pourvu d'une partie de préhension (21A, 31A), qui s'étend à partir dudit plan de serrage et est agencée de façon à être apte à saisir, en l'entourant, un paquet (4) coincé entre les moyens de maintien (21, 31).

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