CA1042057A - Furniture assembled from individual components - Google Patents
Furniture assembled from individual componentsInfo
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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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- A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
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- A47B87/0215—Stackable frames, or frame elements, with upright parts connected by inserting the ends or tips of the uprights, e.g. at the corners, into the uprights of the next frame or frame element, e.g. coaxial tubular ends
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
This invention relates to furniture assembled from individual components. Many such furniture-assembly programmes are known, including one which makes use of hollow cubic or rectangular elements which can be built up to form a variety of pieces of furniture utilizing moulded-on connecting elements, However, these hollow structural elements are costly to produce and, when shipped, take up almost the same space as the assembled furniture. The present invention proposes to design furniture assembled from individual components in such a manner as to retain the simple and compact components while, at the same time, simplifying the assembly such that the same can be carried out rapidly and without any tools by any layman. Accordingly, the furniture is assembled from individual components compris-ing vertical lateral walls, partitions, or the like, formed from individual lateral parts. The individual lateral parts each consist of a lateral panel with U-shaped frame elements on their vertical edges. One horizontal edge of the lateral panel projects beyond the frame elements and an opposite hori-zontal edge is correspondingly recessed in relation to the frame elements. Faces of the frame elements facing the lateral panel and located at right angles thereto are provided with suitably-spaced blind holes for dowels. Bottoms, tops, compart-ment bottoms or the like are in the form of rectangular bottom panels, under-surfaces of narrow sides of which are provided with transverse grooves by means of which the panels are sup-ported on dowels fitted to the lateral parts.
This invention relates to furniture assembled from individual components. Many such furniture-assembly programmes are known, including one which makes use of hollow cubic or rectangular elements which can be built up to form a variety of pieces of furniture utilizing moulded-on connecting elements, However, these hollow structural elements are costly to produce and, when shipped, take up almost the same space as the assembled furniture. The present invention proposes to design furniture assembled from individual components in such a manner as to retain the simple and compact components while, at the same time, simplifying the assembly such that the same can be carried out rapidly and without any tools by any layman. Accordingly, the furniture is assembled from individual components compris-ing vertical lateral walls, partitions, or the like, formed from individual lateral parts. The individual lateral parts each consist of a lateral panel with U-shaped frame elements on their vertical edges. One horizontal edge of the lateral panel projects beyond the frame elements and an opposite hori-zontal edge is correspondingly recessed in relation to the frame elements. Faces of the frame elements facing the lateral panel and located at right angles thereto are provided with suitably-spaced blind holes for dowels. Bottoms, tops, compart-ment bottoms or the like are in the form of rectangular bottom panels, under-surfaces of narrow sides of which are provided with transverse grooves by means of which the panels are sup-ported on dowels fitted to the lateral parts.
Description
~o~05~7 The invention relates to furniture assembled from individual components.
Many such furniture-assembly programmes are known, the advantage being that the assembled furniture may be altered and/or extended at will with a small number of components.
One known programme makes use of hollow cubic or rec-tangular elements which, by means of moulded-on connecting ele- -ments, can be built up to form a wide variety of pieces of ~ -furniture However, these hollow structural elements are cost-ly to produce and, when shipped, take up almost the same amount of space as the assembled furniture. -~
There are also many programmes using panel-type com-ponents which are adapted to be joined together by specially designed fittings or connecting members. These programmes have the advantage that the components take up substantially less room than the furniture assembled from them. The disadvantage is that assembly often requires the services of a skilled wor- ;~
ker, or at least tools to install the fittings. Thus, a cer-tain amount of skill is required to assemble the furniture as desired and this assembly also takes a considerable amount of - time.
It is the purpose of the invention to design furni-ture assembled from individual components in such a manner as to retain the simple and compact components while, at the same time, so simplifying the assembly that it can be carried out ~; rapidly and without any tools by any layman, but without elim- inating the many possibilities of variation.
According to the present invention, this purpose is achieved in that the vertical, lateral walls, partitions, or - 30 the like of the furniture are assembled from individual lateral parts The individual lateral parts each consists of a lateral -- panel with U-shaped frame elements on their vertical edges, one :.,~ - : - .
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~(~4~0~7 horizontal edge of the lateral panel projecting beyond the said frame elements. The opposite horizontal edge is correspondingly recessed in relation to the frame elements. The surfaces of the frame elements facing the lateral panel, and located at right angles thereto, are provided with suitably spaced (e.g. 32 mm) blind holes for dowels The bottoms, tops, compartment bottoms, or the like are in the form of rectangular bottom panels, the under-surfaces of the narrow sides thereof being provided with transverse grooves by means of which the panels are supported on dowels fitted to the lateral parts Using the individual lateral parts and bottom panels, -~
it is possible to assemble a very wide variety of shelves, using dowels alone as the connecting elements, These dowels are eas-ily inserted, without any tools, into the blind holes in the frame elements. Standard spacing of the blind holes consider-ably increases the number of ways in which the furniture can be assembled The bottom panels are secured solely by means of the transverse grooves in the under-surfaces of the said bottom panels, the dowels fitted to the lateral parts being used to support the bottom panels. These transverse grooves and dowels hold the bottom panels immovably in place, but this retention may also be improved by tapering the grooves according to the diameter of the dowels, thus introducing a clamping action, In one embodiment of the invention, the frame elements are in the form of continuous members provided with longitudinal grooves for the accommodatlon of the lateral panels. Each panel is secured in its groove, e g by gluing or clamping, so that - the lateral panel and the two frames form a component for the assembly of pieces of furniture of the widest variety of designs, -,; 30 Flush joints for the bottom panels are achieved in such components in that the dimensions of the narrow sides of the bot-tom panels match the distance between the opposing faces of the : ' .. ,. . , .- .
frame elements containing the blind holes for the dowels. ~-In order to make it possible to fit rear walls to the assembled pieces of furniture, provision is made, according to another embodiment of the invention, to provide, at least in the case of one frame element, the surfaces running parallel with the lateral panel with additional blind holes for dowels.
In this case, it is ~uite sufficient for these surfaces of the frame element to have at least one blind hole in the vicinity of the horizontal edges of the lateral part.
Dowels are also fitted into these blind holes running at right angles to the lateral panels of the individual lateral parts, these dowels being used to attach the panels used as rear walls In this case, the design of the furniture is such that the rear walls are in the form of panels, the end-faces of which are provided with grooves for the dowels fitted to the lateral parts These panels are slid onto the dowels and are thus held -~
in place.
A flush finish at the back of the piece of furniture is obtained in that the length of the rear-wall panel is reduced by twice the distance between the surface of the frame element, running parallel with the lateral panel, and the lateral panel itself, as compared with the length of the bottom panel. The -~ thickness of the frame elements is equal to the thickness of the rear-wall panels.
In order to be able to unite individual lateral parts at their wide sides also, the blind holes in the surfaces of the frame elements at right angles to the lateral panel are arranged :, .
along the longitudinal centrelines of these surfaces. Moreover, the lateral parts, the vertical edges of which are butted to-gether, are adapted to be joined together, doubly staggered, by - the surfaces of the frame eIements containing the blind holes.
The front of the assembled piece of furniture is closed . . . . .: , . . .. : . , . - .
la4~ 7 off very simply by means of a door hinged to an attachment mem-ber The attachment member is provided with equally spaced blind holes and being secured to the frame elements of the lateral parts by means of dowels. IIowever, the hinges may also be attached to separate blocks, each provided with at least two blind holes.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the de-sign and fitting of the hinges is such that the arms of the hinges are approximately at right angles to each other in the open posi-tion and are approximately flat in the closed position. The hinges are secured to the attachment member, or blocks, in such a manner that, in the closed position, the door lies flush with the frame member which is of the same thickness In this new type of furniture, the lateral panels, frame members, bottom panels, rear walls and doors with their attach- -ment members, are preferably made of wood, pressboard, or the -~
like.
According to still another emboaiment of the invention, the design of the individual components may be such that the frame elements are in the form of individual end-pieces which close off the ends of the vertical edges of the lateral panel The bottom panels are provided, on their narrow sides , with se-~ parate end-pieces having transverse grooves preferably extend-: ing only over the free length of the dowels fitted to the lateral parts, Preference is given to this design if the lateral panels, bottom panels, rear walls and doors are made of glass. Frame elements and attachment blocks are preferably made of synthetic materials or metal.
The invention is described in greater detail, by way of -- example, in conjunction with the drawings attached hereto, where-4~ 30 in:
Fig, 1 is a perspective view of the joints between the individual lateral parts and the joints between the bottom panel, 4Z05~
the closure panel and the individual part, Fig 2 is a perspective view of the doubly staggered joint between two individual lateral parts and the vertical frame members, Fig 3 is a cross-section through the joint in Fig 2; ~
` Fig, 4 is a diagrammatic representation of the fitting ~ ~ -of a door to an individual lateral part, Fig, 5 is a cross-sectio~ through the joint between the door and the individual lateral part, and Fig, 6 shows an individual lateral part of a different design, with a bottom panel adapted thereto Fig 1 shows the design of individual lateral parts 10 suitable for assembling the furniture. These parts consist of a ; lateral panel 11 which may measure horizontally about 40 cm and vertically about 60 cm, although other basic measurements may, of course, be used for parts 10. The two vertical edges of lateral ~-panel 11 are fitted into two U-shaped frame members 12, 15 con-; stituting a frame element, for example, by gluing or clamping.
, Lateral panel 11 is held immovably in longitudinal grooves 13, 16 in the cross-sectional U-shaped and symmetrical frame memhers 12, 15 in such a manner that the upper horizontal edge of the panel, for example, projects by a specific amount beyond frame members `~ ;
12, 15, whereas the opposite, for example the bottom, edge is ,~ set back correspondingly, by the same amount, in relation to frame members 12, 15.
Individual lateral parts 10 may thus be merely placed one above the other, projecting part 19 of lateral panel 11 being - introduced into recess 20 formed by projerting frame members 12, 15 of adjacent part 10, and being held in the recess. The pro-jecting parts of frame members 12, 15 may also have attachment ~-recesses 21 for additional parts, the recesses being open towards -the end-faces. --20~7 The surfaces of frame members 12, 15 which face later-al panel 11, and run at right angles thereto, are provided with blind holes 14, 17 arranged at predetermined distances apart.
It is preferable to use the 32 mm hole-spacing normally used in furniture, the rows of holes all being aligned in such a manner that the blind holes are arranged in horizontal planes lying parallel with each other. Dowels 22 may be inserted into these blind holes 14, 17 in any desired plane, no tools being reauired for this purpose. The blind holes are arranged on both sides of lateral panel 11 and along the longitudinal centreline of -the faces of frame members 12, 15.
The bottom, top, or compartmental bottom of the piece of furniture consists of a bottom panel 23. The under-surfaces of the narrow sides 24 of this bottom panel have transverse grooves 25 adapted, as clamping grooves, to the diameter of dowels 22. The dimensions of bottom panel 23 preferably match - the distance between the faces of the two frame members 12, 15 ` fitted with blind holes 14, 17, the distance between transverse grooves 25 and the end-faces being such that bottom panel 23 may lie flush with individual lateral part 10 and frame members 12, 15 thereof. Bottom panel 23 rests upon dowels 22 in lateral ~- part 10, The rows of holes allow bottom panel 23 and lateral part 10 to be united in a very wide variety of ways.
It may easily be seen that a very wide variety of - shelves may be assembled from individual lateral parts 10 and bottom panels 23. If blind holes 18 are provided in at least one frame member, for example, 15, on the surface running para-llel with lateral panel 11, then the back of the piece of fur-niture may be closed off with a closure panel 26. To this end, the end-faces of these closure panels are provided with guide grooves 27, and they may be slid onto dowels 22 inserted into - blind holes 18. It is sufficient in this case if the end-areas . .
l~iZQ~7 of frame member 15, i.e. the horizontal edges facing lateral panel 11, have at least two blind holes 18. It should also be noted that closure panels 26 are shorter than bottom panels 23 by twice the width of the surface containing blind holes 17.
Furthermore, the thickness of closure panels 26 is preferably equal to the thickness of frame member 15, thus making it pos-sible to provide a flush finish to the back of the piece of fur-niture, Figs. 2 and 3 relate to the uniting of individual la- -teral parts 10 along their vertical edges, which is of interest in building a deep shelf of a shelf accessible from both sides.
Lateral panels 11 are united by means of their frame members 12, -- 15, the faces containing blind holes 14, 17 being arranged fac-ing each other and heing joined together directly by dowels 22 inserted into the blind holes, Lateral panels 11 of parts 10 ~
are staggered in relation to each other by the width of these ;
surfaces and they partly overlap, since they are let into the ~ longitudinal grooves in frame members 12, 15. Thus, in the - -- case of a double shelf, the lateral walls and partitions of the front and rear half shelves are staggered by -this amount in re-: .
` lation to each other Figs, 4 and 5 show how a door 28 may be hinged to a piece of furniture consisting of individual lateral parts 10, bottom panels 23, and closure panels 26 One leg 32 of each hinge is attached to door 28, while the other leg 31 is secured to an attachment member 29 The member 29 has blind holes 33 which are the same distance apart as blind holes 14 in frame member 12, and can therefore be united therewith by means of ; dowels 22 In this case, legs 31, 32 of the hinge are approxi-mately at right angles to each other when the door is closed, and they lie approximately flat when the door is open. The cen-tral part of hinge 30 projects from the face of attachment mem-, , , ber 29 to such an extent that when door 28 is closed it lies flush with frame member 12 of part 10. Moreover, the thickness of door 28 is equal to that of frame member 12. One attachment block for each hinge may be used in place of a continuous attach-ment member 29 for all of the hinges. Each of these blocks has at least two blind holes, so that they cannot twist when fitted to frame member 12 As shown in Fig 5, the bottoms of the compartments consist of bottom panels 23 which rest upon dowels 22 in the manner described above. Attachment member 29 may be shorter ; than the respective door, so that compartment bottoms can be arranged above and below attachment member 29 in such a manner that the door closes onto them, In this case, the row of blind - holes 14 is used both for fitting the attachment element 29 and for supporting the compartment bottoms In the embodiments according to Figs 1 to 5, lateral pa.nels 11, frame members,12, 15, bottom panels 23, closure pan- ;.
.- els 26, and doors 28 with attachment elements 29 are made of wood, pressboard, or the like, . .
-. 20 Now, Fig, 6 shows how sheets of glass can be used in building pieces of furniture. Lateral panel 11 is held only by four end-pieces 34, 35, 36, 37, End-pieces 34, 35 replace frame member 12, whereas end-pieces 36, 37 replace frame member 15.
The end-pieces are preferably made of plastic or metal and have two blind holes for dowels. As shown in end-pieces 36, the outer surface also has two blind holes into which dowels for securing ::. a closure panel may be inserted, The narrow sides of bottom panel 23, which is also made of glass, are connected by end-pieces 39, 40 which have lateral grooves for the purpose. The under-sur-faces of end-pieces 39, 40 also have grooves for dowels 22 The : said end-pieces need only be long enough to ensure that the free . ends of dowels 22,fitted to end-pieces 34 to 37, arefully suppor-:
~0~ ;7 ted. End-pieces 34 to 37 are secured in the end-areas of the ver-tical edges of lateral panel 11 in such a manner that the sheet of glass again projects from one horizontal edge of part 10 and is recessed by the same amount into the other horizontal edge, so that individual lateral parts 10 may simply be fitted one above the other.
According to one embodiment of the invention, a rigid rear wall for an assembled piece of furniture may be obtained by using closure panels, the length of which corresponds to the length of the bottom panels, the closure panels being provided with blind holes for dowels at least in one surface in the vici-nity of their narrow sides Closure panels of this kind may be united flush with lateral panel 11 by means of dowels in the frame members of individual lateral parts 10.
In order that the assembled piece of furniture may also contain drawers or the like, provision is also made for drawer guide members between the two frame member of an individ-ual lateral part. Subsequent incorporation into a piece of fur-niture consisting of lateral parts 10 and bottom panels 11 is facilitated in that one end of the guide member has blind holes -for dowels, whereas the other end has lateral grooves for the ~;
~; accommodation of dowels. The direction of insertion of the ends of the guide members, namely, at right angles to ea~h other, also provides a stop for the said guide member at the frame member, so that it cannot inadvertently become loose. The guidance for the ; drawer or the like may be still further improved by providing the said guide members with extending members equipped with guide rollers ...
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Many such furniture-assembly programmes are known, the advantage being that the assembled furniture may be altered and/or extended at will with a small number of components.
One known programme makes use of hollow cubic or rec-tangular elements which, by means of moulded-on connecting ele- -ments, can be built up to form a wide variety of pieces of ~ -furniture However, these hollow structural elements are cost-ly to produce and, when shipped, take up almost the same amount of space as the assembled furniture. -~
There are also many programmes using panel-type com-ponents which are adapted to be joined together by specially designed fittings or connecting members. These programmes have the advantage that the components take up substantially less room than the furniture assembled from them. The disadvantage is that assembly often requires the services of a skilled wor- ;~
ker, or at least tools to install the fittings. Thus, a cer-tain amount of skill is required to assemble the furniture as desired and this assembly also takes a considerable amount of - time.
It is the purpose of the invention to design furni-ture assembled from individual components in such a manner as to retain the simple and compact components while, at the same time, so simplifying the assembly that it can be carried out ~; rapidly and without any tools by any layman, but without elim- inating the many possibilities of variation.
According to the present invention, this purpose is achieved in that the vertical, lateral walls, partitions, or - 30 the like of the furniture are assembled from individual lateral parts The individual lateral parts each consists of a lateral -- panel with U-shaped frame elements on their vertical edges, one :.,~ - : - .
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~(~4~0~7 horizontal edge of the lateral panel projecting beyond the said frame elements. The opposite horizontal edge is correspondingly recessed in relation to the frame elements. The surfaces of the frame elements facing the lateral panel, and located at right angles thereto, are provided with suitably spaced (e.g. 32 mm) blind holes for dowels The bottoms, tops, compartment bottoms, or the like are in the form of rectangular bottom panels, the under-surfaces of the narrow sides thereof being provided with transverse grooves by means of which the panels are supported on dowels fitted to the lateral parts Using the individual lateral parts and bottom panels, -~
it is possible to assemble a very wide variety of shelves, using dowels alone as the connecting elements, These dowels are eas-ily inserted, without any tools, into the blind holes in the frame elements. Standard spacing of the blind holes consider-ably increases the number of ways in which the furniture can be assembled The bottom panels are secured solely by means of the transverse grooves in the under-surfaces of the said bottom panels, the dowels fitted to the lateral parts being used to support the bottom panels. These transverse grooves and dowels hold the bottom panels immovably in place, but this retention may also be improved by tapering the grooves according to the diameter of the dowels, thus introducing a clamping action, In one embodiment of the invention, the frame elements are in the form of continuous members provided with longitudinal grooves for the accommodatlon of the lateral panels. Each panel is secured in its groove, e g by gluing or clamping, so that - the lateral panel and the two frames form a component for the assembly of pieces of furniture of the widest variety of designs, -,; 30 Flush joints for the bottom panels are achieved in such components in that the dimensions of the narrow sides of the bot-tom panels match the distance between the opposing faces of the : ' .. ,. . , .- .
frame elements containing the blind holes for the dowels. ~-In order to make it possible to fit rear walls to the assembled pieces of furniture, provision is made, according to another embodiment of the invention, to provide, at least in the case of one frame element, the surfaces running parallel with the lateral panel with additional blind holes for dowels.
In this case, it is ~uite sufficient for these surfaces of the frame element to have at least one blind hole in the vicinity of the horizontal edges of the lateral part.
Dowels are also fitted into these blind holes running at right angles to the lateral panels of the individual lateral parts, these dowels being used to attach the panels used as rear walls In this case, the design of the furniture is such that the rear walls are in the form of panels, the end-faces of which are provided with grooves for the dowels fitted to the lateral parts These panels are slid onto the dowels and are thus held -~
in place.
A flush finish at the back of the piece of furniture is obtained in that the length of the rear-wall panel is reduced by twice the distance between the surface of the frame element, running parallel with the lateral panel, and the lateral panel itself, as compared with the length of the bottom panel. The -~ thickness of the frame elements is equal to the thickness of the rear-wall panels.
In order to be able to unite individual lateral parts at their wide sides also, the blind holes in the surfaces of the frame elements at right angles to the lateral panel are arranged :, .
along the longitudinal centrelines of these surfaces. Moreover, the lateral parts, the vertical edges of which are butted to-gether, are adapted to be joined together, doubly staggered, by - the surfaces of the frame eIements containing the blind holes.
The front of the assembled piece of furniture is closed . . . . .: , . . .. : . , . - .
la4~ 7 off very simply by means of a door hinged to an attachment mem-ber The attachment member is provided with equally spaced blind holes and being secured to the frame elements of the lateral parts by means of dowels. IIowever, the hinges may also be attached to separate blocks, each provided with at least two blind holes.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the de-sign and fitting of the hinges is such that the arms of the hinges are approximately at right angles to each other in the open posi-tion and are approximately flat in the closed position. The hinges are secured to the attachment member, or blocks, in such a manner that, in the closed position, the door lies flush with the frame member which is of the same thickness In this new type of furniture, the lateral panels, frame members, bottom panels, rear walls and doors with their attach- -ment members, are preferably made of wood, pressboard, or the -~
like.
According to still another emboaiment of the invention, the design of the individual components may be such that the frame elements are in the form of individual end-pieces which close off the ends of the vertical edges of the lateral panel The bottom panels are provided, on their narrow sides , with se-~ parate end-pieces having transverse grooves preferably extend-: ing only over the free length of the dowels fitted to the lateral parts, Preference is given to this design if the lateral panels, bottom panels, rear walls and doors are made of glass. Frame elements and attachment blocks are preferably made of synthetic materials or metal.
The invention is described in greater detail, by way of -- example, in conjunction with the drawings attached hereto, where-4~ 30 in:
Fig, 1 is a perspective view of the joints between the individual lateral parts and the joints between the bottom panel, 4Z05~
the closure panel and the individual part, Fig 2 is a perspective view of the doubly staggered joint between two individual lateral parts and the vertical frame members, Fig 3 is a cross-section through the joint in Fig 2; ~
` Fig, 4 is a diagrammatic representation of the fitting ~ ~ -of a door to an individual lateral part, Fig, 5 is a cross-sectio~ through the joint between the door and the individual lateral part, and Fig, 6 shows an individual lateral part of a different design, with a bottom panel adapted thereto Fig 1 shows the design of individual lateral parts 10 suitable for assembling the furniture. These parts consist of a ; lateral panel 11 which may measure horizontally about 40 cm and vertically about 60 cm, although other basic measurements may, of course, be used for parts 10. The two vertical edges of lateral ~-panel 11 are fitted into two U-shaped frame members 12, 15 con-; stituting a frame element, for example, by gluing or clamping.
, Lateral panel 11 is held immovably in longitudinal grooves 13, 16 in the cross-sectional U-shaped and symmetrical frame memhers 12, 15 in such a manner that the upper horizontal edge of the panel, for example, projects by a specific amount beyond frame members `~ ;
12, 15, whereas the opposite, for example the bottom, edge is ,~ set back correspondingly, by the same amount, in relation to frame members 12, 15.
Individual lateral parts 10 may thus be merely placed one above the other, projecting part 19 of lateral panel 11 being - introduced into recess 20 formed by projerting frame members 12, 15 of adjacent part 10, and being held in the recess. The pro-jecting parts of frame members 12, 15 may also have attachment ~-recesses 21 for additional parts, the recesses being open towards -the end-faces. --20~7 The surfaces of frame members 12, 15 which face later-al panel 11, and run at right angles thereto, are provided with blind holes 14, 17 arranged at predetermined distances apart.
It is preferable to use the 32 mm hole-spacing normally used in furniture, the rows of holes all being aligned in such a manner that the blind holes are arranged in horizontal planes lying parallel with each other. Dowels 22 may be inserted into these blind holes 14, 17 in any desired plane, no tools being reauired for this purpose. The blind holes are arranged on both sides of lateral panel 11 and along the longitudinal centreline of -the faces of frame members 12, 15.
The bottom, top, or compartmental bottom of the piece of furniture consists of a bottom panel 23. The under-surfaces of the narrow sides 24 of this bottom panel have transverse grooves 25 adapted, as clamping grooves, to the diameter of dowels 22. The dimensions of bottom panel 23 preferably match - the distance between the faces of the two frame members 12, 15 ` fitted with blind holes 14, 17, the distance between transverse grooves 25 and the end-faces being such that bottom panel 23 may lie flush with individual lateral part 10 and frame members 12, 15 thereof. Bottom panel 23 rests upon dowels 22 in lateral ~- part 10, The rows of holes allow bottom panel 23 and lateral part 10 to be united in a very wide variety of ways.
It may easily be seen that a very wide variety of - shelves may be assembled from individual lateral parts 10 and bottom panels 23. If blind holes 18 are provided in at least one frame member, for example, 15, on the surface running para-llel with lateral panel 11, then the back of the piece of fur-niture may be closed off with a closure panel 26. To this end, the end-faces of these closure panels are provided with guide grooves 27, and they may be slid onto dowels 22 inserted into - blind holes 18. It is sufficient in this case if the end-areas . .
l~iZQ~7 of frame member 15, i.e. the horizontal edges facing lateral panel 11, have at least two blind holes 18. It should also be noted that closure panels 26 are shorter than bottom panels 23 by twice the width of the surface containing blind holes 17.
Furthermore, the thickness of closure panels 26 is preferably equal to the thickness of frame member 15, thus making it pos-sible to provide a flush finish to the back of the piece of fur-niture, Figs. 2 and 3 relate to the uniting of individual la- -teral parts 10 along their vertical edges, which is of interest in building a deep shelf of a shelf accessible from both sides.
Lateral panels 11 are united by means of their frame members 12, -- 15, the faces containing blind holes 14, 17 being arranged fac-ing each other and heing joined together directly by dowels 22 inserted into the blind holes, Lateral panels 11 of parts 10 ~
are staggered in relation to each other by the width of these ;
surfaces and they partly overlap, since they are let into the ~ longitudinal grooves in frame members 12, 15. Thus, in the - -- case of a double shelf, the lateral walls and partitions of the front and rear half shelves are staggered by -this amount in re-: .
` lation to each other Figs, 4 and 5 show how a door 28 may be hinged to a piece of furniture consisting of individual lateral parts 10, bottom panels 23, and closure panels 26 One leg 32 of each hinge is attached to door 28, while the other leg 31 is secured to an attachment member 29 The member 29 has blind holes 33 which are the same distance apart as blind holes 14 in frame member 12, and can therefore be united therewith by means of ; dowels 22 In this case, legs 31, 32 of the hinge are approxi-mately at right angles to each other when the door is closed, and they lie approximately flat when the door is open. The cen-tral part of hinge 30 projects from the face of attachment mem-, , , ber 29 to such an extent that when door 28 is closed it lies flush with frame member 12 of part 10. Moreover, the thickness of door 28 is equal to that of frame member 12. One attachment block for each hinge may be used in place of a continuous attach-ment member 29 for all of the hinges. Each of these blocks has at least two blind holes, so that they cannot twist when fitted to frame member 12 As shown in Fig 5, the bottoms of the compartments consist of bottom panels 23 which rest upon dowels 22 in the manner described above. Attachment member 29 may be shorter ; than the respective door, so that compartment bottoms can be arranged above and below attachment member 29 in such a manner that the door closes onto them, In this case, the row of blind - holes 14 is used both for fitting the attachment element 29 and for supporting the compartment bottoms In the embodiments according to Figs 1 to 5, lateral pa.nels 11, frame members,12, 15, bottom panels 23, closure pan- ;.
.- els 26, and doors 28 with attachment elements 29 are made of wood, pressboard, or the like, . .
-. 20 Now, Fig, 6 shows how sheets of glass can be used in building pieces of furniture. Lateral panel 11 is held only by four end-pieces 34, 35, 36, 37, End-pieces 34, 35 replace frame member 12, whereas end-pieces 36, 37 replace frame member 15.
The end-pieces are preferably made of plastic or metal and have two blind holes for dowels. As shown in end-pieces 36, the outer surface also has two blind holes into which dowels for securing ::. a closure panel may be inserted, The narrow sides of bottom panel 23, which is also made of glass, are connected by end-pieces 39, 40 which have lateral grooves for the purpose. The under-sur-faces of end-pieces 39, 40 also have grooves for dowels 22 The : said end-pieces need only be long enough to ensure that the free . ends of dowels 22,fitted to end-pieces 34 to 37, arefully suppor-:
~0~ ;7 ted. End-pieces 34 to 37 are secured in the end-areas of the ver-tical edges of lateral panel 11 in such a manner that the sheet of glass again projects from one horizontal edge of part 10 and is recessed by the same amount into the other horizontal edge, so that individual lateral parts 10 may simply be fitted one above the other.
According to one embodiment of the invention, a rigid rear wall for an assembled piece of furniture may be obtained by using closure panels, the length of which corresponds to the length of the bottom panels, the closure panels being provided with blind holes for dowels at least in one surface in the vici-nity of their narrow sides Closure panels of this kind may be united flush with lateral panel 11 by means of dowels in the frame members of individual lateral parts 10.
In order that the assembled piece of furniture may also contain drawers or the like, provision is also made for drawer guide members between the two frame member of an individ-ual lateral part. Subsequent incorporation into a piece of fur-niture consisting of lateral parts 10 and bottom panels 11 is facilitated in that one end of the guide member has blind holes -for dowels, whereas the other end has lateral grooves for the ~;
~; accommodation of dowels. The direction of insertion of the ends of the guide members, namely, at right angles to ea~h other, also provides a stop for the said guide member at the frame member, so that it cannot inadvertently become loose. The guidance for the ; drawer or the like may be still further improved by providing the said guide members with extending members equipped with guide rollers ...
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1. Furniture assembled from individual components, com-prising vertical lateral walls, partitions, or the like are as-sembled from individual lateral parts' the individual lateral parts each consisting of a lateral panel with U-shaped frame elements on their vertical edges, one horizontal edge of the lateral panel projecting beyond the frame elements and an oppo-site horizontal edge being correspondingly recessed in relation to the frame elements, faces of the frame elements facing the said lateral panel and located at right angles thereto, being provided with suitably spaced blind holes for dowels, bottoms, tops, compartment bottoms, or the like being in the form of rec-tangular bottom panels under-surfaces of narrow sides of which are provided with transverse grooves by means of which the panels are supported on dowels fitted to the lateral parts.
2. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein the frame ele-ments are in the form of continuous members provided with longi-tudinal grooves for the accommodation of lateral panels.
3. Furniture according to claims 1 or 2, wherein dimensions of the narrow sides of the bottom panels match the distance be-tween the opposing faces of the frame elements carrying the blind holes for the dowels.
4. Furniture according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the trans-verse grooves in the under-surfaces of the bottom panels are in the form of tapering, clamping grooves adapted to the diameter of the dowels.
5. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein a face of at least one of the frame elements running parallel with the lateral panel has additional blind holes for dowels.
6. Furniture according to claim 5, wherein the face of the frame element has at least one blind hole in a vicinity of horizontal edges of the lateral part.
7. Furniture according to claim 5, wherein rear walls thereof are in the form of closure panels, end-surfaces of which are provided with guide grooves for the dowels secured in the lateral parts.
8. Furniture according to claim 7, wherein the length of the closure panels is reduced by twice the distance between the surfaces of the frame elements running parallel with the lateral panel and the lateral panel itself, as compared with the length of the bottom panel.
9. Furniture according to claim 8, wherein thickness of the frame elements is equal to the thickness of the closure panels.
10. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein the blind holes in the faces of the frame elements at right angles to the lateral panel are arranged on the longitudinal centre lines of the faces.
11. Furniture according to claim 10, wherein the lateral parts butting together with their vertical edges, are adapted to be joined together doubly staggered by the surfaces of the frame elements facing each other and provided with blind holes.
12. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein a door is se-cured by means of hinges to attachment means, the attachment means comprising an attachment element provided with equally spaced blind holes and is adapted to be secured, by means of dowels to the frame elements of the lateral parts.
13. Furniture according to claim 12, wherein the attachment means comprises individual attachment blocks equipped with at least two blind holes.
14. Furniture according to claims 12 or 13, wherein legs of the hinges are approximately at right angles to each other when the door is in the closed position, and lie approximately flat when the door is in the open position.
15. Furniture according to claims 12 or 13, wherein charac-terized the hinges are secured to the attachment means in such a manner that the closed door lies flush with the frame member which is of the same thickness.
16. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein the frame ele-ments are in the form of individual end-pieces closing off the vertical edges of the lateral panel in end-areas thereof.
17. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein narrow sides of the bottom panels are provided with transverse grooves preferably extending over only a free length of the dowels fitted to the lateral parts.
18. Furniture according to claim 1, 2 or 5, wherein the la-teral panel the frame members the bottom panels, closure panels and doors with attachment members are all made of wood, press-board, or the like.
19. Furniture according to claim 16, wherein the lateral panels, the bottom panels, closure panels or doors, or both, are made of glass, whereas the end-pieces and attachment blocks are made of synthetic material or metal.
20. Furniture according to claims 1, 2 or 5, wherein rear walls are in the form of closure panels, the length of which is equal to that of the bottom panels, the closure panels being provided with blind holes for dowels at least on one face in the vicinity of their narrow sides.
21. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein guide members for drawers may be fitted between the two frame members of an individual lateral part.
22. Furniture according to claim 21, wherein the guide mem-ber is provided in one end-face with blind holes for dowels and, in the other end-face, with lateral grooves accommodating dowels.
23. Furniture according to claims 21 or 22, wherein pull-out members with guide rollers are fitted to the guide members.
24. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein the blind holes are spaced 32 mm apart.
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