CLAMPING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A47K10/12 

FIELD: household items.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to means of clamping mainly flat objects, for example, to clamps and hooks for hanging towels and other articles made from fabrics, including clamps with possibility of automatic gripping of thin objects, excluding their arbitrary release without the user’s desire. Clamping device comprises a retainer and a guide defining a wedge-shaped space in which at least a portion of the retainer is arranged with the possibility of being displaced along the working portion of the guide and wedged in the wedge-shaped space for clamping the retention object, wherein wedge-shaped space is open on its narrow side for passage of retention object, and the sliding pair – the fixing means-guide, is made with the possibility of interaction of the fixing means not only with the inner, but also with the outer side of the guide to prevent the fixing means from coming out of the wedge-shaped space, as well as with possibility of friction gripping by retention object the fixing means for its displacement along guide in direction of narrow side of wedge-shaped space, wherein said integral structures of fixing means can displace along the curved sections of the guide when it is required to install the fixing means on the working section of the guide.

EFFECT: invention is aimed at improvement of fail-safety of the clamping device in various modes of operation, improvement of convenience of the device use, reduction of its weight and dimensions, as well as improvement of manufacturability of the device.

10 cl, 37 dwg