US2021268618A1PendingUtilityA1

Holding element for a supporting and/or guiding device

Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHPriority: Jul 20, 2018Filed: Jul 19, 2019Published: Sep 2, 2021
Est. expiryJul 20, 2038(~12 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
B23Q 9/0042B25H 1/0078B27B 9/04
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Abstract

A holding element for a device for supporting and/or guiding a machine tool or a workpiece, wherein the device includes a contact body having a contact surface for contact on a work surface of a workpiece or a wall. It is provided that the holding element includes an adhesive means for adhesion to the work surface and a fastening means for a releasable hold on the contact body, wherein the fastening means includes at least one formfitting contour for formfitting hold on a holding element receptacle of the contact body.

Claims

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1 . A holding element for a device for supporting and/or guiding a machine tool or a tool or a workpiece or as part of such a device, wherein the device has a contact body having a contact surface for contact on a work surface of a workpiece or a wall, and wherein the holding element has an adhesive means for adhesion to the work surface, and a fastening means for a releasable hold on the contact body, wherein the fastening means comprises at least one formfitting contour for a formfitting hold on a holding element receptacle of the contact body. 
     
     
         2 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the formfitting contour includes at least one rear engagement contour for engaging behind at least one rear engagement surface of the holding element receptacle of the contact body, wherein the rear engagement contour supports the rear engagement surface of the contact body, when it bears against the rear engagement contour, with at least one supporting force component oriented in the direction of the contact surface for holding the contact body on the work surface. 
     
     
         3 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein at least one rear engagement contour comprises a dovetail contour and/or at least one support projection and/or at least one hook. 
     
     
         4 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element is supported or can be supported in the holding element receptacle with at least one supporting force component parallel to the contact surface. 
     
     
         5 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element receptacle includes a window and/or a through opening which extends between the contact surface and an upper side of the contact body opposite to the contact surface. 
     
     
         6 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element receptacle includes a longitudinal guide for guiding the holding element along a longitudinal axis which extends parallel to the contact surface. 
     
     
         7 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element receptacle is or comprises a plug-in receptacle into which the holding element can be inserted. 
     
     
         8 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the plug-in receptacle extends from an upper side of the contact body opposite to the contact surface and/or is open on the upper side of the contact body. 
     
     
         9 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the holding element can be pivoted and/or can be translationally or linearly displaced, in the plug-in receptacle from a positioning state in which the adhesive means is not in contact with the work surface and the contact surface is adjustable with respect to the work surface, into an adhesive state, in which the adhesive means adheres to the work surface and the contact body is fixed on the work surface. 
     
     
         10 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element, for aligning or holding the adhesive means in parallel, with respect to the contact surface of the contact body, includes at least one support projection extending transversely to the adhesive means or to an adhesive surface of the adhesive means for supporting on a support contour, which is parallel to the contact surface or inclined at an angle of less than 90° to the contact surface, of the contact body. 
     
     
         11 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element includes at least one support surface which is angled, to an adhesive surface of the adhesive means for supporting on the contact body, so that the contact body is supported on the holding element with respect to forces acting in parallel to the contact surface. 
     
     
         12 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the at least one support surface comprises support surfaces provided on opposite sides of the holding element and/or wherein the support surfaces support the holding element with respect to all forces acting in parallel to the contact surface on the contact body. 
     
     
         13 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the contact body includes an upper side opposite to the contact surface which forms the support contour or on which the support contour is arranged and/or wherein the support contour forms a guide receptacle of a linear guide and the at least one support projection forms a guide projection for engaging the guide receptacle for linearly guiding the holding element on the contact body. 
     
     
         14 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the fastening means has a latching arrangement for latching the holding element with the contact body and/or an adhesive bonding means using which the holding element is adhesively bonded to the contact body. 
     
     
         15 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive means, when the contact surface of the contact body bears against the work surface, can be brought from a positioning state, in which the adhesive means is not in contact with the work surface and the contact surface can be positioned with respect to the work surface, into an adhesive state, in which the adhesive means adheres to the work surface and fixes the contact body on the work surface. 
     
     
         16 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive means is covered by a cover, which is removable from the adhesive means to bring it into an adhesive state. 
     
     
         17 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element is flexible for an adjustment between a positioning state and an adhesive state. 
     
     
         18 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, in a supporting state in which the holding element is supported at least partially, on the contact body the holding is deformable from the positioning state to the adhesive state. 
     
     
         19 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element can be rolled or wound up in the direction toward the work surface and/or, can be rolled or wound up away from the work surface. 
     
     
         20 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element and/or the holding element receptacle is arranged on a part of the contact body movable, with respect to the contact surface, so that the adhesive means can be adjusted from a positioning state into an adhesive state by actuating the movable part. 
     
     
         21 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, transversely to its longitudinal extension or transversely to a rolling direction provided for winding or rolling the holding element, the holding element includes at least one recess and/or at least one transverse reinforcing body. 
     
     
         22 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive means comprises an adhesive bonding surface for adhesive bonding to the work surface and/or at least one hook-and-loop adhesive means and/or at least one suction section and/or at least one suction head, for suction to the work surface. 
     
     
         23 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an adhesive body of the holding element carrying or forming the adhesive means has a handling section which can be manually actuated, by an operator in the adhesive state, by means of which the adhesive body can be actuated, to bring the adhesive means from the adhesive state into a release state removed from the work surface of the workpiece. 
     
     
         24 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one through opening for a fastening bolt, using which the holding element can be connected to the work surface. 
     
     
         25 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the contact body is platelike and/or is or comprises a guide rail and/or includes at least one elongated guide contour. 
     
     
         26 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive means, by adjusting the holding element with respect to the contact body, can be brought between a positioning state and an adhesive state. 
     
     
         27 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive means by introducing the holding element into a holding element receptacle provided for receiving the holding element, of the contact body, can be brought from a positioning state into an adhesive state. 
     
     
         28 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element includes at least one support contour, for supporting the holding element on a buttress contour of the holding element receptacle in a positioning state, wherein the latching contour is movable past the buttress contour of the holding element receptacle for adjusting the holding element in the direction of an adhesive state. 
     
     
         29 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element includes an actuating handle, using which the adhesive means, by way of a manual operating actuation, can be brought from a positioning state into an adhesive state. 
     
     
         30 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 29 , wherein the actuating handle protrudes laterally in front of the contact body and/or is accessible for the operating actuation from a side of the contact body facing away, the contact surface of the contact body, when the holding element is arranged on the contact body. 
     
     
         31 . The holding element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the holding element has such a shape, that in the state received in the holding element receptacle and the state fixing the contact body on the work surface the holding does not protrude in front of a guide surface or support surface of the contact body on which the tool or the machine tool is guided or supported on the contact body, and/or in that the machine tool or the tool can be guided over the holding element received in the holding element receptacle. 
     
     
         32 . A system comprising a holding element as claimed in  claim 1  and a contact body having a holding element receptacle for a formfitting hold of the holding element. 
     
     
         33 . The system as claimed in  claim 32 , further comprising a machine tool, which can be supported and/or guided by the device.

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