CA2586419C - Pillar insertion combination rack system - Google Patents

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CA2586419C
CA2586419C CA 2586419 CA2586419A CA2586419C CA 2586419 C CA2586419 C CA 2586419C CA 2586419 CA2586419 CA 2586419 CA 2586419 A CA2586419 A CA 2586419A CA 2586419 C CA2586419 C CA 2586419C
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B55/00Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having essential features of rigid construction
    • A47B55/02Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having essential features of rigid construction made of wire
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/30Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports
    • A47B57/54Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of clamping means, e.g. with sliding bolts or sliding wedges
    • A47B57/545Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of clamping means, e.g. with sliding bolts or sliding wedges clamped in discrete positions, e.g. on tubes with grooves or holes
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16BDEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B12/00Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
    • F16B12/10Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like
    • F16B12/28Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for metal furniture parts
    • F16B12/32Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for metal furniture parts using clamps, clips, wedges, sliding bolts, or the like
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16BDEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B12/00Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
    • F16B12/40Joints for furniture tubing
    • F16B12/42Joints for furniture tubing connecting furniture tubing to non-tubular parts

Abstract

An improved construction pillar insertion combination rack made of metal wire material in a rectangular or polygonal form and in a single layer or multiple layers includes multiple side frames, multiple pillars, multiple clamping members, and a top; each limitation corner of the rack comprised of two rings concentrically arranged with the diameter of the upper ring smaller than that of the lower ring; each side frame including an upper and a lower support rods; a connection rod usually made in a waveform being disposed at where between and soldered to both of the upper and the lower support rods; each pillar containing multiple sections with a circumferential slot being defined by any two abutted sections; the pillar being secured with the clamping member at where it to be inserted into the limitation corner; and the top usually related to a mesh being placed on the frame of the rack; alternatively, an upper frame with multiple upper rings of the limitation corner and a lower frame with multiple lower rings of the limitation corner may be separately made in continuous form to be spot soldered at where both ends meet.

Description

PILLAR INSERTION COMBINATION RACK SYSTEM
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention TheYpresent invention is related to a pillar insertion combination rack system, and more particularly to one allows fast assembly by having each pillar comprised of multiple sections with each section disposed with a circumferential slot to be secured at a given point by means of a pair of clamping members; each limitation corner of a rectangular or polygonal rack is comprised of a lower ring and an upper ring; each pillar is inserted into the limitation corner of the rack; wherein the diameter of the upper ring is smaller than that of the lower ring with both rings disposed concentrically; each side frame of the rack includes an upper support rod and a lower rod joined to each other with a connection rod ;and two abutted side frames of the rack are formed at a right angle to each other and welded or secured with coils of wire at the limitation corner of the rack.

(b) Description of the Prior Art:

A conventional pillar insertion combination rack as illustrated in Figs. 1 and of the accompanying drawing, a rectangular rack 2 at its four corners each inserted with a pillar 3; each pillar includes multiple equally spaced sections with a circumferential slot 31 defined by any two abutted sections for locating purpose; a limitation sleeve 22 is each disposed to four corners of the rack 2; at a given location of each pillar 3 where to be inserted into its respective limitation sleeve 22 is secured with a pair of locating clamps 4 by biting two circumference slots; and each pillar is then with its clamped sections inserted into its respective limitation sleeve 22 thus to secure the rack 2 with four pillars respectively at four corners of the rack 2. Multiple racks may be assembled on those same four pillars as required. The prior at for allowing convenient disassembly, assembly and location adjustment has been r,. 5 popularly applied for displaying commodities in a shop or for glove comparhnent at home.

In the construction of the pillar insertion combination rack as illustrated, each side frame 21 of the rack 2 includes an upper support rod 211 and a lower support rod 212;
a connection rod 213 usually made of metal wire material in a wave form is first soldered to both of the upper and the lower support rods 211, 212; the limitation sleeve 22 is related to a hollow cone with a smaller top and larger bottom; each of both ends from each upper support rod 211 and each lower support rod 212 provides a soldering point P for soldering both ends of each side frame 21 to their respectively limitation sleeves 22 to make a frame 2A; and a top 23 usually a mesh is placed into and confined by the frame 2A to complete the production of the rack 2. However, molding of the limitation sleeve 22 consumes much of costs and materials, and as many as sixteen points needs the soldering job to connect four limitation sleeves 22 to four side frames 21 for the production of a rectangular rack 2. Other than minute and complicated soldering process and high process costs, soldering precision and fastness demand are potential factors contributing to the flaws of higher price, difficulties in manufacturing, and higher nonconformity rate found with the rack 2 of the prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved construction of a pillar insertion combination rack that is simple in construction, and precise and consistent in dimension to effectively replace equivalent function provided r ,.

by the limitation cone sleeves of the prior art for delivering better economic benefits and upgrading manufacturing efficiency of the rack. To achieve the purpose, each limitation corner of the rack is comprised of an upper ring and a lower ring concentrically arranged with the diameter of the upper ring smaller than that of the lower ring; each pillar comprised of many sections with a circumferential slot defined by any two abutted sections; a clamping member made of two identical halves facing each other secures the pillar at where it to be inserted into the limitation corner by biting two circumferential slots; and the limitation corner may be continuously molded in automated process using a metal wire material.

Zo Another purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved construction of a pillar insertion combination rack that is capable of reducing soldering requirements in the manufacturing process thus to significantly upgrade manufacturing efficiency and optimal economic benefits of lowering production costs. To achieve the purpose, the limitation corner is made of metal wire material in continuous fashion and folded automatically before performing spot soldering at where the metal wire ends; an upper frame with multiple upper rings of limitation corners, a lower frame with multiple lower rings of limitation corners, and multiple support rods each usually made in a waveform are separately processed before soldering the support rods at where between and to the upper and the lower frames with each limitation corner containing the upper ring and the lower ring concentrically arranged with the diameter of the upper ring smaller than that of the lower ring. Accordingly, both of the upper and the lower frames of the rack are each given a single spot soldering to provide the most reinforced and simplest construction for the rack.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a construction of the prior art.
Fig. lA is a sectional view showing a local part of the combination taken from Fig.
1.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of a construction of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2A is a sectional view showing a local part of the combination taken from Fig.
2.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a construction of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3A is a perspective view of an enlarged local part of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3B is a side view of the combination of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3C is a side view of the combination of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view showing a local part of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the second preferred embodiment as assembled.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to Figs. 2 and 2A for a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, a rectangular or a polygonal rack 5 (a rectangular rack in this preferred embodiment) includes four limitation corners, a top 53 usually made in a mesh form, four side frames 52, four pillars 3, and four sets of clamping members 4.
Wherein, each limitation corner of the rack 5 is comprised of an upper ring 51A and a lower ring 51B each made of metal wire material; the diameter of the upper ring 51A is smaller ~ i N' than that of the lower ring 51B and both rings 51A, 51B are concentrically disposed;
each side frame 52 also made of metal wire material includes an upper support rod 521 and a lower support rod 522 parallel with each other, and a connection rod usually made in a waveform is disposed between and soldered to both support rods 521, 522;

each of both ends of the upper support rod 521 defmes a soldering point Pl, and each of both ends of the lower support rod 522 defines another soldering point P2;
both ends of the upper support rod 521 are respectively soldered two upper rings 51A of the limitation cotners at points P1, and both end of the lower support rod 522 are respectively soldered to two lower rings 51B of the limitation corners at points P2;

each shorter side frames 52 and each longer side frames 52 are soldered at right angle to each other to form the frame 5A of the rack 5; and the top 53 is placed in the frame 5A.

Each pillar 3 contains multiple sections with a circumferential slot 31 defmed by any two abutted sections. At a given point of the pillar 3 where to be inserted into its respective limitation corner of the frame 5A is secured with a set of clamping member 4; each clamping member 4 is comprised of two identical halves to secure the pillar 3 by facing each other to bite two circumferential slots 31; and the pillar 3 is inserted with its clamped portion into and secured in the lower ring 51B and the upper ring 51A
in sequence. The design of the limitation corner of the present invention replaces the larger hollow limitation cone sleeve 22 as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the prior art to effectively reduce production cost for achieving optimal economic benefits.

Now referring to Figs. 3, 3A, 3B, and 3C, a second preferred embodiment of the present invention related to a pillar insertion combination rack 6 includes an upper frame 6A, a lower frame 6B, four pillars 3, four sets of clamping member 4, and a top 6C. As also illustrated in Fig. 4, a metal wire is continuously coiled and folded in r M I I

automatic mode to form an upper frame 6A containing four upper rings 61A at each limitation corner and four upper side frames 621 in an integral part; another length of the same metal wire is again continuously coiled and folded in automatic mode to form a lower frame 6B containing four lower rings 62A at each limitation corner and four lower side frames 622 in an integral part; each of both of the upper frame 6A
and the lower frame 6B is performed a spot soldering at a point P3 where both ends of the metal wire meet. The diameter of the upper ring 61A is smaller than that of the lower ring 61B.

A connection rod 623 made of the same wire material is disposed between and soldered to both of the upper side frame 621 and the lower frame 622 respectively from the upper frame 6A and the lower frame 6B. The top 6C usually a mesh is placed in the upper frame 6A. Each pillar 3 contains multiple sections with a circumferential slot 31 defined by any two abutted sections. At a given point of the pillar 3 where to be inserted into its respective limitation corner of the limitation corner is secured with a set of clamping member 4; each clamping member 4 is comprised of two identical halves to secure the pillar 3 by facing each other to bite two circumferential slots 31; and the pillar 3 is inserted with its clamped portion into and secured in the lower ring 61 B and the upper ring 61 A in sequence. Finally four pill ars 3 are inserted into their respective limitation corners to form the rack 6 as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Both of the upper and the lower frames 6A, 6B of the rack 6 are each given a single spot soldering to provide the most reinforced and simplest construction for the rack to minimize the demand of soldering job to significantly upgrade manufacturing efficiency and realize optimal economic benefits by reduction of production cost.

The prevent invention provides an improved structure of a pillar insertion ~, combination rack system, and the application for a utility patent is duly filed accordingly.

Claims (4)

1. A pillar insertion combination rack made in a rectangular or polygonal shape and a single layer or multiple layers includes multiple limitation corners, a top, multiple side frames, multiple pillars, and multiple sets of clamping members; each limitation corner being comprised of an upper ring and a lower ring made of a metal wire material concentrically arranged with a diameter of the upper ring smaller than that of the lower ring; each side frame made of the same metal wire material being comprised of an upper support rod and a lower support rod, the multiple side frames consisting of two shorter side frames and two longer frames with each shorter side frame and each longer side frame being disposed at a right angle to each other in the case of a rectangular rack; a connection rod being disposed between and soldered to both of the upper and the lower support rods; each pillar containing multiple sections with a circumferential slot defined between any two abutted sections; the clamping members comprised of two identical halves facing each other secure the pillar at where the pillar is to be inserted into the limitation corner by biting two circumferential slots of the pillar; both ends of the upper support rod being soldered to the upper ring of the limitation corner, and both ends of the lower support rod being soldered to the lower ring of the limitation corner; each pillar with a clamped portion being inserted into the lower ring and the upper ring in sequence of its respective limitation corner; and the top being placed in the rack.
2. A pillar insertion combination rack made in a rectangular or polygonal shape and a single layer or multiple layers includes at least one limitation corner, an upper frame, a lower frame, a top, multiple pillars, multiple clamping members, and multiple connection rods; wherein the upper frame being made of a metal wire material in continuous form coiled at each corner to define an upper ring and running straight between any two corners; a spot soldering is performed at where both ends of the wire meet; the lower frame being made of a metal wire material in continuous form coiled at each corner to define an upper ring and running straight between any two corners; a spot soldering is performed at where both ends of the wire meet; a diameter of the upper ring being smaller than that of the lower ring; each pillar containing multiple sections with a circumferential slot defined between any two abutted sections; the clamping member comprised of two identical halves facing each other secure the pillar at where the pillar is to be inserted into the limitation corner by biting two circumferential slots of the pillar; the connection rod made of the same metal wire material in a waveform being disposed between and soldered to both of the upper frame and the lower frame with both of the upper ring and the lower ring at each corner being concentrically arranged; each pillar with a clamped portion being inserted into the lower ring and the upper ring in sequence of its respective limitation corner; and the top being placed in the upper frame of the rack.
3. The pillar insertion combination rack of claim 1 wherein the top is made in a mesh form.
4. The pillar insertion combination rack of claim 1 wherein the connection rod is made in a wave form.
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