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Rod holder for rod members with various shapes
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Inventors: Fukuo, Michihiro;
Assignee: Nifco Inc. (Yokohama, JP)
Primary Examiner: King; Anita M.
Assistant Examiner: Morrison; N.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kanesaka & Takeuchi
A rod holder is provided with a holder main body having a rectangular holding portion therein, and an opening disposed at one side of the holder main body. The opening is enlarged when a rod member is inserted into the opening, and the opening is returned to an original condition when the rod member is held inside the rod holding portion. A window is provided at a side wall of the holder main body, and a rod receiving piece is formed in the window to project inside the holding portion. When a square rod member is held in the rod holding portion, the rod receiving piece can be elastically deformed by an outward pressing force of the rod member to be located inside the side wall. When a round rod member is held by the rod holder, the rod receiving piece engages a lower surface of the round rod member to hold the same. Thus, the rod holder of the invention can be used for holding both the square rod member and the round rod member. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION To achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a rod holder, which is formed of a rod holding portion in a rectangular shape; and a holder main body which is elastically deformable to expand an opening outwardly when a rod member is pushed from the opening, wherein the opening is elastically returned to the original state when the rod member is inserted inside the rod holding portion.
The holder is further provided with a window at a side wall of the holder main body, and at an upper portion of the window, there is formed a rod receiving piece which normally projects inside the holding portion and which is elastically deformed by an outward pressing force of the rod member to retreat or be located inside the side wall.
In this case, if a rod member, for example, has a round section, it can be engaged with the receiving piece.
Also, if the rod member has a rectangular section, when the rod member is further pushed downwardly from an engaging condition by the receiving piece, a distal end of the receiving piece is pushed outwardly to deform elastically so that the receiving piece is moved back to be located inside the side wall.
Then, when the rod member is further moved downwardly and abuts against a bottom of the holding portion, the movement is stopped and the rod member is held inside the holding portion.
As described above, according to the present invention, for example, in case a round rod member is held in the rod holding portion, the rod member can be held such that the rod member is engaged with the receiving piece.
Also, in case a rectangular rod member, such as a square pipe, is held in the holding portion, by pushing the rod member strongly, the receiving piece retreats inside the side wall and the rod member can be pushed to the bottom of the holding portion, so that the square rod member can be held inside the holding portion.
Therefore, rod members having various shapes, for example both round rod member and square rod member, can be held by the holder of the invention, so that the rod holder of the invention can be conveniently used irrespective of the shapes of the rod members, and can be used for wide purposes
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