CH690896A5

CH690896A5 - Dresser opening in four directions.

Info

Publication number: CH690896A5
Application number: CH00008/96A
Authority: CH
Inventors: Jean Perrenoud
Original assignee: Jean Perrenoud
Priority date: 1996-01-05
Filing date: 1996-01-05
Publication date: 2001-02-28
Also published as: WO1997024953A1; EP0879006A1; AU1107497A

Description

Dans leur grande majorité les meubles n'offrent d'accès à leurs espaces de rangement que d'une seule de leurs faces, ce qui leur impose des contraintes d'utilisation et de positionnement dans l'espace qui les accueille. The vast majority of furniture offers access to their storage spaces on only one of their faces, which imposes constraints on use and positioning in the space that accommodates them.

Le meuble décrit ici, composé pour tout ou partie de tiroirs a, entre autres, vocation d'être accessible de tous côtés. The furniture described here, composed for all or part of drawers has, among other things, the vocation of being accessible from all sides.

Il est constitué de quelques éléments distincts qui peuvent être assemblés sans aucun outillage. It consists of a few separate elements which can be assembled without any tools.

Le dispositif qui le caractérise permet: de modifier très rapidement le sens d'ouverture des tiroirs de changer tous les tiroirs de place de modifier la hauteur du meuble en remplaçant les 4 montants par d'autres, plus grands ou plus petits. The device that characterizes it allows: very quickly change the direction of drawer opening to change all the drawers modify the height of the furniture by replacing the 4 uprights with others, larger or smaller.

Le meuble n'est donc pas figé dans une définition formelle immuable, mais peut se transformer, pour répondre à l'évolution toujours possible des besoins. Furniture is therefore not fixed in an immutable formal definition, but can be transformed to meet the ever-changing needs.

L'ossature, ou structure porteuse des éléments de rangement (tiroirs et/ou étagères) est définie dans la revendication 2 et représentée dans les dessins. The frame, or supporting structure of the storage elements (drawers and / or shelves) is defined in claim 2 and shown in the drawings.

Dès que les montants M sont encastrés dans le socle S et le couronnement Co, on peut mettre en place les glissières G dans les crans des montants prévus à cet effet. Les glissières étant introduites, selon deux directions orthogonales possibles, les tiroirs T sont mis en place. Les parois A (intérieures) équipées de glissoirs, se meuvent entre les montants, alors que les portes B (extérieures) se déplacent, en position ouverte ou entrouverte, à l'extérieur des montants. Le tiroir étant engagé dans ses glissières, on peut refermer les portes B qui, par un moyen approprié (par exemple un aimant) seront maintenues aux parois A, solidairement et parallèlement à elles. Ce moyen a également l'avantage d'empêcher l'extraction du tiroir tant que les portes B demeurent en position fermée. As soon as the uprights M are embedded in the base S and the crowning Co, the slides G can be put in place in the notches of the uprights provided for this purpose. The slides being introduced in two possible orthogonal directions, the drawers T are put in place. The walls A (interior) equipped with slides, move between the uprights, while the doors B (exterior) move, in the open or ajar position, outside the uprights. The drawer being engaged in its slides, one can close the doors B which, by an appropriate means (for example a magnet) will be maintained at the walls A, integrally and parallel to them. This means also has the advantage of preventing the drawer from being extracted as long as the doors B remain in the closed position.

La partie centrale de la paroi A, située entre l'avant et l'arrière du tiroir, et au-dessus du glissoir, peut être amovible; en effet, selon l'utilisation à laquelle on destine le tiroir: - on laissera les parties amovibles en place, ce qui aura pour effet de condamner l'accès au volume de rangement par les portes B - on enlèvera les parties amovibles (qu'on pourra ranger (Jans le socle), ce qui aura pour effet de libérer l'accès au volume de rangement par les portes B. The central part of wall A, located between the front and the back of the drawer, and above the slide, can be removable; according to the use for which the drawer is intended: - the removable parts will be left in place, which will have the effect of blocking access to the storage volume through doors B - we will remove the removable parts (which we can store (Jans the base), which will have the effect of freeing access to the storage volume through doors B.

Le capot C correspondant à son tiroir, et de même hauteur que celui-ci, est introduit dans les crans des 2 montants situés à l'arrière du tiroir. Il est équipé de glissoirs qui s'engagent dans les crans des faces latérales extérieures des montants et le maintiennent parfaitement fixé à ceux-ci. The cover C corresponding to its drawer, and of the same height as the latter, is introduced into the notches of the 2 uprights located at the rear of the drawer. It is equipped with slides which engage in the notches of the external lateral faces of the uprights and keep it perfectly fixed to them.

Dans certaines applications, la structure du meuble peut être porteuse d'un plancher et remplacer un pilier, tout en permettant la mise en place des tiroirs. In some applications, the structure of the furniture can carry a floor and replace a pillar, while allowing the installation of drawers.

Dans ce cas, les montants, généralement métalliques, sont rendus ponctuellement solidaires par des moyens structurels appropriés qui permettent d'éviter le flambage. In this case, the uprights, generally metallic, are punctually made integral by appropriate structural means which make it possible to avoid buckling.

Dans le même ordre d'idée, le système peut faire partie intégrante d'un meuble (un bureau, par exemple). In the same vein, the system can be an integral part of a piece of furniture (an office, for example).

Les tiroirs peuvent être de hauteurs différentes. The drawers can be of different heights.

Enumération des figures List of figures

Fig. 1 Coupe horizontale Fig. 2 Perspective montage Fig. 3 Coupe verticale: face ouverture tiroir Fig. 4 Coupe verticale: latérale Fig. 5 Coupe horizontale: variante fig. 1 Fig. 6 Coupe horizontale: variante géométrique fig. 1 Fig. 7 Perspective exemple application Fig. 1 Horizontal section Fig. 2 Editing perspective Fig. 3 Vertical section: drawer opening face Fig. 4 Vertical section: lateral Fig. 5 Horizontal section: variant fig. 1 Fig. 6 Horizontal section: geometric variant fig. 1 Fig. 7 Application example perspective

Explication succinte des figures Brief explanation of the figures

Fig. 1: vue en plan permettant de visualiser les constituants fixes et mobiles du dispositif. Fig. 1: plan view for viewing the fixed and mobile components of the device.

Fig. 2: vue en perspective montrant de manière suggestive comment un tiroir avec ses glissières et son capot viennent s'insérer dans la structure fixe. Fig. 2: perspective view showing in a suggestive way how a drawer with its slides and its cover are inserted in the fixed structure.

Fig. 3-4: coupes de la fig. 1. On remarquera notamment la paroi amovible (A) qui, lorsqu'on l'enlève, permet l'accès latéral du tiroir. Fig. 3-4: sections of fig. 1. Note in particular the removable wall (A) which, when removed, allows lateral access to the drawer.

Fig. 5: variante de la fig. 1: possibilité de remplacer un tiroir par deux tiroirs s'ouvrant dans deux sens contraires. Fig. 5: variant of FIG. 1: possibility of replacing a drawer by two drawers opening in two opposite directions.

Fig. 6: variante schématisée de la fig. 1: possibilité d'une autre forme géométrique extérieure à la structure. On remarquera notamment que la porte pivotante B offre dans ce cas une possibilité de rangement dans sa double membrane. Fig. 6: schematic variant of FIG. 1: possibility of another geometric shape external to the structure. It will be noted in particular that the pivoting door B in this case offers a possibility of storage in its double membrane.

Fig. 7: vue en perspective d'un exemple du système. Fig. 7: perspective view of an example of the system.

Claims

1. Drawer cabinet (T) characterized in that it comprises 4 uprights (M) each of which is notched on each face, and recessed at the foot and at the head with a base (S) and a crown (Co) so to receive removable covers (C) as well as slides (G) for guiding the drawers, these being provided with at least one side door (B) external to the volume defined by the uprights, allowing access to the interior of the drawers which, when closed make invisible the uprights and the slides and can consequently generate pieces of furniture going geometrically from the parallelepiped to the cylinder.

2. Furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that certain drawers (T) are provided with two side doors (B) pivoting horizontally and located outside the volume defined by the uprights (M).

3. Furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that each drawer (T) comprises two removable internal walls (A) defining the storage volume with the front and rear of the drawer, and sliding in two grooves made inside drawer and allowing, if removed, to access the storage volume of the drawer (T) concerned, by opening the side doors (B), without the need to slide the drawer.

4. Furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that the side doors (B) are pivotally mounted on each drawer and in that, when these side doors are in the closed position, they prevent the extraction of the drawer (T) out of furniture.

5. Furniture according to claim 4, characterized in that a magnetization or clipping device maintains each side door (B) in the closed state.

6. Furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that a cover (C) is mounted on two uprights (M) thanks to the notching of these to hide the back of each drawer.

7. Furniture according to claim 3, characterized in that each side door (B) is double membrane with a bottom to provide additional storage volume and to generate one of the other geometrical shapes provided, for example a cylinder (fig. 6).