DISPOSITIF DE RANGEMENT A COURT TERME ET DE STOCKAGE D'ARTICLES

DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND STORING ARTICLES

Abrégé anglais

ABSTRACT
A device for temporarily holding articles which comprises
an elongated, ruler like member having a slot extending
longitudinally therein, one or more pairs of springy fingers
being provided and at least two of the said fingers being affixed
to the said ruler like member.

Revendications

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive
property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A device for holding and storing articles com-
prising an elongated, ruler like member having a slot
extending longitudinally in the said ruler like member, one
or more pairs of springy fingers being provided - the two
fingers in a pair being distinct from one another and un-
connected to each other - one end of each finger being
bent off at a substantially right angle from the major
extension of the finger, at least two of the said fingers
being affixed to the said ruler like member by means of
screw bolts, rivets or the like passed through the said bent
off end portion and the said longidudinal slot.
2. The device claimed in claim 1, characterised
thereby that the said fingers are made of flat, inherently
springy material.
3. The device claimed in claim 2, characterised
thereby that the said fingers are wavily or undulatingly
curved.
4. The device claimed in claim 1 or any of claims
2 and 3, characterised thereby that all fingers in a device
are of same size.
5. The device claimed in claim 1 or any of claims 2
and 3, characterised thereby that all fingers in a device
are of different sizes.
6. The device claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3, character-
ised thereby that an elongated recess is provided on the
front of the said ruler like member in which the bent off
ends of the fingers are set.
7. The device claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3, character-
ised thereby that an elongated recess is provided on the
rear side of the said ruler like member in which recess nuts
are set securing the fingers to the said member.
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Description

The present invention relates to a device fox temporarily
holding or storing articlesr either vendible ones presented at
places of sale or such articles which are frequently and periodically
used for certain activities9 such as e. g. hand tools, domestic
device 6, electr ical device s and the like.
In the case of hand tools, for example, it is especially important
to keep tools which are not actually used in an easily accessible
manner, permitting the choice of a certain tool at a glance and
providing the facility of quickly and securely replacing the said tool
after use to its place of storage from whlch it can just as easily
and auickly be taken when again re~uired.
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There are known aIready devices which cornprlse a clamp in
the form of a U-shaped rr,e~r~ber, the two legs o the U being
spring~Ly urged towards one another, so that an article can be
inserted into the space defined between the two legs of the clamp
and held there due to the pressure exerted onto it by the springy
legs. Obviously such a device can serve only a very limited range
of articles, io e. only those which are of such dimension which fit
into the space between the two springy legs of the U. Obviously
there does not exist any possibility of inserting an article into such
a clamp whenever the article is larger or wider than the dimension
defined by the U-shaped rnember.
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It is the object of the present invention to provide a device
which can be adapted to serve axticles of different dimensions and
which can be changed according to needs, to hold differently shaped
articles and different dimensions of articles at different times.
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According to the invention the new device comprises an
el~ongatec~" rulex like merrber having a slot extending longitudinally
in the said ruler like rnember, one or more pairs of springy fingers
being provided the two fingers in a pair being distinct Irom one
another and unconnected to each other - one end of each finger
being bent off at a substantially right angle from the major extension
of the finger, at least two of the saidfingers being affixed to the
said ~uler like member by means of screw bolts, rivets or the like
passed through the said bent off end portion and the said longitudinal
slot.
In a preferred and practical embodiment, the said fingers are
made cf fk.t, inheIently springy matexial, such as e. g. steel strips
and are wavily or undul~Ltingly ourved. Alternatively the fingers
may be rrade of round or otherwise profiled lengths of material.
The ruler like member may be of any length, according to the
use to which it is put and rnay have attached to it as many pairs of
f ing er s a s de s ir ed.
SHOR T DE SCRIP TION OF DRAWING S
The invention will now be described with reference to the
annexed drawings in which are shown fractional views of the new
device, Fig. I being a plan view, Fig,. 2 a frontal and Fig. ~ a
rear view of the new device.

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DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
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There is shown in the drawings an elongated ruler like rail 1
being the base on which are provided springy fingers 2, These
are set in a recess 3 in the frontaL face of rail 1~ As can be seen
in Fig. 1 the fingers 2 are arrangled in pairs, each pair serving
as a holder for whatever article or commodity.
These fingers 2 may all be of the same size, but according to
needs pairs of fingers 2 of different sizes and possibly of different
shape may be provided, as actually shown in Fig. 1~
The fingers 2 may be affixed to the rail 1 by means of screw
bolts 4 which pass through a bent of end portion 2? of each finger 2
and which are secured at the rear of rail I by means o nuts 5.
The nuts are also set in a recess 6 provided at the rear face of
r ail 1.
Obviously different means of fixing the fingers to the rail ~ say
rivets - may be used.
It will be seen that the new device can serve for holding in
storage and immediate readiness all kinds of implements - such as
tools in a workshop - or packages of corrmodities, say cans or the
like - which are exhibited or presented for sale, or even domestic
appliances, such as broorrs, brushes and the like.
In all these cases the respective articles are easily accessible
and can always be returned to the holding device when not actually
re~uired.

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It is also possible to asserr..ble the device to suit certain
purposes, either by pro~iding holding fingers o same or diferent
sizes or diferent shapes as required by the dimensions, and
possibly by the weight of the articles to be grasped and held between
the two fingers o:E a pair.
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