IL31510A - Clothes peg consisting of one part - Google Patents

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ClotheB consisting of one part WBICK 29699 The present invention relates to a one peg of comprising at least three gripping which are adjacent to another ae seen the front of the and the top ends of which converge in a knob portion which is ae seen from the side of the at one having rounded portions an undulating as aeon front the of the and having an outwardly curved end portion to form a end for the The best known clothes peg of two parte which braced against another a tend to peg to to Other disadvantages are inconvenience in a tendency to of the and the complexity of assembly using expensive special For the abovo reasons many attempts have been made to simplify clothes pegs and make them from one For one plastics olothee pegs have been but either their gripping properties are too or they ore too difficult to facture b injection1 In there always a ridge o one o produced on the inner sliding surfaces of the limbs the peg by the division between the whioh may easily cause damage to tho Anothe one part clothes peg has three gripping arms convergin at the top ends in knob which is solid as oeen from the of the and diverging in a beak ehape at the bottom The arms ore adjacent to one as seen at angles to the passage left for the so that the peg be moulded perpendicularly to the This makes it possible for lower prt of the central ana to overlap the lover o the outer in the direotion in which the line passes Apart from the opening at bottom and the small recesses to receive the two outer arms are substantially Only central arm is slightly in the thicker part below the containing the recesses to receive the washing line again apart from the opening at the The disadvantage of this peg resides in Inadequate gripping force and If the grippin were increased by making the arms the resultant reduction in elasticity would the thus causing even more rapid fatigue or over the limbs splay out in a when the peg is in the operative so that the lower parts of the limbs are no longer lying against of The present is based on a one part clothes peg with a plurality of gripping aims to Increase the elasticity the gripping force of the pe greatly by adopting a novel It also to make the lower parts of the arms run parallel with one anothe even if the opening distance ver The features of the invention are that the gripping which in opposition to one form a protruding spring zone substantially in the top third of their length as measured from the portion to the knob that the spring zone surrounds an aperture which is to prevent the washing line from entering it and adjoins a protruding gripping zone ocoupyin substantially the central part of the arms in a longitudinal gripping zone surrounds a further aperture to receive the washing line and extends into the like zone towards the end o the and that the washing line is prevented moving out of the gripping aperture into the spring zone aperture by the size of arms in in the region of the spring zone by an overlap between the arms in the region between the spring zone and the gripping In a e of iven len th this construction makes at least one of the gripping zone to accommodate line and the knob Elasticity is increased accordingly and also the gripping provided that the arras correspondingly thick in A one partj clothes already known a in which a grip knob portion is looated above a protruding gripping zone as seen from the side has great both in construction and operation as compared with the peg according to the The known pe is bent out of resilient sheet thus of neoessity makin the of either of the arms protrudin in the regio the they run parallel when peg no The most serious drawbaok of the that it can only be bent out of sheet on account of although peg would not be accepted b the public because of its tendency to It would also be expensive to manufacture Because of straight the spring zone only operative in the top resulting in very high consumption of material or too small a gripping force and short a gripping The peg according to the invention has been developed with a to mouldin it from thermoplastic It has a solid gri or and the spring zone above the gripping zone is integral with the gripping limbs below the At least one of the gripping limbs curved outwardly within the spring in order that the gripping movement and maximum force together with minimum consumption of uniform loading of the material and dimensions for the It is according to the that the gripping arms aoting opposition to one another should be substantially mirror at least one arm of run approximately the knob to the bottom rounded It more advantageous for at least one arm to run substantially straight from the region to the gripping zone and then continue to the bottom end substantially in mirror to the arm or arms acting in the Further according the a good separation between the spring zone aperture and the gripping aperture may be obtained if the gripping in opposition to one another intersect in the region between two seen from the this is a particularly good way of the top of the gripping zone The gripping arms may be made to overlap above the gripping zone aperture by moulding overlapping projections onto opposed surfaces o rounded faoing one another and located between the two aperturest on the arms aotlng opposition to one Assuming that the peg has three gripping it further proposed that the central arm should be made thicker than two equally thick outer in order given equal opening distanoes the arms as measured from the central axis of the the grippin of the oentral arm will substantially to the sum of the gripping forces of the two outer If the of the arms additionally tapers progressively from topto the material will be exploited to the Further according to the invention it la proposed that the gripping zone aperture should a large lowe recess merging with a smaller upper and that constrictions should be provided at the lower end of the large reooss and at the plaoe of transition between the larger and the smaller the constrictions being for by projections moulded onto opposed oes of the arms This constructional feature is of general Importance to all one part clothes pegs which are pushed into position from regardless of Experiments have shown that effectiveness of the gripping recesses oan he by making them longer than they The lower ends of two gripping acting the same direotlon of be joined by a to form a closed elongated It is further proposed that the knob region should This primarily makes the peg less liable to slip when being Instead of using an abstract design for the it is for the same to onto it a relief of the head an animal or human a an industrial product such as a vehicle or the This makes the push on clothes peg a purpose which can also be used as a If such a for example with an has three arms of equal length with ends diverging in a beak shape at the these arms will serve as the body attached to A quantity of such wit limbs of equal length to enable them to stand and with heads of different provides a toy zoo for examples of the invention are illustrated the accompanying from which furthe features will beoome In the drawingst 1 side elevation of a clothes peg constructed with the two in mirror the peg being intersected in the gripping region and having gripping arm 2 is a front elevation of 3 a side elevation of a clothes peg constructed with the two halves in mirror image and interseoted with clamping arms overlap above the gripping 4 is elevation of a elevation of a clothes peg with the gripping arms in mirro parts of arras between the two apertures towards another to approximately 0 spacing 6 a elevation of a olothes peg with the central gripping arm extending straight line from gripping region to above the lower peg in 1 and comprises the gripping arms 1 and whioh are parallel as plan their upper ends converging in the decoratively shaped grip o knob outer arms 2 the three rounded portions 2a to 2c which adjoin one another to form an while the oentral arm 1 Includes rounded portions la to arranged substantially mirror The rounded portions form the spring eurrounding the aperture portions the gripping eurrounding the aperture 4 and the portions the sons of gripping At between the spring aperture 5 and the gripping zone aperture the central arm 1 intersects the outer arms The central arm 1 slightly overlaps the outer 2 in the region of the lower rounded portions The upper aperture 5 is substantially while the aperture 4 has an elongated terminating a point at the The gripping sons comprises a large recess 4a leading a smaller upper reoeee Conetrictiona are provided at ower end of the larger recess and the point o between the larger and smaller 4a and and formed by moulded onto the opposed of the gripping arms is also apparent from 1 that the central arm in opposition to the two outer arms thicker than the This means given equal opening distances for the arms measured from the central X of the the gripping of the central arm substantially equal to the of the gripping forces of the two outer arras In the of gripping taper substantially progressively the 3 to the free corresponding to the reduction in loading in thio In this way maximum are obtained with expenditure of If gripping the of the line plus the of hung over 4 the will only enter the gripping receea 4a when the peg pushed onto narrowing of the gripping rego by the provides an safeguard piece of washing If the gripping le than 4 the line will elide the upper gripping when the peg pushed onto In the provide an The from the shape size of the peg according the invention and demonstrated by practical will be The rounded portions at the top Considerably increase the between the gripping and the knob while maintainin of and provide grea flexibility at the the gripping Th effect of the central rounded portions inte to make lower the arms against and grp the even when there is a groat thickness to be Thus tho of the arras below the gripping do not open in a ae the with previously known one part hut merely run parallel however thickness to The of the of be an abstract if It prevents the from off it in any The 3 and again comprises three grippin arms with their upper ends converging in the knob central arm 1 is in to two outer arms The oute inolude four successive portions to 12d forming an undulating while the central arm the rounded portions to extending in opposite The upper portions the protruding spring enclosing the 1 and the portions form the protrudin gripping zone surrounding lover aperture The latter again containa a 14a at the and a smaller recess 14b at the are again provided at th bottom of the 14a between 14a are formed by promotions The gripping aperture is securely off top the aperture 15 by the faot that the overlap the region of their rounded portions The central gripping 11 thicker than the two outer arms and in addition the cross section of the arae tapers from the 13 to the The chief difference in constructio between peg and the peg in the first example that the gripping arras acting in opposition to one another merely instead of the region between the two apertures For reason each arm now has four rounded portions of Although the peg operates i the same the structural differences provide certain advantages tool The peg shown in side elevation in also has three In front elevation would bo the as three gripping arms 22 converge in the knob region Both the central arm 21 and the two outer arms 22 the fou successive rounded rounded the arms 21 are in mirror to those of arms so that a lover aperture 2 and an upper aperture 25 are again The lower aperture surrounded by the gripping separated from the upper aperture 25 of the spring zone by the tion ie formed the rounded portions and en a washing line located i gripping zone aperture from from it at the In contrast with the two previous there is neither any intersection nor any overlap between limbs the region between the two But in this of the arms in the region of the must thick enough to prevent peg from bein forced too wide open at 26 in the course of 6 serves to that the construction of the peg seen in side elevation may be partly Cr altogether dispensed 33 ie the portion where the two outer gripping arms and the central gripping arm Only the two outer arms 32 are the form of rounded portions to stakin up an undulating The central arm initially straight in the region throughout the length of the Below the spring zone aperture which segmental in the arm 31 the rounded portions 31d in mirror to the The rounded portons 31o and the gripping zone aperture which is separated from the zone aperture 35 by the constriction his formed chiefly by inwardly directed rounded portion prevents a washing line located th gripping zone aperture emerging from the top of the Here again the 32a of the arms must be relatively arm 31 may obviously run straight from the knob region 33 to the rounded portion 33d at the Instead of being constructed as Although 6 the central arm straight at the to and the two outer arms eaoh have fou rounded the central ma oonversely have four rounded portions and the two outer arms be partly order to form the end region may be sufficient to for only central arm or only the two outer arms with a suitable rounded The peg may comprise four gripping which should be so tha one pair of arms acta in the opposite from the insufficientOCRQuality

Claims (1)

1. CLAIMS A one part peg made of thermoplastic comprising at least gripping which are adjacent to one another as the front of the peg and the top ends of oonverge in a knob portion is as seen from the side of the at least one aria having rounded portions forming an undulating as seen the side of the and having an outwardly ourved end portio to form a shaped end for the characterised in that the gripping whioh act in opposition to one form a protruding spring zone substantially the top third of their length as measured the portion to the knob that the spring surrounds an aperture whioh is blooked to prevent the washing line from entering whioh adjoins a protruding gripping zone occupying substantiall the central part of the arms in a longitudinal that the gripping surrounds a further aperture to receive th washin line and extends into the towards the end of the and that the washing line from moving out of gripping aperture towards the spring zone aperture b the size of the arms in region of the spring zone by on overlap between the region between the spring zone and grippin A clothes peg according to Claim characterised in that the gripping arms acting in opposition to one another are substantially in mirror image as seen from the side of the A clothes peg according to Claim characterised in that at least one arm runs at leas approximately straight as fr as the A olothes peg accordin to Claim characterised that at least one arm runs substantially straight from the knob region the gripping and then substantially in mirror to the arm or arms aoting the opposite A peg according to C characterised in that the acting in opposition to one another intereeot in the region between thV spring zone and the gripping zone as from the aide of the Λ olothes according to Claim characterised in that the arms aoting in opposition to one another slightly overlap in region of their rounded portions formin the A olothea peg aooording to Claim It characterised that the aperture surrounded by the gripping to receive the washing has an elongated whio rounded at the top and pointed at the clothes peg aooording to Claim in the embodiment with three gripping characterised in that the oentral gripping arm thicker than one of the outer which are equal to one in order given opening distances for the arms as measured from the central of the the gripping force of the oentral will substantiall correspond to sum of gripping forces of the two outer A peg aooording to Claim characterised that the section of arme tapers substantially progressively from the top to the bottom A olothea particularly aooording to charaoterieed in that at least one gripping recess for by moulded like projections is provided inside the aperture enolosed by the gripping clothes peg aooording to Claim characterised in that a large lower gripping recess extending into a smaller upper gripping reoeee is provided in the aperture enclosed by the and that tions are provided at the lower end the larger reoeee and at the place of transition between the larger and smaller the oonstriotione peg according to oharaoterieed in that gripping recesses longer than they are Λ olothee peg particularly aocordlng to Claim oharaoterieed in that the portion is shaped like the head of an or human being a flower or the and that the three grippin have the same projected For the insufficientOCRQuality