EP0445082A2 - Connection articulée pour éléments de tube - Google Patents

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EP0445082A2
EP0445082A2 EP91830031A EP91830031A EP0445082A2 EP 0445082 A2 EP0445082 A2 EP 0445082A2 EP 91830031 A EP91830031 A EP 91830031A EP 91830031 A EP91830031 A EP 91830031A EP 0445082 A2 EP0445082 A2 EP 0445082A2
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joint
channel
hole
elements
clothes
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Giovanni Pietro Carenini
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FAC DI CARENINI Srl
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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
    • D06F57/00—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired 
    • D06F57/08—Folding stands

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  • the present invention generally relates to a joint for connecting tubular members designed to be folded one on the other, and more particularly a joint suitable for connecting tubes which form the folding legs of a space-saving clothes-horse.
  • Clothes-horses with a grid and possible extension grids held by two pairs of crossed legs which are pivoted to each other and in which the legs of a first pair have a central articulation which allows for them to fold so as to close the clothes-horse, are already known.
  • said clothes-horses the folding of the legs with central articulation and subsequent accidental closure of the clothes-horse are possible in the case of knocks or incorrect movements.
  • An uncontrolled closure of the clothes-horse can however be dangerous for people, especially children and it is therefore strongly advisable not to use.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose a joint for connecting two foldable elements, one on top of the other, such as the tubular members which form the folding legs of a clothes- horse.
  • the joint has safety means which block the elements connected to each other in an open position, that is to say aligned to each other.
  • a second object of this invention is to propose a joint made as a single piece advantageously achieved through moulding and with a new configuration which allows it to be easily fitted onto the elements to be connected.
  • a further object of the invention is to propose a joint made as a single piece which contemporarily connects the two folding elements and automatically blocks the elements so as to avoid an accidental folding when they are aligned to each other.
  • the joint in question is made of a single piece (10) with a part which delimits a hole (11) open towards an end of the body and a U-shaped part which delimits a channel (12) open on one side of said body.
  • protruding parts (12b) pointing towards the centre and designed to reduce the opening of the channel (12) are formed (Fig. 3).
  • the above described joint is used to connect two tubes (13, 14) which are foldable on top of each other due to the rotation of one of them.
  • Said tubular elements (13, 14) can be made up of the two tubes which form the foldable legs (15) of a clothes-horse (16) like the one in Fig. 4 of the drawing.
  • the joint is fitted to the two tubular elements (13,14) to be connected by forcing, and/or through the use of adhesive, and/or with a pin, an end of the lower element (13) into the hole (11) of the body (10) and by pivoting the lower end of the upper element (14) into the channel (12) through the use of a tranversal pin (14a).
  • the joint is rigidly constrained to the lower element (13) whilst the upper element (14) is foldable on the first so as to rotate round the relative pin (14a).
  • the element (14) is then forced to clip into the channel (12) through a tight opening of the protruding parts (12b), making use of the elasticity of the tabs (12a) which define the hole itself.
  • the element is then blocked into the hole and is therefore in position due to said protruding parts (12b) (Fig 3) which prevent the folding of the elements and therefore the accidental closing of a clothes-horse with folding legs.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Non-Disconnectible Joints And Screw-Threaded Joints (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Joints Allowing Movement (AREA)
  • Quick-Acting Or Multi-Walled Pipe Joints (AREA)
  • Branch Pipes, Bends, And The Like (AREA)
  • Mutual Connection Of Rods And Tubes (AREA)
  • Tubes (AREA)
EP91830031A 1990-02-26 1991-02-04 Connection articulée pour éléments de tube Expired - Lifetime EP0445082B1 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT6935U IT221220Z2 (it) 1990-02-26 1990-02-26 Giunto per il collegamento di due elementi tubolari ripiegabili l'unosull'altro
IT693590U 1990-02-26

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EP0445082A2 true EP0445082A2 (fr) 1991-09-04
EP0445082A3 EP0445082A3 (en) 1992-01-22
EP0445082B1 EP0445082B1 (fr) 1995-09-06

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AT (1) ATE127545T1 (fr)
DE (1) DE69112673T2 (fr)
IT (1) IT221220Z2 (fr)

Cited By (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0609476A1 (fr) * 1993-02-05 1994-08-10 LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Séchoir répliable
EP1008686A1 (fr) * 1998-11-24 2000-06-14 Zumbühl & Co. Handelsagentur Séchoir à linge
GR20060100665A (el) * 2006-12-05 2008-07-31 Ευαγγελος Αντωνιου Συλιβος Ταχυσυναρμολογουμενη απλωστρα ρουχων με πλαστικους συνδεσμους φεροντες χιτωνια περιστρεψιμης συνδεσης των μεταλλικων σωληνων.
EP3202971A1 (fr) * 2016-02-04 2017-08-09 Rörets Industrier AB Produit de soin de linge pliable
GB2618417A (en) * 2022-03-01 2023-11-08 Metaltex Spa Clotheshorse with improved load capacity

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DE10202519B9 (de) * 2002-01-23 2005-05-19 Ps Power Service Ag Zusammenklappbarer Wäscheständer

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GB858835A (en) * 1958-06-11 1961-01-18 Aubrey George Carroll Improvements in domestic clothes drying apparatus
FR2511403A2 (fr) * 1981-08-13 1983-02-18 Chapuit Jacques Sechoir a linge, pliant et demontable
DE8905090U1 (de) * 1989-04-22 1989-08-10 FRZ Metallwarenfabrik Friedrich Ruschitzka, 6921 Zuzenhausen Fallsicherung zum Sperren für ausgeklappte Vorrichtungen, vorzugsweise Wäscheständer und gleichartige klappbare Gerätschaften

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0609476A1 (fr) * 1993-02-05 1994-08-10 LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Séchoir répliable
EP1008686A1 (fr) * 1998-11-24 2000-06-14 Zumbühl & Co. Handelsagentur Séchoir à linge
GR20060100665A (el) * 2006-12-05 2008-07-31 Ευαγγελος Αντωνιου Συλιβος Ταχυσυναρμολογουμενη απλωστρα ρουχων με πλαστικους συνδεσμους φεροντες χιτωνια περιστρεψιμης συνδεσης των μεταλλικων σωληνων.
EP3202971A1 (fr) * 2016-02-04 2017-08-09 Rörets Industrier AB Produit de soin de linge pliable
GB2618417A (en) * 2022-03-01 2023-11-08 Metaltex Spa Clotheshorse with improved load capacity
GB2618417B (en) * 2022-03-01 2024-06-05 Metaltex Spa Clotheshorse with improved load capacity

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IT9006935V0 (it) 1990-02-26
IT9006935U1 (it) 1991-08-27
DE69112673D1 (de) 1995-10-12
ATE127545T1 (de) 1995-09-15
IT221220Z2 (it) 1994-02-17
EP0445082B1 (fr) 1995-09-06
DE69112673T2 (de) 1996-04-18
EP0445082A3 (en) 1992-01-22

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