System having a guide rail and a carrying device

Abstract

The invention relates to a system comprising at least one guide rail (21, 22) which is provided for guiding a hand-held power tool (11), has an elongate shape and extends along a longitudinal axis, wherein the guide rail (21, 22) has, on mutually opposite sides, a contact face (24) for the guide rail (21, 22) to rest on a workpiece (W), and has a guide face (23), in front of which a longitudinal guide face (31), extending along the respective longitudinal axis (L1, L2), for guiding the hand-held power tool (11) protrudes parallel to the longitudinal axis (L1, L2). The system comprises a carrying device (200) having a carrying body (201, 202) and a carrying handle (120), arranged on the carrying body (201, 202), to be grasped by an operator (BE), wherein the guide rail (21, 22) has, for connecting to the carrying device (200), form-fitting contours (34) which are able to be brought into engagement with mating form-fitting contours (124) of the carrying device (200) such that the guide rail (21, 22) is able to be carried by a user (BE) using the carrying handle (120).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a system comprising at least one guide rail for guiding a hand-held power tool and a carrying device. The invention further relates to a guide rail.

[0002] Such a guide rail typically has a rigid, elongated rail body which, while providing the desired optimal guiding properties for the hand-held machine tool, is bulky and inconvenient to transport.

[0003] A guide rail for a hand-held machine tool according to the preamble of claim 1 is explained in DE 10 2010 028 751 A1.

[0004] A container with a flexible guide rail is shown in DE 202 18 480 A1.

[0005] A portable container with a worktop is described in DE 10 2013 008 630 A1 or DE 10 2017 109 023 A1. US 11,008,136 B2 describes a stack of portable containers.

[0006] It is therefore the object of the present invention to improve the wearing comfort when wearing such a guide rail.

[0007] To solve the problem, a system according to the technical teaching of claim 1 and a guide rail according to the technical teaching of claim 14 are provided.

[0008] The guide rail can be easily gripped using the carrying handle. The positive-locking contours include, for example, at least one receiving groove, in particular a receiving groove on a guide projection that has the longitudinal guide surface. One or more hooks can engage with the receiving groove as mating positive-locking contours of the carrying device.

[0009] The carrying handle is designed, for example, in the form of a handle or carrying leg or carrying handle.

[0010] The guide rail is also provided, which can be defined as follows: a guide rail that can be carried by a carrying device, wherein the guide rail has a longitudinal shape and extends along a longitudinal axis, wherein the guide rail has a bearing surface on opposite sides for supporting the guide rail on a workpiece and a guide surface in front of which a longitudinal guide surface extending along the respective longitudinal axis projects for guiding the hand-held machine tool parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the guide rail has positive-locking contours for connection with the carrying device which can be brought into engagement with counter-positive-locking contours of the carrying device, and wherein the carrying device has a carrying body and a carrying handle arranged on the carrying body for grasping by an operator, so that the guide rail can be carried by an operator by means of the carrying handle.

[0011] It is advantageous, for example, if the carrying device has a support surface for the planar support of the guide rail, in particular the bearing surface or the guide surface of the guide rail. The bearing surface or guide surface of the guide rail is preferably supported on the support surface. The carrying device may have several support surfaces. It is preferred if a support surface or sections of a support surface are present on opposite sides of the carrying handle. The carrying handle is advantageously positioned between the edge regions of the support surface.

[0012] It is particularly advantageous if the carrying handle projects in front of the support surface, if the carrying device and the guide rail are connected to each other by means of the positive locking contours and counter-positive locking contours.

[0013] According to the invention, the guide rail has a through-opening for the carrying handle, extending between two opposite sides, in particular between the guide surface and the support surface, through which the carrying handle can be inserted. Advantageously, a support surface, in particular the aforementioned support surface, of the carrying body is arranged next to the carrying handle, against which the guide rail is supported and / or which is provided for supporting the guide rail when the carrying handle is inserted through the through-opening. The guide rail is advantageously supported or can be supported on the support surface. The carrying handle projects at an angle in front of the support surface, in particular at a right angle to or away from the support surface.For example, the support surface of the carrying body is supported on the guide rail on the side facing away from the carrying handle. The carrying handle can be inserted or pushed through, for example, from the guide surface to the support surface or vice versa, or even perpendicular to the support or guide surface. It is also possible for the through-hole to be open laterally, allowing the carrying handle to be inserted into the through-hole in a direction parallel to the guide and support surfaces, or with a directional component that is parallel to the guide or support surface.

[0014] The through-hole preferably has a longitudinal shape or is designed as a longitudinal slot. A longitudinal extent or longitudinal axis of the through-hole preferably runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail.

[0015] It is possible that a gap exists between the part of the carrying device that supports the carrying handle and the support surface intended for supporting the guide rail, for example, if a recess is arranged between the support surface and the carrying handle. The support surface can comprise flat surfaces or sections of flat surfaces. It is also possible that the support surface provides linear and / or point support for the guide rail.

[0016] It is entirely possible that several support surfaces and / or bracing surfaces are present on the support device for bracing the guide rail.

[0017] The support surface or bearing surface of the carrying device may have a receptacle or recess for the carrying handle, into which the carrying handle can be adjusted in a non-use position, for example by pivoting, and from which the carrying handle can be adjusted out for a use position intended for carrying the carrying device, for example by pivoting.

[0018] The through-hole preferably has an elongated shape. Preferably, the through-hole extends parallel to or at a shallow angle of less than 15° to a longitudinal axis of the guide rail.

[0019] The through-hole must be designed in such a way that the carrying handle can be inserted through the through-hole in a non-use position adjusted towards the carrying body.

[0020] The through-hole can have a non-use position receptacle for the carrying handle, in which the carrying handle can be received in a non-use position adjusted towards the support body and / or the guide rail, in which the carrying handle does not protrude in front of the guide rail in a position suitable for carrying it. For example, the carrying handle is pivotably mounted on the support body between the non-use position and a use position intended for carrying, and can be received in the non-use position receptacle in the non-use position.

[0021] An advantageous measure provides that the carrying handle projects in front of the guide surface or the support surface, in particular at a right angle, when the carrying device is connected to the guide rail.

[0022] The carrying handle can be fixed to the carrying body, meaning it cannot move relative to the carrying body. For example, the carrying handle can protrude from the carrying body at an angle, particularly at a right angle.

[0023] Preferably, however, the carrying handle is pivotably mounted on the carrying body of the carrying device between a working position, in which the carrying handle projects in front of the carrying body, and a non-working position, in which the carrying handle is adjusted closer to the carrying body than in the working position. Thus, when not in use, the carrying handle can, for example, be adjusted towards the carrying body.

[0024] Such an adjustable carrying handle can be fixed to the carrying device by mounting the guide rail. Preferably, the carrying handle is fixed in the operating position by the guide rail when the guide rail and the carrying device are connected. For example, the guide rail acts as a pivot lock. When the guide rail is connected to the carrying device by means of the interlocking positive-locking contours, the carrying handle rests, for example, against one of the positive-locking contours of the guide rail or another support contour of the guide rail. In particular, the carrying handle is held in the operating position by a through-hole in the guide rail, through which the carrying handle is or can be inserted.

[0025] As explained, a recess or receptacle may be provided for the carrying handle, in which the carrying handle is held when not in use. Preferably, the carrying handle, when not in use, does not protrude beyond the support surfaces or bearing surfaces provided for supporting the guide rail. The guide rail is supported or can be supported by these support surfaces or bearing surfaces when the carrying handle is inserted through the through-hole in the guide rail.

[0026] An advantageous measure provides that the through-hole is arranged approximately longitudinally centrally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail and / or approximately transversely centrally between longitudinal sides of the guide rail extending parallel to the longitudinal axis. Thus, an advantageous measure provides that the carrying handle is arranged approximately longitudinally centrally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail and / or approximately transversely centrally between longitudinal sides extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail when the guide rail and the carrying device are connected. This ensures that the guide rail is optimally balanced and easy to carry. However, there may also be situations in which such a central alignment of the guide rails is not desirable, for example, when a greater distance to the person carrying the combination of carrying device and guide rail is required.

[0027] Furthermore, it is advantageous if the through-hole and / or, when the guide rail and the carrying device are connected, the carrying handle is arranged in the center or near the center of the support surface and / or the guide surface of the guide rail. For example, it is provided that the carrying handle or the through-hole is arranged approximately longitudinally centered with respect to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail and / or approximately transversely centered between longitudinal sides of the guide rail that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail. The center is the geometric center or the center of gravity of the guide rail.

[0028] It is also advantageous if the guide rail does not project in front of the carrying device transversely to its longitudinal axis, if the guide rail is arranged on the carrying device and / or if the carrying handle is inserted through the through-hole of the guide rail.

[0029] It is also advantageous if the guide rail is fully supported by the carrying device transversely to its longitudinal axis, if the guide rail is arranged on the carrying device and / or if the carrying handle is inserted through the through-hole of the guide rail.

[0030] The transverse width of the support surface or support area of ​​the support device provided for supporting the guide rail when it is arranged on the support device preferably corresponds at least to the transverse width of the guide rail transverse to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail, in particular to that part of the guide rail which is provided and / or designed for supporting one of the support devices.

[0031] It is advantageous for the carrying handle to project at approximately a right angle to the support surface or the guide surface of the guide rail when the guide rail is connected to the carrying device. This ensures, for example, that the carrying handle is easily accessible from large, flat sides of the guide rail.

[0032] Advantageously, a through-opening is provided between a handle section of the carrying handle and the guide rail when the carrying handle is inserted through the through-opening and / or the guide rail is connected to the carrying device. This through-opening is designed and configured to allow an operator to grasp the handle section with their hand. For example, the distance between the guide rail held on the carrying device and a handle section of the carrying handle intended for the operator's hand is at least 2 cm, more preferably at least 3 cm, and more preferably at least 4 cm. The minimum width of the through-opening is preferably at least the width of one hand, more preferably the width of two hands, of an adult operator, i.e., preferably at least 8 cm, and in particular at least 10 cm.

[0033] It is further advantageous if the carrying handle, at least in its operating position, projects approximately at a right angle to a support surface of the carrying body. The carrying handle can be fixed and / or immovable relative to the carrying body, meaning that it can, for example, be static and / or permanently positioned and / or project at a right angle from the carrying body in its operating position.

[0034] The guide rail can also be designed and configured to securely fix the carrying handle in a pivot-resistant manner. Preferably, the carrying device and the guide rail can be connected to each other by means of the positive-locking contours and counter-positive-locking contours in such a way that the carrying handle is pivot-resistant and / or slidably resistant with respect to the guide surface when the carrying device and the guide rail are connected. The pivot resistance or sliding resistance can, of course, be such that a certain degree of play is still possible, in particular enough to allow for the release of the connection between the carrying device and the guide rail.

[0035] Advantageously, it is provided that the carrying handle can be inserted through the through-hole, in particular exclusively, along an axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail, in particular approximately perpendicular or right-angled.

[0036] It is also advantageous if, when the carrying handle is inserted through the through-hole, the guide rail is supported on the carrying device in a pivot-resistant or substantially pivot-resistant manner with respect to this insertion axis. To ensure pivot resistance, a small amount of play may be provided between the through-hole and the carrying handle, sufficient only for inserting the handle through the through-hole. This play may be generous, but is advantageous only such that the carrying handle can be inserted through the through-hole along its insertion axis, but the guide rail and the carrying handle cannot pivot relative to each other in such a way that a pivoting movement about a pivot axis transverse to the insertion axis can disengage or engage them.Therefore, this measure ensures that the guide rail is securely supported against tilting relative to the support device.

[0037] For example, the positive locking contours and the counter-positive locking contours include or are insertion guide surfaces that run parallel to the insertion axis. For example, the positive locking contours of the guide rail include insertion guide surfaces perpendicular to the guide surface and / or the bearing surface of the guide rail on the inner circumference of the through-hole for supporting and / or guiding insertion guide surfaces of the counter-positive locking contours that are present on the carrying handle. The insertion guide surfaces of the counter-positive locking contours are provided, for example, on connecting sections or bearing sections of the carrying handle by which the carrying handle is connected to the lid or a side wall of the transport container.

[0038] The carrying handle preferably has support contours running parallel to a longitudinal extension of the through-hole, in particular planar surfaces, for example planar surfaces on the connecting sections or bearing sections of the carrying handle, as counter-form-locking contours, on which form-locking contours of the guide rail, for example longitudinal side walls of the through-hole running parallel to the longitudinal extension of the through-hole, are supported or can be supported over a surface.

[0039] It is also advantageous if the carrying device and / or the guide rail has at least one locking contour for engaging with the guide rail. This ensures an additional locking mechanism for the positive connection between the carrying device and the guide rail.

[0040] The detent contour can be provided on the guide rail or the support device. For example, the detent contour includes a detent projection, a detent spring, or the like.

[0041] Preferably, the at least one locking contour is arranged on the carrying handle and / or on the through-hole and, when the carrying handle is inserted or pushed through the through-hole, locks the carrying handle to the guide rail. For example, the locking contour is arranged on a side surface or side wall of the carrying handle and, when inserted or pushed through the through-hole of the guide rail, can first be moved into a release position and then automatically move into a locking position in which the locking contour engages with the guide rail.

[0042] The support body can be, for example, a support plate or similar component. The support body can be designed solely to support the guide rail. For example, the carrying handle can be pivotally mounted on such a support plate or protrude from a support plate and be inserted through the through-hole of the guide rail.

[0043] The support plate can, for example, be designed in the style of a lid for the transport container described below.

[0044] Preferably, the carrying body comprises a transport container with a receiving compartment for objects, in particular the hand-held power tool, or is formed by a transport container, wherein the carrying handle is provided and designed for carrying the transport container. The receiving compartment is, for example, provided in a body of the transport container.

[0045] While it is generally possible for the carrying handle to be positioned at any point on the transport container, for example on a side wall, it is preferred if the carrying handle is located on the top, particularly on a lid, of the transport container. A storage compartment or receiving area of ​​the transport container, for example, can then be accessed from the top.

[0046] The carrying handle, for example, protrudes from the top of the transport container and penetrates the through-hole of the guide rail. The guide rail can be supported across its entire surface on the top of the transport container.

[0047] It is preferred, for example, that the support surface for supporting the guide rail is arranged on a top surface, in particular a lid, of the transport container or a side wall of the transport container.

[0048] It is advantageous if the connecting or bearing sections of the carrying handle, which connect the carrying handle to a side wall or the lid of the transport container, are arranged at the edges of the side wall or the lid. This allows the connecting or bearing sections to be spaced far apart. For example, internal surfaces on the connecting or bearing sections, which form or have positive-locking contours, are positively supported by the through-hole of the guide rail. The guide rail is supported on the carrying device by widely spaced, opposing positive-locking contours provided on or formed by the connecting or bearing sections of the carrying handle. This ensures that the guide rail is held securely on the carrying device.

[0049] One way to connect the guide rail to the support device is to have the counter-form-lock contour of the support device include at least one hook for interlocking with a hook contour of the guide rail.

[0050] It is particularly advantageous if the carrying device has two or more hook contours spaced apart longitudinally, so that the guide rail can be engaged with a hook contour of the carrying device at two positions spaced apart from each other with respect to its longitudinal axis.

[0051] For example, it may be provided that the at least one hook on the carrying body is arranged at a distance from the carrying handle. Thus, there is both a carrying handle and the at least one hook.

[0052] A further advantageous measure provides that at least one hook is arranged on a side wall of one or the transport container of the carrying device. Two or more hooks can, of course, be arranged on the side wall, particularly at a distance parallel to the top of the transport container.

[0053] The at least one hook can be permanently attached to the carrying device, for example, the transport container. However, it is also possible that the at least one hook can be retrofitted to the carrying device.

[0054] It is advantageous that the hook is arranged on a hook element which can be detachably connected to the carrying device, in particular the transport container.

[0055] The following measure is particularly suitable for the detachable attachment of the hook element, in which the carrying device, especially the transport container, includes a plug-in holder for inserting the hook element. The hook element can, for example, have a plate body that can be attached to the transport container or carrying device in the manner of a card.

[0056] An advantageous concept provides that the carrying device has a latch for locking the hook element in the socket, the latch preferably being formed by a lid of the carrying device's transport container. Thus, once the hook element is inserted into the socket, closing the lid of the transport container locks or secures the hook element in the socket.

[0057] It is possible that the at least one hook of the carrying device and the hook contour of the guide rail can be engaged or disengaged by a pivoting action or exclusively by a sliding action, particularly parallel to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail. For example, if two or more hooks are provided on the carrying device, the hook contours of the guide rail can be engaged with the hooks of the carrying device by a sliding action of the guide rail. In this way, improved retention of the guide rail on the carrying device, particularly the transport container, can be achieved.

[0058] Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawing. The drawing shows: Figure 1 is a perspective oblique view from above of a longitudinal end of a guide rail with a connector arrangement; Figure 2 shows the longitudinal end of the guide rail according to Figure 1View from an oblique angle above, with the guide rail connected to another guide rail by means of the connector arrangement, Figure 3 the arrangement according to Figure 2 , however, obliquely from below, Figure 4 the interconnected guide rails according to Figures 1 to 3 with a hand-held machine tool guided thereon, Figure 5, a carrying device in the form of a transport container and a guide rail in the not yet connected state in a perspective oblique view, Figure 6, view according to Figure 5 , wherein the guide rail is arranged on the transport container, Figure 7 a sectional view of an upper part of the transport container and the guide rail approximately along a section line DD of the Figure 6 Figure 8: a person carrying a guide rail without a carrying device; Figure 9: the person according to Figure 8 , however, the person attaches the guide rail to the carrying device accordingly Figures 15 and 16Figure 10 shows a variant of a carrying handle with a locking contour in a view approximately corresponding to detail D3 in Figure 7 , Figure 11A a detail D4 from Figure 10 , where the detent contour is in detent position, Figure 11B the view according to Figure 11A , however with the locking contour in a release position, Figure 12 a top view of a middle section of a first variant of a guide rail according to Figure 5 Figure 13 shows a top view of a middle section of a second variant of a guide rail according to Figure 5 Figure 14: Top view of a middle section of a third variant of a guide rail; Figure 15: Top view of a middle section of a 14 variant of a guide rail according to Figure 5 Figure 16 shows an upper part of a transport container with a hook element not yet mounted on it; Figure 17 shows a detailed view of the transport container according to Figure 16with mounted hook element, Figure 18, the transport container according to Figures 16, 17 with a guide rail held on the hook elements of the transport container, Figure 19 shows a partial section through the arrangement according to Figure 18 , approximately along a section line DD, where the guide rail is still away from the transport container in the left part of the illustration and is attached to the transport container in the right part of the illustration.

[0059] A guide rail arrangement 20 serves to guide a hand-held machine tool 11 along a workpiece, which is not shown in the drawing. The hand-held machine tool 11 is, for example, a sawing machine, although it could also be a milling machine or any other machine suitable for machining a workpiece. A drilling machine, in particular a drill press used to drill holes in a row, can also be optimally utilized with the guide rail arrangement 20. In any case, the hand-held machine tool 11 has a tool 12, for example, a saw blade, which is held on a tool holder driven by a drive motor 13A, in particular an electric drive motor. The drive motor 13A is, for example, housed in a casing 13 of the hand-held machine tool 11.

[0060] Furthermore, the machine tool 11 has a guide plate 14, which can also be more generally referred to as a guide device, which is suitable for guiding the hand-held machine tool 11 on a surface and preferably also the guide rail arrangement 20.

[0061] The guide rail arrangement 20 comprises a first guide rail 21 and a second guide rail 22, with the possibility of adding further guide rails. The two guide rails 21 and 22, as well as any additional guide rails, can be joined together and firmly connected by the connector arrangement 60, which will be explained in detail later, thus forming a continuous, elongated guide rail that can be used in one continuous motion with the hand-held machine tool 11.

[0062] A guide projection 40 is arranged on the guide rails 21, 22, which can be brought into engagement with a guide receptacle 15 on the guide plate 14 in order to guide the hand-held machine tool 11 in a straight line for making a straight saw cut in a workpiece W. The hand-held machine tool 11 can be guided along the guide rails 21, 22 or the guide rail arrangement 20 along a working direction AR.

[0063] The guide projections 40 of the guide rails 21 and 22 are aligned with each other when they are connected to each other by the connector arrangement 60.

[0064] Guide rails 21 and 22 have essentially the same or similar components, which are explained below and provided with the same reference numerals.

[0065] The guide rails 21, 22 can be placed on a substrate, for example the workpiece W, with their undersides or bearing surfaces 24 and have a guide surface 23 on their side or top opposite the bearing surface 24, which is intended for guiding the hand-held machine tool 11. The guide projection 40 extends in front of the guide surface 23 for engagement with the guide receptacle 15 of the hand-held machine tool 11.

[0066] The guide rails 21 and 22 have a longitudinal shape and extend along longitudinal axes L1 and L2. The longitudinal axes L1 and L2 are aligned with each other when the guide rails 21 and 22 are connected to each other by means of the connector arrangement 60. Likewise, longitudinal sides 25 of the guide rails 21 and 22, parallel to the longitudinal axes L1 and L2, are aligned with these sides when the tool 12 or saw blade is guided past them when the hand-held power tool 11 is guided along the guide rail arrangement 20. Although not essential, longitudinal sides 24 of the guide rails 21 and 22 opposite to the longitudinal sides 25 are also aligned with each other when the guide rails 21 and 22 are connected to each other by means of the connector arrangement 60.

[0067] The guide rails 21 and 22 have end faces 27 and 28 transverse to the longitudinal axes L1 and L2, with the end face 27 forming a front end face in the working direction AR and the end face 28 forming a rear end face in the working direction AR.

[0068] A front guide rail 21 in the working direction AR can be connected with its rear end face 28 to the end face 27 of a rear guide rail 22 in the working direction by means of the connector arrangement 60.

[0069] A lip 29 is arranged on the longitudinal side 25 of each guide rail 21, 22, which serves as a tear-out protection and is cut to a suitable dimension by the tool 12 when the guide rail 21 or 22 is used for the first time.

[0070] The guide rails 21, 22 have rail bodies 30, which are designed, for example, as extruded profiles.

[0071] A support strip 39 or several support strips 39 can be provided on the underside or bearing surface 24 of the guide rail 21, 22. Sliding strips 38 can be provided on the upper side or guide surface 23 of the guide rail 21, 22, along which the hand-held machine tool 11 can slide.

[0072] The longitudinal guide surface 31 is provided on the guide projection 40 for the longitudinal guidance of the hand-held machine tool 11 along the longitudinal axes L1 and L2 in the working direction AR.

[0073] The guide projection 40 is designed in the form of a rib. Parallel to the guide projection runs an auxiliary receptacle 50, which is designed as a groove. Auxiliary tools suitable for workpiece machining, components suitable for fastening the guide rail 21, 22 to a substrate, or the like can be attached to the auxiliary receptacle 50.

[0074] The auxiliary device receptacle 50 and the guide projection 40 provide plug-in receptacles 55, 45 for connector elements 61, 62 of the connector arrangement 60, into which the connector elements 55, 45 can be inserted.

[0075] The connector element 61 and the associated plug receptacle 45 are designed to align the guide rails 21, 22 parallel to the guide surface 23. The connector element 61 can also be referred to as a parallel connector element 61.

[0076] The connector element 62 forms, so to speak, a vertical connector element. The connector element 62 serves to align the guide rails 21, 22 perpendicular to the guide surfaces 23.

[0077] To connect the guide rails 21 and 22, plug-in sections 65 of the connector elements 61, 62 are inserted into the opposing plug-in receptacles 45 and 55 of the guide rails 21, 22.

[0078] Parallel clamping devices 63 are arranged on the connector element 61, namely its plug-in sections 65, which are provided for clamping in the plug-in receptacles 45 of the guide rails 21 and 22 to be connected with a parallel clamping force parallel to the guide surface.

[0079] Vertical clamping devices 64 are arranged on the connector element 62, with which the connector element 62 can be clamped in the plug receptacles 55, in particular with a vertical clamping force that is at an angle, in particular at right angles, to the parallel clamping force.

[0080] The parallel clamping devices 63 and the vertical clamping devices 64 can be actuated using an assembly tool M, with which actuating body or clamping body, e.g. screws, of the clamping devices 63, 64 can be actuated.

[0081] It is easy to imagine that transporting the long and therefore bulky guide rails 21 and 22 is inconvenient in practice.

[0082] This becomes clear, for example, in the representation according to Figure 8 , which shows an operator BE climbing a staircase, with the operator BE holding the guide rail 21 under one arm and carrying a transport container 100 with the other arm.

[0083] The situation is much more comfortable for the operator BE with the arrangement according to Figure 9 , in which the guide rail 22 rests, so to speak, on the transport container 100, which the operator can grasp by a handle 101 of the transport container 100. The operator is therefore essentially carrying the transport container 100, to which the guide rail 22 is attached.

[0084] The transport container 100 comprises, for example, a body 102 with a base 103 and side walls 104, 105 and 106 projecting from the base 103. The side walls 105 and 106 extend between the side walls 104 and together with it define a receiving space 108 in which, for example, the hand-held machine tool 11 can be received.

[0085] The recording chamber 108 can be closed by a cover 110. The cover 110 is pivotally hinged to the body 102, whereby in Figure 16 An open position of the body 102 is shown. The lid 110 has a top wall 113 and side walls 114, between which side walls 115 and 116 extend. The side walls 104 and 114, as well as side walls 105 and 115 and side walls 106 and 116, are aligned with each other when the lid 110 closes the body 111.

[0086] Swivel bearings are arranged between the side walls 105 and 115, which are not visible in the drawing. Therefore, the cover 110 is pivotally hinged to the side wall 105.

[0087] A latch 117 is arranged on the side wall 116, which can engage with a locking contour 107 on the side wall 106 to reliably close the transport container 100. The lid 110 is then firmly connected to the body 102.

[0088] A carrying handle 120 is arranged on the top wall 113.

[0089] The cover wall 113 has pivot bearings 121 by means of which the carrying handle 120 is pivotally mounted about a pivot axis S between a non-use position N pivoted towards the cover wall 113 and a use position G pivoted away from the cover wall 113. In the use position G, the carrying handle 120 protrudes from the cover wall 113 and can be easily grasped by an operator.

[0090] On the top wall 113 there is a recess 118 for receiving the carrying handle 120 in the non-use position N.

[0091] The carrying handle 120 has bearing sections 122 at its longitudinal ends, and thus in the area of ​​the pivot bearings 121. The carrying handle 120 is pivotably mounted on the transport container 100 and / or on the top wall 113 in the area of ​​and / or by means of the bearing sections 122.

[0092] Between the bearing sections 122 extends a handle section 123, which can be grasped by the operator BE in the manner of a handle.

[0093] The handle section 123 preferably has an elongated shape and extends along a longitudinal axis L123.

[0094] The handle section 123 and the bearing sections 122 are at an angle to each other, for example approximately at right angles.

[0095] The guide rail 22 has a through-hole 32 for the carrying handle 120. The through-hole 32, with its inner wall surfaces or inner sides 33, provides positive locking contours 34 on which the carrying handle 120 can be supported by the bearing sections 122.

[0096] Each bearing section 122 has support contours 122F on opposite sides. The support contours 122F are, for example, formed by flat wall sections or have flat wall sections. The support contours 122F are, for example, planar surfaces.

[0097] The bearing sections 122 form or have opposing form-lock contours 124. The opposing form-lock contours 124 can be brought into positive engagement with the form-lock contours 34. The opposing form-lock contours 124 include, for example, the support contours 122F of the bearing sections 122.

[0098] Furthermore, the carrying handle 120 is advantageously supported in a form-fitting manner at the longitudinal ends 35 of the through-hole 32, so that the guide rail 22 is advantageously supported against displacement by the carrying handle 120 with respect to its longitudinal axis L2. The longitudinal end regions or longitudinal ends 35 also form form-fitting contours 34.

[0099] The carrying handle 120, in particular the bearing sections 122, have support contours 122L on opposite or away from each other with respect to the longitudinal axis L2, which also form components of the counter-form-locking contours 124 and are provided for support at the longitudinal ends 35 of the through-hole 32.

[0100] A reach-through opening 123G is provided between the handle section 123 and the guide rail 22 held by the carrying handle 120 when the guide rail 22 is inserted through the through-holes 32. An operator BE can grasp the handle section 123 with their hand and thereby reach through the reach-through opening 123G.

[0101] The support surface 24 or the guide surface 23 can rest on the top wall 113 or on support surfaces 119 of the top wall 113 when the carrying handle 120 is inserted through the through-hole 32.

[0102] Furthermore, the carrying handle 120 is fixed in its working position G by the form-fitting contours 34, and therefore cannot pivot into the unused position N. Carrying comfort is optimal.

[0103] The drawing shows that the through-hole 32 is arranged approximately longitudinally in relation to the longitudinal axis L2, so that the guide rail 22 projects essentially the same distance in front of the side walls 104 of the transport container 100.

[0104] Furthermore, the through-hole 32 is provided transversely to the longitudinal axis L2 approximately transversely in the middle of the guide rail 22.

[0105] Both of the aforementioned measures ensure that the through-hole 32 is located approximately at a center Z of the guide rail 22, and thus also at a center Z of the support surface 24 or the guide surface 23. Therefore, the carrying handle 120 is also located at center Z when the guide rail 22 is attached to the transport container 100.

[0106] A locking contour 125 advantageously serves to reliably hold the form-fitting contours 34, 124 against each other or to secure the carrying handle 120 in the through-hole 32. The locking contour 125 is formed, for example, by a resilient section 126 on one of the bearing sections 122. Locking contours 125 can also be provided on, for example, opposite sides of the carrying handle 120, e.g., opposite sides of a bearing section 122 (see Figure 10 ). Both bearing sections 122 can each have detent contours of the type of detent contours 125.

[0107] In Figure 11A The locking contour 125 protrudes in front of the support surface 24 or the guide surface 23 of the guide rail 22, so that the guide rail 22 is held against the cover wall 113. To release the locking contour 125, it is deflected into a release position, for example by actuating AL ( Figure 11B), i.e., removed from the guide rail 22, so that the carrying handle 120 can be led out of the through-hole 32 again.

[0108] The through-hole 32 is preferably designed as a longitudinal slot. The transverse width of the longitudinal slot or through-hole 32 is the same across its entire length parallel to the longitudinal axis L2. The length L32 of the through-hole 32 between its longitudinal ends 35 is preferably dimensioned such that it corresponds to the outer distance between the bearing sections 122, i.e., the carrying handle 120 is advantageously held in the through-hole 32 in a displacement-resistant manner with respect to the longitudinal axis L2 when it engages therein.

[0109] It is possible that the length L32 of the through-hole 32 is dimensioned such that the carrying handle 120 is movable or insertable with respect to the through-hole 32 transversely to the longitudinal axis L2 or transversely to the length L32 exclusively along an insertion axis SA, but not pivotable, apart from a clearance necessary for inserting the carrying handle 120 through the through-hole 32, for example a clearance SP with respect to the longitudinal axis L123 of the carrying handle 120, which is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the through-hole 32 or the longitudinal axis L2 when the carrying handle 120 protrudes through the through-hole 32.

[0110] Another embodiment provides that the guide rail 22 is pivotable relative to the carrying handle 120 in order to engage or disengage the through-hole 32 from the carrying handle 120. For example, the length L32 of the through-hole 32 is dimensioned such that the clearance SP forms a pivoting clearance or is sufficiently long to allow a pivoting clearance. The guide rail 22 can then be pivoted, for example, about a longitudinal end of the carrying handle 120, for example, about a pivot axis S32, in order to engage and / or disengage the through-hole 32 from the carrying handle 120. Such a pivoting movement is indicated by an arrow KP in the drawing.

[0111] Alternative through-holes are in the Figures 12 to 15 depicted.

[0112] For example, widened sections 35A are provided at the longitudinal end regions of a through-hole 32A of a guide rail 22A, which facilitate the insertion of the carrying handle 120. The guide rail 22A otherwise corresponds essentially to the guide rail 22.

[0113] The guide rails 22B, 22C and 22D explained below also largely correspond to the guide rail 22, but have alternative through-holes 32B, 32C and 32D to the through-hole 32.

[0114] The through-hole 32B has a central section 36B, which is associated with the handle section 123, and from which sections 37B extend, which are associated with the bearing sections 122. The through-hole 32B allows the carrying handle 122 to be adjusted to the non-use position N.

[0115] One contour of the through-hole 32B thus corresponds to a side contour of the carrying handle 120, so that it can be adjusted from the operating position G into the through-hole 32B and into the non-operating position N. The through-hole 32B therefore forms, for example, a non-operating position receptacle 32N for the carrying handle 120. In the non-operating position N, the carrying handle 120 does not protrude, or only protrudes slightly, from the guide surface 23 or support surface 24 of the guide rail 22 facing away from the top wall 113. Nevertheless, the carrying handle 120 can be pivoted out of the through-hole 32B or non-operating position receptacle 32N into the operating position G in order to conveniently carry the assembly consisting of the transport container 100 and the guide rail 22B.

[0116] When configuring according to Figure 14The guide rail 22C has a through-hole 32C, a central section 36C through which the handle section 123 can be inserted, and end sections 35C extending parallel to the longitudinal axis L2 from the central section 36C. These end sections are narrower than the central section 36C and are designed to provide a positive-locking hold for the bearing sections 122 of the carrying handle 120. The wider central section 36C allows the operator to grip the handle section 123 of the carrying handle 120 more easily. Thus, the central section 36C forms a kind of grip recess.

[0117] When configuring according to Figure 15The guide rail 22D has a through-hole 32D, which includes a lateral insertion opening 33D, a central section 36D, and an end section 37D. The carrying handle 120 can be inserted through the insertion opening 33D, essentially threaded into the through-hole 32D, to create a positive connection between the carrying handle 120 or the transport container 100 and the guide rail 22.

[0118] The transport container 100 thus forms a carrying device 200, wherein the lid 110 and in particular the top wall 113 constitute a carrying body 201, from which a carrying handle 120 protrudes.

[0119] But the front side wall 106 can also form a support body, for example a support body 202. Hooks 130 can be arranged on the side wall 106.

[0120] The hooks 130 can, for example, be provided on hook elements 131, which are received or can be received in plug-in holders 140 on the transport container 100. The hook elements 131 comprise, for example, plate bodies 132, which have plug-in projections 133 on opposite longitudinal sides. The plug-in projections 133 can be inserted into grooves 144 of the plug-in holders 140, with the grooves 144 being opposite each other. A flat side of the plate body 132 rests against a base 143 of the plug-in holder 140. The plug-in holders 140 have insertion openings 145 through which the hook elements 131 can be inserted.

[0121] Opposite the insertion openings 145 is a support contour 146 for supporting a respective hook element 131 when it is inserted into the plug-in holder 140. The support contour 146 and the grooves 144 are at an angle to each other.

[0122] When the cover 110 is closed, it holds the hook elements 131 in the plug-in holders 140. For example, the hook elements 131 are supported on the front face of the side wall 116 of the cover 110. Thus, the cover 110 forms a latch for locking each hook element 131 in a plug-in holder 140.

[0123] Each hook 130 projects in front of the plate body 132 and is designed, for example, in the form of a receiving groove. The hook 130 can engage in a hook contour 150 of a guide rail 21 or 22. Such a hook contour 150 is provided, for example, by one of the legs 54 or 44. The guide rail 21 or 22 can be hooked into the hooks 130 using the legs 54 or 44, whereby, for example, the support surface 24 can then rest flat against the front or side wall 106 of the transport container 100. Thus, the guide rail 21 or 22 is essentially suspended from the front of the transport container 100, making it easy to transport.

Claims

1. System comprising at least one guide rail (21, 22), which is provided for guiding a hand-held power tool (11), has an elongate shape and extends along a longitudinal axis, wherein the guide rail (21, 22) has, on mutually opposite sides, a contact face (24) for the guide rail (21, 22) to rest on a workpiece (W) and a guide face (23) in front of which a longitudinal guide face (31) extending along the respective longitudinal axis (L1, L2) for guiding the hand-held power tool (11) protrudes parallel to the longitudinal axis (L1, L2), and wherein the system comprises a carrying device (200) having a carrying body (201, 202) and a carrying handle (120) located on the carrying body (201, 202) to be grasped by an operator (BE), wherein the guide rail (21, 22), for a connection to the carrying device (200), has form-fitting contours (34) which can be brought into engagement with mating form-fitting contours (124) of the carrying device (200), so that the guide rail (21, 22) can be carried by an operator (BE) using the carrying handle (120), characterised in that the guide rail (21, 22) has a through-opening (32) for the carrying handle (120), which through-opening (32) extends between two mutually opposite sides, in particular between the guide face (23) and the contact face (24), and through which through-opening (32) the carrying handle (120) can be inserted.

2. System according to claim 1, characterised in that the carrying device (200) has a support face (119) for the planar support of the guide rail (21, 22), in particular the contact face (24) or the guide face (23) of the guide rail (21, 22).

3. System according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the through-opening (32) has an elongate shape and / or in that the through-opening (32) extends parallel or approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis (L1, L2) of the guide rail (21, 22) and / or in that the through-opening (32) has an inoperative position receptacle (37N) for the carrying handle (120), in which the carrying handle (12) can be accommodated in an inoperative position (N) moved towards the carrying body (201, 202) and / or the guide rail (21, 22), in which inoperative position (N) the carrying handle (120) does not protrude in front of the guide rail (21, 22) in a position suitable for carrying the guide rail (21, 22).

4. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the carrying handle (120) is designed in the manner of a handhold and / or in that the carrying handle (120) protrudes in front of the guide face (23) or the contact face (24), in particular at right angles, when the carrying device (200) is connected to the guide rail (21, 22) and / or in that the carrying handle (12) is mounted at the carrying body (201, 202) for pivoting between an operative position (G), in which the carrying handle (12) protrudes in front of the carrying body (201, 202), and an inoperative position (N), in which the carrying handle (12) is moved closer towards the carrying body (201, 202) than in the operative position (G), and / or in that the carrying handle (120) is fixed by the guide rail (21, 22) in the operative position (G) when the guide rail (21, 22) and the carrying device (200) are connected to each other.

5. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the through-opening (32) and / or the carrying handle (120), if the guide rail (21, 22) and the carrying device (200) are connected to each other, are / is located approximately in the longitudinal centre with respect to the longitudinal axis (L1, L2) of the guide rail (21, 22) and / or in that the through-opening (32) and / or the carrying handle (120), when the guide rail (21, 22) and the carrying device (200) are connected to each other, are / is located approximately in the transverse centre between longitudinal sides of the guide rail (21, 22) extending parallel to the longitudinal axis (L1, L2) of the guide rail (21, 22) and / or in that the through-opening (32) and / or the carrying handle (120), when the guide rail (21, 22) and the carrying device (200) are connected to each other, are / is located in the centre (Z) or close to the centre (Z) of the contact face (24) and / or the guide face (23) of the guide rail.

6. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the carrying handle (120) protrudes in front of the contact face (24) or the guide face (23) approximately at right angles when the guide rail (21, 22) is connected to the carrying device (200) and / or in that the carrying handle (120) protrudes in front of a support face (119) of the carrying body (201, 202) approximately at right angles.

7. System according to any one of claims 3 to 6, characterised in that there is a reach-through opening (123G) provided and designed for grasping the handle portion (123) with a hand of an operator (BE) between a handle portion (123) of the carrying handle (120) and the guide rail (21, 22) when the carrying handle (120) is inserted through the through-opening (32) and / or the guide rail (21, 22) is connected to the carrying device (200) and / or in that the carrying handle (120) is exclusively insertable through the through-opening (32) along an insertion axis (SA) extending at an angle, in particular at an approximately or fully right angle, to the longitudinal axis (L2) of the guide rail (22) and / or in that the through-opening (32) has an elongate shape and a length (L32) of the through-opening (32) between its longitudinal ends (35) is dimensioned such that the carrying handle (120) is pivotable about a pivot axis (S32) extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis (L32) in order to bring the carrying handle (120) into or out of engagement with the through-opening (32).

8. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the carrying device (200) and the guide rail (21, 22) can be connected to each other by means of the form-fitting contours (34) and the mating form-fitting contours (124) in such a way that the carrying handle (120) cannot be pivoted and / or displaced with respect to the guide face (23) when the carrying device (200) and the guide rail (21, 22) are connected to each other.

9. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the carrying device (200) and / or the guide rail (21, 22) have / has at least one latching contour (125) for latching to the guide rail (21, 22), wherein it is advantageously provided that the at least one latching contour (125) is located at the carrying handle (120) and / or at the through-opening (32) and latches the carrying handle (120) to the guide rail (21, 22) when the carrying handle (120) is inserted into or through the through-opening (32).

10. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the carrying body (201, 202) comprises a transport container (100) with a location space (108) for objects, in particular the hand-held power tool (11), or is represented by a transport container (100), the carrying handle (120) being provided and designed for carrying the transport container (100).

11. System according to claim 10, characterised in that the carrying handle (120) is located on a top side, in particular a cover, of the transport container (100) and / or in that the support face (119) is located on a top side, in particular a cover, of the transport container (100) or a side wall of the transport container (100).

12. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the mating form-fitting contour (124) of the carrying device (200) comprises at least one hook (130) for hooking to a hook contour of the guide rail (21, 22), wherein it is advantageously provided that the at least one hook (130) of the carrying device (200) and the hook contour of the guide rail (21, 22) can be brought into mutual engagement or out of engagement by a pivoting action or exclusively by a sliding action, in particular parallel to the longitudinal axis (L1, L2) of the guide rail (21, 22) and / or that the at least one hook (130) is located at a distance from the carrying handle (120) and / or at a side wall of an or of the transport container (100) of the carrying device (200) and / or in that the at least one hook (130) is located at a hook element (131) which can be releasably connected to the carrying device (200), in particular to the transport container (100), wherein the carrying device (200), in particular the transport container (100), advantageously comprises a plug-in holder (140) for inserting the hook element (131).

13. System according to claim 12, characterised in that the carrying device (200) has a latch for locking the hook element (131) in the plug-in holder (140), wherein the latch is advantageously represented by a cover of the or a transport container (100) of the carrying device (200).

14. Guide rail (21, 22), wherein the guide rail (21, 22) is portable by a carrying device (200) and in particular forms a component of the system according to any of claims 1 to 13, wherein the guide rail (21, 22) has an elongate shape and extends along a longitudinal axis (L1, L2), wherein the guide rail (21, 22) has on mutually opposite sides a contact face (24) for the guide rail (21, 22) to rest on a workpiece (W) and a guide face (23) in front of which a longitudinal guide face (31) extending along the respective longitudinal axis (L1, L2) for guiding the hand-held power tool (11) protrudes parallel to the longitudinal axis (L1, L2), wherein the guide rail (21, 22), for a connection to the carrying device (200), has form-fitting contours (34) which can be brought into engagement with mating form-fitting contours (124) of the carrying device (200), wherein the carrying device (200) has a carrying body (201, 202) and a carrying handle (120) located on the carrying body (201, 202) to be grasped by an operator (BE), so that the guide rail (21, 22) can be carried by an operator (BE) using the carrying handle (120), characterised that the guide rail (21, 22) has a through-opening (32) for inserting the carrying handle (120).

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