FR2558543A1 - DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING LONGILINE ELEMENTS WITH ANGULAR VARIATION - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Device for assembling elongate elements (15) together with angular variation comprising a spherical body (1), two sleeves (3), (4) having a transverse surface for contact with the body (1), said sleeves being fixed to the body (1) with possibility of angular variation, characterized by a single fixing means (5) internal to the sleeves and to the spherical body, passing from one side to the other through the transverse wall of each sleeve, the spherical body and the potential upright which is engaged in a housing in said body, transversally to the fixing means.

Description

The present invention relates to a device for assembling elements

  long-limbed with angular variation.

  The object of the invention is the assembly of articulated elongated elements

between them around a point.

  These elements can intervene in achievements of different

  forms in a certain space to serve as supports or others.

  They have a great ease of assembly and disassembly.

  An application of this invention may be the possibility of

  on the spot of a ramp or handrail whose spacing

  ports, the inclination in relation to the horizontal and the change of direction in a horizontal plane can be adjusted as

according to needs.

  For this purpose, the assembly device according to the present invention is essentially characterized in that it consists of a body

  having one or more spherical surface portions and one or more

  sleeves' whose contact surface with the surface portion of said body is spherical and of the same curvature as the spherical surface or surfaces of said body, this or these sleeves being articulated around this body, and one or several fastening means for holding and fixing relative to said body the sleeve or sleeves, simultaneously or not. The body comprising the sleeves may be a spherical body carrying

  two sleeves. It may be fixed on an intercalary

pouring or not.

  According to a characteristic embodiment, this body is divided into two identical half-spheres preferably hollow mounted from

  and the other of the intermediate amount on its sides.

  Only one fastening means can fix together the spherical body, the sleeve or the sleeve if the latter exists. According to yet another embodiment of the invention, the spherical body

  and the sleeves are each provided with an oblong vertical light.

  A spherical body light and a luminance of the sleeve come from the

  do not face each other and overlap, partially or completely,

  by sliding one relative to the other to give a field of articulation

maximum amount.

  The spherical body may still have an oblong horizontal light

  which draws or not a cross with oblong vertical light

  the. According to yet another embodiment of the invention, each half of the spherical body may be endowed with a truncated cone-shaped orifice whose large base is on the spherical surface, to allow articulation of the sleeve with respect to this body. defined by

  the solid angle drawn by the conical surface and the oblong light

te on the sleeve.

  According to another characteristic arrangement, the two parts of the spherical body each have on their inner side shapes

salient and hollow.

  The protruding and hollow forms of a part of the spherical body cooperate

  respectively with the hollow and protruding forms of the other

  to position these two parts relative to each other

  to ensure the continuity of the spherical surface.

  Other advantages and features of the invention will appear in the

  reading the following description of an embodiment given to

  As a non-limitative example and illustrated by the attached drawings in which:

  Figure 1 shows the whole spherical body in which the

  The two sleeves and the single fastening means are housed in FIG. 2, a front view of the half of the spherical body provided with a vertical oblong slot, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view along the AA marks of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a front view of the half of the spherical body provided with two oblong cross-shaped slots, FIG. 5 is a sectional view along the BE markings of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a front view of FIG. half of the spherical body provided with a cone-shaped hole, FIG. 7 is a sectional view along the lines CC of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 shows the assembly represented in FIG. this

  an amount that passes through the spherical body.

  As shown, the assembly device of elongate elements with angular variation, according to the invention is composed of: - a body 1 having one or more spherical surface portions this body can be simply a spherical body 1, - d one or more sleeves 3, 4 preferably tubular having a transverse wall 3A and 4A constituting a contact surface with the

  corresponding portion of spherical surface of the body 1.

  Said contact surface is preferably of the same curvature as the corresponding portion of the spherical body or of a curvature allowing a

  support of the contact surface on that of the body.

  The number of these sleeves can vary as necessary, these sleeves can be mounted on the same spherical body and fixed in pairs by the same fastening means 5, or each separately fixed by one or

several fixing means.

  The attachment of the sleeves with respect to the spherical body can therefore be

re simultaneous or not.

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  FIG. 1 shows a form of assembly according to the invention in which the spherical body 1 and the sleeves 3, 4 are linked by a single fastening means 5 to an upright 2 fitted into a hollow recess.

of the body 1.

  The amount 2 is housed in the spherical body; this amount is endowed

  itself of a piercing opening 10.

  FIG. 8 shows another form of assembly according to the invention in which the spherical body I and the sleeves 3, 4 are connected by

  only one fastening means on an amount 7 which is inserted and

pour the said body.

  This upright 7 has a hole opening 11, the body i being of

  preference as further stated realized in two half-spheres identi-

c.

  The body 1 can be used with the sleeves 3, 4 as an attachment node.

appearance with or without amount.

  The spherical body 1 is divided into two identical parts constituting two half-spheres preferably hollow affixed to the mounting one by

  compared to each other by their flat wall.

  Each part of the spherical body is provided with a vertical light 8 (FIGS. 2 and 3); each sleeve also has an oblong slot

  on its contact surface with the spherical body.

  The light of the spherical body and that of the sleeve come face to face, during assembly and overlap partially or completely by sliding one with respect to the other to give a

maximum articulation field.

  Another oblong slot 9 (FIGS. 4 and 5) can be made on each half-sphere; this light can make any angle with

  the light 8 or can be any sipplement perpendicular thereto.

  Spherical body arrangement with two oblong lights increases

  the hinge field of the latter relative to the sleeve.

  Each part of the spherical body or half-sphere may be provided with a hole 16 (FIGS. 6 and 7) in the form of a truncated cone, the large part of which

  base is on the spherical surface.

  The hinge field of the sleeve relative to the spherical body, in this case, is defined by the solid angle drawn by the conical surface and

  the oblong light made on the sleeve.

  Each part of the spherical body is endowed on its inner side with

  protruding and hollow forms 12a and 12b.

  Interpenetration cooperation between the salient and

  part of the spherical body and the hollow and protruding shape of the other part positions these two parts relative to each other so as to ensure the continuity of the spherical surface of said body, especially in the case of FIG. 1 where the two half-spheres are in

  contact each other and present a lower reservation

  mating by housing a housing for the amount.

  The locking of the half-spheres can also be achieved by using

a centering pin.

  Each sleeve has a beveled shape 13 on the surface side

  spherical contact with the body.

  It is also provided with a screw 14 passing through its tubular wall to fix

  one of the elongated elements 15 which fits into said sleeve.

  It goes without saying that the invention as described can receive adjustments

  and variants in the field of technical equivalents

  without departing from the scope of this patent.

Claims (1)

CLAIMS 2558543   R1 / Device for joining elongated elements (15) with variation   angular characterized in that it consists of a body (1) com-   carrying one or more spherical surface portions and one or more sleeves (3) and (4) having a transverse surface   of contact, with the surface portion of said body which is spherical   that and the same curvature, this or these sleeves can articulate around this body and one or more fastening means for holding and fixed relative to said body sleeve or sleeves simultaneously or not.   R2 / Device for assembling elongated elements with angular variation   according to claim 1 characterized in that it constitutes   killed by a spherical body (1) carrying two sleeves (3) and (4) pre-   feeling a transversal surface of contact with the said body   is spherical and of the same curvature, these two sleeves being able to   tilting around this body (1) and one or more means (5) of fixing to maintain and fix relative to said body both sleeves simultaneously or not.   R3 / Device for joining elongated elements with angular variation   according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that   positive consists of a spherical body (1) carrying two   chons (3) and (4) having a transverse surface of contact with said body which is spherical and of the same curvature, these two sleeves being articulated around this body, said device comprising one or more fastening elements to maintain and fix the two sleeves on the spherical body and the assembly thus formed on an intermediate amount (2) or (7) passing through it or   no. R4 / Device for joining elongated elements with varia- ? 72558543   angular arrangement according to claims 1, 2 and 3, characterized in that   it consists of a spherical body (1) carrying two sleeves (3), (4) having a transverse surface (3A), (4A) of contact with said body which is spherical and of the same curvature, these two sleeves that can be articulated around this body, one or more fastening means (5) for holding and fixing with respect to said spherical body the two sleeves on a spacer (2) or (7) passing through or not the latter , that the body (1) carrying the two sleeves being constituted by a sphere divided into two identical parts that can come respectively on either side of a potential intercalary amount.   R5 / Device for joining elongated elements with angular variation   according to claim 1 and claim 4 characterized in   it consists of a spherical body (1) carrying two   chons (3) and (4) having a transverse surface of contact with said body which is spherical and of the same curvature, these two sleeves being articulated around this body, the spherical body being divided into two identical parts, a single fixing means (5) fixing and binding the two parts of the spherical body, the sleeves and the potential amount.   R6 / Connecting device according to claims 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5   characterized in that the spherical body and the sleeves are each provided with a vertical oblong slot, a slot (8) of the spherical body and a sleeve lumen coming opposite each other and overlapping partially or completely with each other. sliding one   relative to each other to give a maximum articulation field.   R7 / assembly device according to claim 6 characterized in that the spherical body (1) is provided with a slot (9) oblong   horizontal (9) transverse to the oblong vertical light (8).   horizontal (9) transverse to the oblong vertical light (8).   R8 / assembly device according to claim 6 characterized in that each of the two parts of the spherical body (1) is provided with a hole (6) crossing in the form of a cone trunk, whose large base is on the surface spherical to give a possibility   articulation of the sleeve with respect to this body defined by the   the solid surface of the conical surface and the oblong te on the sleeve.   R9 / Connecting device according to claims 4 and 6 characterized   in that each of the two parts of the spherical body is provided on its inner surface with projecting and hollow shapes (12A) and (12B), the   protruding and hollow forms of a part of the spherical body cooperating   respectively with the hollow and protruding forms of the other   part to position these two parts in relation to each other   to ensure the continuity of the spherical surface.