Supporting device having infinitely adjustable jibs

• US 4,708,309 A
• Filed: 05/01/1986
• Issued: 11/24/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Protoned B. V.
• Original Assignee: Protoned B. V.
• Inventors: Walter, Herbert
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Cornelius J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Williams, Todd G.
• Application Number:
  US06/858,599
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 248/218.4, 248/295.1, 248/245, 248/125, 248/219.3, 248/219.4, 403/49, 403/230, 403/233, 403/234, 403/237, 403/367
• US Class Current: 248/218.4
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/54 consisting of clamping means, e.g. with sliding bolts or sliding wedges fixed on cords or the like A47B43/006
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/14 using wedges
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 7/048 for rods or for tubes without using the innerside thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/027 by friction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/30 Laterally related members connected by latch means, e.g. , scaffold connectors

Abstract

The supporting device comprises a support column (1), on which a jib-wedge connecting device (2) can be attached in longitudinally displaceable manner and can be locked at any location of its longitudinal extension. The connecting device (2) with a clamping chuck (3), consisting of a supporting wall (3.1), receiving the jib arm (7), a tightening wedge cage (5) and a clamping plate (3.2) which connects these two components, grips around the support column (1) in the manner of a C-shaped engagement element. Frictional engagement is made between the connecting device (2) and the support column (1) by a tightening wedge (4) which is guided in longitudinally displaceable manner in the tightening wedge cage (5).

The clamping chuck (3) is provided with a lateral passage opening (9), through which the clamping chuck, by being placed laterally onto the support column (1), can be engaged with and disengaged from the latter.

Claims

1. An adjustable supporting device for securing a jib to a support column, said supporting device comprising a jib connecting device having a clamping chuck with connecting means for connecting said jib to said clamping chuck and a tightening wedge to facilitate supporting engagement of said connecting device and said column;

said clamping chuck surrounding said column on three sides thereof for laterally placing said jib on said column and removing said jib therefrom, wherein said clamping chuck comprises;

a supporting wall, to which said jib is removably connected, extending over the width of a first side of said column, said supporting wall having a guide web which forms part of a centering means for said clamping chuck along said column;

a clamping plate connected to said supporting wall and extending over the width of a second side of said column adjacent to said first side of said column;

a U-shaped tightening wedge cage having a first side wall connected to said clamping plate and a second side wall which limits a passage opening in front of a fourth side portion of said column, which passage opening extends to said guide web on said supporting wall, wherein the opening of said U-shaped cage faces a third side of said column, opposite the first side of said column, for receiving said tightening wedge which is supported between said clamping chuck and a base of said cage, converging in the load direction of said jib.

2. Supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping plate and the guide web run on both sides of the supporting wall parallel to the side portions adjacent to the first side of said column, and together form a centering zone which is placed against said column and aligns the clamping chuck with the longitudinal axis of the column.

3. Supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the tightening wedge has an essentially U-shaped cross-section, and wherein its surface facing said column has an elastic lining.

4. Supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the tightening wedge is secured in said tightening wedge cage in longitudinally displaceable manner.