FR2639197A1 - ORIENTABLE WALL MOUNT FOR HAND APPLIANCE - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an orientable wall support for a hand-held device of the type having at least one handle for manual gripping and at least one body oriented substantially perpendicular to said handle. It is characterized in that it comprises: - at least indirectly associated with the wall support means 9, a substantially rigid element 12 which:. on the one hand, extends generally in a direction approximately perpendicular to the support plane 10a defined by the means 9 and wall support. on the other hand, comprises at least one lateral and longitudinal housing and holding means of the butt 4 of the hand-held device 2, in particular at its connection to the body of said device, - associated with the housing and holding means of the butt of the apparatus, at least one means for guiding and adjusting the orientation of the apparatus about an axis 15 substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis 6 of the body 3 of the apparatus 2, - associated with the means 9 d wall support, at least one means 16 for adjusting the orientation of the rigid element 12 about an axis 17 substantially perpendicular to the bearing plane defined by the wall support means 9.

Description

The invention relates to an orientable wall support for a

  hand-held device of the type having at least one manual grip butt and at least one substantially oriented body

  perpendicular to the said stick.

  The invention relates more particularly, but not exclusively, to an orientable support for a device

  normally held by hand and for drying hair.

  Devices of this type generally deliver a flow of hot air intended to be directed at various points of a

  hair to cause drying by evaporation.

  The body of the apparatus, that is to say the part that carries the hot air blast nozzle, is generally provided with a handle or butt that allows the user to manually grip the device and its orientation. in all respects

desired from the space.

  Conventionally, the body of the apparatus is of generally cylindrical envelope and substantially houses the hot air blowing device which comprises in particular a heating means such as a resistance and a means of propelling the air through this resistance such a turbine entrained by a

electric motor.

  In general, the grip of the apparatus is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, ie to the axis in which the air flow is oriented after its

exit of said body.

  In particular, this stock carries a power cord of

the device via the mains.

  Devices of this type are sometimes very ergonomically studied both in their forms and in the distribution of the masses of the elements that constitute them but as some hairstyling operations may require the use of two hands it is therefore conceivable that a user may find himself puzzled in

this task.

  To remedy this drawback, it is easy to imagine that it is sufficient to associate at least temporarily the apparatus of

drying at an orientable support.

  While it is easy to design an adjustable wall bracket for a dryer of a given type, it is more difficult to design it in such a way that it can receive

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  practically any type of these devices because of the diversity of possible external forms both in terms of

  body as of the grip butt.

  One result that the invention aims to obtain is precisely a support of the aforementioned type which allows the maintenance, in a given position, of hand-held devices of any type provided that it comprises at least one manual grip and a body

  oriented substantially perpendicular to said butt.

  For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a support of the aforementioned type, characterized in that it comprises: at least indirectly associated with the wall support means, a substantially rigid element which: on the one hand, extends overall in a direction approximately perpendicular to the support plane defined by the wall support means and secondly, comprises at least one means for accommodating and maintaining lateral and longitudinal of the grip of the hand-held device, particularly at the level of its connection with the body of said apparatus, - associated with means for accommodating and holding the butt of the apparatus, at least one means for guiding and adjusting the orientation of the apparatus about an axis substantially

  orthogonal to that longitudinal of the body of the apparatus, -

  - Associated with the wall support means, at least one adjusting means in orientation of the rigid element about an axis substantially perpendicular to the support plane defined by the means

wall support.

  The invention will be well understood from the description

  BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view of the support of the invention, FIG. 2 is a view along II-II of FIG.

  - Figure 3: a view along III-III of Figure 2.

  - Figure 4: a view along II-II of Figure 1 in a

variant embodiment.

  Referring to the drawing, we see a wall bracket 1 orientable for a device 2 which comprises at least one body 3 of generally cylindrical casing and at least one handle 4 or

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  manual gripping stock whose axis 5 is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 6 of the body 3 of the apparatus 2. The free end 7 of the stock includes a cord 8 for the power supply of the device by the sector. The wall support 1 conventionally comprises firstly a means 9 of wall support that is to say a means defining a plane of support on a generally flat surface 10 and secondly a

  anchoring means at this surface 10.

  According to the invention, the support comprises: at least indirectly associated with the wall support means, a substantially rigid element which on the one hand extends generally in a direction approximately perpendicular to the defined support plane by means 9 of wall support and, on the other hand, comprises at least one means 13 for accommodating and maintaining lateral and longitudinal of the butt 4 of the hand-held device 2 in particular at its connection with the body of the said apparatus, - associated with the means 13 for accommodating and holding the butt of the apparatus, at least one guiding means 14a and 14b adjusting in orientation of the apparatus about an axis 15 substantially orthogonal to that longitudinal 6 of the body 3 of the apparatus 2, - associated with the means 9 wall support at least one means 16 for adjusting the orientation of the rigid element 12 about an axis 17 substantially perpendicular to the support plane defined by the means

9 wall support.

  Preferably, the aforementioned wall support is fixed near a mirror (not shown) for example supported by a wall wall. Advantageously, the height of attachment relative to the ground is chosen according to the average size of the individuals who must be made to use the said support in front of the mirror.

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  If this parameter, within the reach of those skilled in the art, is respected, the support of the aforementioned type will allow any proper orientation of the air flow from the hair dryer to the hair of the user since it allows the orientation of the apparatus around two globally orthogonal axes. Advantageously, it is noted that the hair dryer can

  also be oriented towards the mirror to ensure its demisting.

  More specifically, the means 13 of housing and lateral and longitudinal support of the butt 4 consists of a holding member 18 which comprises: - at least one bore 19 of predetermined length and section to accommodate freely and over a certain length The butt 4 of a hand-held device 2 at its connection with the body 3 of the device, - at least one abutment 20/21 for supporting the body 3 of the device oriented so as to limit the engagement of the buttstock in the aforementioned bore 19, at least one stop 21/20 for stopping the apparatus in rotation with respect to said holding part 18 about an axis 22 substantially coinciding with that 23 of the bore 19 considered. To constitute the guide means 14a in orientation of the apparatus 2 about an axis 15 substantially orthogonal to that of the body 3 of the apparatus 2: the rigid element 12 comprises on the one hand at least one flat surface 24 globally perpendicular to the support plane 10a defined by the wall support means 9 and on the other hand at least one bore 25, of given diameter D1, generally centered on this bearing surface 24 and of axis 26 substantially perpendicular thereto; the holding piece 18 that comprises the means 13 for accommodating and holding consists of a shouldered part which comprises on the one hand a substantially cylindrical bearing surface 27 of diameter D2 and which is engaged in the bore 25 of the rigid element and on the other hand a circular shoulder 28 which cooperates

  with the flat bearing 24 of this rigid element 12.

  To constitute the means 14b for adjusting the orientation of the apparatus 2 about an axis 15 substantially orthogonal to the axis of the body 3 of the apparatus:

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  on the one hand, the cylindrical bearing surface 27 of the shouldered part 18 has a substantially regular toothing 29, that is to say a set of teeth 30 which extend radially around the aforementioned bearing with a certain spacing and, - on the other hand, the bore 25 of the rigid element 12 has internally a toothing 31 whose teeth 30 have a substantially complementary profile to that of the teeth 30 of the

shoulder piece.

  For example, the teeth carried by the cylindrical scope

  the shouldered part have a substantially semicircular profile.

  The diameters D1 and D2 of the bore 25 of the rigid element 12 and the cylindrical surface 27 of the shouldered part 18, on the one hand, are the envelope diameters of the teeth 31, 29 which they bear. that is to say the diameters measured at the vertices of the diametrically opposed teeth and, secondly, the diameter D1 while being greater than the diameter D2 is close to the latter so that the teeth 31, 29 cooperate by interlocking on

a large angular portion.

  In this embodiment, to adjust the orientation of the shoulder piece 18 while carrying the handpiece, it is necessary to release completely the toothing 29 of said shouldered piece 18 of the toothing 31 of the bore 25 of the rigid element 12, to correct the orientation of the shouldered part and then to engage again in each other the teeth 29 and 31

above.

  When the plane bearing 24 of the rigid element is inclined relative to the horizontal, the fallout of the teeth

  one in the other can operate by gravity.

  In an alternative embodiment, not only the diameters D1 and D2 of the bore 25 of the rigid element 12 and the cylindrical surface 27 of the shouldered part 18, are the diameters of the casing of the teeth 29, 31 they carry the diameters measured at the vertices of the diametrically opposite teeth but also, the predefined diameter D1 of the bore 25 is less than the predefined D2 of the cylindrical bearing surface 27 which makes it possible to obtain the desired immobilization in rotation

  by engaging only two opposing toothed parts.

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  For adjustment of the orientation, provided that the toothing does not extend over the entire length of the span, it is not essential to completely disengage the shoulder piece

  the bore but simply its toothed part.

  Preferably, on the one hand, the support abutment 20 that the shouldered part 18 for the body 3 of the hand-held device 2 consists of a face 20 substantially parallel to the circular shoulder 28 of the same shouldered part 18 and on the other hand this face 20 is equipped with at least one stop 21 for stopping the rotation of the apparatus as defined above and which consists of a shape projecting from the aforementioned face over a height at least sufficient to ensure its

stop function in rotation.

  Preferably, the support surface 20 of the body of the apparatus cormporte several stops of the aforementioned type, which are

  distributed regularly on the said face.

  For example, the stops 21 each have a hemispherical shape and the face comprises four stops which, around the axis of the bore 19 of the shoulder piece 18, are distributed.

  angularly on a regular basis.

  Advantageously, the diameter D3 of the bore 19 which is to receive the butt of the apparatus is determined so as to

  to grip widely any type of stick.

  This is a definable value since the cross sections of the manual gripping sticks are generally adjusted to median values given the average size of the hands of the individuals for whom it is intended.

the hand-held device.

  Preferably, on the one hand, the shouldered part 18 has a radial groove 32 of at least a width sufficient to allow lateral engagement of the power cord 8 of the apparatus 2 and, on the other hand, the element rigid 12 also has a cutout 33 which opens a lateral passage to its bore 25 to allow the passage of the power cord to the bleeding and the bore of the shouldered part 18 when the said radial groove 32 is in

  correspondence with said cut 33.

  This avoids having to thread the cable through the bore 19 of

the shoulder part.

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  According to the invention, on the one hand, the rigid element 12 comprises at least one flat surface 34 opposed to that 24 of support of the shouldered part 18 and, on the other hand, said shouldered part 18 comprises -au minus two lugs 35 cooperating with the predetermined range 34, which lugs are substantially diametrically opposed and of transverse dimension substantially less than the width at the level of the bore 25 has the

  cutout 33 provided in the rigid element 18.

  Thus, when the thickness of the shouldered part is substantially equal to that of the rigid element between the flat bearing surfaces 24, 34 and insofar as the dianmeter D1 of the bore of the shouldered element is sufficiently greater than that of D2. of the cylindrical bearing surface of the stepped part, the latter part can be engaged at an angle in the bore of the rigid element when one of the lugs 35 is brought into correspondence with the

  cutout 33 provided in said rigid element.

  After a slight rotation, the shoulder piece will not be able to

  to disengage unexpectedly from the bore of the rigid element.

  According to the invention: - on the one hand, the stop 21 and / or the set of rotational stops of the device relative to the axis 23 of the bore 19 of the shouldered piece 18 defines a preferred axis 21a of orientation of the body of the apparatus which is substantially parallel to the axis 32a of the groove 32 of the shoulder piece 18 and these axes 21a, 32a are generally orthogonal to that 35a according to which the pins extend 35 of said shouldered piece and, on the other hand, the cutout 33 of the rigid element 12 has the shape of an angular sector A substantially equal to 90 and whose median axis 33a is generally coincidental with that of the longitudinal axis 12a. of the rigid element that is to say the axis that normally has the bearing surface 10 when attached. This technical feature allows to a certain extent as shown in Figure 4 to clear the supply wire of the apparatus shoulder 18 without having to change the preferred orientation that determines that will find the body of the device when used again.

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  Preferably, the rigid element 12 consists of a plate

  having two faces 24, 34 substantially parallel.

  According to the invention: - on the one hand, the means 9 wall support that is to say the support means on the wall surface 10 is constituted by one of the faces 9, 36 of a plate 37 secured to the rigid element 12 and - on the other hand, the anchoring means 11 and the means 16 for adjusting the orientation of the rigid element 12 are combined and precisely the means 11 for anchoring to the bearing surface 10 comprises a substantially cylindrical elongate member 11 which passes through a bore 38 provided in the wall support plate and has: a section 39 equipped with a thread which at least indirectly is anchored in the wall 40 which carries the wall surface 10 and a head 41 projecting from the free face 36 of the support plate 37 which cooperates at least by an elastically compressible member 43 such as an elastic washer with the said free face 36 of the support plate and which has a shape

  facilitating its manual control in rotation.

  This arrangement makes it possible to limit the contact pressure

  between the support plate and the wall surface 10.

  In addition, the latter provisions allow

  simplify the construction of wall support.

  Advantageously, the bore 38 provided in the wall support plate for the passage of the elongated anchoring member 11 is located at a distance from the bearing surface 20 that the shouldered part 18 has for the body of the device to

maintain.

  This distance is determined in such a way that the elongated member ensures in any event the suspension of the device support assembly, ie in such a way that the axis 17 of the orientation adjustment means is generally at above the center of gravity of the supported device. Preferably, the support face 9 of the wall support on the wall surface 10 comprises a substantially circular bearing surface (not shown) which is centered on the axis 17

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  orthogonal hinge to this wall and the extent of which is adjusted to limit, to a value that can be tolerated for manual adjustment, the resistive torque which, due to friction, impedes the

  rotation of the support around the axis of the aforementioned joint.

  In another embodiment, there is provided between the wall support face 9 and the wall 10, a washer (not shown) of material suitable for limiting the friction at least between said wall bearing face and the screw face. at

screw of the washer.

  Thanks to these various technical provisions, we obtain a wall bracket with a comfortable manual adjustment flexibility both in terms of its orientation relative to the axis normal to the wall at the level of the orientation of

  the device that he carries along an axis parallel to the same wall.

  Preferably, but not exclusively, the support elements of the invention are obtained by molding a synthetic material.

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Claims (5)

  1. Wall support (1) orientable for a device (2) which comprises at least one body (3) of generally cylindrical casing and at least one handle (4) or manual gripping stock whose axis (5) is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (6) of the body (3) of the apparatus (2), the free end (7) of the butt including a cord (8) for the purpose of powering the apparatus via a source such as the sector, which support comprises, on the one hand, at least one means 9 wall support that is to say a means defining a substantially plane support on a surface (10) generally flat and other on the one hand, at least one anchoring means (11) on this surface (10), said support being CHARACTERIZED in that it comprises: - at least indirectly associated with the means (9) of support rlural, an element (12) substantially rigid which: on the one hand, extends generally in a direction approximately perpendicular to the bearing plane (10a) defined by the means (9) d wall support and 20. on the other hand, comprises at least one means (13) of housing and lateral and longitudinal support of the butt (4) of the hand-held device (2) in particular at its connection with the body of said apparatus, - associated with the means (13) for accommodating and holding the butt of the apparatus, at least one guiding means (14a) and adjusting means (14b) for orienting the apparatus around an axis (15) substantially orthogonal to that longitudinal (6) of the body (3) of the apparatus (2), - associated with the means (9) wall support, at least one means (16) for adjusting the orientation of the rigid element (12) around an axis (17) substantially perpendicular to the support plane   defined by the means (9) of wall support.   2. Support according to claim 1 characterized in that the means (13) for accommodating and maintaining lateral and longitudinal of the butt (4) consists of a shouldered part (18) which comprises: 11 2639197   at least one bore (19) of predetermined cross-section and length in order to freely accommodate a length (L) of the butt (4) of a hand-held device (2) at its connection with the body ( 3) of the apparatus, - at least one abutment (20/21) for supporting the body (3) of the apparatus oriented so as to limit the engagement of the butt in the aforementioned bore (19), at least one stop (21/20) for stopping the apparatus from rotating relative to said holding piece (18) about an axis (22) substantially coinciding with that (23) of the bore ( 19). 3. Support according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that, to constitute the means (14a) for guiding the apparatus (2) about an axis (15) substantially orthogonal to that of the body (3) of the apparatus (2): the rigid element (12) comprises on the one hand at least one plane bearing (24) generally perpendicular to the support plane (10a) defined by the means (9) of wall support and d on the other hand at least one bore (25), of given diameter (D1), generally centered on this bearing surface (24) and of axis (26) substantially perpendicular thereto, - the holding part (18) that comprises the housing and retaining means (13) consists of a shouldered part which comprises on the one hand a substantially cylindrical bearing surface (27) of diameter (D2) and which is engaged in the bore (25) of the rigid element and on the other hand a circular shoulder (28) which cooperates with the plane bearing (24) of this rigid element (12).   4. Support according to any one of claims 1 & 3   characterized in that for constituting the means (14b) for adjusting the orientation of the apparatus (2) about an axis (15) substantially orthogonal to the axis of the body (3) of the apparatus: firstly, the cylindrical bearing surface (27) of the shouldered part (18) has a substantially regular toothing (29), ie a set of teeth (30) which extend radially around the abovementioned span with a certain spacing and, etijod eL 4AI lueildoo * (sg) S0o6 & xnap sulom aioduo03 (<L) atLnid9 "Dgld atp eI 'lied ain # .p' o (Sl) aLnwedi azd PL op Indde, p (tZ) OllU! esoddo (bE ) aulLd sjjjod in a sulo. sjodmo2 (ZL) op6SlJ uoLIL.'l! wed aun, p anb aus jsj, au L Ltl Suo @ l3pu "AUJ sep onbuo3Lenb munL UOLaS oddns 8 Sú (gú); dnoojp IL 3oAU a3utpuodseojjo ui aAnoJ iS (Zú) aLVIptJ Oau6Sws s1p tL onbsoJt (8i) atLnudq * igd TTAP oP61s1LL SPND aituOeS'IL SJ3A UO34UluiOUL, P uOpJOo np o6isswd etal sjiq UJD Anod (SZ) aIBSILU uos SJOA LIJ9L o6esswd a aJAno Inb (uU) adno: gp aun; uaomL in o; uasiid (ZL) WHERE * P161 to luildi., t 4laed healthy, p 'the (Z) 1jiieddW, [ap anblilJ3a5 uoiLWWUUIWLeP (8) uopJoo tL lu! mgL'JtIL aëotuo, p oas a.a'4id Jnod elutslijns sutou ne Jnod ieJL Op (Zu) 8LeIPIJ iu5les of an esusigad (S8) aiLnîdg "39d the lied aun, p anb so usl pslij13.a3 9 g L solollpuaAa sa sap anbuooaLnb aun, l uoLas lîaddnS L SZ * uok4VOJ us; fJJi, P uOQOUOe es nodus sujom nv jnalney au ins a89ojd s = e eLVL ns alLlLes; uesej, a "iJo; In addition to the above, there is also an example of a method that can be used in the present invention. 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Support according to any one of claims 1 to 8   characterized in that: - on the one hand, the abutment (21) and / or the set of stop stops in rotation of the apparatus relative to the axis (23) of the bore (19) of the shouldered part (18) defines a preferred axis (21a) of orientation of the body of the apparatus which is substantially parallel to the axis (32a) of the groove (32) of the shoulder piece (18) and these axes ( 21a, 32a) are generally orthogonal to that (35a) in which the lugs (35) of said shouldered part extend and - on the other hand, the cutout (33) of the rigid element (12) has the form of an angular sector (A) substantially equal to 90 and whose median axis (33a) is generally coincident with that longitudinal (12a) of the rigid element that is to say the axis that it normally has to the bearing surface (10) when there fixed.   10. Support according to any one of claims 1 to   9 characterized in that - on the one hand, the means (9) wall support that is to say the support means on the wall surface (10) is constituted by one of the faces (9, 36 ) of a plate (37) integral with the rigid element (12) and - secondly, the means (11) for anchoring and the means (16) for adjusting the orientation of the rigid element (12) are combined and precisely the means (11) anchoring to the bearing surface (10) comprises a substantially cylindrical elongate member (11) which passes through a bore (38) provided in the wall plate and has: a section (39) provided with a thread which is at least indirectly anchored in the wall (40) which carries the wall surface (10) and 14 2639197   a head (41) projecting on the free face (36) of the support plate (37) which cooperates at least by a resiliently compressible member (43) such as a spring washer with said free face (36) of the plate support and which has a shape facilitating its manual control in rotation.