Connector for connecting a component to a rectangular structure

A connector to connect a first part to a rectangular tube or rectangular beam, the connector comprising:

• first and second receiving elements that form a receptacle for the rectangular tube or rectangular beam, the first and second receiving elements being moveable relative to one another between a first position in which the rectangular tube or rectangular beam is clampable between the first and second receiving elements in the receptacle and a second position in which the rectangular tube or rectangular beam can be introduced into or released from the receptacle, wherein:
• each of the first and second receiving elements has a first bearing surface, the first bearing surface of the first receiving element and the first bearing surface of the second receiving element forming two mutually opposing sides of the receptacle;
• the first receiving element has a second bearing surface that, in the first position, is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first bearing surface of the first receiving element, and the second receiving element has a second bearing surface that, in the first position, is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first bearing surface of the second receiving element;
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• the first receiving element has a third bearing surface that, in the first position, is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first bearing surface of the first receiving element, and the second receiving element has a third bearing surface that, in the first position, is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first bearing surface of the second receiving element;
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• a guide comprising at least one guide system and predefining a direction during movement of the first and second receiving elements from the first position into the second position and vice versa, wherein the at least one guide system comprises:
• a first slotted guide system comprising a first slot on the first receiving element and a first sliding block fastened to the second receiving element and arranged in the first slot, the first slot being oriented such that, during a movement into the first position, at least the first bearing surfaces of the first and second receiving elements are moved toward one another, and the second bearing surfaces of the first and second receiving elements are moved toward one another;
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• a second slotted guide system comprising a second slot on the first receiving element and a second sliding block fastened to the second receiving element and arranged in the second slot, the second slot being oriented such that, during a movement into the first position, at least the first bearing surfaces of the first and second receiving elements are moved toward one another, and the third bearing surfaces of the first and second receiving elements are moved toward one another, wherein the first and second slots are inclined in opposite directions with respect to the second and third bearing surfaces of the first receiving element.