DE29702929U1 - Stamp tweezers - Google Patents

Description

A. + W. Göddert GmbH & Co. KG
42655 Solingen

STAMP TWEEZERS

The invention relates to a pair of stamp tweezers, consisting of a pair of tweezers with two spring-loaded tweezer arms, which lie against one another at their connecting end and are each provided with a flat gripper at their other end, with which a stamp can be grasped and picked up very easily and without risk of damage.

People with poor eyesight, especially those with long-sightedness, use a separate magnifying glass to pick up stamps with tweezers, so that they can see the stamp clearly when picking it up.

not damage it and secondly, you can examine the stamp in all its details. This type of handling is relatively cumbersome, as the philatelist always needs both hands.

The invention is therefore based on the object of creating a possibility for stamp tweezers in combination with a magnifying glass to be handled more easily, whereby the construction should, however, be less complex.

According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the connecting end of the tweezers is hinged to a magnifying glass carrying

■ _t is connected to the magnifying glass holder, whereby the magnifying glass enlarges the area of the tweezer grippers during use, that the magnifying glass holder can be pivoted in the plane of movement of the tweezer arms, that the connecting end of the tweezer arms is firmly enclosed by an inner bearing part, that an outer bearing part is arranged on the magnifying glass holder, which at least partially surrounds the inner bearing part and that the outer bearing part can be elastically expanded and clipped onto the inner bearing part.

The stamp tweezers according to the invention, combined with a magnifying glass, are very easy to handle and the philatelist only needs one hand to do it. With the other hand he can either perform other tasks, for example leaf through a stamp catalogue, or use a second pair of stamp tweezers according to the invention to pick up another stamp and compare it with the first stamp.

Tweezers that are combined with magnifying glasses are already known as so-called magnifying glass tweezers (US-PS 5,358,297). Such well-known tweezers are used, for example, to remove small splinters from the skin. However, such tweezers are not suitable for handling stamps. In addition, the well-known magnifying glass tweezers are also quite complex to manufacture.

™ Preferably, the tweezers are provided with an ErI in the area of their connecting end, onto which the inner bearing part is attached. The ErI can be formed as a tapered area at the end of the tweezers arms. This makes the application of the inner bearing part considerably easier. Under certain circumstances, the ErI can also be heated before application.

It is practical if the magnifying glass holder is connected to the tweezers so that it can rotate around an axis, as long as the bearing part is cylindrical and the axis of rotation is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tweezers and perpendicular to the plane in which the tweezers arms can be moved. This makes handling with one hand particularly convenient.

"The outer bearing part can be hook-shaped, whereby the hook shape encompasses the inner bearing part at an angle of more than 180° and the remaining angle area forms an elastically expandable opening. In this way, the outer bearing part can be easily clipped onto the inner bearing part without the aid of a tool.

_s The outer bearing part and the inner bearing part _preferably have at least two guide surfaces ^ ¹ 10 which interact in pairs and are arranged in radial planes with respect to the axis of rotation. This enables a well-guided bearing without the magnifying glass holder coming loose from the bearing when pivoting. The inner bearing part is, however, expediently provided with edges on both sides on which the guide surfaces are arranged on the inside. The outer bearing part can have lateral surfaces which form the guide surfaces.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the magnifying glass is designed as a separate part and is inserted into a frame of the magnifying glass holder. To facilitate insertion, the frame of the magnifying glass holder can be elastically expandable.

The inner bearing part is conveniently designed as a single piece and made of thermoplastic material, whereby the bearing part and the connected ends of the tweezer arms can be plugged together under the influence of heat.

The magnifying glass holder is also conveniently designed in one piece and is made of thermoplastic material. 30

To make it easier to pick up the stamps, the tweezers' arms can be slightly bent at their free ends towards the magnifying glass holder.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the drawing and is described in detail below with reference to the drawing.

Show it:

&igr;. Fig. 1 A side view of the stamp tweezers with magnifying glass,
Fig. 2 is a view of the arrangement according to Fig. 1 from below and Fig. 3 is a view of the individual parts.

According to the drawing, the stamp tweezers 1 equipped with a magnifying glass consist of a commercially available pair of tweezers 2 equipped with two spring-loaded tweezer arms 3 and 4, as well as a magnifying glass holder 7 connected to the tweezers 2 and equipped with a magnifying glass 8.

The tweezers 2 are normally made of metal, with their two arms 3 and 4 resting firmly against one another at the connecting end 20. At the free end facing away from the connecting end 20, each tweezer arm 3 and 4 has a flat gripper 5 or 6, whereby a stamp can be held comfortably and gently between the two grippers 5 and 6. In the area of the grippers 5 and 6, the tweezer arms 3 and 4 are slightly bent to one side, in the direction of the magnifying glass holder 7, so that a stamp can be easily picked up with them.

The connecting end 20 of the two tweezer arms 3 and 4 is firmly surrounded by an inner bearing part 9, onto which the magnifying glass holder 7 is placed with an outer bearing part 10.

To attach the connecting part 20 to the inner bearing part 9, the connecting end 20 is provided with a molded ErI 11, onto which the bearing part 9 is placed. The ErI runs approximately in the longitudinal axis 12 of the tweezers 2. The length of the ErI 11 is slightly less than the diameter of the cylindrical bearing part 9, so that it disappears completely in it.

The central axis of the cylindrical inner bearing part 9 runs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 12 of the tweezers and also perpendicular to the plane in which the two tweezers arms 3 and 4 can be moved relative to each other. The axis 13 of the inner bearing part is simultaneously the axis of rotation of the magnifying glass holder 7 relative to the tweezers 2.

The magnifying glass holder 7 has a frame 19 at one end, in which the magnifying glass 8, which is designed as individual parts, is inserted.

The end of the magnifying glass holder 7 facing away from the magnifying glass is provided with a hook-shaped outer bearing part 10, which surrounds the cylindrical bearing part 9 at an angle of approximately 240 to 260°. The remaining angle area forms an opening 14, which can be elastically expanded and conveniently clipped onto the inner bearing part 9.

The inner bearing part 9 and the outer bearing part 10 each have two guide surfaces 15 and 16 and 17 and 18 that interact in pairs and are arranged in radial planes with respect to the axis of rotation 13. The guide surfaces 15 and 17 of the bearing part 9 are arranged on edges that are provided on both sides of the bearing part 9. The guide surfaces 16 and 18 of the outer bearing part 10 are formed by the lateral surfaces of the outer bearing part 10.

W By pivoting the magnifying glass holder 7 towards or away from the grippers 5 and 6, the distance to the object to be viewed can be adjusted to the viewer's eye.

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Lippert, Stachow, Schmidt & Pattner

Patent Attorneys Kölner Straße 8

D-42651 Solingen

A. + W. Göddert GmbH & Co. KG 42655 Solingen

19 February 1997 L/sr

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STAMP TWEEZERS

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List of reference symbols

1 stamp tweezers with magnifying glass

2 tweezers

0 3 Tweezer arm

4 Tweezer arm

5 grippers

6 grippers

7 Magnifying glass holder 8 Magnifying glass

f 9 Bottom bracket part

10 External bearing part

11 ErI

12 Longitudinal axis 13 Rotation axis

14 Opening

15 first guide surface

16 second guide surface

17 third guide surface 35 18 fourth guide surface

19 frames

20 Connection end

Claims (1)

2. Stamp tweezers, consisting of tweezers (2) with two spring-compressible tweezer arms (3,4) which lie against one another at their connecting end (20) and are each provided with a flat gripper (5,6) at their other end, characterized in that the connecting end (20) of the tweezers (2) is connected in an articulated manner to a magnifying glass holder (7) carrying a magnifying glass (8), the magnifying glass (8) enlarging the area of the grippers (5,6) in use, that the magnifying glass holder (7) can be pivoted in the plane of movement of the tweezer arms (3,4), that the connecting end (20) of the tweezer arms (3,4) is firmly enclosed by an inner bearing part (9), that an outer bearing part (10) is arranged on the magnifying glass holder (7), which at least partially encompasses the inner bearing part (9), and that the outer bearing part (10) can be elastically expanded and pushed onto the Inner bearing part (9) can be clipped on. Stamp tweezers according to claim 1, characterized in that the tweezers (2) have an ErI (11) in the region of their connecting end (20), onto which the inner bearing part (9) is placed. · 3. Stamp tweezers according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the magnifying glass holder (7) is connected to the tweezers (2) so as to be rotatable about an axis (13), that the bearing part (9) is cylindrical and the axis of rotation (13) is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (12) of the tweezers (2) and perpendicular to the plane in which the tweezers arms (3, 4) are movable. ■ _t 4. Stamp tweezers according to claim 3, characterized in that V 10 indicates that the outer bearing part (10) is hook-shaped, wherein the hook shape surrounds the inner bearing part (9) at an angle of more than 180° and the remaining angular area forms an elastically expandable opening (14).
15 5. Stamp tweezers according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the outer bearing part (10) and the inner bearing part (9) each have at least two guide surfaces (15, 16) and (17, 18) which interact in pairs and are arranged in radial planes with respect to the axis of rotation (13). 6. Stamp tweezers according to claim 5, characterized in that the inner bearing part (9) has edges on both sides, on which the guide surfaces (15, 17) are arranged on the inside. 7. Stamp tweezers according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the outer bearing part (10) has lateral surfaces which form the guide surfaces (16, 18). 8. Stamp tweezers according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the magnifying glass (8) is designed as a separate part and is inserted into a frame (19) of the magnifying glass holder (7). 9. Stamp tweezers according to claim 8, characterized in that the frame (19) of the magnifying glass holder (7) can be elastically expanded to accommodate the magnifying glass (8). 10. Stamp tweezers according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the inner bearing part (9) is formed in one piece and consists of thermoplastic material, wherein the bearing part (9) and the interconnected ends of the tweezers arms (3, 4) can be plugged together by applying heat. 11. Stamp tweezers according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the magnifying glass holder (7) is formed in one piece and consists of thermoplastic material. 12. Stamp tweezers according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the tweezer arms (3, 4) are slightly bent in the area of their free ends in the direction of the magnifying glass holder (7).