DE1404689A1 - Shelf shelf or the like. - Google Patents

Description

S.A. H eh Manufacturing Company, Skokic, Illinois, T.St. A.

Shelf shelf or the like.

The invention relates to shelves or the like. and in particular relates to a shelf unit that is easily assembled and can be taken apart and the inside and external reinforcement means which the stability and duration of use under heavy loads Secure usage ratio se η.

Bs are shelf shelves or the like, known that relatively Can be easily assembled and disassembled, but requires the connection between the Special care must be taken when setting the support base and the support base uprights, so that special auxiliary supports are often required for the support bases were required and the supporting floors after their assembly or installation do not have the required rigidity of use showed.

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With the invention, a shelf was therefore created that is easily in the guide position in the shelf brackets can be used without a precise adjustment of the position of the parts is required, and nachsinem Assemble with the brackets clamped if desired is resilient and strong.

Furthermore, a shelf should be created that is easy can be put together and taken apart without Parts need to be adjusted without using any tool other than a screwdriver.

The invention is also intended to be a shelf shelf which is substantially self-supporting with respect to the upright shelf stands and which has means which operate with the shelf stands in a plurality of locations can be connected against pressure and tension forces, with a loosening in the event of unintentional impact or is prevented during movement.

Furthermore, a shelf shelf is to be created, that in the weight-loaded state safer and better of the Shelf stands is worn as in the unloaded state and that is not exposed to unintentional misalignment or throwing under tension.

Further, a shelf is to be created that is easy aufniftmtuni ^w downward pressures up las Ehdwände

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«Eist, not just the objects on the carrier floor against a downward movement, but also reinforce and stiffen the drag floor.

The band winches have inwardly directed reinforcement profiles that are placed on the shelf when carrying Reinforce objects.

Furthermore, a shelf with partitions is to be created that form effective strivings that have a! three-point support or have support with the shelf so that they stiffen the shelf against stress and strengthen.

Furthermore, with such a shelf with shelves a support rail is used that can be easily assembled and disassembled together with the shelf can and which in the assembled state holds back the objects standing on the shelf.

Furthermore, a shelf rack with a holding rail and a shelf is to be created, in which the ends of the holding rail have reinforcing ribs profiled inwards, so that there is increased strength for holding back the objects standing on the shelf.

Furthermore, a shelf with a support rail and a shelf is to be created in which the support rail

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and the shelf are divided into two parts, so that they can be pulled together or pushed together in a telescopic manner can be.

Furthermore, a shelf rack is to be created in which the outwardly directed ends of the brackets supporting the shelf are not in the form of cantilevered beams are rigidly connected and the sideways swinging of the shelf is prevented by the fact that the other end of the side

consoles with an elastic clamp or clamping effect the shelf hour is locked

Other features and advantages emerge from the description based on the drawings

In the drawings is

1 shows a diagrammatic view of a shelf according to the invention in the assembled state;

FIG. 2 is a vertical section showing the insertion of the shelf by guiding it and pushing it into a right shelf support;

Fig. 3 is a section corresponding to Fig. 2, which shows the shelf after it has assumed its correct angular position, as a rule Indian;

Fig. 4 «in Figs. 2 and 3 corresponding section which shows the shelf in the assembled state;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section along the line 5-5

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of Figure 1, showing the position of two end walls which are each received in slots lying located in the rack stanchions.

Pig. 6 is a vertical section along line 6-6 of FIG. 1, which shows a strut wall that has a mush-point-ΰβ-agitation and support position with the shelf has to the shelf to strengthen and divide into chambers;

lig. 7 is a schematic view of a shelf; whose shelf cooperate with retaining rails, with the shelves and the support rails are telescopically adjustable, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a glass shelf supported by a shelf , this embodiment being a preferred form of the invention.

9, 10 and 11 are sections similar to FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 in the embodiment shown in FIG show how to insert and work the consoles, and

Figure 12 is a section on line 12-12 of Figure 11 showing an improved mounting and clamping arrangement.

The shelving unit has several vertical uprights 12 (FIG. 1) or 12o (FIG. 12), which are used to increase their strength is preferably a U-shaped in cross-section have a profile. In Fig. 12, the web 122 of the U-shaped

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Cross-section a shelf section 124 forming a channel 126. These uprights have several, perpendicularly spaced rectangular openings 14- into which a shelf or several shelves 16, 18 and 128 engage, such as this below with reference to fig. 1 and 8 is described. The spring shelf has end walls, namely end walls 20 and 22 for the shelf or shelf 16 (Pig. 1) or end walls 24 for the shelf 18 or brackets 130 for the shelf 128. each end wall or Eons oils has in Two hooks 28 and 30 in the axial direction. The vertically spaced openings 14 in the uprights 12 and also the groove 126 is so wide, if desired, that this file two end walls or two consoles and their hooks 28 and 30 next to one another can accommodate, as fig. 5 shows * The rooks 28 and 30 are at a large distance from one another, that they engage in vertically spaced adjacent openings 14 (FIG. 1) or that they bridge one or more openings 14 (FIGS. 9 to 11).

When executing according to fig. I have the shelf 16 and 18 have a recessed profile, so that a rear wall 32 and 34 of each shelf when the shelf is inserted on the uprights 12 is present. The foundations 32 and 34 have such a large width that they carry the weight carried by the shelf over a relatively wide area transferred to the stand 12.

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Sine bottom wall 36 and 38 for the shelf extends, a predetermined amount forward and forms a work surface for carrying medicine supplies or the like .. Am front end have the upright band walls 20, 22 and 24 Bohrägliegende leading edges 42 and 44 and have a reduced height, as a result of the overall execution of the shelf every part is a reinforcement part. The upper edges 44 »46, 48 and 50 of the associated end walls 20, 22, 24 are bent over or can be rounded or rolled. To reinforce the shelf against lateral bending and also To produce a smooth edge, the rear edges 52 and 54 of the rear walls 32 and 34 are rolled up or with beaded and the upper edge of the front walls 16 and 42 are rolled or beaded 56 accordingly and 58 respectively.

According to the invention each hook 28 and 30 has a downward locking lug 60 and 62, respectively, from the Rear edges of the associated end walls of the shelves have a distance which corresponds essentially to the distance the openings 14 from the front wall of the vertical uprights and have 120. However, this eliminates the possibility of shear or tension pressures affecting the metal connection 64 between the hook 28 and the wall from which the hook is formed could tear open is prevented, an upright hook extension 66 is on the

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Hook 28 is present, the operation of which is described in detail below. At the same time it's down directed hook extension 60 beveled at its outer edge 68 so that the hook 28 can be easily inserted into the stand. The upright hook attachment 66 has a fillet 132 which is the surface of the wall 134 on which the stands 120 are stored, not touched.

As FIGS. 1 and 6 show, several reinforcement struts, for example the strut walls 70 and 72, in a perpendicular position to the bottom walls 36 and the shelf and at a distance from each other parallel to the side walls 20 to 24 can be inserted removable. These walls 70 and 72 cooperate with the side walls 20 and 22 together to distribute the pressures placed on the bottom wall 36 by the materials carried by the shelf will. Each strut wall or reinforcement wall 70 and 72 has at its front end a projection 74 or 76, which is in a complementary opening 78 or 80 is added. Every At its rear end, the strut wall also has an upright projection 82 or 84 which engages in openings 86 or 88 of the upright rear wall 32. Corresponding openings 90 and 92 are provided at predetermined spaced spaces, each of the openings 90 and 92 is opposite a corresponding opening 94 or 96 is arranged.

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In Figs. 2 to 4 and in de * n Figs. 9 to 11 the insertion of the components in the carrying position on the stands 12 and 120 is shown. First, the hook 28 is in a Opening 14 pushed in, with the upright hook approach 66 is arranged at an angle and parallel to the rear wall of the shelf. At the same time, as a result of the beveled move the lower edge 68 of the hook 28 of the hook freely over the lower edge of the opening 14 (FIGS. 2 and 9). Then the shelf is rotated inward until the hooks 28 and 30 are behind the wall of the stand, in the they are to be used with the hook extension 62 of the hook 30 still above the lower edge of the opening 14 is in which the hook is to be inserted. These Position is shown in FIGS. 3 and 10.

The shelf or console is then slid down on the stand 20 and 120. The upper hook base 66 of the hook 28 must have a length that is greater than the length of the hook lug 62 of the lower hook 30, so that the hook lug 66 in abutment contact behind the Stand 12 or 120 is held (Fig. 4 and 11) when the shelf or the console is in its working position .

The hook 28 thus has two pressure-absorbing points of contact with the stand 20 or 120, namely one

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The upright hook attachment 66 and a second contact part · through the downwardly directed hook attachment 60 · in the known designs in which the shelf is hooked into a slotted plate with its hook, the weight of the pachboden tries to pull the hook pull out the slotted plate. In the new version, there is no such possibility due to the double contact of the hook 28 with the vertical stand. Since the hook 28 at a predetermined distance above the hook 30 is arranged, the hook 30 actually acts as a fulcrum for forces tending to the shelf Rotate the outside of the vertical stand. As a result, there is greater stress and strain on the hook 28 transferred than to the hook 30. The double resistance that is generated by the separate hook lugs 66 and 60, is particularly advantageous in the illustrated embodiment. The hook 30, however, must be in its inserted position (Fig. 4 and 11) mainly absorb shear forces from the lower edge of the opening 14 into which the hook is suspended is to be exercised, so that if the relative height above this lower edge of the opening 14 is sufficient is large, there is little risk that this hook will be sheared off.

The reinforcement struts 70 and 72 (Figs. 1 to 6)

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work with both the shelves 16 and 18 given Facilities in the same way as with the band walls 20 to 26 together, each strut wall 70 and 72 has a three-point bearing with the shelf to take the forces on, who want to deform the shelf and who would arch the bottom wall 36 downward. It is assumed that = ß on the Bottom wall 56 a downward pressure is exerted The upper rear section of the strut wall and in particular the shoulders 82 or 84 then lie against the wall 32. At the same time, the lower rear inner section 94 or 96 lies down the strut wall to the wall 56. It becomes that way a applied forceful upward pressure on the strut so that the lugs 74 and 76 exert an upward pressure which is directed against the tendency of the shelf to move downwards and sag. The connection of the individual partitions or strut walls with the shelf can be be changed. For example, the lugs 82 and 84 can be molded within the shelf itself, with their upright ends engage in slots of the bead 52. the The voltage ratios described here remain the

same.

22 The illustrated end walls 20, and 24 (Figs. 1 and 2)

are preferably recessed inwards to stiffen the end walls and improve wearing properties. The final

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walls are so profiled that one or more Sections of the partition walls are laterally offset in relation to a plane laid through the partition wall as a whole is. By doing this, there is throwing or warping the wall of the wall is prevented by forces and tensions acting on it. In a special version, the extends ▼ deepened or laterally displaced profiling up to the innermost edge 98 or is on this innermost edge 98 (pig.l) present, eo that in reality there is a shoulder which 'rests on the stand to be connected to it. By The shoulder formed by the lateral displacement of the wall enables a firm three-dimensional contact with the vertical stand, which further stiffens the shelving will.

Tig. 7 shows the use of telescopically collapsible retaining rails 106 that can be used in conjunction with Shelf are used, which can also be telescoped together. The support rails 100 that are used for this can be bottles of the like. to prevent falling and the Objects carried by the shelf have to be held in a position above the compartment »ο de na 102 which are inserted into slots 14 in the same manner as end walls 20, 22 and 24. Preferably, have these end approaches 102 wells 104, which the approaches to-

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additionally, stiffen.

As a result of the telescopic design, the Shelf or shelves can be aligned without difficulty to a predetermined alignment position with the S tender η, which facilitates adjustment and assembly, especially if deviations in the shelf width are required.

The preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 to 12 is particularly advantageous for support brackets 130 (FIG. 8) which are free at their outer ends in order to move towards one another. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the side walls 140 forming the channel 126 are arranged in such a way that they tightly accommodate the brackets 130 between them, so that little freedom of movement at the outer ends of the Consoles 130 are present.

The side walls 140 also have cutouts 152 (FIG. 11), which have a recess for receiving the round head a wood screw 154 form, which is located in a countersink limited by the shoulder 156, below the the countersink has a bore 158 of reduced diameter, which is only able to accommodate the shaft 160 of the wood screw 154. If the screw 154 is screwed in firmly after practicing, then it presses the side walls 144 firmly against the Wall 134 ″ Are the side walls 144 of the stand 130 fixed

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a-n to the face of wall 146, then tighten another screw of the screw 154 the middle section 124 inwards to wall 134 'so that as a result the side walls 140 in Clamping or bridging to the opposite surfaces the console 130 are applied, whereby a further stiffening of the outer ends of the console shift against sideways or Yerschwingen takes place

With this design, a shelving system is created that can be easily assembled and disassembled can be, with guide hooks guide the shelf as a whole when first inserted into the shelf stand. After this the hooks 28 in this way with respect to the shelf have led the shelf uprights and brought them into alignment, the hooks 30 are automatically in alignment with their Openings 14 have been made, which are directly below the openings which are intended to receive the hooks 23. By further tightening screw 140 (Figs. 11 and 12) the shelves or consoles are held firmly in place. So the entire assembly is essentially done automatically. If a telescopic version is used, then any desired one can be made without any difficulty Adjustment are carried out. After the fastening, the strength and rigidity of the Regakstgnder prevent any relative movement or separation of the telescopic

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gripping parts.

Although certain embodiments and their details are shown and described, changes can be made within the scope of the patent claims without departing from the scope of the invention.

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Claims (12)

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Shelving unit, marked by a long channel-like stand (120), the two side walls (140) which are connected by an inverted U-shaped section (122), the several axially spaced on its bottom has standing slots (14) each of which has a predetermined axial length; with shelf supports in this inverted U-shaped channel are received and engage in these slots (14), furthermore the shelf support a 6 upper hook (28) and a lower hook (30), which are in coplanar position with the shelf support, and each hook (28, 30) has a downwardly directed hook lug (60 or 62) and the upper hook (28) one upward directed hook projection (66), furthermore, the slots (14) have such a dimension that they the upper and lower Can accommodate hooks that are pushed past the upper end of the slot (14) in the stand, the upper Hook attachment (66) and the lower hook attachment (62) on the upper hook (28) serve to provide awei pressure-absorbing points «u form that resist the rotary movement of a shelf outward around the support point. 2. Shelf according to claim 1, in which the shelf stands on the side walls of the inverted U-shaped 909827/0294 Create channel part, characterized in that the reverse U-shaped channel has openings (14) that support the support elements record which a fastening pressure in a Direction from the adjacent edges to the bottom (122) 'of the U-shaped channel transferred to the side walls (140) of the U-shaped channel to bend and into clamping engagement with the Bring sides of the console (130). 3. Shelf according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that that the support element consists of one of several long upright posts (120); that the pachbodenentragvorrichtung consists of the spaced ends of a shelf supported by the upright uprights (20, 120) will. 4. Shelf according to claim 3, characterized in that that the slots (14) in the central portion of the channel-shaped Element (12) have such a width that they receive two side walls (20, 22, 24) lying against one another with the hooks, so that multiple shelves on a certain level of upright Stand (12, 120) can be attached. 5. Shelf, characterized by several upright ones Stand (12, 120) which have a U-shaped profile in cross-section, the web of which forms a front wall in which several axially aligned, evenly spaced slots (14) of uniform dimensions are provided; through a 909827/0294 Shelf with end walls (20 »22, 24)» each of which is hinged wall has an upper hook (28) and a lower hook (30) which are coplanar with one another, the hooks (28, 30) have a distance from one another which is substantially equal to the distance between the slots (14), furthermore each Hooks (28, 30) have a downward-facing hook attachment (60 or 62) and the upper hook (28) has an upward-facing one Has hook attachment (66), and by a holding rail (100) for the shelf, which has two end attachments (102), which run parallel to the end walls of the shelf, and each end lug (102) has a hook that fits into a slot is received, which is above the slots (14), the serve to accommodate the hooks of the end walls. 6. Shelf according to claim 5, characterized by a device (154) which depresses the inverted U-shaped channel in order to clamp the sides (140) of the end walls and the end projections together. 7 * Shelf according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that that the shelf has a rear wall (32, 34) which extends over the entire length of the shelf and which at abuts the uprights (12, 120) when the hooks (28, 30) are secured in the uprights; that the shelf has a bottom wall (36) that is at a predetermined angle to the rear wall (34) and also a front wall reduced ^ height in 909827/0294 based on the Ηβη · the rear wall (32) has, and that the end walls (20, 22, 24) have a lower edge that with the Bottom wall is firmly connected and its upper edge in with respect to the lower edge is bevelled in order to Way to form a reinforcement learner 8. Shelf according to claim 7, dad onto, characterized AaS each end wall has a component which is laterally offset with respect to the plane of that end wall. 9 · Shelf according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the laterally offset part of the end wall in the essentially ends at the plane which is determined by the rear wall (32) in order to form a yerstejfungs he trains himself to the stand when the shelf has been attached to the stand. 10 · Shelf according to claim 7, characterized by gel ©, that each end projection (102) for the holding rail (100) one Has component that is laterally offset to this Sndansatζ and stiffened the support rail. 11. Shelf according to one of claims 5 to 10, characterized in that the shelf and the holding rails are divided into two parts »by optionally a telescope-like expansion and allow pushing together. 12. Shelf, characterized by several upright ones Stands (12, 120) which are essentially U-shaped in cross-section 90982 7/0294 Bind and form an inverted groove in the front wall, the bottom of which was divided into several axially aligned evenly Has slots (14) of uniform dimensions; the existence Shelf consoles (130) having a coplanar upper hook (28) and a lower hook (30); that these hooks (28, 30) have a distance from one another which is substantially equal to the distance between the shiits (14); that each hook (28, 30) has a downward hook » ana at β (60 or 62) has that each shelf is divided into two parts, so that an optional expansion and contraction of the Shelf is possible, and that a device (154) is present, which presses down the reverse channel-shaped channel, to clamp the sides of the console (130). 909827/0294