[rod member holder]

Abstract

A rod member holder is disclosed to include a holder base, which has a plurality of accommodating openings, a plurality of retaining members respectively pivotally mounted in the accommodating openings and respectively rotatable by the inserted rod member for enabling the inserted rod member to pass through the respective accommodating opening, and a plurality of torsional springs respectively connected between the holder base and the retaining members for reversing the respective retaining members to hold down the inserted rod member in each accommodating opening by friction force.

1 . A rod member holder comprising: 
 a holder base, said holder base having at least one accommodating opening cut through top and bottom sides thereof for accommodating the rod member of a device respectively, and at least one vertical bearing wall respectively disposed in said at least one accommodating opening at one lateral side; and    at least one locking mechanism respectively installed in said holder base corresponding to said at least one accommodating opening and adapted to lock the rod member of the inserted device to the respective accommodating opening;    wherein each said locking mechanism comprises a retaining member pivotally mounted in said holder base at one lateral side of one said accommodating opening opposing the respective vertical bearing wall of said holder base and rotatable between a first position to narrow the gap in the respective accommodating opening between the periphery of the respective retaining member and the respective vertical bearing wall of said holder base and a second position to widen the gap in the respective accommodating opening between the periphery of the respective retaining member and the respective vertical bearing wall of said holder base, and a spring member connected between said retaining member and said holder base and adapted to hold said retaining member in said first position.    
   
   
       2 . The rod member holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said retaining member has the periphery thereof covered with a friction pad.  
   
   
       3 . The rod member holder as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said friction pad is formed integral with the periphery of said retaining member.  
   
   
       4 . The rod member holder as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said friction pad is a rubber pad.  
   
   
       5 . The rod member holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said spring member is a torsional spring.  
   
   
       6 . The rod member holder as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each said vertical bearing wall of said holder base is respectively covered with a friction pad.