Tool Holder With Clamping Arms And Sliding Chute

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional tool holders are limited in accommodating various hand tools beyond sockets, making them inconvenient for tool usage and storage.

Innovation Solution

A tool holder with a long base featuring a sliding chute and a positioning structure comprising a plugged impression, basal part, connecting part, and clamping arms, allowing for the secure positioning of sockets and socket wrenches, enhancing stability and accessibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a conventional tool holder with slide rail and socket seats is used, then sockets can be disposed, but other hand tools cannot be accommodated

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetool type accommodationVSAvoidholder structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The tool holder is designed with multiple functional components: a base for stability, a sliding chute for vertical movement, and a positioning structure with clamping arms that can accommodate both sockets and other hand tools. The clamping arms can be adjusted to secure different tool types, making the holder universal for multiple tool categories while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The positioning structure is divided into separate components: a basal part, connecting parts, and clamping arms that can move independently. This segmentation allows the clamping arms to adjust and adapt to different tool shapes and sizes, enabling versatility without requiring a completely different holder design for each tool type.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of manufacture

If a simple slide rail structure is used, then the holder is easy to manufacture, but stability is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveholder constructionVSAvoidholder steadiness

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The base is designed with an asymmetric structure where one end extends further than the other, creating a longer base portion that provides enhanced stability. This asymmetric design allows the holder to be manufactured simply while achieving improved steadiness through the extended base geometry rather than complex reinforcement structures.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #4Asymmetry

3Reliability

If socket seats are fixed on the slide rail, then sockets can be positioned, but accessibility and storage convenience are limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesocket positioningVSAvoidtool accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The positioning structure incorporates dynamic elements including a sliding chute that allows vertical movement and clamping arms that can adjust their position. This dynamic design maintains reliable socket positioning while enabling easy access and convenient storage by allowing the components to move and adapt to user needs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10589416B1Tool holder

Publication Date: 2020.03.17 HSIEH CHIH CHIEN

AI summary

A tool holder has a long base and a positioning structure disposed in the base, wherein the positioning structure includes a plugged impression, a basal part, a connecting part and two clamping arms. The plugged impression is provided with a convex column for positioning the socket. The clamping arms are opposite to each other for positioning the socket wrench or other tool. The positioning structure can improve the convenience of the tool user to take and store the socket and the socket wrench, and the disposed stability is high.