Connector arrangement for a guide rail arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024149427-A1
Application number	US-202218284157-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 31, 2022
Priority date	Apr 1, 2021
Publication date	May 9, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A connector arrangement for connecting two guide rails of a guide rail assembly for guiding a hand-held power tool, wherein the guide rails extend along longitudinal axes and can be releasably connected to each other by the connector arrangement on mutually opposite end faces, wherein the guide rails have at mutually opposite sides a contact face for the guide rails to rest on a workpiece and a guide face for guiding the hand-held power tool, wherein the guide rails have a longitudinal guide face extending parallel to their respective longitudinal axis for guiding the hand-held power tool parallel to the respective longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal guide face is at an angle to the guide face, wherein the connector arrangement has at least one connector element which has plug-in sections provided for inserting into plug-in receptacles on the opposite end faces of the guide rails on which there are arranged clamping devices for clamping in the relevant plug-in receptable.

First claim

1 . A connector arrangement for connecting two guide rails of a guide rail assembly for guiding a hand-held power tool, wherein the guide rails extend along longitudinal axes and can be releasably connected with each other by the connector arrangement on mutually opposite end faces, wherein the guide rails have at mutually opposite sides a contact face for the guide rail to rest on a workpiece and a guide face for guiding the hand-held power tool, wherein the guide rails have a longitudinal guide face extending parallel to their respective longitudinal axis for guiding the hand-held power tool parallel to the respective longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal guide face is at an angle to the guide face, wherein the connector arrangement has at least one connector element which has plug-in sections provided for inserting into plug-in receptacles on the opposite end faces of the guide rails on which there are arranged clamping devices for clamping in the relevant plug-in receptable, and wherein, the clamping devices of the connector arrangement are designed for sequential clamping with at first a parallel clamping force approximately or exactly parallel to the guide face, so that the longitudinal guide faces of the guide rails are in alignment with one another, and subsequently with a vertical clamping force component vertical to the guide face.

2 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping devices are designed to clamp with the vertical clamping force component while retaining the alignment of the longitudinal guide faces.

3 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one connector element has an elongated shape and/or is rod-shaped and/or extends along a longitudinal axis.

4 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , comprising at least one parallel clamping device for clamping exclusively with the parallel clamping force and one vertical clamping device which is separate from the parallel clamping device for clamping exclusively with the vertical clamping force component.

5 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , comprising a connector element that has a plug-in section on each of the mutually opposite longitudinal end regions, wherein the one plug-in section has a parallel clamping device and the other plug-in section has a vertical clamping device.

6 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , comprising a first connector element and a second connector element, on which there are arranged on the plug-in sections of the connector elements either exclusively a parallel clamping device or exclusively a vertical clamping device.

7 . The connector arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein there are arranged on the plug-in sections of the first connector element exclusively parallel clamping devices of the second connector element exclusively vertical clamping devices.

8 . The connector arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the first connector element and the second connector element are circumferentially equally shaped and/or are equally long and/or have the same cross-sections.

9 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , comprising at least one connector element with a plug-in section on which there are arranged a parallel clamping device and a vertical clamping device.

10 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , comprising at least one clamping device, which has a parallel clamping body for clamping in the plug-in receptacle with the parallel clamping force and one vertical clamping body separate from the parallel clamping body for clamping in the plug-in receptacle with the vertical clamping force component.

11 . The connector arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the vertical clamping body forms an operation element for the parallel clamping body, wherein the vertical clamping body can be moved from a release operation position into a parallel clamping operation position, wherein in the release operation position the vertical clamping body adopts a vertical release position and the parallel clamping body a parallel release position, wherein the vertical release position and the parallel release position are provided and designed for moving the connector element with respect to the plug-in receptacle, and in the parallel clamping operation position the parallel clamping body adopts a parallel clamping position provided for and suitable for supporting the plug-in section with the parallel clamping force in the plug-in receptacle and the vertical clamping body adopts a vertical release position, and wherein the vertical clamping body can be operated from the parallel clamping operation position into a vertical clamping operation position, in which the vertical clamping body adopts a vertical clamping position provided for and suitable for supporting the plug-in section with the vertical clamping force component in the plug-in receptacle.

12 . The connector arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the vertical clamping body is designed as a screw, wherein a longitudinal end region of the screw protrudes further in front of the connector element in the vertical clamping position than in the vertical release position and/or the screw has a conical outer circumference and/or the screw is received in a conical screw receptacle.

13 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one connector element has a connector body with a parallel clamping section, which is integral or firmly connected to the connector body and can be moved by an operation element between a parallel clamping position provided for and suitable for supporting the plug-in section with the parallel clamping force in the plug-in receptacle and a parallel release position, which is provided and designed for moving the connector element with respect to the plug-in receptacle.

14 . The connector arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein the parallel clamping section at its longitudinal end regions is integral or firmly connected to the connector body and/or is designed as a type of clasp and/or is arranged on one longitudinal side of the connector element parallel to one longitudinal extent of the connector element.

15 . The connector arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein, on at least one longitudinal end region of the parallel clamping section which is integral or firmly connected to the connector body, a movement gap is arranged, which facilitates a deflection of the parallel clamping section in the parallel clamping position.

16 . The connector arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein the operation element is arranged between the connector body and the parallel clamping section and/or comprises a screw.

17 . Connector arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one connector element has longitudinal side faces at a right angle to each other, which extend parallel to a longitudinal extent of the connector element and/or parallel to an insertion axis, along which the at least connector element can be inserted into the respective plug-in receptacle of a guide rail of the guide rail assembly.

18 . The connector arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one connector element has parallel clamping faces for clamping with the parallel clamping force onto parallel supporting surfaces of the plug-in receptacle, into which the connector body is inserted, wherein the parallel clamping faces are arranged vertical to the guide face and/or parallel to the longitudinal guide face, when the at least one connector element is inserted in the pl

Assignees

• Festool Gmbh

Inventors

• Randecker Andreas
• Weik Jonathan

Classifications

• B25H1/0078 Primary

  Guiding devices for hand tools · CPC title